Alone Together // Pete Wentz

Wasted Love

~Pete's POV~
"What the hell Pete?" Patrick asked me once the girls were gone.
"What?" I tried to be innocent.
"You know what. Start talking right now." Patrick declared. Wow, I've never seen this side of him.
"Okay okay.. I kind of... " I started.
"Kind of what?" Patrick repeated.
"I kissed Talia!"I blurted out.
"You WHAT?! You cheated on Anna? HOW COULD YOU?" Patrick's face turned red.
"I- I didn't know what I was doing. Something came over me, I wasn't myself! You don't know how much I hate myself for it. I can't think of anything else but that every single moment and I know she won't forgive me- she shouldn't forgive me. I cheated on her. The worst part is... it happened three times. I hate myself for it, I really do. Im so sorry Patrick.." I whisper.
"Im not the one you should he apologizing to." He said, his tone a bit softer now. Patrick walked away. I followed him on stage and was blinded by the light. Cheers erupted from about 2000 fans, jumping out of their seats. My breathing hitched. Even though this was our 6th show, is was still the biggest amount of people so far. What if I mess up? No, I need to be the confident and cool bass player that everyone thinks I am.
"H-hey everyone!" I step up to the mic, feeling bare without my bass. The crowd screamed accompanied by a few "WE LOVE YOU PETE"s. A crew member, Eddie brought me my bass.
"1,2,3,4!" Joe said.
"I confess
I messed up
Dropping im sorrys like your still around
And I know you dressed up
Hey kid you'll never live this down
And you're just the girl all the guys wanna dance with
And im just the boy who took too many chances
Sleeping on your folk's porch again
Dreaming she said she said she said
Why don't you just drop dead
I don't blame you
For being you
But you can't blame me
For hating it
So say what are you waiting for
Kiss her kiss her
I set my clocks early cause I know
Im always late...."
We played our lawyer made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get sued, Of all the gin joints in all the world, dance dance, nobody puts baby in the corner, 7 minutes in heaven, I've got a dark alley and a bad idea that says you should shut your mouth, sophomore slump or comeback of the year, champagne for my real friends pain for my sham friends, and sugar we're goin down. And after every song, we were greeted with the roars of applause and praise from the crowd. I could get used to this. Through every song i craned my neck to see Anna backstage. She didn't know how much of a distraction she was. For our last song we played Grand theft autumn.
"This last one is for my wonderful girlfriend, Julia!" The crowd roared. Patrick looked at me expectantly.
"And don't forget my beautiful Anna." I said into the mic smiling. This time I saw her clear as day, smiling brightly. We played the song, said thank you to everyone for coming out, and ran off stage because crazed fans were almost breaking past security.
Julia engulfed Patrick in a huge hug.
"You did amazing Sweetie!" She told him. His cheeks went red.
I felt someone hug me from behind. And then soft hands cupped over my eyes.
"Guess whooooo?" Anna cooed.
"Hmm... Joe?" I forced a laugh. She laughed, took her hands away, and kissed me. Guilt flooded over me.
"Spot on!" Joe yelled from across the backstage area. We all laughed. Except for Patrick. He didn't look at me. I guess the adrenaline from performing was wearing off, leaving me to remember my latest screw up. If that wasn't enough, Talia strolled into the room humming loudly. And rather off key.
"You did great, guys! Especially you Pete." She said in her fakely happy voice. I clenched my teeth. No one said a word.
"Fine, be that way. Just remember- I can tell your little girlfriend at any time. It won't affect me at all. Id be nicer to me if I were you." She rolled her eyes and left.
"Tell me what?" Anna said weakly. Her face was like a little innocent deer. I hated myself for constantly doing this to her. I hated Talia for being a brat, even though it wasn't completly her fault. I hated that I was going to lose her, because who would be with someone who cheated on them? I didn't deserve her.
"Pete. What is she talking about?" Julia asked me. Everyone's eyes were on me. This is worse than the 2000 pairs of eyes a few minutes ago. These people were the people I cared about most.. And of course I let them all down.
"Answer her Pete." Patrick demanded, still not making eye contact. I wanted to say it one more time before she hated me forever.
"I love you Anna. I love you so much. I love you so so so much." I choked out.
"What's going on?" Anna whispered. Silence. I couldn't bring myself to say it. Patrick's eyes finally lifted from the ground. He looked at me as though if I didn't tell her in the next 10 seconds, he'd knock me out.
"PETE!" Anna yelled, almost to tears now. I wanted to wait, to tell her one on one. But I couldn't. I had to say it now.
"I cheated on you with Talia." I whispered hoarsely. Julia, Joe, and Andy's mouths all dropped. Patrick looked back to the ground. And anna... Well...
"You're kidding me. Right? Tell me you're joking Pete. Tell me you didn't do it.." Her voice cracked.
"I... I did. Im so sorry Anna I love yo-" I couldn't finish.
"You love me? If you loved me you wouldn't have done that. You wouldn't have even thought about doing that. I thought was we had was special. I thought three months meant more to you than some girl. But I was wrong. I WAS WRONG TO HAVE TRUSTED YOU, PETE WENTZ!" She said, quiet at first but her voice quickly escalated into a yell.
"Im sorry. You don't deserve this. I just want you to know that I love you a lot and..." I tried to say but again couldn't finish.
"You don't love me." She said, crying loudly now. "No, no, no, no." She shook her head.
"Im leaving." She yelled at me through her tears."
"Please don't-"I said, but she just turned, and calmy walked down the hallway. Julia chased after her. It was that night all over again. Except this time, it was real. It was my fault. All my fault. I felt dizzy.

~Anna's POV~
I could barely see through all of my tears. I made out what hopefully was a door and kicked it. It swung open and I was greeted by cold night air. I heard Julia yelling behind me. I didn't stop walking. I needed to cut across the street to get a taxi. I looked both ways, and quickly walked across the street. I was almost to the sidewalk when suddenly I heard music almost as loud as the concer blaring. I turned around at the very last second to see a car barreling towards me at what seemed like light speed. And then everything went black...
~Julia's POV~
I sprinted down the hallway and opened a door marked exit. Where the heck was she? She probably opened a different door. I ran down the sidewalk, until I came across a crosswalk. I heard people yelling from the other side of the road. I turned around to see three drunken looking teenagers huddling around a turned over body. No. Nope. It can't be. I slowly walk across the street. I reach the boys, and they make way for me. And what I see next makes me fall to the curb and sob.