Tommy stood at the back of the stage, his head down strumming his bass. It felt weird being onstage again after a long break since Glamnation finished. Adam stood centre stage, the spotlight on him, his microphone poised at his lips as he launched into the second song - For Your Entertainment. He wore a long jacket with sleeves that covered the top of his hands - whereas the rest of the crew, Tommy, Monte, Sutan and the dancers were all wearing t-shirts in the hot weather. Tommy watched as Adam danced around the stage, high energy as usual and not missing a single note or step. As they all walked offstage for a quick intermission, Adam collapsed into a seat, sweating. "Take the jacket off, man. This heat's sweltering" Tommy told him as he swapped his bass, throwing a new one over his shoulder. Adam sat exhausted in the chair, drinking from a bottle of water - sweat dripping from his face. "Na its fine" he replied, but everyone else could see that he wasn't. As he stood up ready to walk back out onstage again, the heat washed over him and he suddenly felt dizzy. He quickly sat back down in the chair, closing his eyes. Tommy wheeled back around, looking concerned. "You don't look fine" he stated. Adam waved a hand at him in a 'don't worry' kind of way. But Tommy wasn't convinced. As Monte entered the room he threw a glance over at Adam. "Arent you hot in that thing?" he asked, tugging at Adam's jacket. Adam took another drink of water, resting his head back on the wall. "Its fine…just stop bugging me" his reply had an undertone of anger this time and Tommy and Monte exchanged glances before walking back onto the stage. Adam pulled himself up a few seconds later, the heat intense, but determined not to remove the jacket - he didn't want anyone to see the bandage on his arm with the blood still seeping through from just days ago. As he sang "Music Again" he paused in one part, letting Monte take another guitar solo while Adam wiped his sweating brow, took another drink and tried to re-assess. Tommy moved subtly to the back of the stage so he was playing his bass near Adam. "Just take the fuckin jacket off" he hissed, careful that nobody but Adam could hear him. Adam shot him a dark glance - half because of the heat, and half because he was getting pissed off at everyone telling him what to do. "Shut up Tommy" was Adam's reply, his voice angry. Tommy looked taken aback, and stared at Adam with wide eyes for a moment before backing off to his side of the stage as "Sleepwalker" began. Dizzy, sweating and annoyed, Adam tried not to let anything get in the way of his vocals. Tommy kept glancing over at him in concern, angering Adam even more. "You're everything that i want" Adam sang, and he shot a dark look of anger towards Tommy "but you don't want me!" he shouted with much more aggression than was necessary, and with that, he walked off the stage. Monte and the band finished playing the song, exchanging glances of confusion. "What the hell?" Monte whispered to Tommy. Tommy just shrugged and shook his head. As the band walked backstage, Monte was cursing. "He cant just fuckin walk off like that!" he shouted to anyone who cared to listen. Tommy sat in a corner with Taylor, both nodding. "Where'd he go?" Taylor asked casually, throwing a t-shirt on. Tommy shrugged, looking around the small backstage area - half expecting to see Adam sitting there listening. "Car's gone" stated Isaac as he entered the room, grabbing his bag from beside Tommy. "He left!" Monte shouted angrily, throwing his hands up in the air. "Apparently" was Isaac's reply.
Tommy got back to the apartment, wanting a shower before he went out with the crew for a couple of drinks at one of the local bars. Adam's car wasn't outside and as he entered the lounge, everything was just as they'd left it this morning. As Tommy grabbed some clothes, entered the bathroom and stripped down, he relaxed at the feeling of the hot shower water on his back. Adam was moody, he decided. Tommy didn't feel like getting angry or upset like Monte had, he just decided that Adam probably had a reason for how he'd acted onstage. But still, it was strange. Adam had never simply walked offstage and drove away without telling anyone what was going on. As Tommy washed his hair, he closed his eyes. The image of Adam's angry face suddenly struck him "but you don't want me"…the words repeated. It confused him. He hadnt known where Adam had gone off to a few days ago, but Tommy assumed he'd gone partying in one way or another… Probably hooked up with another guy, Tommy thought. He washed the shampoo out of his hair, a tinge of something seemed to hit him but he wasn't sure of the emotion. Adam had been strange the last few days, ever since the weekend. Tommy had never questioned it, but he felt that for some reason Adam had been upset and short with him. He ran a flannel over his face - staring at the black makeup as he wiped his eyes. The jacket thing was strange too. Since when had Adam performed his high energy set in a full length, jacket in summer? Something suddenly caught Tommy's eye on the shower floor. It was silver and glinting in the light. Tommy bent down carefully and picked it up. Adam was always so particular about where everything was placed in the bathroom - shampoo and conditioner top shelf, soap on the second, razors must always be kept in their appropriate holder on the shower wall. Tommy stared at the object, wondering what it was doing on the floor. He went to put it back in its holder when the red stain on the blade suddenly caught his attention. His eyes opened wide and he threw it back down to the ground in shock. Surely not, he thought…but everything suddenly seemed to make sense.