You were just preparing to go see AFI. You were rushing while putting on your eyeliner but you managed to put it on just perfectly. You put on some black mascara, which completely brightened your face up. You had picked out a black tank top and put a ripped white half shirt over it. You then picked a pair of tight dark blue jeans. You grabbed your converse and quickly slipped them on as you ran towards the stage to meet Jade in back. He said he wanted to talk to you privately before the show.
As you approached the guards, they eyed you suspiciously as you showed them your ID badge. They shook their heads at you and handed it back to you as they relentlessly let you in. You saw Jade right away standing by a guitar rack filled with cords. "Jade!" you yelled as you tried to get his attention. He looked up and smiled and signaled for you to come over. As you approached him, you noticed his clothes immediately. He was wearing an all white suit. You took great notice to how tight his pants were and for a second you found yourself staring. "Jess, are you listening?" he asked wearily.
"Yeah...what'd you say?"
"Pfft. I said, you looked amazing. Me and the band thought it'd be a good idea if you and Emily sang the "I will wait for you" part of Endlessly, she said. It'd make more sense if a girl sang it, ya know? I think it'd be great since both of you guys aren't used to singing publicly. It'd be a new experience"
You stood there with your jaw dropped. "No, I can't do that! Not in front of all those people! The only reason I can do it at all is because I'm in front of you!" you screamed. You started hyperventilating. "I'm going to die. I'm going to get freaking slaughtered," You said over and over until Jade grabbed you by the shoulders and said, "No you're not! You're going to sing great! If you get scared, just keep your eyes on me! I promise you I won't be taking them off you." You looked at the ground then back at him. "Thanks Jade. I'll try. Now teach me what I have to sing."
He smiled and did exactly that. Then he went over it with you and Emily. You figured out that after Davey sang "Though in time they finally bent every word" the first time that you would sing "I will wait for you" loudly and you'd hold the ending note until Davey sang "She said" then Emily would sing would sing with Davey on the second "She said" after you sing it the second time through. Then you alone would have to sing the part after Jade's solo.
After moments of arguing your parts you finally put your foot down and claimed yours. Emily would not sing alone. She utterly refused which left you doing a solo. You sighed and practiced quietly to yourself as Jade approached you from behind. "Jess, I'm really proud that you're doing this. I really want you to be confident. Is there anything I can do to boost it up?" he said. He was so close to your face when he said it, you could already feel his lips on yours. You looked at the ground and he backed off but before he walked away, you turned him around and kissed him straight up on the lips. It took him by surprise so he had his hands in the air but he slowly lowered them and put them on your hips. The kiss was everything you thought it would be. Soft and gentle. You could feel him breathing as you lifted your arms and put them around his neck. He smiled as he pulled away and looked up at you shyly. "I don't know if that boosted your confidence but it sure boosted mine!" he said as he grinned widely. "5 minutes before you're on!" you heard someone scream at Jade. "Well, looks like you have to go. Which song do I go up on?" you sighed.
"Um, you go on the 5th song. It's called "Endlessly, she said" and you get up there just as we finish Rabbits are Roadkill on route 37, okay? Just get a mic from our roadie and run up and stand on the amp. Kind of do a wave to the crowd as if you're famous and in a band. But keep your eyes on me. Okay?" He said and grabbed your shoulders and kissed you lightly before he ran and strapped his guitar on. He gave you thumbs up before running onstage. You walked up to Emily and asked, "Are you nervous?"
She nodded and said, "Just a little bit but not really. I have Davey singing with me and that gives me a little bit of confidence. I can't believe I get to do this at all. I just met them today and already they're putting me onstage? I feel lucky."
She smirked at you then said, "I saw you and Jade back there. How long have you been together?"
"Oh, we're not together. I don't think we are at least. That was the first time I ever did that. I don't know where it came from. I thought we were just going to play it cool but I don't know. I have to ask him that after the show." You answered.
She smiled and looked onstage as Davey and Jade switched off on "the interview".
"I'll grow pale...without you." They both ended as the song stopped.
You were up next after this song. You took a deep breath as you watched Jade sing, along with Davey's impetuous screams. You were in awe as you watched Jade's incredible guitar rifts. Then the song ended.
You then ran up on stage with Emily as you grabbed your mics and ran to the amps. You looked at the crowd with a sudden burst of energy as you waved and did your bow as Davey introduced you and Emily. You took a deep breath. You looked up at Jade who was watching you like he promised. You breathed in.
"Walked into our world and made horrible sounds. I can still hear them today. Strangely, they seem beautiful now though they outlast my love. Still, each time I always meant every word, every one. Though, in time they finally bent every word, every one"
"I will wait for you,"
"she said, endlessly," Voices echoed back.
"I will wait for you,"
"She spoke misery,"
It repeated like that twice before a guitar solo busted out from Jade. You hopped around the stage and reached out to the crowd and tried to rev them up. Then the solo stopped and Davey sang "I will wait for you. I will wait for you. I will wait for you!"
"I will wait" then the whole crowd sang the next "I will wait" with you. The whole time you sang on parts, you never took your eyes off Jade. As the song finished up, you opened your eyes to see the audience in awe as they clapped and cheered. As you walked offstage passing Jade, you stuck your hand out and gave him a low five as you drifted into the corridor leading you to the water fountain.
You were still in shock while drinking. When you rose up from the water fountain, Emily noticed you were crying. "Why are you crying?"
You shook your head and smiled, "I've never ever done that in front of so many people. I can't believe it happened. It doesn't feel real!" You just started crying. "I don't know why I'm crying so much. I feel stupid but I'm so amazed and I just felt so free..." Emily shhh'd you and gave you a long hug. She continued to comfort you until you were at a state where you could control yourself.
As you waited for the concert to be over, you tried to collect your thoughts about you and Jade. What was going to happen after this concert? You continued to tell yourself that you would not pull away like you always do. You hated it. Every time someone tried to get close to you, you left them because you're scared. There's always these doubts that come along and convince you that you're better of alone even though you're dying inside. You sighed and leaned back in your chair as you waited.
"Hey," you heard a voice from behind you and turned around to see a sweaty Jade with a guitar on his back. "Hey," you said you stood up. "I would hug you right now but I'm all sweaty," he said laughing. You giggled (yes giggled) and put your arms around him anyways. He smiled and put his arms around you and on your lower back. You just kind of stayed like that until you heard a voice say, "Yeah, just forget I'm here! God, you two." Emily rolled her eyes and smiled as she walked out of the room to search for Davey, you presumed. "Oops," Jade laughed out as you both started laughing. "So Jade, what does this all mean?"
He stared up at the ceiling then said, "Um, I don't know. What would you like it to mean?"
"Well, I want it to be something but if you're just palling around then I don't want o even bother."
He sighed and said, "I really want it to be something to but I'm not sure it's right to move too fast. I've known you for a few months now but I really haven't gotten to know the you I want to know. I want to know everything but that's more than I deserve."
You smiled and looked up at him. "My last name is Hansen. My favorite color is green. My favorite make out song is light sleeper by Hawthorne Heights. Not sure you can call it a make out song but I love it. I'm a fake redhead and my natural color is dark brown. I have two pet peeve movies. High School musical and Raise your voice. I love being teased when it comes to kisses. And kinkiness isn't all bad in some aspects. Oh and I secretly listen to song in Japanese so I can sing along." You smiled as you ended.
"Hmm," was all he said before licking his lips a little.
"Hey you guys, come on. We need to get to the bus unless you want a little more private time," yelled Hunter. "I want to take you somewhere first. Follow me," he said as he grabbed my hand and pulled me up a flight of stairs leading to the roof. When you reached the roof, he grabbed your hands and said, "You may not know it now but I'm here for you even if you hurt me."
You blinked and said; "You said that to me 14 years ago,"
"And it still hasn't lost his value. I mean it. Why do you think I'm still here? Let's go up and sit on the edge. We could look at the moon like old days."
You smiled as he put his arm around you and kept you close to him. You laid your head on his chest as you both looked into the sky while hearing soft music from the bands in the background. You shut your eyes and prayed this wasn't a dream. For a few seconds, you were truly happy. Nothing could overcome this feeling of being wanted and accepted. You closed your eyes and felt his warmth as you drifted in to a sleeping state.
What? You fell asleep? You woke up and looked around to find yourself in your bunk and dressed in pajamas. "W..what?" was all you could say as you heard the sound of rustling from someone waking up. You lowered your head outside of your bunk as you turned around to see Adam getting out of his bunk 2 beds down. You quickly got up and jumped out and screamed, "What happened last night?"
He covered his ears and glared at you before answering, "Damn, it's only 8 o clock. Tone it down a bit before you wake everyone up. What do you mean what happened last night?"
You smacked him on the arm and said, "You know what I mean! What did we do last night?"
He sighed and said, "You sung in front of everyone and then you and Jade disappeared somewhere and he came back with you sleeping in his arms. He changed you into some more comfortable clothes,"
You stood back and said, "So that was all real...he changed me? What the hell?"
Adam laughed and signaled for you to quiet down before whispering, "It's not like he took advantage of you or anything. He just took off you pants and put you in some sweats. Then he just put one of his teeshirts over you. Nothing to freak over."
You sighed. Then Adam said, "Now if you'll excuse me, I only woke up so I can go take a piss." He said as he bumped past you. You moaned and went back to your bed but not before visiting Jade's bunk. You looked in only to find him lying on his side breathing peacefully. You pulled yourself up and sat on the edge and bent over him and kissed him lightly on the lips. You smiled and hopped down and started towards the door. Since no one was awake, you figured you'd take a shower since you wouldn't have time to later. You grabbed a robe and some bathroom stuff before walking across the gravel in bare feet.
The bathrooms were empty like you assumed so you took a shower. As you walked back to the bus in your robe, you walked quietly to make sure no one would get up. You walked into the bathroom and grabbed a towel to dry your hair. As you pulled the towel off your head, you heard a creak. You swiftly turned around and saw Jade right in front of you. "Ahhh!" you screamed as you slipped and fell into him. You both then were on the floor moaning as you landed hard on the floor. "God, I didn't think I'd scare you that bad." He smiled as he helped you up. "Thanks for the thought." You smirked back. "Sometimes I just wanna," you said and made a motion with your hands like you were snapping someone's neck.
He made a face and backed off. "Oh I see, is it that time of the month?"
You closed your eyes and raised your fist and said, "If there's one thing you never say to a girl, it's that because trust me you don't want to know about our periods. But if you're interested, I can give you the whole tour."
He shuddered and made sassy comments about how he didn't want to get cooties.
"Keep worrying about those cooties and I doubt you'll be in luck for the next few days," you said as you sat down on the couch and shook your hair once more. He smiled and walked over and sat down next to you. Davey walked in and sat at the ps2 and turned it on. You ignored him. "I look like shit," you muttered.
He smiled and said, "Baby you're beautiful," And kissed your cheek.
"Suck up," you mutter while smiling.
"It's working isn't it?" He smirked while you stuck your tongue out at him. "Sometimes I just want to hate you so bad but I can't."
"You got that from a song."
"Damn you."
You smiled and laid back and got comfortable. "Your hair smells so good, I could just eat it."
"Passion fruit smoothie, hun," you say.
"Oh God, you two! Wait until I'm out of the room!" screamed Davey as he stood up and turned the ps2 off. "Man, it's so not worth playing when all I can hear is the two of you acting like a couple!" He shrilled. He then twitched several times and gagged in disgust as he walked out of the room.
"What a drama queen," says Jade.
"Maybe he's jealous. He wants to settle down too."
He looked at you funny. "Really? I never knew that."
"I talked to him the other day. Maybe he's thinking about Emily."
Jade raised an eyebrow and said, "Since when did you and Davey bond? God, what the hell did I miss when I fell asleep?"
You snickered a little before getting up to start your day.
You sighed and got dressed and walked outside on the arm of your new 'boyfriend'. It felt so weird calling him that but you didn't know what else to call him. You were both wearing sweet sunglasses. You were rocking the aviators. Heck yes!
As you walked around the hundreds of merch booths, you noticed tons of different people. A group of girls all in black approached you and asked, "Are you the girl who sung with AFI last night?" You lifted your sunglasses to question whether they were fans or haters but you nodded either way. "We just wanted to say that we thought you did really great. Ignore anyone who says anything else, they're all jealous."
You smiled at them and said "thanks" but then they asked who was with you. "Um, this is my 'best friend' Jade!" They smiled when he took off his sunglasses. "Wow, I don't want to seem like some freaky fan girl but can I have a picture with you?" asked one of the girls. Jade smiled and said, "Of course I will. Anything for someone as polite as you girls." He agreed and too pictures with all of them and we waved goodbye as we continued walking.
"Wow, those were really nice fans," You said. Jade nodded but said, "I wish all of them were like that. There were some girls last night that wanted to slaughter you when I carried you home. I had to run from them! They tried to take my socks!" He cried in a threatened voice as he reenacted what happened. You slapped him on the arm and yelled, "Jade shut up, you're making a scene!"
You turned him around to see all the people staring. He made a chuckle and walked away really fast. "Wait for me!" you said as you ran after him but tripped on a rock and scraped your knee. "Jess, are you okay?" Jade called as he ran up to you. You lifted up your knee, which was covered in blood. "I'm fine...wow I must've looked pretty stupid doing that." You laughed. He looked at you funny and asked, "Do you always laugh when you get hurt?"
You smiled and said, "Most of the time. It's funny when you think about how you looked when you fell. But yeah, I can't bend my leg,"
He then lifted you up and said, "We better find you something so you can clean it off so it won't get infected."
You walked until you reached a first aid booth where it started dripping. "Oh crap. Hmm, maybe if I do this," you said before licking your knee. "Oh stop that, Jess! You're scaring the non-vamps!" Jade laughed as he came back with some ointment tubes and bandages. He wiped your cut clean with some peroxide, which stung like hell. He then put some antibacterial cream on it before he wrapped it tightly with bandage. The nurse in charge looked at him and said, "I'm very impressed. It feels good to know that youth nowadays know proper medical procedures."
He smiled and said, "My mom was a wonderful lady. She taught me all I know."
"Wow, I'm shocked that you put so much effort into it. A Band-Aid would have been enough."
He shook his head in dismay and said, "No, a band-aid wouldn't work because you hit it hard enough so you could bend your leg and a band-aid wouldn't support your muscle."
You stared at him wide-eyed and said, "Wow, you sure know a lot of medical stuff."
He stuck his tongue out and said, "Lifeskills 101. My mom made me take home- ec 3 years in a row for middle school."
"Aw, that's sweet. I don't know but seeing you take care of my leg with all that precaution reminded me of how I always wished I had a dad that would dad that would take care of me like that." You sighed and looked at the ground. A sad look grew across his face as he put his arm around your shoulder and said, "Well, I'm sorry that you missed out on child hood but I promise you that I the future, if we're still together that I will be the best fatherly figure there ever was. I love kids! They're what make everything the way it is. Without kids, you wouldn't have adults."
You chuckled as you listened to his philosophy on children. He put his hand on your cheek. "You still have a child's face. I will always remember that. Yet you have the beautiful features of a developing young woman."
You blushed and said, "Stop it. You make me all nervous when you say that. Now you sound like a rapist!"
He made a mischievous face and made a deep cackle. "Don't even start with that." You laughed and walked away.
"Sigh, we really do act like a couple. Listen to us talk. It's like no one else is around. What the hell? We're not even trying!"
You made a shocked look and dipped your finger in some face paint as you passed the booth. You lifted up your now black finger and made a thick line across your right cheek.
"What'd you do that for?" asked Jade.
You looked at him then at the sky and said, "Wow, I don't know but it seemed funny."
He laughed and dipped his finger randomly in some pain and put a line across his face, except little did he know that the paint was bright pink. "Lookin sexy, Jade!" you coughed out before laughing unbearably. "What's so funny?" he asked looking around. You then got up and said, "It's nothing. Let's go get some food."
"Um, okay!" He didn't have to know right now. He'd figure it out eventually.