The Warped Tour Doctor

I woke up to the sound of my phone buzzing against my floor, likely still in the jeans I had thrown aside last night. Oh yeah, last night! I turned to see if Lily was awake, and saw the other side of my bed was empty. I frowned slightly, although it was very fuzzy from all the alcohol, I remember the sex being absolutely fantastic. Not to mention it was with a girl who seemed to have no idea who I was, instead of some groupie only interested in me because I was famous. Even though I knew tour was starting tomorrow, I wish I had gotten the chance to know Lily better. She was so confident and sexy, but she seemed so haunted by something. I groaned and rubbed my face, I wasn’t seriously falling for a one night stand right before a tour- was I? My thoughts were interrupted by banging on my door and Alan yelling from outside, “Austin! Answer your phone and get down here to open your stupid door!”

“Dude, hang over! Use your key!” I yelled down, annoyed by the loud noise and not wanting to get out of bed yet. Alan didn’t respond, but kept banging on the door. I sighed, he always had trouble with the lock on my door. He was such a child sometimes. I pulled on my jeans from last night, and I walked downstairs to get the door for my favorite ginger, “happy now?” I asked sarcastically.

“Yes!”, he said excitedly as he bounced inside. He laughed at my face, as I was squinting from the early morning sun. In a sing song voice he said, “so who were you out so late drinking with?”

I walked into my kitchen and began making coffee, “this girl I met last night on the flight in from New York.” I could feel myself smiling as I was talking.

“OOOH AUSTIN HAS A CRUSH ON A GIRL” Alan yelled while dancing around my kitchen. I wanted to deny it, but I really couldn’t, something about her really got to me.

“Yes, Alan, on a girl. Don’t be too jealous!” I said with a laugh. My favorite ginger pouted before pestering me with more questions. After chatting for awhile we decided to play some fifa, and I pulled out my phone and scrolled through my contacts, hoping I could meet Lily for lunch later before I had to head out to Mountain View.

Text Message
To: Lily
Sent: 11:52am
Lunch?

After playing fifa for an hour, I checked my phone again to make sure I hadn’t missed her text, but there was still nothing. Was I getting blown off by this chick? I’m Austin fucking Carlile, girls have always chased after me! I was annoyed for a second, but I realized she didn’t actually know I was Austin fucking Carlile. But still, she had to have felt this connection too right?

The rest of the day had passed without an answer from Lily, and despite my disappointment, it was time to hit the road. All of the band tour buses usually were at the first venue the night before, so as the band members arrived they could stay the night and hang out together. Alan and I drove in together, and found our bus. We were the first ones to arrive out of the band, and we each threw our stuff down in bunks. “Hey guys! Good to see you again!” called a familiar voice from the back room of the bus.

“Brian!” Alan and I cheered. Brian had been our tour manager for years, and it was great to see him again.

“We have a ton of things to catch up on and even more to go over for this tour, but first there’s some new safety announcements all crew and band members are supposed to attend starting in 30 minutes. Can we talk later?”, Brian asked.

“Yeah, sure” I said and Alan nodded in agreement. A safety announcement? I knew things always happened at Warped, but it was never anything serious, mostly just dehydrated kids with the occasional broken bone. I exited the bus and walked over to the area the tour managers had set up for the presentation, and saw it was already started. I hear a woman talking, and when she turned around, I was shocked. “Alan, that’s her!” I whisper shouted.

“Her who?” Alan asked curiously.

I looked at him with wide eyes and exclaimed, “that’s the girl I slept with last night!”

Notes

Why has Lily been ignoring Austin all day? How do you think Lily is going to react to Austin being famous and on Warped Tour??