Tony’s POV
Jaime, Mike, and I sat on the couch as Vic pulled a small notebook out of his pocket.

“So we need to write three more songs Any ideas you guys?”
“Well I could just mess around with some chords and see what comes to mind?” Jaime gave Vic a puzzled look.
“Jaime, we already tried that.” Vic gave Jaime a glare.
“I want to write a song.” I tried to stay quiet, but I really wanted to do this for Julia.
“What?!” They shouted in unison, staring at me in shock.
“I already have part of it ready. I really want to do this for Julia. Kinda like something to show how much I love her. I want it ready for her 18th birthday. After all the album is scheduled to be released a week before it.”
“Vic, He has a point. Julia’s birthday is in a month. We don’t really have any time left. We’re supposed to be in the final stages of recording, not writing.” Mike looked at his brother as he spoke. “I think Tony should do it.”

Vic sat down on the chair opposite of the couch and rubbed his eyes.
“Show us what you got, Tony.” He talked lazily. Vic was tired. Really tired. He’s been spending hours and hours on end trying to figure out what to do. No sleep whatsoever.
“Really?” I looked at him with joy.
“Yes.”

I pulled out my acoustic guitar and started strumming a few chords. I adjusted the tuning just slightly and then shifted in my seat so that the guitar was resting comfortably on my leg. I started strumming the first part to the song, trying my hardest to relax.

♪So what if I was just a painter
painting houses on the rich blue coast?
Would you ever try to leave me
for somebody who deserves you most?
'Cause darling I am just a painter.
I'm painting houses for the rich old folks.
I'm gonna make a million dollars,
'cause nobody's gonna steal you, no,
For diamonds and gold.
For diamonds and gold.♪



It had felt amazing to sing. It wasn’t something I did very often in front of the guys.
“Tony, It’s great!” Vic was ecstatic “Really?” My eyes lit up.
“Yeah, if you can finish the song, it’ll be on the album!”
“Nice! I’ll start working on it right away. Just one thing, don’t tell Jules please.”
“We won’t. Right guys?” Vic looked at Jaime and Mike.
“Right.” Mike and Jaime spoke in unison.
“Yeah! Let’s do this!” Vic shouted as we started celebrating a victory.

I heard the door to the studio open.
“Guys, quiet down, she’s coming.” We quietly sat down on the couch and pretended like we were on our phones. Julia walked into the studio room with her helmet in hand.

Julia’s POV

“So. What did I miss?” I gave a suspicious look to all of them, knowing something was up.
“Nothing important. We were just goofing off.” Tony looked at me with his “I hope she doesn’t know I’m lying” eyes.
“Okay then…” I just let the look slide. I didn’t think too much of it.

Notes

Hey guys, Sorry this is kinda short, its just that my sister has been induced for those of you who aren't aware already, and its really hard to just cram in the huge chapter that I was originally planning on. My editor is still not able to edit for me so if you see some mistakes just let me know. I'm doing my best to edit on my own tho. This hospital is pure amazing, it's a rich ass hospital with free wifi! and it's actually fast! So just sit tight, I may not be able to update tomorrow, it depends, so please wish me and my family some luck and just hope that everything goes well at the hospital. Thank you so much for all the views and the rate, it's really helping this story finally get started. Thanks again guys!
Much Love guys! ♥
-Esther

(Fan art is also on the way.)

Song credit: Million Dollar Houses (The Painter) // Selfish Machines // 2010 // Pierce The Veil
(I bet you already knew that tho XD)