I'm nine weeks now on tour with 30 Seconds to Mars. After too many attempts for the job of the tour manager, at least I managed to become an assistant on a tour. And what a tour, a famous band, traveling around the world for god knows how long it'll take. Ok, I imagined something better than just an assistant, but having a job matters more.
And the whole crew is a hell of the best crews. We're getting along pretty well from the day the tour started and I took the place of the second assistant, who left the band for personal reasons. I can guess why. Probably Jared wasn't very pleased with his work. To be honest, Jared may seem very cool but he's like always very bossy over everyone, without exceptions. That's very irritating. In the beginning he was very good, he showed out a cool and controlled man. But now I can see his real side. Not that he's not a good guy, but his very strange. You can think for a moment that he is the King of the world.
About Shannon? He tried from the first moment to lay me to his bed. He must be so sexual frustrated, that's for sure. But it's ok, he admitted he's done it with every new girl in the crew and he never succeded. He's very cool I can say. He makes himself comfortable everywhere, has humor. And of course, he bangs his drums like a beast. For these nine weeks he's the one I'll run into if I want to talk or want some company. I can say that I found my friend for the time I'll be on tour.
And Tomo, oh god, Tomo. He's the sweetest guy in the world! I loved him from the first minute. You can't make a bad option about Tomo. He's very understanding and so sweet. Whenever I see him I just wanna run to him and hug him. I don't know why, but he seems to be the most friendly of the band-boys. And whenever his girlfriend, Vicki, joins on the tour, he's so happy and sweet with her. After the years they're together and he seems to be still madly in love with her. That makes me so happy.
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I try to concentrate to the work I need to have done for tonight. We're in Chicago, in the North America leg of the "Into the Wild" tour. And I need to have some paperwork done for the next show in Detroit tomorrow. As I start with the things I have to do, a knock on the door of the back lounge startles me. "It's open" I call out. Emma picks her head in the room. "Hey, Jared needs to give you some more work to do, he waits for you in his dressing room." she says. I frown a little at the thought of more work, not having done the current one. "Ok, tell him I'll be there in five mins" I tell her and with that she nods and closes the door. "Can't he get his ass and come here? Is he that tired to walk?" I ask myself. As I can't do the work right now, I grab my cell phone and sunglasses and head outside of the back lounge and the tour bus.
The sun is still bright outside and it's still 6p.m. Why did they have to go for soundcheck so early? The show is at 9p.m. Of course it would be Jared's idea, Emma manages the time. And Emma is his PA. I walk past the back entrance and head for the long corridor which leads backstage and to the dressing rooms. As I reach the dressing rooms I try to find the one where Jared is. I pull open the first door I find but it's just an empty room. As I look around I find the paper stuck on the door which says "Jared" and go for it. I knock on the door and in the other end he calls out for me to come in. I open the door and I spot a shirtless Jared in front of his backpack, with many shirts strewn around him. I go closer to him and I see his confused look, probably trying to find something to wear for the show. I spot a white t-shirt in the pile of clothes and pick it up. "This one" and I hand it to him. He takes it, the confusion never leaving his face. "Want something?" I ask him. "Look Bruny, I need those files-" he points to a red envelop on the table next to the bathroom door "-to be done till Thursday for the NYC show." I go and pick up the envelop, then turn to him again. "Have you done the ones for Detroit?" "I'm in a good way. They'll be ready before the show, hopefully" I say in a low voice. "When will you stop calling me Bruny? I have a name." I snap to him on my way to the door, turning to see him from my shoulder. "Never." "And why not?" "It's the only way I can call you. Having two Emmas on the crew isn't very easy. I had to put a nickname to one of them. And I surely prefer to put the nickname on you" he says with a little smile on his lips. "And why me?" "I'm used to call my PA as 'Emma'. Since you're the latest one, you take the nickname" he muses and then pauses for a while. "You should feel honored to be called as 'Bruny'. It seems cute." He says jokingly. I snort with his word. "Ok boss, but I'd like to be called with my name. I feel like I'm a baby girl." "You are." "Really? I'm 24 and still a baby?" "In your mind" he says, more to himself. I feel some anger creep over me but I try to ignore it. He's Jared. He's kidding. But still, I work for him and his band so I need to keep my mouth shut. I dead-glare at him and open the door to leave. "Thanks for your compliment. I'll hand the paperwork to Emma later" and without a back glance, I leave the room and practically run to the tour bus.
In my way to the tour bus I'm stopped by Shannon. "Hey tiger, what happened?" he says confused. I turn and look at him, a bit of hurt in my soul from Jared's words before. I spot the lit cigarette between his fingers and reach quickly for it. He's so out of his trucks by my move that he doesn't respond as I take a good drug from the cigarret and then hand it to him again. But he doesn't take it so I take a second drug and let the smoke fog my mind. "I didn't know you smoke" he muses. "Only in situations" I snap back. "Situations like what?" "Like the one with your brother" I say and tears pull in my eyes. I never cried in front of Shannon and I have no intention to, so I blink rapidly to stop them from falling. He looks at me in confusion, the frown on his face deepening. "You fought again?" "Almost. Maybe, let me refrase that. We were talking normaly till he said that I have a baby's mind. Sideways" I mutter and take another drug from the cigarette. Shannon shrugs. "Oh Bruny, don't mind him. He can be a total jerk before a show." "But he's a jerk with me all time. Like I did something to him. Ok, I don't like him that much, but I feel like he's using me like a robot for whatever he wants to have done-" I spat out and drop the finished cigarette to the ground "-and don't call me Bruny." "Ok, ok! Look, go and do what you have to do and then come watch the show. You never joined in one." "Ok, I'll see what I can do 'bout that" He hugs me for just a second and then pushes me towards the bus.
When I reach the bus, I enter and head towards the back lounge once again. I need to have this work done till the show and then go have some fun. Sometimes Shannon's ideas can make me excited. That's why I decide to go watch the show. My very first Mars show. Seems odd, but I never had time to even take a peak of any show. "If you wanna join the show in time, let's get into work Emma." I tell to myself and start working on the files I left once again.
And the whole crew is a hell of the best crews. We're getting along pretty well from the day the tour started and I took the place of the second assistant, who left the band for personal reasons. I can guess why. Probably Jared wasn't very pleased with his work. To be honest, Jared may seem very cool but he's like always very bossy over everyone, without exceptions. That's very irritating. In the beginning he was very good, he showed out a cool and controlled man. But now I can see his real side. Not that he's not a good guy, but his very strange. You can think for a moment that he is the King of the world.
About Shannon? He tried from the first moment to lay me to his bed. He must be so sexual frustrated, that's for sure. But it's ok, he admitted he's done it with every new girl in the crew and he never succeded. He's very cool I can say. He makes himself comfortable everywhere, has humor. And of course, he bangs his drums like a beast. For these nine weeks he's the one I'll run into if I want to talk or want some company. I can say that I found my friend for the time I'll be on tour.
And Tomo, oh god, Tomo. He's the sweetest guy in the world! I loved him from the first minute. You can't make a bad option about Tomo. He's very understanding and so sweet. Whenever I see him I just wanna run to him and hug him. I don't know why, but he seems to be the most friendly of the band-boys. And whenever his girlfriend, Vicki, joins on the tour, he's so happy and sweet with her. After the years they're together and he seems to be still madly in love with her. That makes me so happy.
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I try to concentrate to the work I need to have done for tonight. We're in Chicago, in the North America leg of the "Into the Wild" tour. And I need to have some paperwork done for the next show in Detroit tomorrow. As I start with the things I have to do, a knock on the door of the back lounge startles me. "It's open" I call out. Emma picks her head in the room. "Hey, Jared needs to give you some more work to do, he waits for you in his dressing room." she says. I frown a little at the thought of more work, not having done the current one. "Ok, tell him I'll be there in five mins" I tell her and with that she nods and closes the door. "Can't he get his ass and come here? Is he that tired to walk?" I ask myself. As I can't do the work right now, I grab my cell phone and sunglasses and head outside of the back lounge and the tour bus.
The sun is still bright outside and it's still 6p.m. Why did they have to go for soundcheck so early? The show is at 9p.m. Of course it would be Jared's idea, Emma manages the time. And Emma is his PA. I walk past the back entrance and head for the long corridor which leads backstage and to the dressing rooms. As I reach the dressing rooms I try to find the one where Jared is. I pull open the first door I find but it's just an empty room. As I look around I find the paper stuck on the door which says "Jared" and go for it. I knock on the door and in the other end he calls out for me to come in. I open the door and I spot a shirtless Jared in front of his backpack, with many shirts strewn around him. I go closer to him and I see his confused look, probably trying to find something to wear for the show. I spot a white t-shirt in the pile of clothes and pick it up. "This one" and I hand it to him. He takes it, the confusion never leaving his face. "Want something?" I ask him. "Look Bruny, I need those files-" he points to a red envelop on the table next to the bathroom door "-to be done till Thursday for the NYC show." I go and pick up the envelop, then turn to him again. "Have you done the ones for Detroit?" "I'm in a good way. They'll be ready before the show, hopefully" I say in a low voice. "When will you stop calling me Bruny? I have a name." I snap to him on my way to the door, turning to see him from my shoulder. "Never." "And why not?" "It's the only way I can call you. Having two Emmas on the crew isn't very easy. I had to put a nickname to one of them. And I surely prefer to put the nickname on you" he says with a little smile on his lips. "And why me?" "I'm used to call my PA as 'Emma'. Since you're the latest one, you take the nickname" he muses and then pauses for a while. "You should feel honored to be called as 'Bruny'. It seems cute." He says jokingly. I snort with his word. "Ok boss, but I'd like to be called with my name. I feel like I'm a baby girl." "You are." "Really? I'm 24 and still a baby?" "In your mind" he says, more to himself. I feel some anger creep over me but I try to ignore it. He's Jared. He's kidding. But still, I work for him and his band so I need to keep my mouth shut. I dead-glare at him and open the door to leave. "Thanks for your compliment. I'll hand the paperwork to Emma later" and without a back glance, I leave the room and practically run to the tour bus.
In my way to the tour bus I'm stopped by Shannon. "Hey tiger, what happened?" he says confused. I turn and look at him, a bit of hurt in my soul from Jared's words before. I spot the lit cigarette between his fingers and reach quickly for it. He's so out of his trucks by my move that he doesn't respond as I take a good drug from the cigarret and then hand it to him again. But he doesn't take it so I take a second drug and let the smoke fog my mind. "I didn't know you smoke" he muses. "Only in situations" I snap back. "Situations like what?" "Like the one with your brother" I say and tears pull in my eyes. I never cried in front of Shannon and I have no intention to, so I blink rapidly to stop them from falling. He looks at me in confusion, the frown on his face deepening. "You fought again?" "Almost. Maybe, let me refrase that. We were talking normaly till he said that I have a baby's mind. Sideways" I mutter and take another drug from the cigarette. Shannon shrugs. "Oh Bruny, don't mind him. He can be a total jerk before a show." "But he's a jerk with me all time. Like I did something to him. Ok, I don't like him that much, but I feel like he's using me like a robot for whatever he wants to have done-" I spat out and drop the finished cigarette to the ground "-and don't call me Bruny." "Ok, ok! Look, go and do what you have to do and then come watch the show. You never joined in one." "Ok, I'll see what I can do 'bout that" He hugs me for just a second and then pushes me towards the bus.
When I reach the bus, I enter and head towards the back lounge once again. I need to have this work done till the show and then go have some fun. Sometimes Shannon's ideas can make me excited. That's why I decide to go watch the show. My very first Mars show. Seems odd, but I never had time to even take a peak of any show. "If you wanna join the show in time, let's get into work Emma." I tell to myself and start working on the files I left once again.
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