The Remains of my Wasted Youth
011
Rebecca’s POV
I was sat in the back of the tent watching the signing take place, fans came and went; some in hysterics and some with beaming smiles stretched across their face. It made my heart melt to hear the stories the fans spoke of. It reminded me of when I was younger, when I was a lost soul with nowhere to turn but music, luckily for me I had Alex to be my rock, but some of the people we met, made me see how strong the boys fans were. It also made my heart swell with pride with what my boys do for these guys.
Sure sometimes we had some slutty fans come along who tried it on with the guys, but it’s funny how Alex would always react, he would call me over and kiss me in front of them…their reactions were priceless!
I was sat with my sketchpad, doodling mindless cartoons, I always enjoyed drawing when I was bored.
“Babe?” comes Alex’s voice causing me too look up. I glanced up to find that the signing had finished and Alex was stood in front of me smiling down at me. I smiled before shoving my sketchpad and pencil in my bag and standing up. Alex leant down a little to kiss me softly before grabbing my hand and dragging me out of the tent.
“I’m taking it was a good signing?” I ask smiling.
“Yeah, I’m guessing you ended up in your own little world drawing?” he smirks wrapping an arm around my waist. I nod giggling before planting a kiss on his cheek. “A lot of fans kept telling me how pretty my girl is.” He mumbles smiling.
“Yeah yeah.” I chuckle, pushing him away jokingly. He grabs my hand and turns me to look at him.
“I mean it Becca, you’re beautiful.” He mumbles looking deeply into my eyes. I stand there staring into his eyes, not knowing the right words to say. Instead I just lean up and place a soft kiss on his lips.
“That’s more like it.” He smirks against my lips. I look down at my phone noticing the time to be 2:45pm.
“Babe I have to go, going to check out Dan’s band.” I say pulling away from him.
“Okay, I’m going to head back to the bus, I’ll see you later?” he asks looking at me.
“Okay, love you.” I reply kissing him one more time and walking towards the staging area.
“love you too.” He calls back.
***
I arrive at the staging, showing my pass to get backstage. I get to the side stage and stand around waiting for Dan when I hear a voice I recognise so much.
“Becky?” I turn round quickly, coming face to face with someone I had missed so much.
“Matty?” I question, a smile appearing on my face. I quickly run forward and enveloped in his arms.
“You’re actually here…they weren’t lying.” He says squeezing me tight. The thing with me and Matt is we were really close growing up. It was actually through him I met everyone, were actually cousins…well 2nd cousins but still, the boys family. We still spoke to his mum now and then but I hadn’t heard from the boy in years.
“Oh my god, how have you been?” he questions looking me over.
“I’ve been great Matt, I graduated school, went to college, got a degree in photography and now work for AP Magazine.” I reply smiling.
“I’m so proud of you Becky, your photography always was amazing. Josh tells me your also with a certain Alexander Gaskarth.” He says raising his eyebrow in a suggestive manner.
“Been with him since I joined high school over here.” I explain smiling.
“And he’s been treating you well?” he asks raising an eyebrow.
“Of course, you think I’d put up with it if he wasn’t?” I reply smirking. This in turn causes Matt to burst out laughing and hugging me one more time. Out of all the guys, I have no anger towards Matt over abandoning me, he never really did, he’s family at the end of the day.
“Rebecca you made it…and I see you met Matt!” comes a voice from behind us. I turn around coming face to face with Dan and then it clicks…You Me At Six is his band!
“Dan you know Becca?” asks Matt confused. “WAIT BECKY IS THE COOL CHICK YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT?” shouts Matt.
“What? How do you know her?” questions Dan confused.
“She’s my cousin…Dan this is Becca.” Says Matt; causing a look of wonder to flash over Dan’s face.
“Oh my god.” Says Dan; his jaw to the floor. “I’m so sorry.” He says obviously knowing about my past with Max.
“It’s fine, I’m actually happy you invited me here…I got to see my Matthew.” I reply hugging my cousin tightly causing him to laugh.
“Are you gonna be okay? Max is gonna be here any second.” Says Matt; looking me in the eyes.
“I’ll be fine.” I say smiling. Before long, 3 voices join us in the backstage area.
“Is that my Becz I see.” Shouts Josh; running over and enveloping me in a hug.
“The one and only!” I smile back. He laughs before quickly running over and putting his ear pieces in.
“Hey Becca.” Smiles Chris who was having his ear pieces fitted. And that’s when he comes into view…Max.
I’m shocked when I see him…I straightaway notice a black eye and swollen cheek. What the hell happened to him.
“What the hell happened?” I ask in shock, one hand going over my mouth the other gesturing to his face.
“It’s noticeable huh?” he laughs weakly; looking at me with sorrow deep within his eyes.
“Who done this?” I question staring at him moving a step closer.
“It doesn’t matter.” He says walking off to the side and putting in his ear piece. I follow him closely, ignoring the rest of the band staring at us.
“Tell me who done it now.” I reply watching him.
“YOU ME AT SIX TWO MINUTES.” Yells a crew member.
“Rebecca I can’t talk about this right now.” He says picking up his guitar and walking to stand with the rest of the band.
“Max, you have to tell me, who done this?” I reply grabbing his arm.
“Rebecca let go.” He says looking down.
“Max just say.”
“YOU ME AT SIX ONE MINUTE”
“Rebecca let go, I have to perform.”
“Just tell me…” I trail off staring at him.
“Becz…”
“Max say.”
“I can’t.”
“Tell me.”
“No.”
“Max-”
“It was Jack okay! He punched me and threatened me to stay away from you okay!” he yells in my face before staring at me. He looks broken.
“YOU ME AT SIX YOU’RE ON!”
With that Max turns away from me and walks towards the stage, plastering a smile to his face and leaving me to my thoughts.
I was sat in the back of the tent watching the signing take place, fans came and went; some in hysterics and some with beaming smiles stretched across their face. It made my heart melt to hear the stories the fans spoke of. It reminded me of when I was younger, when I was a lost soul with nowhere to turn but music, luckily for me I had Alex to be my rock, but some of the people we met, made me see how strong the boys fans were. It also made my heart swell with pride with what my boys do for these guys.
Sure sometimes we had some slutty fans come along who tried it on with the guys, but it’s funny how Alex would always react, he would call me over and kiss me in front of them…their reactions were priceless!
I was sat with my sketchpad, doodling mindless cartoons, I always enjoyed drawing when I was bored.
“Babe?” comes Alex’s voice causing me too look up. I glanced up to find that the signing had finished and Alex was stood in front of me smiling down at me. I smiled before shoving my sketchpad and pencil in my bag and standing up. Alex leant down a little to kiss me softly before grabbing my hand and dragging me out of the tent.
“I’m taking it was a good signing?” I ask smiling.
“Yeah, I’m guessing you ended up in your own little world drawing?” he smirks wrapping an arm around my waist. I nod giggling before planting a kiss on his cheek. “A lot of fans kept telling me how pretty my girl is.” He mumbles smiling.
“Yeah yeah.” I chuckle, pushing him away jokingly. He grabs my hand and turns me to look at him.
“I mean it Becca, you’re beautiful.” He mumbles looking deeply into my eyes. I stand there staring into his eyes, not knowing the right words to say. Instead I just lean up and place a soft kiss on his lips.
“That’s more like it.” He smirks against my lips. I look down at my phone noticing the time to be 2:45pm.
“Babe I have to go, going to check out Dan’s band.” I say pulling away from him.
“Okay, I’m going to head back to the bus, I’ll see you later?” he asks looking at me.
“Okay, love you.” I reply kissing him one more time and walking towards the staging area.
“love you too.” He calls back.
***
I arrive at the staging, showing my pass to get backstage. I get to the side stage and stand around waiting for Dan when I hear a voice I recognise so much.
“Becky?” I turn round quickly, coming face to face with someone I had missed so much.
“Matty?” I question, a smile appearing on my face. I quickly run forward and enveloped in his arms.
“You’re actually here…they weren’t lying.” He says squeezing me tight. The thing with me and Matt is we were really close growing up. It was actually through him I met everyone, were actually cousins…well 2nd cousins but still, the boys family. We still spoke to his mum now and then but I hadn’t heard from the boy in years.
“Oh my god, how have you been?” he questions looking me over.
“I’ve been great Matt, I graduated school, went to college, got a degree in photography and now work for AP Magazine.” I reply smiling.
“I’m so proud of you Becky, your photography always was amazing. Josh tells me your also with a certain Alexander Gaskarth.” He says raising his eyebrow in a suggestive manner.
“Been with him since I joined high school over here.” I explain smiling.
“And he’s been treating you well?” he asks raising an eyebrow.
“Of course, you think I’d put up with it if he wasn’t?” I reply smirking. This in turn causes Matt to burst out laughing and hugging me one more time. Out of all the guys, I have no anger towards Matt over abandoning me, he never really did, he’s family at the end of the day.
“Rebecca you made it…and I see you met Matt!” comes a voice from behind us. I turn around coming face to face with Dan and then it clicks…You Me At Six is his band!
“Dan you know Becca?” asks Matt confused. “WAIT BECKY IS THE COOL CHICK YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT?” shouts Matt.
“What? How do you know her?” questions Dan confused.
“She’s my cousin…Dan this is Becca.” Says Matt; causing a look of wonder to flash over Dan’s face.
“Oh my god.” Says Dan; his jaw to the floor. “I’m so sorry.” He says obviously knowing about my past with Max.
“It’s fine, I’m actually happy you invited me here…I got to see my Matthew.” I reply hugging my cousin tightly causing him to laugh.
“Are you gonna be okay? Max is gonna be here any second.” Says Matt; looking me in the eyes.
“I’ll be fine.” I say smiling. Before long, 3 voices join us in the backstage area.
“Is that my Becz I see.” Shouts Josh; running over and enveloping me in a hug.
“The one and only!” I smile back. He laughs before quickly running over and putting his ear pieces in.
“Hey Becca.” Smiles Chris who was having his ear pieces fitted. And that’s when he comes into view…Max.
I’m shocked when I see him…I straightaway notice a black eye and swollen cheek. What the hell happened to him.
“What the hell happened?” I ask in shock, one hand going over my mouth the other gesturing to his face.
“It’s noticeable huh?” he laughs weakly; looking at me with sorrow deep within his eyes.
“Who done this?” I question staring at him moving a step closer.
“It doesn’t matter.” He says walking off to the side and putting in his ear piece. I follow him closely, ignoring the rest of the band staring at us.
“Tell me who done it now.” I reply watching him.
“YOU ME AT SIX TWO MINUTES.” Yells a crew member.
“Rebecca I can’t talk about this right now.” He says picking up his guitar and walking to stand with the rest of the band.
“Max, you have to tell me, who done this?” I reply grabbing his arm.
“Rebecca let go.” He says looking down.
“Max just say.”
“YOU ME AT SIX ONE MINUTE”
“Rebecca let go, I have to perform.”
“Just tell me…” I trail off staring at him.
“Becz…”
“Max say.”
“I can’t.”
“Tell me.”
“No.”
“Max-”
“It was Jack okay! He punched me and threatened me to stay away from you okay!” he yells in my face before staring at me. He looks broken.
“YOU ME AT SIX YOU’RE ON!”
With that Max turns away from me and walks towards the stage, plastering a smile to his face and leaving me to my thoughts.
Notes
New chapter cause I love you guys so much and can't be asked to do my history notes! So Rebecca has found out what Jack did, how do you think she's gonna react? And what about Max? Anyone feeling sorry for him?So let me know what you think and if there's any hints at what you want to happen! Who knows you might get another chapter later?
I just started reading a few days ago, and I'd def read more! Love it!
2/28/17