I woke up early that morning cuddled up to Gavin on the couch. I made some coffee, put on my clothed from last night, and Gavin walked me back. I made sure to put a beanie on, hiding all my hair, so no one saw before the big reveal.

I walked onto the PTV bus where all the guys were still zonked, probably trying to sleep off all the alcohol.

I pulled the cutest outfit I own out of my suitcase and threw it on in the bathroom. I had let my hair dry wavy, do all I had to do was put on my makeup. I looked and felt truly great.

My oufit consisted of a royal blue and orange chiffon sleeveless shirt, super skinny jeans, and orange pumps. I also threw in gold earrings, my nice white bag, a few gold bangles, and a gold necklace that said 'Bitch". (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=86994950) If that doesn't say "fuck you", I don't know what does.

I walked outside into the blazing sun without a clue where we were stopped. All I knew is that today was the day Oli got exposed as the asshole he was.

NEW MESSAGE (1):
Gavin - Matt says that set time's at 1:45, so be over there at 1:30 to go over the plan.

To: Gavin
Got it! Thanks, Gav! :*

I looked at the time on my phone, it was only 12:53. I walked around a bit, finding All Time Low was almost done with their set. I watched Jack get bras thrown at him and one of the stage techs hurriedly collect them and stick them on the mic. Alex was jumping around and singing with a smile on his face.

"This last song is called The Irony of Choking On A Lifesaver!" I sat down in the darkness and just listened. This was my favorite ATL song by far, and the way he sang it sounded like he was singing it directly to the girl that fucked him over.

The song was over way too soon and they all ran offstage. They all walked past except Alex.

"Hey," he sat down next to me.

"Hey," I smiled.

"You know, you seem a lot happier than the first time I met you," he smirked.

"That's because I am," I smiled. And it was a real smile that reached my eyes for the first time in a long time.

"Well, you and I have a lot in common."

"Like, what?" I questioned.

"We have pink hair," he grinned.

"Touche!" I smiled.

"Also, you've obviously figured out who you are."

"I guess I have," I smiled lopsidedly.

"I heard about the Oli thing. Matt told me," he furrowed his brows.

"Yeah. I'm just not going to let it get to me anymore," I shrugged.

"I'm glad. And by the way, I sang that just for you," he grinned.

"Oh yeah? Did you know it's my favorite song?" I countered.

"I do now!" He laughed. "Now, we better get you over to the DGD stage so you can get ready to expose Oli's lying ass!" He yelled, helping me up.

We walked through the crowd, occasionally getting stopped so people could get pictures and have Alex sign stuff. We finally made it a few minuted before 1:30.

"Okay. Here's the plan," Matt walked up to me with a determined look. "Oli and everyone who isn't getting ready for their set is here because we told them we have an important announcement. You're going to come out singing Happiness with Tillian, and after the song's over, we'll let you tell your story," he smiled encouragingly.

"One problem," I said hesitantly. "I can't sing."

"Come one, try. It'll be fine," he put his hand on my shoulder. "Here, no one's listening. Just do it."

I closed my eyes and took a breath. He was being so nice, I didn't want to let him down.

"Drowning in the lake, I only left her for a couple seconds, and now she's gone."

I cracked one eye open to see his reaction to find everyone looking at me.

"That was awesome!" Alex and Gavin hugged me. Soon followed by Matt and the rest of DGD.

I blushed and bit my lip. "Thanks," I smiled sheepishly at Alex, my singing idol.

"You and I need to do a collab soon," he smiled at me. "We'll be the pink hair twins!"

I laughed and it really made me feel less nervous.

"Okay, guys. Time to go on!" The stage manager ushered them towards the stage. They all ran out and the crowd went mad. Tillian looked at me and winked.

They sang a few songs and it was getting close to the end of the set. Tillian looked at me and nodded. I walked out as they started playing Happiness. I saw a few familiar faces gasp as they saw me, others not realizing it was me.

"Drowning in the lake, I only left her for a couple of seconds, and now she's gone..."

The last few chords rang out, and the audience applauded like crazy.

"Do your thing," Tillian whispered, gesturing for me to take the stage.

"Hi guys," I said with all the confidence I could muster, "I'm Carter. Now, there's a guy a ton of you know named Oliver Sykes." I stared him dead in the eye. "He's been spreading rumors, saying I'm a slut and I cheated on him. Well, I'd like to tell y'all a story. We started dating our senior year of high school. Everything was perfect the first few years. But, when Bring Me started getting really big, he'd come home wasted and yell at me. Eventually, he started beating me. I was studying biology at Oxford at the time. After I graduated, I moved on with him, hoping he'd stop. But, it just got worse and worse. A few months before we came to Warped, Oli was starting to calm down again. The day before Warped we got in a huge fight and he dumped me. Turns out, he has been cheating on me for the past six months. So before you listen to his bullshit and call me a slut, just know Oliver Sykes is a fucking wanker," I smiled ruefully down at him as I heard a few of the other band members back me up.

I saw a redhead, the same trashy girl from that first day after out breakup, walk onstage.

"I was the girl he was cheating on Carter with," she stated. "He always told me Carter was a guy and they were just roommates. So, I would like to back up Carter in saying Oliver Sykes is a motherfucking wanker!"

We both hugged each other and blew a kiss straight to him, then walked offstage.

"Thank you so much for that," I hugged her again.

"It needed to be done," she smiled and walked off.

"Hey," said a soft voice from behind me.

"Jaime if you- oh. It's Jenna," I sneered.

"Look, Carter, I'm really sorry I said all that mean stuff to you. I had no right, and I feel godawful for saying it," she looked at me with pleading eyes.

"You know, when you're idol basically calls you a nasty slut, it really hurts," I said, looking away.

"I-I'm your idol?" She asked incredulously.

"Yeah. I used to look up to your 'I don't give a fuck' attitude," I scoffed.

"Oh. Well, I was going to tell you I look up t yours, too," she looked down at her feet.

"Thanks," I half-smiled.

"Truce?" She asked hopefully.

"Truce," I smiled.

"OH MY GOD CARTER! THAT WAS AMAZING!" Yelled Vic. He ran up and squeezed me. I laughed. "We miss you, you know." I looked at him and his smile faded a bit, not really reaching his eyes. Hie brown eyes were a bit watery and he truly looked miserable.

"Well, I miss being able to sleep in my bunk without hearing you and Kathy bone!" I smirked.

"You know about us?!" His jaw dropped.

"I've seen the way you act around each other, bitch. I'm just offended you didn't tell me," I fake pouted.

"I'm sorry you had to hear our sex noises!" He giggled, giving me a noogie. "Oh, by the way, YOU LOOK FUCKING HOT WITH YOUR NEW HAIR!" He picked me up and spun me around.

Tony picked me up out of Vic's arms and set me on his back. "I'm Luke Skywalker! I'm here to rescue you!" He yelled.

"Help me Obi Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!" I yelled back as he ran towards the Kia Forte stage where Jaime and Mike were already set up. Mike looked at me and grinned.

"Looking sexy short stuff!" He yelled to me.

"Looking stoned tall stuff!" I yelled back with a smirk.

"If you tried, you'd love smoking!" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"You know that's not my scene," I scolded.

"I kow, I know," he raised his hands in defeat. "You're all hardcore and stright edge and shit."

"Why does everyone say hardcore?"

"Cause you look pretty badass with the new look!" He winked.

I looked at Jaime and saw him trying with all his might to avoid my eyes. I wondered if last night's texts were really just because he was drunk.

"Hey, gorgeous!" Yelled Austin, hugging me from behind, then picking me up and spinning me around.

"I swear to God, if one more person spins me around. I'm going to puke," I pouted, and Austin kissed my forehead.

I tensed up ever so slightly. Thank God, Austin didn't notice.

"I think you look amazing with your hair like that," Austin smiled down at me.

"Thanks you," I blushed.

"You wanna go get something from the best Chinese food place ever?" He whispered.

Last time I had Chinese was with Jaime. I sighed sadly.

"Actually," he said, realizing the problem with what he had said, "How about some of the most amazing white chicken pizza you'll ever eat in your life?"

"I LOVE WHITE PIZZA!" My eyes widened. "But, it'll have to wait. I have a show to watch."

His smiled dropped a single millimeter. Subtle, but I saw it. "Oh. Okay. We'll go afterwards then."

"Sounds like a plan," I smiled.

"So you and Austin, huh?" Vic said quietly.

"No. We're just friends."

"He sure doesn't think so," Vic warned.

"I'll talk to him about it, okay? I don't see why it's such a big deal," I huffed.

"You and I both know you're just doing this to get under Jaime's skin," he whispered in my ear, ever so slightly pointing to Jaime who I could see in the reflection of Vic's glasses. If looks could kill...

"Vic, get over here!" The boys yelled. Vic jogged over and they did their preshow ritual. I smiled.

Walking onstage, they got the most applause I've ever heard in my life. The first song, Caraphernelia, Jaime and I maintained eye contact the entire time. After it was over, he made a point of not looking at me.

"Hey, Carter," someone said behind me, wrapping there arms around my shoulders. Austin.

Something went over my mouth as the arms started dragging me backward into the darkness, and then I passed out.

Notes

Song Credit: Visions - Bring Me the Horizon
Who do you think is kidnapping Carter?
Will she get together with Austin?
You'll just have to wait and see... (;
Thanks you to everyone who's been reading this! I love you guys! <3