I connected Chad's electric guitar to the amp. on stage, he was actually no where to be found. After we came to the Cafe he just disappeared, which annoyed me, because then I was gonna be in charge of making sure HIS guitar was plugged in, HIS guitar was in tune, HIS guitar actually working well.
"Hey Monte, can I use your tuner?" I asked, he looked up from his bass, he nodded, and he tossed it to me. I quickly tuned his guitar, that's when he showed up.
"Hey." He said.
"Where were you?" I asked.
"I was talking to some girls." Chad flipped his hair, and smiled.
"And you have a crush on Skilar." Aiden said, from behind his keyboard.
"Shut up!" Chad said.
"Come on lets just do this, alright?" Matt said, he sat down on the stool in front of his drum set.
"Kay." Chad said, grabbing his guitar by the neck, then pulling the strap over his shoulders. I shook my head, and walked up to the front of the stage. I looked over the cafe, it wasn't packed, but full enough to make a small mosh pit.
"Hey guys! Welcome to the Juno Cafe! We are ForwardCan'tBeStopped, and we'll be playing for you guys!" I said into the microphone. They cheered, and I looked over to guys, they nodded. We started out the gig.
(A/N: I'm not a songwriter, so... I'm gonna use the song Sick Little Games by All Time Low, pretend that it's original to ForwardCan'tBeStopped but just know that its All Time Low's song, not mine.)
Oh my god, I'm such a terrible mess
I'm turned on by the tabloids
You would never have guessed
But I'm sucker for their gossip, man
I take it too far, I bottle up my Hollywood
And watch 'em name their kids after cars
I'm finding me out, I'm having my doubts
I'm losing the best of me
We're all part of the same sick little games
And I need to get away, get away
I'm wasting my days, I throw them away
Losing it all on these sick little games
I fell in love, she was the friend of a sister
Of somebody famous at least for a day
Expensive habits and a taste for the town
Had me chasing down red carpets
And watching all my friends slip away
They're finding me out, I'm having my doubts
I'm losing the best of me
Dressed up as myself to live in the shadow
Of who I'm supposed to be
That's when everyone started getting up, and getting close to the stage, more people were coming in, people were jumping up and down, cheering for us.
We're all part of the same sick little games
And I need to get away, get away
I'm wasting my days, I throw them away
Losing it all on these sick little games
If I play my cards right
I could make the big time
I could be a reason to stare
Caught up in the spotlight
Shaking from the stage fright
How did I end up here?
We're all part of the same sick little games
And I need to get away
We're all part of the same sick little games
And I need to get away, get away
I'm wasting my days, I throw them away
Losing it all on these sick little games
We're all part of the same sick little games
And I need to get away
Everyone was cheering, I smiled, I turned around to see the guys, smiling like I was.
"Who's ready for more?" I asked, they cheered some more.
By the end of the gig, we had 2 encores, they loved us. The guys and me, man were we tired, but Chad was just jumping up and down, to happy to care for the tiredness.
"Oh God, did you feel it? I felt it. The way we belong on stage, the way we were born to make music, the way we can make a difference with our music!" Chad sighed, we were outside, cooling down from the heat of inside, it was snowing lightly. He dropped himself on a big pile of snow, he sighed, we were all happy, they way people loved us.
"There you guys are!" Skilar came outside, with us. She came and hugged me, then to Matt, Monte, Aiden, lastly to Chad, which had stood up from the pile of snow. "Congrats,"
"Thanks." We said.
"Guess what!" She jumped.
"What?" Matt asked.
"People love my shirt. They asked where they can get one, guess who in charge of your merch!" Skilar said, she was happy, you could tell, she was gonna get rich.
"We get merch now?" If you don't know what merch is, that's short for merchandise. Every good band has merch.
"Dude, duh. They loved you guys! If only a producer was there, they would sign you guys in a heartbeat." Skilar said. Chad dropped himself on the snow again, I smiled. Who would of thought that we would do so well?
"Hey." Some guy comes up to us, he had black hair, he was dressed in black, and he had his nails painted black too.
"Hey? I'm sorry, but do we know you?" Aiden asked, his hair was spiked, so it kinda looked like a mane around his head.
"I don't think so, but we heard you guys play, you guys are pretty dope, were having a party at... somebody's house, we were wondering if you guys want to come over?" The guy said.
"Uh..." I said, I looked over to the guys.
"No thanks. We have plans after, we were just about to leave." Chad said.
"Yeah." Monte agreed. The guy shrugged looked over to Skilar, rose an eyebrow, then he nodded at her. Chad, who had stood up once again from the snow, wrapped his arm around Skilar's waist, and pulled her into his chest. The guy backed off, and left to some other guys
"Let's go," Chad said, his arm still around Skilar's waist.
"Uh..Chad? You can let go of me." Skilar said, her hand on his chest.
"Oh, right!" Chad let go of her like she was on fire, all of a sudden, we got into the car, and we drove away.
It was around 11 p.m. when we were all on the eighth floor, heading to my apartment. We were laughing, Monte was stumbling from laughter. Then, I remembered Christmas was just a few days away.
"Hey, what are we gonna do for Christmas?" I asked.
"We'll probably go up to the cabin in the mountains, spend our Christmas together." Monte said. Monte's family owned a cabin up in the mountains in a ski resort. We spent Christmas together there when we were younger, this would be our first Christmas together after a long time.
"But Sam and Carly..." I said. They all groaned, I know they don't really like Carly and Sam.
"Dude, you do realize we leave tomorrow? You have to make your choice now!" Aiden said. This time I groaned. I didn't want to leave Carly and Sam on Christmas, but I wanted to spend it with my friends who I haven't spent a Christmas with for many years.
"Your not gonna leave us right?" Skilar asked.
"No. I'm going." I said, we entered my apartment, Carly and Sam's gifts under my Christmas tree.
"Good. I already got your gift." Chad said, sitting on my couch, with his feet on the coffee table in front of the couch. I grabbed Sam and Carly's gifts from underneath the tree.
"I'll be back, I'm gonna give Sam and Carly's gifts to them." I said, they nodded, turned on the t.v. I left walking two steps to Carly's apartment.
"Como estan?" I say as I enter, Carly is sitting at the computer, Sam laying on the couch, her limbs everywhere.
"Good, how's your wrist?" Carly asked.
"Broken, but good." I smile.
"Yay for the goodness! Anyway, for Christmas your coming here, right?" Carly asked.
"That's what I came for, tomorrow my friends and I are going up to a cabin in Steven's Pass ski resort. We're gonna spend Christmas up there." I said, I flinched waiting for the attack.
"What? Why? We always spend Christmas together!" Carly yelled at me, I flinched again. I saw her she was no longer sitting down, she was standing up, her hands on her hips, the perfect motherly pose.
"Come on! I haven't a spent a Christmas with them in years, you got to understand, please?" I said, I pleaded with Carly with my eyes. Sam apparently was asleep and didn't hear what I said.
"Okay, but since your leaving, let me get your gift!" She said, excitedly. I smile, as she runs up the stairs. I walk closer to the kitchen, I stop where Sam is sleeping. She looks so peaceful, I brush some hair out of the way of her face, I stare for what seemed like forever, but then I heard Carly coming down the stairs, I quickly move to one of the red chairs in front of the Shay's counter.
"Here's your gift!" She had a small square box in her hand, wrapped in red wrapping paper that said 'Merry Christmas' in different languages.
"Thanks, here's yours." I gave her a slightly bigger box, wrapped in yellow wrapping paper. "And give this to Sam." I had her another box, it's wrapped in green wrapping paper, with trees over it.
"Sure." She says, then she gives me a hug, "Merry Christmas! Have fun!"
"Thanks, you too. I wish you guys very Merry Christmas." I return the hug, then I walked to the door. "Tell Sam too." Carly nodded, I smiled, then left to my apartment. The guys had fallen asleep on my couch, I shook my head, my mom came in with her rob, she looked over the four emo guys on her couch, shook her head too, took a glass of water.
"Goodnight, Freddie." She said. "Be ready for tomorrow."
"Yeah." I nodded, I entered my room, changed into my pajama's, went into the living room, with a pillow and blanket, and fell asleep on the floor with my best friends and band mates in the world.
Hope you guys enjoyed! I enjoy writing this story. Had fun. Review?