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Austin
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“What’s up, bitches?” shouted the tenor voice of Jack. Austin perked up and smiled, shaking Sienna in the process. All Time Low was here! Their bus door was pulled open and in waltzed Jack and Rian. Austin stood and welcomed his friends.
“Hey, guys!” He greeted. “How are you?”
“Rushed.” Rian admitted. “I was trying to spend a few weeks with Cassadee.”
“Ha!” Jack snorted. “He means sex.” Austin was amused, as he remembered why he loved hanging around All Time Low so much. They never failed to make him laugh. Rian was about to make a sarcastic comeback when Alex and Zack walked into the bus, Matt Flyzik following them.
“You can’t just walk onto someone’s bus, Jack.” Alex scolded, shaking his head. Austin smirked.
“Hey, guys, this is my daughter, Sienna.” He said, nodding to the small girl on the couch. She was staring at the boys with a confused look on her face. She was recognizing them from the video. She gave them a small smile.
“Hello.”
“Hi!” Alex said happily, leaning down to hug her. She shied away, but Alex didn’t seem to notice.
“Boys, what were you going to ask the kind man?” Matt teased. Austin glanced at the four men, curious of the question. Jack looked sheepish and made a face.
“Sorry, mom.” He muttered, making Austin crack a smile.
“Our bus isn’t coming until tomorrow.” Rian sighed. “Can two stay here and three with PTV?”
“Yeah.” Austin immediately answered. “We have extra bunks.”
Alan and Aaron walked into the room, their smiles wide. “HEY!” Alan shouted, running to Jack. Jack grinned and stuck out his tongue.
“Hey!”
Austin heard Sienna sigh and watched her stand up. She slowly made her way to the back of the bus to where Tino and Phil were. Austin was about to say something, but he didn’t want to turn the attention on her. She hated that.
“Does she hate us?” Zack asked. Austin looked over the well built man and shrugged.
“I don’t think she could ever hate anyone, to be honest.” He admitted. “I think she’s just tired.”
“What’s it like being a daddy?” Alex asked, plopping down on the couch. Aaron sat next to him and looked up at Austin for an answer as well. Austin grinned.
“It’s fucking awesome.”
Matt nodded his head, agreeing with what Austin said. “That’s nice. Hey, guys, you have to go ask PTV if you can stay on their bus too.”
“How are you splitting us up?” Rian yawned, rubbing his buzz cut hair.
“I don’t fucking care.” Matt sighed. “As long as I’m not with Barakat.” Jack gave a horrified gasp.
“What?! I thought you loved our secret cuddle time!” He whined. Matt blushed a deep red which caused the rest of the boys to giggle.
“You know what? Jalex, here, Me, Rian and Zack will be on the other one. When the other bus comes with the roadies, we can have secret cuddle time then. Okay?”
Jack pouted. “Okay.”
“So, what songs are on your sets?” Alan asked. As the others plunged into their conversation, Austin walked to the bunks to grab something from his bag. He pulled out her his daughter’s phone case which he took away from her seeing how he couldn’t trust her with one and the blades tumbled out onto the floor.
“Shit,” he mumbled, leaning down to pick them up. He placed them back in his bag and shook his head sadly. He never liked to see anyone in pain. During the meet and greets one time, he noticed a girl who had a heavy sweatshirt on in the middle of summer in fucking Ocalla FL. When he confronted her about it, she burst into tears, brandishing her arms which were full of red and white horizontal cuts. Austin had flinched back and stumbled, causing him to fall into a trash can. She went to help him up, but he stood up and grabbed her arms, kissing each cut, tears in his eyes.
Austin shook his head, trying to get rid of the memory. He also remembered when he was fifteen and a half, and he met Lucy. Austin sat in his bunk and let his legs swing out from the bunk. He always thought she was pretty. He actually never stopped thinking she was pretty, but when she was fifteen, he had a massive crush on her. Lucy was a brunette, of course. Brown wavy hair, waist length. Her skin was soft and flawless, her eyes a dark green color. At the time, she was dating this douche bag, Anthony, who also happened to be his best friend at the time.
When they broke up, Austin saw his opportunity and took it.
They dated for six months, until they had sex, then just like that: ‘we should break up.’
Lucy never told him that she was pregnant, with his baby, or someone else’s, but when she pulled out of school, Lucy’s friend had told him that she was knocked up with some random guy’s kid.
Austin was heartbroken. It was just a series of downhill events. Austin and his father got into more arguments, Austin’s mother passed away, he was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome, he was bullied-
“Austin?” asked Sienna’s voice. Austin sat up quickly, then grunted as his forehead collided with the underside of the bunk. “Shit! Are you okay?”
“Yeah, yeah,” Austin muttered, trying not to scold her for swearing. “Yeah. I’m good. What’s up?”
She rubbed the back of her neck and Austin rubbed his head, trying not to swear himself. “Uh, we should start putting food out, and setting up. Right? We’ll make dinner in an hour?”
“That sounds good.” Austin nodded, standing up. She smiled at him and he returned the gesture. Alex and Jack walked back into the bunks and tossed their bags in an empty bunk.
“Did I hear the wood food?” Jack asked, rubbing his stomach. Austin nodded.
“We’re having a party!”
“Liquor?” Alex hoped. Austin chuckled.
“Of course!”
“Hide yo’ bitches!” squealed the Lebanese man. “Drunk Jack is coming out to play!”
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Sienna
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“Heart’s on fire tonight, feel my bones ignite, feels like war, feels like war.” sang Vic and Alex. They were grinning like nothing else. Sienna was curious at why this didn’t happen when Sleeping With Sirens was here. The only thing that actually happened was a party, and Sienna was a killjoy. “We go together or we don’t go down at all.” Alex smiled while he sang and strummed. She liked this song. It was catchy.
“Sienna!” mumbled Jaime. “Daance with mee!”
“You’re drunk, Jaime.” She reminded him, pulling away from him. He frowned and looked like he was going to cry.
“I’ll dance with you!” offered Jack. Instantly, Drunk Jack grabbed Jaime and started rubbing on him. Jaime made a face of disgust and started whining in Spanish.
“No me gusta! No me gusta!”
Jack didn’t care. Sienna smirked and let the two work out their problems for themselves. She brought her sweater sleeves over her knuckles and she walked a few steps away from the group of drunken idiots. unfortunately, her father was one of them. She sighed and found Rian who was watching the group of men with an amused smile on his face. He was texting someone on his phone, but looked up when he saw Sienna.
“Hi.” he greeted her with a warm smile. “What’s up?”
Sienna only shrugged and she leaned down to pick up an Arnold Palmer. She cracked it open with her nail and took a sip, relieved at the sweet liquid hitting her throat. Rian grinned at her and rubbed the back of his neck.
“What kind of music do you listen to?” He asked, trying to make small talk. Sienna felt embarrassed.
“Actually, I listened to your band a lot. I didn’t know who you were though,” she admitted.
“How...?” Rian asked, confused. His confusion was called for, seeing how Sienna’s always surrounded by iPods with screens.
“I went to a garage sale with my mom and bought it cheap. It was beaten up and hand no screen, but it had your music on it. Austin actually told me it was you guys.” She felt ashamed when she told him that she bought a cheap iPod at a garage sale because she couldn’t afford a normal one, but he only grinned.
“What song did you like the most?”
Sienna smiled genuinely.
“I really liked the song Stella and that one that’s like stop fucking around with my emotions....” She once again felt embarrassed that she didn’t know the title of the songs. Rian nodded, agreeing with her.
“The Irony Of Choking On A Lifesaver.” He said, turning red too. She snorted.
“What?”
“That’s the name of that song.” He explained. “I didn’t like it, but Alex and Jack thought it was cool.” His eyes landed on Matt who was drinking a beer as Alex and Zack gently tugged on his hat. Matt looked like he was going to explode.
“Do you always torture your manager?” Sienna asked, watching as Matt turned on his heel and bared his teeth, making the other two boys scatter, giggling away.
“Yeah, but Jack is the main source of his anger.”
Sienna nodded and squealed as hands wrapped around her, twirling her about. “YOLO!” Tino shouted, flipping her over his shoulders and catching her again making her scream and giggle. “SWAG! SWIGGITY SWAG! UR BOI! SWAG SWAG!”
Finally, he placed her on the ground and giggled with her, Rian laughing and shaking his head as well.
Her phone buzzed and she quickly looked down at it, her mouth watering.
Is this Sienna Francias or not? I found this number on twitter. is it real?
Another message popped up.
You’re fucking fake. I fucking hate you! you’re a bitch. Stop crying about you stupid mommy and get over it. Austin’s mom died too, you cow You’re not the only one!
And then another
You’re welcome, Sienna. Now you’re number is everyone’s business.
Suddenly, her phone blew up with messages, ranging from: is this Sienna? to Kill yourself. to: tell your dad i said hi!
She blinked rapidly, biting back tears. She shoved her phone in her pocket and gave an exasperated scream. She walked back to the bus and stormed to her bunk, her mouth twisted in a frown.
You will not cry. You will not cry. You will not cry.
Turning the phone completely off, she shoved it under the mattress of Austin’s bed and punched the imitation of wood a few times before putting on a fake smile and walked back outside. Rian and Tino were still waiting, this time, confused to the fullest.
“What’s wrong?” Tino asked.
Sienna shrugged, trying to clamp down on her thoughts.
“Nothing. My phone died.”
Rian smiled. “I hate when that happens.”
“Yeah.” Sienna laughed, hiding her tears. “It feels like the end of the world.”
A/N: HEY! Let's play a game for those still reading. Fill in the blanks! That awkward moment when_________and it makes you________. Fill it in with whatever you want. I'm merely curious. Mine is: That awkward moment when you eat all of your Halloween Candy and it makes you giggle at all these awkward cat videos. :) Write yours in the comment section below!
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