Izzy

Subconsciously I traced the rim of the bottle of Jack Daniels I held so dearly in my hands, my black nails scraping the sticky label off the bottle in frustration. Who decided my life had to turn into his huge pile of shit, huh?

I hadn't done anything wrong at all, I obeyed my mum and dad's every harsh command. Studied my ass off to get the grades to keep my parents satisfied, but at the same time enough to get me the furtherest away from them as possible.

How did life repay me, well it repaid me in the worst possible way...it took away everyone I loved. Last of all my nan, I adored my nan more than anything else on this entire planet. She was the only person who understood the real me, well her and Tony from when I was a teenager...but none of them mattered anymore.

Slumping my head down on the bar, my blue hair cascaded around me blocking everyone and everything out. That's how I liked it. Swirling my glass around the bar table in mindless patterns, my creativity was disturbed by a firm tap on my shoulder. Lifting my head up, which seemed a lot harder and heavier with the amount of Whisky coursing through my veins.

"Oh leave it out will you TJ, I'm really not in the mood"

"YOUR not in the mood, how about me Izzy I'm so sick of this shit!" He screamed, his hands flying widely about the place.

"Sick of what TJ, it's not like you care"

"I do fucking care, I understand you're hurting. I do, but you can't go fucking running away from you problems and turning to drink. I'm fed up with picking up your fucking mess!" He ran his hands through his black spiked hair in desperation, his eyes watering immediately.

"It's not like I've got anything left to live for at the moment, everyone I love has left me"

"Do I not matter Iz, I love you...you're my best and only fucking friend"

Before I could reply TJ had walked off towards the merch stand, he was a hoarder. It was pretty much an OCD he had developed, it was like his own personal scrapbook; except TJ's was full of gig tickets, merch, camera passes and photographs.

"Ah shit -"

"You want me to take that off you?"

The bartender asked pointing to the half bottle of Jack Daniels laying before me, part of me wanted to scream at him no. However I know my Nan would be disappointed if she saw me here like this, she'd want me to be enjoying myself....not losing the only true friendship I had left. Plus my Nan loved TJ, she'd hate to see us like this.

Slipping off the barstool with no real effort at all, I spotted TJ out in the crowd. He wasn't really difficult to spot, he was about 6,2 with a muscular build so he made himself easily identifiable for me. Pushing through the now sparing crowd of people, I tapped my index finger on his shoulder. His smile faded the instant he spun around.

"What Isabelle"

"I'm sorry" I answered before warm tears started trickling down my cheeks, smudging my eye-liner in the process.

TJ sighed inwardly before I felt his protective arms wrap around me, the warmth of his chest calming me down almost as my tears sticked to his shirt. He ran his hands through my blue hair as I broke down, the realisation hitting me like a ton of bricks.

"It's fine Iz, I'll forget about it if you do"

"Deal"

I smiled before pulling away from the embrace and rubbing away the remaining tears, lightly I punched TJ in the arm before joining him in the line for the merch queue.


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"Izzy please hurry the fuck up, I'm fucking hungry and I want food!" Tony shouted from my bedroom, I straightened out the brand new black dress I had bought and admired myself in the bathroom mirror...not too bad.

"How do I look?"

Stepping out of the bathroom I watched animatedly as Tony's mouth dropped open like a goldfish, opening and closing a few times before he cleared his throat to speak. Scratching the back of his head nervously, he attempted to advert his dark chocolate eyes anywhere else except at me.

"You...urm, you I mean, you...urgh look great"

"Thanks Turtle!" I beamed before I ran over and bent down to kiss him on the cheek.

We were getting ready for my 16th birthday, my parents had arranged a meal for me. All my family were going to be there along with Tony, his family and a few friends I managed to convince my parents to let me invite.

Running my hands through my purple hair one last time, I quickly touched up my red lipstick and laced my fingers with Tony's. His head jerked up at the sudden interaction but he grasped my hand in his tightly before we walked downstairs to meet my parents. Of course they had to be embarrassing a take loads of photos, suddenly however we were interrupted by the front doorbell going.

"I'll get it!" Tony shouted, he ran over to our front door and opened it up to reveal Max.

"Hey man"

They greeted one another with a secret handshake and they both returned to where everyone else was gathered. They were dressed pretty much similar, Max had on dark blue skinnies, chequered shirt and a grey beanie; while Tony had black skinnies, a nirvana shirt and a snap-back, which to my amusement his mum had pleaded with him to take off for four hours straight.

We all left off in different cars to go to the restaurant, Tony had told me I could have my present after the meal. Which to be honest I was annoyed about, he always got me the best presents and I always opened his first every year since I was 14.

At the meal I sat in between Max and Tony, desperately trying the whole time not to blush. I had a crush on Max since I was 15, he had gorgeous blue eyes, dirty blonde hair that swept over his face and he was the guy every girl in my year wanted to be with. If it wasn't for Tony making friends with him in maths over skateboarding, I wouldn't be sitting here with him now.

At the end of the meal we all hung back, my parents went to pay the bill and me,Tony and Max were chilling on the swings outside in the little play park. Tony watched aimlessly as his feet swung beneath him, while I kept my crystal blue eyes trained on the stars in the now descending night sky. Out of nowhere my thoughts were interrupted by the familiar voice of Max.

"Oh I forgot do you want your present now?"

"You got me a present?" I asked adding slight emphasis of the me part, this was Max hottest guy in school and he had got ME a present.

"Yeah"

"Oh okay then yeah go on"

I replied pulling my purple hair to one side, so it rested just over my one shoulder. Max grabbed my hand in his, I swear my heart was literally skipping beats so bad it hurt, stay cool Izzy!

Tony noticed this and his head snapped from watching his beaten old Vans, his dark brown eyes now glaring at Max, for what I couldn't work out why. Studying Tony carefully I completely disregarded the fact Max was still speaking, Tony was my best friend and even his facial expression now was one I hadn't witnessed before.

"I really like you Izzy will you be my girlfriend?"

My head snapped around immediately as I heard Tony sigh besides me, what the fuck is his problem. Before I could even get my head around anything at that moment, words just came blurting out of my mouth before I could even think everything through.

"Yes I will Max"
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TJ walked up to the merch stall as our turn had come, he pointed up at a Bring Me The Horizon jacket and a Pierce The Veil vest top, the merch guy picked up all the right sizes before handing them to TJ and accepting the cash. He noticed our cameras and stuffed the money quickly back in his jeans pocket.

"Were you guys taking photos in front of the barrier tonight?"

TJ eyed me suspicious but answered the question for the both of us.

"Yeah we were why?"

"Hang on one minute don't move anywhere"

The guy disappeared quickly behind a curtain, only to reappear 10 minutes later with the lead singer of Pierce The Veil. He had dark brown eyes, a slight tan and brown hair that ran just to his shoulder, he was undeniably cute.

"Yes that's them!"

He shouted before patting the merch guy on the back and turning to a very confused TJ and me, he apologised before he introduced himself.

"Hi sorry if I frightened you, I'm Vic. It's just I noticed you taking some photos tonight and I caught a few on your screen at a quick glance, they looked awesome and I was hoping if you wouldn't mind showing me some dude if that's okay?"

His question was primarily aimed at TJ and that didn't surprise me, I wasn't up to scratch tonight for obvious reasons. TJ happily obliged and began to turn his camera on before Vic spoke up again.

"Ah dude they're so sick! I have to show the other guys. Do you want to follow me backstage because I'm sure the other guys will be pretty much wasted right about now to come out here, do you want to come and hang?"

TJ looked shell shocked, his jaw almost hitting the floor. He wasn't a big fan of Pierce The Veil, he just loved it when people acknowledged his work. Me on the other hand had heard a bit of Pierce The Veil, but only their songs. I didn't know all their names, except Vic of course, or where they came from or what all their ages, hobbies were etc.

"Yeah sure, but do you mind if my friend Izzy comes along?"

"Not at all the more the merrier right!"

TJ squeezed my hand before Vic let us behind the merch table and we followed him through the curtain and down a long corridor, one door stood along that corridor and as we neared it the noise behind grew to catastrophic levels.

Vic opened the door and I braced my self for chaos, instead the view I was faced with was pretty damn amusing.

"HIME GIVE ME BACK MY LUCKY HARRY POTTER TSHIRT OR I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD -"

"WHAT YOU GOING TO DO MIKE!? TAKE HOUSE POINTS OFF ME!"

Two guys I'm guessing Mike and Hime were standing on the table placed central in the room; Hime had one tattooed sleeve on his arm and thick spiky black hair, currently whirling a Harry Potter t-shirt above his head. Mike had tattoo's everywhere visible and his hair was brown, short on the sides and longer at the back.

Laughing at the scene I noticed amidst all that was going on between the two, sat another guy on the sofa, whose name I didn't yet know. He had black hair that was shaved on one side and longer on the other, a snap-back rested upon his head and his deep brown eyes were transfixed on the phone in his hand. He too was covered in tattoo's, his neck tattoo was the first to catch my eye.

"Hime give Mike back his fucking t-shirt!"

Hime pouted but launched the shirt at an angry Mike sulking on a chair in the corner, Hime come and stood next to Vic, his arms crossed against his chest like a five year old.

"No fair Vic, you always let him get his way because of the family card!"

"You'll get over it"

Vic spoke patting Hime on the head in a sarcastic fashion, Vic turned to look at me and TJ and then back to the guys.

"Guys this is TJ and...Isabelle right? They took some photos of us tonight and they look fucking sick you have to check these out"

Vic explained and suddenly Mike jumped up and joined us, all of us. Except the guy in the corner, he looked up when we were introduced, but he looked confused or conflicted as if something didn't make sense to him or something had triggered something off in him. He stayed glued to his spot on the sofa as the others made comments on TJ's photos, them comments seemed like background noise to me though, there was something about that guy.

"Tony aren't you coming to check them out?"

Tony, at the mention of that name a hundred memories hit me like a double decker bus. I know this guy can't be the Tony I knew, but still just the mention of the name sends me into a meltdown. A wave of dizziness hit me out of nowhere and I found the nearest chair to collapse into, Tony the guy sitting down, pocketed his phone and made his way over. He eyed me cautiously before he spoke for the first time to me directly.

"Hey are you okay?"

He asked full of sincerity, it was cute so I smiled at him to answer his question. He beamed an award winning smile back towards me before I spoke to reply to his question.

"Yeah sorry just had a few unexpected memories hit me out of nowhere"

"Ha I know that feeling all to well"

He replied before I stood up, regaining my composure and joining all of the guys to look through all the photos.

Notes

Hey guys!

Thought I'd update a little earlier seeing as I'm ill and have nothing else to do :)

Hope you all like it, you know what to do :3