~I Want You~

I Want You

('I Want You': part 11)

The plane took off just on time.
Just before that, Charles, their manager, had gave them a quick call on Daniel's cell to congratulate them on their video.
"Good 'ol Charles, never forgets us, huh?" said Darren with a sigh.
"I hope he never does, he's our manager" replied Daniel, looking out the plane window.
The flight lasted 8 hours in which most of the band slept through, except for Ben who couldn't seem to keep his mouth shut, complaning about the meals.
Fortunately, Darren and Daniel had planned it so that Ben was seated as far way from Lee as possible, and instead, seated with Anna Maria in the last row, who had her way of easily ignoring him.
Lee was seated up in the front by himself.
Karl and Nicole were seated together in the second row. They had always gotten along very well, and never had any problems with sitting next to eacother.
In the 3rd row Darren and Daniel sat side by side.
Darren, who had a severe attention span problem, managed to keep himself busy by bringing a discman.
Daniel, as always, slept for most of the flight, and would occassionally try to talk to Darren who would tell him that he couldn't talk because he was listening to the album, practicing the songs in his head for the show.

The plane landed in Atlanta at 6pm.
By this time, everybody's lunches had already been digested in their stomachs, and were now ready for a hopefully better tasting supper.
They ended up eating at 'Dominoes', and then quickly drove off in their tour bus, towards the hotel.
After promptly dropping off all their luggage at the hotel, they rushed off to the auditorium where they were to preform in an hour.
In the dressing rooms, all the finishing touches were made on each of them for make up, hair and overall appearance.
Darren took a sip of his cold water bottle. (only 15 minutes until show time) he thought nervously.
Ben was standing behind him, holding his acoustic guitar, gently strumming it.
Anna and Nicole yammered on about eachother's makeup and hairstyles in restless excitement.
Lee was nowhere to be seen, but most likely in the bathroom, drinking as much water as possible.
Karl was leaning against the wall near the stage door, making some final tuning adjustments on his bass guitar.
Daniel stood calmly beside him, thinking deeply about what the next few hours were going to be like.
Darren glanced over at him, giving him a wink.
(there he goes again!) he thought in confusion. (Why does he keep winking at me? What is he trying to tell me?)

oh ho! what indeed