time is on our side by >> christine graham
As Joey lay in bed his mind was else where, he glanced over at the clock on the bedside table and groaned. He knew the bus was leaving in less than an hour and he really didn't want to get up but with a sigh he threw back the covers and slipped out of bed, he flicked on the TV as he passed before slipping into the bathroom. On his way back out of the bathroom he flipped on the shower, setting out his clothes for the day, he threw the rest of his clothes into his luggage before wandering back into the bathroom and slipping into the shower. As the warm water enveloped him he leaned forward resting his hands on the wall and letting his head drop forward letting the water flow over his skin.
Emily stretched lazily, she had rested for a while and she realised that she must have fallen asleep. Sleep wasn't something they needed much of but as she mussed as to the reason the image of Donnie watching her as she had walked across the bar come into her head. She smiled as she brushed stray hair back from her face letting her arms stretch above her and she groaned as she felt her muscles stretch. As she lay thinking of the past 12 hours she closed her eyes to let the events play over in her mind. She was rudely interrupted as Serena bounded into the room
"Em, Em are you awake?"
Emily let her eyes flicker open slowly with a look of annoyance on her face "I am now!" Emily looked at Serena who was dressed in a long green dress which clung to the top half of her body and them flowed around her legs skimming the floor, currently her feet were bare Emily noticed as Serena slipped onto the side of the bed sliding her legs under her.
"Why so grumpy?"
"Not grumpy" Emily threw Serena a warning look "Just not fully awake yet and anyway I was enjoying my thoughts before you interrupted!"
"Oh thoughts of a certain Wahlberg would they be?" Emily blushed as Serena laughed softly "I say the way he looked at you Em, you had him in a trance...and I would say there was drool!" Serene put her finger to her lip as if in thought "Yup, definitely drool!"
"Stop it!" Emily laughed as she swatted playfully at Serena who flopped over the bed so that she was lying on her side across the bed and her head was resting on Emily's knees.
"Why...he was so drooling and he was having very indecent thoughts about you?"
Emily looked at Serena in outrage "You were listening at the bar?"
"And?" Serena batted her eyelashes playfully as Emily moved slightly to get more comfortable.
"You know his thoughts at the bar were, well they were filled with drooling but once he got upstairs his thoughts well they took an even more indecent!"
"Oh my God I can't believe you." Emily sat up and looked at Serena in horror while she lay back on the bed and laughed. Emily waited for Serena to continue "Well come on, do tell!"
"Oh so your horrified I snooped but you want to know what I heard is that how this goes?"
"Of course!"
Serena laughed before sitting up and facing Emily while she filled her in on the thoughts and dream Mr Wahlberg had, had about her the night before.
As Donnie stumbled on to his bus, he was still sleepy and hadn't wanted to wake up which was unusual for him as he normally didn't sleep much but he had such amazing dreams that he had wanted to stay asleep for a long time. Danny was already on the bus and settled as Donnie tossed down his backpack and slumped into one of the sofas.
"What up D? You okay"
"Yeah, yeah I'm good just a little sleepy that's all"
Danny watched Donnie as she scrubbed his face with his hands before running them up and over his head before yawning. Danny let out a yawn because he had seen Donnie yawn so slipped out of the seat and made his way to the back of the bus and get comfortable for the journey. As the buses were all loaded up they moved out and started their journey to the next city, it was only a three hour drive so it wouldn't be too long for them and Donnie knew he had some work to do so he pulled out his laptop and phone and focused his mind on the tasks he had to complete to keep his mind from running away with him.
Joey had gotten himself comfortable and sorted out his stuff as he knew that he would now be more or less living on the bus for the next few months. There were a few nights scattered through the tour where he would be in a hotel but this was his temporary home for a while. He had a bus to himself as Jonathan and Jordan were sharing and so was Danny and Donnie but he didn't mind as it gave him some down time and time to let him just breathe. As he climbed into his bunk he lay back and flipped on the TV that was mounted into the wall, selecting a movie he layback and tried to concentrate on the movie. As the movie wore on he found his thoughts were slipping and he was finding it hard to follow the movie. He felt restless and wanted to go for a walk but for obvious reasons he couldn't. He made his way to the front of the bus and grabbed a bottle of water from the small fridge and slumped into sofa and staring out of the window watched the scenery roll by.
Over the next week the guys did 5 shows and at each show they all caught a glimpse of Serena and Emily either before, during or after the show but they didn't get a chance to talk to them and it was driving Joey crazy. He had been furious at Jonathan for making his move but once he had gotten Jonathan to tell them all what they have talked about he felt less annoyed. But he was still curious about how she got on to the roof never mind how she got down to the window without any assistance. Her explanation of a ledge hadn't made sense to him as when he had checkout the window when she disappeared he hadn't seen any ledge, so it puzzled him. Her image haunted his mind at all times day and night and he was finding that he was dreaming of Serena more and more and every time he saw her he could feel a pull towards her that got stronger each time.
Donnie was relaxing on the sofa in the dressing room with the phone wedged between his head and shoulder as Joey breezed into the room, making his way to the snack table, he grabbed a bottle of water and handful of M&M's. He flopped into one of the chairs and lifted his feet onto the table in front of him crossing his legs at the ankle. He watched Donnie who looked frustrated and from the side of the conversation he could hear, it was not going well. Joey smiled and pulled out his laptop and turned his attention to his emails.
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