“Emerson Jayne Tucker,
what the fuck?” Cade bellows, and then I hear a door slam immediately after. He
uses my full name, so I know he’s not playing around. Angry footsteps are
coming right at Aiden and me.
I take one last puff
off the cigarette before dropping it to the ground, and smashing it out with my
shoe.
“How long have you been
standing there? We’ve all been waiting on you!” Cade huffs.
“Only a few minutes,” I
say simply.
“Get in the van,” Cade
says as if I’m a child.
“So that’s how it’s going
to be?” I ask before storming off like the child he is making me out to be.
“Get in the van now,
I’m not playing, Em, we’re tired and hungry and need to get on the road.”
I glance at Aiden who
looks a little deer in the headlights. “I think I may find an alternate ride
there.”
“Shut the fuck up,”
Cade says thinking I’m joking.
“Aiden, do you think
there’s room for one more on your bus?” I ask, knowing just how angry it’s
going to make Cade.
Aiden looks between me
and Cade, appearing torn. “Dude, this is my sister, I brought her on the tour,
I say what goes,” Cade says in a panicked tone.
I hear another door
open and shortly after Braxton is standing near Cade. “Get in the van, Em, it’s
time to go.”
“Oh, great, another one
of my brother’s minions. Seriously, I’m tired of you guys trying to call all
the shots in my life.” I am slurring my words slightly, but I don’t care. I’m
still feeling good.
“You’re drunk, get in
the van,” Braxton says calmly.
“Aiden, what would you
do if you had everyone else in the world making all your decisions for you?
Would you just give in and conform to their wants and needs? Or would you fight
back to find your happiness?” I’m feeling philosophical, but I’m also feeling
sick. The sky is spinning. “Hold that thought,” I say, falling to my knees and
yacking on the concrete.
“That’s gnarly!” I hear
someone comment in the background.
“Gross, she puked in
her hair!” I hear another person chime in. Sure enough, chunks of my earlier
slice of pizza are embedded in my blond hair.
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