Read Between The Lines

Part 17

Rian’s POV (and if you don’t know who Rian Dawson is shame on you.)

ENGLAND.

‘ALL TIME LOW ARE BACK ON TOUR BABY’ Screams Jack as we walk down the almost empty corridor leading from the aeroplane we took from Boston to London Heathrow.

Even with the distinct lack of people our uptight manager’s assistant Kelly tutted at Jack and frowned at his childish behaviour. Looking to Matt her manager for support the already tight frown on her face deepened as she realised that he wasn’t going to say anything to jack. To be honest I don’t even know why she would have bothered. Kelly had been employed by matt for almost 3 months now and she was very different to the rest of the All Time Low family.

She doesn’t always approve of all the crazy things we do, and to make things worse she gets all up in our business about it. Matt occasionally has to reprimand us and cool things down a bit but he doesn’t get all shitty about it. He’s chilled and cool with it all that’s why we respect him. That Kelly just doesn’t get that she won’t ever gain our respect if she’s just gunna yell at us all the time.

She treats us like children.

Okay maybe Jack and Alex are children but she could at least act a little grateful at the fact that we gave her a job.

I jump with fright as we are passing the threshold into the Baggage reclaim area and I feel an extra weight on my back. Seeing Alex jumping on Zack’s back out of the corner of my eye the confusion instantly disappears to be replaced by a smile as I realise what’s going on.

Seconds later me and Zack are in a flat out race to the end of the baggage reclaim hall, both Alex and Jack on our backs spurring us on with words of encouragement neither team wanting to be the loser.

Pulling on some extra resources I didn’t even know I had after that exhausting plane ride we pulled ahead and before I could even register the boring dull grey wall in front of us Jack reached out his hand and touched it  mere seconds before Alex. Smiling in accomplishment as I realise that we have won I tip Jack off my back and slap my hand to his in a victory High five.

‘NICE GOING RI RI’ Jack screams and before I even realise what’s happening he’s  pulled me along beside him linking arms with me like I’m an old woman he’s helping cross the road. From behind we hear the jokingly bitter tone of Alex’s voice muttering to Zack ‘Knew I should have picked Rian Damn you Jack’. Laughing at Alex’s reaction to the loss Zack slaps him jokily round the head before calling out to us ‘so what’s our punishment then lads?’

Stopping halfway back to the rest of the crew Jack turns to give me a sneaky smile and suddenly I found myself glad that I was on his team. Alex and Zack defiantly weren’t going to like their punishment that was for sure.

Josh’s POV

Absentmindedly I scrolled through my Facebook timeline whilst lying on my stomach hanging over the end of my bed.

Snorting with disgust at the fact that someone had posted I love you on their boyfriends wall when they had only been going out for 2 days I tossed my phone aside and cast my eyes slowly around my room taking in the state of it.

My walls were covered with scratches and marks from the places where I had punched and hit the wall with frustration.

Clothes and half-empty plates were cast at random around my room. I was living in a pigsty. If my mum was around enough to come in my room she would have been horrified, but luckily I don’t have to worry about that.

I just can’t be arsed to do anything.

The clothes that I had been trying on to see what I wanted to wear a few days ago had been cast aside in frustration.