JustAnotherFanfic

So, I’ve been thinking, and I think I’m going to re-write it all, like, it’ll still be the same, but I’ll make them longer, spelled correctly and grammatically correct, because, the first 30+ chapters were absolutely horrible.  I’m probably going to delete this account and start up again on a new account.

Send me an ask if you would read it.

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Maddie.

I’ll make you a deal… Get me some new readers and I’ll  start posting again. I won’t stop anymore. Promise.

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July 1^st came quickly; we were on a plane to Sydney for the first show of the This is Bat Country tour. The past three months had been pretty good. Three Minutes to Midnight had gotten a lot of new fans since Short Stack had announced we were one of the support acts along with For Our Hero. Andy and I are still together and going great. Andy had his 23^rd birthday; I got him a real present and a joke one. The joke one was getting the band to play ‘What’s my Age Again?’ by Blink-182 and getting him a walking stick. The only reason we did the song was for the lyric was ‘Nobody likes you when you’re 23’. I only sung half of it because I was laughing too much and Taylor said ‘Careful! He might hit you with his walking stick.’ After he said that, Andy threw it at his head. We only laughed harder. Everyone got along, even Zack and Andy, which made me happy. I left home and kind of got kicked out at the same time. My parents had said they wouldn’t allow me to tour while I was living under their roof. So I live with Taylor now.

“Madden, we’re here.” Joey said using his nickname for me. The plane was going along the runway, it came to a stop and we got off the plane. There were fans here waiting for us, well that’s new. It seemed that Taylor was the favourite but they loved the rest of us just as much. We went over to them and signed things and took photos with them.

“Are you still dating Andy?” A girl asked as I signed a poster. It had gotten out that Andy and I were dating again. Fucking fans.

“Yes, I am. Why do you ask?” I responded.

“I was just wondering. He’s lucky to have you.”

“Aw, you’re one of the cool fans. The ones that don’t care we’re dating. I like you.” I handed her back the poster and smiled at her.

“He’s over there, by the way.” She said nodding behind me. I turned my head and sure enough, there he was, watching us. I was about to run over to him when a girl about eight came over with a boy about my age.

“Do you mind if she gets a photo with you?” He asked.

“Sure! Just give me a minute.” I smiled at them both before turning back to the girl I was talking to. “Can you do me a favour?” she nodded. “Can you take this over to Andy?” I pulled out my phone and opened ‘Notes’ quickly writing, ‘I love you, pretty boy.’ I handed her my phone and she smiled and started walking over to Andy. I turned back to the girl.

“Do I know you from somewhere?” I asked her. She looked familiar.

“I live in Orange. I’m friends with Charli.”

“Lilly, right?” she nodded. “You look after her for me, okay?” she nodded again. “So, a photo?” I looked at her brother who had the camera. I kneeled down beside her and smiled while he took the photo. I glanced over at Andy; he was talking to the girl and holding my phone in his hand. I turned back to Lilly.

“Are you coming to the show tonight?”

“Yeah, Josh’s taking me. We’re seated.”

“I’m gonna dedicate a song to you. What’s your favourite song of ours?”

“I Miss You.”

“I wrote that. You’re a smart kid. That’s gonna be dedicated to you tonight. I should go. I’ll see you soon.” I gave her a quick hug and stood. I waved to her brother and walked over to the crowd that was surrounding Taylor, Zack, Alex and Joey. When I finally got to the centre, we took a few group photos with fans. After the crowd died down a little, I got out of the crowd that was still there and ran over to Andy, jumping on him.

“I missed you.” I said as we hugged.

“I missed you too, babe. Fans are watching by the way.”

“Fans can suck my dick. You’re my boyfriend and I can do whatever the hell I want to you.” I jumped off him and stood on my toes to kiss him. He pulled away way too quickly for my liking. “Did you like that fan?”

“Yeah, she was heaps cool. I followed her on your twitter.”

“Why my twitter?”

“I don’t follow fans. I can’t follow all of them. Shaun gets yelled at daily for not following them.”

“MADDEN!”  Joey yelled across the airport. I turned; they were standing with a fan, the only one left. He waved me over.

“Come on, pretty boy.” I took Andy’s hand and we walked over together.

“Hurry up, woman. Christmas will be here soon.” Alex said.

“I’m here now. Shut up.”

“Just shut up and take a photo with us and Abbey.”

“Dude, did you not sleep last night? You’re in a shit mood today.”

“Can you just get in the freaking photo?”

“Stop being an asshole.”

“Both of you shut up.” Taylor said before looking down at Abbey. “Sorry about them. Andy, can you take the photo?”

“Sure.” He took the camera from Abbey and we all gathered around her and smiled. “There you go.” He handed her back her camera and she smiled.

“Thanks guys. I’ll see you tonight.” She said before walking over to some guy.

“What the fuck is your problem?” I asked Alex.

“Madden, just go get your stuff.” Joey said.

“Seriously, what is your problem, Alex?” I asked again.

“Madz, come on.” Andy took my hand and turned my around, walking me to where our luggage was waiting. I grabbed my stuff and we waited for the others to come over. They were talking to Alex, after a couple of minutes; they came over and got their stuff. Andy led us out to some van thing and we got in it. Alex and I ignored each other the whole time. We went to our hotel and the boys checked in, I was staying with Andy so he took me up to his room.

“Where is everyone?” I asked.

“Already down at Enmore.”

“Okay. I’m gonna get ready then.” I unzipped my bag and pulled out a drop dead shirt and a ripped pair of faded denim shorts. I went into the bathroom and changed into them, I ran my fingers through my hair to make it sit properly, I had straightened it this morning before we left. I walked back out and grabbed a pair of vans and slipped them on my feet.

“Ready.” I said to Andy.

“Okay. You might want to find out where they’re room is.” I pulled out my phone and text Taylor asking where their room was. He replied with 1256, Andy and I walked down to the elevator and went down a floor. We found 1256 and knocked on the door. The guys came out and we went down to the van that was waiting for us. It took us to the back of Enmore Theatre and we got out. There were a few fans waiting for us, we went over and met them, signed a few things and took photos before going inside. I saw the For Our Hero boys walking towards the stage door.

“Miss me much?” I called out to them.

“Just a bit.” Nax said. I walked up to them and gave them all a hug.

“I’m going to find the others. Be back later.” I walked out onto the stage and found Shaun and Bradie. “Hey bitches.”

“About time you got here.” Bradie said giving me a hug.

“Fans at the airport.”

“You and Alex fighting?” Shaun asked.

“How did you know?”

“A girl called Abbey that I follow tweeted about it.”

“Lovely.” I took my phone out of my pocket and tweeted - @Maddie3MTM – sorry to those who witnessed my little fight with Alex.

“Three Minutes to Midnight, head to the stage for sound check.” A voice said. I really didn’t remember any of that happening on the last tour.

“Mic is already set up.” Shaun told me. I nodded, looking back down at my phone. I had a few mentions but one caught my eye. @JessToMidnight; @Maddie3MTM – hey! Thanks for everything at the airport. You’re really nice. : ) x

I replied with; @Maddie3MTM; @JessToMidnight – It’s okay. Aw, thank you. I’ma DM you something. X

I direct messaged her asking what her favourite song of ours was. She replied saying Breaking Down. Why? I quickly replied saying you’ll see tonight. X

Zack, Alex, Taylor and Joey had all set up and were waiting for me.

“We’ll do I Miss You.” I said. They started playing it and I began to sing the lyrics I had written. People were fixing things so they sounded right and we finished the song and went backstage. Zack stopped me before I could follow Taylor, Alex and Joey out.

“Don’t mind Alex. He got dumped today.” He said.

“Are you serious? That sucks. Why?”

“I don’t know. Mikki just dumped him and to make it worst, she did it by text.”

“That’s so mean. I’m gonna go talk to him.”

I walked to where the band was and pulled Alex out of the room.

“Zack told you, didn’t he?” he said. I nodded. “Sorry for everything at the airport.”

“It’s okay, bud. I love you and you’ll always have me.”

“I love you too.” He pulled me into a hug as a voice called “Set up Merch. People are being let in in twenty minutes.”

“Where’s our merch?” I asked.

“Taylor and Joey have gone to put it out. I grabbed one of these for you cause I knew you didn’t have one.” He pulled one of our phatbands out of his pocket and handed it to me.

“Aw, thanks.” I put it on my left wrist with my For Our Hero one. They had given it to me one day on the last tour, I always wore it now. Our merch was our EP – After All, a couple of shirts that Joey designed and our phatbands that Zack designed, they were white with Three Minutes to Midnight in blue writing.

“All good. Andy was looking for you by the way.”

“Do you know where he is?”

“Next room down.”

“Thanks.” I walked into the room Alex had said and found Andy, Shaun and Bradie in there.

“Hey guys.”

“Hey. I was looking for you.” Andy said.

“Yeah, Alex just told me. That’s why I came in here.” I sat cross-legged on the couch next to him.

“Oh. You two talking again?”

“Yeah, he’s had a bad day.”

“What happened?”

“I’ll tell you later.” I noticed he was wearing everything I had gotten him for his birthday. The vans, the ripped skinnies, the drop dead shirt and his necklace. His necklace was like his himynameis one but this one had a bass guitar on it. He was wearing his himynameis one; I took it off him and put it around my neck.

“You right there?” he asked.

“Yup!” I adjusted the necklace so it wouldn’t tangle with my locket. After that, I started fiddling with all the string bracelets I had on my right wrist, waiting for us to be called.

“You nervous?” Shaun asked.

“A little. It’s a sold out show.”

“The ones you performed in were sold out too.”

“That’s different. I didn’t know I was singing in those shows.”

His answer was cut off by the voice “Three Minutes to Midnight, head to the stage door. You go on in five minutes.”

“Come on, I’ll walk you.” Andy said standing and pulling me to my feet, keeping my hand in his.

“Good luck!” Shaun and Bradie called as we walked out. The guys were waiting when we got there; we had about two minutes before we had to go on. Alex, Taylor and Joey were clutching their guitars and Zack was drumming the air.

“You guys look so nervous.” Andy said.

“Of course they are. They haven’t performed for a crowd this big. Guys, it’s gonna be fine. When you get out there, the nerves go straight away.”

“One minute.” The voice said. Andy turned me to face him.

“You’re gonna do great. I’ll be standing right here the whole time. I’ll still be here when you come off. Good luck and I love you.” He said quickly.

“I love you too, pretty boy.” I hugged him quickly.

He kissed my forehead as the voice said “Show time.”

“Zack, walk to the drums first.” I said, he nodded and walked out. “Taylor, Alex, Joey, you go now.” They jogged out to their spots.

“Now you.” Andy said. I ran out to my microphone and took it off its stand.

“How are we all tonight?” I said into the mic. They screamed back. “This one’s called I Miss You and tonight it’s dedicated to Lilly, who is my niece’s best friend!” I said as the guys started to play. I sang the lyrics as best I could. I walked around the stage, dancing with the boys and rocking out on top of amps, jumping off them. This was amazing.  We did about five more songs, then Zack did a drum solo, so I could get a drink and Taylor, Alex and Joey could change their shirts.

“You’re doing great, babe.” Andy said as he handed me a bottle of water.

“This is freaking amazing.” I said before sculling the whole bottle. Joey, Alex and Taylor came back and I ran back onto the stage with them.

“Okay, guys, if you have twitter or you have him on Facebook, I want all of you to tell Alex you love him, okay? Don’t ask why, just do it.” I looked over at him, he was laughing to himself, fiddling with his bass. “Okay! This one’s called Everything We Are.”  Alex had written this about Mikki, I could tell it made him sad, so I hung around him for the song.  We finished our set with the song Taylor sung and I did backup vocals in. I had dedicated Breaking Down to Jess a few songs ago.

“You guys were a great crowd! We’ll be seeing you outside after the show. Goodnight Enmore!” I called as Zack threw his drum sticks out, Taylor, Joey and Alex threw out their picks. I noticed Jess against the barrier.

“Joey, where’s our set list?” he pulled it out of his back pocket and handed it to me. “Thanks.” I took one of my string bands off my wrist and squatted down in front of Jess, handing the set list and band to her. She grinned and put them in her bag.

“Thank you!” she yelled over the crowd. I smiled at her and stood up, running off stage after the others. For Our Hero ran out as we came off.

“You guys did great.” Shaun said.

“That is never gonna get old.” I said.

“I swear you were gonna fall off that amp in Deep Down.” Zack said.

“I almost did. That’s why I jumped off.” I told him as I jumped up and down on the spot. “You nearly did an Andy and fell off stage in your spin, Alex.”

“An Andy?” Andy asked. “What are you talking about?”

“Nothing, dear.” I smirked and looked away from his glare.

“Madden, who was your friend at the barrier?” Joey asked.

“That was Jess; I met her at the airport today. She didn’t have a problem with me and Andy dating and I liked her and she took my phone over to Andy and then Andy followed her on my twitter….. That was Jess.” I said really fast.

“In English?”

“That was Jess.” Andy explained simply.

“How do you even understand her when she talks that fast?” Joey asked him.

“I’ve been with her for a while now. You pick up on these things.”

“Nine months.” I said grinning. “Where’d Taylor go?”

“Merch stand.” Bradie said.

“Come for a walk, Bradie.” He nodded and we walked down the hall together. “So, how’s life?”

“Pretty good.”

“You’ve been with Iz for like eight months now, hey?”

“Bells? Yeah… Why do you call her Izzy?”

“Just do. No hating on her from the teenies?”

“Nope, that stopped months ago.”

“Lucky bitch.” We got to the merch stand then so our conversation ended. Taylor was talking some guy; he left as we got there. “Hey bud, how we doing?”

“We’ve sold heaps. Got 5 bands left, a shirt and a couple of CD’s.”

“I gotta go guys. I go on in ten.” Bradie said.

“Good luck.” I said as he started walking back the way we had come. As he rounded the corner I turned to Taylor. “So, did you like tonight?”

“I loved it.”

“It’s never gonna get old. It’s just so fun. You know what my favourite part is?”

“When they sing it with you?”

“Yup.”

“Are you even tired?”

“Nope.”

“Even after all that, you’re not tired?”

“This is me remember, I’m always hyper.”

“True. You’ve been jumping since we came off and it’s been over an hour.”

“Meh. Wanna go watch the guys?”

“Okay.” We walked backstage in silence; I jumped on Beau’s back and stole his animal hat. I sat inside the curtain and watched the boys do their thing. It was the last song of their set when Andy did his spin, and he fell off the stage. I started laughing hysterically; I fell on my side from laughing so hard, which I soon realised made me fall onto stage. I slid back a little so I was out of sight. I couldn’t breathe by the time they came off.

“Get off the floor, Madz.” Andy said as he walked past me. I finally composed myself after about five minutes. I stood up and jumped on Andy’s back.

“You did good.” I said, kissing his cheek.

“Thanks babe.”

“Maddie, can I have my hat back?” Beau asked.

“Nope. I’ll give it back to you on the way to the hotel. I like it.” He sighed and started walking back to the green room.

“Meet and Greet time.” Shaun said. I dropped off Andy’s back and took his hand. Normally, if we were going to see fans, we’d walk separately but I hadn’t seen him in three months. Taylor, Alex, Joey and Zack came out with the For Our Hero boys and we walked out the back of Enmore Theatre to meet the fans. It was the same as at the airport, but there were a lot more fans. People were taking photos of us at any opportunity they could, it kind of weirded me out but Andy said I would get used to it. After an hour of meeting, we’d finally gotten through them all. We piled into the van and the guy drove us back to the hotel. Beau took his hat off me as we walked into the hotel.

“Night guys.” I said as Andy and I got in the elevator.

“Nine o’clock in the morning. I’ll call you to make sure you’re up.” Shaun said as the doors started to shut.

“I’m not gonna be able to sleep.” I said.

“You’re too hyped up, I know. You’ve been jumping up and down for hours. I probably won’t sleep for ages too. You have formspring, hey?”

“Yup, wanna do a reply spree on there?”

“Yeah, nothing better to do.”

“I’ll tweet it in a minute.”

“Go on mine, more people follow me.” He said.

“Yup.” He unlocked our room and we walked in. I grabbed a pair of boxers and a shirt from Andy’s bag and changed into them. He shook his head when he saw me, muttering something about me being a clothes stealer. I stole his phone off him and opened twitter, he was still signed in. I wrote a tweet saying Madz and I are doing a reply spree on her formspring. http://formspring.me/Maddington/ - I went onto formspring as Andy came and sat next to me. We spent until at least 2am answering them. Andy had to carry me to bed because I had almost fallen asleep on him and I was too tired to walk.

“Love you.” I muttered as he put me in bed.

“I love you too, Madz.” He kissed my forehead and I fell asleep.

 Ohey! OMG, CHAPTER 50! :O aha. About time, hey? LOL. I’ll try and post another two chapters by Monday, then I don’t know when I’ll post again for that week. I have NAPLAN. I’m stressing so bad. D: Also, if anyone wants to be Jess, tell me about yourself in my ask box, and you can be her, I just made her up and she’s gonna be permanent now. :D aha. I may take longer with chapters, because I’m back at school. YAAAAY! /end sarcasm. 

YOU NEED A DOCTOR BABY, YOU SCARED?

Madz. <3 <3

Saturday came quickly. I was at Taylor’s getting ready.

“Maddie, stop fixing your hair so we can practice. This is the last song we have to do, then you can get ready.” Alex said.

“Sorry. Coming.” I walked over to where they were and grabbed my microphone. They started playing and I waited for my queue before belting out the familiar lyrics of our song, Broken. Taylor came in with his backing vocals in the right spots and we finished the song.

“I’m so keen.” I said. “I haven’t performed since my last show of the Stack is the New Black tour.”

“I’m actually nervous. We’re performing in front of Short Stack.” Joey said.

“Don’t be. The guys are awesome. They’re nice as. They’ve already heard us play, remember? When you played the demo to me.”

“Oh yeah. Still nervous.”

“You’ll be fine once we get up there.”

“I know. Go get ready. We have go set up in an hour.” I walked over to my bag and pulled out the clothes I had in there.

“Guys, the dress or skinnies and singlet?” I asked showing them both.

“Dress.” Zack said.

“Okay.” I went into the bathroom and took off the clothes I had on and slipped the dress on. It was the one Andy had bought me months ago. It went mid-thigh and clung to me. I liked it. I put on my knee-high gladiator sandals and did the zippers up. I walked back into the band room and the guys looked up.

“Wow…” Taylor said.

“You like?” I asked them.

“Yep!” Zack said. He was checking me out, as usual. Pervert.

“Stop perving on me and get your drums.” He looked down at his drums as he pulled them apart. I helped him take them out to the car and get them in the back. Taylor, Alex and Joey bought their guitars out and got in the car with them. I locked the band room and walked around to the driver’s side. I pulled out of Taylor’s driveway and started driving to the HO. I pulled up in the park for the musicians and we got out. Alex walked into the club and over to a worker. They had a quick conversation and he came back out.

“We’re all good to set-up.” He said going over and getting his guitar. I helped Zack with his drums again. As I came out to get another drum, Andy, Jumpnow, Tahlia, Sonny and Nat pulled up.

“Hey.” Andy said, pulling me into a hug.

“Hey.” I hugged him for a second then hugged the others. I went to the car and got the bass drum. Trust Zack to make me carry it in.

“We don’t have to sneak you two in anymore.” I said to Nat and Tahlia. “We’re allowed to bring people in for the gig.” They walked in behind me and I handed Zack his drum. “You had to make me get the biggest one there, didn’t you?” he laughed and nodded before starting to put it together. I walked back down the stairs of our stage to Andy.  Bradie, Bella, Tilii, Shaun and Alyssia were coming in the door. I walked over and hugged Alyssia and the others.

“You ready?” Shaun asked.

“Yep. Just gotta wait a couple of hours.”

“Maddie, come do sound check.” Joey said.

“I’ll be back.” I said before walking up the stairs and grabbing my microphone that Alex had set up for me.

“We’ll do Broken?” Taylor asked. I nodded and they started playing it and I came in at my queue. Everything sounded good when we finished.

“Drinks?” I asked. They all nodded and we walked down the stairs together. I grabbed Andy’s hand as we walked past and dragged him along with us.

“Don’t get too drunk, Andy.” I said to him.

“I won’t until you get off stage.”

“Good.” He pulled me into a hug and whispered in my ear ‘You always look gorgeous in that dress.’ I smiled and took the drink Joey was giving me.

“Guys, you have to meet everyone.” We sat around a table and I waved for the others to come over. “Zack, Taylor, Alex, Joey, that’s Shaun, Bradie, Sonny, Nat, Jumpnow, Tahlia and Alyssia.” I introduced them to each other.

Nine o’clock came around quickly and I was a little tipsy. There were a lot of people here. Some of them were our friends and the rest were people that just came out. Some guy was introducing us as we walked up onto the stage. I was a little nervous now so I decided to stand next to Taylor, who was almost at the front of the stage until I got my confidence up. We started with ‘Breaking Down’. My confidence picked up pretty quickly and soon I was walking and dancing around the stage. I spotted Mikala and Jazzy dancing with Tahlia and Nat. I grinned down at them as they continued to dance and take photos. Twinny was drunk with a few of his mates.  Krystal and Tim were with Paul and Erin at a table watching. Bradie and Bella were dancing with Shaun and Tilii. Sonny and Jumpnow had gone over to the girls. I glanced around for Andy. I spotted him in the back corner with Alyssia. His tongue was practically down her throat. I felt my heart breaking but I continued singing and dancing like everything was okay. I turned around to look at the guys. Zack looked up at me as I did.

‘What’s wrong?’ he mouthed. I shook my head and turned back around.  I finished the song and our set, as soon as we’d said goodnight, I walked out. I heard someone walk out after me. I knew it was either Zack or Andy. I was hoping it was Zack.

“What’s wrong?” he asked. Great, it was Andy.

“Just don’t worry.” I said facing the opposite way as him.

“Madz, look at me.”

“Just go, Andy.”

“No. Now look at me and tell me what’s wrong?”

“You want to know what’s wrong?” I turned to face him, tears rolling down my face. “Maybe it’s the fact that I had to watch you put your tongue down one of my best friend’s throats!”

“Why does that matter? We’ve been broken up for months.”

“You don’t get it, do you? I’m still in love with you!”

“Well, that’s good, because I still love you too.” He pulled me into a hug. I pushed him away.

“So why were you kissing Alyssia?”

“I don’t know. I was trying to get over you, I guess. I thought you had. The way you and Zack were flirting all night.”

“Dude, I do not flirt with Zack. That’s like me flirting with Bradie. Zack is like my brother. Nothing more.”

“Okay! I’m sorry! I love you.”

“I love you too.” I said wrapping my arms around him. He hugged me back. He pulled away a little after a minute and lifted my chin. He leaned down and kissed me. We pulled away after a minute.

“I forgot how short you were.” he said.

“Shut up, Andy. Come on, they’re probably wondering where I disappeared to.” He let me lead him back into the club. “I’m gonna go help the guys. Be back soon.”

“Okay babe. I love you.” He kissed me quickly.

“Love you too.” I walked over to the guys with a smile on my face.

“Just bail on us.” Zack said frowning.

“Sorry. I’m here now, so shut up.” I took a drum and walked it out to the car with Taylor.

“He saw you kiss him. That’s why he’s being an ass to you.”

“Aw, I love him. Just not like that. More as a brother.”

“We all know that. He doesn’t.”

“He’s just gonna have to get over it. I’m pretty sure Andy and I are back together now.”

“Gathered that much. Go hang with your boyfriend. He looks every time the door opens to see if it’s you. We’ve got this covered.”

“Really? Aw, thanks. You guys gonna stay out?”

“Nah. We’ll go back to mine.”

“I’ll see you tomorrow then.” I gave him a hug and walked over to Andy. “Well hey there, pretty boy.”

“Well, hey there, beautiful.” He said pressing his lips to mine for a second. As he pulled away, I looked over at Zack. He was watching us looking really sad. I made a heart with my hands in his direction and did an apologetic smile. He forced a smile back and walked out. Joey, Alex and Taylor walked out behind him waving to me as they did. I felt so bad.

“What’s wrong?” Andy asked.

“I feel bad. I just broke Zack’s heart.”

“He’ll be okay. I’m gonna go buy us drinks.”

“Okay. I’ma go talk to Paul and them.” We went our separate ways and I sat on a stool at the table my siblings were at.

“You did awesome, Twinny!” Jamie said.

“I didn’t think you were sober enough to know what was going on.” I said.

“I’m not even drunk.” I pushed on his shoulder and he fell to the ground.

“A sober person would’ve been able to stay in the chair.”

“You did good, sis.” Paul said. Krystal, Tim and Erin nodded in agreement. “And from what I’ve seen you’re with Andy again.”

“Sure am.”

“Good. Now go have fun with them. We’re gonna go down to the Canobolas.”

“Bye guys. And thanks for coming.” I jumped off the stool to see Andy coming over with our drinks.

I was vaguely aware of Tahlia forcing us into a car. I was extremely drunk. That was the last thing I remember of last night. I woke up in the hotel bed with Andy. I had no clothes on. Andy and I must have had sex last night and I couldn’t even remember it. Awesome. My head was throbbing as I got out of the bed and pulled on one of Andy’s shirts that was on the floor. I pulled on some underwear as well. I spotted my dress on the floor beside the bed.  I opened the bedroom door and walked out into the living room of the hotel. Tahlia and Jennings were sitting on one lounge with Alyssia and Nat on the other. I sat on the one with Nat and Alyssia and rested my head on Alyssia’s shoulder.

“Someone’s got a hangover.” She said.

“Shut up or I’ll punch you in the face.” I said.

“M-Nugget doesn’t do hangovers. She likes the drinking part but not the hangover part.” Tahlia said.

“She knows what she’s talking about.” I stayed there for a while before getting up and going back into the bedroom. Andy was jumping around the room trying to get his jeans on. He turned around to look at me as I shut the door.

“Did we?” I nodded. “Do you remember last night?”

“I remember the gig, then getting back with you, dancing with everyone and then I remember Tahlia forcing us into a car. Be back in a second.” I walked out of the room again and into the living room.

“T-Bag, did you force us into a car last night?” I asked. She nodded. I turned and walked back into the bedroom.

“Remember anything else?” he asked. I shook my head and fell on the bed. “How’s your head?”

“Throbbing.”

“You get used to it.” He came over and lay beside me pulling me into his arms. He kissed my temple a few times. “Better?”

“A little.”

“It’ll get better soon. I’ll get you something to take when I could be bothered to get up.”

“Lazy shit.”

“Shush you. Talking won’t help. Have a sleep and it’ll be a bit better, then I’ll find you something to take.”

“I’ll try. Love you.”

“Love you too.” He kissed my temple and pulled me closer to him. I shut my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

When I woke, my head wasn’t hurting as much. Andy wasn’t next to me anymore. I looked at the clock; I had only slept for two hours. I sat up and rested my back on the bed head. Despite the hangover, I was pretty happy. 3 Minutes to Midnight were getting somewhere, I was back with Andy and I was with my best friends. The door opened and Andy stepped in.

“Hey.” I said.

“Hey. Feeling better?”

“Yup.”

“Good because we don’t have anything for you to take.”

“You’re a douche.”

“I am not!” he said a little bit too loudly.

“Ow…”

“Sorry.” He walked over to the bed and sat on the edge of it. “Are you going to see your band guys today?”

“Yeah, I gotta ask them to do something.”

“What would that be?”

“Nothing for you to know.” I said as I moved to be next to him. He took my hand and I rested my head on his shoulder. “It’s your birthday next Monday, hey?”

“Yep.”

“Nobody likes you when you’re twenty three.”

“I’ve heard that so many times in the past week, I’m gonna be hearing it for the next month.”

“I know. I lurk your mentions. It’s quite entertaining. I won’t get to see you on your birthday.”

“Lurker.  I’d bring you home with me, but we have tour stuff to organize.”

“When is the tour?”

“July.”

“Okay. Come on, we should go now if we’re gonna see the boys.” I stood up and picked up a pair of shorts off the floor, pulling them on quickly. Andy had already left the room so I walked out through the living room into the kitchen. I grabbed a bottle of water and walked back out to the living room. “Let’s go. Any else coming?” Everyone walked out the door behind Andy and I, we piled into the cars. There were eleven of us so Nat had to sit on Sonny’s lap. I started driving to Taylor’s with the other car following close behind. We got there in less than ten minutes. I got out and practically ran to the band room door. I flung it open to see Alex, Joey and Taylor attacking each other on the floor and Zack sitting on an amp watching them.

“Really, guys? Really? Can you go find minutes without ending up on the floor?” I asked them walking over to Zack.

“Come at me bro!” Alex yelled from wherever he was in the pile.

“No, I’m too hung-over.” I said to him before turning to look at Zack. “You okay, bud?” he shrugged. I sat on the floor in front of him. “You know I love you, right?” he nodded. “Always remember that. Whether I’m with Andy or not, I love you.” He smiled, standing up and pulling me to my feet. He hugged me. “Help me break those losers up?” I said.

“They’ve been at it for about half an hour.” He told me. I laughed and walked over to the pile of them in the middle of the floor.

“Get up, you faggots.”  I said grabbing Joey’s shirt and pulling it. Taylor grabbed my legs and pulled me down into the pile. “GET OFF YOU DOUCHEBAG.” I yelled at whoever was on top of me. I think it was Alex.

“NEVER!” He called back. Yep, it was Alex.

“I’m kicking all your asses when I’m able to get up. ZACK, GET THEM OFF ME. I CAN’T BREATHE, THEY WEIGH A TONNE!” Alex was lifted off me and I stood up. “You weigh a tonne.” I said trying to get air.

“I do not!” he protested.

“Yes, you do. Crush me again and I’ll kill you.”

“Come at me bro!” he realised what he’d said and ran past everyone out the door with me a few steps behind him. He was faster than me but I was pretty close to him as I chased him around Taylor’s yards. He ran back into the band room, through it to the stairs, up the stairs then all around Taylor’s two storey house. He ran back into the band room and tripped over Joey’s foot that he had stuck out. He hit the ground and I started laughing.

“Can you breathe?” Taylor asked me after a minute of me laughing. I shook my head and calmed down. I walked over to Andy and stood next to him, taking his head.

“You’re an idiot.” He said.

“I know. You tell me that frequently. Taylor, I’m going to raid your kitchen.” And I ran up the stairs before he could say anything. I got random things out of the fridge and cupboards and chucked them into a sandwich before walking back to the band room.

“We wanted to ask you something.” Shaun was saying to the boys. “Would you guys like to be one of our supports for our This is Bat Country?” I nearly choked on my sandwich.