"You want to what?" Jaime sounds shocked, I bite my lip; maybe this wasn't such a great idea after all. Then he jumps up, squeezing past Tony who is still sat down at the table and rushes over to me, literally picking me up and spinning me around "This is the best news I have heard ever!" he's still spinning me.

"Jaime" I say flatly—mainly because he's squeezing the air from my lungs.

"You are a great little Mexican guy!"

"Jaime..."

"Estoy tan feliz de" he squeals

"Hi-Me!"

"I can't believe you decided that oh em gee"

"Jaime!"

"What?" he stopped spinning

"Put. Me. Down"

"Oh...right" he puts me down and coughs into his fist, trying to act like he hasn't just completely fangirled about the whole situation. I burst out laughing at him and he smiles again with a shrug like he's not ashamed.

"So, wha'dya say?" I repeat, knowing Jaime's answer but wanting to know what Mike and Tony's thoughts on the idea are.

"I think it's an awesome idea" Tony smiles and I smile with him. In all honesty, I knew the guys would be up for starting the band up again, music is everything to them, just like it is to me, and they'd never pass up an opportunity to make music and share it with the world once again.

"Mike?" he lifts his head up ever so slightly, mumbling something.

"Did you get any of that?" I ask, knitting my eyebrows into one

"Uh-uh" he shakes his head sitting up straight and rubbing his eyes. I sigh and roll my eyes, kind of exasperated with him.

"Er, band, start again, you, me, Jaime, Tony, making music, touring" I dumb it down into pigeon English so his fried brain can comprehend.

"Are you serious?" he abruptly became more aware, tilting his head to side and pinning me with a confused slash slightly irritated look.

"What?"

"You're un-fucking-believable, Vic" he rises to his feet, I look at Jaime and Tony as if somehow they have the answers, they look back at me blankly, just as bewildered as I.

"Huh?" I finally say when it seems Mike isn't going to elaborate.

"You're so selfish. You want to quit the band, we quit. You want to start it back up and we're supposed to just agree? Fuck that" he shakes his head and storms off of the RV, making sure he bumps his shoulder against mine on his way out.

I stare open mouthed at the open door

"What the..." I trail off confused

"I'd say go follow him but he'd drop kick you in a second" Jaime laughs and I attempt a smile that looks more like a look of disgust.

---

"Hey ugly" Hazel greets with a cheeky smile as she walks out of Polly's and sees me standing waiting for her like I said I would be.

"Hi. Er, I brought the car, I couldn't be bothered to walk" I smile as happily as I can manage to

"But its such a lovely day" she states and looks up at the sky just to check the weather. It's San Diego of course it's a lovely day, its always a lovely day. I just shrug and begin to head to where I parked the car.

"Okay, spill" Hazel huffs once we're in the car. I stick the key in the ignition and look at her with an raised eyebrow "Something obviously has your tiny Mexican panties in a twist, what's happened?" She raises an eyebrow too, mirroring my expression

"Tiny?" I ask with a smirk, she rolls her eyes.

"I'm guessing it didn't go as planned with the guys?" She frowns in a sympathetic way and I want to roll my eyes and slam my head against the steering wheel. I really don't want a damn pity party.

"Jaime and Tony were all for it" I shrug nonchalantly

"And Mike?"

"Not so much" I frown and she sighs

"Come on, get out, I'll drive and you can tell me all about it" I look at her and frown and she gives me a look that dares me to challenge her. I sigh and open the door, getting out of the car and walking around to the right side, we cross paths and she ruffles my hair with a giggle. I laugh at her silliness and uncanny way of being able to cheer me up no matter what.

Once I'm in the passengers seat and she's in the drivers seat she turns to me.

"So, tell me what happened" she smiles and looks genuinely interested as she turns the key and pulls away from the curb.

"I don't really know what's going on" I shrug with a sigh

"Well what did Mike say?" Hazel asks keeping her eyes on the road, tapping her black manicured fingernails on the wheel. I've noticed she's started dressing more the way she wants to instead of the way people expect her too. For example today she's donning some black shorts and a David Bowie tank with Chuck Taylor's Low Riders. It's nice to see her wearing what she wants to, she has a glow about her that only comes from genuine happiness.

"Wakey Wakey" her voice brings me back to the now "You zoned out and you were looking at me with those little puppy dog eyes" she giggled glancing at me for a few brief seconds before being responsible and turning her head back towards the road.

"I was just thinking about how beautiful and comfortable you look dressed like that" I say honestly. She chuckles a little and wrinkles her nose like she's disagreeing

"Don't change the subject, Vic" she smirks thinking I'm just attempting to be smooth so I won't have to talk about Mike.

"I wasn't, I'm still going to tell you about Mike, I just thought you should know" I say and turn my head so I'm looking out of the window. She doesn't say anything back just reaches over the console and finds my hand and gives it a squeeze and I'm grateful for someone who doesn't even need to open their mouth and say anything to make it better.

"Want me to talk to him for you?" She asks as we climb out of the car that's parked directly behind the RV, meeting each the drivers side.

"Nah, I think I have to do this, I think its deeper than just the band" I frown thinking of what could possibly have gotten his tiny Mexican panties in a twist - as Hazel so nicely put it earlier.

"Okay shall we just meet at mine later? I don't want to intrude..." She bites her lip and I wrap my arms around her waist, pulling her closer.

"No, don't go," I say all too quickly, probably coming across as desperate or eager so I add. "Besides I think its time you met the guys properly anyway. You know, where there isn't deafening music and alcohol involved" she wraps her arms around my neck and something flashes across her face. Excitement? Maybe. "Come on" I take her hand and pull her towards the RV.

"Guys?" I shout as we head onto the RV.

Jaime bounds out of the back of the bus with a felt tip moustache drawn above his upper lip, I resist the urge to facepalm. Why did I want her to meet my crazy friends again?

"Jaime what the fu-" he puts his finger up to my lips and wags his index finger on his other hand.

"No no amigo" he speaks in a Mexican accent and I roll my eyes with a laugh.

"Jaime this is Hazel. Hazel, Jaime" I introduce.

"Hi" Hazel greets through her hysterical laughter at Jaime's idiocy. It's cute the way she's pretending that she's never ever seen Jaime before, she's acting like she's just meeting someone on the street or something and not a member of a band she likes a lot.

"HOLA!" He shouts opening his arms for a hug. She blushes and steps into his arms awkwardly and I feel a weight remove itself from my shoulders, like my friends and my girlfriend getting along is one less thing to worry about.

"Where's Tony?" I ask

"Tony, Star Wars is on" Jaime shouts in his own voice, seconds later Tony pops his head through the curtain that separates the middle section of the bus and the rear section.

"Did someone say Star Wars?" Tony gasps

"Nope but since you're here you might as well meet Hazel" Jaime extenders his hands in Hazel's direction as if showing off a piece of fine jewelry or something.

"Oh hi" Tony smiles shyly

"Hi, Tony right? Er, er, Vic has told me a lot about you" that's a lie but I know she only said it because she probably doesn't want Tony to think she's some sort of crazed fan who knows anything.

Having said that, I wonder what she does know, like just how much does she know about us? Has everything I've told her just been a confirmation of things she already knows?

"I'm going to go talk to Mike, are you okay to stay here with these knuckleheads?" She nods and kisses my cheek chastely. I smile in return and head off the bus.

---

"I swear to god if you don't get the fuck out of my room and leave me alone I'll break every bone in your body" Mike snaps, his anger transparent.

"What the fuck is your problem?" I shout back. Mike and I argue all the time, we're brothers, it happens, but he's pissing me off.

"You expect me to be all excited and hyped because you want to start the band up again. Where have you even been, bro? Because you haven't been here, rotting in grief and self pity, so go on tell me where you've been."

"Mike I-" I start to say but 1) he cuts me off and 2) I have no idea where I'm going with it anyway.

"No! I needed you, I needed my big brother, I don't even remember whats happened these past couple of months, you know why that is, Vic? Because I've been drunk. And were you there to pull me out of that? No. You hadn't even noticed" he's right

"You're right, damn, I know you're right but everyone deals with pain differently, Mike-"

"Yeah yeah, talk your way out of it whatever, just get out okay, get out!"

I roll my eyes and leave his room, angry and my good mood non existent.

Notes

Apologies for the shit load of dialogue in this!
This was kind of a filler, but it was necessary :) sorry it took eleven days to do this haha I've been drowning in homework, literally, I feel like I spend my whole free time doing homework, it sucks.

-Hazel finally met the guys properly (except Mike, they bonded at the party)
-Brotherly feuding...uh-oh..
-Jaime being a cutie c:

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P.s. Woe, Is Me have broken up :(:(:(:( someone please tell me I'm not the only one upset by this :(:(:(