Autumn
We performed our set for the first time on tour. It was a crazy experience considering the fact that many kids actually came and watched us. Well, maybe they were there just to see Third Eye Blind perform later on in the set, but still. Some kids who watched us were singing along to our songs already and many of them were into the music. I could tell Riley was a little nervous at first, but as the performance went on, she got comfortable. The rest of us were pretty fine in this kind of atmosphere. Kasey was killing it on the drums while Jonathan, who I was still mad at after the Zack incident, did amazing on the bass. Hopefully I was as great as everyone. I was too phased out by everything that I forgot that this tour would either make us or break us.
I sat down on the benches that were aligned in front of the buses. Since the rest of the band was watching the other acts perform, I decided to play my guitar to write some new tunes. I was sort of in an anti-social mood today. Thanks to big mouth Jonathan for calling me Merrick, I knew I wasn't going to talk to Zack anytime soon. Maybe that was why I was in this kind of mood.
Cameron from the Downtown Fiction was heading my way. His band's set was before ours so we got to meet up with them. They were pretty nice dudes and they were around the same age range as my band. He smiled before taking a seat next to me on the bench.
"Playing the guitar, I see," Cameron glanced at the instrument. "Is that your boyfriend?"
I raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"I'm just asking because you're attached to it," he shrugged with a grin on his face.
I shook my head and laughed. "I guess you can say that music in general is my boyfriend. I love it so much I want to date it."
"And go all the way with it, too?"
I chuckled. "Yeah."
Cameron leaned back on the bench. "That's one lucky thing."
I smiled and began playing a chord progression that played in my head. "Just stop and let me know if I'm tripping, baby…," I sang. "I still got control…" I stopped. I didn't know how to continue it.
Cameron glanced at me. "That was pretty good. Have you ever considered singing in the band?"
"No, that's Riley's place. She's an amazing singer. I just do the writing," I began playing the melody on the guitar. "Just stop and let me know if I'm tripping, baby. I still got control of everything because I tried to let you go…"
"But you would never leave me…"
"Stranded on your own…"
"And falling is the hardest."
I looked over at Cameron. "We need to write this down," I stood up and rested the guitar on the bench. Cameron stood up as well to come with me to the van. "How did you create that?"
"The whole duet thing?" I nodded. "Well, I guess I was caught up in the music. The lyrics flowed out of me," Cameron explained. "You never know. Maybe that song you are writing now will be a big hit."
"Yeah right, it's just an idea, still rough around the edges," I commented. I accidentally bumped into someone who wasn't paying attention to where they were going. "Hey!" I hollered.
The guy turned around. Geez…my bad luck kept coming in. "Maybe you should be paying attention to where you're going," Zack muttered.
"Sorry," I mumbled and went around him. He was so freaking big that he took up the whole walk way. Well, he was big in a good way…hold on. I meant his muscles. His muscles were big, huge. It was not like his…. Okay, maybe I should erase my dirty thoughts now. They were taking over my brain.
Riley
This tour made me nervous. This crowd of kids, I wasn't sure if I was able to handle this every day. Autumn, Jon, and Kasey were pretty comfortable performing for that huge crowd while I was nervous. I shouldn't be nervous since I was the singer. It was noticeable when the singer was nervous, but the band told me I was fine. I hope I did fine.
I walked around the venue along with Kasey. Jon was off somewhere, possibly with a chick while Autumn was secretly stalking Zack. I wasn't really happy that we were on the dame tour with All Time Low. All Time Low was a great band, but their lead singer, Alex, was someone I never wanted to see again. I never told my secret past with him, that night in Vegas where we hooked up and him telling me he was never going to forget me. When I told him my age, however, he freaked out. I was only 16 at the time. He was 20. From that point on, we never saw each other. I highly doubted that he remembered me.
We walked by the Buzznet stand when Alex came out along with Jack. Alex stopped when he saw us. I looked away and continued walking. I felt his gaze on me as I walked pass him. It made me nervous.
When I thought we were finally out of harm's way, Alex spoke.
"Riley?"
I posted this a while ago at Mibba and completely forgot to update this on here. Oops. By the way, the perspectives throughout the story will change between the different members in Last Minute Summer (Autumn, Riley, Jonathan, and Kasey).