The Next Day

You sighed as packed up the rest of your things. It was time to leave. You felt Jade come up and hug you from behind and mumble, "I don't want you to leave,"

"Well, I have to. But don't worry; I'll make sure you call me more. Trust me, I have connections." You stuck you tongue out at him as you lifted you suitcase. "Here let me help you with that," he said before snatching your suitcase from you. "It's not that heavy, you know. I can handle myself," you smirked.

He simply shook his and head and continued to walk to the stairs since we never seemed to use them.

We walked down into the lobby where Seth, Caleb, and the rest of AFI were waiting patiently. You then pursued towards to the vehicle and unloaded your things into the trunk. You then sat in the drivers seat while Caleb and Seth got in. Then you put the key in the ignition. Then you rolled down the window and yelled, "I love you guys! Emily says hi!" Jade then ran to your window and gave you a quick kiss and said, "Be safe and please don't drink anymore."

You nodded and backed out. You then put in an AFI CD and blared "TotalImmortal". You rocked out as you drove out of San Jose and headed towards Berkeley.

A Few months later

You sighed as you put your notebook down. Nothing was coming to you as you failed yet another attempt at writing a song. You got up and grabbed a pack of

Cigarettes as you went into the kitchen to get something to eat.

"Hey, need some help?" asked Schilling as she noticed your struggle to reach the top of the cupboard to get the noodles. "Yes, would you please?" you signaled as she grabbed the noodles with ease. "Damn tall people," you snorted playfully.

You then heard someone walk in as you looked and saw Lauren and Caleb walk in holding hands. "Hey, you two are early!" you called as you put the noodles in the boiling pot of water.

Caleb sat down on your bar stool as Lauren sat up on the counter. He then asked, "Have you written a new song yet?"

You sighed and said, "Not yet. I don't know, things have just kind of been blah lately. What about you? Any new lyrics?"

"Notta. My mind is completely jogged; maybe inspiration will come if we just leave it alone for a bit. "

You shrugged as you heard Seth come in. You knew it was him because he tripped over the front step like he always does. He is such a klutz.

"Hey Seth! Did you bring your guitar?" you asked.

"Duh. I bring it even when I don't have to,"

You smiled as you prepared the spaghetti. You put it in the strainer and stirred the sauce. As you poured the spaghetti back into the pot, you heard Geiger and Emily running downstairs. Emily has been living with you for 4 months since she wasn't really prepared to live on her own.

It turns out her and Geiger had a lot in common. They both are very shy when it comes to new people but are open about a lot of things. They're both artists and enjoy drawing people. In other words, they made a great couple. But lately they had been acting kind of weird like they're keeping secrets from me but oh well. It's probably nothing.

Everyone grabbed a plate as you all sat down in the living room. After you all ate, you stood up and said, "This is our last practice before our gig tomorrow night and we still haven't written a new song!"

Emily sighed and asked, "What's wrong with the songs we have now?"

"Nothing. They're short and they introduce us as a band but we need a song that really puts us out there. It's not going to be a pretty sight if we do a cover again like last time. They're giving us 4 songs since we're opening band and so far we've only got 3 short ones."

Seth raised his hand and said, "How about we do a Fall out boy cover? They're easy to sing and play."

"Hmm, that's pretty good idea. I can sing, "Tell that Mick he just made my list of things to do today" pretty well. You know that one?"

They all nodded.

"Cool, should we practice?" you asked.

"Let's do it," yelled Seth as he stood up.

You then plugged in your instruments and crap and practiced for a good hour or two before you got a surprising announcement from Geiger and Emily.

"We're getting married next month," she said excitingly.

"What? Are you serious?" you screamed.

She nodded.

"Oh my god, I'm so happy for you!" you said and embraced her.

"There was something I wanted to ask you, as well."

You nodded as she pulled you to the side. "Well, I want you to be my maid of honor because, let's face it, if it weren't for me meeting you, I wouldn't have ever met Nick."

You smiled and replied, "Of course I'll be your maid of honor. What kind of wedding is it going to be?"

She bobbed her head and said, "It's going to be on Halloween so we want it kind of traditional and simple but at the same time we don't want it to be ordinary and usual. We want it delicate and beautiful. Nothing too over dramatic. We were thinking we could have it at the rose garden inn in Oakland. It's a little expensive but it is absolutely perfect."

You nodded and took a few minutes to take it in. Emily was getting married to Geiger. You had to call Jade and tell him.

But as you turned to go get the phone, Emily also added, "I also wanted to ask you if you could possibly see if AFI could come play for us. They're more the Halloween based peoples."

You smiled as you grabbed the phone and dialed Jade's phone. It rang twice before it answered, "Can it wait?"

"No, Emily and Geiger are getting married!"

"What? Are you serious?"

"That's what I said! Yeah, next month on Halloween!"

"Oh, wow. That's awesome." He then paused to say a few things to who ever I just interrupted.

"Okay, I'm back. I just told the rest of the band. Are we invited?"

"Do you think I'd be calling you if you weren't?"

"Point taken. Okay, I don't think we have any shows booked and if we do, I'm really hoping it gets cancelled because I'm not missing the sight of you in a dress again!"

"Hehe, I'm the maid of honor. Theme says strapless."

"Oh awesome!"

:"Yeah, you guys so have to come! I love weddings! This will be my first time actually going to one!"

"Serious? Then we so have to pitch in and make it the best wedding ever!"

"Oh you guys don't have to spend any money on it, we've got it taken care of...sort of. But please I'd rather you not,"

"No I want to. I have everything I need and I don't really have any use for much of it other than food, clothes, and makeup! I'd much rather spend it on giving our friends a wonderful wedding. Done deal. I get somewhat of a break in 3 weeks. Should I come and visit you?"

"Yeah, it's August 28 now so in a few weeks we'll be approaching the last minute hustle of getting everything together. So by then, I will be getting my maid of honor dress. I get to stick out! Woohoo!"

"Haha, yeah. I can't wait. Talk to you soon, Jess. I love you!"

"I love you too, bye!"

Weeks later2 weeks until wedding