without you there is no me(vic fuentes)

chapter 1

  I unzipped my bag excitedly. I had a small bunk, but a lot of shit. I had bags of clothes (mostly jeans and band tees) and loads of other necessities for the tour. I sat inside the bunk and unzipped my smallest bag. Inside were all my pictures, I wanted to stick them up inside my bunk. I grabbed the tape and started adding them to the back wall of the bunk, one by one.

First was a picture of and my twin brother, . He's my best friend in the world. We were born ten minutes apart, him being older. You may know him, he's the lead singer of Sleeping With Sirens. Even though he's the world's best brother, he's also the worlds most overprotective brother. He already laid down ground rules for me. I may be twenty eight now, but I still follow his rules. I replay his tour rules in my head: no drinking unless he or someone he trusts is with me, tell people where I'm going before I do it, no spending all my cash on band merch and Kellin's favourite, no dating.

The second picture I tape up is of my best friends and me on tour last year. My best friends in the world are and , from Black Veil Brides and . I got to tour with them loads, I don't think I could live without those three.

The next picture, and I. Kellin doesn't know it, but we have been dating on and off for years. It's a vicious cycle though, he's cheated on me countless times, then I'd break down, go off with someone else, we'd get in a huge fight... Only the rest of Black Veil Brides know about us, just because they were always caught in the middle. That's one of the reasons I decided to come on this tour with my brother, to get some head space from Ashley.

The last pictures I put up are simple. One of (Kellin's wife) and I, she's the only friend I have who's a girl to be honest. Another of my cute niece and god-daughter , I love that kid. And one last picture of me with all of Sleeping With Sirens. I smile at the wall, knowing I'll be able to take these things on tour with me.

Suddenly the bunk curtain rips back, making me jump. "Emery, what are you doing in here?" Kellin laughs. I shrug and hop out of the bunk. "Sorry, just fixing it up" I smile. He looks over my shoulder at the pictures on the wall for a minute. "Are we there yet?" I ask him. He shakes his head. "Ten more minutes" he smiles.

We were on our way to get Pierce the Veil at the airport. They're all touring together, and they've decided we'd all go on the same bus. All the crew now have to go on a seperate bus, so it'll be just PTV and SWS members, oh and me. I've never met Pierce the Veil, but I love their music. I'm excited to talk to them about it, especially Tony and Jaime. I play guitar myself and I love playing with other band member and learning more from them.

I follow Kellin out into the front lounge and kitchen. is digging through the fridge, probably looking for alcohol to kick off the tour. is sitting on the leather sofa, tapping a pair of drum sticks on the arm rest. is sitting at the fold out table, with ear phones in his ear and is staring down at his laptop.

I sit with Kellin next to Gabe. "Excited for the tour, Emery?" gabe asked me, continuing his tapping. I nod vigorously. "Definitely, I can't wait to get this started" I smile. Jack stands up with a bottle of vodka in his hand. "Isn't this your first time meeting the Pierce the Veil boys?" Jack laughs. I nod slowly. "You'll like them, they're really fun" he smiles again, unscrewing the lid.

"Jack, way too soon" Kellin chuckles. He rolls his eyes. "Dude, the tour is just beginning. We'll be on this bus until tomorrow night, we may as well have fun" he laughs. Kellin shrugs. "At least wait until we get the others and they settle in" he says calmly. Jack sighs and leaves the bottle on the counter top.

The bus stops and I turn in my seat to look out the window. Four guys are walking towards the bus, dragging tons of boxes behind them. Kellin jumps up. "Everyone off the bus" he says, hitting Justin a little so he takes out his earphones. "Come on and help PTV" he says, opening the bus door.

I gulp and stand up. Sometimes I get anxious about new people, but they have a good reputation so I try to stay calm. By the time I get off the bus, everyone is already outside, greeting one another. No one introduces me, so I stay quiet, knowing Kellin will eventually.

I decide to grab a guitar case leaning against the bus and put it in the trailer, I may as well do my part right? I carry it to the trailer and when I get there I notice it's already open. Only one person is inside, organising the equipment. He stands up and looks back at me. "You got my baby for me" he smiles. Pierce the Veil's lead singer.

I look down at the case, realising it must be his guitar. "Oh, sorry.." I say handing him the case. "No, I'm grateful" he smiles. "Nice to see someone helping" he says a little louder, to get the others attention. I laugh a little as he puts the case in the trailer. "They're lazy, if we don't tell them to put the stuff in, it will be left out here in the street" I say. Vic laughs and steps out of the trailer.

"I don't think I know you, are you one of their girlfriends or something?" he asks, raising an eyebrow. I laugh at the thought, shaking my head. "No, I'm Kellin's twin" I laugh. "He brought me on tour". His eyes widen. "You're his twin that hangs with Black Veil Brides! Wow, he never said you were so.." he pauses, looking away. "So what?" I laugh.

He's about to speak up when runs over with another box. "Hey, Kellins sister!" he smiles, shaking my hand while balancing the box on his hip. "It's Emery" I laugh. "Awesome name!" he smiles. "Tony, but call me Turtle" he smirks. I laugh while he jumps into the trailer while Vic helps him with the box.

The guys finish loading up. While they do, I introduce myself to both and . Once their stuff is in the trailer, we all get back on the warm bus after being in the cold night air for so long. The guys stand around with their stuff, looking somewhat lost.

"Where we sleeping?" Mike asks. Kellin stands up on the sofa, as if he was about to give a life changing speech. "Okay, we have eight bunks, so I'm going to sleep in the back lounge on the pull out bed so you can all have a bunk each" he smiles. He clicks his fingers and points to me. "Emery, show PTV which bunk is there's while we get drinks flowing" he laughs, jumping down.

I roll my eyes and look at the four guys waiting for my help. I nod them in the direction of the bunk area. There's two bunks on each other, and there's four bunks in total on each side of the hall. Mine is the bunk on the right, at the very back on top. Tony gets the bunk under me, Vic gets the one directly across from me with Jaime underneath. Mike gets the top bunk at the front on the left, over Justin. Directly across from him is Gabe's bunk with Jack's underneath him.

I hop into my bunk and dig around for my phone while the guys unpack next to me. Before I know it the aisle is full of shoes and clothes. Vic jumps up into his bunk, right across from me. "We're bunk buddies" he smiles. I shrug. " I guess so" I say laughing. "Vic kind of snores though, you'll get use to it" Tony laughs. I try to hide my laugh. I see Vic roll his eyes as jump out of the bunk again.

I jump back out of the bunk, phone in hand. "You guys ready to kick off the tour, the way real rockstars do?" I smirk. They all look up at me. "Like you could handle that sweetheart" Vic says getting closer to me. I look straight at him. "We'll see who can handle it". There's a chorus of ooohh's from the guys. Vic winks cheekily at me, in a almost patronising way. I skip back out into the front area, laughing