Until The End Of Time
Chapter Thirty-Two
August 10th had arrived and Warped Tour had hit San Diego. Today marks the one year anniversary of Mike and Erica’s relationship. They have survived one whole year and neither of them could be happier. Erica was the happier of the two because this was her first relationship and it had been perfect the whole time, minus the few Leon hiccups but he had moved to New Zealand for some work thing, Trent was telling Erica a few weeks back. Hopefully they’ll never hear from him again.
Erica had been awake since 7am, it was now 9. She had arranged with the boys, excluding Mike, that she would come over to the venue and bus early. They had sorted it with the security people so Erica would be allowed in hassle free. She drove towards the venue that was already packed with hundreds of people.
She reached the Pierce the Veil bus and quietly let herself on. No one on this bus ever woke up before 12 unless they had press or something and none of that was happening until later. She set up her picnic blanket on the floor of the front lounge area, pulled out the breakfast that she had pre-prepared since she knew that she wouldn’t be able to do it on the bus and finally she placed her bag of presents on the couch that was closest to where they would be sitting.
Erica made her way in to the bunk area to be met with a wave of snores and random sleep mumbling which caused her to giggle to herself. She slowly pulled the curtain back on Mike’s bunk and carefully climbed in. She sat on top of him and kissed him on the lips causing him to stir a little. She then placed her hand on his morning wood and quietly chuckled. Mike’s eyes shot open and he leaned Erica into a hungry kiss, which she deepened.
“Get up, I have a surprise for you” She whispered and exited his bunk just as carefully as she entered it so she didn’t wake anyone else up. “Be quiet though” She said to Mike.
Mike got up and went to the toilet before heading to the front lounge. When he opened the door that lead to the front he smiled as big of a smile as he could.
“You are the fucking best” He said as he came over to the picnic blanket, kissing Erica once again.
“Well you did breakfast and everything on our 6months so I did our one year” The smile was cemented on her face as was Mikes.
“I bought breakfast with me, I got Starbucks along the way and I have presents” She smiled before taking a bite of pineapple from the plate of fruit and pancakes that she had made for herself and Mike did the same.
“I have presents too” Mike chimed in. “You go first though” He ushered.
“Okay then” Erica pulled the bag that she previously set on the couch into her lap. It was quite a big bag.
“This one you know about” She handed him the scrapbook that had the words ’100 REASONS WHY I LOVE YOU’ written on the front. Mike certainly knew about this since he had made her one for her birthday. This time though, the picture on the front was from the Stan’s party. It was the day after they met and it was a cute picture. Despite how drunk they both were in it, they looked great. Mike smiled at the picture remembering that night. It was the first night they kissed too. Just like Erica did on her birthday Mike read through the reasons, saying some of them out loud and laughing at some of them to himself. They laughed at all the goofy pictures that Erica had glued into the book. She had included the ones from when they wore a horse and unicorn mask on their first date at Erica’s house. They had cutes ones from their many trips to Disneyland and they had some from when Mike and Erica would jam with their instruments. Every picture was great.
“I love this” He said pecking her on the cheek.
“Okay, present number two” Erica pulled out a square box, kind of big but not that wide so he had no clue what it was, he was very intrigued though. When he opened the box and pulled out the gift that was wrapped in tissue paper he shrieked with excitement. “OMG E, this is fucking insane, how did you get this?” He whisper-shouted trying not to wake anyone up but letting out the joy he felt.
“Well I drew it but I have connections and those connections got it signed for you” Erica beamed. She had gotten him a new drum skin on which she had drawn the three main characters of the Harry Potter series; she had somehow managed to get it signed by them too. It was an amazing gift.
“And finally” Erica said passing over an envelope to Mike, this time it didn’t contain concert tickets.
He pulled out a card from the envelope that had a cute one year anniversary message on the front but he smiled most when he opened it and read the handwritten message:
‘We’ve been together a year now and what an amazing fucking year it has been. You’ve been the best boyfriend I could ever ask for and then some. You also practically live in my apartment which is why I have taped a key to this card, I know you already have a spare one but I felt a key would be needed to make this question better. So Michael Fuentes since I love you and I will do so until the end of time, will you move in with me and not just stay over every now and then?”
Mike untapped the key from the card and twirled it between his fingers as he stared into Erica’s eyes. “Of course I will” He kissed her and it felt like both their heads were spinning, it was a kiss full of so much emotion, the only reason they parted was because they needed air.
“Right my turn now” Mike said as he pulled open one of the drawers that were situated underneath the couches and took out a bag.
“Numero Uno” He smiled and passed Erica a neatly wrapped, thick square. It was really heavy. Erica opened the present to find it was a book of tattoo designs and history. Only a few were ever printed and she had been looking for it everywhere; she couldn’t believe Mike had found it.
“Shit Mike, where did you find this?” She said as she flipped through the pages carefully.
“I asked a few of my friends that do tattoos if they knew if I could get one anywhere, someone came up lucky and told me so I bought it and here you are” He could see how happy it made her, she had that passionate look in her eye. The one he first saw when Erica spoke about Chicago. Mike gets a bit sad from time-to-time because Erica pushed her Chicago dream aside to move to SD for him but at the same time he couldn’t be sad because she moved there for him; which is why his second present was a 2 week vacation in Chicago a few weeks before Christmas. “Mike, I can’t wait. It’s going to be the best holiday ever” She pulled him into a hug.
“Your final present” Mike said as he pulled out a ring box. “Now before you get the wrong idea, it’s not what you think.” He started as Erica looked at him intently. “I know you don’t want to get married or engaged or anything like that but I want you to know that I mean it when I say until the end of time, I want you to know that I want to be yours forever and I want you to be mine forever even if we never get married. So I got you a promise ring, because I’m making a promise that you will be mine until the end of time and I want everyone to know that.” A few tears had pooled at the brim of Erica’s eyes as she lifted the ring box open to find two matching rings. One was thicker in width than the other. They were titanium with blue ocean waves and black where the waves weren’t. Erica and Mike shared a love for water, they both had a weird thing for the sea and he felt these rings would be the most flawless thing.
“I know you hate anything traditional so I thought against the typical promise ring type and went for these, since we both love the sea and because I love how you say ‘Just like the sea is endless; so are your opportunities in life’ that always makes me smile” He said and placed the smaller of the two bands on her ring finger, Erica copied his actions and they both held their hands out to admire how they looked.
They shared another kiss before finishing up their breakfast. They soon heard footsteps and Jaime made himself present in the front lounge.
“Hey little one” He said groggily towards Erica as he set up the coffee machine for his morning caffeine intake.
“Hey you” She replied. “Happy one year best friend-aversary” She got up and hugged him. Mike and Erica technically got together a few days after Jaime and Erica mutually decided to be best friends but they say it on this day just because it’s easier. Plus Jaime likes sharing the love and lime-light.
“Are you guys done or do I have to leave you alone to finish?” Jaime asked while pouring his coffee into a large mug.
“I think we’re done. We’re just finishing breakfast” Mike replied. Erica returned to the blanket and Jaime sat Indian style on the couch above them. A smile spread across his face as he watched the pair feed each other fruit.
“Soo, what did you guys get eachother?” Jaime enquired.
Mike answered first “A new drum skin, signed by the Harry Potter cast, a scrap book and a key to E’s apartment” Jaime smiled then realisation hit him.
“You already have a key to Erica’s” He looked at them both with confusion.
“Yeah but asking him to move in felt better with a key” Erica said nonchalantly.
“Aww, you guys are going to live together. Well you practically live with each other anyway. You’re always at one another’s houses so might as well make it official” He cooed.
“And I got a book I’ve been looking for, for years and a holiday to Chicago and a promise ring” She giggled a little, like a school girl when their crush smiles at them.
“So she accepted it then” Jaime directed towards Mike.
“You knew?” Erica asked.
“Well yeah, your man came to me asking if I thought it would be a good idea, I obviously said yes” He kissed Erica on the head and got up to make himself some cereal.
“I guess we did a good job of topping our 6 months presents. I didn’t think we’d be able to” Mike admitted. “I agree” Erica replied getting up and sitting on the couch, Mike followed her and pulled her into his side as they looked through the tattoo book that Mike had got Erica.
Erica had been awake since 7am, it was now 9. She had arranged with the boys, excluding Mike, that she would come over to the venue and bus early. They had sorted it with the security people so Erica would be allowed in hassle free. She drove towards the venue that was already packed with hundreds of people.
She reached the Pierce the Veil bus and quietly let herself on. No one on this bus ever woke up before 12 unless they had press or something and none of that was happening until later. She set up her picnic blanket on the floor of the front lounge area, pulled out the breakfast that she had pre-prepared since she knew that she wouldn’t be able to do it on the bus and finally she placed her bag of presents on the couch that was closest to where they would be sitting.
Erica made her way in to the bunk area to be met with a wave of snores and random sleep mumbling which caused her to giggle to herself. She slowly pulled the curtain back on Mike’s bunk and carefully climbed in. She sat on top of him and kissed him on the lips causing him to stir a little. She then placed her hand on his morning wood and quietly chuckled. Mike’s eyes shot open and he leaned Erica into a hungry kiss, which she deepened.
“Get up, I have a surprise for you” She whispered and exited his bunk just as carefully as she entered it so she didn’t wake anyone else up. “Be quiet though” She said to Mike.
Mike got up and went to the toilet before heading to the front lounge. When he opened the door that lead to the front he smiled as big of a smile as he could.
“You are the fucking best” He said as he came over to the picnic blanket, kissing Erica once again.
“Well you did breakfast and everything on our 6months so I did our one year” The smile was cemented on her face as was Mikes.
“I bought breakfast with me, I got Starbucks along the way and I have presents” She smiled before taking a bite of pineapple from the plate of fruit and pancakes that she had made for herself and Mike did the same.
“I have presents too” Mike chimed in. “You go first though” He ushered.
“Okay then” Erica pulled the bag that she previously set on the couch into her lap. It was quite a big bag.
“This one you know about” She handed him the scrapbook that had the words ’100 REASONS WHY I LOVE YOU’ written on the front. Mike certainly knew about this since he had made her one for her birthday. This time though, the picture on the front was from the Stan’s party. It was the day after they met and it was a cute picture. Despite how drunk they both were in it, they looked great. Mike smiled at the picture remembering that night. It was the first night they kissed too. Just like Erica did on her birthday Mike read through the reasons, saying some of them out loud and laughing at some of them to himself. They laughed at all the goofy pictures that Erica had glued into the book. She had included the ones from when they wore a horse and unicorn mask on their first date at Erica’s house. They had cutes ones from their many trips to Disneyland and they had some from when Mike and Erica would jam with their instruments. Every picture was great.
“I love this” He said pecking her on the cheek.
“Okay, present number two” Erica pulled out a square box, kind of big but not that wide so he had no clue what it was, he was very intrigued though. When he opened the box and pulled out the gift that was wrapped in tissue paper he shrieked with excitement. “OMG E, this is fucking insane, how did you get this?” He whisper-shouted trying not to wake anyone up but letting out the joy he felt.
“Well I drew it but I have connections and those connections got it signed for you” Erica beamed. She had gotten him a new drum skin on which she had drawn the three main characters of the Harry Potter series; she had somehow managed to get it signed by them too. It was an amazing gift.
“And finally” Erica said passing over an envelope to Mike, this time it didn’t contain concert tickets.
He pulled out a card from the envelope that had a cute one year anniversary message on the front but he smiled most when he opened it and read the handwritten message:
‘We’ve been together a year now and what an amazing fucking year it has been. You’ve been the best boyfriend I could ever ask for and then some. You also practically live in my apartment which is why I have taped a key to this card, I know you already have a spare one but I felt a key would be needed to make this question better. So Michael Fuentes since I love you and I will do so until the end of time, will you move in with me and not just stay over every now and then?”
Mike untapped the key from the card and twirled it between his fingers as he stared into Erica’s eyes. “Of course I will” He kissed her and it felt like both their heads were spinning, it was a kiss full of so much emotion, the only reason they parted was because they needed air.
“Right my turn now” Mike said as he pulled open one of the drawers that were situated underneath the couches and took out a bag.
“Numero Uno” He smiled and passed Erica a neatly wrapped, thick square. It was really heavy. Erica opened the present to find it was a book of tattoo designs and history. Only a few were ever printed and she had been looking for it everywhere; she couldn’t believe Mike had found it.
“Shit Mike, where did you find this?” She said as she flipped through the pages carefully.
“I asked a few of my friends that do tattoos if they knew if I could get one anywhere, someone came up lucky and told me so I bought it and here you are” He could see how happy it made her, she had that passionate look in her eye. The one he first saw when Erica spoke about Chicago. Mike gets a bit sad from time-to-time because Erica pushed her Chicago dream aside to move to SD for him but at the same time he couldn’t be sad because she moved there for him; which is why his second present was a 2 week vacation in Chicago a few weeks before Christmas. “Mike, I can’t wait. It’s going to be the best holiday ever” She pulled him into a hug.
“Your final present” Mike said as he pulled out a ring box. “Now before you get the wrong idea, it’s not what you think.” He started as Erica looked at him intently. “I know you don’t want to get married or engaged or anything like that but I want you to know that I mean it when I say until the end of time, I want you to know that I want to be yours forever and I want you to be mine forever even if we never get married. So I got you a promise ring, because I’m making a promise that you will be mine until the end of time and I want everyone to know that.” A few tears had pooled at the brim of Erica’s eyes as she lifted the ring box open to find two matching rings. One was thicker in width than the other. They were titanium with blue ocean waves and black where the waves weren’t. Erica and Mike shared a love for water, they both had a weird thing for the sea and he felt these rings would be the most flawless thing.
“I know you hate anything traditional so I thought against the typical promise ring type and went for these, since we both love the sea and because I love how you say ‘Just like the sea is endless; so are your opportunities in life’ that always makes me smile” He said and placed the smaller of the two bands on her ring finger, Erica copied his actions and they both held their hands out to admire how they looked.
They shared another kiss before finishing up their breakfast. They soon heard footsteps and Jaime made himself present in the front lounge.
“Hey little one” He said groggily towards Erica as he set up the coffee machine for his morning caffeine intake.
“Hey you” She replied. “Happy one year best friend-aversary” She got up and hugged him. Mike and Erica technically got together a few days after Jaime and Erica mutually decided to be best friends but they say it on this day just because it’s easier. Plus Jaime likes sharing the love and lime-light.
“Are you guys done or do I have to leave you alone to finish?” Jaime asked while pouring his coffee into a large mug.
“I think we’re done. We’re just finishing breakfast” Mike replied. Erica returned to the blanket and Jaime sat Indian style on the couch above them. A smile spread across his face as he watched the pair feed each other fruit.
“Soo, what did you guys get eachother?” Jaime enquired.
Mike answered first “A new drum skin, signed by the Harry Potter cast, a scrap book and a key to E’s apartment” Jaime smiled then realisation hit him.
“You already have a key to Erica’s” He looked at them both with confusion.
“Yeah but asking him to move in felt better with a key” Erica said nonchalantly.
“Aww, you guys are going to live together. Well you practically live with each other anyway. You’re always at one another’s houses so might as well make it official” He cooed.
“And I got a book I’ve been looking for, for years and a holiday to Chicago and a promise ring” She giggled a little, like a school girl when their crush smiles at them.
“So she accepted it then” Jaime directed towards Mike.
“You knew?” Erica asked.
“Well yeah, your man came to me asking if I thought it would be a good idea, I obviously said yes” He kissed Erica on the head and got up to make himself some cereal.
“I guess we did a good job of topping our 6 months presents. I didn’t think we’d be able to” Mike admitted. “I agree” Erica replied getting up and sitting on the couch, Mike followed her and pulled her into his side as they looked through the tattoo book that Mike had got Erica.
Notes
Fuck it, 3 updates in one night. I have nothing better to do and I can't sleep so why not. Enjoy.And it's a long chapter too. I might update my other story soon as well, so watch out for that :)
I actually love Erica and Jaime's friendship. I know there isn't loads about them together but I just love it haha. What do you guys think about it?
PROMISE RINGS: http://www.titaniumringshop.com/images/8000A%20SETS%20BLACK%20ONYX,%20BLUE%20OPAL.JPG I love this ring, the thing about the sea is something that I say by the way. I just wanted to incorporate it. So yeah. I'm going to stop babbling on now.
Aw, thank you :) <3
8/13/13