I woke up to the sound of Brent's voice. He was singing up in his bunk and I checked my watch to learn that it was already one in the morning and that Ryan fell asleep on the couch with the remote on his hand and a TV on. I got up and washed my face in the bathroom. I got a blanket and I placed it on top of him so that he wouldn't shiver in the morning just when I was going to go back in Ryan's bunk, after a moment, Brent stopped singing and there was a little thud sound and he was snoring away.

"Hey" Zac said and I almost screamed but it's a good thing my hand found its way to my mouth before I screamed and woke everyone up.

"What the hell…Zac, you almost gave me a heart attack" I whispered.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you…I was just wondering what that "thud" sound was…"

"It was just Brent's guitar. You're a light sleeper, aren't you?"

"Yup…I'm cursed with it."

"I always envied light sleepers…"

"On a second thought maybe being a light sleeper isn't that bad after all…" he said and I laughed. There was something in his eyes that didn't seem right and he looked at me in a really weird way…I pushed that thought aside and rubbed my eyes just to get rid of the awkwardness between us.

"I guess we should be getting back to bed" he said moving away and climbing in his bunk. I did the same and climbed in Ryan's bunk. I pitied Ryan. He didn't get to sleep in his own bunk instead I'm here taking up all the space…

I shut me eyes again and waited for the sun to wake me up. Once it rose up, my eyes fluttered open and I heard everyone greeting everyone outside. People from other bands were there and I don't remember Ryan mentioning that the tour we'd be going to would be warped.

Adrenaline rushed through my veins and I almost screamed in surprise. I was overjoyed, like there was too much happiness in my body. I quickly changed and brushed my teeth in the bathroom. I wore my chucks and darted out the door.

"Good Morning Alyson" They greeted altogether as of they planned it out. Ryan wrapped his arm around my waist and introduced me to the band members that were playing on warped tour.

We talked and laughed about random things it all seemed like fun and I was glad I came. I got to meet a lot of people today. A lot of friendly and fun people and I get to stay with them for like a month.

We arrived really early. All the merch tents were still being set up and there were no screaming girls or people who wanted to get the autographs of the people I just met today. It was 5:30 in the morning and I don't think the people would get up this early just to meet with the band. I know some people who would but there was no one today…

I told Ryan I'd be walking around and I'd be right back and he let go of me and I started walking around to see who else was here to perform. I saw the buses of Paramore, New Years day, Boys Like Girls, Friday Night Boys, The morning light, Metro Station, We the Kings, Forever The Sickest Kids, Bring me The Horizon, Cartel, Cobra Starship, Cute Is What We Aim For, The Academy Is…, There For Tomorrow, Anberlin, Angels And Airwaves, Chiodos, From First to Last, Gym Class heroes, Jack's Mannequin, The Audition, Automatic Love Letter, Motion City Soundtrack, Mayday Parade, and a lot more…

I was over excited to go to the first show. I went around some more and I ended up bumping in to someone and falling on the ground.

"Oh sorry" we said together. I smiled and so did the guy. He held out his hand to help me get up.

"I should really watch where I'm going" I muttered to myself but he heard my muttering and laughed.



"My name's Mike" he said smiling.

"I know, I mean my name's Alyson" I said blushing at the first part of my statement. He just laughed and for a moment there I thought he was making fun of me but hell I cared about that

"Hold on. Alyson? Alyson 7th grade Alyson?"

"What? OMG Mike, Mike Daniels? I never knew you were here…or that you had the ability to play an instrument…"

"Ouch…that was insulting…" he said jokingly rolling his eyes.

Mike Daniels. It was all coming back to me now. We were friends, yes but we always found ourselves in the middle of a stupid argument. But when I learned that he was arguing with me just because he liked me, I started to look at him in different ways and he started avoiding me. After the seventh grade, he transferred to another school and I never saw him again. I thought about him for a long time until Ryan came into my life. After that I guess I just forgot about him.

"So, you play too?" he asked breaking the silence between us.

"No, I'm just here with Anything Goes..." I said smiling.

"Anything Goes...? Who you with? Ryan, Brent or Zac?"

"You missed one"

"Well technically ya but Josh's taken so you have at least 3 choices left."

"I heard Brent had a girlfriend"

"Fine we're down to two… just answer the question and get it over with."

"Ryan" I said and his eyes almost popped out of its place

"What?" I asked him wondering why he was so shocked.

"Oh nothing" He said and he muttered something unintelligible.

"Okay so I guess I'd better be going now." I said and started to walk away

"Wait up!" he said calling after me and jogging to my side to keep up with my pace.

"I'll go with you" he said almost grabbing my hand but instead placed it in his pocket. He blushed a bit and looked at the floor as he walked along with me. I smiled because I've never made him blush before. Not that I remember.

We arrived after a few minutes and people were starting to crowd the outer portion of the place. I checked the clock and noticed that it was quarter to 8 and that's when people usually start to crowd. Ryan looked at me with Mike and smiled he approached us.

"I'm glad you made more friends and decided to bring them over here" he said smiling and greeting Mike. I smiled back and got back on the bus and grabbed my phone and placed it in my small bag. I noticed that there was a piece of paper. It seemed old and so I flipped it open and read what was in it. It was from Mike.

It said:

Dear Alyson,

Hey…when you get this, I might not be there anymore and well I guess I'll never see you again but I just want you to know that I do have a crush on you and you have this effect on me that no one else has and I hope it will stay like that 

until I don't know…forever would seem to cliché and you know I don't like those cliché things. Anyway, next year I don't think I'd be there to argue with you anymore coz my parents told me we were moving out somewhere. I don't know where yet but I don't think you would care at all. But I hope you do. I'll miss you a lot and no matter how annoying you can be and no matter how many arguments we had, I'd always have feelings for you. Feelings I don't think I can hide anymore since well you already know that I have them. Just so you know, I was right beside you while I was writing this and I don't think you'd know coz you're always so serious when it came to academic stuff but I don't really care much… I just wanted to say that I loved you and that I'll miss you and I hope you feel the same way. There's at least 5 minutes before summer and 5 minutes before I leave and see your face for the last time…so take care always… and hopefully we'll see each other again…

Mike

Its weird how things just suddenly show up like this. I know I've never read this coz well I've never seen this before. And if I did read this, I would've gone after him and begged him not to go even though I couldn't do anything about it. I refolded the paper and let the words sink in. I breathed in and out softly and got a hold of myself. Seventh grade…and I only saw this now? What a waste of time… guess I never really paid that much attention when it wasn't school related. Well I didn't want summer school so what else could I have done?

I sighed and shook thoughts away. But I couldn't face him out there after reading that letter he gave me so I sat on the couch at the back of the bus and stared aimlessly at the floor. I tried to clear my thoughts but they'd keep coming back. I couldn't stop it coz I didn't know how. Simple things can make big differences and this saying was proven by the letter Mike gave me. No matter how old this may be, it still held a gigantic meaning in it. I fought back the tears and I didn't even know why I had them. I didn't have anything to cry about. This was seventh grade, meaning it was really old but I do wonder if he still felt the same way…but even if he did, I couldn't be with him…well not right now… not yet…