Adopted by Alex Gaskarth

you are not your illness

I wake up today with a new ambition.
I will defeat my demons and I will move on with my life.
today is my 15th birthday. 15 years of life.
I wake up to the sound of whispering downstairs.
I decided to shower and clean myself up before making an entrance.
smiling at the thought of 2 weeks clean I pin the front of my hair back and put on some makeup. I throw on light jeans & a gray TWLOHA tank top and I went and stole a flannel from Alex's room to tie around my waist. I skipped down stairs and everything was freakishly quiet.
"guys I swear to god"
"SURPRISE HALO" the boys all scream scaring me shitless.
"YOU FUCKERS" I scream laughing
jack picks me up and swings me over his shoulder running into the kitchen and setting me on the floor
"I MADE BREAAAAKFAST" he screamed
"no jack you burnt breakfast and I had to remake it" rian shook his head.
"shut up you potato." jack rolled his eyes as alex set down a plate of waffles on the floor with me.
I ate and smiled as jack tried to sing to me.
"crazy old man" I laugh
"IM NOT EVEN 30 YET" jack whined
"G I F T S" Vic screamed
"IM GOING LAST BECAUSE IM THE BESTEST" Jack screamed

zack handed me a little box and I opened it and it was a necklace with a little semi colon charm and I smiled wide and hugged him
"your story isn't over yet" zack smiled
next rian handed me an envelope with a phone number in it and I looked confused.
"call it" he urged
"happy birthday halo! I'm excited to let you know you're invited to our LA show tomorrow night and you get to sit side stage!!!!" Austin Carlile's voice beams
"oh my god" I whisper
"hahaha also can't wait to see that sick tat! see you tomorrow night beautiful happy birthday!" he smiled
"I think I'm dying" I whisper as I hung up
everyone started laughing as Vic handed me another envelope with 12:00 pm and address written on it
"I don't get it" i confusedly stated
"it's not what you don't get it's what you're getting" Vic winked and sat down
alrighttty then
alex smiled and handed me a huge box wrapped in purple paper
"alex you can wrap presents" I laughed
"shut up and just open it you noob" he rolled his eyes
I opened a suitcase and in it was filled with clothes, makeup, and snacks.
I looked and found a note.
"you'll probably need this stuff in a week when we go on tour ;) xoxo, alex"
"IM GOING ON TOUR WITH YOU GUYS?!?!" I screamed
"and pierce the veil" Vic piped up
I hugged alex and he smiled down at me
"being said you need to go to school so we've arranged online school and a tutor you can skype with if you need help."
"gross school" I rolled my eyes and hugged alex
"MY TURN" Jack screamed
"okay okay buddy" I laughed
he handed me a big box and inside it was a smaller box and a smaller box and a smaller box which finally had an envelope in it with 2 bus tickets to San Diego & 2 comic con tickets with a note
"excited to hang out with ya in June, don't forget the salt.
xoxo,
Jensen."
"IM FREAKING OUT" I scream and everyone laughs
"IM GOING TO MEET NY BABIESSSSSS" I cried
"IM THE BEST" Jack screamed
by the time I calmed down and everyone was ready it was 11:30 and Vic and I headed off to our mystery destination.
we pulled up in front of a small tattoo parlor and I grinned at Vic
"I wanted to be the one to take you and the boys agreed I could do it" Vic smiled
"aHhhh" I screamed and Vic laughed
"by the way is it okay if we get matching tats" Vic winked and I stared stunned
"OF COURSE" I yelled
we walked in and had a seat waiting and this guy Vic knows said he was going to hook us up.
I went first and Vic went second.
"you have more tattoos than me and you're 15" Vic laughed looking at his 1st tattoo
we took a picture and posted it on Instagram captioning it
your story isn't over yet ;
hot lady from project semi colon reposted it and said she was happy for us.
I got home and everything was happy.
I was happy.
we had tacos and played Mario kart and ate too much cake.
this was my life.
and I'm finally starting to love it.