"He what?!" Vic demanded, clenching his fists.

"The text said, 'I can't deal with you guys anymore, I quit.'" Jaime said, biting his lip.

"Tell him if he's serious, he needs to get his ass over here and say it to our faces," Tony said, clenching his entire body.

I started rubbing his back in an attempt to calm him down, but he was just so angry.

"Done," Jaime said, looking up from his phone.

"What are we going to do?!" Vic exclaimed, "We leave for tour the day the album drops, that's in 2 months! If we have to replace him, we'll only have like a week to pick someone so they can learn the songs in time!"

"I can ask Tino if he'd be willing to fill in so you guys can go on tour," Austin suggested, "That would give you time to find a good enough replacement..."

"Austin I can't ask him to do that!" Vic exclaimed, "Not to mention we leave for South East Asia like 2 weeks after we get back..."

Austin bit his lip, obvious to the fact that his plan won't work, "Anyone here know any good drummers? Between all four bands here, someone has to know someone..."

Tony sighed and shook his head, "We're screwed. We're gonna have to postpone tour, and that'll fuck up our entire schedule..."

"Mike, do you still play?" Jenna asked, raising her eyebrows.

"I- Uh, not a seriously as I used too," I stuttered, "But yeah..."

To be honest, the prospect of replacing Matt, even for just one tour, scared me shitless. I mean, they have a huge following now, what if their fans don't like me... I know how fangirls are, once they get attached, they don't let go at all. Not to mention Tony and I are just getting things completely sorted out, and I doubt living in a tour bus together would help us at all...

"I'm officially the biggest idiot in the entire world," Tony exclaimed, "Your drums are sitting in my spare room and it didn't even cross my mind..."

"Will you do it Mike?" Vic pleaded, his eyes wide.

"Hold your horses guys!" I exclaimed, "First of all, we don't even know if he's for real quitting. And second of all, I'm probably not good enough for you guys!"

"Oh shut up," Jaime said, "Ever since I've known you, you've been the best drummer I've ever known. Even if you're a bit rusty, I'm sure once you get back into it you'll be fine."

I bit my lip and looked down, "I don't know Hime, it's been awhile since I really went at it..."

"You said you had your set here," Vic said, "So play for us."

"I uh, it just came yesterday so I'd have to put them together..."

"Go do it!"

I bit my lip. Tony must have noticed my uncomfortableness because he came up next to me and patted my thigh, "I believe in you babe."

I gave him a small smile before nodding and saying, "I guess I'll be in the other room if you need me..."

~*POV Vic*~

I smiled at Mike as he left the room, since when has he been so insecure about his playing. Even when he was going through all that shit the last time we saw him, his drumming was the only thing he was secure about.

"What's up with him being so insecure?" Jaime asked, reading my mind, as usual.

Austin sighed, "Maybe he's nervous because of all the people that like you guys. I mean, that's a lot of people to play for for a first tour."

There was a knock on the door, interrupting our conversation, "Tone, Hime, it's probably him," I said, "Let's go."

They both stood up to follow me into the other room, Jaime taking my hand for support. When we opened the door, it was exactly who I thought it would be, Matt. Except, he didn't look good. His skin was paler than usual and his eyes were red and puffy, like he'd been crying.

"Matt what happened?" Tony said, rushing to the younger boy's side. Tony's always the first one to comfort in anyone's time of need.

"Don't worry about it Perry," Matt snapped, causing Tony to back up, holding his hands up, "Vic can I talk to you alone?"

Jaime looked at me and raised an eyebrow. I sighed and nodded, stepping outside with Matt, closing the door behind me.

"What's going on dude?" I questioned, "You've been a total asshole for the past six months. You ditch our wedding, which you were in. And now you send Jaime a fucking text saying you're quitting? I don't get it!"

"I just can't take it Vic," he whispered, "It's tearing me apart..."

"What is?" I demanded, "Maybe I can help you!"

He laughed bitterly, "That is not a good idea Vic."

"Why not?" I yelled, he was really starting to piss me off.

"I don't know how to say this," he mumbled, "Can I just try something?"

"Sure, whatever!" I exclaimed, waiting for him to do what he needed to do.

We stood there in awkward silence for a few moments before he took a deep breath and started moving closer to me. I raised an eyebrow at him as to say, 'what are you doing?' but it doesn't look like he noticed. He just kept moving closer, to the point where I was starting to get uncomfortable. It took me a moment to realize what he was going to do, he was going to kiss me. I awkwardly moved my head so that he caught my cheek instead of my lips, only Jaime is allowed to kiss me.

"What was that?!" I yelled, really mad and confused as to why he would try such a thing, I'm married and he's straight.

"God dammit it Vic!" he cried, "It's you, I can't stand seeing you and Jaime together, it kills me! I'm so in love with you, and I always have been!"

"Matt no," I said coldly, "Why are you even telling me this? Did you think it would make me end things with Jaime?! Because that's never happening!"

"I know," he said sadly, "I just had to get it off of my chest. I decided why not do it since I'm already quitting?"

I sighed, shaking my head. I didn't say anything though, I have nothing to say.

"Why him though?" he whispered, "Why not me?"

"I fell in love with Jaime like you fall asleep, slowly and then all at once. Like one day I woke up and I just knew, this is the guy I want to spend the rest of my life with. There are so many reasons as to why, it would take all night for me to list even half of them. I'm in love with not only the big things, but the little ones too. All of the things unique to him that makes him Jaime," I said, smiling to myself, "Not to mention we were already together when I met you..."

"But do you think we would've had a chance if you had met me first?" he asked, biting his lip, "Like maybe the rolls would be reversed? You'd be married to me and Jaime would be the one confessing his love far too late?"

"Honestly Matt?" I said, without hesitating, "Even if we had met first and dated even, I know for a fact I would've ended up with Jaime. We're meant to be together, that's the one thing I'm sure of 100%."

He nodded, "Well, I guess I should go now, good luck with the band and with your marriage," he said sadly.

"You don't have to quit Matt," I said, "You'll always be one of my best friends, no matter how you feel about me."

"But I do Vic," he said quietly, "I can't stand seeing you happy with someone else. Not to mention I know you're going to tell Jaime, and he's going to be pissed."

"Well, um, keep in touch?" I asked.

"Maybe," he said, with a small smile before walking away.

I took a deep breath before opening the door into the house. Tony and Jaime were standing right next to the door. Tony was just kind of standing there, and Jaime looked like he was going to start crying.

"Baby what's wrong?" I said, pulling him into my arms.

"Um, we were kind of eavesdropping," Tony said, biting his lip.

"I love you so much Vic!" Jaime said, burying his head into my neck, "Did you mean what you said?"

"Every word," I said confidently.

If possible, he tightened his grip on me, "I thought you were going to let him kiss you," he whispered, "In that moment I saw so many bad outcomes, like you choosing him over me, I don't know what I'd do! Just never leave me!"

"It's ok, calm down," I said gently, "I'm never going to leave you because I can't live without you. And the only reason I didn't move sooner is because I wasn't expecting it, so it took me a few seconds to comprehend what was happening..."

Jaime lifted his head off of my shoulder and crashed his lips onto mine, pulling me closer to him. I felt the skin around my lips explode with passion as I cupped his face with my hands. Just as his tongue entered my mouth, someone cleared their throat.

I awkwardly jumped off of Jaime to see Tony standing in front of us, shaking his head, "Geez guys, didn't get enough on your honeymoon?"

Both Jaime and I laughed as Mike was walking into the room.

"Let's fucking go!" Mike exclaimed happily, unaware of the emotional scene he barely avoided walking in on.

Notes

Well that happened. I really like everything Vic says this chapter, I really like Vic in general... (But hurray for Fault In Our Stars reference!)

So, I have a proposition for you all. For my next piece, I really, really want to write a Jalex. I've been obsessed with that pairing lately and I want to write it. So, I'm moving to Wattpad, haven't decided whether it'll be permanent or not... Once this stories done, I'll post an author's note talking more about what I'm doing...

So today in Spanish we were speaking, and the word I had to say was 'Activa' and I pronounced it as "activia" like the yogurt... I'm a loser.

Title Cred: P!nk