When we got back to the bus, Jaime and I plopped on the couch and sat in an awkward silence for what seemed forever, “Sooooo… Do you wanna watch a movie?” Jaime asked.
“Yeah, sure. We should watch toy story!” I think I got a little over excited there.
“Great choice.” Jaime laughed and went to put it in the player.
“Jaime?” I looked up at him.
“Yeah, Em?” he stopped what he was doing and looked at me.
“Uhhhh…. Never mind.” I looked down and started playing with my hands.
“Em, you can’t just start saying something and then stop. That’s against the rules.” He came over and sat next to me once again. “Whose rules?” I asked
“Mine.” He smiled
“Since when do I have to listen to your rules?”
“Since now.” He laughed.
I sighed, “Yeah, ok. Now about earlier.” He sat up looking more interested so I continued, “I’m sorry for being an immature bitch, and ran away from you.” He just stared at me smiling and stayed silent. “Ya know; it would make me feel better if you answered.”
“I know, I’m just savoring the moment.”
I gave him a confused look, “Why?”
“Because, this will probably be the only time I will hear of you apologizing for something so stupid.”
“How can you think that it was stupid?” I asked, a little bit shocked.
“Because, it was a kiss. It’s no big deal.”
“Isn’t a big deal? Jaime, it is a big deal… You have no idea how much I like you right now.”
“But I thought that-” I interrupted him, “Yes, Jaime I do like you; Very much. The only reason why I ran off is because I didn’t know what to do. I’ve never had this strong of feelings for someone before, I was so shocked and overwhelmed. I couldn’t think straight. You have no idea what that meant to me, what all this means to me.” I gestured to the entire bus.
Jaime gave me a blank look, “I’m sorry, I-I don’t know.” He ended up not putting the movie in, and we sat in silence once again. After about 5 minutes I looked up, “Can we play blackops?” he gave me a confused look.
“Oh, I saw it earlier.” I laughed trying to lighten the mood.
“Oh, ok. Yeah sure we can.” He smiled and went to set everything up. “I’ve never met a girl who likes to play blackops.” He laughed a little.
“Well, good thing I’m not like any other girl huh.” I smiled “oh, yeah. Before we start, do you have a pair of basketball shorts that I can wear? I like being comfortable when I’m playing video games, it helps me win.”
“Yeah, I think you just want an excuse to wear my clothes.” He laughed and went back to the bunks.
“Oh, yeah and dibs on first player!” I yelled grabbing a controller. He came back with a pair of shorts and threw them at me. “Fine, I guess I’ll let you have it. Maybe it’ll make you feel better when I totally kick your butt.” I looked at him and rolled my eyes, “Pfft, you’ve never seen me play this game. I dominate! I’ll end up kicking your butt.”
I grabbed the basketball shorts and stood up, “ok, now close your eyes.” I was undoing my pants and Jaime looked at me, “Whoa! As much as I would love to see that, we have a bathroom that you can change in.”
“Yeah I know, I just don’t want to walk all the way back there. Now close your eyes!” Jaime covered his eyes, I could see he was starting to spread his fingers to sneak a peek. “And no peeking! I can see that!” he sighed and turned around, I pulled off my pants and slid the shorts on. “Ok, you can look now.” He turned around smiling, “Nice, blue lace. Why don’t they match your bra?” I looked shocked. “How did you?” he pointed to the mirror in the front by the driver’s seat. “You perv.” I glared at him “oh, come on. It’s not like you wouldn’t like it.” He smiled and grabbed a controller sitting next to me. “Now are we gonna play or not?”
“Yeah, just remember, I’m on top.” I pushed play while he laughed, “We can try that too.”
“Pfft, I meant the game, stupid.” I nudged him with my elbow and laughed
***
The guys have been gone for a couple hours now; Jaime and I were really getting into the game. He was on his knees on the floor yelling at the screen while I was standing on the couch doing the same and moving my controller around as if it was helping. “Jaime! Shoot it!” I squealed
“What one?! Where?!”
“To the left, it’s coming straight for you!” at this point we both were pretty much jumping in place. “AAAHHH!!!” I screamed as we were attacked by a horde of Zombies. For some reason when I pay games like this, I just get really bad anxiety and start freaking out as if they were really going to eat me.
“Shit! I lost!” Jaime pouted and threw the remote at the ground.
“Its ok Jaime, I’ll avenge you.” I laughed and stuck my tongue out, signaling that I was now concentrating very hard. I was doing really well and then Jaime stood up and blocked my view.
“Shit Jaime, you just made me die.” I playfully threw my controller at him.
“Ouch, and you’re a Meany head.” He was walking past me towards the bunks so I tackled him and sat on him, “Take it back!” I folded my arms and pouted.
“No, maybe I don’t wanna.” He laughed
“Jaime, if you don’t take it back I will never talk to you again.”
“Oh no! No please don’t do that. I take it back.”
I smiled at him, yes I was still sitting on him, I guess I can see how that would look wrong from another angle but right then it didn’t seem bad. I mean, we were just messing around.
I just smiled down to Jaime, “Good.” I went to stand up but Jaime pulled me back down flipping me over so now he was above me. “Ya know, you look really pretty from this angle.” He teased,
“Yeah, well I don’t think I do so you should let me get up.” I laughed and tried to move him but he wouldn’t budge. After a few more attempts I just gave up and laid there, staring in to his eyes. They were so pretty; they were the perfect shade of brown they could just make you melt.
Jaime bent down to kiss me and just as our lips brushed we heard someone clear their throat. We both looked up and saw all the guys. Jaime jumped up and helped me off the floor,
“Oh hey guys, when did you get here?” I smiled at them fixing my clothes. They were all just standing there smiling.
“When you guys were about to do it.” Tony laughed and walked by to go to the bunks.
“We were not about to do it Tony.” I shouted as he disappeared into the bunks. Vic and mike laughed walking towards the bunks as well, “sure you weren’t yeah, ok.” Vic laughed and disappeared
“Oh Hime its half an hour before the doors open and we still have sound check.” Mike laughed and then disappeared as well. I looked at Jaime, “well that doesn’t give me much time to get ready.” Mike came back throwing a McDonalds bag at me, “I got this for you so you’ll have something to eat.” He smiled and went back to the bunks.
“Uh, thanks!” I yelled hoping he could hear me. I looked back at Jaime who was getting up to join the guys, “Oh so where do I go to find you guys after I’m done getting ready?”
“Ya know the door that we went through unloading?”
I thought for a second, “Yeah.”
“Go through that door and follow the wall, it’ll take you to the side of the stage, I’ll be there.” He smiled
“Oh, hey. Before you go and get changed, I know this is a stupid question to be asking you guys of all people, but do you guys have any make up I can borrow?” I asked hopefully.
He laughed and pointed towards the bathroom, “yeah, someone’s girlfriend left some here a while ago. We just haven’t taken it out yet, you can use that and if you like it you can keep it, we’re getting sick of it being there.” After that he went to the bunks and closed the curtains behind him. I sat back down on the couch and pulled my knees to my chest to wait. God, he has the cutest smile. I swear if we ever got in a serious fight, all he would have to do is smile and I would forgive him on the spot. I really, really, REALLY like Jaime. What I said earlier to him about not feeling like this about anyone before was completely true. Jaime is so much more amazing than I always imagined. Just think, this time yesterday I was sitting at home having a horrible day. Now I’m on the tour bus of my favorite band in the entire world, and I’m falling in love with the bassist. That’s right, I said love.
I truly believe that I’m falling in love with him; he’s nothing like any of the guys that I’ve dated. (Not that we’re dating or anything.) He’s different, in a good way. I feel like I’m just barely getting to know him, today I felt as if I just barely met him. Which wasn’t true, I’ve met all of them before. Either they don’t remember me or they just remember the old me. I met them in 2008 at warped tour here in salt lake.
I was about 13-14 years old, I was a little chubby, and 5’2” with blue hair. I was shorter than Vic, once upon a time, believe it or not. haha Yeah, I’ve changed quite a bit. When I met them Vic gave me his pick, he used it so much their logo had come off, I had it made in to a necklace so I would never lose it and to this day I still wear it. In fact I’m wearing it right now, I’m surprised they haven’t noticed it yet.
Anyways, the night that I me them I went home and cried because I thought that they didn’t like me, I wasn’t skinny and really pretty like all the other girls were. That night I decided that I was going to get into shape, since I made that decision I can now run 3 miles every morning, well almost every morning, and I eat much healthier now. I’ve lost a lot of weight since then and I grew a lot. I was actually really happy when I went from being 5’2” to 5’9”-5’10”. Maybe I’ll bring it up to them later, maybe they do remember me. “Well, I should probably start getting ready.” I said quietly to myself.
All of the guys came out of the bunks looking better than when they went in. “lookin’ pretty sexy there guys.” I winked at them. Everyone walked out of the bus except for Jaime, I stood up and looked at him,” You better hurry or you’re gonna be late.”
“Yeah I know,” he smirked,” If I do something you can’t get mad at me ok?”
I looked at him confused, “Ok?”
He stepped forward so there was only a small gap in between us. He was looking in to my eyes, I could feel my heart pounding it felt as if it would fly out of my chest, I’m sure that he could hear it. My cheeks got hot and my stomach was filled with butterflies. He was taking too long to come closer and it was killing me!
I grabbed his head and pressed his lips on mine. He put his arms around my waist and I put my arms around his neck, he pulled me closer until the gap was completely gone. In that moment I didn’t have a care in the world, it was as if time stopped just for us. It was the most amazing and passionate kiss I’ve ever experienced. In a few seconds my nerves calmed down. Our lips starting moving in unison, just as everything started picking up; we were interrupted by mike clearing his throat once again.
“Well once you guys are done making out we have a show to get ready for. Ok?” he teased us. But I didn’t get embarrassed this time, I just looked straight at mike and teased him right back, “Oh, mike. Don’t get so butt hurt just cause you’re jealous.”
He rolled his eyes, “Me? Jealous? HA! Yeah, Em if I wanted to I could have you all over me like that.” He had his arms folded and was leaning on the wall.
I walked over to him and his posture completely changed, he stood up straight. I acted like I was going for his lips but at the last second I went by his ear, “in your dreams, whiskeyhands.” I smirked and stepped back by Jaime who was laughing at mikes face.
Mike just cleared his throat, “5 minutes then we have to be there for sound check. The doors open at 6:30.” I looked at my Ipod and checked the time; it was 6. I looked back up at mike, “Ok, I’ll make sure he’s there.” I smiled and mike walked off the bus, shutting the door behind him. I looked at Jaime, “sorry that we keep getting interrupted.” He looked at me and smiled, “it’s ok babe.”
I just smiled, “Ok.”
Oh my gosh! He just called me babe! The guy who I’ve had a crush on since I was 15, the guy who is up on my wall back home… AAAHHHH!!! While I was freaking out in my head, Jaime started walking towards the door.
I looked at him, “Oh, well I guess you gotta go now huh?”
“Yeah, but I’ll be back.” He smiled and quickly kissed me, “Bye, Babe!” then he ran off the bus.
I went over and plopped on the couch and sat in silence for a couple seconds, letting everything sink in. after I was done with that, (me being my dorky self) I got up and started doing a little victory dance like Kuzco (from the emperor’s new groove.) doing the same dance as him and saying the same line, “Uh huh…uh huh… uh huh, uh huh, uh huh! WOO!” I was turning around and I opened my eyes to see Jaime staring at me and smiling. I immediately stopped and looked at him. “Oh, Ummm. How long have you been there?” I was turning bright red.
“Just long enough to see your entire Kuzco dance thingamajig.”
“Oh, well what’s up?” I asked acting as if I wasn’t embarrassed as all hell.
“I just forgot something.” He walked back to the bunks and grabbed something. As he walked towards the door, he turned back to look at me “you get cuter and cuter every time I see you. But I guess I’ll see you later?” I smiled and kissed him on the cheek, “I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
“Ok, bye Hun.” And he walked out.
After making sure no one was coming back I went and picked up the McDonalds bag that mike threw at me. It had a couple of mcdoubles and a lot of fries in it. I think I inhaled it; I was starving!
After I finished eating I went and took a quick shower and blew dry my hair. I found the makeup that Jaime was talking about. There was no way I was not taking all of it home, it was all salon brands. I have always wanted makeup like this!
After gawking at it, I did my makeup. I had a thin layer of foundation, Smokey eye, a thin line of liquid eyeliner on the top, and lip-gloss. “Ok, now it’s time for the hair.”
I talk to myself a lot while getting ready for something, I’ve come to realize. I started looking through the drawers and cupboards looking for a straightener, “come on, they have to have one somewhere.” I opened the bottom drawer and found one. “Ah-ha!” I plugged it in and went to find where I put my dress. I found the bag and laid out my dress on the couch, returning to the bathroom the straightener was hot. I put my hair in layers and curled it. Once I was done with that I went to the lounge to put my dress on. I didn’t really mind stripping in the middle of the bus; I mean no one was here except for me. I got my dress and air walks on. Before I left I looked in the mirror, “Huh, I look pretty good.”
I looked down at my legs, a lot of my scars were showing, “I hope they don’t notice.” I didn’t really care much about my scars after I stared for a few minutes; I was not going to let those memories ruin tonight. It was too perfect, but thank god Jaime had a razor in the shower. I would’ve died if I couldn’t have shaved my legs. After one last glance at myself; I grabbed my wallet and ipod and walked out of the bus and in to the venue.
As I walked in, I followed the wall like Jaime said. As I got closer I could hear the crowds chanting become louder and louder. But something caught my attention; I heard Casey, or at least what I think is Casey, and mike talking in a room off to the side. I didn’t want to snoop, but my curiosity got the best of me. I put my ear to the door to listen in.
The Casey spoke up first. “What are you going to do about the girl? You know damn well she’s not suppose to be here!”
“Yeah, I know. I just wanted to help her she’s leaving to-“ mike said defending himself.
“Damn right she’s leaving! What happens when you get attached to her, huh?! Your career can be ruined by girls like her!”
“Calm down! My career is fine! She’s not like that she-”
“Oh my god! You’re falling for her!”
“No I’m not!”
“Oh, really? Prove it!”
“How?! What am I suppose to do, throw her out of the street over 700 miles away from her home?!”
“If that’s what it takes.”
“Calm down, Casey. She’s just a fan, she doesn’t mean anything!”
“Fine, but her ass better be outta here tomorrow morning. Period.”
I pulled my ear away from the door and stood in place for a moment, was it really that bad of a thing for me to be here? And why was Casey being so hostile? Whenever I talked to him in the past he was always so nice, and gentile. I guess I better get outta here before they come out and see me. I could feel the tears starting to brim my eyes, I quickly blinked them away and started following the wall like Jaime said. Soon I heard the crowds chanting become louder and louder, once I heard that, I truly felt at home. When I got to the side of the stage, I stood there watching the crowd still filtering in from outside. I felt someone’s arms wrap around my waist, it kinda freaked me out until I turned around and saw that it was Jaime, “oh, hey Hun.” I smiled kissing his nose.
He laughed, “Wow, you look beautiful!” his mouth hung open. I put my hand under his chin closing his mouth “what? Are you saying that I wasn’t earlier?” I teased him.
“No, uh. I meant. Shit!” he looked flustered, I just laughed at him, “Hun, it’s fine. I know what you meant.”
“Ok, good.” He paused, “Well we still have 4 more sets and then we go on. We’re last.”
“Ok, what bands are they?”
“There’s all time low, you me at six, mayday parade, and of mice and men.”
“Ooohhhhh!!! I love them! Can we watch them pppllleeeeaaasssseeeee!!!!!!” I referred to OM&M.
He laughed at how much of a little kid I was being. “I guess we can. But only because they are playing right before us.”
“Ok.” I smiled. We walked back to the green room where the rest of the guys were.
“Hey guys!” I chirped when we walked through the door.
“Hey, Em.” Tony and Vic said in unison. Mike wasn’t really paying attention; he had his headphones in. I guess that was a good thing, I don’t really want to talk to him anyways, after what I just heard. But if he talks to me, I’ll just act as if I never heard it. I don’t want it to ruin the mood for anyone else.
Jaime and I were still holding hands and were standing pretty close to each other. Tony looked at us, “Well, well. What happened while we were gone?” he smiled
I smiled back, “Oh, nothing.”
“Oh, quite the opposite actually.” Mike said taking out his headphones and raising an eyebrow. Jaime laughed at him, “Oh, mike. You’re just jealous that she likes me and not you.”
Here we go… I rolled my eyes and thought to myself.
“Egh, not really. She already knows what she’s missin’ out on.” Mike said in an ‘as a matter of fact’ tone.
“Oh, Mike.” I scoffed
“You know you can’t handle all this goodness.” He laughed
“Oh, you mean that little tictac?” I said sweetly and batted my eyelashes.
He didn’t know what to say, he just stumbled over his words. “Yeah… well… Jaime’s not much better!” he smiled thinking he won.
“And you should know…? I’ll take my chances.”
Jaime looked at me with confusion and excitement, “Wait what?!” I went to talk and then I felt something coming up my throat, “oh god, I’m gonna be sick.” I ran to the bathroom slamming the door. Yeah, I threw up. It was really gross, I turned on the sink hoping that it made it so the guys couldn’t hear me.
When I was done I flushed the toilet and rinsed out my mouth with some water, wishing that there were some mouthwash. Before I opened the door I quickly pulled out a stick of mint gum from my wallet. When I opened the door all the guys looked at me. “Are you ok?” Jaime walked over to me.
“Yeah, I’m fine. I must have just eaten too fast or something.”
Mike looked up at me from the couch laughing, “You’re probably pregnant.”
“Mike, that’s impossible. You have to have sex to get pregnant.”
“Well ya know, you and Jaime were getting pretty hot’n’heavy at the bus.”
“Yeah, but we didn’t have sex mike. I wouldn’t be here in this spot right now if we did. Plus it doesn’t work that fast.”
“Wait why wouldn’t yo-” he got cut off by Jaime, “Mike, it’s personal. Don’t go prying.”
“Yeah, whatever.” Mike smirked and put his headphones in again and started drumming on a practice pad that was on his lap.
“Don’t mind him, he’s just trying to get ‘in the zone’.” Vic laughed
“Oh, okay.” I said sarcastically.
“Well, do you want to go and watch some bands?” Jaime asked as he put his hand on the small of my back.
“Sure, why not.” We walked out of the greenroom to side stage. We watched all time low and you me at six. Jaime said that he had to go and warm up for a little bit so we went back and hung out at the green room for mayday parade’s set. After a while Casey opened the door, when I saw him a smile didn’t come on my face like it normally would’ve. “Okay guys, get ready you’re up next.” He left and I looked at Jaime, “that means of mice and men is up.” Jaime looked at me and sighed, “Ok, let’s go.” I jumped up excitedly as he took my hand and led me to the side of the stage. OM&M were about to go on; all the guys went on stage except for Austin. I didn’t see him anywhere.

Notes

okay, here's the Casey drama and stuff that you asked about. (: i know that the drama part is pretty short, but i couldn't really think of anything to have them say. :p i know, i know i suck at writing drama too. haha and i was gonna wait for a couple more days before i updated, but i wanted to update today because of all the feedback I've been getting. (it may not seem like a lot to you guys, but it is a lot more than I've ever been use to..) and is it fluffy enough too? and the next chapter is better than this one, in my opinion. (: i might update again soon.. who knows...:p love you guys! and thanks for all the comments and votes and stuff. (: you're awesome!
<3/Emilio
p.s. let me know if i need to add more fluff to the future chapters or if this amount is fine for now. (:
p.s.s. PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY KUZCO!!! PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE!! I WILL BE VERY SAD IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT... okay.. end of the p.s.s.ing.. haha