Through the Lens

My eyes fluttered open as I felt movement beside me. I focused on the completely naked and tattooed body which was Tony. I let out a sigh of relief realizing it wasn't a dream that we had talked last night and made up... and had good make up sex too.

Tony rolled over to face me and he smiled. "Morning, babe..."

"Morning." I smiled back at him.

He leaned in to kiss my forehead and wrapped his arms around me, holding our bodies close together. His skin felt so warm to the touch and it felt nice being next to him again. We laid there for a few minutes and didn't say anything or kiss. Just being there with each other made me happy.

I heard by phone buzz next to me and I moved my head to look at it, seeing a text from Kellin. I wiggled my way out of Tony's arms. He whined, wanting me to stay there forever. I picked up the phone and plopped back down onto the bed and immediately Tony's arms were back around me. I unlocked my phone and looked at the text.

'Good morning Rax. I hope you slept well. Text me back when you're awake.'

"Is it Kellin?" Tony asked, peeking over at the screen. I wasn't actually sure how mad he was at Kellin for last nights incident.

I nodded. "Yeah. You don't hate him, do you?" I really didn't want to destroy the friendship between the bands.

Tony chuckled. "No one can hate Kellin. He's like a pixie."

I laughed slightly as Tony called him a pixie.

"I'll just mess with him a bit later and scare him shitless." He whispered as he leaned over to kiss my cheek. He sat up as he grabbed his boxers from the end of the bed putting them on. He stood and grabbed the rest of his clothes.

"Don't scare him too much, Tony. Like, don't give him a heart attack."

"I'll try my best." He winked at me.

Later in the day we were back on the bus heading towards our next destination. Kellin had continued to avoid eye contact with Tony throughout the whole morning. He was obviously guilty still.

Tony nudged my shoulder slightly and then he stood up to approach Kellin, standing in front of him with a stern look on his face. Everyone that was in the bus had all of their focus on the two, knowing full well what had happened last night.

"Kellin." Tony boomed.

Kellin instantly shot his attention to Tony and coward slightly in his seat. "Don't kill me." He whimpered.

Tony laughed which left Kellin sitting there confused.

"Um...?" Kellin didn't know what to think.

"I'm not mad at you... and I'm definitely not going to kill you. If it happens again, I might." Tony warned.

Kellin almost looked as if he turned into jelly in his seat as relief washed over him. "Fucking shit, Tony. Don't scare me like that..." he sighed.

Tony just continued to laugh as he came back to sit next to me putting his arm over my shoulder. "Pixie, I tell ya."

"That's Pixie Quinn, to you!" Kellin joked.

I was glad things were back to normal. I wasn't sure if I could deal with the guilt of breaking up so many friendships.

"Oh, Rax, by the way..." Vic spoke up and I looked to him. "We have a show a couple of days after we get back to San Diego. A little 'homecoming' sort of thing and we want you to photograph it if you'd want."

I nodded. "Sure, I'd love to."

Vic clapped his hands together. "Awesome!"

Again, why did I feel like he was plotting something? And why hadn't he mentioned the show until now? I shrugged it off.

When we had gotten to the venue a couple of hours later, we went through the same routine of unpacking, sound check, show time with the thousands of screaming fans and then packing back up and going to our hotel after. We only had a few shows left on the tour. It was seriously taking its toll on my body.

I collapsed backwards onto my bed with my eyes shut tightly. I heard the sound of Tony closing the door behind us. I cracked my eyes open slightly to see him walk over to the bed to sit next to me.

"How do you do it? The constant moving around and keeping your energy up?" I sighed out.

"If you haven't noticed, I drink a cup of coffee every morning and an energy drink before every show." He chuckled.

"That can't be good for you." I let out another sigh and closed my eyes again.

I felt his hand pet my hair back gently from my face. "We've got a few shows left, Rax. Just hang in there and we'll be home in no time."

I was tired. No, I was exhausted. I wanted to go home and be in my own bed. I wanted Tony to lay in my bed with me so it could always smell like him even when he wasn't there. Throughout the tour, he rarely slept in his own bed and always came to my room to sleep. When we would get to a new hotel, the bed wouldn't smell like him, so it didn't smell like home.

"I'm homesick." I said out loud. "I miss my friends and my mom... I even miss my boss."

"You miss your boss? Man, you must be really homesick." Tony laughed.

"It's the longest I've ever been away from home, let alone out of the country like this without my mom." I sighed as I looked up at him.

"What about your dad? You never talk about him." He asked. He was right, I never did talk about my father, or whatever he was.

"My mom divorced him when I was much younger. He was an angry alcoholic and my mom didn't want me to have to grow up with that and she knew I was more important." I told him.

He nodded a bit. "I see. So it's always just been you and your mom, huh?"

I nodded. "Yeah, but it's always been kind of nice. I moved out of here place a few years ago and moved to San Diego. I do miss her from time to time, but I visit her a few times a month. We always stay close no matter what."

Tony looked confused for a moment. "Do you live alone?"

"Yup. I've got a two bedroom, two bathroom house. I usually use the spare bedroom as a guest bedroom whenever someone stays over. I did lots of work on that place and I made it look pretty nice considering how much I bought it for." I said proudly. I was good at interior design and I always had a secret love for painting the inside of houses.

"What if... we lived together after this?" Tony asked abruptly.

He wanted to what? Move in with me? I didn't know what to say. It could be kind of nice being with him all the time. I raised an eyebrow as I looked at him.

"You can tolerate me enough to live with me?" I joked.

He smiled and nodded, leaning down and kissing my cheek softly. "I already decided I'm never leaving your side."

"One condition if you move in..." I started.

"Oh...?"

"Taco Tuesdays is going to be a weekly thing." I smiled sitting up and hugged him close. His arms wrapped around me tightly and rocked me back and forth.

"Of course. Only for you, babe."

It was decided. Tony and I were going to live together. Most people would say we were moving too quickly, but everything felt so right and perfect. I had never felt so sure about anything in my life before. He truly made me happy.

Suddenly, I didn't feel so homesick anymore.

Notes

Pixie Quinn lol Sorry, but I couldn't have Tony be mad at him for long.

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