WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THAT ALAN AND MADDIE BROKE UP? WTH? PS, I know you guys were probably DYING to hear from Austin's POV (you probably weren't, but whatever), but…I needed to do someone else's POV. I hope y'all understand.
And seriously.
I SHIPPED ALAN AND MADDIE SO FUCKING HARD LIKE WTF I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GET MARRIED AND LIKE…UGH. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. THANKS, WORLD. YOU MADE ME LOSE HOPE IN RELATIONSHIPS. UGHHH.
ANYWAY.
Enjoy the story.
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Sienna
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She still couldn't believe that Austin was actually taking this risk. After telling the doctor that he was going to go directly home with her, the bands piled on the bus and immediately drove to New York City. Sienna was sitting in the back lounge, Austin sitting next to her and Josh sitting on the other side. She was texting Noah, telling him she was okay, but was feeling tired. She didn't tell him where she was going. She figured it didn't matter at all.
Austin's phone went off and he glanced down, his eyebrow furrowing. The girls were still on the bus and they were leaving after one night in NYC. Their flights were scheduled for 6:00am the next day. Alexandria was also leaving, but Austin didn't seem too put down by it.
"Huh, time to take your pills, Si." Austin said, standing up.
"Do I have to right now?" Sienna whined, comfortable in her position. Austin raised an eyebrow and looked down at her sternly.
"Sienna, yes, you have to." he told her seriously. "I can't risk anything else."
"But I don't wanna move!" she groaned, tossing her head back. Austin snorted.
"I'll get your pills if you want."
"Please?" She pouted up at Austin and he rolled his eyes.
"Fine. Fine. Do you want more water too?" Sienna's smile only gave him his answer and Austin laughed. "Okay, I'll be right back." He stood up and grabbed her empty water bottle and Sienna stretched out her legs, leaning against Josh.
"How are you doin' Birdy?" he asked, his hand falling gently on her forehead, swiping the hair from her face. Sienna shrugged.
"Alright, I guess."
"Hmm." Josh wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly and awkwardly because of the poor angle. "I'm glad you're okay." Josh mumbled in her neck. "Because everything wouldn't be okay if you weren't okay."
"That's so poetic, Josh." Sienna teased, trying to lighten the mood. Josh snorted.
"I know. How else did you think I wrote Be Who You Are?"
Sienna's eyebrow cocked as she pulled herself away from Josh's slight grasp. "What? I never heard that song before." She admitted. Josh gasped, pretending to be offended.
"You didn't?"
"No, I never really got to listen to your Caviler Youth album." Sienna sighed, looking at her hands. "I don't know. I never got the time. And things were going on…and I don't have iTunes money-"
Josh made a noise in the back of his throat as Austin walked into the back lounge, followed by Alan, Matt, and Olivia. "You don't have iTunes money." Josh scoffed, pulling away from Sienna and standing. "Ridiculous. You have us. In front of you. Forever." Josh rolled his eyes dramatically and stood up, stalking out of the room.
Sienna didn't know whether or not Josh was actually mad, so she didn't know if she should laugh or not because it might be inappropriate to do so.
"What was that all about?" Austin asked, handing her a new bottle of water and three thick pills.
Sienna shrugged. "I honestly have no idea." She swallowed the pills with a bit of difficulty, but swallowed them nonetheless.
"Birdy." Alan said sternly, making her head snap up to look at him. "I wanna ask you something…or like…chat with you one-on-one, soon. Please?"
"Am I in trouble?" Sienna asked nervously.
"No, hell no." Alan chuckled, rolling his brown eyes and running his calloused fingers through his hair. "I just…need some advice. Okay?"
Sienna nodded and felt herself relax a bit. Austin resumed his position of sitting next to her. Olivia had sat down on the couch, and Matt sat down on top of her, kissing her face. Alan sat down on the other side of Sienna, taking her spot.
They sat there in quiet for a few moments until they heard a loud noise of an acoustic guitar being tuned and strummed. Then there was a slight tapping noise of a Box. (A Box is a music instrument. It's what the drummers use during the acoustic sets. Like…legit…its called 'Box'. Look it up if you don't believe me.)
Finally, the mystery of where the noise was coming from was solved when Josh, Dan, and Chris walked into the room, followed by Matt Barnes, Max, Ivy, Larken, Leigthy, and Ty. Sienna raised an eyebrow at the group and watched as Dan sat on the Box, grinning at them with his bright teeth, Josh placing himself on the other side of the couch and Chris sitting down next to Josh, holding his acoustic guitar in his hands.
Sienna absentmindedly scratched at the top of her chest where the stitches were. Austin slapped her hand away, though. Sienna glared at him, but Austin only shook his head.
"Don't touch it." He said simply. Sienna smirked and turned the rest of her attention to Josh who had his eyes trained on Sienna.
"We have to practice our acoustic set anyway. So here." Josh said, crossing his arms over his chest. Austin chuckled under his breath, but Sienna only rolled her eyes and watched the three situate themselves, amused. Max and Matt weren't playing, but they were holding their guitars loosely across their laps.
"This song is called Be Who You Are. And by the way, Sienna. Dan has a thingy for you." Dan grinned and tossed Sienna a blue card.
"Mum got it for a a few years back. Never used it." he explained as Sienna laughed at the iTunes gift card.
"Okay, you're supposed to sit there and listen, because honestly, this is bullshit that you haven't listened to our Caviler Youth album when we've been here this whole time."
Chris smiled at Sienna sheepishly and Sienna blushed as Max scoffed.
"I can now understand Josh's frustration. I thought he was just being his normal ridiculously overemotional self." Max said, avoiding Josh's glare.
"Dan. Start us off please."
Dan chuckled, but started gently tapping at the Box.
"One, two, three, four," Josh cued in the guitarist and Chris played the intro to the acoustic song.
"I stick on my best guess record, sit outside in the sun, pull a chair next to you, and see that you are the one, show me joy division, show me dead man's bones, just a summer romance, look how far we've grown." Josh smiled at Sienna and then glanced at the door where Ty was now standing, a beer in her clutches.
"It won't be always summer, it might be autumn too, winter might come join in, but I'll be next to you, 'cause you are my little star, I said: you are my little star, I said: you are my light in the dark, don't change…just be who you are." Josh winked at Ty and nodded at her. Ty grinned and walked over, sitting on Josh's lap as he kept singing, scatting every now and then.
Sienna smiled and watched the happy couple fawn over each other. Alan sighed from next to her and immediately stood up, his brow furrowed.
"You okay?" she asked Alan. Alan nodded and gave her a small smile.
"Yeah. I'm just thinking. That's all."
"Ugh, thinking is overrated." Austin laughing, nudging Alan slightly. Alan shot him a grin and Josh started up on another song. Alan licked his lips and stared down at his feet.
Sienna listened as Josh sang and watched as the others played along. She felt at ease, and it was probably a good thing, considering she was supposed to be monitoring her heart. She supposed everything was okay right now. It had to be okay.
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Noah
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"Yeah, dude, I totally get you, man." laughed the brown eyed boy next to Noah's plane seat. Noah was glad that he got to sit next to someone who wasn't a creepy old man. Especially because he was a 'pretty boy', as Ronnie liked to call him, and old men would try to pick him up.
"I'm so glad you do." Noah said, grinning easily. The boy grunted.
"Ugh, I hate these stupid flights. They never play any good movies." he complained, gesturing to Mean Girls 2. Noah nodded.
"Yeah, but that's why I love Netflix." Noah said, brandishing his iPad from his backpack. The boy's eyes widened.
"Oh, cool! My older brother doesn't pay for Netflix. I tried to get him to pay the bill this month, but…nope. He's an idiot."
Noah laughed along with the boy as he turned on his iPad.
"Oh, is that your girlfriend?" asked the boy, pointing to Noah's background. Noah grinned down at the photo of him and Sienna taking a selfie with their cheeks puffed out and their eyes crossed. Sienna still managed to look beautiful either way. She looked goddamned adorable in the picture.
"Yeah, it is." Noah said proudly.
"Awe, that's cute." the boy cooed. "You guys look so cute together."
"Oh, thanks." Noah said, blushing a little as he unlocked his iPad and opened up Netflix. He quickly logged in after using the WiFi that his brother's tour manager had bought the password to and then he grabbed earbuds.
"You know the password?" the boy asked in awe. Noah nodded.
"Yeah, I do. Haha, my brother bought it along with the flight."
"Nice." The boy smiled.
"What do you like to watch?" Noah asked, handing the kid an earbud.
"Anything. I like Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Supernatural, oh, anything and everything." he gave Noah a quiet look and Noah smiled.
"Okay, Supernatural?" Noah asked. The boy nodded. Right as Noah clicked on an episode, his iMessage popped up with a notification from Sienna herself. "Hey dude, do you mind if I answer this real quick? I'll tell her I can't talk because I'm watching Supernatural."
"Yeah, sure, of course." he replied, looking at his fingers. Noah quickly typed a message to Sienna and then brought the screen back to Netflix, pressing play.
Halfway through the episode, a stewardess stopped by asking if they wanted any drinks. They both got Sprite.
They drank in tandem, totally lost in the episode. When it came to an end, they chatted about the episode and their predictions for next episode, even though they were only in season 3.
"Well, I think Sam and Dean are the best at what they do." laughed Noah. "Do you see any demons around here?"
"Hmm." The boy giggled. "Maybe that one over there." He pointed to an old asian man who was snoring loudly across the aisle. The two laughed at their own joke and then Noah got another text from Sienna.
I'm with…Noah looked up from texting his girlfriend.
"Oh, dude, I'm sorry, I forgot your name." Noah said sheepishly. "Uh, what is it again?"
The boy flashed a smile, his pearly whites glinting in the plane light dangerously.
"My name's Avery."
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Avery is baaaack! Haha!
Are you guys happy I brought him back?
I'm sorry for my lack of updates. I've had some personal issues I've had to deal with…and…It's going to be really slow, because volleyball started and I made Varsity! AYE!
I also just sprained my ankle today at practice, so I'm really upset because I don't want to miss out on this season so I'm trying to recover as speedily as I can. :( It hurts a shit ton.
I'm still accepting fan art…HINT HINT WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE.
ALSO, I want someone to co-write a story with me called Moon-Child. @fedupwithyourapathy had to back out because of some really important things going on with her family. So if you're interested, please send me a message. It's kind of like an auditions thing.
I'd like you to write me:
1) Why you want to write this with me
2) Future plan for Elodie and Alexander
3) If you're willing to follow the plot that is written out or not
4) Sample of writing that could be either added to THIS story (Austin Carlile Is My Father) or to Moon-Child (An Alex Gaskarth fic).
Thanks bunches!
Chapter Quote: "We're Not Young Anymore, What Are You So Scared Of?" -Too Young To Feel This Old ~You Me At Six
Love ya,
Nina