You shook your skirt to each side of your audience and as the verse rolled around, you deviously smiled and sang, "What's the time
Well it's gotta be close to midnight
My body's talking to me
It says "Time for danger"
It says "I wanna commit a crime
Wanna be the cause of a fight
Wanna put on my tight skirt and flirt
With a stranger"
I've had a knack from way back
Breaking the rules once
I learned the games
Get up life's too quick
I know someplace sick
Where this chick'll dance in the flames
We don't need any money
I always get in for free
You can get in too if you get in with me
Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You wanna play? Let's run away
We won't be back
Before it's New Year's Day
Take me out tonight! Meow!
When I get a wink from the doorman
Do you know how lucky you'll be?
That you're on line with the feline of Avenue B
Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You wanna prowl
Be my night owl?
Well take my hand we're gonna howl
Out tonight
In the evening I've got to roam
Can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome
Feels too damn much like home
When the Spanish babies cry!
So let's find a bar
So dark we forget who we are
Where all the scars from the
Nevers and maybes die
Let's go out tonight uh-huh
I have to go out tonight
You're sweet wanna hit the street?
Wanna wail at the moon like a cat in heat?
Just take me out tonight
Please take me out tonight
Don't forsake me - out tonight
I'll let you make me - out tonight
Tonight - tonight - tonight!"
You ended it by doing the splits as you heard 4 individual claps from the members of AFI. You eyed Jade and then turned away and tried to look like you were interested in the other members of the band. You noticed Jade had an ice pack. Then you felt a lump on the back of your head where it impacted his skull.
" Ow…" you whined as you walked off stage. You sat down beside the stairs and grabbed a water bottle from a random cooler and rested it against your head. You felt yourself falling against something soft but your eyes were closed so you didn't know exactly what it was. All you knew was it was warm and it smelled good. You figured it was Davi.
Your eyes flickered open and you turned sideways only to see that you were leaning on a guy you didn't know. You screamed and stood up and backed into the wall as you saw a guy with funky long half-cut hair. He had beautiful long eyelashes and wore cotton candy pink eye shadow up to his eyebrows. You noticed his deep brown eyes stand out as he spoke somewhat shyly.
" Um, you were going to fall and hit your head on the stairs so I sat here so you'd be okay,"
You smiled at his kind act of decency. You shyly said, "Oh, I thought you were my friend Davi…Well, thanks for thinking about my safety. My name is Aimee. What's yours?"
He gave you an "Are you serious?" smirk of some kind as you questionably stared and waited for an answer. He then said, "My name is Davey Havok. If you didn't know that, then why exactly are you here? I mean this is an AFI event."
You stared dumbly as you then yelled, "Another Davey? Agh. This will confuse me…Okay, I keep hearing everywhere about this AFI band sponsoring this thing but I've never heard of them! I don't have time for any of that."
Davey coughed and said, "Well, I'm the lead singer of this AFI band you're talking about."
You blankly glanced at him and said, "Are you serious? Man, I feel really slow. Since you're the lead singer, does that mean you work with that asshole Jade?"
Davey laughed revealing his wonderful smile as he then said, "Jade, an asshole? I've never known him as such a thing. He's the nicest guy I've ever met. He's also the dorkiest guy I ever met on top of that. Are you the girl who head butt him?"
You bit your lip and sheepishly looked at the ground. 'Wow, is this really how I meet people? Through beating the crap out of their friends?' you thought to yourself.
He smile reassuringly and said, "It's completely fine if you beat him up just as long as you kiss and makeup later,"
" Excuse me? What?"
He smirked, "I don't know. Usually it takes a lot for Jade to stalk someone out like that, so I'm merely assuming that you'll make-up and end up being friends. My friends tell me I'm psychic," he said smirking.
You frowned and said, "Don't be so sure about that. I'm not your typical type of love story."
" I never said anything about love but now that you mention it, I think there's a connection here…"
" Shut up and quit confusing me!" you yelled at him and turned away from him. You then said, "Nothing of that sort is going to happen to me and 'Jade'. He's a selfish asshole…"
" And you're a shelled in bitch. Perfect match, if you ask me."
You sighed frustratingly and walked away from him. Where was Davi? You felt yourself feel very agitated about what Davey said. You pouted your lip and went off on a search to find Davi.
When you found her, you noticed her talking to a guy with scruffy brown hair. You instantly approached her and said, "Come on, let's go home,"
She eyed you a little uneasy before admitting, "Um, Aimee, I've been talking here with Adam and…I kind of…agreed…to going with them…to Atlanta…"
You gazed blankly.
" What?" you managed to utter out. She sighed and said, "You're going to come with me,"
You glared and yelled, "You are not bringing me along. I can't even believe you already trust these people you just met!"
You was slightly taken aback by this sudden outburst as she then said, "Jeez, why are you so mad about it? Did something happen?"
You then screamed, "Nothing freaking happened, okay? I'm just sick and tired of these AFI guys screwing up my life worse than it already is!"
Davi frowned and looked up at Adam and mouthed, "Sorry,"
You frowned and sat down.
" You're being a baby about all of this. Come on, they're rich and we barely manage our house as it is. We should just wing it and go with them. This might be the one good thing we've been waiting for. Please give it a chance!"
You sighed frustratingly and said, "You surely must know I have something against 2 members of this band."
Davi smiled guiltily and tried to cheer you up by saying, "Well you can try to avoid them…or try to make peace with them before blowing up on them,"
"
You know very well that I won't ever do that," you said.
She shrugged and said, "Maybe?"
You shut your eyes and exhaled bitterly. The next thing you knew you were being dragged to the airport with members of AFI, whose names you had now learned completely. You twitched as you walked side by side with Davi as you were heading towards the check in counter. After you check in you left your baggage and crap there and walked towards the long hallway. You shut your eyes as you walked through the metal detector. You heard its loud alarm go off. You twitched as you emptied your pockets and disposed them into the little basket. You set down your keys, some change, and a Swiss pocket knife.
"Excuse me, maam. We're going to have to withhold this from you because this is considered a deadly weapon.
You gritted your teeth and screamed, "But no one walks around in California without one! That's not fair!"
Davi put her arm on your shoulder to calm you down a little before you attempted to beat up a security guard. You sighed endlessly and did what you were told and went forward. You heard a voice from behind Davi.
"Gosh, you sure have a bad temper. You need something to put all your anger into so you can be the calm sweetheart you were to Davey."
You turned around and found yourself face to face with Jade. You glared angrily and said, "Why do you have to be like that? Agh, you give me the creeps!"
He rolled his eyes at you and said, "Why do you have such a problem with me? I just wanted to talk to you and you blew me off completely. You'd be an asshole too after you get treated like that,"
You twitched at his comment and tried to walk away from him. Everything he said always got to you and you hated it.
He came up from behind you and grabbed your shoulder and spun you around so your faces were almost touching.
"Hey…why are you…" he started to say when he noticed your petrified reaction. You felt tears burn as your memories of your past flashed back into you. You turned and looked at the ground and screamed, "It's nothing!" before you shoved him away from you and ran forward and onto the plane.
You walked slowly down the isle and put your stuff into the top cabinet and sat by the window. Davi then noticed you sitting alone and smiled and sat next to you and whispered to you, "Hey, I'm sorry about dragging you along. It's not going to be that bad. Jade will lighten up, don't worry."
You rolled your eyes and stared out the window until you heard people moving down the isles. You noticed Adam, Hunter, and Davey sit together in the three-seater grouped chairs. You felt someone sit in the third seat next to Davi. You looked up and saw Jade. You gritted your teeth and sat down. Daverz made a face and sighed as you and Jade both turned away and stared the opposite directions. Suddenly you heard light conversation in the seats next to you. You listened in until you could bear no more and then went to sleep. But as you woke up, you felt really angered by something and snapped bitterly at Jade.
"What did I ever do? Why do you hate me?" he yelled at you as you got off of the plane. You shook your head and kept walking.
"Don't you walk away from me!" he yelled and said and tripped you. You felt your knee get burned on the carpet as your jeans ripped in the knees.
You felt Davey help you up and put his arm around you as you walked further ahead of everyone else.
"Why does he remind me of Jeph?" you asked yourself quietly. You shook your head and refused to let the memories flood back in.
Meanwhile Jade was thinking sadly to himself, "Why does she hate me so much? Wait…I don't care about her. She's a cold hearted bitch…so why does that only egg me on to agitate her further?"
He sighed and walked to the taxi and sat inside and put his stuff to the side. He leaned against the door and moaned lightly as Adam got in and sat beside him.
He sat and rode a long ride to the hotel before meeting his fellow band members.
You and Daverz were sharing a room to yourselves. The hotel was pretty nice and you were very thankful that you were here other than being alone at home. You and Davi had decided to go out for the night so you were in the bathroom getting ready. You were getting ready to take a nice hot shower as Davi walked out with the mirror. You stripped off layers of clothes and got in and felt the steamy hot water massage your muscles. As you got out and immediately redressed in your small black tank top and a pair of tight now ripped jeans. You felt a thin blade in your pocket as you slid it out and looked intently at it. You felt yourself raising it to your skin but you told yourself, "No I can't…This isn't right…" But that didn't stop you from making that incision onto your skin leaving a crimson stroke. You only made a few before covering them up with arm socks.
You applied thick hot pink eyeliner. You then put teal eye shadow on before applying your pale foundation.
"I don't know my way around Atlanta. I've never even been on the east coast! How are we going to figure out where we'll go?" you asked.
Davi shrugged and said, "I'm sure Davey knows some of the places around here. He's been here bunches with his band."
"I want to hear their music sometime. I still haven't heard Davey's singing voice."
Daverz smirked and then said, "Well, you know, Jade sings a lot too."
"Bleh," you said as you put your hair up in laid down pigtails. You then wrapped two hot pink laces around them. You then applied some lip-gloss.
"You think I can meet someone tonight? I never have seemed to have that ability but I really have been thinking about it a lot lately,"
Davi looked at you worriedly and said, "Are you sure you're ready? I mean after…you know…are you willing to try again?"
You sighed and said, "I think I am…"
You knew you were lying because every guy who got near you still horrified you and reminded you of your horrible experience with Jeph, your ex-boyfriend.
You felt a small pain in your stomach as you walked out of the hotel with Davey and Davi, who you now referred to as the double D's. But as you were walking off the curb and into the taxi, you heard someone call out, "Hey guys, can I tag along? Smith met a girl and I really don't want to see him 'seduce' yet another poor victim."
Davey smiled and gave him a nod as he got in and sat next to you. You twitched as his hand brushed your thigh accidentally. You swallowed and tried to calm yourself. You looked over at Davi, who was on the right of you. She was shyly smiling over at Davey.
You sighed sadly and bared the trip over to the nightclub. You looked yourself over in the reflection of the window as you got out of the cab and adjusted your top. You wrapped your arms around yourself self conscionably as you walked into the club. You all went and sat at a booth. You sat in the middle so on your right was Davi and Davey and on your left was Jade .You decided to avoid talking directly to him, since all you ever did was fight when ever you did. You ordered your drinks and chatted softly as your drinks arrived. Everyone had ordered non-alcoholic drinks except you. You had gotten a tequila sunrise.
As you took a few sips, you noticed yourself feeling tipsy. There was a lot more alcohol in there than you thought there'd be. You then noticed that Davey and Davi weren't there. "Where'd they go?" you asked Jade.
"They went dancing…" he answered. You were feeling nice so you were being rather sincere when you said, "Well, that is typical. Davi has always been the one who attracts the guys. I've really lost my dating edge,"
He gave you a sad look.
"Hey, I'll be back later. I have to use the restroom," he said as he got up and walked away. You took a few more sips of your drink and felt small tears coming down your cheeks. Then you raised your knees to your chest and sobbed into your jeans. You couldn't control any of your emotions as you held onto your stomach.
"What's wrong?" you looked up and saw Jade standing there confused on why you were crying. You shook your head and said, "Why do you care? You hate me,"
He blinked and said, "It doesn't matter how much you like or dislike someone. If a girl is crying, no polite shy guy can simply standby. So what's wrong?"
"You must know what it's like to be lonely and completely unloved…but have you ever been used?"
Jade stood up and stared at you weird as he said, "I don't think so…what do you mean by used?"
You winced and felt more tears pour out as you struggled to say, "A few months ago, I was in a serious relationship with a guy named Jeph Lucas. And I thought we had everything…I had no clue about his intentions…I was a teenage girl who thought she was in love! One night, he asked me to meet him at a party…I said yes…I arrived a few minutes late but there was nobody there but him…He tried to take advantage of me…I tried so hard to tell him no…there was no stopping him…"
Jade stared sadly and said, "I'm so sorry…I didn't know…"
You shook your head and wiped your eyes. "I don't need your sympathy…I just need…I don't know…"
He tried to reach towards for support but you scooted away and cried, "Please don't touch me!"
You rubbed your arms and scooted out of the booth and ran out the door. As you felt the chill of the night air reach your skin, you suddenly felt subtle.
You looked behind you and saw Jade heading after you. You covered your ears and screamed in frustration and confusion.
As you started down the sidewalk you felt him grab your arm and slide off your arm sock. You felt a jerk as he instantly stopped in his tracks. You turned your head around and tried to run but he had a firm grip. You felt utterly fearful as he stared at your wrists. He didn't say anything and it was making you uneasy.
But then he forcefully wrapped his arms around you, causing you to scream and try to get him off of you but he refused to let go. Jade sighed as and fought to get him off but he was way stronger than you. He was thinking, "I know she's going hate me for this tomorrow but it's best thing to do. Love your enemies to death."
Eventually, you were so worn out, you passed out.
