The new Einstein
POOOOWWWW!!!! Suddenly everything got pitch black. The electricity went out since there was a power cut. How typical me! Here I am about to do one of my life's experiments, maybe even the beginning of a new Einstein and then suddenly the electric company decides to cut the power. This sucks.
Apparently I am not the only one that gets upset about this. Kevin is in the shower and he screams out loud, " Who the fuck turned off the light?" Then there was silence and he yells even stronger, " This is coooooldddd!! Where are my towels?"
Howie is no better since he is ironing one of his shirts. If its something sweet D' feels strongly against its wrinkles and therefore he iron even his boxers since they otherwise are too uncomfortable. I don't care as long as they are clean. Mine that is, D's hygiene is not a topic that I wanna discuss. Not that I think that it is bad, its just that guys underwear attracts me as much as zero and beyond that. Now if we were talking about bras and girls underwear it would be another matter. " What happened?" Howie asks, confusion clouding in his voice.
Brian who has finally recovered from his laughing attack is the only one that has gone to bed. He is laying down reading one of his books. B likes to read, and I don't mean comics books. Beside books he loves his Sports Illustrated and B'ball magazines. There is one thing that reveals us all and that is what kind of magazine we read. If you walk into the can and find a magazine on the floor you can instantly tell who is the felon to the crime. If its Bri its some kind of sports magazine littering around. Male Style magazines are mine, nah just kidding they are D's. If there is a Playboy magazine you know that Bone has been inside there, and then you can also bet your own aunt that Howie has been there too. Probably begged AJ to leave the valuable information. Besides Playboy AJ likes music magazines too. Kev likes all sorts of stuff and he goes especially for science. Then if there are some comic books lying around its me that is the crook!
But that is kind of out of the topic so I better get back to the power shortage instead. Bone is in the bathroom, shaving. I am the only one that is serving mankind with my experiments. The other ones are just taking care of their bodies. As usual. Just when I was about to comment that the electric company could stick its power up its ass there was a loud scream coming from all directions.
" NIIIIIIIICCCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!". What had I done this time?
" Fuck did you break the power?" Me? Are you kidding?
" Turn the switch on!" Duh, D are you stupid OR stupid?
" Kaos, what happened?" Beats me, B'rok that is why I am standing here in the dark looking like a dumbass. Dark..hrm..It´s really dark here. I shiver, wanting instantly to crawl into bed with Brian.
" We need to find some matches," Kevin states as he is coming out from the bathroom, dripping wet. He is always the one that is trying to act cool in situations like this, I say trying, since there is temper in his otherwise so calm voice.
Bone has a grip of the situation and he rushes outside, tripping over one of the suitcases and then bang falls onto the floor with a crash. " Fuck!!! Nick!!!" Now I really wanna move over to B since there is nothing worse than an angry AJ in the middle of the night in the dark. I'll bet he looks as wild in his eyes as serial killer ready to strangle his victims.
" Who did this?" Howie says and I can see the silhouette of my friend standing there in the dark, iron in his hand. Oh my, is he ready to strike too? I better get out of this place before I am as scrunched as that coach roach. Kevin have ended its life for earlier in the evening.
" Nick broke the power with his fucking experiment, that is what happened!" Now Kevin is explaining what he thinks happened, with his own words.
" I did not!" Why is everyone always picking on me?
" You´re not the brightest light bulb in the package," AJ says, sitting on the floor and now I am really offended.
" Why are you picking on me? I did nothing!" Ok here is that whiny tone again, but its midnight and I am really tired, achy and cold besides this shitty hotel has just fucked up one of my best experiments and now the boys are nagging on me again. Blaming me for all that is it worth. I think I have the right to be a bit whiny. Don't you?
" Its that experiment of yours that caused the circuit cut," Brian says calmly and now the light bulb is lit inside my head. " Really?" I did this? Hrm..Guess that putting several wires together wasn't one of my smartest moves that I have done.
" Yes, Kaos." Kevin, still wet and pissed, sits down on bed and then actually takes his time to inform me what has happened. I listen as I can feel my face blushing. Thank god that its dark and no one notices my embarrassment.
AJ, street wise that he is has found some matches in his bag and then lights up a couple of candles in the room. " I knew these ones would come in handy," he mutters and I can tell that the words are meant for Kev. You see Bone smokes!!!! I hope I didn't shock you to death but he has done it for more than two years. It's just that the management doesn't want the cat out of the bag and they pretend that he doesn't do that at all. I have tried smoking too and I tell you that I have never felt sicker in my life. That is one habit that I will stay out of. Period.
There is a knock on the door and we all jump, especially me since we have not expected anyone to come here at this hour. Brian is the one that is most decent and he runs for the door. There is a man standing outside and I can hear my heart beating faster.
" I just wanted to inform you that someone seem to have cut off the electricity in the whole hotel!" The man says in broken English and now I really wanna die.
Brian, is acting as calm as he can, yeah all the boys are since we have an agreement that whenever someone fucks up as bad as I did we don't rat on each other, at least not to the first person that comes around. He nods, as the manager for the hotel continues with his explanation of what happened and I listen, feeling like the worst criminal there is!
" Unfortunately the power cut has cut our whole system and there is no possibility to get it working before latest noon tomorrow. I still hope that you will have an pleasant stay." The manager sounds very apologizing and now I feel very, very bad. All of the boys keep their posture up, all but me that am slowly taking in what has happened. I have actually shut down a whole freaking hotel!!!
Way to go Kaos! It's not that I don't feel a bit proud at the same time. There are not many guys out there that have accomplished these things and now I have another thing to add to my list of " Things that I have accomplished that is marked in Nicks history book!" As soon as the manager leaves there is activity in the room. All the guys are talking in the mouth to each other and I listen as they nearly blow my head off. At one time I actually fear for my life and starts to think that the bloodstains on the wall will soon have company by my own brains splattered all over the place.
There is one thing that you should know. And that is when I am in public I can be very quiet and not defend myself that much, but offstage is another picture and this I really practice as I think that the guys are a bit unfair when they say that I am a big giant mistake and that I shouldn't be allowed to go on trips like this without an chaperone.
"Well for your information Kev is my chaperone," I say wishing that I had kept my mouth shut. There is a saying, never add more fuel to the fire if you don't want a big one. And BIG one there is! After listening to the guys yelling at me for almost an hour I am ready to get to bed. It's after one o'clock and according to my calculations I will only get 4 hours sleep, tops, this night. Adding to the previous night that is 7 hours total in 48 hours and that is too little for someone that craves 10 hours sleep a day!
Then things are finally slowing down and AJ gets into the small bathroom to finish off the shaving as he says with D's natural shaving knife. Good luck I'll say doing it in the dark. At least he is taking a candle with him. I crawl back on bed again, just to be pushed down by D'!
" What are you doing?" I ask a bit stunned since this is NOT the way sweet D' would act. Maybe this has something to do with me ruin one of his newest shirts?? Howie can be a bit long tempered. To my defense I say that it was an accident and how should I know that D was so stupid that he put the iron down on the shirt in mock surprise when the power went out. Leaving a big brown burnt print on the back of the shirt. If you ask me I think that the outfit improved millions of times!! Besides if Howie wasn't holding his money so hard he could buy hundreds of ugly shirts! Bone says that Howie is so greedy that whenever he shits he feels bad for letting go!
" This is MY bed," Howie says and plants his body on the bed that I have looked out for as mine. With a sigh I crawl up on the top bed just to be met with Kevin's angry eyes. Apparently getting a cold shower and shutting down a hotel is NOT something that he takes easy on and this leaves me getting thrown out. Instantly.
With a sigh I crawl back down. Brian is occupying the bunk bed that is down below and this means that I have only one option, To sleep on the floor on the mattress that the reception clerk has dragged up to us. A very perspective persons notices that there is one bed left, but I know better than to take Bones. After all I want to live at least this day out.
There is a loud yell from the bathroom and according to the tone AJ is very pissed and he is screaming my name again as well as some obscene words that even I blush from hearing. My instant thought is battering is a possibility; Escape! Before I even have the opportunity to get out of the room the bathroom door slams open and AJ barges in.
" Nick, what the fuck is this?" He shouts, showing a small scratch on his cheek. Duh the facial cheek, anything else I would barf!!!
" A mark," I answer a bit uneasily since I know where he is going. I am about to be blamed because he is such a klutz!
" And why do you think I am getting this?" He asks, showing his cheek closer to my face so I can't get away from the situation at all. If there is one thing that Bone hates its when someone or something messes up his face.
" For your sins!" I say without thinking. Shit, I could have kept my mouth shut. Again. Now I will have it.
And true to my thoughts Bone gets all red to his face and then shouts in a not so nice manner, " If you weren't so fucking stupid I wouldn't have to shave in the dark!!!"
" Well you could have waited until tomorrow," I answer a bit cocky. Bad choice of words. Before I know it AJ grabs my T-shirt, hard with his fist and shoves me even closer his face. What is this???? Is the guy hiding something? I try to get away by turning my head but he is closer to me than ever before. Yuck!
" Listen you little fuck," he hisses so spit is flying through his teeth. " You better not pull another stunt like that again." I don't know how you guys would react to someone threatening you this way, but I try to smooth over things. In a NOT so smart way, I might add.
" Hey be happy that it was just the facial hair that you were shaving!" I say and instantly could have bit my tongue. Now Bone will be in for a true fit. I shut my eyes waiting to get hit in my face, but nothing comes instead there are loud laughter in the room.
" Yeah then you would have cut it off!" Brian booms and even AJ is laughing now, and letting go off my grip.
" Ok Kaos, you're off for now," he says still not satisfied but not angry any more. I breathe a sigh of relief as he let me go. Then AJ gets a small paper and dabs his cut and crawls up to bed. With a sigh I notice that they are all lying in beds. All except me who gets to sleep on the cold hard floor on a mattress that is all bumpy and has seen its better days in cleanness. This is NOT something I'm about to tolerate.
" Where am I about to sleep?" I mumble, feeling small and left out.
" On the floor," Kevin states, turning his back to me.
" But..but its cold here.." I mumble as I sit in the dark, trying to get my eyes into focus.
" Tough luck, you should have thought about that before doing that stupid experiment!" Howie sneers and turns his back against me too. He is still pretty upset for that shirt.
Now I feel depressed. Not a single soul wants to listen to me and my complaints. Not even Brian and after telling the guys how mean and cruel they are for what Howie says is an eternity they are all upset with me. Can I help it that I feel cold, lonely and it's way to dark for me to go to sleep?? Besides I can't have the light on and this whole room is scaring me as hell.
" Kaos get to sleep now!" Kevin says after he thinks that I have whined way too long. " We have to be up in 3 hours!" This has everybody except me picking up their ears and there is a unison mumble of Goodnight heard in the room.
" But I caaaaaaan´t sleep," I complain, " This mattress feels like it has bumps in it and the blanket is sticky and.."
" Shut up!" Momentarily I stop. Did Brian say that word? Wow he must really be tired. With a sigh I lay down again thinking how miserable I am feeling right now. It's very cold and I am shivering like I was lying outside instead of in this stinking hotel. You see when the power cut happened all the heat in the hotel went out too and now it's as cold as in the Arctic. Especially down on the floor. It's also very drafty under the window where my "bed" happened to be situated.
Soon there are sounds of snoring heard in the room, while I am tossing and turning restlessly. Now I am the only one that is awake and I feel like crying. Homesickness washes over me instantly and I must have let out an whimper since I hear Bone saying, " You still awake Kaos?"
" Mhmmm.." My voice is small, I can't help it.
" You wanna hear something?" AJ asks and I can tell that he is bursting to say something and as he knows I'm way too curious to let it go he soon has me in his net.
" Aha, what?"
" I don't know if I should say this.." he starts and I wish that I would be more perceptive because then I would have noticed where he was taking me. " You know the blood stains in the room??"
" Yeah?" I'm listening.
" There has been an real killing here and.." Before I know it Bone is at it telling the goriest ghost story and that the hotel is haunted. I listen, heart in my breath and all I can utter are words like, " No way, really? true?" AJ is talking with such confidence that I am getting more and more scared as he goes on.
" Knock it off Bone!!" Brian is obviously not asleep yet and when he thinks that AJ has scared me long enough he stops it.
" What?" AJ says irritated over that B'rok is butting in.
" That is a bunch of crap. All you do is scare Nick!"
" I am not scared," I say with a much too shaky tone of my voice to be believed.
" So?"
" It's in the middle of the night and now GO TO SLEEP!!!" Looks like Kevin is awake too.
" Ok," AJ sighs heavily, then he says with a spooky voice, " Nick?"
" Yeah!" I'm a bit shaky.
" The ghost looooooooveeeessssss blond seventeen year old boys!" He laughs spooky.
" Ajeeee shut up!"
" Sleeeeep!!" My two band mates, Howie is snoring as usual, is coming to my rescue but way too late. I am all shook up and even if I know that Bone is pulling my leg I can still feel fear rushing in my veins.
" Ok, G´night." AJ laughs silently as he put his back against me. There is the same good night procedure once again and soon they are all asleep, except me.
Yet another sleepless night!
