[sooo that you're not getting confused: they're now at warped already. nothing special happened in the time of the last chapter to this one...;) and I put 'Caraphernelia' by Pierce The Veil on the right >>>>>>>>>]
Valentine's POV
I breathed this new air in my lungs and stretched my arms. We're now in the first city from Warped Tour, in Salt Lake City. We were already here on tour with ATL but it's different with Warped. So many other bands are here, too. I bet this is gonna be so much fun with everyone. We were already playing our first show in some hours and I was pretty exited. It was our first time at Warped and I don't really want to meet Jack yet. Even though he kinda has to come to our show, because he has to hear the song we're gonna cover. Pierce The Veil are at Warped, too. I already met their guitarist Tony, he's pretty nice. I told him that we're gonna cover their song and he said that he'll watch our show. Now I'm even more exited about our upcoming show, yay! Our new crew was putting up a little tent where we can sit and stuff like that. I walked to them and helped them putting some chairs under the tent. Then I sat on one of them and took a beer from that little fridge they put outside. Now the rest of my band finally came out the bus. They're like little bus-monsters. They never leave the bus unless there's no beer outside. But now there was beer outside, so they had to leave the bus. Everyone of them took a beer and sat on a chair. "Wait, we still have to practice our acoustic set" Steve noticed. "Oh...yeah, you're right. I think we should begin, we have our acoustic show in 1 and a half hour" I noticed when I looked at my phone. Ian and Steve looked at each other and then run in the bus to take their guitars. When they had them, they run back and sat next to me. First we decided which songs we wanted to play and then we practiced them. It wasn't really hard. Like 15 minutes before our acoustic show, we were finished and drove with a little golf car to the little acoustic stage. Our crew was already there and checked everything. When they were finished, we walked to the chairs and the tiny crowd cheered. There weren't pretty much people but still a lot. "Hi everybody. We're No Regrets and we're here to play a couple of songs for you. Enjoy" I said and then Steve and Ian began to play.
After the show was a little meet and greet. Then I really, really, really realized how many fans we were having now. I got some bracelets from some fans and most of them wanted to hug me. I also got some cards and stuff like that. It was really cool and I really enjoyed it. The guys looked really happy, too. But they disappeared after the acoustic show in the bus again. I bet they were playing some video games. But they didn't have long time for that, just like 30 minutes later we had to go to play our "real" show. I was pretty exited and hoped that Jack was somewhere in the crowd. Thinking about that made me even more nervous. I was warming up and the guys already went on stage to play the intro. When it was time for me, I run out on stage and took the pink mic.
Like in the middle of our set, we planed to play our Pierce The Veil cover. "Okay guys, I hope you enjoyed the show until now" I began and walked to the middle of the stage. "No they didn't" Ian said and looked to the crowd. They cheered and clapped. "They did! Can't you hear them cheer?" I said and pointed to the crowd. Again they cheered. "You're such a liar!" he said and laughed. "I'm not! You're a liar!" I said and run towards him. I jumped on his back and rubbed his hair with my fist. He tried to get me away from his back, but I just jumped off when his hair was a total mess. "You're a hair killer!" he yelled and tried to fix his hair. I just laughed in the mic and highfived Jerry. Ian was still trying to fix his hair and the crowd was cheering pretty loud. "Well okay, enough for now. We're now gonna play a song by another band. That's called a 'cover'. This song is called 'Caraphernelia' and is by this amazing band Pierce The Veil" I said still laughing and then the guys began to play the song. [I decided to put the lyrics here, too and you can listen to the song if you want. I put the video on the right of this thing here...if you know what I mean >>>>>>>>>> screaming is still italic]
Sunshine, there ain't a thing that you can do that's gonna ruin my night.
(But, there's just something about)
This dizzy dreamer and her bleeding little blue boy.
Licking your fingers like you're done and,
You've decided there is so much more than me.
And baby, honestly it's harder breathing next to you, I shake.
I brought a gun and as the preacher tried to stop me.
Hold my heart it's beating for you anyway.
What if I can't forget you?
I'll burn your name into my throat.
I'll be the fire that'll catch you.
What's so good about picking up the pieces?
None of the colors ever light up anymore in this hole.
Nobody prays for the heartless.
Nobody gives another penny for the selfish.
You're learning how to taste what you kill now.
Don't mind me, I'm just reaching for your necklace.
Talking to my mom [brother] about this little girl from Texas. [B-more]
What if I can't forget you?
I'll burn your name into my throat.
I'll be the fire that'll catch you.
What's so good about picking up the pieces?
None of the colors ever light up anymore in this hole.
Just give her [him] back to me.
You know I can't afford the medicine that feeds what I need.
So, baby, what if I can't forget you?
(What if I can't forget you?)
Collide invisible lips like a shadow on the wall,
And just throw, oh no.
You can't just throw me away.
So, what if I can't forget you?
I'll burn your name into my throat.
I'll be the fire that'll catch you.
What's so good about picking up the pieces?
What if I don't even want to?
What if I can't forget you?
I'll burn your name into my throat.
I'll be the fire that'll catch you.
What's so good about picking up the pieces?
None of the colors ever light up anymore in this hole.
Just give her [him] back to me.
You know I can't afford the medicine that feeds what I need.
So, baby, what if I can't forget you?
(What if I can't forget you?)
I'd better learn to live alone.
What's so good about picking up the pieces?
What's so good about? What's so good about?
What's so good about picking up the pieces?
After the music stopped, we gained cheering and clapping. This feeling was awesome, to sing your thoughts to a crowd and they were singing along and dancing. After the cover we played 4 more song and then were finished. Bob threw his drum sticks in the crowd and we also threw some water and guitar picks away. While the crowd was still cheering, we walked off stage and waved to them. The sweat was all over my body and I was barely breathing. I mean, I love playing shows but I'm totally not sporty and I'm almost dead after every show we play. Our crew told us how awesome we were and stuff like that. Then I went with Ian to get some food and the others went to the tent in front of our bus. Ian and I walked to the food tent and bought us some hot dogs. We sat on a bench near the tent and began to eat. "Sooo, why did you want to cover this song?" he asked while eating. I knew that this would come. "Uh well, because of the thing with...with Jack" I explained a little part. "This song sounds more like, you want someone but you kinda can't have him or her" he thought. I sighed. "Yeah I know. I don't know what I feel about that whole thing. It's all so confusing. I mean, he hurt me really bad but I still can't...hate him or I don't wanna forget him" I explained. Ian seemed a bit more happier with that answer. "Maybe you feel more than friendship for him" he told. "I don't know. I can't forgive him that thing yet and it seems like he doesn't want to wait for my answer" I said and took a bite of the hot dog. "Maybe he can't wait for you. It could be possible that he really likes you, you know. I mean more than friends" he suggested. "I don't know" I said and looked down at the floor.
I turned around on my chair to face the camera. "Helloooo everybody and welcome to a new episode of NR-TV. Today we're gonna do something pretty special! I'm gonna cut Ian's hair....well it's more like shaving....I'm gonna cut or shave him a sidecut" I told and turned the razor on and showed it to the camera. I began to laugh because I felt so stupid for doing that. Then I walked over to Ian and smiled like someone disturbed in the camera. And then I began to shave one side of Ian's head. After some minutes one side of his head was now shaved. It looked pretty awesome. "Finished!" I screamed and threw my hands in the air. Ian screamed or squealed pretty weird which made me laugh. Just then Jerry stopped filming and then it was Bob's turn to be creative again. He put the funny parts in the video and then put it online. We were outside of our bus under the tent and were drinking some beers. I finally got my guys outside the bus and not inside playing some games. It was now evening and we were still in Salt Lake City. In some minutes we were going to leave and travel to Denver. "So, enjoy the last minutes in Salt Lake City" Tim said and we all took a deep breath. "And now, get in the fucking bus, so we can leave" he said serious and pointed to the bus. We laughed and took our things and went into the bus. After the crew packed and checked everything, we were ready to leave.
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'We need to talk'. Nothing more. Just that one sentence. I told him that I need time! But maybe he needs to talk about the song we covered in Salt Lake City. But then he could have texted 'We need to talk about the song' or something like that. But well, communication was never the strong side of this man. Well, I mean communication without every second word 'boobs', 'boner' or 'fuck'. I shook my head and put my phone on the table in front of me. "Is something up?" Jerry asked when he left the bus. Again, all of them were in the bus again and I was the only one outside. Oh, we're in Denver now. "Hm, good question. I don't know" I honestly said. He first looked confused to me and then sat on the chair next to me. "Tell me. Jack?" he asked and took a beer from the mini-fridge. "Well, I bet you already know why we covered 'Caraphernelia'. And now Jack texted me 'We need to talk' and nothing more. I mean, I already told him that I need time and now he wants to talk to me again?" I told. Jerry looked somewhere random and then took a sip of his beer. He's thinking, I can tell. "Maybe he wants to talk about the song?" he suggested. "That's what I thought, too. But then he should have written 'We need to talk about the song' or something like that. But then I thought about that, that he never was strong in real communication" I explained. Jerry laughed and almost spit out his beer. "Okay, at that part you're totally right" he agreed. I smiled. "So, what should I do now?" I asked a bit helpless. "Go talk to him. Let him say what he wants to say" he said. I looked at the expression on his face to see if he was kidding or serious. He was totally serious. But somehow he was right. I mean, when he wants to say something, he can say it. "Okay" I said and stood up from the chair. Without more words I walked straight to the bus from All Time Low. I knew that they had to be there or somewhere else, but not playing a show. I checked when they have play shows, so I won't be anywhere near the stages. When I could see their bus, I took a deep breath and tried to look normal. Band and crew was sitting under a tent and drank some beers and talking. When they saw me, they stopped doing what ever they were doing and looked at Jack. He looked confused and stood up from the chair. "You said you wanna talk?" I said and crossed my arms. "Uh, can we go somewhere else?" he asked and pointed behind me. I nodded and we walked a bit away from his bus. "So, what do you want to say?" I asked a bit annoyed. "Why did you cover this song?" he directly asked. "Honestly? I don't know. I'm confused. My head says that I haven't forgiven you yet. But my...my heart says I already have..." I said and looked to the ground. That's true. On the trip to Denver I had much time to think. And I clearly thought about Jack. What he has done is really shit, but I can't be angry at him for the rest of my life. It's now some time ago since this thing happened and now I think I can forgive him. Yeah, I know. Earlier it sounded different, but now when I'm seeing him and watching in his brown sparkly eyes, I can't be really angry anymore. "What do you mean with that?" he asked. "I think I can forgive you. I forgive you Jack for what shit you have done to me. I know you're really sorry and I saw that you don't want just to throw our friendship away" I explained and tried to smile. He was smiling, really strong. "I'm really sorry for that and I'm so fucking glad that you can forgive me. I promise, I will never again do something like that again! Not to you and not to any other girl in the world!" he promised and raised one of his hands. I smiled and was glad we're okay again. He hugged me and rubbed my back. When we let go again, we just smiled at each other. "I'm so glad we cleared that whole shit" he said and still smiled. "Wait, where's Alex?" I asked. I need to talk to him, too. I haven't talked to him since the party. I mean, he was the one with the idea. "He's over there in front of our bus" he said a bit confused. I walked over to them and stood in front of Alex. I crossed my arms and Alex protected his face. "Please don't hit me" he said. I laughed and shook my head. "Stand up and give me a hug, you fat fuck" I said and laughed. He took his hands away from his face and looked confused at me. "Wait, you're not mad at me?" he asked. "No...well not anymore" I said. He smiled and stood up from the chair. We hugged and then I heard Jack yell "GROUP HUG!" And just then I had the whole band and crew hugging me. "Guys....guys...air...!" I aspirated. They laughed and let me go. "Hey, you and your guys down for a BBQ?" Rian asked. "I'm totally down! I'm gonna ask them quickly" I said and run to my bus. I missed Rian and Zack. They had nothing to do with that bet, but I just couldn't talk to them or meet them without Jack or Alex appearing. So, I haven't seen them in a really long time. When I reached our bus, my guys were really confused looking at me. I was barely breathing, because you know, I totally not sporty. "Hey, you wanna come over to All Time Low's bus for a BBQ?" I asked while trying to take my breath. Their faces were so confused. "It's all okay again, we're friends again" I explained the most important thing. "Well, when it's like that. Then hell yeah. But you need to tell us everything" Ian said and stood up from the chair. "Of course, I will" I said and began to walk to ATL's bus again. The others just shrugged and came along. When we reached ATL's bus, we saw that they already had brought out the grill and sat around it with beers. "Hey guys! Take a beer and sit to us!" Alex said and pointed at their mini-fridge. We did what he said and I sat next to Jack. "Okay, now tell us what happened!" Ian said still confused. I smiled and then began to tell them everything.
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I woke up in an unfamiliar bunk. Wait, let me have a guess: it's Jack's bunk. I looked around and saw Jack's picture in front of the Home Alone house. Jackpot! After I checked if I was still wearing clothes, I rubbed my eyes and tried to get out of the bunk. While doing that, I noticed that I had a massive headache. I think I drank a bit much alcohol yesterday. When I finally could open the curtain and got out of the bunk, I saw that I was the only one in the bus. Where has everyone gone? To answer that question, I slowly opened the door of the bus and climbed those little stairs down. Everyone was under that tent talking. Seems like I was the last one that got up. "Good morning!" Bob yelled and waved. "Not so loud, please" I said quietly and put my hand on my forehead. I sat down on a chair next to Ian and rubbed my eyes again. "You slept well?" Jack asked and handed me a coffee. "Not too bad" I said and was happy for the coffee. I'm nothing without coffee. "What time is it actually?" I asked while drinking my life-savior, also known as coffee. "It's....2pm now" Alex said when he took his phone out of his pocket. I almost spit out my life-savior. "Already?! When do we have to play our show?" I asked fully stressed. "In about 30 minutes" Ian said. "What?! And you didn't think you need to wake me up?! Oh my god! I need to get ready!" I yelled and jumped up from the chair. I run to our bus and let the laughing guys behind me. I run to my bunk and searched some clothes. I always need really (like REALLY) long to deside what to wear. But finally I could deside to dark blue hotpants, black Glamour Kills tanktop and my black Doc Martens with white dots. I put all my bracelets on my arms, which got thrown on stage at the last shows. Then I walked to in the bathroom and put some black eyeshadow and mascara on. I chose the waterproof mascara, because it's really hot and you never know when someone suddenly starts a waterfight. After I was finished with my make-up, I had to do my hair. I couldn't put it in a ponytail yet, because I need it for headbanging at the show. So I just straighted them. After like 20 minutes I was finished with everything. "Val, you're ready?" I heard Ian yell from outside the bus. "You're so lucky that I can get ready really fast" I said while walking out the bus. "Whatever. Now, let's go" Ian said rolling his eyes. We walked to the stages and went backstage. Our crew was already impatiently waiting for us. When it was time, we went on stage and played an amazing show. Like always, I was barely alive but it was totally worth it. "Awesome show, guys" Alex complimented and highfived everyone of us. "Thanks, have fun at your show" I said. ATL was the next band and I was going to see their show with Bob. The others went to our bus for chilling. But I wanted to see ATL perform because I haven't seen them live in a very long time. And clearly I didn't want go go alone, so I asked Bob and he said 'yes'. First we went to get some water, because it was really hot and I didn't really drink something yet. When we came back, the show was already going so we went to the side of the stage and watched them perform. It was really cool. We danced and laughed at the jokes of Jack and Alex. I was so glad that everything was normal again.
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Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck! That's not a good sign. "Everything okay, Val?" Ian asked worried and sat next to me on the couch. "Me? Uh, yeah...I'm okay" I said and tried to look happy. That wasn't good. That can't be! "You sure?" he asked again when he saw that I looked dreamily out the window. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just thinking about something" I said and tried to smile. He smiled back and then stood up from the couch and went in the front of the bus. Great. If that's really true, I have a problem. A BIG problem. Well, it's not really a problem, call it a problem wouldn't be right. It's more like...something unplanned, something I don't want yet. Holy crap, I hope it's not true!
[and what do you think is she thinking, heeeee? :D comment your guesses below, pleeeeaaaaaaasseeeeee! :D I know the end is really a tease! but I just had to leave you with that :P have fun at waiting for next week xD]