This first day of school was a pretty good one, despite what happened in my third period class. The day went by pretty fast and now school was over. Tony, Jaime and I walked out of our class and made our way out the doors of the school.

"So do you just want to come home with us right now and come watch us play?" Tony asked. I just looked at him. I didn't feel like he was being serious about me coming.

"Yeah, you should. It'll be fun." Jaime added. I started smiling. They actually wanted me to be there.

"Alright. I will."

They actually wanted me to be there.

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We got to what was supposed to be Mike and Vic's house. Jaime killed the igniton and we all stepped out of the car. I was nervous to say the least. I knew I probably wouldn't even be able to talk to these guys, I'm just too afraid.. I took a deep breath in and Tony walked over to me.

"You're gonna be fine. They'll like you, I promise," he said, flashing me a smile. I let go of my breath and walked up to the door with Jaime and Tony. They knocked and a few seconds later, Mike and Vic were at the door. They let us in and gave Jaime and Tony a puzzled look.

"Oh! This is Carlee." Jaime said, pushing me forward. I just stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say. They were both extremely attractive, and that made me even more nervous. I just stood there like a complete idiot until they made their way over to me.

"Hey, I'm Vic. And this is Mike." Vic said, pointing to Mike. Mike didn't say anything, he just stood there staring at me. I could tell he was really uncomfortable, and him staring at me was making me really uncomfortable as well.

"Hi." I said, flashing them a smile. I couldn't help it. They were really cute. All four of them were.

"Carlee's going to watch us practice today, if that's cool with you guys?" Tony said, breaking the silence.

"Oh yeah. That's fine." Vic replied. Mike just sat there, not saying a word. I couldn't help but feel like he didn't like me already. The boys started walking downstairs, and I quickly followed them.

We got downstairs, and I just looked around in complete awe. They had a lot of equipment. Guitars, amps, a drum set, mics, speakers, all sorts of stuff. They all took their place, Tony was on guitar, Jaime on bass, Mike on drums, and Vic was the singer. They all looked at each other and decided on which song to play first.

"Vic, let's practice disasterology," Mike suggested. That was the first time I heard him talk. The boys all nodded their heads and Mike started tapping his drumsticks together. And with that, they all started playing. It sounded amazing already. After a couple of seconds of Mike, Jaime and Tony playing their instruments, Vic opened his mouth and started singing.

I laid down,
I drank the poison then I passed the fuck out,
Now let me tell you 'bout the good life.
I have a million different kinds of fun
when I'm asleep and I dream that I'm your only one.

I scanned over all of them, they were putting a lot into this song already, and they sounded amazing. Vic was an amazing singer, Tony and Jaime were amazing on guitar and bass, and Mike was amazing on the drums.

Can we create something beautiful, and destroy it?
Nobody knows I dream about it.
This is my imagination.

If you come over tonight we can travel through time,
we can sleep on the ceiling and creep under black lights.
I have a million different girls that hide under my bed,
and when I let them out they treat me right.

I watched them play, and what happened next I was not expecting at all.

Oh what a waste of a perfectly good clean wrist..
You were screaming 'til the police came.

Those words hit me hard, and I felt tears starting to form in my eyes.

Can we create something beautiful, and destroy it? (destroy it)
Nobody knows I dream about it.
This is my imagination..
If every living thing dies alone,
what am I doing here?
If every living thing dies alone,
what am I doing here..?

Fuck it!

If it's the end of the world!
If it's the end of the world,
you and me should spend the rest of it in love!

Can we create something beautiful, and destroy it? (destroy it!)
Nobody knows I dream about it!
This is my imagination..
If every living thing dies alone,
what am I doing here?
If every living thing dies alone,
what am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
Ooh, no.

By the end of the song I was completely bawling. I got up and ran up the stairs. I couldn't take it. They were amazing, the lyrics were amazing, and something about that song hit me hard. I ran out the front door and sat down on the steps and started crying. A few seconds later I heard the front door fly open, I didn't bother turning around. All four of the boys came around and faced me. Even Mike. I didn't dare look at them, I was so embarrassed.

"Carlee, what's wrong?" Tony asked. I just shook my head.

"Guys.." Vic said, they stood in silence for a minute and I didn't know what they were doing, I wasn't watching them. I had my face buried in my hands so they couldn't see me. A second later, I was being picked up. Tony was holding me up. Vic walked over to me and pulled the sleeve of my sweater up, exposing all of my cuts and scars.

"Holy shit.." Vic said. I jerked my arm away and tried to pull away from Tony. I started crying even harder, all four of them just saw my cuts.. I started hyperventilating. Mike just backed away and Jaime looked at me with sad eyes.

"Please.. let.. me.. go.." I said, in between my breath and sobs, trying to avoid making eye contact.

"No Carlee. Why did you do this to yourself?" he asked. He let go of his grip on me, and I sunk down to my knees. I was pretty much cornered by these four guys, all of them looking at me waiting for me to answer the question.

"Because.. I'm alone.." I cried. Vic came over and sat down next to me.

"And now you guys saw that, and now you probably think I'm fucking crazy. I'll just leave. Thanks for today, guys. Your band is amazing.. and uh.. yeah.." I hurried and got up on my feet, only to be pulled back down by Vic.

"Look." he said, pulling up the sleeve on his own shirt. I looked at him, and then looked down at his arm. He had scars too. "We don't think you're fucking crazy. Or at least I don't," he laughed, flashing me a smile. I couldn't help but smile. He got up and held out his hand to help me up. I was up on my feet again when he wrapped his arms around me in a tight hug. I hugged him back, feeling safe hugging him for some reason. He pulled away after a minute and Tony walked over to me.

"You aren't alone anymore."

Notes

Guuuuyyss I know that the boys didn't start Pierce the Veil right out of highschool or in highschool or whatever, but just pretend okay? okay. :)

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