CHAPTER TWELVE

“Girls,we know you’re in there so open up!”an obviously very agitated Rich yelled.
“Well,here we go then.”Daphne sighed while she stood up and opened up the door to reveal five very angry boys.To be honest,they were so angry it almost seemed like there was smoke coming out of their ears,but then again maybe it was the girls’ imagination.
“What do you want from us?”Dee asked with her hands on her hips.
“An explanation.”Abs stated while he took a step forward.
“About..?”
“Why for God’s sake did you let that trapdoor open up far too soon!?And don’t you even think of denying it!”J shouted.
“Erm…let me think about it.Oh yes,perhaps it had something to do with the five of you being nothing but liars.”Daphne exclaimed while rolling her eyes.J shook his head.
“That’s no excuse!We could have died!”
“Well,you didn’t.”Tamara simply said,not being very impressed by the lads’ attitude.
“Fine,then we’ll just go to Rob!”Abs shrugged.Dee laughed bitterly and replied”Then we will do the same.Let’s see what Rob will decide.”
Those words made the lads’ realize that they couldn’t tell their manager about the events.They would only put themselves into a very uncomfortable position if they did and they couldn’t risk an argument with Rob or their record company.
“Alright then.We won’t tell Rob about it.Not because we want to spare you but just for our own sake.But you need to keep your mouth shut,too!”Rich exclaimed and the other guys nodded in agreement.
“Fine then.”Daphne stated,shrugging.”And now leave my room.I need my rest before we leave again tomorrow.”
The lads sighed and walked out of the door slowly,one by one,like a herd of sheep. “What are we going to do now?”Tamara questioned as soon as the door had been closed again.Wendy shrugged and replied”Nothing.Just stay out of eachothers way I guess.We can’t risk to get kicked out of the tour.”
The other girls nodded in a silent reply…

The next day the two bands left again for a new bunch of concerts at other parts of Britain.Right after sensing the not so good vibe between them both Rob and Roy had decided to let FirE and Five travel with seperate busses,just to make sure no more arguments would take place.Nobody minded about that,though…
The girls were,as usual,discussing the whole show and talking about ideas to make their performances even better.Writing their own songs and deciding over their set they had much to say about the way they wanted certain stuff.Roy wasn’t very pleased with that though,but what else could he do then agree with FirE?He knew they would bring him into trouble again if he didn’t.
“Well,I say we should change the costumes for “Control my mind.”Tamara exclaimed”For example we could just start to wear some short skirts for once.”
“Yeah right and let all people in the front row drool all over us.No thanks very much.”Daphne stated slightly annoyed.
“Why don’t we just do that thing with those wide trousers?It’s comfortable with all the dances but still pretty sexy with some nice top or anything.”Dee tried,being the stylist of the band. “Alright,that’s settled then.But now the playlist for the show.I think we could switch…”
But before Tamara could even end her sentence the bus made a huge move to the side of the road,throwing the girls against the windows.Before anyone really knew what was going on the bus went off the street,landing on its side in the verge…

“My God,did you see that!?”Scott yelled when he and the other lads saw exactly what was happening to FirE’s bus.Rich ran over to their driver and demanded”Stop the bus,right now!”
As soon as the bus had stopped the lads jumped out,running over to the,now smoking,bus of the girls.
“Girls,are you alright!?”Abs shouted while he rammed against the side of the vehicle.Unfortunately there came no reply and Scott pulled his mobile from his pocket to call for an ambulance and the police.
“We can’t wait for the police.”J stated while glaring over to the smoking engine.Rich nodded in agreement.”They would burn before they would arrive.”
“There’s only one thing we can do lads and that is to get them out ourselves.”J explained as he took his jacket off and threw it aside.Abs nodded and whispered”We owe them big time so we’d better help them now.”
The two rappers climbed on top of the bus with the help of the rest and walked over to a broken window.
“Girls,can you hear me!?”J yelled inside and a soft voice replied”J?You gotta get us out of here!”
“We will!Are you hurt!?”
“Not really but we will be soon if this thing starts to turn into a huge fireball!”
Abs looked at J and said”What if I go inside and try to get them over here and then you will pull them out?”
“Good plan.We need to be fast,though.”
Abs jumped through the broken window without hestitation and soon found the girls behind a bunch of chairs.
“Alright girls,I’ll help you over to the window and J will pull you out as soon as possible.”Abs exclaimed while he pulled Daphne to her feet and gently pushed her over to the spot where J was waiting.With one big pull Daphne was out of the bus and in the fresh air again.
“You alright?”J asked and Daphne nodded quietly.
After a few minutes all of the girls plus Abs and J were standing on top of the bus,trying as fast as possible to get down and run away from the starting fire.The other three lads had been able to get Tom,the busdriver,out of the frontseat and had also warned the firedepartment and police.Within seconds they all stood on the safe ground again and ran for cover.All nine of them were almost back at the lads’ bus when suddenly the other vehicle exploded with a massive bang…