Lupe POV;

Three Months Later.

Tour. Of course, it was a tour with Alex around, and Andy was half way across the globe, but it was still a tour. It stretched out in front of me like a freshly paved road. New, fresh and pure. It had a few bumps, Alex being the biggest and most awkward one of them all, but nothing is a perfect ride. You need a few bumps and bruises along the way to make something feel really perfect.

I was all ready and packed up, installed into my brand new tour bus. My label had decided to finally give me my own when I'd signed up to them two months ago. It was my flagship tour with Hopeless. I was excited, and my backing band were all nice guys, even though they all treated me like a six year old, giving me the bottom bunk 'encase I fell out'. It didn't bother me much in the long run, bottom bunk met no awkward half naked body sliding down other peoples bunks in the middle of the night, all I had to do was keep my curtain firmly shut.

"Hey, Lupe, where's the fire?" Jess Bowen asked as she saw everyone from Fall For Deceit running around fixing our Casa De La Fallers (Don't Ask), our home away from home, ready for the tour.

"I don't know. I think I left it at home" I groaned, packing and unpacking into smaller places is a bitch.

She laughed. "I think you've got it better than over at All Time Low's bus, and mine, all the guys went out drinking last night. From what I heard, Jack got naked, and Alex collapsed so Zack carried him back, they have the hugest headaches ever"

I hoped she didn't notice how stiff I went at their names. An internal battle started up again, I know Alex hated me, and I'm sure the mutual feeling soon spread through the rest of his camp.

"Aha" I laughed stiffly, "Sounds like a brilliant way to start a new tour. Didn't Mayday Parade go out too?"

"Um, no. I don't think so. Derek was with his family, I just saw him saying goodbye to his little girl"

I nodded, I liked him, I liked his whole band. The Summer Set and Mayday Parade were bands I adored, and where full of people I got along with brilliantly. "They're the most mature on this tour"

"You'd probably be in the running too!" She smirked, "Oh, and Flyzik called for a tour meeting outside in the parking lot in 5"

I nodded, and she closed the bus's door and I heard her lightly land on the cement just below the steps.

~(*'*)~

We left the bus in a complete state of disarray, Mason (the drummer) was the only person all set to go for tonight. I groaned and moaned a little more and because I was the only female in our bus, they all said it was akin to having an old wife, or mother.

"Thanks guys. Love you too" I muttered and we arrived at the middle of the parking lot, all the tour buses surrounding us, someone had pulled some benches into the middle, I counted, enough to fit the four bands and their crew.

I sat on the one closet to our bus, and the one furthest from everyone else's. 'My guys' as I called them, went up to the other two bands and started chatting, leaving me alone.

I scanned across everyone's heads; All Time Low weren't out yet. I spotted their buses just across from mine; least I know where to avoid looking in the mornings.

"Hey guys!" Flyzik shouted over the noise, I looked up and saw him walking in front of the benches; a group of shadows littered the floor next to me as I stared forward looking everywhere but there. "Welcome on tour!"

"Hey Flyzik, I missed youuu!" I heard Brian Dales call out, a slight slur in his words no doubt from the drinking last night, Jess was right. I shook my head slightly, laughing.

Flyzik stared at him for a fraction of a second and then continued on with the tour rota. I spaced out after a few moments; it was mostly the same stuff, when we're on, no drinking inside the venue, no going outside beforehand if there are too many people already waiting, bla bla bla.

It took me a few moments to realise that my band hadn't sat with me; I was completely on my own. I risked a look and saw them sitting with The Summer Set, I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. Yeah, great way to go Lupe, to totally not look like an asshole who is avoiding Alex. Even though I was, it wasn't cool to point it out.

"Oh, and guys, I don't want any fights. No staying in other peoples buses if you can help it, I'd rather not like a repeat of what happened last tour" Flyzik looked at someone pointedly, and from the laughter and shouts from that group he was probably looking at Alex, and even though I tried not to think about it, I knew he was referring to Alex and Tay Jardine.

I bit my lip and looked down at the floor, hating the way it felt like my heart was dropping into my stomach. I didn't choose Alex. I let him go, rather rudely, and I can't go around acting as if his sex life bothered me, even though it made me sick to the heart. It totally skipped my stomach and went to the organ that never really gave me much help in the department of life.

"And, that's all I have to say. Have a great tour guys! I feel like it's gonna be one to remember" Flyzik grinned, and everyone cheered.

Yeah, and don't I know it.

I got up and started to walk towards my bus, even though I knew no one else had moved. It wasn't even the first day and I felt like I was pretty much the black sheep of this tour.

I sighed, and swung the door open, glancing backwards despite myself, and I saw him staring at me. It wasn't quite a 'I want you dead' glare, or a 'let's be best friends and plait each other's hair' look, but more of a 'what are you?'. And with that analyze, I slammed the door shut.

A/N;

One more review on this and I have 60. Oh god.

I'm actually really into writing again, so hopefully I won't disapper again:)