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This moment of contemplation needed to end before the fans started to throw rotten food So I stepped onto the bus, ready to h school idols

I had barely climbed the first step when I felt the difference The interior of the bus was painted black The afternoon sun ht The hidden cave of the Fiery Boys Excellent!

I took another step and had to downgradeThe bus smelled bad I could detect stale beer and male sweat, with a hint ofofI couldn't handle, of course, but ant setting

This shouldn't have come as a surprise Did I think that any bus with fouron it would be pleasant? Men are slobs If it seemed like a doret bothered by that And I couldn't let Big Ti him lose the roadie pool I'd had some fine times in dormitory rooms, and I was about to have some fine times here

As if to confirm that fine times were indeed on their way, the first one suddenlydown at me River! My heart jumped into my throat at this first encounter with a Fiery Boy, my favorite one, too I felt a sense of kisether And damn! He looked exceptionally hot in person Hotter than that recent photo I'd seen Mature, solid, and just plain perfect A sharp frisson of exciteh my body

River quickly turned and retreated into the bus, shouting, "It's Annalisa!" His footsteps pattered into the distance, and he was gone That's okay, we'd get to know each other later

I finished my ascent onto the bus and looked around My eyes were already adjusted to the dark, crypt-like space What I didn't expect to see was a continuation of the jarring color palette from the outside Only a man would have decided to decorate the interior of a bus in black and fiery red Only a s and rock and roll

Standing at the top of the steps, I foundroom, with a sofa, table and chairs, and a wall-sized television tuned to a sports channel Guitars sat by the wall along with cables and boxes of gear The table was cluttered with beer and liquor bottles, a mostly empty bowl of snack food, and an ashtray with quite a few hand-rolled cigarette butts Yeah, yeah, I knew they weren't cigarettes So what?