Pop Goes Metal US Tour

A/N: Hey guys, HistoricalPJOFan here. I know it's been awhile, and I've decided to start a new story with some characters of my own creation. If you didn't read the description, you probably should. And don't worry, I plan to finish 'The Betrayed's Revenge' so be happy in that fact. Anyway, none of the songs belong to me and enjoy the story.

Chapter 1: Break-up

-3 days until Prom-

Tom POV

I lifted the harness away from my body to ease the pain my drums were causing my back. I looked around at my drumline and noticed the rest of the section was involved in similar activities as myself. I lowered the harness back down and walked over to where Percy was with the rest of the trumpet section and said,

"Percy, how is your section learning the drill?"

"Tom, you know the freshman still can't march to save their lives but before you start bashing my guys get your section in order first."

I placed my hand on my chest in mock offense,

"Are you implying that my glorious drumline can't march?"

"I'm not implying it, I'm telling you that they can't."

"Alright you motherfucker, next break we get I'll prove that they can march."

"You're on bitch."

Just then our band director called to us,

"Mr. Alexander and Mr. Jackson if you could please pay attention, I'm trying to have you guys out of here at a reasonable time."

"Sorry Mr. Ross, Percy called me over to him."

"Just get to your spot."

I got to my spot as quickly as my tenors would allow me to and snapped to attention. While myself and the rest of the band ran through the drill for our marching band show, I let my mind wander. We had gone through this so many times I could do it in my sleep, and yet there was still a load of people that still couldn't figure it out. Once we stopped I stole a quick glance at Percy and waved at him jokingly. Percy laughed and returned the gesture. I looked over to my lead snare player, Leo, and asked,

"Hey man, you and Calypso still dating?"

"You would know if we weren't, we've been together for two years now. Almost three, why do you ask?"

"Well Jason's throwing a prom after party and I'm inviting you two to it."

"That bastard. He didn't tell me about it himself. I'm gonna TP his house after this."

I laughed and gazed over the rest of the band and my eyes landed on the girl I'd been crushing on since the last week of eighth grade when we took the group's first group photo. Back then Calypso and Frank hadn't yet transferred to Goode yet. I was so engrossed in Camden's long, blond hair that I was ran over by Frank and his sousaphone smashed into my head and we hit the ground like a ton of bricks. Frank slid himself out of his bulky instrument and moved it off of me. I was a little dazed so I didn't register what was going on around me. I vaguely heard Annabeth's voice saying something and felt someone press a cloth-like material over my forehead.

Percy POV

I was in the middle of air playing my solo when I saw Frank run into Tom and the two of them fall to the ground in a heap. Frank got up rather quickly but Tom was just lying there which had me a little worried. Annabeth jogged over to see what was wrong. She knelt down and yelled out,

"Can someone give me their shirt or something? Tom's has a nasty cut on his forehead."

I took my shirt off and ran over to Annabeth and handed it to her. I saw her eyes linger on my abs and I winked at her when we made eye contact. She just rolled her eyes and pressed my shirt on Tom's forehead. I walked over to Frank who was having a mini freak out, the poor guy was worried that he'd hurt Tom really bad.

"Hey Frank. He's fine man, it's just a cut dude he'll live."

"Why isn't he alert? What if I gave him a concussion?"

Nico spoke up,

"Frank, you worry too much, doctor Annabeth will make sure he's ok."

Frank just nodded. I patted him on his shoulder and walked back to where Annabeth and Tom were. Annabeth had Tom sitting up and was asking questions to make sure he didn't have any brain damage. Once she made sure he was ok, Annabeth tied my shirt around his head until she could find him some gauze to keep the injury clean. I knelt down and asked,

"What happened? Did you forget how to march?"

Tom just laughed and gave me look saying he would tell me later. Our band director walked up to us and asked,

"Thomas, are you alright?"

"I'm fine Mr. Ross, just a small scratch sir."

"In any case I want to sit out for the rest of practice today so you don't risk hurting yourself anymore. I'll have another student make sure you don't show any signs of a concussion."

"Yes sir, I'm going to go sit down under those trees."

"I'll send someone over in a few minutes."

I watched Tom slowly get up carefully walk over to the rest area. Mr. Ross called Camden over and talked to her quietly. She nodded and jogged over to Tom's position. When I finally realized, what had happened, I couldn't help but laugh at my friend's predicament. The one girl he had been crushing on since we were in middle school is the student Mr. Ross sends to ensure Tom doesn't pass out. Oh, I hope he's ready for the massive grilling we're all gonna give him once we leave practice.

Annabeth POV

After Camden left to tend to Tom, Mr. Ross had us all do one final run through of our show. Poor Frank was still so torn up about running tom over that he couldn't concentrate and ended up making enough mistakes for Mr. Ross to notice,

"Mr. Zhang, are you alright? You've never been this out of focus before."

"I'm sorry sir, I'm just worried about Tom."

"Ah I see, well Zhang go sit out with him so you can see for yourself that he is fine."

Frank just nodded and went to join Camden and Tom over at our rest area. I gave a sympathetic look as he passed and he nodded his head thanks. After a few more decent run-throughs, Mr. Ross released us and the whole group naturally began gravitating towards where Tom, Frank and Camden were seated. Once everyone was seated around Tom, I realized just how messed up he was. His eyes seemed to not be able to focus on anyone and his face and arms were extremely pale. Hazel asked,

"Hey Tom, are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine Hazel…. I think."

His attempt at a joke made Percy and Jason laugh, but everyone else and I got even more worried. Camden said,

"Don't worry guys, dumbass here is gonna live. Sadly."

She then turned to me,

"Annabeth I must say. You did a really good job on the bandage, it had just enough pressure to stop the bleeding."

I looked down and smiled in embarrassment and Percy wrapped his arm around me and said,

"That's my Wisegirl, always the one to know how to do everything perfectly."

I looked up at him and stuck my tongue out at him, causing him to laugh and bend down and plant a quick kiss on my forehead. Tom complained loudly,

"Oh, come on guys, get a damn room."

I snapped back and replied,

"Hey just because you're the only one that can't get a girlfriend in the group doesn't mean that the guys can't kiss their girlfriends."

I saw the hurt in Tom's as soon as the words left my mouth and I immediately regretted what I said. Before I could even think to apologize the hurt vanished and was replaced with the 'I don't give a fuck' look that Tom was famous for. The tension within the group was so thick after what I said that you could've cut it with a knife. Tom cleared his throat and I mentally braced myself for the coming rage. Then the bastard started laughing, and I mean really fucking laughing.

"You motherfucker."

I said. He just laughed even harder after my statement. Soon the whole group was laughing along with him. Then Luke from the alto-sax section walked over and planted a kiss on top of Camden's head, causing her to blush profusely and say,

"Oh baby, how was practice?"

Luke nodded to the group and sat down before he replied,

"Oh, I don't know, weren't you there?"

Camden laughed and replied,

"Obviously not, I had to babysit this dipshit after he forgot to step off."

Camden said, nodding her head in Tom's direction, then laughed. The group was soon to join her. I felt Percy clench his body after Camden started laughing. I said to him,

"Seaweed Brain, are you ok?"

Percy glanced at Tom and I followed his gaze. Tom had a knack for hiding his emotions from everyone, well everyone aside from Percy and myself. The hurt in his eyes was nearly enough to bring me to tears. It looked like someone had just shot his dog and made him eat it. I looked back at Percy, expecting an answer. All he said was,

"It's up to Tom if I'm allowed to tell you."

"What do you mean?"

"Well he had me promise not to tell anyone, not even you. I don't even think my mom knows."

I just nodded my head and scooted closer towards Percy's warm body and looked back at Tom, whose eyes still showed the all-encompassing hurt that he must've felt.

Tom POV

Not a lot of things can hurt my feelings, but what Annabeth said really hurt, but I knew she didn't know about my feelings so I wasn't all that sad about it. I cleared my throat and just laughed away the pain. Soon the whole group was laughing, unaware of what had just transpired within my mind. I felt better until Luke came over. I saw him kiss Camden on the top of her head, causing her to blush and laugh. I just saw red, I was so pissed. I didn't really hear what they were saying until I noticed Camden glance over to me. And heard her say,

"….. I had to babysit this dipshit after he forgot to step off."

She then laughed, causing the rest of the group to laugh. I bit back the tears that were about to form in my eyes. I felt Percy look at me and him give me a sympathetic look and just nodded. Annabeth looked at me with a questioning look, and I prayed to God that Percy wouldn't tell her. After a few minutes of just feeling sorry for myself, I decided that enough was enough and announced,

"Alright you fuckers, I'll see you guys when we get ready for prom."

Camden asked,

"Why are you even going? You don't have a date, do you?"

I just looked at her in disbelief and just walked towards my car. I fought back the pain while I heard Percy ask Camden 'What the fuck dude?'. I was thankful for all my friends but I just prayed that someday I'd meet a girl that could replace Camden in my mind.

-Time Jump (Seven hours until Prom) -

Tom POV

I checked my watch to what time it was and realized we had like five hours until the guys had to get ready. I just laughed and knocked on Percy's apartment door. After a few second of waiting, I heard someone approach the door. The door opened and I was greeted by Percy's mother. The first thing that hit was the usual smell of freshly baked cookies, and I must say Sally's cookies are fucking amazing. The second was Sally enveloping me in a hug. Ever since my mom died, Sally decided that she was going to be my new mother. At first I was resentful but I eventually warmed to the idea. After Sally released me I saw that Nico and Frank were already here.

"Hey Nico, what's up man?"

"Nothing much Tom, how's your head?"

"Luckily, I have a hard head, so nothing to bad aside from the scar. It's going to completely ruin my good looks."

Frank snorted and Percy said,

"Motherfucker, what good looks? You're as ugly as my old stepfather."

I just stared at him in disbelief before the four of us had erupted into obnoxious laughter. Sally yelled from the kitchen,

"Percy, Grover's here."

Percy, between laughter, replied,

"Alright mom, tell him we're in the living room."

"Son, I think he already knows that."

Just as Sally finished speaking, Grover walked in. Percy walked up to him and enveloped him into a bro hug.

"Was up G-Man?"

"Oh, nothing Perce, just gotta look good for Juniper."

Percy just chuckled and clapped him on the back. Frank gave Grover a fist bump as he walked past him. Grover nodded at me, and I lazily saluted him. After the greetings, Percy broke out his acoustic and started strumming. I started to tap on Sally's coffee table, making a beat that Percy played to. After a while, Nico joined in with his bass that he kept at Percy's for just this reason. Percy started humming a melody and Grover and Frank pulled out their phones to record our "performance". Jason and Leo walked in while we were playing and listened. We played until Percy's phone went off. Percy checked and said,

"Oh shit, we gotta get ready!"

The group of us all echoed my thoughts, 'Fuck!'. We exploded into motion quickly getting prepared for prom. While I was getting ready, Camden's words echoed in my head 'Why are you even going? You don't have a date, do you?', and I momentarily thought about just bailing. But I shook myself out of it and said to myself, 'Come on man, it'll be fun. You might leave with a date.' With that thought I smiled and continued to get ready. The group of us had all gotten ready in a surprisingly short amount of time. Percy had on a black tux with a sea-green vest and tie, Nico was wearing a white tux with a red vest and bowtie, Frank had gotten a gray tux with just a red vest, Jason bought a black tux with a royal purple vest and tie, Leo had gotten an orange vest and bowtie that he wore over a pure white dress shirt, Grover had gotten a forest green tux and a black vest and tie, and I had bought a black tux with a red vest and tie. Percy scanned over us and said,

"Damn, we are some sexy motherfuckers."

Jason replied,

"Well almost all of us, Tom why you gotta be ugly?"

I laughed and said,

"If I was actually attractive, you boys wouldn't stand a chance with the ladies."

"Nah man you're alright looking but your personality is fucking trash." Leo shot in.

"Oh, so it's fuck Tom day, is it? I'll get you shitheads back later."

They just flipped me off and headed towards the door to drive to where the girls were getting ready. I just laughed and followed them out to the limo Jason had rented for the night. As the driver drove the group of us to Annabeth's house, where the girls were getting ready, Nico asked Jason,

"Hey Jace, is Thalia coming?"

"Yeah I made her come. I told her you were coming."

Nico's face turned a bright red, causing the rest of us to laugh at him.

"Wha…. What's that supposed to mean?"

I answered,

"It means you and Thalia are crushing hard for each other and neither of you will admit it."

Nico fired back,

"Well don't you like Camden?"

"Duh, I figured you guys knew already. We all know that Percy's can't keep a secret to save his life."

Percy simply replied,

"Fuck yourself Tom."

I rolled my eyes and huffed in exasperation. After a few minutes, I laid my head against the window and slept until we got to Annabeth's place.

Percy POV

Our limo arrived at Annabeth's house around 6:30pm. As we all got out of the vehicle, I looked back at Tom and saw him passed out. After a brief moment of deliberation, I tapped his knee and sad,

"Yo, Tom, we're here man. Get out."

Tom's eyes shot open and he looked around for a second then said,

"we here?"

"Yeah man, let's go get the girls."

Tom nodded and unbuckled his seatbelt and climbed out. I turned and walked towards Annabeth's front door and saw that the rest of the guys were already inside. Once I got to the door I knocked and waited for someone to let me in. Tom had already caught up with me. While we waited, I asked Tom,

"You alright man?"

"Yeah, I guess. Just tired."

"Bullshit. You forget I've known you since we were like nine. I can read you like a fucking book."

"Aren't you dyslexic though?"

"That's not the point. What I'm trying to say is that you still seem torn up over what Camden said."

Tom just sighed in defeat and replied,

"I am, but there isn't anything I can do about it so I just have to get over it."

"Don't worry Tom, she'll come around."

Tom nodded. Finally, after waiting for what seemed like forever, Annabeth let us in. When I saw her, I was blown away and it seemed like my jaw hit the floor. Her long blonde hair had been slightly curled and her grey peplos matched her eyes almost perfectly. She had on a hint of makeup, mainly just some red lipstick. Annabeth laughed and gently placed her hand on my chin and closed my mouth placed a gentle kiss on my lips. I was pleased to see that the spark we'd had for three years was still there and strong as ever. Tom brushed passed us and entered Annabeth's house. I pulled away and said,

"Wisegirl, you look amazing."

She raised an eyebrow and said,

"You don't look to bad yourself Percy."

I smiled and held my arm out for her to take. Annabeth laughed and took my offer, and we walked into her house. The group was all together; Jason and Piper were sitting on the couch holding hands, Leo and Calypso were doing something similar, Frank and Hazel were dancing in the corner, Thalia and Nico were awkwardly trying to keep a conversation going, Grover and Juniper were deep in conversation, probably about some nature stuff. I didn't see Tom so I walked up to Camden, with Annabeth following me, and asked,

"Where's Tom at?"

"I don't know, is he ok? He didn't even say hi to anyone when he came in. He just walked up stairs."

"Any idea where?"

"Probably to Annabeth's instrument room."

"Alright, we'll grab him before we leave. Is Luke here?"

Annabeth answered,

"Yeah he's here. Not sure where he is though."
Camden said,

"Oh, he's still getting ready."

I just nodded and sent Tom a quick text asking where he was. He didn't answer so I figured he was busy with playing so I didn't think about it too much. I walked back to where the rest of the group was and asked,

"So, what are we doing for dinner? Fancy or Chinese?"

The loud uproar from everyone answered the question for me.

"So, Chinese it is, the usual for everyone?"

Everyone nodded and I placed the order. Luke came out of the bathroom around 10 minutes after we ordered and asked,

"So, what's for dinner?"

Camden answered,

"Chinese baby, I got your favorite."

Luke smiled and embraced Camden saying,

"Thanks love."

They then locked lips and I averted my gaze out of respect for Tom, even though he couldn't see it. Luke and Camden finally broke apart for air and I asked Leo to go get Tom from upstairs. After a few minutes, Leo came back down and said quietly,

"Guys you have to see this."

Annabeth asked,

"What is it Valdez?"

"You know how Tom is adamant about how he's only a percussionist?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"I finally have proof that his claim is bullshit."

I spoke up,

"Leave him alone Leo."

"No come on, you really need to see this."

"Alright fine."

The 13 of us headed upstairs after Leo. Once we reached the second floor we followed Leo towards Annabeth's recording studio. Once we walked in, we saw Tom playing an acoustic guitar with his back to the viewing area. Leo silently flipped on the intercom and we heard the music Tom was playing and I was surprised. The music he was playing was so sad and mournful I felt like I just wanted to cry forever. I looked at the group and saw similar reactions on the faces of my friends. Then Tom surprised us all when he started singing,

Your plane is boarding, got to

Cross the ocean all alone

My heart is stone

You need to figure out the

Things that plague you here at home

I'll carry on

At this point we all just started clapping. Tom turned around, saw us and immediately started blushing. Camden asked over the intercom,

"Tom that was amazing, what song is that?"

"Well, I doubt it's a song you've ever heard."

"Well duh, who's it by?"

Tom looked down at the guitar and said,

"Me."

"How long have you been writing it? Is it finished?"

"No, it isn't finished yet, I've only been writing it for a week or two."

"It's beautiful."

Tom just looked down in embarrassment.

"Come on guys, food'll be here any minute now."

Tom gave me a grateful look and I nodded in understanding. Tom then followed the rest of us down to the living room to eat our luxurious prom night dinner. After we all finished eating, we started piling into the limo and head to where prom was being held.

-Location cut (Goode High Auditorium) -

Nico POV

I knew I should at least try to have fun at this thing but the fact that Thalia was here with and we were dancing together made it really hard to. I was too busy trying not to act like an asshole, which made me suck at dancing. I saw Percy and Annabeth across the room dancing perfectly together. Percy saw me and smiled reassuringly; I answered by rolling my eyes. I glanced at Thalia, which was a mistake, and was instantly distracted. Our feet got tripped up causing the both of us to fall to the floor. Luckily, I cushioned Thali's fall, but unfortunately her knee smashed my balls.

"Oh Nico, are you ok?"

I groaned out,

"No not really. Are you ok though?"
"I'm fine, you dumbass? What did I hit?"

"My uh…..."

Thalia got the message, and started laughing her ass off.

"I'm so happy that you find my pain so humorous."

I said sarcastically. Thalia was laughing so hard she wasn't even making any noise. I started laughing when I noticed the face she was making; leaving us both in a fit of laughter. We were brought out of the moment at the sound of Annabeth shouting,

"What the fuck Percy!? What the hell do you think you're doing!?"

Thalia and I ran over to where Annabeth was standing. She was distancing herself from Percy. I looked at her eyes and was shocked to find they were full of fear. Camden ran over and immediately asked,

"Annabeth, what happened?"

Annabeth took a moment to respond then said,

"This bastard tried to make me have sex with him."

I stood there in shock. I couldn't believe Percy would ever do that and from the looks of our friends, neither could they. Tom walked up behind me and whispered in my ear,

"Hey what's going on?"

"Percy tried to force Annabeth to have sex with him."

Tom just nodded, walked up to Percy, slugged him right in the jaw. The whole group was shocked at Tom's act of aggression. After Percy fell, Tom helped him up and brought him into a brotherly embrace.

"What happened man?"

Tom asked.

"I don't know, I think I had a little too much to drink."

"You tried to force Annabeth to have sex with you man."

I saw Percy's fall, and in that moment I knew he didn't mean anything that had happened just now. Annabeth and the girls still looked utterly pissed, but the rest of the guys had calmed down.

Tom POV

After I had helped Percy up and talked to him, I noticed the group was splitting into two rival factions. The girls seemed to "back" Annabeth while the guys sided with Percy. Both Annabeth and Percy noticed this too and looked at me expectantly. I just shook my, refusing to take a side. Annabeth said,

"Tom come on, what he did could be charged as rape."

I shot back,

"Did you see the way his face fell when I told him? He was devastated."

Percy spoke up,

"Sooo does that mean?"

"Fuck no, you know better not to drink. You're at fault for this more than Annabeth, but I know she's been drinking too. That's why I know she isn't acting rationally."

Percy's face contorted with rage,

"Tom, it's her or me. You have to choose."

I felt my heart fall,

"Percy don't make me choose between my two best friends."

Annabeth chimed in,

"You can't stay neutral in this one Tom. Percy's right, him or me."

Tears began forming in my eyes,

"Guys, I can't. I love you two too much to be able to."

Their reactions were enough to get their message across, 'If I didn't choose, they didn't want anything to do with me.' I looked to the rest of the group for help, but was greeted with the same expression, 'They're right.' I nodded my head in defeat. I said,

"Well I guess that's it then. You are all going to throw years of friendship out the goddamn window all because of a stupid ass mistake. I guess I was never truly part of all this anyway. I hope you all do well after high school, as I doubt to see any of you again.

A/N: Alright so that's Chapter 1 of my new story, the song I used was "For You" by All That Remains. Anyway, I hoped you guys liked this nice long opener. Don't forget to review, I love hearing from you guys. Peace out guys.