Find a Place for Me Again
Ten
It's been a week now and the tour is now underway at last. Today was the first of the many shows in California and I was going into the pit for the All Time Low set. I was still shaken up from the incident at the bonfire and the day after. I felt terrible for shooting Alex down like I did.
Right now, I wasn't needed to be outside so I was in my bunk, ready for the day. I was on Youtube on my mac, just trying to kill time. I thought I was alone and I started to sing along to the video I picked to play.
I sang along to Damned If I Do You from the Unplugged special the guys did. I was really into it I didn't notice Alex was with me until he started to sign along with me. I jumped at his voice and stopped the video.
"You scared the shit out of me," I slapped him on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry. You're really good though," he said as he rubbed his shoulder.
"I forgot, you've never heard me sing," I told him as he climbed into my bunk.
"You told we've been together for two years I had never heard you sing until now," he replied.
"Pretty much," I told him, "I only sang when you were away. It was my way of coping with you being gone."
"How about you sing with me," he asked,
"Alex, I can't. I don't sing in front of people. Even you," I told him.
"How about this, when I have all of my memories back you have to sing with me," he offered, "It'll only be you and me with my guitar in the back lounge."
"I don't know Alex," I replied.
"Trust me, we'll be 100% alone on the bus if that'll make you feel better," he added to his offer.
"I'l consider it," I told him.
"Works for me," he smiled like a fool.
I was down in the pit. Alex was backstage with guys getting ready to come out since it was ten minutes before their set. It was crazy hot and the photo pit was a bit smaller at this set up than the last venue. I caught Alex's eye and he looked nervous for me. I saw him talking to Vinny as he pointed to me while I was getting my camera ready to work.
Soon the crowd screamed as the guys ran out and I took shots of Rian getting settled into the drums and Jack yelling at the crowd. I got a pic of Zack waving to the crowd and of Alex smiling as he played the first chord of Damned if I Do You. I fed off their energy as I moved around in the pit as I took pictures of them and the crowd.
While I was focused on getting a good picture of Alex as he played the guitar solo for Jasey Rae, I hadn't looked behind me. A fan was being crowdsurfed to security and I was a little too close. I got kicked in the back of the head incredibly hard and I fell to the ground, landing on my shoulder wrong. I let out a huge scream of agony as I laid in the dirt. Alex stopped playing and set his guitar down on the stage and helped me up. Vinny came running and took over.
"Finish your set," I told him as I gritted my teeth at the pain I felt from my head and shoulder, "I'll see you back on the bus."
"Hey how is she," I heard Alex ask Vinny as he ran onto the bus. I was laying the back lounge resting.
"She got kicked pretty hard so she's on concussion watch. Her shoulder go dislocated from her fall onto it," Vinny told him.
"I'm going to see her," he replied and came into the lounge to find me with an ice pack wrapped against the back of my head and my arm in a sling.
"Hey," I greeted him as he sat down on the couch next to me.
"How are you feeling," he asked as he rubbed my good shoulder.
"Like shit. I'm in massive pain from my head, I feel like my skull is splitting apart. My shoulder feels like my arm was ripped out of its socket," I told him
"Did the medics fix your arm," he asked.
"Oh you should have heard the mouth she had on her when they pulled her arm out and set it back in. She has a mouth worse than a truck driver and a sailor combined," Vinny snickered from the doorway.
"Fuck off Vinny," I yelled at him as I threw a pillow at him.
"Take it easy, you're hurt pretty bad, Kenzie," Alex intervened.
"I'm going to be out of the pit for a couple weeks. What the hell am I going to do about my work now," I sighed heavily.
"You could help Vinny at the merch tent while I'm on stage and then after my set and signings you and I can just hang out on the bus or I can take you to catering," he replied.
"That'd be really nice of you, Alex," I smiled at him, "Did you remember anything today?"
"Not a thing, sorry. I'm bummed out that I didn't remember anything today," he replied.
"You'll remember something soon, just be patient," I told him as I kissed his cheek softly.
Right now, I wasn't needed to be outside so I was in my bunk, ready for the day. I was on Youtube on my mac, just trying to kill time. I thought I was alone and I started to sing along to the video I picked to play.
I sang along to Damned If I Do You from the Unplugged special the guys did. I was really into it I didn't notice Alex was with me until he started to sign along with me. I jumped at his voice and stopped the video.
"You scared the shit out of me," I slapped him on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry. You're really good though," he said as he rubbed his shoulder.
"I forgot, you've never heard me sing," I told him as he climbed into my bunk.
"You told we've been together for two years I had never heard you sing until now," he replied.
"Pretty much," I told him, "I only sang when you were away. It was my way of coping with you being gone."
"How about you sing with me," he asked,
"Alex, I can't. I don't sing in front of people. Even you," I told him.
"How about this, when I have all of my memories back you have to sing with me," he offered, "It'll only be you and me with my guitar in the back lounge."
"I don't know Alex," I replied.
"Trust me, we'll be 100% alone on the bus if that'll make you feel better," he added to his offer.
"I'l consider it," I told him.
"Works for me," he smiled like a fool.
I was down in the pit. Alex was backstage with guys getting ready to come out since it was ten minutes before their set. It was crazy hot and the photo pit was a bit smaller at this set up than the last venue. I caught Alex's eye and he looked nervous for me. I saw him talking to Vinny as he pointed to me while I was getting my camera ready to work.
Soon the crowd screamed as the guys ran out and I took shots of Rian getting settled into the drums and Jack yelling at the crowd. I got a pic of Zack waving to the crowd and of Alex smiling as he played the first chord of Damned if I Do You. I fed off their energy as I moved around in the pit as I took pictures of them and the crowd.
While I was focused on getting a good picture of Alex as he played the guitar solo for Jasey Rae, I hadn't looked behind me. A fan was being crowdsurfed to security and I was a little too close. I got kicked in the back of the head incredibly hard and I fell to the ground, landing on my shoulder wrong. I let out a huge scream of agony as I laid in the dirt. Alex stopped playing and set his guitar down on the stage and helped me up. Vinny came running and took over.
"Finish your set," I told him as I gritted my teeth at the pain I felt from my head and shoulder, "I'll see you back on the bus."
"Hey how is she," I heard Alex ask Vinny as he ran onto the bus. I was laying the back lounge resting.
"She got kicked pretty hard so she's on concussion watch. Her shoulder go dislocated from her fall onto it," Vinny told him.
"I'm going to see her," he replied and came into the lounge to find me with an ice pack wrapped against the back of my head and my arm in a sling.
"Hey," I greeted him as he sat down on the couch next to me.
"How are you feeling," he asked as he rubbed my good shoulder.
"Like shit. I'm in massive pain from my head, I feel like my skull is splitting apart. My shoulder feels like my arm was ripped out of its socket," I told him
"Did the medics fix your arm," he asked.
"Oh you should have heard the mouth she had on her when they pulled her arm out and set it back in. She has a mouth worse than a truck driver and a sailor combined," Vinny snickered from the doorway.
"Fuck off Vinny," I yelled at him as I threw a pillow at him.
"Take it easy, you're hurt pretty bad, Kenzie," Alex intervened.
"I'm going to be out of the pit for a couple weeks. What the hell am I going to do about my work now," I sighed heavily.
"You could help Vinny at the merch tent while I'm on stage and then after my set and signings you and I can just hang out on the bus or I can take you to catering," he replied.
"That'd be really nice of you, Alex," I smiled at him, "Did you remember anything today?"
"Not a thing, sorry. I'm bummed out that I didn't remember anything today," he replied.
"You'll remember something soon, just be patient," I told him as I kissed his cheek softly.
So I just read what you have of this, and I'm sad to see it was never finished. :(
It's a bit rushed at some parts, but I really like the concept of it. It surprised me that you had him gain his memory back kind of quickly; I thought for sure the twist was going to be he was going to lose it again or something. I found it a bit odd how that was kind of the plot for the first half, and then this second part kind of diverted from it. But I really like what you have of it, it's really sweet. :)
If you ever choose to finish it, I will be here to read. Although I think a final chapter wrap-up would totally work for this, if you're struggling for inspiration. Just a final update to conclude it.
You're a great writer, and so, I just wanted to leave a comment letting you know that, and to show that people are still stumbling across this and reading it. :)
7/11/16