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The Right Thing
Derek walked wearily to the car, his mind fuzzy with fatigue and his neck aching like mad. He knew he should rest, maybe put yet another ice pack on his aching limbs, but his brain would not really rest. It kept jumping around, thinking of this move and that, how it would all fall together, how Shawn would look like dancing them...
Shawn. Really, ( Read more... ) -
Starlight Express, Part 6 of 10
Chap 6
One last stop, Adam thought wearily to himself. One more and this whole thing is finally, finally done.
Lil and Megan had gone off for the day to see the sights, and Michael, Anoop, Matt, and Scott had decided to grab some coffees nearby, so the bus was relatively quiet as he opened the double doors and let himself in. His own trailer ( Read more... ) -
Starlight Express, Part 5 of 10
Chap 5
A few days ago, Adam could have sworn that the squealing that accompanied Allison and Lil was not humanly possible, but here he was, standing and listening to the two scream that ungodly sound, hugging each other.
Practically everyone came running at the sound, Kris getting there first, as usual. They made a funny tableau, Adam ( Read more... ) -
Starlight Express, Part 4 of 10
Chap 4
Adam froze in his tracks, surprised.
The sounds issuing from the dressing room were not the usual soft strumming that Adam had come to associate with his erstwhile roommate, Kris: it was a wailing. A plaintive wailing.
Adam poked his head in through the curtains, curiously looking for the source of the sound. Kris was standing ( Read more... ) -
Starlight Express, Part 3 of 10
Chap 3
It wasn’t one of those good days, apparently.
Adam watched quietly as Kris stalked across the bus’ dressing area, one of his hands jammed furiously into his pocket, another hand gripping a mobile phone so tightly it seemed likely to break apart. He hefted it in one motion, then quickly threw the handset towards the cushion where it ( Read more... ) -
Starlight Express, Part 2/10
Chap 2
The creaking of the bunks in the tour bus was quiet, but Adam was having a really shitty time trying to get some sleep. It wasn’t so bad for him because he took the top bunk that Kris very generously acceded to (the media loved the speculation his comment on that generated) and he didn’t have to endlessly watch a swaying bed on top ( Read more... ) -
Starlight Express, Part 1/10
Chap 1
“Whoa. You look like shit, Kris baby.”
Kris chuckled swiftly at the choice of expletive, but Adam Lambert was not exactly the most tactful of people, and it was, actually, quite a step for the older man to soften his choice of words when he was around Kris. “Thanks, man. And hello to you, too.”
Adam clasped Kris’ hand briefly in ( Read more... ) -
Kris Allen and PowerTexting
Okay -- this might be a bit late in coming but I am seriously getting bothered by people who keep insinuating that Season 8 American Idol winner Kris Allen has won through fraud. This supposedly due to Arkansas getting in 34 million votes despite the fact that there are only about 4 million people there, after AT&T employees taught a few people in ( Read more... ) -
A Song For You, Part 6
Heartless
When Matt, Anoop, and Lil left, the house was that much quieter, without Matt perpetually trying to come to some tomfoolery. Adam was grateful for the silence the house afforded. Sometimes he’d have to go out to the pool just to catch some quiet, to think his song choices through. More often than not, Kris would come out looking for ( Read more... ) -
A Song For You, Part 4 & 5
The Way You Look Tonight
Matt Giraud’s save by the judges was monumental, and the mood was celebratory. Ryan had given them the freedom to roam the bars tonight, armed with the studio’s credit card.
Now all they needed to do is find somewhere where the press would not be on them like a pack of hounds from hell.
The Ford Explorer was big ( Read more... )