Tough allergies
" Nick, Nick!" a soft voice is calling, trying to wake me up from the dead. Yeah, that is the right expression since I am so tired that death would be a comfort right now.
" No!" I growl and roll on my side, clutching the blanket closer to me. God it's cold in here and I am NOT letting go of my cover. As an effect I draw the blanket over my head, blocking out all the noise that is going on around me. Whoever is in the room is really bugging me and I can here shuffles and words indicating that people are moving stuff.
" Nick, come on. You have to get up." It's Brian that has the honor to get me up and I'll tell you that it's not an easy task. Especially since I have just fallen asleep. Once again I ignore his futile tries to get me up and I hear a loud sigh.
" I tell you Kev, it's no use. He is sleeping like a log."
" Well he better get up since we have to leave in ten." Kevin says and I can hear him moving closer to me. " Nick, Nick. You have to wake up," he murmurs and all I give back is a grunt. There is a funny feeling in my throat and it itches so bad that I wanna stick down my finger and scratch. This however I do not since it would only lead to even more misery. Don't say that I haven't learned my lesson! My nose itches too and I wanna sneeze. Badly.
" Let me help out, " AJ says and he pulls the blanket off my body. This has me instantly awake and I take up the " battle of blankets" since cold is starting to set in. There are goose bumps all over my arms and I can tell that Brian takes notice of my predicament.
" Nick, you're cold?" Nooo I am just enjoying this torture! Duh, what do you think?
With swollen eyes I glare at my band brother, as I am fighting hard to keep the blanket on me. There is no time to respond since AJ is starting to tickle me. What a devil!
" Ge..get off..m..meee!" I stutter both from being ticklish and freezing my butt off. AJ pays no attention and he continues to tickle me all the time. Oh nooo not the side, Noooo!!!!!! I squirm like a worm on a hook and try to get away from my torturer. Man, I can't understand how someone can have so much energy in the morning! It might surprise you that Bone is actually a morning guy..correctly he is a guy that can be up all day AND night! Like if I wasn't in enough misery my nose starts to itch something terrible. I can't get my hand up to rub it since AJ is holding it down with his weight.
Suddenly I just know it I am about to sneeze. " St..stop.." I manage before I can't hold it any longer. Before I have a chance to turn my head I sneeze LOUDLY!!! " Atcchooooo!" Snot flying all over the place hitting the target that is holding me down. I know that it's gross but I can't help it. If I thought it was gross it was nothing close to what AJ was thinking who was hit in his face.
" Niiicckkk!!! What the fuuu..." The last syllables are drowned off as he stands up, fast, hand covering his mouth he rushes of to the small bathroom, knocking Howie out of place. The room is filled with the disgusting sound of someone being violently ill! As you know snot is the worst thing that Bone knows and therefore the effect is as follows.
I wince. So does the rest of the boys and Kevin ask me, " What did you do Kaos?" I don't have to answer since he discovers the snot that is hanging from my nose. " Ewww, here!" A paper is handed to me and I take it gratefully, wiping myself before I make anyone else sick.
Brian is laughing so hard that he has to sit down on the mattress beside me. " Ha hahaaa..you really blew AJ out of the place!"
I nod, sniffling as I sneeze several times into the paper.
" You're getting a cold?" There is a tone of fright in D's voice as he is uttering these words.
" Wouldn't surprise me since you guys let me sleep down here," I whine, trying to milk out some sympathy for my situation. It doesn't work. This can depend on two things 1) Too early in the morning. 2) They think that I whine all the time. I set my money that it's the first option. But then I am never a winner. Ok, maybe I shouldn't say never since I have won stuff. One time I won a years supply off toilet paper! The guys laughed their heads off and you can probably imagine all the jokes that were hanging in the air.
" Fuck Nick, why did you have to do that?" AJ says accusingly after regaining from his date with the throne.
" I'm sorry," I mumble, sniffling. My head feels really strange. It's like I am in water and there is pressure in both my ears. This is a sure sign of a head cold. AJ looks like he doesn't accept the apology and who would blame him? Getting snot in the face five o clock in the morning is something people would seek revenge for. That I am sure of.
" You ready?" I feel Brian's cold hands on my shoulder and I respond with a nod.
" Really, you're just gonna wear boxers?" Howie asks and instantly I correct him, " Briefs!"
" Huh?" If there were a look of a question mark Dī would look like that now.
I clarify, " I wear briefs not Boxers!"
" Ok whatever," Howie sighs as he carries one of his suitcases towards the door. I can never figure this guy out. He has 3 suitcases on tour and always has to drag at least two up at each stay. He says it's because he never knows what he wants to wear. Gosh how hard is it? A pair of clean Briefs, a T-shirt and a pair of jeans and then I'm ready to go. Why make life any more difficult than it already is?
I feel like a zombie and I most look like one too since Brian is handing me my T-shirt and jeans. I accept it gratefully, sitting on the floor, hair sticking all over my head. " You look like you could need a shower," Brian says and I give him a glare. I don't have to respond since Kevin, who always wants us to be in time even tough he is always late, butts in, " No can do Nick. We have to jet now. You ready?"
" Mhmm.." I murmur as Brian reaches out his hand for me and pulls me up. Ouuuccchhhh!!!! It really hurts in ALL the bones in my body and all I wanna do is sink back on that hard, bumpy mattress and sleep.
B most sense that I am as tired as I look and he whispers, " You can sleep in the van."
" Ok." Then my mind suddenly registers what he said, " Van?"
" Yes, the heater in the bus is still out and Fritz is fixing it up and meanwhile Johnny will take us in a van to Stuttgart."
Oh NOOOO!!! Not that too. Despair is the right word for what I am feeling right now. People that don't know me might raise their eyebrows so let me tell you one thing. Van is big trouble for Nick. Big big trouble since I have a tendency to feel really carsick, jerking around in those cramped up things. All I can do is pray that Johnny is a good driver. From what I have encountered before I will be in for another day of misery!
As soon as we have checked out I crawl into the small van that is waiting outside the hotel, Johhny inside.
" Morning guys," he says cheerfully. " Slept well?" Muttering and silence is enough to know that sleeping good is the last thing that we have done.
Ignoring my manager I sit in the back, leaning my head against the window. If I'm lucky I could get a few eyes shut before someone starts bugging me. That wouldn't be so bad since my head is aching and I feel all stuffy. Brian sits down beside me and I can feel him trying to check my forehead, for fever. Shrugging back I manage to get out of that mothering. " I'm fine," I bark.
B doesn't look too convinced, " Yeah?"
" Yup..just tired." Then my nose starts to itch again and I am in for another sneezing attack.
Bone looks with disgust at my direction, " Stay the hell away from me!" he says and I stuck my tongue out. D moves out of my place too. " You're spreading germs all over the place," he explains, like I didn't know that.
As on cue I can't HELP that my nose starts to tickle again and another booming sneeze is heard in the van " Atchooooo!" followed by several smaller ones. I am sneezing so hard that my tears are watering and it looks like I'm bawling my eyes out. As soon as the worst attack is over I search for something to wipe the red stop sign with. In desperation I notice that I have nothing to use and at that time I hear a " Bless you," and Brian hands me a tissue from his pocket. With a grateful smile I take it and blow my nose noisily.
Brian is my knight in shining armor. Always coming to the rescue.
" You sick?" Johnny doesn't sound too pleased.
I shake my head, " Nah just allergies" Yeah right, why do I then sound like I have my nose stuck up my ass?
Kevin sighs then look at me and after that at Brian, " Does he have any fever?" he asks since he is no where in place to check it for himself.
Brian, doing Kevin's handwork, feels my forehead, " Yup, a slight one," he informs his cousin with a frown.
What is this? Don't I count anymore? I hate it when the two cus talk about me in third person like I have vanished from the planet. They have some sort of silent agreement that whenever there is something that they are unsure off when it comes to me they help each other out. Fricking annoying.
" I do not," I interject, just to start sneezing again.
" Man," AJ isn't too pleased and he looks like I'm infested with the plague or something even worse than that; Ebola fever! If I would be puking it would be another matter and then Bone would probably be the one that would help me out. He is one strange element!
Looking around in the van I suddenly realize that Donna is nowhere in sight. What? Have my prayers finally been answered??? But my luck never lasts long and soon Johnny informs us, " We will pick Donna up at the hotel." You see Johnny and Donna haven't stayed at the ghost house since they said that they had to do a promotion dinner and therefore got to sleep at another hotel.
I most have dozed off because the next thing I know I hear Donna's "happy" voice singing in my ears. Hand me the barf bag now before it's too late. For once I am happy that I am in the back of the van, leaning against the window as far as I can from the Wrights. Donna sits in the front with Johnny and she chats about how lovely the dinner was and that she has slept sooooo good. It turned out that in a very strange way Donna and Johnny had ended up with a suite. This while we had to bunk together! I am not the only one objecting to this and I can hear Kevin's voice in a distant, " You mean that you had a whole suite to yourself? That is not fair since Nick had to sleep on the floor and caught and nasty cold and.."
I cut my good fellow off, " Allergies!"
" What?" Kevin seems annoyed that he got interrupted and I explain with a stuffy voice, " Allergies, I have allergies." I beep.
" Well whatever..anyway you get to sleep first class while WE have to sleep in a third class hotel!" Kevin has really worked up his temper and I can even hear Howie complaining too. That is a first. Obviously the last nights experiences have hit my band brothers hard.
I decide to state my point too and mumble, " The mattress was bumpy and there were bloodstains on the wall and.." Now it's Johnny's turn to cut me off. Ever noticed how much we cut each other off? I know that it's rude but we are always in hurry and therefore talking over top of each other. Bad habit!
" Nick, somehow I don't think you are the one that should talk." Johnny's voice is firm and my neck hairs stands up. He knows.
" Huh?" 'Atta boy sound as non-understanding as you can.
" I heard that you Nicholas Carter "happened" to blow out the electricity in a whole hotel." He turns around looking at me and I just wanna die.
" Whe..where did you hear this?" I ask as steady as I can.
" Let's just say that I have my connections." Johnny smiles and I can hear Donna whispering to him to clarify the situation. " This will cost you dearly." he grins.
It's silent in the van for a moment. I don't know what to answer and by the looks of my band mates they are pretty off too. Remember it's early morning and no one is particularly interested in having the heaviest conversation there is. As if Bone wanna change the subject he mumbles, " I'm hungry. We gonna stop somewhere?"
" Not now." Johnny still hasn't dropped the subject and after he informs Donna I can see the bitch (pardon my expression) turning around, smiling at me. Now she has yet one more thing to hold against me.
With a sigh I sink further down in the seat. This is going to be one heck of a ride!
