I kept my eyes pinched shut even after waking up the next morning. Someone had their arms wrapped around me and I wasn't completely sure who it was. I peeked through my eyelashes and saw that infamous tattoo covered scar.

"Austin?" I yawned.

"Good morning beautiful. Sorry you got stuck with me last night, we didn't have time to clean off the last bunk for you." he smiled. God, he was even more intoxicating in person.

"It's fine" I could feel my cheeks heating up. "Thanks for letting me stay."

"No problem! I wouldn't want to be in that position either." he frowned. I was suddenly aware that I was still laying in his arms.

"Uhm.. I think I'm gonna shower. Bathroom?" I raised my eyebrows.

"On the right just before the door to the back lounge."

I placed my feet on the floor and pushed myself off of Austins bunk. When got to the bathroom I took a quick shower, got dressed, did everything else I needed to do. When I went to do my hair, my brush wasn't in my bag. I mentally cursed myself for forgetting to grab it yesterday. My hand pushed open the bathroom door and my body collided with someone elses. Phil Manansala.

"Uh hi" I said awkwardly before diving around him and placing my things on Austins bunk. I felt his eyes on my back while I moved.

"I'm Phil." he smiled over to me.

"Antonia" my hand went up to my hair and I tried to undo the knots.

"Your Tony's girl, right?" he furrowed his eyebrows together while he tried to figure out if he was correct or not.

"I-uhm-no. Not really."

"Oh.." he looked around awkwardly. "Do you want to borrow my brush?" he laughed after watching me struggle with my unruly orange hair.

"I would love that actually!" I sighed letting my fingers fall from my the wet mop on my head. Phil dug around in the bunk across from Austins until he handed me a brush. I thanked him and started to brush out the little knots before throwing my hair into a French braid. "Here Phil, thank you so much I-" I cut myself off after walking into the front lounge and seeing who was sitting in there.

"No problem" He smiled awkwardly. Tony was sitting beside him on the couch.

I turned around and ran to the back lounge where Austin was, slamming the door behind me.

"What the fuck is he doing out there?" I whispered to him angrily.

"Who?" Austin looked up at me from his laptop with an eyebrow raised.

"Tony! Fucking Tony is in the front!" I hit the wall with my fist. "God dammit! Why can't he just stop! I was perfectly okay without him! all these years! Fucking shit!" Tears overflowed from my eyes when I finished screaming.

"Hey hey hey" Austin stood up and hugged me close to his chest. "Calm down, it's okay." he whispered.

"I hate him. I hate him so much Austin." I cried.

"You know what? My set isn't until three. You wanna go get ice cream or something?"

"i'd love to but I have to work the table." I pouted once he let me go.

"Ahh forget that! I'll get one of our merch guys to do it! Let's go shorty!" he laughed pulling me to the bunk area where he pulled a cut Slipknot shirt over his head. Austin poked his head out into the front to see if Tony was still there, earning a giggle from me. "The coast is clear! Let's go!" he grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the bus.

~

"So how did you meet Tony anyway?" Austin said from beside me. We were at a nearby park eating our ice cream on a bench.

"I grew up with Jaime. I've known him my whole life pretty much. Then when he joined Pierce the Veil I was still in high school but I went to all their practices and stuff. Jaime's my best friend. That's how I met him and we..." I trailed off not wanting to finish.

"I remember" Austin smiled sympathetically. He knew everything that happened with Tony and I.

"How about you? Are there any pretty ladies in your life?" I giggled nudging him.

"Nah, girls complicate things. After my ex wife I just wanna be happy." he shrugged.

"Happiness is a journey" I smiled at the bottom of my ice cream cup as I quoted him.

"I say that all the time!" Austin shouted happily.

"I know that! I live my life by it" I bit my lip and felt my cheeks flush.

"You're adorable Antonia" he smiled down at me.

"Oh hush" I blushed and shoved him with my shoulder.

"You are. Aaaaand you're funny and sweet. Not to mention your impeccable taste in music."

"Oooh someone's getting cocky." I laughed.

"No, just grateful." He said. "Let's get back, I've gotta go on soon."

~

"You can't keep avoiding him you know" Austin scolded me while I sat in the back lounge playing FIFA. I turned my mic off and looked up at him.

"Austin I'm not avoiding him. I just happen to need to leave every time he's in the same place as me." I kept my eyes glued to the tv screen while I made a goal. Mike and I turned our phones into mobile hotspots and were playing each other from our separate busses.

"Bullshit Antonia. Go talk to him now. We all have off today."

"Phil! Austin's forcing me to go talk to Tony!" I shouted.

"Good! It's about time!" I heard his voice carry through the bus.

"Phillip!" I screeched.

"Go." Austin stared me down while I made another goal. I could almost picture Mike letting out frustrated screams.

"Let me beat Mike. There's twelve seconds left in the game." I mumbled. My player kicked the ball across the field to another one of my players, who beamed the ball into the net, giving me the winning goal. I smirked and placed my controller on the couch next to me before texting Mike that I was coming to the bus.

"Antonia" Austin groaned.

"I'm going! Jesus Christ!" I walked off the bus, taking small and slow steps so that it would take longer to get there. I was horrified of talking to Tony. When my feet shuffled up to the blue bus I knocked on the door three times.

"Nia!" Jaime screamed pulling me through the door and hugging me.

"Hello Jaime!" I laughed wrapping my arms tightly around his waist.

"If you're here to get the rest of your things I'm not letting you-"

"No" I said cutting him off."I came to talk to Tony."

"Back lounge." Jaime whispered. I knew he started smiling as soon as I turned around and walked towards the back. Everyone wanted us to work this out.

"Antonio?" I said before walking into the back lounge to find Mile and Tony watching something on the tv.

"Ni?" Tony's eyes went wide as he spoke. Mike got up and exited the room quietly

"Can we talk?" I fidgeted with my finger in my lap after sitting across from him.

"Yeah, o-of course" he stuttered. Well, here goes nothing.