Queen For A Day

There is no proper way to describe standing side stage at a Pierce the Veil concert. The music was loud, they sounded incredible, the crowd was so hyper and the atmosphere was electric. I was staring intently at Vic as he sung. He was such a mystery. By the looks of him he was good at hiding whatever what wrong. I still couldn’t help but feel like it must’ve been my fault, but now there were more pieces to the puzzle, I just couldn’t get them to fit anywhere. Halfway through their set all the instruments stopped and the crowd quietened down slightly, knowing that the guys were about to speak.
“You guys are fucking awesome! We can’t thank you enough for being here tonight!” Vic called to the crowd who roared out in response. He opened his mouth to speak again but couldn’t seem to make the words come out. He cast a quick glance to Jaime who seemed to catch on.
“Ok tonight we have a special guest here!” Jaime called, “Who here heard about our Queen for a Day competition?”
The crowd screamed again. Fuck; that means me. Shit Jaime’s smiling at me.
“Well, a girl called Cali Hill won it, and guess what? She’s here tonight!” He motioned for me to walk over. “Everyone make her feel welcome!”
I walked out nervously, knowing that every single person there was probably judging me right now. Fuck I hope my makeup and hair looks ok. I should’ve worn something nicer. Why didn’t they tell me this was going to happen!? I carefully walked to Jaime who wrapped his arm around my shoulder.
“Can you play King for a Day?” His hot breath hit my ear as he whispered. Why does he want to know this..
I nodded, “Yeah..”
Jaime motioned to someone on the opposite side of the stage and before I knew it a guitar was being handed to me. I was pulled past Vic who gave me a look I couldn’t read, and was stood between him and Tony.
“Fuck Tony I can’t do this!” I hissed. I couldn’t help but freak out. This is horrible yet so amazing.
“Just play!” He yelled lightly and he started playing the beginning riff. Took a deep breath and jumped right in to where he was. This is really happening. Fuck. I looked up to see Vic cast one last weird glance at me before he screamed into the mic. I kept up with Tony as best as I could, and somehow I didn’t make any major mistakes at all. As soon as it finished I was a mess, the adrenaline running through my veins was incredible.
“Give it up for Cali!” Jaime yelled to the crowd. Someone pulled my guitar off and motioned for me to go back. I ran across the stage where Jaime caught me before I could disappear again and he forced a kiss on my cheek before shoving me off. I fell onto my chair laughing. That really just happened? This is the best day ever.
“Ok this song is called Bulletproof Love,” Vic said into the microphone, showing no signs of any emotion. Wait, this is the song he was singing when he started crying. I watched curiously as he started singing, letting Tony do the beginning riff. He was singing it differently than before, this time there was… less emotion... It sounded forced and fake to me, but the crowd seemed to hear no difference. I stared at him intently, slightly mesmerized by his handsome face and high voice. Then I noticed something else. In the few seconds between the verse and chorus I could see his lip quivering and caught a glimpse of a few tears. What is with that song!?

They came off stage a little while later, each of them a hot, sweaty mess.
“Nice hair Jaime,” I snickered as he walked up to me. His usually straight hair was in clumps of curls all over his head, sticking to his face.
“Shushh,” He crossed his arms and pouted like a five year old. Laughing I turned to the other band members who also looked like shit.
“We’re gonna go have showers really quick ok?” Mike looked down at me, “We’re going out for dinner after that, I think someone said something about you getting changed…” He trailed off and searched the room with his eyes. “Jasmine!” He rushed over to a young woman who appeared to be some sort of stage hand. “This is Cali, she was needing some clothes for tonight?”
The girl appeared to know what he was talking about and I was soon walking with her back down towards the dressing rooms.
“So AP requested that we get you a dress for tonight, but we didn’t want to get you something you didn’t like. Long story short your friend Fay Campbell came in and chose a dress for you, she said she knew what you’d like.” Jasmine explained as we walked. That’d be right. It’s true though, Fay knew exactly what I would and wouldn’t wear and I trusted her fashion sense better than my own.
Jasmine lead me into an empty dressing room where there were a few couches and a clothing rack. I caught sight of the dress on the rack and knew immediately that I was right to trust Fay. It was a peach colour three quarter sleeve dress that came to just above my knee. The entire dress was covered in a thin white lace. Paired with it were a pair of matte black heels and a matching black belt.
“I love it!” I smiled at Jasmine.
“That’s great, now, I’ll get the guys to come here when they’re ready.” Jasmine turned and walked out, leaving me to get changed. The dress fit me perfectly and clung in all the right places. I used a mirror on the wall to fix up my makeup and hair, and it wasn’t long until there was a knock on the door.
“Come in!” I called, adding one last swipe of a clear lip gloss. One by one Pierce the Veil walked into the room and stared at me.
“You look amazing Cali!” Jaime grinned, followed by a few other murmurs of agreement and a wolf whistle from Mike. Vic stayed silent. In fact he stayed silent the entire ride to the restaurant and while we were eating. We’d just received our desserts before he said anything.
“It’s 8:00.” He frowned at his phone.
“That’s still early! We still have Cali for another 2 hours,” Tony looked at the other guys.
“Any where you’d like to go Cali?” Mike asked. I knew exactly where I wanted to go.
“Well.. there’s a club across the road.. if you guys wanted to we could go there?” I said slowly, looking at each of them carefully. Vic’s eyes lit up as soon as I mentioned the word ‘club’. Whoa. First time he hasn’t looked mad the entire time. Apart from when he was crying…..
“Sounds fucking amazing,” Mike leaned back grinning.
“I just wanna get drunk,” I admitted, laughing. Getting drunk with my idols sounded like a perfect way to end the day.
“Then let’s go get fucked up.” Vic said as he stood up.

Notes

Honestly this would be my dream come true..

Beth xx