Guitars and Love

Tony~

"I hate seeing her this way" I said looking over at Ashley, who was laying on Mikes lap with her eyes half open.
"None of us do" Vic was also looking at her.
I watched her as her eyes finally shut. She had a long day, it was nice to see her look peaceful.
Jaime ran his hand through his hair. "So the detectives gonna meet us in Arizona?"
"Yeah"
"I think we should do the show we have there-"
"Not a good idea man" Jaime said cutting me off.
"Why not? Were gonna be there anyway, it will be our last one before cancelling the tour"
Vic shook his head, "You and Ash are so alike"
"I have an idea" I said looking at them.
"Shes out" Mike said looking at us.
I got up from the booth and picked her up. I put her on my bunk and closed the curtain before walking back to the guys.
"Whats your idea?" Vic was looking at me with curiosity.
"We have cops here to make sure nothing happens right?"
They all looked at me with a look that said go on.
"so why not have them dress up like the kids at the show so they blend in. They were wearing there uniforms last night, thats how Natalie knew where they were. If they blend in, she wont have a clue"
They all stood quiet, i knew they were thinking it through.
"That might work" Mike said
"Yeah, and Ash would be happy to do one more show" Vic looked over to the bunk area.
The buzzing of someones phone made us all jump alittle.
"Its mine" Vic reached across the table and and answered his phone. "Its Jack"
I gave him a nod, which ment, whats up? like what does he want. But not in a rude way.
"He checking up on Ash" Vic said and then talked into the phone.
I heard him say thats she okay and that shes sleeping now. Vic went towards the back of the bus and contiuned his conversation.
"Its 3, we should all hit the hay" Jaime said getting up.
"Yeah, im fucking tired"
I watched as they head toward the bunk area.
Jaime turned back to me, "You not sleeping?"
"Yeah, but not yet"
He nodded and went into his bunk. I sat there thinking of what might happen tomorrow, and i needed to protect Ashley at all cost. I dont care if the person thats trying to hurt her is a woman, Ill take down who ever trys to touch her. Vic came back into the lounge area and sat across from me.
"All the guys are worried, they dont want what happened at warped to happen again"
"Did you tell them the plan?"
"Yeah, there cool with it and there gonna keep their eyes open for Natalie tomorrow"
"Good, i just want this to be over with" I leaned back on the couch.
"Same, hey ima catch some z's, ill see you in the morning" Vic got up and walked over to the bunk area.
After a good ten minutes of thinking, i decided i could use some sleep. I got off the couch and walked over to my bunk. I opened the curtain and hopped over Ashley and closed the curtain again. Her back was facing me, so i put my arms around her and laid my head against hers. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted into sleep.


MORNING or should i say AFTERNOON~


I felt like someone was watching me, i opened my eyes to see Ashley staring at me.
"Good Afternoon" She smiled at me.
"Hello gorgeous, how you feeling?"
"Better, i just needed some sleep"
I smiled at her, "What time is it?"
"Its gonna be 2"
"How long have you been up?"
She was quiet for a moment, i could tell she was thinking "I think since 11"
"Have you been watching me this whole time?" I raised an eyebrow.
She giggled, "You look so cute when your sleeping tho"
"Creeper" We both laughed.
I love her laugh, and she always gets all red, its so cute. She had a strain of hair in her face, so i moved it away. Her blue eyes are so beautiful, I thought to myself as i looked at her looking at me. I pulled her closer to me and kissed her. I broke the kiss and rested my forehead against hers.
"Lets stay like this forever"
She gave me a big smile before answering. "If only we could"
"We can"
"Ashley!" Mike yelled from somewhere on the bus.
She looked at me "I love you" and kissed me before slipping out of the bunk.
I layed there for a minute and then decided to get up and see whats going on. I saw them all sitting on the couch, Ashley was sitting next to Vic, and Jaime and Mike were on the other couch.
"Were playing today? Why didnt you tell me?" Ashley said crossing her arms.
"I was getting to it" I chucked and took a seat next to her.
"First you guys say no, and then change your mind?"
"Well were still stopping the tour but were doing this last show since were here anyways" Vic said looking at her.
"Were here" Our tour manager said from the driver seat.
We all got out of the bus and went into the veune. Everyone else was already here.
"Well nice of you guys to finally join us" Roger said walking toward us.
"Whats up bro" Ashley gave him a big hug.
"Feeling better?" He said to her.
"Yeah"
"You ready for tonight" He said looking at her and then to me.
She smiled at him. "Of course, nothings going to stop me"
"Well we better get ready" He said to her and then walked off.
She came up to me and kissed me. "Lets not think about it too much, and just have fun"
"Gottcha" i winked at her.

We all got ready and set up the stage and what not. The detective had called me and said hell be here in a hour. Thats when the showed started. None of us brought up what happened last night, because we knew it would just bring us all down. It was fun setting up and doing sound checks, we all were just being stupid. Me and the guys had already told the cops what we had in mind and they were okay with it, so we gave them some of our shirts so they could blend in. It was finally time, we all stood back stage. I looked out to the stage to see kids pouring into the venue. I felt someones arms wrap around my waist, i looked down to see a mice of men tattoo on their finger. I knew exactly who it was.
"Babe? are you trying to be sneaky?" I put my hands over hers.
I heard her laugh, "No never" she rested her head on my shoulder.
I turned around and kissed her forehead. "Dork"
"Duh? Have you not met me?" She grinned up at me.
I laughed and we both headed to where everyone else was. We sat on the couch in the dressing room next to Rian and Jack. My phone buzzed in my pocket, i pulled it out and saw that the detective was calling. I left the room and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Are you back stage?" He said, i could hear him walking down a hallway because it echoed into the phone.
"Yes were in the dressing rooms"
"Ill be there right now"
I stood outside the dressing room and waited for him. He walked through the door and came over to me.
"You have nothing to worry about, we have this whole venue on watch"
I nodded "Do you guys have any idea where Natalie is?"
"No, we have been trying to get a hold of her"
I shook my head, how could they not know?
"Could you not tell Ashley, i dont want her to worry"
"Will do"

As the concert started me and Ashley stood by the stage watching All TIme Low. We were joined by our fellow band mates and the detective. Our tour manager came up to us and told us to make sure everything was ready for our set. I looked over at Ashley one more time before i had to go check on our things. Jay and her were singing along with Alex, she looked happy and safe. I followed Mike to where all our stuff was and checked things out. Twenty minutes later we were done and we had five minutes till we went on. I walked back over to the side stage and saw Ashley and Jack doing some weird dance, it was pretty funny. Im happy they she wasnt thinking about it, and the guys did a good job at distracting her.
We finally took the stage, and the crowed went crazy. I scanned the crowed looking for Natalies face, nothing. We began to play. I constantly glanced over at the side of the stage to see Ashley singing and dancing. It was our last song and i took one last glance over to the side, she wasnt there. I saw everyone there except her, i started to worry as we played.

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