I watched her as we neared a7x's tour bus. She didn't look nervous. She looked like her super happy self. She looked like she was taller or gained some weight.
"Where are we going?" we started walking up the steps of the bus.
"A little piece of heaven, just over bat country, where people crawl like a worm from a bird for maybe memories" I heard laughing I guess they had heard me. She made it up the stair then passed out in the middle of the living area.
"Great she didn't do this with everyone else!" they looked at me than at her than Zacky gasped.
"Why the fuck are you smoking!?"
"Because it's better than cutting" I went out side and took my last drag before smushing the cig. I walked back on the bus and she was still on the ground.
"Ok let's see what will wake her up?" I gasped.
"Emily, Bert McCraken just said he loved you!" she sat up straight.
"Bert I love you too!" everyone started laughing. Then I looked at her.
"Sweetie your married"
"Yeah and you are a weirdo miss I-hate-makeup,needles, and-revealing –clothes-to- I-3-what-was-previously-stated" Everyone started laughing.
"Sweetie I'm not the one wearing pink and sparkly crap" They were still laughing"
"whatever I don't care If I am seen in the color pink"
"Hey I have a baseball jersey that's pink I wore it to school twice last year" I smiled proud of myself.
"Yeah out of what 180 days"
"Whatever jonas fan" they laughing stopped.
"Hell no you did not just try that on me miss. Nicolas Jonas"
"Can I remind you that I was 10 I got over it quickly" Everyone started laughing.
"Yeah right right before I left you made those shirts and sold them"
"Sweetie Nick Jonas is a Diabetes Icon. Selling those shirts was a none profit way to raise money for the diabetes cure"
"She has a good point Emily I think you were just owned" Jimmy yelled and I laughed. The urge for a cig kicked in again after just a few minutes.
"Oh and on top of that I am a proud goth bitch!" everyone laughed. I went for my purse and the cigs.
"Brb" I walked outside and lit another one.
"Shit I needed that."
"Really or did you just want it?" I jumped 10 feet into the air. Brian was standing behind me.
"Shit Brian don't fucking scare me!" I saw the remnants of the cig I had on the ground.
"Sorry but answer the question"
"I stared smoking so that I would smoke instead of cut so there I do need it" I pulled out another one.
"Ok well don't use to many of those" He pulled his own out of his pocket.
"When are we going to the bar?"
"a few minutes I just noticed something"
"What?"
"you and Emily are like exact opposites" I looked at him.
"You're crazy" walked on to the bus and saw Emily talking to Zacky.
"Emily come here" she got up and stood in front of me.
"Ok who thinks Emily and I are exact opposites?" everyone raised their hands.
"What the hell we look different but we are uh… Damn we are exact opposites" Everyone laughed.
"Can we go to the bar now?" I whined.
"Yeah sure whose driving?" I pulled out the keys.
"I am" The Used looked horrified.
"Was she a bad driver on the way here?" they asked Emily.
"Only while she was lighting a cig" they all sighed.
"I thought they were overreacting" I heard Bert say.
"Calvin is worse" I laughed.
"Oh who else found out about Calvin's neck?" Zacky said with a completely straight face. All the a7x guys couldn't stop laughing.
"Less people than those who know what happened in Pretty as a car crash's bunk area last night." I crossed my arms and stuck my nose in the air. The Used was on the floor laughing.
"Wait what are you talking about?" they asked each other.
"Well Calvin is unimportant but my sister Avenly is the bassist of my band and our rythum guitarist is her boyfriend. Well she asked if Calvin and I were sleeping with each other the other day on the phone while I was on the bus with My Chem. I start yelling at her about how we had only been dating for like 18 hours no joke, I decided to get even and say that I knew what Brandon had and that they would be in bed together tonight. She got really mad but the next morning I saw everyone but them in living area and I didn't want to see what had happened in the bunk area" they were all laughing again.
"Sorry but I want a beer like now" I said as I took a drag walking outside.
"Fine we're coming" they all got up and we walked to the car they saw the tahoe and looked at me.
"How are we going to fit 11 people in that car?"
"the 4 smallest people in the back row, 4 in the middle row, 1 in the trunk, me driving, and the passenger seat"
"I call shot gun! " Zacky yelled and sat in the passenger seat.
"Me, Emily,Jimmy,and Johnny in the back" Bert said.
"I got the trunk" Brian said.
"And the rest of you in the middle" we all got in our seats I noticed how Emily and Bert seemed to be well acquainted than I noticed the ring on Bert's hand. I am going to talk to them about that later.
"What bar?"
"Any bar It's after 1 so we'll be the only sober ones in there" Zacky said.
"Ok I passed one on the way over here" I drove to that one and we all got out.
"Emily,Bert can I talk to you guys for a second?" they walked to one side of the car with me while everyone else went inside.
"Emily I thought you moved to Texas when you left?"
"I did I still live there."
"And you just happen to be here with your husband"
"What?" she was lying I could see it in her eyes. I grabbed Bert's hand then her's.
"I was the smart one remember?" she looked at Bert.
"ok well smart one can keep a secret"
"Yeah and are you pregnant?"
"What the fuck" She said.
"You're married and 27 so you 2 tell me" I looked at her and she looked down. I looked at Bert he looked at her.
"You are aren't you?"
"I don't know" she answered.
"Bert go hang out with the guys we'll go get a pregnancy test" I pulled her towards the car.
"Ok well don't tell anyone Helli"
"K I won't. I need a fucking cigarette" I opened the windows on my side of the car so that the smoke wasn't in the car. I took out a cig and lit it.
"When did you guys get married?"
"a month after I turned 27"
"Does anyone else know?"
"No and I lied about my parents I left after I turned 18 I got a job and I am living at Bert's house but not in Texas I lied about that too."
"Emily I wouldn't have cared"
"I know I was just really worried about telling anybody"
"I know" We pulled into the drug store parking lot.
"I'll come with you" We got out and bought a pregnancy test. We walked into the gas station next door and we went to the bathroom. She came out with it in her hand.
"Ok now we wait"
"How long?" I looked at the box.
"Just a few minutes" we sat there until I knew that It was time.
"Ok ready?" She nodded I took the test from her and looked at the box. I wasn't horrified it wasn't shocking either I mean she's an adult and I think this is a good thing. I nodded to her. Her eyes got wide.
"Omg I'm gonna be a mom what should we name it?what are we gonna do about the room? I need help painting it! I need to buy stuff for the baby! I need to get god parents! I need-"
"To tell Bert" she looked at me.
"Yes that is first on the list and I am going to ask you now because Bert would agree with me." I looked at her confused.
"I think you would make an excellent god parent" I smilied and hugged her.
"I would love to"
"good now let's get to the bar"
"Mommy can't have alcohol" I told her.
"Shit your right"
"Virgin daiquiri" she smiled
"sounds yummy"
"It is but I have only had the non virgin one" We laughed as we walked to the car.
"Ok well do you want to wait until everyone is shit ass drunk that way no one will remember what you say to Bert and I guess you are the designated driver tonight" she laughed.
"I am going to be for awhile" I laughed at that.
"Ok well let's go tell him."
"I am just going to tell everyone it's not like they won't find out eventually"
"True" we walked in and saw everyone sitting at a table that was already full of empty beer bottles.
"Great everyone got drunk with out me!" I yelled and they all laughed. Emily walked to Bert. They were whispering to each other and Bert got a surprised look. I am guessing that one was about telling everyone. Then he gasped and kissed her. She broke away.
"I have something to tell everyone" he said his arm around her.
"This is my wife we have been married for a few months" everyone gasped except me.
"how come we didn't know?" Quinn looked hurt.
"She didn't want anyone to know" she looked at him.
"We have another announcement" they all looked at me because I was giggling.
"What!? I already know what's going on I figured it out in the car"
"She's a know it all hacker/musician/total lawbreaker." I laughed at Jimmy's description of me.
"Well anyways I am going to be a father" everyone smiled.
"Good for you Bert you deserve it"Zacky said.
"when did you find out?"
"like just now" Bert said.
"When did she?"
"like 20 minutes ago"Emily replied.
"When did you?"
"Sametime as Emily" I replied.
"wow" we all laughed at Johnny.
"Ok Helli I challenge you to a drinking contest" Zacky said.
"that's an unfair advantage Zacky she's only 14" Jeph said.
"I'm not worried I know I will win" I said and everyone looked at me while I busied myself examining my nail polish.
"Ok fine bring it"
"beers or shots?"
"beers"
"how many have you already had?"
"3" I took the first 3 full beers I could find all pounded all of them.
"that way we're even you know" I shrugged. I wasn't supposed to drink so we just kept ordering rounds for the table. We were at 20.
"give up yet Zacky" I sounded completely sober.
"neevvear" he slurred his words and I drank another beer while I was typing another story on Mibba.
"Your turn Zacky" he went for his beer but his eyes went wide half way through drinking it and he ran to the bathroom. I grabbed another one.
"Can someone get me a martini please?" they all looked at me. I was a little drunk but not enough to pass out.
"you just out drank zacky" Bert said.
"I can out drink Gee if needed and why should Zacky be any diff?" I asked posting another chapter to the life of a child rockstar story. I closed my side kick and sat up straight,
"wait that depends gee after he became highly tolerant to alcohol or now?"
"the first one" they were silent for a second. I heard Dead start playing from my phone.
"Gee's calling hold on" I answered my phone.
"Why are you awake?"
"I was just calling to let you know that we leave at 7 tomorrow so you got to be back here then"
"Ok thanks"
"you're not getting drunk right?"
"let's see I just had 21 beers and I am well I hope I am getting a martini"
"holy shit just let a sober person drive"
"Ok bye Gee"
"bye" I put my phone away.
"I need a cig" I pulled them out and started to light one then I remembered Emily.
"I am going outside" I lit one outside. I needed that.
"well we need to get back" I heard everyone from behind me and jumped again.
"Shit! Stop scaring me!" I looked at them then realized something.
"I need to pay for me" I did the calculations in my head. 8 times 21.
"Who paid?" They all raised their hands. I handed a hundred to each of the bands.
"I don't have anything smaller" I shrugged.
"Are you loaded or something?" Brian asked.
"No apparently you get paid a lot to tutor people" I shrugged.
"Ok well I'm driving" Emily said.
"I got shot gun" Bert said.
"I'll take the trunk" I said
"The rest of the used guys and I will take the back" Brian said.
"You're leaving us will Zacky" jimmy to himself and the rest of the band.
"Yes I am" Brian said getting in.
I got in the car and we left. I fell asleep on the way there but woke up because someone opened the trunk and I fell out.
"What the fuck!?"everyone started laughing.
"Sleeping beauty awakes!" Bert yelled. I hissed at him and showed my fangs.
"Lethal I say!LETHAL!" Jimmy yelled.
"What are you talking about?" I asked while I got up rubbing my head.
"I still remember the love bite you gave Calvin because I'm not drunk" everyone awed.
"leave me alone I need a cig" I got up and walked away from everyone.
"Shit" I pulled the last one out of the package and lit it.
"You ok driving back alone?" They asked.
"Yeah I won't crash" I said taking a drag.
"Ok if your sure"
"Yeah I am"
"Well It was nice seeing you Helli. I missed you a lot after I left" I hugged her.
"I know now give me your number before I go" we exchanged phone numbers.
"Helli you're an awesome person to hang with" Jimmy said as I hugged him.
"you guys too. I had an awesome time I wish I had more" I hugged the other 4.
"yeah well you have to go" Brian said.
"Yeah but I have a friend I need to introduce you guys to from my school he is one of the few cool jocks in the world" they all laughed.
"Ok if he's a cool jock to a goth kid we have to meet him"
"yup he loves you guys"
"Ok our turn" Bert budded in.
"It was nice meeting you guys and congrats Bert" I hugged him and the other guys.
"K well give us your number so we can stay in contact" we exchanged number's but I already had Bert's.
"Ok bye everyone I got to go" I waved good bye and started driving home.