I walked with Ronnie, Jacky and Ryan over to the Kia Soul stage. I could hear the screams of excited fans that were stood waiting for them to perform. They weren't due on stage for another half hour so we just hung out for a bit. "So Rebekah, how are you finding warped?" Ryan asked. I smiled. "It's cool. Crazy but cool." I said. He returned my smile. "Seaman, time to go." Ronnie yelled from somewhere out of sight. Ryan jumped up and grabbed my hand. He pulled me along with him towards the side of the stage. "Stand here. I'll come and find you after the set." He said quietly. I nodded before he ran out on to the stage. The energy was amazing. Even better than the AA fans and they created the biggest mosh pit I'd ever seen. Their set list consisted of…
-Born To Lead
-Fashionably Late
-Raised By Wolves
-The Drug In Me Is You
-I'm Not A Vampire
Once their set had finished they all ran off stage. Ryan walked over to me. "So, what did you think?" He asked casually. I smiled. "It was amazing, that had to be one of the biggest mosh pits I've ever seen." I said. He smiled. "I know, it was crazy." I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. I quickly pulled it out to see that there was a text from James. It read…
Peanut!
Ben is completely wasted; we need your help right now. We have a show in twenty minutes!
James
I sighed. Ryan must have seen my change in expression. "What's wrong?" He asked. I looked up at him. "My dick headed brother has got completely wasted right before a show." I sighed again. "Damn, well I guess I'd better let you go. See you soon Rebekah." He said with a cheeky smile. I smiled back before turning around and walking towards the Asking Alexandria bus. I could hear shouting coming from inside. I quickly opened the door and slammed it shut behind me. "What are we going to do? No one else can play those songs!" Danny yelled at James, Cameron and Sam. When they heard the door slam they all turned around to look in my direction. "Peanut!" James yelled. "Well it's about bloody time!" Cam said a little frustrated. "Listen Peanut you have to help us out here. We need you to take Ben's place." I froze. "W-what?" I stammered, still trying to get my head. I saw the pleading look in Cameron's and James' eyes. Danny and Sam just looked confused. "Wait, you can play?" Sam asked. I nodded. "Cam taught me how." Danny's and Sam's confused looks turned in to ones of pure happiness. "Thank god. So you know how to play our songs then?" Danny asked. I nodded again. "So will you help us?" He asked. I thought for a second. "Ok, I'll help you." I said. They all cheered gleefully and dragged me towards the side of the Kia Soul stage. Once again I could hear the screams for Asking Alexandria. This was terrifying. I think James saw the expression on my face. "Hey Peanut, you'll do fine." He said to me. I took a deep breath and prepared to do something I never thought I would do. The time came for us to go on stage. James ran on first, then Sam and Cameron and then Danny. "How you mother fuckers doing today?" Danny yelled in to the mic. The crowd replied with a deafening scream. "Good, now unfortunately Ben couldn't perform tonight because he's shit faced, so we had to find the next best person." He yelled in to the mic again. The crowd had mixed feelings to that. Some were disappointed but others didn't really seem bothered. "So guys, meet Ben's younger sister Rebekah." He beckoned me out on to the stage. I was shitting myself. Slowly I walked out on to the stage and gave a little wave. "She's saving our asses tonight because without her you wouldn't have a show." The crowd erupted. I couldn't help but smile as I walked over to where I was supposed to be. There set list was the same as before so it wasn't too difficult to remember. On the last song I noticed that the guys from Falling In Reverse were stood side stage. I saw Ryan staring at me and gave him a small smile. He returned it. A few seconds later the others from FIR were mumbling something to each other. I decided to ignore it and just carry on playing. Once the show was finished we all walked off stage hot and bothered. "Bloody hell, that was insane." I said, still pumped full of adrenaline. They all smiled. That was when Ben decided to appear, slightly more sober than before. "Ugh, when's the show?" He asked as if nothing had happened. The guys just stared at him. "You missed it you ass. You got shit faced and missed it." James said coldly. Ben turned to scowl at me. "Well don't blame me, blame her." He said while pointing at me. I was kind of shocked at his accusation. "Ha, no. She saved our asses today." Sam said loudly. I blushed a deep red. They didn't know that Ben didn't know about me playing guitar. Cameron and James looked at each other nervously. "What do you mean?" Ben seethed through gritted teeth. "She took your place Ben and she did amazingly well." Danny stated. Ben's eyes darkened with anger. "I bet you played shit, you can never get anything right." He spat in my face. I turned on my heels and ran as fast as I could away from them despite the protests from the others. I kept running even though my vision was obscured by large tears that threatened to spill at any moment. Suddenly I crashed in to someone and fell to the ground.. I looked up at the mysterious person and found out that it was Ryan. He must have seen the tears in my eyes because he pulled me up and embraced me in to a tight hug. "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked soothingly. I tried to stop my tears from flowing but I couldn't so I just buried my face in his neck. Once I had finally calmed down he asked me again. I replied with one word. "Ben." I saw Ryan stiffen slightly but then relax again. "Listen to me. Don't worry about him." He said calmly. "Come and hang out with me for a while, just until Ben calms down." I nodded. We walked back to the FIR bus and went inside. There was no one else around. "Hey, where are the others?" I asked. He turned around to face me. "I think they went out for drinks." He said. I nodded. "Do you want anything to drink?" He asked politely. I nodded. "Have you got any monster?" I asked. He nodded, reached in to the fridge and handed me one. "Thanks." I said before going to sit down on the sofa. A few minutes later Ryan joined me. He turned on the TV and changed the channel to a horror film called 'Child's Play'. To be honest I really don't like horror films, they scare me shit less. But I decided that I would try to be brave. It didn't work. Not even half an hour through the film I was cowering behind a pillow. I jumped slightly as an arm wrapped around my waist. He chuckled a little before turning his attention back to the film. By the end of the film I was snuggled in to his side. As the end credits rolled I fell asleep.
Third Person POV
The end credits rolled and Rebekah fell asleep snuggled in to Ryan's side. He looked down at her and smiled sadly. "I wish you knew how much I like you. It's more than just a friend." He sighed and brushed some stray hair away from her face. Ryan laid his head back on the sofa and fell asleep.
James' POV
It's been four hours since anyone has seen Rebekah and everyone is starting to get really worried, even Ben is. He may not say he is but I can see it. It's written across his features. "Guys shouldn't we be looking for her or something?" Sam asked. Everyone just looked at him. "I say we split up to look for her." I said rather loudly. Everyone nodded. "Ok, so me, Sam and Ben will look around the venue and ask the other bands and Cameron and Danny will go look around the city." They all nodded in agreement. We all stood up and walked off the bus to search the places we had to search. Me, Sam and Ben searched the venue from top to bottom and found nothing. Then we went to the tour buses. We started with the All Time Low bus. They hadn't seen her. The answer was the same each time. Eventually we arrived at the Falling In Reverse Bus. The lights were off but we knocked anyway. Ryan came to the door. "Hey, what's up?" He asked with a concerned look seeing as it was midnight. "I don't suppose you've seen Rebekah have you?" I asked questioningly. "Yeah, I ran in to her. She was crying so I calmed her down, we've been hanging out for a bit. Didn't she call you?" He asked with his eyebrows furrowed. I think we all breathed a sigh of relief. "No she didn't. Where is she?" I pressed on. "She's asleep on the couch." He replied. I nodded and glanced at Ben and Sam. Sam seemed relived but Ben seemed irritated. "Well at least we know she's ok. Could you go and get her for us?" I asked. "Sure." He turned around and disappeared from sight. A few seconds later he reappeared with Rebekah trailing sleepily behind him. When she saw us her eyes widened. "Hey Peanut." I said softly. She looked at me intently as if she was trying to see if I was mad at her. Finally she replied. "Hey James." She glanced around and her eyes finally landed on Ben who was looking more pissed than he had ever been before. "Thanks for calming her down Ryan." I said trying to ease the tension. "No problem. See you around sometime." He said. Rebekah walked awkwardly away from Ryan and over to us. "Thanks Ryan." She said quietly. He nodded towards her. "Come on Peanut let's get you back to the bus." I said quickly. She nodded and gave me a small smile. We turned and walked back to the bus in silence except for Sam who was on the phone to Danny. Once we got on the bus Ben literally exploded. "What the fuck do you think you were playing at you stupid bitch!" He screamed in Rebekah's face. She looked completely terrified of him. "I-I'm sorry." She whispered. Both Sam and I were in shock especially about what happened next. Ben raised his hand a slapped her hard across the face. It was hard enough to knock her to the floor. The next thing I saw was Ben being tackled to the floor by Danny and Cameron. They must have heard Ben. I ran over to Rebekah who was curled up in a ball clutching her cheek. "Peanut. Look at me." I said soothingly. She uncovered her face reveal a large hand shaped bruise beginning to form. "Shit." I muttered. She must have heard me. "I-Is it b-bad?" She asked through her sniffles. I couldn't lie to her; she would just go and check anyway. "It doesn't look good." I said sincerely. She smiled slightly and rubbed her eyes. I could see that she was tired. "Come on let me put you to bed." I said in a soothing voice. I picked her up bridal style and carried her to the bunks and away from all of the fighting.
Ben's POV
Shit, shit, shit... what have I done? As soon as my palm connected with Rebekah's face I automatically felt terrible. The look of sheer terror I saw in her eyes almost broke me. The next thing I felt was the pain from being slammed to the floor by Danny and Cameron. "Get the fuck off me!" I yelled at them as I lashed out to try and get free. I saw James carry Rebekah out of the room and towards the bunks. Why was I so fucking stupid? I stopped struggling and just laid there, pinned down by Danny and Cameron. Sam was just stood there too shocked to move. That was when Danny spoke. "What the fuck were you thinking Ben?" He said sternly. "I don't know. I guess I wasn't." I replied meekly. I felt so bad. At that moment James returned. "She fell asleep as soon as she was in her bunk." He said angrily. James and Cameron glared at me. I looked at the ground and shifted uncomfortably. "Look guys, I'm really sorry. I just don't know what came over me. I'm so sorry…" My voice trailed off as my eyes began to fill with liquid. I never normally cried but today was different. Today I really hurt someone. My little sister of all people. I saw Danny and Sam's expressions soften slightly but Cam and James' still remained the same. I sighed. "What can I do?" I asked as my voice cracked. "You can get off of your fucking high horse and be the real brother that you should be like James is to Hannah." Cameron said, his expression softening also. "And treat her with some respect and don't just treat her like shit." James added. I nodded solemnly and walked through the door in to bunk alley. I walked over to Rebekah's bunk and opened the curtain. She was still awake. She looked to see who had opened the curtain and when she saw it was me she became terrified again. "Shhh. I'm not going to hurt you." I said a soothingly as possible. She looked at me in disbelief. "I promise. I am so sorry for everything. For not being there for you, for being a jackass all the time, for hurting you, just for everything." I said while letting a few tears escape my eyes. She knew I was being genuine. Before I could say anything else she wrapped her skinny arms around my neck and pulled me in to a tight hug. "I'm so sorry." I whispered in her ear. "I know. I'm sorry to." She replied. I smiled. For the first time in what seemed like forever we were actually getting along. But there was one question that remained in the back of my mind. How long would this last?
