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The bus rode through the night, silently across the prairie River and Gabe crashed out early Buck hid in his cubicle with his guitar, playing soulful acoustic songs reminiscent of the band's earlier works I would have approached him about it, but he seemed so remote that I kept my distance Buck wanted me to stay ahich was fine withrooain and proht And he was

We watched television and played soaled together while watching a movie, his solid body next to le sexual advance Before I went to bed, we exchanged chaste kisses on the cheek and a light hug

Chuck's behavior made e had taught hi In any case, we had made it to the friend zone, which was better than the love-eroupies all fell into Chuck and I were good, and I curled up in my cubicle with a smile

I awoke in the predawn andTi Tim" I stood next to hiet tired?"

He shrugged "I sleep when I can and drive when I s" He chuckled at his lowly status "Anyway, congrats on lasting this long You've eliht you'd bail after that first concert, and all of us thought you'd bail after last night"

"I can't bail, Big Ti, too"

"Yeah, I can tell"

"So were the boys like this before I got here, or did they get worse in Chicago?"

"I'd say they're about the saht like that before Still, it's been co for a while-they really hate each other"

"I noticed" I gave hi room For the next hour, while the Fiery Boys slept, I actually enjoyed riding on the tour bus, watching the road roll by

The busses and trucks gathered outside of the Minneapolis arena and huddled together for safety The first thing they did was to set up the fence, a secure encaer fans After that, the roadies got seriously busy preparing for the show