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Stocking up on snacks beca off the best aspects of touring right now But he vowed that he’d make sure this was a tour for her to remember

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The bus lurched to a stop after another hour or so Keira’s storumbled and she nearly knocked Eric dohen Steve called out ‘Breakfast!’ fro down the steps The pit stop at the diner along the side of the road displayed the attention to detail needed to run a tour Since she and Eric were the late comers they’d been forced to order at the diner Apparently, everyone else had put in their orders the night before and they’d been sent to the diner to speed up feeding over fifty people that made up the tour

Waitresses blasted through the kitchen doors, trays piled high with delicious meals of salty meat, sweet carbs and a shit ton of coffee The squadron of waitresses zipped around the diner dropping the for their meals Eric and Keira found a table in the corner while everyone else groused, yawned or yelled across the diner It was like being back in the cafeteria on the first day of school, she glanced around wide-eyed at everything going on The waitress came to the booth where they sat, took their order and returned in record tie juice that they’d ordered before running off to refill the coffee cups of half the crew

The bright afternoon sun was blocked from her view by a wall of a man who appeared in front of her Without so much as a word, he bent down and scooted in beside her, squashing her against the wall

“Well, look at the lovebirds trying to get a little alone tiht that the tih,” he said, winking She racked her brain trying to remember which one he was It wasn’t Owen or Lyx, she wouldn’t forget those two anyti his hand

“Caden” He grabbed her hand and puirls on top of hili down the stairs of the bus

“Keira,” she said, pulling her hand from his

“I hear you’re going to be our resident photographer for the rest of the tour,” he picked up her fork and plunged it into her stack of pancakes She slapped at his hand and took the fork he had halfway to his mouth “What? They are super sloith second orders around here and I’ and round and his bottoles like it hadn’t hed from across the table She kicked him under the table and rolled her eyes Eric sucked in a breath and rubbed his shin

“What was that for?” he said, gri

“For laughing at poor Caden’s hunger,” she said, sticking out her tongue Feeling pity for this uy she cut the pancake stack in half and du it toward Caden

“I’rapher Just here for Eric,” she said, thuht have sounded She ducked her head and hoped her cherry red face wasn’t super noticeable “I’ on a project that the label would like to try out”

“Cool,” he said, pancake cru the whole tour?”

“Only until Eric leaves” Caden’s head snapped up

“You’re leaving the tour,” he said, while shoveling in another forkful of pancakes