When I walk out to the front lounge, which is packed, I see Dahvie and Jayy talking to a girl I know to be none other than Haley Rose! Oh, my God! I love her! Totally fangirling on the inside right now.
When she sees me, she smiles and asked, “Who’s that, Jayy?”
Jayy and Dahvie look over at me, and Dahvie says, “About damn time you woke up, Sleeping Beauty!”
“Hey, Katie! See you got my note?” Jayy says, smiling over at me, and motioning for me to join them. I nod, then walk over to them, and sit on Jayy’s lap, since there’s really nowhere else to sit.
“Haley, meet our new little sister, Katie Monroe-Vanity. Katie, this is Haley Rose,” Dahvie says.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Haley. I must say, I’m a huge fan,” I say, stretching my hand out to her.
She smiles at me, and says, “Pleasure to meet you too, and really?”
“Oh, yeah. She has the Princess of Darkness hoodie in her bag I think,” Jayy tells her.
“Hey! How’d you know?!” I demand.
“Because I accidently opened your bag, when I meant to open mine, and it was on top, Little Bit,” he says.
“’Little Bit’?” Haley and I ask together.
Jayy shrugs and says, “Got to have a nickname for you.”
I sigh and ask, “And all you could think of was ‘Little Bit’?”
“What? You’re tiny compared to anyone else on this bus, other than Haley, of course,” He counters.
I roll my eyes, and say, “Try to think of something a little better than that, and I’ll consider answering to it.”
“Alright . . . How about . . . hmm . . .” Jayy struggles to come up with a nickname for me.
“Baby Doll?” Dahvie offers.
I make a face at the suggestion, and say, “No thanks. Reminds me too much of that movie Sucker Punch.”
“Alright. Haley, any ideas?” Dahvie asked.
“Hmm . . . How about Micro?” she offers, and I smile.
“Take it you like that one?” Jayy asked, looking at me.
I smile wider and nod, making the three of them laugh.
“Alright. Micro it is,” Dahvie says, clapping his hands together.
They continue to introduce me to everyone, and we all laugh, joke, and get to know one another for a while. I then realize, I’m kind of cold, so I excuse myself, and head back to the bunks. I had taken my Pikachu hoodie off before my nap, so I grab it from my bunk, put it on, and head back out to the front lounge.
I sit on Jayy’s lap again, then jump back in the conversation I was having with Dahvie’s body guard, Adrian. He’s a really cool guy, although I am a bit intimidated by him. Note to self, no wrestling with Dahvie when he’s around.
Anyway, moving on. Adrian says, “So, they just adopted you?”
“Pretty much. I’m still not 100% sure why Jayy chose me, out of all the kids that were there, though,” I tell him.
“Because I could sort of see Dahvie and myself in you,” Jayy explains, “We had been wanting a little sister for a while, and thought adoption was the best way to do it. When I saw you kind of keeping a distance from your room mate back there, and the way you were dressed, and even the way you held yourself, I knew you were the one that I wanted to be my little sister, and knowing Dahvie, it was a perfect fit, Micro.”
“So, who came up with that nickname?” Adrian then asked.
Jayy, Dahvie, and I all point to Haley at once, and shout, “She did!”
“Wow, they’re also already in sync with each other. Damn,” the guy I think they called Keith said, with a small chuckle.
“Damn straight!” I shout. Really shouldn’t have taken that nap. Now I’m hyper. Oh well.
“Yep, she and Dahvie are a perfect match,” Haley says, laughing so hard she fell off her seat, in turn making the rest of us laugh our asses off. This is definitely going to be a fun tour, and I cannot wait for more.
After another hour or so passes, we stop somewhere in Oregon, and there’s a knock on the door.
“I’ll get it!” I shout, as I jump up off Jayy’s lap.
“Alright. Alright. No need to bust my ear drum, thanks,” Jayy says, with a chuckle.
I stick my tongue out at him, then go answer the door to reveal the Brides. Ashley and Andy both hold up two bottles of Jack in each hand, and say, “Let’s get shitfaced!”
“Hell yeah!” I hear Dahvie shout from the lounge area, and I motion for the guys to join us. They walk in, and I notice Jake has 3 boxes of pizza, and CC’s carrying two paper bags.
Once they’re all inside, we start moving around so we all have some room, but now Haley’s sitting on Dahvie’s lap, and I’m on Jayy’s again. CC sets the two paper bags on the counter, and asked, “She allowed to drink with us?” as he points to me.
“So long as she don’t get shitfaced, cause I ain’t babysitting her ass,” Jayy says with a smirk.
“Good. I doubt she can handle straight Jack, so we went out, and got some mixers for her,” CC says, pulling out a bottle of Green Apple Pucker and another bottle I think is something called Jaeger. He then pulls out four cans of Red Bull, and pours the Red Bull in tiny shot glasses, then pouring Jaeger into larger cups.
“Here. Try this,” CC says, passing me a cup of the Jaeger and a shot of the Red Bull.
I look at Jayy for explanation, and he says, “Drop the shot of Red Bull in the Jaeger cup, and chug.”
I look back at the two, then shrug, and do as told. Holy fuck! Head rush from hell!
“What the fuck was that?!” I demand, looking right at CC, “It tasted like cotton candy mixed with black liquorish!”
My outburst brought everyone to tears because they were laughing so hard, and CC passes me another glass of Jaeger and says, “Taste that,” after he recovers.
I look at the thick liquid in distaste, then sniff it. Ugh. It smells horrible, but with everyone watching me, and me not being one to back down from a challenge, I down the contents, and soon understand where the black liquorish taste came from.
“Sorry, but give me something to wash that shit down with,” I say after a moment.
They laugh again, and Ashley passes me a bottle of water. He turns to Jayy and Dahvie and asked, “Want to see if she can handle this?” as he holds up one of the bottles of Jack.
“Hell yeah!” they say in unison, then Ashley shouts to CC, “Pass me a shot glass!”
“On it!” CC says, grabbing one of the empty shot glasses, and tossing it to Ashley, who catches it with ease. He pours the rich liquid into the glass, and then passes it to me. I smell it first, and it actually has a rather pleasant smell.
I down the shot with ease, and say, “I’ll take that, over that, any day!”
“So she’s a whiskey girl, huh?” a girl named Beth calls out.
“Looks like it,” Dahvie says, smiling over at me.
“Let’s see her take the Green Apple Pucker with nothing mixed,” Jayy offers, and CC passes Jayy a glass of the Pucker. He passes it to me, and I down it. Oh holy hell! Was not expecting that one! I mean I knew Green Apple Pucker would be sour, just from the name alone, but damn. That actually made my eyes water some.
“Apple Jack me, CC!” Ashley calls out, and CC passes him a larger glass, with only a little Pucker in it. Ashley passes the glass to me, and then fills the glass halfway, and tells me to mix it. I swirl the liquid around a bit, then look to Ashley.
He smiles and nods, then I chug the stuff, expecting it to be sour as hell, but it’s actually kind of sweet. Almost too sweet for my taste. I then make a face, and shake my head, and say, “I’d rather have Jack straight.”
“Well, you really are a whiskey girl then,” Dahvie says, smirking at me, and downing his own glass of Jaeger and Red Bull.
About two hours pass, and I have to piss, so I get up, and instantly fall to the floor. Holy shit. The room’s spinning, and I can’t seem to stop it. I close my eyes, then blindly feel my way to the bathroom. I get in and do my business, then as I’m washing my hands, puke into the sink.
After I’m done with that, I head into the front room again, then say to Jayy, “Going to bed. See ya in the AM.”
“Finally hit ya, I see,” he says, sounding sober as fuck.
I nod, then stumble back, and they laugh, when Jayy’s arm shoots out to catch me. He stands up, and picks me up, then carries me to my bunk. I thank him with a slur, and soon pass out.