"What exactly did you see?"

He looks up from his phone. "Whatever you where tryin' so hard to hide."

"I don't know what you are talking about."

He lifts his hands in surrender. "Okay, okay."

I smile shyly, it has been a while since... what am I saying it is the first time a guy has ever flirted with me and I liked it.

I walked out the door while searching for Liam.

"Ivanna wait."

"Liam I was just looking for you, can I please have my clothes."

"No."

"What do you mean no? I want to leave. You said I could join you to the next town."

"How about you come on tour with us?"

"Excuse me?"

"Harry and I discussed it and we want you to join us on tour."

"I told you I don't want your charity."

He sighs. "It's not charity. We want you to travel with us, you know see what you've been missing and we will feel safer with an army person on board."

"I am a Sergeant for your information, not an army person."

"Sorry Sergeant. What do you say? Join us?"

Well the offer is tempting. I mean I don't have anywhere else to go. I don't have any family either. After mom's death the families all went their separate ways. And it will give me a chance to get farther away. Come on Ivanna for once do something reckless and forget about the consequences.

"Let's face it Liam, she is too scared to go on tour with five boys. I mean we might be too much for her to handle. The life of a boy band is too tough for a little girl like herself." The sarcasm is so thick in Louis' voice, almost like he is spitting out poison.

"You know what boys count me in."

"Thank goodness. Okay first official order of business, we need to get you some clothes. Let's face it you can't keep wearing mine."

"I didn't even know you were listening Harry."

"The bus has thin walls Ivanna."

"Okay since I am going to be travelling with y'all. Please call me Van. Everybody in the army called me that and I like it more than Ivanna."

"Very well, we will call you Van. Everyone got that memo?"

They all nod. And then we heard a loud bang coming from the bus. Liam and Louis rush inside and you can hear Liam yelling.

"Don't worry about them. Niall is always up to no good with Louis and Zayn is like the little devil that encourages them."

I smile at Harry's words. They sound like Robinson and Kelley, they were always in trouble too. "It's okay. It can't be worse than what I am used to."

"I forgot. You must've been around men all your life."

"There were girls that occasionally came with the new recruits, but they never lasted long. So yeah, I rather sticked with the dudes. They made my life very interesting and bearable."

"If I may ask Van, how old are you?"

"I am turning 20."

"O okay, and did you have a boyfriend in the army?"

"No, I never got too attached to the soldiers. You didn't know whether you were going to see them for the next meal, so I kept my distance. I had one best friend though, Rick. He always had my back."

"He sounds like a very nice guy."

"He is." I like Harry. He is such an easy person to talk to.

"Hey guys we are leaving. We have to get to the hotel before morning."

"Coming, Zayn." He turns to me. "Come on I will show you the best seat on the bus."

"Why thank you, sir."

We enter the bus and all the boys look at me making me feel very uncomfortable. Niall walks up to me and pulls me into a hug.

"Welcome to our tour, I am very glad you decided to join us."

"Thank you Niall. And thank you for the hug."

"My pleasure."

I sat down next to Harry. "By the way like the boots."

"Well it's all the rage right now."

They all started laughing. The rest of way was rather quiet except for the occasional arguments that pop up.

I look at all the boys individually. A sudden fatigue flushes over me and my eyelids begin to feel very heavy. I put my head back against the window. I am out of that place. I can't believe it. I don't know how long this freedom will last but I do hope forever. Because being here with these crazy kids actually feels right. So right.