Until The End Of Time
Chapter Thirty-Five
Two weeks had passed and the boys will be home from Warped Tour in the next couple of hours. The girls were at Erica’s and the boys will be going straight there, and then go to their own places from there.
“I’ve missed them so much” Erica sighed as she sat on the couch between the two other girlfriends. It had been Erica’s first tour separation from her boyfriend and she managed it surprisingly well. She thought it would be a lot messier than it was but she managed to keep herself busy and not over work herself. She also had the best anniversary ever which made her feel better after having not seen Mike for so long.
“Well they’ll be home soon” Mal comforted while taking a handful of popcorn. The girls were watching The Notebook, all snuggled up under blankets. It was 6 at night and they were going to wait for the boys to get back and then order a load of pizza for dinner, because it would be a sight lot easier than bothering to cook.
Jess’ phone rang with Jaime’s ringtone and she answered it immediately. “Hey honey, how far away are you?” She asked, none of them could wait to see their men.
“Okay, well we’ll order pizza now then and it should be here just in time for you guys to arrive” She told him that she loved him and hung up the phone. When Erica heard the word pizza she hopped to the kitchen and got a menu from the drawer.
Erica knew the order by heart, when it came to pizza they kept it to the usual. She placed the order and resumed the film, these girls were in love with Ryan Gosling, well hey, who isn’t?
A little time passed and the pizza had been delivered. Not long after that 5 beautiful men turned up; Mike letting everyone into his apartment, with his key. He was super stoked that he and Erica were going to be moving in together.
As soon as the door opened each of the females ran and jumped on their significant other. Tony and Vic felt left out so they hugged each other making a huge scene of it. They soon managed to get through the door properly and put their belongings down before setting up in the kitchen to devour the delicious pizza that was waiting for them.
“Hey so I picked out my wedding dress” Jess threw into the conversation as if it was nothing.
“I want to see it” Tony shouted, he had seen some of the planning that the girls had been doing and he was getting excited for the wedding, he was going to be Jaime’s best man but sometimes they wondered if he should be a bridesmaid instead because he acts like one of them when they talk about the wedding.
“Okay, come here” Jess took Tony into Erica’s bedroom, she was holding all the dresses in her closet since Jaime wouldn’t be able to peek at it, even though he spends a lot of time at Erica’s.
“Aw, that’s so pretty” everyone could hear Tony turning to goo as he was admiring the gown. They all laughed at him as he came out, bless his soul.
“So E, when are you telling them?” Jaime asked Erica.
“Shit Hime, ruining it” She shot him a death glare and took a bite of pizza trying to avoid the conversation. She was good at hiding things but when she had a kitchen full of eyes on her it was a bit tense.
“Tell us what?” Mike asked cautiously. Erica took another bite of her pizza “Nothing, you can find out on Sunday when you’re all over for dinner again”
“Fine” Mike mumbled. “Jaime, what’s she talking about?” He diverted his gaze to the other end of the kitchen. “You heard her, wait till Sunday. Trust me, it’s going to be worth the wait” Mike rolled his eyes and changed the topic of conversation to a fight he almost had while in Arizona. Mike wasn’t the most violent person but if a fight came his way he for sure would not be backing down.
“What was it over?” Mal asked.
“His girlfriend was a fan and asked for a picture so I was like sure, okay and he came over thinking I was hitting on her. Like excuse me have you seen my girlfriend I’ll pass on yours thanks” He kissed Erica on the cheek.
“You know it, I’m fabulous” She mocked and did a dramatic hair flip causing everyone to double over in fits of laughter.
The topic was changed once again. “Tonight is the first night that you’re going to sleep here as someone that actually lives here Mike. How does it feel?” Tony asked, he had become somewhat tipsy since all Erica had in the house was beer and whiskey. She hadn’t been shopping yet this week.
“Well if he treats it anything like he treats what is now MY place, E has her hands full” Vic joked.
“Excuse me? I’m the tidier one of the two of us so button it” Mike hissed and nudged his brother. “Erica’s bed is comfier than mine so I can’t wait” He took a swig of his beer and went to the bathroom.
A couple of hours later and everyone was leaving Erica and Mike’s apartment, except Mal and Casey who had decided to stay the night. The rest of the band said their goodbyes and went on their ways. The foursome that was left in the apartment shared a few more beers before all going to their designated bedrooms. Luckily, for Mike and Erica, there was a bathroom between the two bedrooms and the walls were pretty thick.
They wasted no time stripping each other of their clothing and becoming tangled in to one another.
-SUNDAY-
Everyone was going to be at Mike and Erica’s apartment, even momma and papa Fuentes. They decided they would go along because it’s been so long since they last saw Erica; and their sons since they were on tour. But they missed Erica most.
Mike and Erica had been preparing dinner for about half an hour when most people showed up, they were just waiting on Vic and the twins but only Jaime and Jess knew they were coming. Casey and Mal had stayed at the apartment since the boys got back which has been fun. They spent Saturday watching movies all day and just relaxing. Mike chose to put on Remember Me because he and Erica both love that film. They both always end up crying at the film too.
Vic finally arrived and dinner was almost ready. The drinks had been flowing and drunk dancing had begun. Oh it was going to be a fun night. The dancing was interrupted when there was a knock at the door.
“Who’s that, did you invite anyone else?” Mike asked Erica as he headed for the door. “Actually yeah, the twins are coming over” She informed and he nodded, he had been wanting to meet these guys for a while.
“Hey” The twins said in unison causing Mike to laugh a little. “Hey, I’m Mike, come on in” He gestured for them to enter and they did. “I’m Chad and this is Zeke” Said the drummer to the other drummer, while pointing to himself then to his brother. Erica walked over and greeted the boys before introducing them to everyone else that was in the apartment. They already knew Jess, Jaime and Mal.
Dinner went as most dinners with this lot go, loud and full of alcohol. “I want desert” Jaime whined like a little kid.
“ICE CREAM PARTY?!” Erica exclaimed. “YES! YES! YES!” Jaime jumped up and down helping his best friend prepare for the mammoth sugar intake that was about to happen.
“What the fuck is an ice cream party?” Mal asked as if the pair were on drugs or something.
“Well, you take this” Jaime said putting the three tubs of ice cream on the kitchen counter.
“And this” Erica continued as she pulled out the box of candy that she had in one of her cupboards. It was filled with all sorts, sherbet, sour patch kids, midget gems, Haribo, peanut butter cupcakes, Oreos and much more.
“Then you take some of this this stuff” Jaime took over while placing a can of whipped cream and a few bottles of ice cream sauce with the other ingredients.
“And you make a bowl full of whatever you want” Erica finished putting a pile of bowls and spoons in front of everyone.
“Dig in” She demanded and everyone did just that, fighting over some of the sweets that were in the box in the process. Everyone was soon happy with their desert and was sat around enjoying it when Tony remembered why everyone was there.
“So E, what exactly is it we find out today?” He managed between spoonfuls of ice cream.
“Oh yeah, I almost forgot” She said eagerly and jumped off her stool heading for her bedroom before returning with a brown box. She walked around the kitchen island at which everyone was sat and placed the finished product, her bands album in front of each of them.
When they all realised what it was they couldn’t stop with the ‘omgs’ and the ‘finally Erica’s and so on. Erica was most concerned with what Mike thought.
“2 things” He started. “Anonymous, Is That Greek? Great choice in band name. And second of all I now understand why you asked me to choose a number between 1 and 12 the other week.” Mike chose number four and track four on the record was called Until the End of Time; she knew it was predictable of her but she didn’t care. It was one of her two favourite songs on the album. The other was track 1, The Brightest Star. It was a song she wrote for Caleb.
“I knew you’d like it The three of us thought it was the best out of all of the names we jotted down” She smiled and he came over and gave her a big kiss.
“Wait, the three of you?” Casey asked. “Yeah, Chad, Zeke and I” She responded the boys did a slight wave not knowing how to react.
“Aw, I knew you guys were hiding something” Tony said squinting at them.
“Wait, Jaime’s on this song” Vic pointed out. “I called that, I called that when we first met. I said if E, ever made an album Jaime would be on it. Did I or did I not say that?” He was so proud of the fact that he predicted that over a year ago.
“You did say that sweetie” Erica said as she kissed him on the cheek.
Everyone wanted to listen to it there and then but they knew how much Erica hated watching people hear her sing so she made them wait until they were in their own homes. It was quite funny really considering she has performed on stage where people watch and listen to her. She was an odd cookie.
The rest of the night was spent talking about the album, about how Erica and the twins became acquainted, the songs, how they had signed with E’s dad everything to do with the album. They had titled the album Ellipsis because it was the three dots that signal a ‘to be continued’ or a pause or something along those lines and they liked that. They didn’t really know why but they did, it was originally Zeke’s idea and the other 2/3 of the band liked it too.
It was soon 1am and time for the apartment to be rid of everyone. It took a while with everyone saying their goodbyes but when it was over it felt weird; going from a packed, loud apartment to just Mike and Erica and next to no sound, weird.
“I’m so happy you did this” Mike said as he tapped the CD case and kissed Erica before pulling her closer to him. He was sat on the kitchen side and Erica was stood between his legs looking up at him.
“Me too, I’m really proud with how it came out and the twins and I work so well together. It’s like we’ve known each other forever but it’s just been a few months.” Erica was surprised when she first asked the guys if they wanted to be in a band with her. They were not hesitant about it all; they practically jumped at the chance. It only took a few short months to do everything as well because Erica had most of the songs written plus she was always one to write with a guitar so most of that was done. However when it was established that Zeke would be playing guitar Erica was more than happy to let him take away what she had written and change it up, scrap all completely if he felt that was needed. She knew that to work in a band everyone’s input was key and the three of them prided themselves on that.
“I bet you guys are going to be so famous one day” He said between the light kisses he was placing all over her face. “I’m going to put it on and I don’t care that you’re in here” He teased and hopped off the counter doing exactly that. Erica made her way to the bedroom while Mike sat and listened to it.
45 minutes later he walked through the bedroom with a tear stained cheek. “Mike? What’s up?” She asked with a concerned tainted voice.
“That was beautiful. Each song was like a little story and the one for Caleb was amazing. Our song was perfect and the one you did with Jaime was … wow, you’re two voices were made to be put together” He was now on the bed snuggling with Erica and she just laughed a little at his reaction, she wasn’t expecting anyone to cry over it.
“Thank you Michael. It means a lot. I love you” She cuddled up and rested her head on his chest and slowly drifted off to sleep. “I love you too bug” He kissed the top of her head and turned the bedside lamp of before joining her in a much needed slumber.
“I’ve missed them so much” Erica sighed as she sat on the couch between the two other girlfriends. It had been Erica’s first tour separation from her boyfriend and she managed it surprisingly well. She thought it would be a lot messier than it was but she managed to keep herself busy and not over work herself. She also had the best anniversary ever which made her feel better after having not seen Mike for so long.
“Well they’ll be home soon” Mal comforted while taking a handful of popcorn. The girls were watching The Notebook, all snuggled up under blankets. It was 6 at night and they were going to wait for the boys to get back and then order a load of pizza for dinner, because it would be a sight lot easier than bothering to cook.
Jess’ phone rang with Jaime’s ringtone and she answered it immediately. “Hey honey, how far away are you?” She asked, none of them could wait to see their men.
“Okay, well we’ll order pizza now then and it should be here just in time for you guys to arrive” She told him that she loved him and hung up the phone. When Erica heard the word pizza she hopped to the kitchen and got a menu from the drawer.
Erica knew the order by heart, when it came to pizza they kept it to the usual. She placed the order and resumed the film, these girls were in love with Ryan Gosling, well hey, who isn’t?
A little time passed and the pizza had been delivered. Not long after that 5 beautiful men turned up; Mike letting everyone into his apartment, with his key. He was super stoked that he and Erica were going to be moving in together.
As soon as the door opened each of the females ran and jumped on their significant other. Tony and Vic felt left out so they hugged each other making a huge scene of it. They soon managed to get through the door properly and put their belongings down before setting up in the kitchen to devour the delicious pizza that was waiting for them.
“Hey so I picked out my wedding dress” Jess threw into the conversation as if it was nothing.
“I want to see it” Tony shouted, he had seen some of the planning that the girls had been doing and he was getting excited for the wedding, he was going to be Jaime’s best man but sometimes they wondered if he should be a bridesmaid instead because he acts like one of them when they talk about the wedding.
“Okay, come here” Jess took Tony into Erica’s bedroom, she was holding all the dresses in her closet since Jaime wouldn’t be able to peek at it, even though he spends a lot of time at Erica’s.
“Aw, that’s so pretty” everyone could hear Tony turning to goo as he was admiring the gown. They all laughed at him as he came out, bless his soul.
“So E, when are you telling them?” Jaime asked Erica.
“Shit Hime, ruining it” She shot him a death glare and took a bite of pizza trying to avoid the conversation. She was good at hiding things but when she had a kitchen full of eyes on her it was a bit tense.
“Tell us what?” Mike asked cautiously. Erica took another bite of her pizza “Nothing, you can find out on Sunday when you’re all over for dinner again”
“Fine” Mike mumbled. “Jaime, what’s she talking about?” He diverted his gaze to the other end of the kitchen. “You heard her, wait till Sunday. Trust me, it’s going to be worth the wait” Mike rolled his eyes and changed the topic of conversation to a fight he almost had while in Arizona. Mike wasn’t the most violent person but if a fight came his way he for sure would not be backing down.
“What was it over?” Mal asked.
“His girlfriend was a fan and asked for a picture so I was like sure, okay and he came over thinking I was hitting on her. Like excuse me have you seen my girlfriend I’ll pass on yours thanks” He kissed Erica on the cheek.
“You know it, I’m fabulous” She mocked and did a dramatic hair flip causing everyone to double over in fits of laughter.
The topic was changed once again. “Tonight is the first night that you’re going to sleep here as someone that actually lives here Mike. How does it feel?” Tony asked, he had become somewhat tipsy since all Erica had in the house was beer and whiskey. She hadn’t been shopping yet this week.
“Well if he treats it anything like he treats what is now MY place, E has her hands full” Vic joked.
“Excuse me? I’m the tidier one of the two of us so button it” Mike hissed and nudged his brother. “Erica’s bed is comfier than mine so I can’t wait” He took a swig of his beer and went to the bathroom.
A couple of hours later and everyone was leaving Erica and Mike’s apartment, except Mal and Casey who had decided to stay the night. The rest of the band said their goodbyes and went on their ways. The foursome that was left in the apartment shared a few more beers before all going to their designated bedrooms. Luckily, for Mike and Erica, there was a bathroom between the two bedrooms and the walls were pretty thick.
They wasted no time stripping each other of their clothing and becoming tangled in to one another.
-SUNDAY-
Everyone was going to be at Mike and Erica’s apartment, even momma and papa Fuentes. They decided they would go along because it’s been so long since they last saw Erica; and their sons since they were on tour. But they missed Erica most.
Mike and Erica had been preparing dinner for about half an hour when most people showed up, they were just waiting on Vic and the twins but only Jaime and Jess knew they were coming. Casey and Mal had stayed at the apartment since the boys got back which has been fun. They spent Saturday watching movies all day and just relaxing. Mike chose to put on Remember Me because he and Erica both love that film. They both always end up crying at the film too.
Vic finally arrived and dinner was almost ready. The drinks had been flowing and drunk dancing had begun. Oh it was going to be a fun night. The dancing was interrupted when there was a knock at the door.
“Who’s that, did you invite anyone else?” Mike asked Erica as he headed for the door. “Actually yeah, the twins are coming over” She informed and he nodded, he had been wanting to meet these guys for a while.
“Hey” The twins said in unison causing Mike to laugh a little. “Hey, I’m Mike, come on in” He gestured for them to enter and they did. “I’m Chad and this is Zeke” Said the drummer to the other drummer, while pointing to himself then to his brother. Erica walked over and greeted the boys before introducing them to everyone else that was in the apartment. They already knew Jess, Jaime and Mal.
Dinner went as most dinners with this lot go, loud and full of alcohol. “I want desert” Jaime whined like a little kid.
“ICE CREAM PARTY?!” Erica exclaimed. “YES! YES! YES!” Jaime jumped up and down helping his best friend prepare for the mammoth sugar intake that was about to happen.
“What the fuck is an ice cream party?” Mal asked as if the pair were on drugs or something.
“Well, you take this” Jaime said putting the three tubs of ice cream on the kitchen counter.
“And this” Erica continued as she pulled out the box of candy that she had in one of her cupboards. It was filled with all sorts, sherbet, sour patch kids, midget gems, Haribo, peanut butter cupcakes, Oreos and much more.
“Then you take some of this this stuff” Jaime took over while placing a can of whipped cream and a few bottles of ice cream sauce with the other ingredients.
“And you make a bowl full of whatever you want” Erica finished putting a pile of bowls and spoons in front of everyone.
“Dig in” She demanded and everyone did just that, fighting over some of the sweets that were in the box in the process. Everyone was soon happy with their desert and was sat around enjoying it when Tony remembered why everyone was there.
“So E, what exactly is it we find out today?” He managed between spoonfuls of ice cream.
“Oh yeah, I almost forgot” She said eagerly and jumped off her stool heading for her bedroom before returning with a brown box. She walked around the kitchen island at which everyone was sat and placed the finished product, her bands album in front of each of them.
When they all realised what it was they couldn’t stop with the ‘omgs’ and the ‘finally Erica’s and so on. Erica was most concerned with what Mike thought.
“2 things” He started. “Anonymous, Is That Greek? Great choice in band name. And second of all I now understand why you asked me to choose a number between 1 and 12 the other week.” Mike chose number four and track four on the record was called Until the End of Time; she knew it was predictable of her but she didn’t care. It was one of her two favourite songs on the album. The other was track 1, The Brightest Star. It was a song she wrote for Caleb.
“I knew you’d like it The three of us thought it was the best out of all of the names we jotted down” She smiled and he came over and gave her a big kiss.
“Wait, the three of you?” Casey asked. “Yeah, Chad, Zeke and I” She responded the boys did a slight wave not knowing how to react.
“Aw, I knew you guys were hiding something” Tony said squinting at them.
“Wait, Jaime’s on this song” Vic pointed out. “I called that, I called that when we first met. I said if E, ever made an album Jaime would be on it. Did I or did I not say that?” He was so proud of the fact that he predicted that over a year ago.
“You did say that sweetie” Erica said as she kissed him on the cheek.
Everyone wanted to listen to it there and then but they knew how much Erica hated watching people hear her sing so she made them wait until they were in their own homes. It was quite funny really considering she has performed on stage where people watch and listen to her. She was an odd cookie.
The rest of the night was spent talking about the album, about how Erica and the twins became acquainted, the songs, how they had signed with E’s dad everything to do with the album. They had titled the album Ellipsis because it was the three dots that signal a ‘to be continued’ or a pause or something along those lines and they liked that. They didn’t really know why but they did, it was originally Zeke’s idea and the other 2/3 of the band liked it too.
It was soon 1am and time for the apartment to be rid of everyone. It took a while with everyone saying their goodbyes but when it was over it felt weird; going from a packed, loud apartment to just Mike and Erica and next to no sound, weird.
“I’m so happy you did this” Mike said as he tapped the CD case and kissed Erica before pulling her closer to him. He was sat on the kitchen side and Erica was stood between his legs looking up at him.
“Me too, I’m really proud with how it came out and the twins and I work so well together. It’s like we’ve known each other forever but it’s just been a few months.” Erica was surprised when she first asked the guys if they wanted to be in a band with her. They were not hesitant about it all; they practically jumped at the chance. It only took a few short months to do everything as well because Erica had most of the songs written plus she was always one to write with a guitar so most of that was done. However when it was established that Zeke would be playing guitar Erica was more than happy to let him take away what she had written and change it up, scrap all completely if he felt that was needed. She knew that to work in a band everyone’s input was key and the three of them prided themselves on that.
“I bet you guys are going to be so famous one day” He said between the light kisses he was placing all over her face. “I’m going to put it on and I don’t care that you’re in here” He teased and hopped off the counter doing exactly that. Erica made her way to the bedroom while Mike sat and listened to it.
45 minutes later he walked through the bedroom with a tear stained cheek. “Mike? What’s up?” She asked with a concerned tainted voice.
“That was beautiful. Each song was like a little story and the one for Caleb was amazing. Our song was perfect and the one you did with Jaime was … wow, you’re two voices were made to be put together” He was now on the bed snuggling with Erica and she just laughed a little at his reaction, she wasn’t expecting anyone to cry over it.
“Thank you Michael. It means a lot. I love you” She cuddled up and rested her head on his chest and slowly drifted off to sleep. “I love you too bug” He kissed the top of her head and turned the bedside lamp of before joining her in a much needed slumber.
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8/13/13