Escape Route
You Want A Diamond Ring
So I find myself in the same position I was in 2 years ago when this all began. Two whole years man. You know how long that is? That's over 700 hundred days. Most of which I spent with my life spiralling out of control and fucked up. Yeah I know, things got a little too much to handle but you know what, I left that all behind that day in England. Y'a see everything got just a little two hard to deal with being in that bus with a years worth of heartache and pain so I had to get out, it was literally dragging me down. So I done the best thing possible and got out. It definitely did me good.
I would say a lot has happened since then but really, it hasn't. I took that year out of working with Paramore. We all began to feel I needed it. When everyone else got back to the States we discussed taking a year out, which in turn was the best decision we ever made. I moved into a small apartment in LA to be on my own. I done a lot of writing, more than I have ever done in a one year period. We haven't done any shows since I came home to America. Fans were sad but y'know respected the stuff I went through. The media were all over us, bullshit stories mostly but we set it straight. Especially Vic, he made sure everyone knew how it was and didn't explain to much detail in the process.
Speaking of him. I didn't hear much from the guys in the last year. Vic tried to contact me a lot but I ignored it. He would phone at least 3 times a day and text a lot too. Eventually that dwindled down into nothing. Mike still talked to me a lot and so did Tony but it was just general catching up. They hid it from Vic because of his reactions.
Which brings us to here, right now. Me, waiting on the guys so we can go and play Warped 15. Since it was the 20th year of Warped, there was a large plot twist. Meaning no one knew which bands were playing. It was a risky move but it worked out for the managers. The bands ourselves didn't know any other band playing, we would find out today as we have a gathering in our first venue. Suddenly a bus pulled up infront of me and I smiled, the familiar feeling of excitement surged through my body. I stood up and picked up my bags. Jeremy and Taylor walked off the bus and smiled.
"Hey guys" I smiled. They pulled me in for hugs and I laughed. "I missed you too" I mumbled into their chests. It had only been a week since we last had a band practice but still, before we began practicing we didn't see each other for nearly a year.
"We ready for this?" Jeremy said as Taylor took my bags off me. I nodded and then walked onto the bus. Man I missed this.
"I call this bunk" I said and ran to the bunk I ususally took. They laughed at me and shoved me into the bunk. "Guys" I giggled. They closed the curtain and walked away.
The bus began to move which indicated we were on our way to the venue. As far as I'm aware it's just under 10 minutes away from here. I climbed out of my bunk and walked into the lounge area.
"What's up pup?" Jeremy said tearing his eyes from the TV. I laughed at the fact he was already watching TV and we were only back on the bus for less than five minutes.
"Not much man. I'm excited" I smiled.
"Me too, apparently the bands were chosen by fans last year" Taylor told us.
"Sweet, we weren't even there last year and got picked" I laughed and fist pumped. After watching an episode of Spongebob we were finally there. Justin and Ilan were already inside and kept us a seat, they weren't telling us who was there though.
We jumped out of the bus and almost sprinted into the building, we seen signs telling us where to go. I seen a pair of doors and we ran to them. It was fun being childish like this and running around. We got to the doors and pulled them open. The room inside was filled with people. My eyes scanned over the room and I seen many faces; Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleeping With Sirens, Panic! At The Disco, You Me At Six. Suddenly I was tackled to the ground and when I looked to see who it was my eyes widened. Tony.
"Holy fucking shit Tony" I squealed. He stood up and pulled me up with him. Just in time for Jaime and Mike to both attack me with us. Which means Vic is here too. I scanned the room and seen hin looking my way, with a saddened look on his face.
"We have missed you so much Hayley" Mike smiled. "Come sit with us, we kept you guys a seat since Ilan and Justin showed up" Mike dragged me over to the table.
I think they were trying to keep me as far away from Vic as possible which sadly means I ended up accross from him, meaning he was staring right at me. I won't deny, he looks amazing right now but I gotta stay off that path.
One more band walked in and my heart jumped when I seen the blonde hair. "JENNA!" I screamed and stood up. Her eyes lit up and she walked over to me. We hugged tightly and the rest of Tonight Alive pulled chairs over. "I've missed you my Australian beauty" I grinned.
"I've missed you too my Tennessee hotty" She laughed. Tony pulled her onto his knee.
"I'm glad you guys are here" He smiled and kissed her on the cheek.
"Holy shit, stop being so cute" I giggled. Tony stuck his tongue out at me and I shoved him playfully.
An important guy walked into the room and stood at the front. "Hello bands, I'm Kevin Lyman. The creator of Warped Tour. So this is the 20th year of Warped, I'm insanely excited about this tour guys. If it weren't for you guys this tour would not be what it is" He smiled pointing at everyone. "So no one knows which bands are playing until tomorrow, when the first day of shows begin then the cat is out of the bag" He laughed. "We done a sort of, poll last year at Warped and asked for over the year, who were peoples favourite bands and you guys are it. So enjoy it and have fun! Make it a tour to remember okay. Thanks for co-operating and making this happen" He finsished. Everyone began clapping and he went around talking to whoever approached him.
I stood up and the rest of the table followed suit. I walked over to Mike and jumped on his back. He gave me a piggyback ride outside and then threw me down onto the grass. I giggled at out childishness and it felt like the old times. Mike sat down next to me and gave me a hug. "I've missed ya" He smiled.
"I missed me too" I joked. He shoved me and laughed. "I'm kidden yo! I missed ya too Mikey" I giggled. I tackled him with hugs.
"So yeah. How are you now?" He asked. I stopped laughing and smiled.
"Honestly, I'm me again. I needed away from all the drama y'know? All my problems were becoming yours too so I needed the time to myself and it paid off" I smiled.
"I'm glad" He nudged me. I began to pick at the grass underneath me. "So uh, Vic has a girlfriend" He said looking off into the distance.
"Nice, good for him" I said, emotionlessly. A small pang of jealousy hit me then I remembered that I walked away from him.
"When I say girlfriend I mean, fiancé" He mumbled. I raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Oh well, that's good for him y'know" I smiled as much as I could.
"You haven't met her. . but you will tonight. We are having a mexican themed party... you gotta dress up" He smiled.
"Ooh I love dressing up" I grinned.
"We I'll inform the boys and we shall dress up for y'all Mexican boys" I said standing up and wiping my hands on my jeans. I held my hand out for him to help him. He stood up and we walked back to the buses. Mike went to his and I went to mine.
At the party.
So I found the moustache that Vic gave me that first day I hung out with him on Warped two years ago in the bottom on my case. We got some ponchos and a bottle of tequila. We climbed onto the bus and it was packed. Tony and Jenna were talking in the corner and Jack Barakat pulled me in for a hug.
"Hey dude!" I shouted into his ear.
"Yo, little Williams... let's do shots" I nodded and we done five shots of tequila.
"Well this is just like old times. I've missed you man" I giggled. He put his arm around my shoulder and laughed.
"Hell yeah, I am excited for this tour. When we seen you come into the room earlier I almost fangirled" He laughed. It was so cute.
"Yeah it has been nearly two years Jack!" I pouted. Tony joined us and we done more shots.
"Hayley, can you get the other bottle of tequila. It's in the fridge" Tony told me. I nodded and stumbled through the people.
I got into the kitchen and seen a girl standing at the fridge. She had long blonde hair and the shortest dress I ever did see. She didn't have anything Mexican on so I guess she didn't get the memo. She noticed me a grinned. "You're Hayley Williams. OH. MY. GOD" She squealed. One of those girls. "I loved that song you done for the Twilight soundtrack. It was amazing" She gushed.
"Thanks" I smiled polietly.
"Where are my manners. I'm Lisa. Vics fiancé" She said proudly. "It's nice to be around another girl for the first time on this tour. I haven't ever been to Warped Tour before because I don't like that kinda music so having a girl to do girly things with will be great" She spoke in a whiney high pitched voice. Yeah will I fuck be hanging with you.
"Yeah, great fun" I smiled. I walked to the fridge and pulled out the tequila.
"So you know Vic?" She asked.
"Yep" I said popping the p.
"He's the greatest isn't he? I love him so much. I guess that's why he asked me to marry him. Look at how beautiful my ring is" She held her hand infront of my face. The ring caught my eye and I realised. It was the same ring her gave me, man is he cheap.
"Beautiful" I laughed. She nodded proudly and looked behind me.
"Vicky" She squealed and walked around me. I turned to see her throw herself into Vics arms. I leaned on the counter and smiled. "I was just showing Hayley here my engagement ring, being girly and stuff. We're gonna be great friends" She gushed on. Vic looked at me and he had a hard look on his face. I just grinned at him as if it was the most amusing thing in the world.
"Yeah, can I have a moment alone with Hayley?" He asked. Lisa nodded and left.
"So... that's the new fiancé then huh?" I smiled. His eyes looked hollow and shattered. He nodded and walked further into the kitchen. "She seems... fun" I said with a laugh.
"What the hell do you want from me?" He snapped. I raised an eyebrow.
"Whoa, hold up there. I didn't say anything bad, she does seem fun" I smiled innocently. He rolled his eyes at me.
"Yeah. Of course" He muttered.
"What... you think I'm jealous? Of her?" I said pointing towards the door. He looked up at me and nodded slightly. I began laughing really hard. I walked right up to him and looked as serious as I could. "I could bet I am better at absolutely everything than her and you know it" I whispered looking up and down his face. I leaned into his lips and it looked as though he was leaning in too. I pulled back and laughed. "That just proves my point" I grinned and grabbed the tequila.
I left the kitchen and found Jack and Tony again. "Finally" Tony cheered.
"Sorry, I was too busy meeting the Lisa" I winked. Tony 'oohed' and Jack patted my shoulder. "Don't worry about it... she is not a problem to me" I laughed.
"Jenna really doesn't like her so you have that to talk about to with her" Tony laughed.
"Jenna doesn't like who?" Jenna chimed in.
"Lisa" Tony said.
"Oh that bitch... yeah, don't worry. She won't last" Jenna laughed.
"They're engaged... the best part is that he gave her my ring... shows how cheap and used he must see her" I laughed.
"Yeah, what a whore" Jack said in a girly voice. We all rolled our eyes and continued to get drunk and have fun... the old me was back... finally.
I would say a lot has happened since then but really, it hasn't. I took that year out of working with Paramore. We all began to feel I needed it. When everyone else got back to the States we discussed taking a year out, which in turn was the best decision we ever made. I moved into a small apartment in LA to be on my own. I done a lot of writing, more than I have ever done in a one year period. We haven't done any shows since I came home to America. Fans were sad but y'know respected the stuff I went through. The media were all over us, bullshit stories mostly but we set it straight. Especially Vic, he made sure everyone knew how it was and didn't explain to much detail in the process.
Speaking of him. I didn't hear much from the guys in the last year. Vic tried to contact me a lot but I ignored it. He would phone at least 3 times a day and text a lot too. Eventually that dwindled down into nothing. Mike still talked to me a lot and so did Tony but it was just general catching up. They hid it from Vic because of his reactions.
Which brings us to here, right now. Me, waiting on the guys so we can go and play Warped 15. Since it was the 20th year of Warped, there was a large plot twist. Meaning no one knew which bands were playing. It was a risky move but it worked out for the managers. The bands ourselves didn't know any other band playing, we would find out today as we have a gathering in our first venue. Suddenly a bus pulled up infront of me and I smiled, the familiar feeling of excitement surged through my body. I stood up and picked up my bags. Jeremy and Taylor walked off the bus and smiled.
"Hey guys" I smiled. They pulled me in for hugs and I laughed. "I missed you too" I mumbled into their chests. It had only been a week since we last had a band practice but still, before we began practicing we didn't see each other for nearly a year.
"We ready for this?" Jeremy said as Taylor took my bags off me. I nodded and then walked onto the bus. Man I missed this.
"I call this bunk" I said and ran to the bunk I ususally took. They laughed at me and shoved me into the bunk. "Guys" I giggled. They closed the curtain and walked away.
The bus began to move which indicated we were on our way to the venue. As far as I'm aware it's just under 10 minutes away from here. I climbed out of my bunk and walked into the lounge area.
"What's up pup?" Jeremy said tearing his eyes from the TV. I laughed at the fact he was already watching TV and we were only back on the bus for less than five minutes.
"Not much man. I'm excited" I smiled.
"Me too, apparently the bands were chosen by fans last year" Taylor told us.
"Sweet, we weren't even there last year and got picked" I laughed and fist pumped. After watching an episode of Spongebob we were finally there. Justin and Ilan were already inside and kept us a seat, they weren't telling us who was there though.
We jumped out of the bus and almost sprinted into the building, we seen signs telling us where to go. I seen a pair of doors and we ran to them. It was fun being childish like this and running around. We got to the doors and pulled them open. The room inside was filled with people. My eyes scanned over the room and I seen many faces; Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleeping With Sirens, Panic! At The Disco, You Me At Six. Suddenly I was tackled to the ground and when I looked to see who it was my eyes widened. Tony.
"Holy fucking shit Tony" I squealed. He stood up and pulled me up with him. Just in time for Jaime and Mike to both attack me with us. Which means Vic is here too. I scanned the room and seen hin looking my way, with a saddened look on his face.
"We have missed you so much Hayley" Mike smiled. "Come sit with us, we kept you guys a seat since Ilan and Justin showed up" Mike dragged me over to the table.
I think they were trying to keep me as far away from Vic as possible which sadly means I ended up accross from him, meaning he was staring right at me. I won't deny, he looks amazing right now but I gotta stay off that path.
One more band walked in and my heart jumped when I seen the blonde hair. "JENNA!" I screamed and stood up. Her eyes lit up and she walked over to me. We hugged tightly and the rest of Tonight Alive pulled chairs over. "I've missed you my Australian beauty" I grinned.
"I've missed you too my Tennessee hotty" She laughed. Tony pulled her onto his knee.
"I'm glad you guys are here" He smiled and kissed her on the cheek.
"Holy shit, stop being so cute" I giggled. Tony stuck his tongue out at me and I shoved him playfully.
An important guy walked into the room and stood at the front. "Hello bands, I'm Kevin Lyman. The creator of Warped Tour. So this is the 20th year of Warped, I'm insanely excited about this tour guys. If it weren't for you guys this tour would not be what it is" He smiled pointing at everyone. "So no one knows which bands are playing until tomorrow, when the first day of shows begin then the cat is out of the bag" He laughed. "We done a sort of, poll last year at Warped and asked for over the year, who were peoples favourite bands and you guys are it. So enjoy it and have fun! Make it a tour to remember okay. Thanks for co-operating and making this happen" He finsished. Everyone began clapping and he went around talking to whoever approached him.
I stood up and the rest of the table followed suit. I walked over to Mike and jumped on his back. He gave me a piggyback ride outside and then threw me down onto the grass. I giggled at out childishness and it felt like the old times. Mike sat down next to me and gave me a hug. "I've missed ya" He smiled.
"I missed me too" I joked. He shoved me and laughed. "I'm kidden yo! I missed ya too Mikey" I giggled. I tackled him with hugs.
"So yeah. How are you now?" He asked. I stopped laughing and smiled.
"Honestly, I'm me again. I needed away from all the drama y'know? All my problems were becoming yours too so I needed the time to myself and it paid off" I smiled.
"I'm glad" He nudged me. I began to pick at the grass underneath me. "So uh, Vic has a girlfriend" He said looking off into the distance.
"Nice, good for him" I said, emotionlessly. A small pang of jealousy hit me then I remembered that I walked away from him.
"When I say girlfriend I mean, fiancé" He mumbled. I raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Oh well, that's good for him y'know" I smiled as much as I could.
"You haven't met her. . but you will tonight. We are having a mexican themed party... you gotta dress up" He smiled.
"Ooh I love dressing up" I grinned.
"We I'll inform the boys and we shall dress up for y'all Mexican boys" I said standing up and wiping my hands on my jeans. I held my hand out for him to help him. He stood up and we walked back to the buses. Mike went to his and I went to mine.
At the party.
So I found the moustache that Vic gave me that first day I hung out with him on Warped two years ago in the bottom on my case. We got some ponchos and a bottle of tequila. We climbed onto the bus and it was packed. Tony and Jenna were talking in the corner and Jack Barakat pulled me in for a hug.
"Hey dude!" I shouted into his ear.
"Yo, little Williams... let's do shots" I nodded and we done five shots of tequila.
"Well this is just like old times. I've missed you man" I giggled. He put his arm around my shoulder and laughed.
"Hell yeah, I am excited for this tour. When we seen you come into the room earlier I almost fangirled" He laughed. It was so cute.
"Yeah it has been nearly two years Jack!" I pouted. Tony joined us and we done more shots.
"Hayley, can you get the other bottle of tequila. It's in the fridge" Tony told me. I nodded and stumbled through the people.
I got into the kitchen and seen a girl standing at the fridge. She had long blonde hair and the shortest dress I ever did see. She didn't have anything Mexican on so I guess she didn't get the memo. She noticed me a grinned. "You're Hayley Williams. OH. MY. GOD" She squealed. One of those girls. "I loved that song you done for the Twilight soundtrack. It was amazing" She gushed.
"Thanks" I smiled polietly.
"Where are my manners. I'm Lisa. Vics fiancé" She said proudly. "It's nice to be around another girl for the first time on this tour. I haven't ever been to Warped Tour before because I don't like that kinda music so having a girl to do girly things with will be great" She spoke in a whiney high pitched voice. Yeah will I fuck be hanging with you.
"Yeah, great fun" I smiled. I walked to the fridge and pulled out the tequila.
"So you know Vic?" She asked.
"Yep" I said popping the p.
"He's the greatest isn't he? I love him so much. I guess that's why he asked me to marry him. Look at how beautiful my ring is" She held her hand infront of my face. The ring caught my eye and I realised. It was the same ring her gave me, man is he cheap.
"Beautiful" I laughed. She nodded proudly and looked behind me.
"Vicky" She squealed and walked around me. I turned to see her throw herself into Vics arms. I leaned on the counter and smiled. "I was just showing Hayley here my engagement ring, being girly and stuff. We're gonna be great friends" She gushed on. Vic looked at me and he had a hard look on his face. I just grinned at him as if it was the most amusing thing in the world.
"Yeah, can I have a moment alone with Hayley?" He asked. Lisa nodded and left.
"So... that's the new fiancé then huh?" I smiled. His eyes looked hollow and shattered. He nodded and walked further into the kitchen. "She seems... fun" I said with a laugh.
"What the hell do you want from me?" He snapped. I raised an eyebrow.
"Whoa, hold up there. I didn't say anything bad, she does seem fun" I smiled innocently. He rolled his eyes at me.
"Yeah. Of course" He muttered.
"What... you think I'm jealous? Of her?" I said pointing towards the door. He looked up at me and nodded slightly. I began laughing really hard. I walked right up to him and looked as serious as I could. "I could bet I am better at absolutely everything than her and you know it" I whispered looking up and down his face. I leaned into his lips and it looked as though he was leaning in too. I pulled back and laughed. "That just proves my point" I grinned and grabbed the tequila.
I left the kitchen and found Jack and Tony again. "Finally" Tony cheered.
"Sorry, I was too busy meeting the Lisa" I winked. Tony 'oohed' and Jack patted my shoulder. "Don't worry about it... she is not a problem to me" I laughed.
"Jenna really doesn't like her so you have that to talk about to with her" Tony laughed.
"Jenna doesn't like who?" Jenna chimed in.
"Lisa" Tony said.
"Oh that bitch... yeah, don't worry. She won't last" Jenna laughed.
"They're engaged... the best part is that he gave her my ring... shows how cheap and used he must see her" I laughed.
"Yeah, what a whore" Jack said in a girly voice. We all rolled our eyes and continued to get drunk and have fun... the old me was back... finally.
10/22/13