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on the floor. “See you in a while.”
    The other guys said goodbye, and when I closed the door behind them, I leaned back against it and sighed. Life on the road was getting real already, and this was my first major moment of doubt since Razes Hell invited me along. Perhaps this was what my parents were worried about. That I’d get away from home and freak out because I hadn’t thought it through properly.
    Except I had thought it through. So many sleepless nights, and not just from overexcitement. I truly had considered every angle, and every reason I’d told my parents about why I could handle this had been carefully mulled over and re-hashed in my brain. I knew I’d have little time alone, and I knew I’d have to live in a tiny space filled with boys. It hadn’t bothered me because I knew the positives would outweigh the negatives.
    That’s what you need to do right now. Think of the positives.
    Right. First and foremost, almost free world travel. Seeing places I’d have had to save for a long time to get to alone.
    An experience very few people in the world would ever have. Aside from Ellie and the band members’ girlfriends, not many would have the chance to tour with Razes Hell in their bus.
    A chance to document a tour. Surely that would be useful at some point and in some way through my journalism career?
    A chance to get to know all of the band better. To see how they worked together and apart. To see rehearsals, and sound checks, and maybe a little of their writing process.
    A chance to get closer to Jason…
    Shaking my head, I shot that thought down before it had a chance to take hold. On the train journey, Jason and I had spoken about numerous things. I felt like he’d listened and considered my thoughts and opinions on whatever topic we were discussing, and it had felt really good. But the tour was only just starting. Way too soon to get carried away.
    I pushed away from the door and straightened up. After many hours of travelling, I needed to shower, change and get ready to head out again. I knew I’d need a lot of the ninety minutes I’d been given to extract what I needed from my suitcases and then put it all back in so I could zip them up again. With a sigh, I set to it. It was time to get ready for my first taste of Paris!
    **
    I truly hadn’t expected the guys to be so punctual. Thankfully, I was ready. Freshly showered and dressed in jeans and a white vest top with silver studs on the straps, I greeted them with a smile and we headed out of the hotel and into the city. The guys were dressed as inconspicuously as they could manage – that was one thing that had gotten easier since Jason ditched the brightly coloured hair – in the hopes that we’d be left alone on our first night away. It had gotten more and more difficult for them to go out in public, and once the tour started properly, we’d have security with us to keep any crazy fans at bay. For the time being though, we were on our own.
    Our hotel was centrally located, and right away, my breath was taken as I stepped onto the street. When we’d arrived, I was too focused on getting to my room to truly take in the sights, but once I was refreshed, I was knocked out by everything that greeted me. My greedy eyes tried to take in everything at once, and I walked right into Mack as I stared at some people and their dog across the street who were randomly dancing to a song that blared from a shop doorway. And yes, the dog was dancing too, up on his hind legs like something out of Britain’s Got Talent.
    “Sorry.” I shook my head, stepping back and shifting my focus back to Mack.
    He laughed, his blond hair swinging around his face. “There’s a lot to look at, don’t worry about it.”
    We kept walking, my eyes still soaking up as much detail as possible of cafes, bars, and hotels.
    “We’re going to see the Eiffel Tower, right?” I asked, because it was pretty much the only thing I knew about Paris, aside from Disneyland, and