Author's Note: Filler chapter below.

Disclaimer: I do not own All Time Low, any band or brand, or the lyrics I use in this story.

Chapter 9

"So we'll take our chance right now. These are the days we will remember and these are the days we won't forget. These are the times we've shared. These are the promises we made. These are the days."- Five Against The World, Story Of The Year.

Hayley's P.O.V.

One Month Later

"Give it back, Hayley!" Kori yelled in between laughs.

"No!" I yelled once I caught my breath from laughing. She had me pinned on the floor in my basement.

"Come on!" she reached for her phone that was in my hand but she couldn't get to it. She fell forward, landing on the floor next to me. She got on her hands and knees and started crawling towards my hand.

"No! Just let me see what it says!" I yelled, referring to her text message and rolling over on my stomach.

"It wasn't meant for you it was meant for me! If Jack wanted to text you, he would!" she replied. She flipped me over and pinned me on the floor again. She tried to reach for her phone, but fell on top of me.

Of course, Alex and Zack walked in at that moment.

"Whoa, slow it down now." Zack said.

I rolled over, pinning Kori to the floor, grabbed her phone that was now in her hand and stood up.

"Ha!" I said and scrolled through her messages. Before I could read any she took her phone back. "Do you really want to go through that again?" I said referring to our little fight. We were both trying to catch our breath.

"If that's how it has to be." she said.

"Hey, we don't mind." said Alex. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm sure you don't." said Kori, looking at Alex. (Distraction!) I reached for her phone that was now in her left hand. She pulled back before I could get it.

"Why don't you just tell me what it says?" I asked.

"Because." Could that have been any more vague?

"Elaborate please." I said.

"You really wanna know?"

"Uh, yeah kinda." I said. She walked upstairs. I thought about following her but decided not to, knowing I wouldn't win. I laid down on the floor.

"All that over a text message?" asked Zack. I nodded. "Damn." he mumbled.

I got up and walked over to the small mini fridge in the far corner of the room. As I took out three bottles of water I heard Zack say just above a whisper, "That was hot."

"Oh yeah." said Alex. I smirked.

"We try our best." I said.

"You heard that?" asked Zack. I nodded and handed them both a bottle of water.

"You're whispering skills need serious improvements." I said. He chuckled. I sat down Indian style on the floor.

They were talking about random things and I just let my mind wander. Alex was a lot better since his brother died. He seemed happier and I think he was starting to slowly accept it. He had finished the song he was writing, but hadn't come up with a title yet. He still had the dream of the day he found Daniel, but he stopped waking up screaming.

The bad thing was, everyone at school had found out at sometime or another. For about two weeks no one would talk to him, except me, Kori, Jack, Rian, and Zack. They kept giving him sympathetic looks and for a while it only made things worse. Finally, he got mad enough that he told them off.

...Flashback...

"Hey." I said as I sat down next to Alex up against the lockers.

"Hey." he said. People walked by and gave him the "I'm sorry" look. Not one person that walked by hadn't.

"I hate this." he said. I furrowed my eyebrows together.

"Hate what?" I asked.

"No one can give me a normal look. No one can stop and say hello. They give me a look of sympathy and that's it." he said. Another person walked by.

"God dammit!" he stood up. "Stop it! Stop it with those stupid looks, okay?" everyone was watching by now. "I am still Alex Gaskarth. I'm just going through a bad time." our history teacher came up to him and he turned around.

"Alex you can have an extension on your report. You need some time." she said.

"No. I don't want an extension. I'm done with it anyway. Don't give me special treatment because I lost a family member." he said. He picked up his backpack, took my hand, pulled me to my feet, and we started walking away. Every one was still pretty shocked.

...Reality...

The rest of that day no one talked to him, but by the next week, they treated him like Alex again. That made things a lot better for him because that was all he wanted.

"HAYLEY!" Jack yelled as he tackled me.

"Ow. Shit, Jack." I pushed him off me and stood up. "You kneed me in the stomach."

"You're going to kill her one day." Zack said.

"You worry too much." Jack said.

"I love how you worry about me, Jack. Thank you." I said.

"You're welcome." he said. I rolled my eyes.

"Whatever. Are you okay, Hayley?" Rian asked.

"Yeah, when did you get here?" I replied.

"I was at Jack's and followed him and Kori over here." he said. Oh, so that's where Kori went.

"Since when did my house become the All Time Low hang out?" I asked.

"Since you moved next to Jack and we became friends with you." said Rian.

"You know you love us." said Zack.

"Well, now that you mention it,-"

"HEY!" Alex, Rian, Zack, and Jack said all at once. I laughed.

"I'm kidding. How did you manage to say that at the same time?"

"We are just that amazing." said Alex. I sat down next to him.

"What if I disagreed with that?"

"Then I'd have to make you believe it." he kissed my cheek.

"Enough with the PDA." said Jack.

"You can't really say much." said Rian, talking about how Jack's hand was intertwined with Kori's.

"That's different. I didn't kiss her." he said in defense.

"No it's not." said Alex.

"Yes it is." said Jack.

"No it's not." me and Kori said at the same time. We giggled.

"Fine." Jack said.

This caused an awkward silence. So I just started looking around the room at random stuff.

I reached for my water. In the process of taking a drink Alex shouted, "I caught Jack masturbating last night!" and I almost choked. I burst laughing along with everyone else, except Jack.

"I was not!" he said.

"Mmhmm. Sure." Zack said.

"I didn't!"

"Okay, okay. I believe you." I said once I caught my breath, but was still giggling.

"Thank you." he said.

Alex poked the side of my stomach which made me let out a little shriek. Rian chuckled.

"You're ticklish?" he asked. I nodded.

"Unfortunately." I glared at Alex, then poked him in his side. He jumped.

"That's not fair." he pouted.

"How?" I asked.

"Because you weren't supposed to find out I'm ticklish too."

"Aw that sucks." I said. Before he could say a comeback his phone started ringing.

"Hello?" he answered.

Pause. "This is him." Pause. "Um, yeah." Pause. His eyes grew wide. "Really?" Pause. "Oh. Yup. Uh, hang on." He grabbed the notebook and pen on the coffee table in front of us. "Okay." Pause. He wrote, what looked like, an address and phone number down. "Yeah, I got it." Pause. "Yeah, of course." Pause. "Okay. Thank you." he hung up.

"Holy shit!"