ryan ross [ ♥ S E C O N D H E A R T B E A T ♥ ] chapter thirteen

Friday was finally there, and Tina was flipping out.
"RYAN. MY BAG. WHERE?" she screeched.
"Under the bed, sweetie, where you put it when after you packed the whole house in it." Ryan grinned at her.
"HOW CAN YOU BE SO FUCKING CALM?" she hissed at him, "I'VE NEVER BEEN ON TOUR."
"And I have." Ryan smiled, putting a hand on her shoulder. "It's nothing, really."
"NOTHING? HOW CAN YOU SAY IT'S NOTHING?"
"Tina, babe, calm down." Ryan said, pulling her into a hug. She was breathing hard, probably from all her yelling. "You'll be fine, it's only a few months--"
"That's why I packed all this shit!" Tina sighed. "One fourth of that bag is filled with tampons!"
"Uhm... okay?"
"Speaking of which..." Tina worked her way out of Ryan's grasp and walked into the bathroom, walking out with yet another handful of tampons and stuffing them in her already, over-stuffed, bag. "I need extra, in case Kenzie forgets hers again. She's done that a lot lately..." she continued. "Although, it's really funny when she starts it in the middle of the grocery store." Tina laughed a little.
Ryan had... sorta had enough of the tampon-talk, so he left the room. Tina looked shocked, and ran after him.
Kenzie, Spencer, Aly and Jessica were standing in the living room, watching Brendon dig frantically through the cupboards in the kitchen, whimpering every time he opened one.
"Where the fuck did I put them?" He whined. "I know there around here somewhere..."
"Where are what, Brendon?" Ryan asked him.
Brendon stopped his search, and looked at Ryan. "Nothing. It's your fault I've lost them anyway."
"What? Lost what, Bren?" Ryan asked again, knowing he wasn't going to get an answer.
Instead, Aly answered for him. "His little boxes of cereal." she told Ryan. "Lucky Charms. That time you found him with all the marshmallows he was afraid you'd steal them or something, so he hid the boxes he bought for the trip the other day. And you know how Brenny is, when he hides something, he never finds it again."
"Sounds like someone I know." Tina laughed, looking at Kenzie. "Kenzie's one of those people who'll make a sandwich, set it down for something, and forget where she put it. Then it gets all nasty and she finds it."
"HEY!" Kenzie protested. "It's not my fault!"
"She also does it with milk." Jess added.
"Yeah... but, I can only do it with sandwiches and milk. It's weird." Kenzie agreed.
"A-ha!" Brendon gasped, plucking his mini-boxes off the top of the cabinets. "Found the little buggers."
Jon walked in the door just as Brendon had found them, telling them all the bus was there.
Everyone grabbed their bags, turned off all the lights and TVs in the house, and headed out the door.
Brendon was the first one on the bus, and the first one to run (almost tripping) to the bunks.
Tina just set her stuff down with everyone else's and sat on the couch, Ryan sitting beside her after grabbing a soda from the mini-fridge. "Want some?" he asked Tina.
"No, I'm fine." she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Ryan asked, taking a sip.
"It's just... I'm finally leaving for this trip, with the love of my life, for a few months. Everything just seems so... strange..."
"It'll be fun, we'll spend loads of time together, and maybe, just maybe, I'll even let you come up on stage with us." Ryan smiled at her.
Tina smiled back. "Thanks, Ry."
"No problem, sweetheart. It's what I'm here for." Ryan kissed Tina's lips softly, before getting off the couch, and pulling Tina with him. "Now, let's go find out what the big deal is about the bunk-room."
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"Our first stop!" Jon called, flying off the bus and into the supermarket.
They wouldn't've had to stop, if it wasn't for Kenzie, and her craving for pecan pie. "Yay! Pie!" Kenzie jumped off the bus as well, and ran for the supermarket.
Aly, Brendon and Jess stepped off the bus, and walked into the market, most likely to get more cereal for Brendon.
"Well, now we're all alone..." Ryan smiled evilly at Tina who was sitting back on the couch.
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"Kenzie, I want my gummy bears from the sack, please." Jessica smiled at her, while Kenzie pulled out the two packets of gummy bears she'd bought.
Kenzie had bought about six mini-pecan pies, and waltzed back to the back of the bus to either stash them, or eat them all at once.
Ryan and Tina were cuddled up on the couch still, watching a movie they had popped in.
Jess had walked to the back with Kenzie, muttering something about naming her gummy bears.
Jon was arguing with Spencer about Guitar Hero 3.
And Aly and Brendon were curled up in Brendon's bunk, reading a magazine and eating dry cereal from Brendon's little boxes of Lucky Charms.
Everything seemed to be going just fine. Ryan was glad he'd decided to bring Tina with on this trip, and with Fall Out Boy's help, it was going to be grand.
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I know, I know.
I am a genius.