After we finished our breakfast, we all went out of the bus. We split apart because we still had an hour left before we had to built up the merchandise tent.
I walked around the venue with my backstagepass around my neck. It wasn't that big so ended up checking out the backstage area.
The guys were there aswell, so I walked up to them 'Hey guys.' 'Hi Mel.' They said in unision. They were talking to five guys.. I thought, I saw them before..'Uhm, Mel ?' Rian said.
'Mhh?' 'Are you still with us ?' 'Sure, why ?' 'Because we want you to introduce you to some of our friends.' 'Sure.' I smiled at the five guys who were standing infront of us.
'This are the guys of Good Charlotte.' Rian siad proundly.
'Hi guys.' I said again but now a little shy because now I knew where I know these guys from. MTV. 'Hi, I'm Paul.' A guy said. 'Hi, I'm Billy.' Another tall and skinny guy with black hair said. He somehow looked like Jack.
'Hi, I'm Joel' One of the two guys who looked like a copy of eachother siad. 'And I'm Benji.' The other copy said. The only reason why I could tell who of them was who is that Joel just has black and grey tattoos but Benji has coloured ones.
The last guy came over to me and hugged me 'Hi, I'm Dean but you can call me Deano, everyone does.' He said as he let go of me. 'Nice to meet you guys.'
After the introduction to everyone, the guys and I went to put up the merchandise tent
of ATL and after that the tent of GC. It was fun because everybody cracked jokes and fooled around like Jack who took of his shirt to put on an GC girl shirt which was to short. We laught our asses of because he wouldn't take it of and from then behaved like a girl.
The rest of the morning we spent at at GC's bus with playing singstar.
Jack and I sang Avril's Skater Boy which made the guys laugh because Jack tried his ´´Girl Voice´´.
After we left because the guys had to do the soundcheck Alex came up to me. ' Your voice is awesome. I didn't know that you can sing.. Aswell as I didn't know that you can play a guitar. Jack just told me that because he heard you play some songs shortly after you moved in with him.'he complained. ' Well, Alex there are many things you don't know about me.'
'Then tell me about those things, please.' 'Nope, I'm not going to tell you, you wouldn't tell me how to wake you up for the past 3 weeks so I won't tell you personal informations.'
With that I walked away from him.
7 p.m. that evening
ATL were on stage and I was waiting for them to end the set. Actually it just started but I like listening to them. It's even better standing backstage, you can see and hear everything perfectly when you are standing there. You know without all the screaming.
By now I knew all the lyrics to theire songs because I was attending ever bandpractice for like a month before the tour started.
The 4th song ended and I knew the ´´Remembering Sunday´´ was up now when Alex suddenly made an announcement. ' So guys, you have heard 4 very powerful song would you mind if we slow it down for a while ?' the crowed roared. ' Ok this song we're going to play next is called Remembering Sunday but as you know Juliet nor Cassade are attending this tour. So I thought about singing it all on my own but we brought a friend of our's on this tour and we just found out that she is a bad ass singer so .. Mel would you come out and sing it with me ? I know that you know the lyrics.' He ended his announcement. I was standing in the entrance of the stage so that I could see the show but … Hell no I wasn't going to sing the song with Alex not infront of so many people watching me. The guys could see me in the spot I'm standing so I just shok my head wildly.
I couldn't think in that moment so stood there frozen. The next thing I remember is that Rian came over and took my hand smiling at someone behind me. As Rian pulled on my hand someone pushed me from behind. And there I was standing in the middle of the stage beside Alex and Jack came over to hand me his mic.
I took it automatically but regretted it the moment I did.
Alex started to sing the song and when it came to the part where normaly Juliet or Cassade sang I sang the words which were so familiar to me. As the song ended I ran off the stage and cowered in one edge of the backstage area. My face buried in my arms in embarrassment.
I sat there like this until I heard a familiar voice talking to me… It had to be a year since the last time I heard that voice. In my state I remembered that I hated that voice. I looked up to see who it was and how can I place it .. I was shocked. It was my ex-boyfriend Tyler. What the fuck is this bastard doing here, was the first thing I thought.
'What the hell do you want asshole ?' I asked, I knew that it wasn't my best behaviour but after all the thigs he had done to me I can be like that. ' I just wanted to tell you that you were good out there.' He pointed to the stage. 'And why would you want to tell me that ?' I was getting furious. 'Because you sat there like you needed to hear a compliment.'
'Yeah sure and you thought that you are the best person telling me that or what ? By the way what are you doing here ?' ' I'm opening up for one of the bands with my band.' ' Would you mind to FUCK OF ?' I yelled at him because I couldn't take his face anymore.
' Nope, I won't.' 'UHHHHHHH' I screamed frustrated.
' What is going on Mel ?' Jack asked coming up behind me because now I was standing.
'This guy is driving me crazy that's up.' I said now pointing at Tyler.
' Would you please leave us alone ?' Jack asked. ' As I just said NO.' 'You better run for your dear live or I'll beat the hell outta you.' Zack said standing protectively infront of me.
Zack isn't that impressing of course he has a very good body shape and big muscles but the reason that cocksucker bagged of was that he has a really big mouth but on the inside he is an coward.
'What was that ?' Alex came running from the stage, followed by Rian.
That was to much for me to take for that evening so I just ran outside and into our bus hiding away from all my problems in my bunk.
An hour later, the guys all came into the bus. As they passed by I could smell that they had a shower in the venue before they came in.
The only one who didn't passed by was Jack he stood infront of my bunk.
'Hey Mel, would you mind to scoot over ?' he asked in a serious voice so I scooted over and he jumped in laying down beside me.
'What do you want Jack ?' ' Who was that creeper ? I never saw you that angry, not even when you left your mother. You know that you can tell me everything. I'm your best friend, I always will be there for you, it doesn't metter how much work we have, you know that.'
'Jack that is a part of my past, you know, it's something I have dealed with for more than a year. It's difficult. That was my ex-boyfriend Tyler. All I can say is that he is an asshole.
We had like the most fun you can ever have with you best friend and suddenly at the day of the funeral of my granddad he was there for me. Holding me for hours while I cried and then when he got my mind of my granddad he kissed me. I didn't expect that from him because he was my best friend but you know we were like not doing anything without eachother for about 4 month and then as I haven't slept with him because of things like his and my mother calling, it isn't that I didn't wanted to but he left me alone just to fuck a whore who is a friend of mine. And now after a year spend with crying I'm over him and now he has to show up ? When I have the time of my life ?'
'It's ok Mel, as you have seen we can and will protect you from everything because you are very important to everyone of us.'
'That's so sweet of all of you.' I knew that the guys where listening from behind so I said a little louder ' Thank you.'