Perfection Through Silence

Danny smiled slightly as he walked into the dark room and crept up the bed to lay down behind his sister, tattooed arms wrapping around her as he rested his chin on her shoulder. Taylah grumbled and buried her head further into the pillow and drew the blanket up over her head causing her brother to laugh.

“Come on, Tay, it’s time to get up. Tour starts today!”

“Don’t wanna,” she mumbled from beneath her cocoon.

“You don’t want to go on tour?” Danny asked as he shifted to rest his cheek against her shoulder.

The ginger shifted underneath him and moaned slightly. “They don’t need me, go and have fun, and let me sleep.”

“Dude. You’re the main photographer and our drum tech. I’d say you’re pre damn important and that we need you.”

Taylah shifted again, turning slightly and pulling the blanket down to reveal her sleep clouded eyes, “You think so?”

“I know so,” Danny replied and leaned over to kiss her cheek. “Now come on, babe, we need you up and dressed for when the bus gets here.” She groaned and rolled over completely, pressing her head into the junction of his shoulder.

“Where’d these two weeks go? I swear we were only getting of the plane yesterday.” Danny said nothing, just laughed. “What time is it, Dan?”

“5:30. I figured I’d get you up early so you had plenty of time to wake up before the bus gets here at 8.”

Taylah just groaned, her voice coming out muffled as she spoke. “I’ll get up on the condition you make me tea. And a toasted sandwich, maybe two.”

“Tea’s on the shelf waiting for you and the sandwiches are being toasted as we speak,” he replied, squeezing his arms around his sister before unwinding them. “Now come on, darlin’, we gotta get ready.”

Sighing tiredly, Taylah sat up and rubbed her eyes, pushing her long hair out of her face and ignored Danny’s look of amusement at the sight of her fringe sticking up at odd angles. Pulling the hair tie from her wrist, she shoved herself to sit on the edge of the bed and flipped her hair, pulling it up in a messy bun before standing and spotting her Looney Tunes cup sitting on her low lining shelf that wrapped around half of her room.

“You’re awesome,” she said as she grabbed it, turning to see her brother climb out of bed and head for the door.

“I know, babe, I know. Now get come and get some breakfast.”

Following her brother downstairs and into the kitchen, Taylah couldn’t help but snicker at Horizon’s sleep mused hair and grumpy expression as she sat as the kitchen counter in a Key Street muscle tee and a pair of black leggings nursing a cup of coffee while Shay was dressed ready for the day in her high waisted black shorts with a red Montezuma’s tee shirt tucked into her shorts and a pair of black Vans. She looked as if she’d been awake for hours – which she probably had been.

“Morning all,” Shay chirped happily. “I’m so glad I get to go on tour with guys this time! Oh it’s going to be so much fun. I can’t wait to meet the other band members; I bet they’ll be really nice.”

Horizon groaned and thumped her head on the counter, blue and black hair melding together and she shook it slightly. “Shay, babe, I love you to the end and back but when it’s this early and I’ve only been up for five minutes, can you pretty please be quieter?”

Shay winced slightly and leaned over to press a kiss to the back of Horizon’s head. “Sorry, babe, I’m just excited.”

Horizon turned her head and peaked out through her hair. “I know you are, sorry, I’m just tired. Give me ten minutes and then we can celebrate together.” Shay smiled down at her and nodded before bending down again to give her a soft kiss.

“Ugh guys, you’re so cute you make me want to throw up,” Taylah moaned from across the counter where she was eating her sandwiches.

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“TOUR! TOUR! TOUR! TOUR!” Andy cheered as he walked off the bus to the venue that they were set to play at the next day.

“ANDY! Shut up, we know, we’re on tour. Give it a rest already.” Norm shouted over him as he stepped off the bus followed by the rest of the band.

Andy turned back at him and smiled widely just as Shay jumped off the bus and ran over to Andy, climbing on his back. “Tour! Tour! Tour!” She cried pumping her fist in the air happily while swinging her legs slightly, so not to throw Andy off as he held her.

Norm pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. “I am so going to regret letting her come,” he muttered.

“Believe that,” Lily said with a pat on his back as she passed. “So are we meeting the other bands? Are they here yet?”

“Well their buses are here, no idea if they’re in them though,” Alex said as he walked around absently, rubbing sun screen into his tattooed arms. Taylah, seeing this, walked over to him and held out her hands for the cream which he squirted from a slimy bottle coated in old cream and sand from the beach.

“Can we get some food?” Taylah called over as she rubbed sun screen onto Alex’s face gently while he did the same to her. “I’m hungry.”

“You’re always hungry.” Norm called back as he scanned over his phone.

“But I’m hungry,” Taylah whined turning to him, causing Alex’s hand to slick the cream over her hair. Taylah turned back to him and pushed cream into his hair as pay back, making him smile down at her as he dotted her nose.

“Dude you’re floating! Get outta here.” Lily called over as she took in the view. Taylah grinned to herself as she brushed the cream off of her nose, glad that Lily actually remembered the line.

“Did someone just quote Buffy? I swear I just heard a Buffy quote.” As one, Taylah and Lily held up their hands and chorused “Guilty” before turning to see who had spoken. Standing in the doorway of the green bus beside theirs was a smiling Jaime Preciado.

Upon seeing their hands go up he walked over and introduced himself, not that he needed to.
“I’m so glad someone else has seen that movie. It’s ridiculous how many of my friends don’t know it.” Taylah said as she smiled up at Jaime, she was incredibly short, barely brushing the 5’3 mark. “Lily only knows it because I made her watch all my favourite eighties movies.”

“It was torture,” the girl in question groaned, turning away from the ginger to get a glimpse of a third bus pulling up. A large smile spread across her face as she squealed, bouncing up and down in excitement.

Taylah turned to Lily and watched her for a moment with a frown, mentally backing away from her. “What the hell got into you?” she asked as Lily bounced on the spot, hair bouncing around her shoulders.

“Of Mice just got here!” Lily cried happily, turning around to grab Taylah’s shoulders she looked into her eyes through her sunglasses. “Do you know what this means?”

“That you’re going to meet the members of Of Mice And Men?” Jaime asked, watching on in confusion. Before either could reply, the sudden cry of “BABE!” filled the air and they turned as one to see Austin Carlile jump off the bus and run over to the threesome which quickly became a twosome as Lily ran over and jumped on him, long black skinny jean clad legs wrapping around Austin’s waist as they kissed.

“Uh, I take it they’ve met before?” Jaime asked, looking down at Taylah to see her shaking her head with an amused smile on her face.

“Yeah, they’re dating. Two years now.”

“Right.”

“Yep.”

Jaime pursed his lips at the scene. “I feel I should look away, but, I just, I just can’t.”

Taylah nodded in understanding. “It’s like a car crash, I shouldn't look but I can't turn away.” Humming softly, she rocked back on her feet before clapping her hands once. “Well,” she called so everyone could hear her, “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m gonna go find some food.”

As she said this the door to Pierce The Veil’s bus opened once more and the rest of the band walked out in various states of awareness.

“Did someone mention food?” Vic asked before greeting the other members of the bands.

“That would have been Taylah, she’s cool. I like her, she’s funny and has ginger hair and she’s Australian!” Jaime called over before grabbing Taylah and pulling her to his chest, causing her to laugh and try and push away, to no anvil. “Can we keep her? I promise to feed her and look after her!”

“No way, Jaime, last time you said that, you brought home Tony and you barely pay him any attention,” Mike called over, amused by the struggling girl.

“Besides, she’s our pet ginger,” Andy called over, turning away from his conversation with Vic and Alan Ashby.

“I hate you all,” Taylah grumbled, finally breaking free of the Mexican’s grip and moving away from him quickly, shielding herself behind Alex who had been talking to Mike.

"Lies," Andy called over as Alex wrapped an arm around Taylah's shoulders. "But I could definitely go for some food. Let's go find somewhere to eat."

Notes

So this is the next chapter!
Sorry if it seems rushed, I wrote the first part before work and the second I just finished writing and it's super late.
Anyway, Montezuma's is a Mexican restaurant we have in Australia and I'm not sure if it's a world wide thing or not, it could be called something else. Kinda like how we have Hungry Jacks and everywhere else it's called Burger King.
Hope you guys like the chapter.

Adventure Time is taken from Bribry.