Until The End Of Time
Chapter Sixteen
“Hey, you’re Mike Fuentes right? You’re so hot” The skank began the conversation.
“That’s me and thanks I guess?” He went back to sipping his drink. Jaime and Jess had noticed what was going on but decided to watch from afar.
“So do you like wanna get out of here or something” She spoke into his ear. He jerked away and moved further away from her at the bar.
“No thanks, I have a girlfriend and not to be a dick or anything but she is so much better looking than you.” He laughed and turned around to see Erica stood there with the biggest smirk on her face. “You heard him bitch, stand down” She hissed at the skank who was now wearing a rather pissed off expression, before kissing Mike. She put her arms around his neck as his dropped to her waist. He knew that she was making a point to the skank and he helped. Said skank walked away with an angry huff. “Thanks” Erica said as she pulled away just slightly. “What for?” Mike questioned. “For being more amazing than I already thought you were. When I saw her stood there I honestly thought the worst was going to happen and I wouldn’t be able to deal with it but I had nothing to worry about” She spoke against his lips before kissing them again. Jess and Jaime had gone back to dancing when the skank walked away. “You never have to worry about anything like that. I’d never hurt you, I made a promise to your father. Plus I wouldn’t want to, promise or no promise, I care about you too much.” He pecked her lips before sitting on a stool at the bar, Erica joined him. “I know about the promise” She started.
“Did your dad tell you?” Mike hadn’t told anyone about the conversation he and Huw had on the steps of Erica’s room so it must have been her father. “Nope, I was awake and heard the talk you and Huwbert had. It was cute.” She smiled a loving smiled and scooted closer to him. “Oh” Mike realised “Sorry I never told you about, I didn’t really know how to bring it up”
“It’s okay, I’m kind of glad he had that talk with you because I think if I were to be the one to bring up Caleb first it would be a lot more emotional” Her lips curled at the ends as she looked to the ground. Mike lifted her face with his finger and pecked her lips ever so lightly before ordering them 3 Tequila shots each.
This whole scenario was a big shock to Erica. She had only ever known cheating and scum when it came to relationships, which also made how well everything going with Mike a surprise to her. She always thought that things would be bad, even this early on. She was a very pessimistic person but with a past like hers, it’s completely understandable.
“So, wanna get out of here” Mike joked using the skank’s wording of choice.
“Sure thing” She winked at Mike and stood up holding his hand as he too departed the stool he was sitting on. “We can get a cab, I’ll text Vic letting him know because trying to find him in this lot is going to be like finding a needle in a haystack” Mike noted as they left the club.
About half an hour later Mike and Erica had returned home, Mike took a bottle of whiskey from the cupboard and walked towards the doors that lead out to the back garden. “Coming?” He asked Erica. She nodded and walked into the backyard with him. They were sat in the hammock that was tied to two large trees adjacent to the pool. They were passing the bottle between them and fixed kisses to each other’s skin every so often. They didn’t plan on having sex that night and both of them knew it. They just wanted to be in the company of each-other. They were the kind of couple, who already, had the magical silence, the silence that is not awkward and is not too quiet or too long. They could just sit with each other and not have to say a single word but it would be some of the best time they spent together. They sat as comfortably in the hammock as they could, they watched each-other as they passed the whiskey to and fro. Admiring the features of the person sat opposite them. Taking in the way each of them would bite their lips from time to time. Or how Erica would play with her hands and how Mike would constantly run his hands through his hair and replace his cap. The way Erica’s green eyes would glisten in the moonlight and how Mike would play with fraying denim from the rips in his jeans. They sat like this for a few hours before falling asleep wrapped amongst each other.
Erica woke up the next morning after Mike had attempted to roll over and landed on the floor grumbling a line of curse words to himself. She couldn’t help but laugh when she realised what had happened. Erica also took this opportunity to snap a picture of Mike. She uploaded it to instagram with the caption “Waking up after sleeping in a hammock makes Mike a miserable person :D”
The next few days Erica and Mike spent hanging around the house getting high, watching movies and playing Super Mario bros. They told eachother more stories and occasionally left for food. Erica also spent another evening with Jess when she and Jaime came over for dinner. She had also sorted out some more things to do with the apartment with Vic. Vic had spoken to his parents and they were going to let Erica ship some of her things over to their house so her belongings were there and waiting for when she moved.
Before the group knew it, their time in San Diego was up for the next couple of months. They were at the airport once again. This time however Erica wasn’t saying bye to her newly made bestfriends. She was sad to say goodbye to Jess but they both knew they would be hanging out soon enough.
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About 13 hours later and the gang had arrived at Heathrow Airport. They collected their luggage and headed towards the couch lounge. Luckily Erica lived in Reading which meant the Heathrow to Reading coach was a regular. Before they had a chance to relax in the waiting area the coach pulled up and their suitcases were piled on to it. They got their seats and all were hooked up to some sort of electrical device that you could plug headphones into.
Soon enough they had reached Reading train station and got off the coach, all thanking the driver as they departed. They were such a polite bunch. They decided to take a few taxis back instead of calling on someone to pick them up, since there was a queue of cabs at the station already.
They made it back to Erica’s in no time and as they entered they were met with a big welcome home celebration by Aubrey, Huw and Trent. Erica was so happy to see them that she dropped her bags and ran into a hug from all of them. The boys followed suit and greeted the people waiting for them. Erica loved San Diego but she was so happy to be home.
“How was it?” Huw asked, Erica knew he was on about more than the trip in general. Huw and Aubrey also knew about Erica’s plan to move to SD at the end of November and they were excited for her. “Pops, it was so much fun. Jaime got engaged and everything” Jaime nodded and a grin spread across his face causing his cute dimples to become present. “Congratulations” Aubrey and Huw said in unison. Trent was in the kitchen fixing everyone a drink and taking a slice of pizza. This really was a perfect welcome home.
The night was short lived because everyone was so jet lagged. Not long after pizza and stories of what happened in So Cal the four Mexicans went to their new home and Erica went upstairs to her loft room.
The next morning was exactly like every morning the first 2 weeks the boys were in Reading, blueberry pancakes around the dinner table with plenty of laughter and conversation. Erica wasn’t up yet and Trent took it upon himself to be the one to wake her. He travelled up to her bedroom and pulled the covers off her bed putting them in her en suite bathroom.
“TRENT, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM BEFORE I FUCKING CASTRATE YOU, YOU FUCKING PRICK!!” Erica yelled causing everyone downstairs to erupt into laughter. Erica always did have the best threats.
“NO, BREAKFAST IS READY GET THE FUCK UP BEFORE I DROP A BUCKET OF ICE WATER OVER YOU” Trent screamed back. These two already acted like brother and sister so much.
“FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU.” Erica protested as she jumped out of her bed chasing Trent down her stairs. He didn’t quite make it to the stairs leading back to the ground floor before Erica tackled him. They were on the landing but in full view of all at the breakfast table. Erica was punching Trent in the ribs repeatedly.
“I SWEAR TO DAVE GROHL IF YOU WAKE ME UP LIKE THAT AGAIN I WILL MAKE YOU EAT YOUR OWN DICK FOR FUCK SAKE” She continued to lay punches into his sides before standing up walking over to the stairs. Before she could take a step down them Trent had pushed her so she was now the one of the floor. He couldn’t be bothered to fight so just tickled her a little then left her there so he could return to his breakfast. Erica just stayed flat on the landing floor for she had no energy to move. “Someone bring my pancakes to me. I’m going to stay here for the rest of the day” Erica said sleepily as she turned on her side and began falling asleep again. That girl could fall asleep on a washing line. Trent picked up her plate and walked to the bottom of the stairs. He threw 3 pancakes up to Erica as if they were Frisbees. “Dude, don’t waste the food man” Huw started. He was so used to this behaviour from these two that he never bothered trying to stop them. It would be no use if he did. “It’s not wasting food, I’m still gonna eat them” Erica laughed as she caught the final pancake and took a bite out of one of them. She made her way over to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of orange juice and sat at the head of the dinner table. “Morning” She said through a smile full of pancake. She was as far from a lady as you could get, definitely one of the guys. “You’re gross” Trent spat at her “So is your face” She mocked.
“Okay, enough now guys” Huw said laying down the law. Erica smirked at Trent before downing the rest of her juice.
“So are you guys going straight in to recording?” Huw questioned the band. Their instruments and other equipment had arrived 3 days beforehand. “We have a little more pre-production but we’ll probably be recording by the end of the week” Vic informed. “We actually want to ask Erica something about the record” He continued. “What is it?” Erica was a little confused, she had already said yes to helping out with the production of the record what else could there be?
“WE WANT YOU TO SING ON A SONG WITH US!” Jaime enthused. “What? No I can’t do that” Erica sniggered at them as if they were making fun of her. “Why not? Your voice is amazing and Vic’s already has a song that he wrote wanting you to sing on it” Jaime used his dimples and puppy dog eyes to guilt trip Erica in to saying yes.
“Fine, but it will probably ruin your record” Erica’s self-confidence issues were coming back into play. “Don’t be silly guurrl” Tony joked. "It’s a pretty sick song, you’ll make it even better” Mike added before kissing Erica on the cheek, affecting the colour of her cheeks. They were so cute and this caused Huw to look at Aubrey and smile. Huw had never seen this side to his daughter before. Even when they were here before Reading Festival, Huw was so busy that he never really saw Mike and Erica’s public displays of affection. He was so happy for his little princess.
“That’s me and thanks I guess?” He went back to sipping his drink. Jaime and Jess had noticed what was going on but decided to watch from afar.
“So do you like wanna get out of here or something” She spoke into his ear. He jerked away and moved further away from her at the bar.
“No thanks, I have a girlfriend and not to be a dick or anything but she is so much better looking than you.” He laughed and turned around to see Erica stood there with the biggest smirk on her face. “You heard him bitch, stand down” She hissed at the skank who was now wearing a rather pissed off expression, before kissing Mike. She put her arms around his neck as his dropped to her waist. He knew that she was making a point to the skank and he helped. Said skank walked away with an angry huff. “Thanks” Erica said as she pulled away just slightly. “What for?” Mike questioned. “For being more amazing than I already thought you were. When I saw her stood there I honestly thought the worst was going to happen and I wouldn’t be able to deal with it but I had nothing to worry about” She spoke against his lips before kissing them again. Jess and Jaime had gone back to dancing when the skank walked away. “You never have to worry about anything like that. I’d never hurt you, I made a promise to your father. Plus I wouldn’t want to, promise or no promise, I care about you too much.” He pecked her lips before sitting on a stool at the bar, Erica joined him. “I know about the promise” She started.
“Did your dad tell you?” Mike hadn’t told anyone about the conversation he and Huw had on the steps of Erica’s room so it must have been her father. “Nope, I was awake and heard the talk you and Huwbert had. It was cute.” She smiled a loving smiled and scooted closer to him. “Oh” Mike realised “Sorry I never told you about, I didn’t really know how to bring it up”
“It’s okay, I’m kind of glad he had that talk with you because I think if I were to be the one to bring up Caleb first it would be a lot more emotional” Her lips curled at the ends as she looked to the ground. Mike lifted her face with his finger and pecked her lips ever so lightly before ordering them 3 Tequila shots each.
This whole scenario was a big shock to Erica. She had only ever known cheating and scum when it came to relationships, which also made how well everything going with Mike a surprise to her. She always thought that things would be bad, even this early on. She was a very pessimistic person but with a past like hers, it’s completely understandable.
“So, wanna get out of here” Mike joked using the skank’s wording of choice.
“Sure thing” She winked at Mike and stood up holding his hand as he too departed the stool he was sitting on. “We can get a cab, I’ll text Vic letting him know because trying to find him in this lot is going to be like finding a needle in a haystack” Mike noted as they left the club.
About half an hour later Mike and Erica had returned home, Mike took a bottle of whiskey from the cupboard and walked towards the doors that lead out to the back garden. “Coming?” He asked Erica. She nodded and walked into the backyard with him. They were sat in the hammock that was tied to two large trees adjacent to the pool. They were passing the bottle between them and fixed kisses to each other’s skin every so often. They didn’t plan on having sex that night and both of them knew it. They just wanted to be in the company of each-other. They were the kind of couple, who already, had the magical silence, the silence that is not awkward and is not too quiet or too long. They could just sit with each other and not have to say a single word but it would be some of the best time they spent together. They sat as comfortably in the hammock as they could, they watched each-other as they passed the whiskey to and fro. Admiring the features of the person sat opposite them. Taking in the way each of them would bite their lips from time to time. Or how Erica would play with her hands and how Mike would constantly run his hands through his hair and replace his cap. The way Erica’s green eyes would glisten in the moonlight and how Mike would play with fraying denim from the rips in his jeans. They sat like this for a few hours before falling asleep wrapped amongst each other.
Erica woke up the next morning after Mike had attempted to roll over and landed on the floor grumbling a line of curse words to himself. She couldn’t help but laugh when she realised what had happened. Erica also took this opportunity to snap a picture of Mike. She uploaded it to instagram with the caption “Waking up after sleeping in a hammock makes Mike a miserable person :D”
The next few days Erica and Mike spent hanging around the house getting high, watching movies and playing Super Mario bros. They told eachother more stories and occasionally left for food. Erica also spent another evening with Jess when she and Jaime came over for dinner. She had also sorted out some more things to do with the apartment with Vic. Vic had spoken to his parents and they were going to let Erica ship some of her things over to their house so her belongings were there and waiting for when she moved.
Before the group knew it, their time in San Diego was up for the next couple of months. They were at the airport once again. This time however Erica wasn’t saying bye to her newly made bestfriends. She was sad to say goodbye to Jess but they both knew they would be hanging out soon enough.
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About 13 hours later and the gang had arrived at Heathrow Airport. They collected their luggage and headed towards the couch lounge. Luckily Erica lived in Reading which meant the Heathrow to Reading coach was a regular. Before they had a chance to relax in the waiting area the coach pulled up and their suitcases were piled on to it. They got their seats and all were hooked up to some sort of electrical device that you could plug headphones into.
Soon enough they had reached Reading train station and got off the coach, all thanking the driver as they departed. They were such a polite bunch. They decided to take a few taxis back instead of calling on someone to pick them up, since there was a queue of cabs at the station already.
They made it back to Erica’s in no time and as they entered they were met with a big welcome home celebration by Aubrey, Huw and Trent. Erica was so happy to see them that she dropped her bags and ran into a hug from all of them. The boys followed suit and greeted the people waiting for them. Erica loved San Diego but she was so happy to be home.
“How was it?” Huw asked, Erica knew he was on about more than the trip in general. Huw and Aubrey also knew about Erica’s plan to move to SD at the end of November and they were excited for her. “Pops, it was so much fun. Jaime got engaged and everything” Jaime nodded and a grin spread across his face causing his cute dimples to become present. “Congratulations” Aubrey and Huw said in unison. Trent was in the kitchen fixing everyone a drink and taking a slice of pizza. This really was a perfect welcome home.
The night was short lived because everyone was so jet lagged. Not long after pizza and stories of what happened in So Cal the four Mexicans went to their new home and Erica went upstairs to her loft room.
The next morning was exactly like every morning the first 2 weeks the boys were in Reading, blueberry pancakes around the dinner table with plenty of laughter and conversation. Erica wasn’t up yet and Trent took it upon himself to be the one to wake her. He travelled up to her bedroom and pulled the covers off her bed putting them in her en suite bathroom.
“TRENT, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM BEFORE I FUCKING CASTRATE YOU, YOU FUCKING PRICK!!” Erica yelled causing everyone downstairs to erupt into laughter. Erica always did have the best threats.
“NO, BREAKFAST IS READY GET THE FUCK UP BEFORE I DROP A BUCKET OF ICE WATER OVER YOU” Trent screamed back. These two already acted like brother and sister so much.
“FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU.” Erica protested as she jumped out of her bed chasing Trent down her stairs. He didn’t quite make it to the stairs leading back to the ground floor before Erica tackled him. They were on the landing but in full view of all at the breakfast table. Erica was punching Trent in the ribs repeatedly.
“I SWEAR TO DAVE GROHL IF YOU WAKE ME UP LIKE THAT AGAIN I WILL MAKE YOU EAT YOUR OWN DICK FOR FUCK SAKE” She continued to lay punches into his sides before standing up walking over to the stairs. Before she could take a step down them Trent had pushed her so she was now the one of the floor. He couldn’t be bothered to fight so just tickled her a little then left her there so he could return to his breakfast. Erica just stayed flat on the landing floor for she had no energy to move. “Someone bring my pancakes to me. I’m going to stay here for the rest of the day” Erica said sleepily as she turned on her side and began falling asleep again. That girl could fall asleep on a washing line. Trent picked up her plate and walked to the bottom of the stairs. He threw 3 pancakes up to Erica as if they were Frisbees. “Dude, don’t waste the food man” Huw started. He was so used to this behaviour from these two that he never bothered trying to stop them. It would be no use if he did. “It’s not wasting food, I’m still gonna eat them” Erica laughed as she caught the final pancake and took a bite out of one of them. She made her way over to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of orange juice and sat at the head of the dinner table. “Morning” She said through a smile full of pancake. She was as far from a lady as you could get, definitely one of the guys. “You’re gross” Trent spat at her “So is your face” She mocked.
“Okay, enough now guys” Huw said laying down the law. Erica smirked at Trent before downing the rest of her juice.
“So are you guys going straight in to recording?” Huw questioned the band. Their instruments and other equipment had arrived 3 days beforehand. “We have a little more pre-production but we’ll probably be recording by the end of the week” Vic informed. “We actually want to ask Erica something about the record” He continued. “What is it?” Erica was a little confused, she had already said yes to helping out with the production of the record what else could there be?
“WE WANT YOU TO SING ON A SONG WITH US!” Jaime enthused. “What? No I can’t do that” Erica sniggered at them as if they were making fun of her. “Why not? Your voice is amazing and Vic’s already has a song that he wrote wanting you to sing on it” Jaime used his dimples and puppy dog eyes to guilt trip Erica in to saying yes.
“Fine, but it will probably ruin your record” Erica’s self-confidence issues were coming back into play. “Don’t be silly guurrl” Tony joked. "It’s a pretty sick song, you’ll make it even better” Mike added before kissing Erica on the cheek, affecting the colour of her cheeks. They were so cute and this caused Huw to look at Aubrey and smile. Huw had never seen this side to his daughter before. Even when they were here before Reading Festival, Huw was so busy that he never really saw Mike and Erica’s public displays of affection. He was so happy for his little princess.
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8/13/13