Anatome (Jaime Preciado/Pierce The Veil)

Alexis's POV

We had just arrived at our first venue, which was an hour away from where we had all met up. Lights and I were situated in the bus, being forced to 'relax' as everyone else worked. Because we were pregnant and touring at the same time, everybody saw this as a big reason for us to not do much, which was annoying us because we were energetic.

"I'm bored!" Lights whines and flails her arms.

"I know how you feel." I moan back and we both moan loudly at the same time.

"Travis!" Lights whines. Travis comes over to us.

"Yes?" He asks us.

"We're bored!" We both whine at him.

"I am not your entertainer, ladies. Watch TV or something like that." He suggests.

"We've watched everything, and there's nothing good on." I whine. Travis sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Go to a cafe or something, be back in an hour." He sighs. Light and I high five and head to the nearest cafe. We both order coffee and I order a doughnut and we sit at a booth.

"This is so much better." Lights sighs as we sink into the seats. The cafe was quite peaceful. There were some people but the cafe wasn't overcrowded. After we replenished ourselves, we headed back to the tour bus and started getting ready. Lights had yet to reveal that she was pregnant, so she put on denim shorts, a baggy grey t-shirt and toms. I put on denim shorts too, a black vest top, checked shirt and militiary boots. We were too tired to properly fix our hair so we left it. It looked messy, but it was a good messy.

"Is it not difficult playing guitar when pregnant?" Vance asks as I retrieved my acoustic guitar.

"A bit but I'm overcoming it." I said. We put in our ear buds and head on stage. Travis gets behind his drum set and starts twirling his drumsticks, Dalton and Vance put their guitar straps over their shoulders and plug their guitars into the amps, I start tuning my acoustic guitar and place the strap over my shoulder. Lights gets behind her electric keyboard and fixes the mic.

"What's up guys?" She yells into the microphone and the crowd cheer.

"This is Travis, Dalton, Vance and our newest addition, Alexis!" She says, pointing to us as she calls our name. The crowd continue cheering.

"I'm Lights, we're going to play a concert for you and we hope that you have a good time!" She says and the crowd start cheering louder.

"We're going to play our favourite, and that's the original version of Banner."

Maybe it's bricks and mortar now,
Whether or not they run it down
I don't want anything to shake that shape away
No one told us which way to come
Nobody mapped oblivion
So I go growing roses in the disarray

Just like most, falling head in
'Til my ghost fills the bed in

So lift it up like a banner
Hold it up over me
If this war is never ending
I'll take this love down with me
Like a banner
Like a banner

I don't need fate to give it time,
It doesn't take pain to change your mind
No weapon can sever the soul from me

Not the sorceress, not the money
All my cleverness, all my cunning

So lift it up like a banner
Hold it up over me
If this war is never ending
I'll take this love down with me
Like a banner
Like a banner

It's around me in my surroundings
It counts me when it starts the counting
In the chaos there is a standard
I'm carrying it like a banner
It's around me in my surroundings
It counts me when it starts the counting
In the chaos there is a standard
I'm carrying it...

So lift it up like a banner
Hold it up over me
If this war is never ending
I'll take this love down with me (like a banner)
Like a banner
Hold it up over me (like a banner)
If this war is never ending (like a banner)
I'll take this love down with me

The rest of the set list was:

Toes

And Counting

Everybody Breaks A Glass

Flux and Flow

Heavy Rope

Peace Sign

Suspension

Timing Is Everything

Where The Fence Is Low

After the last song, we thanked the crowd. Travis, Dalton and Vance walked off the stage whilst Lights and I skipped off as best as we could. I got my phone and called Jaime. I let it ring and it went to answering service. Huh, weird. I decided to call him later and Lights and I headed to the bus whilst Travis, Dalton and Vance went to a nightclub.

"Want to practice a song?" I ask Lights.

"Sure, any particular one?"

"Avenged Sevenfold: So Far Away?" I ask.

"Yeah, I know that one." She said. We got our acoustic guitars, tuned them and started playing.

Never feared for anything
Never shamed but never free
A life to heal the broken heart with all that it could

Lived a life so endlessly
Saw beyond what others see
I tried to heal your broken heart with all that I could

Will you stay?
Will you stay away forever?

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place and time always on my mind
I have so much to say but you're so far away

Plans of what our futures hold
Foolish lies of growing old
It seems we're so invincible
The truth is so cold

A final song, a last request
A perfect chapter laid to rest
Now and then I try to find
A place in my mind
Where you can stay
You can stay away forever

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place and time always on my mind
I have so much to say but you're so far away

Sleep tight, I'm not afraid (not afraid)
The ones that we love are here with me
Lay away a place for me (place for me)
'Cause as soon as I'm done I'll be on my way
To live eternally

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place and time always on my mind
And the light you left remains but it's so hard to stay
When I have so much to say and you're so far away

I love you, you were ready
The pain is strong and urges rise
But I'll see you, when He lets me
Your pain is gone, your hands untied

So far away (so far)
And I need you to know
So far away (so far)
And I need you to, need you to know

After we finished the song, I heard my phone ringing. I looked at it and saw that Vic was calling me.

"Hey Vic." I said as I answered my phone.

"Alexi-" Vic was cut off.

"Vic? Vic!" I say into the phone."

"Alexis, you need to ge-" What was Vic trying to tell me?

"Vic? What is it?" I hear the dial tone and see that my phone has no signal. I growl and decide to text Vic. As soon as I send the text, 'Message Undelivered' flashed up on the phone screen. Ugh, you've got to be kidding me.

"Lights, are we in a bad phone reception area? I can't get a hold of Vic." I said to her. Lights got her phone out and checked.

"No, my phone signal's fine. Maybe it's Vic's phone." She said. I decide to shrug off what Vic was trying to tell me and I joined Lights in watching The Walking Dead. It was one of the TV programmes Lights and I constantly discussed and we were in a debate about whether Terminus is safe or not.

"It's obviously safe! The people are nice and it's secure." Lights protests.

"I don't believe that. There's going to be something wrong with it. They can't just find a perfect place to live." I argue back. We argued the topic for another fifteen minutes and Vance, Travis and Dalton appeared on the bus.

"Hey ladies." Travis curtsies and face plants it on the ground.

"Ow." He muffled drunkly. What a surprise.

"Have a good time?" I ask the three guys.

"Eh, wasn't that bad." Dalton shrugs and sits on Travis who was star-fishing on the ground.

"Erm, can you not?" Travis protested.

"No." Dalton started laughing drunkly then Travis joined in.

"Whatever, night." Vance waved to Lights and I then headed to the bunks. I yawn and say that I'm going to bed too. I hug Lights goodnight, say night to Travis and Dalton then headed to the bunks. I changed into comfy clothes and climbed into my bunk. I checked my phone again and decided to try and call Jaime again. After fifteen seconds, it went to voicemail. I kept saying to myself that he was fine and nothing was wrong but there was a small voice in the back of my brain telling me that something had happened. Vic sounded frantic on he phone, is everything alright? I should be able to find out soon I said to myself as I closed my eyes and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

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