Devil Inside (Ben Bruce)

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(A/N: Remember when I said that they lost their free day in New York? Well, forget that. I wasn't thinking when I wrote that, and now I am. Basically, the other people they were touring with just did the performance without them.) 

Help me. 

Danny's being an ass, more so than usual. Since we have to take turns sleeping, it makes it that much harder to manage. Cam had already called shotgun because he was 'too tall' to squeeze in the back. So we're all kind of laid out here awkwardly. But Danny, being blackout drunk, had way overslept. I was tired too. Really tired. I think I'm starting to hallucinate. 

"Are we there yet? "  I whined. I think I might've asked the question four or five too many times, because James snapped at me. 

"Five minutes closer than the last time you asked. " He wasn't even the one driving. I think our tour manager was starting to lose his mind too. He actually was the one driving. 

I groaned and looked at Danny, who was sleeping like the dead. Fuck it, I'm exhausted. I laid my head against his shoulder and closed my eyes. If he wanted to get up, he'd just have to deal with it. 

"Get off of me Benjamin! " Danny shouted in my ear, throwing me to the van's floor. 

I groaned as I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. We hit a bump in the road, and I hit my head against the seat in front of me. Really hard. I rubbed the spot that I'd hit. I got back up onto the seat that Danny and I shared.

"Why did you throw me off of you?" I asked, not even bothering to hide my annoyance.

"You were laying on me. I couldn't sit up." He shrugged as he spoke.

"Well, fuck you. You were the one who overslept by a lot. I was tired."

"Well don't cry about it," he said unsympathetically. 

When we got to the city in which we were performing, we were immediately attacked by some super fans begging for pictures and autographs and for us to come and hang out with them. 

Since there weren't many of them, and they were pretty relentless, we did let them take pictures and signed some things. 

"This is more like it, " Danny said, looking at the all of the women reaching out for us, which was more than you'd think, but less than I wanted. 

"Better than that other shit town, " James agreed. 

Thinking of Lily, I kept my mouth shut. Hanging out with her last night was pretty fun. I completely forgot where we were. I guess that every dark cloud really does have a silver lining. 

"Ben! Ben! " One blonde woman shouted at me. "Can I get a picture? " She asked, showing me her small camera. 

"Oh, yeah sure. " 

After the photo was taken, she got one more good look at me. "Doing anything tonight? " 

I gulped. Usually, I'd say definitely to an offer like that. So why don't I feel like it now? "Yeah, super busy tonight. Sorry. " I lied almost too easily. 

She looked disappointed, but I didn't regret it. "Oh, okay. " She sighed as she walked back into the crowd. 

"Why did you do that? " Danny asked me, finally having made his way through the small crowd. 

I walked further away and he followed. "I don't know. I'm just not feeling it today. " I shrugged casually. 

Danny chuckled. "Alright, well, that's your loss. " 

"I guess so. " 

"This isn't about Lily, is it? " He asked, wiggling his eyebrows. 

"Danny-" I began. 

"Oh, Lily! " He mocked a higher voice. "I could only ever be with you. There's no one else I want to fuck until I fuck you. " 

I hit him playfully on the head. "It's like that! " I said defensively. Maybe a little bit too defensively. 

"And you're the only one I'd let top me too, " He joked further. 

"Alright, alright, " Sam interrupted. "I get that you two are horny but, for God's sake, pick one of the women. " 

I snorted. "He wasn't talking about me. " 

"Ben wants to fuck Lily, " Danny explained. 

"That doesn't surprise me, " Cam agreed. 

"It's not true! " I insisted. "I just don't want sex tonight, okay? Jeez. "