Ebony&Ivory-Chapter 22

*all the crew made their way into the bus. As they drove out, the fans were screaming n chasing*

Luke: *waves out to them*

Illust: *waves as well*

*the fans chased until the bus was too fast for them*

Crew1: Man, they're psychos! *laughs*

Luke: Fans are like that

Crew2: I wonder wht it'll be like for Illust later on wen she makes it into the Hall of Fame. Maybe getting a lot of crazed fanboys n stalkers, eh?

Luke: Please, I got 20 years till I get that. Michael got it in 2001

Illust: Will I get to be as famous as u, Luke?

Luke: You will soon *pats her head*

Illust: *giggled*

Luke: *falls back on his bed* Oooy

Illust: *looked out the window, enjoying the scenery*

Anita: Tht was a reli great concert. Everyone was totally hyped there

Tom: Did u see the way they fought for the hat wen u did Billie Jean? Tht was crazy!

Luke: Tell me about i!

Illust: We've done this part of the concert. Where to nxt?

Luke: Next is Portland, Oregon

Illust: Sweet. Isn't tht cool, Leo?

Leo: *is sleeping*

Illust: *giggled n stroke his hair*

Luke: *eagerly waits to get the restaurant*

Driver: Land ho~! *pointing at the restaurant up ahead*

Luke: Man, im starved

Anita: Me too

Illust: Me three! *gently shakes Leo* Leo, we're here. Time for dinner

Leo: *wakes up* wha...

Illust: *smiles dwn at him* We're here at the restaurant

Leo: Oh okay. *yawns*

Illust: *takes his hand n led him out of the bus, following behind everyone to enter the restaurant

Luke: *gets out of the bus*

Maitre'd: *sees them n quickly opens the door for him* Welcome, welcome, Mr. Oliva. We've reserved this whole restaurant just for u. No one will bother u here

Anita: U knew we were coming?

Maitre'd: Not reli, bt we were hoping u would once ur concert ends, so we had this restaurant reserved for u beforehand

Luke: Yep yep. Always planning ahead

Maitre'd: Pls, sit anywhere u like *led them in*

Luke: *looks for the center of the room* There

Illust: *marveled at the plc. She nvr got to go inside fancy restaurants, only looking at it frm outside wen she was still in the streets*

Luke: *Sits down in a seat*

Leo: *sits down too* This is cool!

Tom: Yup, vry nice setting n all

Waiter: *brings in the menu*

Luke: *looks over the menu*

*everyone looked ovr, making their order*

Luke: *finishes his ordering*

*as the waiter went to get their order, everyone chatted excitedly at the concert's event*

Crew1: Did u see the number of ppl fainting this time? Man! We just broke the record!

Luke: Next one, we'll break it again!

Tom: Just dont end up sending them all to the hospital or u'd hv no ppl to perform to

Anita: *chuckled*

Illust: Tht Natasha girl is funny tho *grins*

Leo: I loved it when you guys did the Jackson 5 medley. I always loved that

Crew2: Its all thanks to the rehearsals. We're doing it for love, as Mike always said

Illust: *smiled*

Luke: Nothing better than being a perfectionist

*soon their order came in, piping n steaming hot, n smelling delicious, everyone clapped, hunger evident on their faces*

Luke: Everyone, let's pray

*everyone does so*

Illust: *copied them, not sure wht to do exactly, since she nvr reli prayed*

Luke: *says a prayer about the concert, for Michael* Amen

Everyone: Amen. *armed themselves with forks n knives n spoons* Bon appetit~!! *attacks the food*

Luke: *gets into his cheese ravioli*

Illust: *got into her spaghetti bolognaise*

Anita: *ate her fettucini carbonara*

Luke: *finishes his meal, sipping a soda*

*everyone let out a satisfied burp one by one*

Illust: *had a banana split for dessert*

Luke: BBBUURRP!! *undoes his belt*

Anita: *laughs* Good one, Luke

Luke: thanks.

Leo: Looks like you're gonna pop

Illust: *giggled. She on the other hand was one of those tht hv a bottomless pit, wont go fat no matter how she ate*

Luke: *finishes his last serving*

Tom: So we're done here *ticked the checklist in his PDA* Nxt stop, Oregon

*the crew cheered*

Luke: Let's go

Tom: *paid the bill n ushered everyone bk in the bus*

Luke: *heaves onto the bus, getting into his bed*

Illust: *crawled up to bed as well, sleeping beside Leo*

Leo: *cuddles to Illust*

Luke: *undoes a button on his pants, giving his middle more room

Anita: *chuckles* Guess u had a little too much there, love

Luke: I always do

Anita: *curls up with him* I reli look forward to u singing for Mike's TII soon

Luke: You're not the only one

Anita: Illust sang reli well today. I'm reli impressed. And she seemed to hv started to hv a growing fan

Luke: Whatcha mean?

Anita: See? *took out her PDA n went online, then showed Luke tht aftr the concert, n also the leak of the footage, there were many fansite n fan clubs dedicated to Illust, spanning thru blogs, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace n the like*

Luke: Oh wow

Anita: And also, look, this just in a few hours aftr the concert *went to YouTube to show ppl posting footage of the concert via their camera n some of them were of Illust performance with Luke*

Tom: *peeks in to see* Ah, tht one. The wonders of technology and fans nowadays, eh?

Luke: Good quality too

Tom: Illust is gonna hv big shoes to fill in, now tht ppl r gonna find out soon her connection with Lisa, n subsequently Mike n her grandfather Elvis

Luke: *starts to sing Human Nature*

Anita: *hummed along with him*

Luke: Get me out...into the nighttime...

*some of the crew who is still awake sang along with him*

Leo: *turns on the song, everyone starts to sing it*

*everyone sang n danced to the music*

Illust: *wasnt affected since she was so tired*

Luke: *covers his mouth and lets out another burp*

*everyone laughed humorously*

Anita: *patted his bk to see if he had anymore burps to come*

Luke: I'm good

Tom: Alright, time to switch driving now. Everyone get some sleep. We've got a long trip ahead of us

Luke: *yawns and falls asleep*

*everyone else does so, curling up in either the beds or the bus seats n slept*

Anita: *curled up beside Luke n slept*