The Warped Tour Doctor

I woke up and could feel my head pounding from last night, and my stomach churning. What the fuck did I do last night, was that a dream? I rolled over, and sure enough, Oli was laying in bed next to me. I looked around for my clothes and dressed quickly, if I was lucky I could get out of his bus before any of his band mates saw me. I opened the door of the back lounge and looked out into the rest of the bus, and it looked like no one was awake yet. I tip toed as quietly as I could past the bunks in my heels, and exited Oli’s bus. I stumbled back to my bus, shielding my eyes from the early morning sunlight, and laid down on the grassy hill a few feet away from the bus. The world was spinning, and I really wasn’t feeling well. I laid back with my eyes closed, letting the sunlight warm me.

“Someone looks like they had a long night,” a voice said. I opened my eyes and saw Vic, the guy I talked to last night, standing above me. He sat down and asked concernedly, “you okay, doc?” I gave him a fake smile, realizing I must look like hell after all the partying I did last night.

I closed my eyes again and said, “just peachy, Vic, just peachy.” He was a stranger, and I didn’t really want to talk about it.

“If you need a friend, let me know”, he said. I heard him lay down next to me, and give a huge yawn as he stretched out on the grass next me. We laid there in silence soaking up the warm California sun for awhile before he stood up and said, “I’ve got to get ready for my set later. Don’t you have to get to work soon too?” I nodded, and he offered his hand to help pull me up. He smiled and said, “why don’t you stop by my set today? It’s the last one of the night on the main stage.”

I gave him a genuine smile this time, “I’d like that, I’ll see if I can.” I figured since I was going to be on tour all summer I should probably get to know the music that’s here and some more people.

“Awesome! See ya later”, he said as he walked away. I got onto my bus and let out a huge sigh. How am I going to go to work like this? I hopped in the shower hoping to clear my mind, and more importantly, I really needed a shower after all the dancing and sex last night. I got out of the shower, threw on a robe, walked into the main lounge of my bus, and nearly screamed in surprise when I saw Oli laying on my couch.

“Oli, what the fuck are you doing here? How did even get onto my bus?”, I was nearly yelling at him. If a girl leaves your bed the morning after, you’re not supposed to follow her and break into her tour bus!

Oli gave me a huge smile, “You might want to consider locking your door. You should be happy, you know, I brought you a present.” The way he was looking at me implied the present was of the naughty variety. He reached into the pocket of his skinny jeans and pulled out a plastic bag filled with white powder along with a shiny razor blade. I sat down on the couch opposite from Oli as he poured some of the contents of the bag onto the glass table in between us. “Ladies first”, he said with a devilish grin, handing me a rolled up dollar bill. I hesitated for a moment, but I couldn’t resist. I took a few lines of the cocaine before handing the bill to Oli. He did his lines then asked, “feel better now?” I nodded, I felt like I could do anything.

He stood up, paused for a moment, and his smooth confidence seemed to falter when he said, “you know, I’m not used to girls leaving my bed in the morning.” He looked at me intensely waiting for my response. I sighed, I was too high to deal with this and more importantly, I didn’t really want to.

I stood up and took a few steps closer to him, running my hands up his chest, “how about we don’t talk?” I tilted my head up to kiss him, and I could feel him smiling into the kiss.

“I knew I liked you”, he whispered. I laughed a little and pushed him down onto the couch, hovering over him with my robe hanging open.

My door flew open, “Hey Lily, can you refill a prescrip-”, Austin’s sentenced was cut short by him staring at me on top of Oli. “Oh, shit! I didn’t realize you had, uh, company, I’ll just come back”, he stammered.

I jumped up and closed my robe in complete embarrassment and Oli said, “no worries mate, I was just leaving.” He walked past Austin and called over his shoulder, “we’ll finish this later, Lily!” Austin and I stood there awkwardly, both staring at the floor. I was hoping avoiding eye contact would hide my massive pupils.

After a long silence, I finally looked up at him and asked, “Was there something you wanted?” I couldn’t believe he had just barged into my bus like that without even knocking.

“Uh, yeah, actually, I need you to refill a prescription for me”, he said, finally looking up from the floor.

“Alright, come on”, I said and motioned for him to follow me into the back lounge of the bus which had been set up to serve as a makeshift exam room. “Just so you know, I haven’t received any of the health files of all the band and crew members yet, so you’ll have to let me know what’s going on”, I said.

He sat down on the exam table and handed me a nearly empty prescription bottle and said, “I need a refill for these beta blockers.” I was surprised, I wasn’t expecting that.

“Do you have a heart condition?” I asked curiously. Beta blockers were usually used for heart conditions and abnormalities.

He looked sad and said, “yeah, I have Marfan’s syndrome. Can you please just refill this?” I could sense that he really didn’t want to talk about it.

“Yeah, of course, Austin”, I said quietly as I picked up my prescription pad and scribbled out what he needed. He looked at the paper, and then at me, and started laughing. I glared at him, “what’s so funny?”

“You know, I’ve seen a lot of doctors, but never one half naked in a robe!”, he said laughing even harder. I glared at him again, but I broke out laughing too.

“Yeah, I probably should’ve put some real clothes on first”, I said with a smile. His laugh was so infectious, I couldn’t help but laugh too.

“Hey I wasn’t complaining, plus, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before anyways” he said with a wink.

I playfully slapped his arm, “shut up, Austin!” Usually I would be annoyed, but I could tell this was all in good fun.

Austin mock cringed and held his arm, “help, I think I need a doctor!” I tried to glare at him again, but I couldn’t hold back my laugh. When he finally stopped laughing and caught his breath, he said, “hey, let’s hang out tonight.”

“Austin I-” I began to say, but he cut me off before I could finish my sentence.

“Relax, I’m not asking you on a date. It’ll be fun, I promise!”, he said smiling at me. I was about to say yes, but I already told Vic I’d hang out with him.

“I’ve got plans with Vic and the rest of Pierce the Veil tonight, maybe another time?” I said. I hope he doesn’t think I’m sleeping with Vic too, after what he witnessed with Oli and I. I was honestly surprised he hadn’t commented on that yet.

“Well aren’t you popular?” he said with a slight frown before continuing with his usual smile, “I’m good friends with PTV, why don’t we all hang out together?”, he suggested. I nodded in agreement, that’d likely be better than me hanging out with him alone. I don’t know if I could trust myself not to get into trouble, or rather in bed, with him.

“I’ll definitely see you tonight”, I said glancing at the clock, “but you seriously need to go right now or I’m going to be late for my first day!” I shoved Austin out my bus, finished getting ready, and headed out to see what my first day of Warped Tour held for me.

Notes

So is Vic just being friendly or is he after something else? And what's up with Lily and Oli and the drugs?? Will Austin find out? What's going to happen when she hangs out with PTV and Austin?