Right Here With My Friends

"Tela, what if Matt realizes we're really not at the movies?" I said as I started to fidget with the bottom left edge to my Hello Kitty long sleeved t-shit, red skinny jeans to match the red bow, and red converses for the sixth time as we waited for the line to move forward.

"Krysta, calm down; Matthew won't. He does; I'll give a hitting for every bruise on your body." she replied back as I saw her "version" of sneaking a look towards the covered parts of my body that has the slowly healing bruises which were my pants and the stomach area of the shirt. Let's just say she needs to work harder at that though.

"I know you would Telenia; I know you would." I said as we were both finally able to get our tickets checked out and allowed into the venue where we could already hear the over-obsessed fans screaming out their favorite member's name hoping that they could hear them all the way in the back where the band waited as all the fans were allowed in. I wondered if anyone knew that most bands, this one included, only came to play because they loved the way the strings reacted under their fingers, the way the sticks hit the drums to make the perfect sound, the way the emotion of the song came as they sang to get their point across. Or in other words...they played because they loved music and wanted others to feel the same way.

As I thought about this I noticed that the screams seemed to have gotten louder; I also took notice that Tela had started to dance a little bit in her loose fitting see-through peach colored blouse that had a white tank top underneath, her black knee-cut shorts, and her semi peach colored vans. All the girls around us where screaming for their favorite band member, she was trying her hardest to get the guitarist attention just like some of the other girls in the crowd as well.

While she was doing that I had a perfect view of the lead singer and yet unlike the blondes that were three rows in front of me trying to get his attention by screaming his name and/or lyrics to the song begin sang as they moved their bodies in the world' kinkiest clothes known to man-kind; I was actually enjoying myself as I danced back and forth to the emotion from the lyrics.

"So how's everyone doing tonight? We're All Time Low, but I guess you already knew that what with this big sign behind us saying so. That first song was Shameless, but I think it's time to kick things down a bit. So who wants to hear Remembering Sunday?" Alex stated as the first few cords of the song started to kick in.

As the singing started I realized why this was my favorite song as I started to dance and just let go of every single stress that Matthew has brought to me as well as all the hurtful words that has been said from the queen skank of the preps at my high school. What I didn't notice as I danced though was that throughout the entire song Alex Gaskarth seemed to only have eyes for me.

As the concert continued on the fans continued to enjoy it as some fans favorite songs were played. The band started to dwell down to their last song from the playlist of Shameless, Remembering Sunday, Dear Maria; Count me in, Break Out Break Out, Too Much, Stella, Jasey Rae, Six Feet under the stars, Lost in Stereo, Therapy, Hello Brooklyn, Walls, Break Your Little heart, and lastly Weightless (the acoustic version).

And maybe it's not my weekend

But it's gonna be my year

And I'm so sick of watching while the minutes pass

While I go nowhere

And this is my reaction to everything I fear

(Everything I fear)

'Cause I've been going crazy

I don't wanna waste another minute here

"So who else besides us enjoyed the concert? Now comes the fun part at least for some of you, so sorry to the rest; we're going to be doing a meet and greet with Rows 1-5. So all you fans start heading to the back room and we'll meet you there after we get cleaned of all this sweat.

"OH MY GOD, girls I can't believe this; we are the select few to get to meet ALL TIME LOW. Let's go to the bathrooms and fix our outfits." I heard from the very front row and the voice who said it made me realize that it was the group of girls I had been wishing wouldn't be here.

"Hey Krysta, stop day-dreaming and hurry up." Tela said as she walked where the other fans started to gather. As I was about to get in line right beside her, I heard two recognizable cackles; one belonging to my "boyfriend" and the other belonging to Beth-Ann Jones. This is just peachy; anyone else note the sarcasm?

"What the fucking he'll is this? It sure doesn't look like you being at the movies." Matt screamed in my face. Thankfully Beth-Ann and her three friends, (the other tormentors in my life), tela, and myself was the last group to meet All Time Low so no one else would be around to witness everything he says to me. However I did forget about the band; how silly of me.

"Hey, what's going on out here? Someone would think that Barney ate a kid with all the yelling out here." Jack said as he stood in front of the door with his phone still in his hand; probably from having just sent his girlfriend Holly a text (an: they do make the cutesy couple too bad it finally took me to realize that from having watched Holly's World first episode).

"This doesn't concern you rockstar now why don't you go back inside to the rest of the pansy ass wanna-be artists you call friends." Matt said as he turned away from my face, only to then grip my arm to where it could bruise later on tonight.

"Excuse me; I could have you thrown out right..." before Jack could finish what he was saying, his phone started to ring. As he looked down to see that it was his girlfriend Holly but all that is pointless because the one thing that got to me was his ringtone.

The one song that had actually given me the strength to realize what a monster Matt really was even if I didn't have the will-power to actually leave him back when he started to change; that one song made me believe in myself each time Matt said otherwise; that one song that I played on repeat every night when Matt was finally asleep; that ONE song that after all these years of being ridiculed and beaten am I finally able to do something. And the funny thing was that as I started to hum the chorus of the song, the rage of everything wrong that had happened to me unleashed from the cage it had been locked in for so long...

I'm looking down at this mess that you made

And can't believe that I stayed

So unhappy for so long

Where did I go wrong

I've got to get out of here

My hand is on the handle

We're leaving everything behind

Goodbye for a life time

I'll make my stand right here with my friends (5)

"Hey Krysta, are you alright?" I heard Tela say but I wasn't listening to her as I took Matt's distraction of agruing with Jack to my advantage and pulled my arm as hard as I could from his grip. He of course didn't like that as he finally noticed and turned around to face me. Now that I had his attention, it was time for some payback.

"You know what Matt? I AM DONE WITH THIS! All the beatings, the hurtful words, the ridicule I added as I locked eyes with Beth-Anna and the rest of her crew. I should have realized this a long time and done something about it, but no I was the perfect girlfriend for you all the while hiding the scars that you FUCKING caused. Well, guess what asshole; this girlfriend is finally speaking her mind." I screamed right into his face feeling the anger and hurt as it swelled all around my body for everything that he had done (God how I wished I didn't obey my parents when they set this whole entire relationship up; thinking that Matt was the world's perfect boyfriend. I guess I should have noticed the other part of the deal where Matt was the son to my dad's boss. But hey; live and learn I suppose).

As I turned towards Beth-Anna ready to give her a piece of my mind as well; I didn't feel the four extra pairs of eyes on my back, the drops of the snow that had begun to fall on my hair and parts of my skin, nor did I notice that Matt was approaching me fast and with murder in his eyes. Lucky though someone else did.

Notes

Lyric credits:

1) All Time Low-Weightless

2) A Day to Remember-The Plot To Bomb The Panhandle