Remembering Sunday
Two
“Hello Baltimore!” Alex screamed into his microphone as he waved to the massive crowd in front of him. In return of his greeting the crowd screamed at Alex. Smiling to himself Alex started strumming his guitar. “Well, I hop you all sing along to this song. It’s called Jasey-Rae and goes like this.” Alex turned his head to the little girl watching from the side. She jumped up when Alex stated the song he would sing. This meant a lot to both Jasey and Alex. Alex started singing now.
“Lights out,
I still hear the rain,
These images that fill my head,
Now keep my fingers from making mistakes,
Tell my voice what it takes,
To speak up, speak up,
And keep my conscience clean when I wake.
Don't make this easy,
I want you to mean it,
Jasey. (Say you'll mean it)
You're dressed to kill,
I'm calling you out, (don't waste your time on me)
Now there's an aching in my back;
a stabbing pain that says I lack,
the common sense and confidence,
to bring an end to promises,
that I make in times of desperate conversation,
hoping my night could be better than theirs in the end.
Just say when.
Don't make this easy,
I want you to mean it,
Jasey. (say you'll mean it)
You're dressed to kill,
I'm calling you out, (don't waste your time on me)
I've never told a lie,
and that makes me a liar,
I've never made a bet,
but we gamble with desire,
I've never lit a match,
with intent to start a fire,
but recently the flames,
are getting out of control.
Call me a name,
Kill me with words,
Forget about me,
It's what I deserve,
I was your chance,
to get out of this town,
but I ditched the car,
and left you to,
Wait outside,
I hope the air will serve to remind you,
that my heart is as cold as the clouds of your breath,
and my words are as timed as the beating in my chest.”
Alex finished singing and stared at his little girl, she had been singing along with Alex on the side and was jumping up and down excitedly after hearing her father sing this song. Knowing the entire time Alex was singing to her. Alex looked back to the crowd and spoke. “Hey everyone, I have a surprise to show you.” Alex looked at Jack then at Jasey. The crowd screamed at the mention of this surprise. “Jasey come out here.” Alex walked over to where Jasey stood, her eyes were open wide and she ran to Alex’s waiting arms. Alex picked up the small girl and walked back to where he stood moments before. “Everyone, I would like to introduce you to Jasey-Rae.” The crowed screamed. “Baltimore, this girl, is my daughter!” The crowd went quiet for a few minutes. Alex looked at Jasey then the guys onstage. His eyes widened as he thought they didn’t approve of Alex being a father or that they didn’t like Jasey. Alex looked back at the crowd and put his daughter down. He spoke into the microphone hoping to get some sort of response. “Hey guys, remember when I introduced you all to Sunday, seven years ago?” The crowd cheered. Alex smiled to himself. “You all remember how I wrote the song Remembering Sunday because she left me?” Once again the crowd cheered. “Well, there was a reason for that. She has recently passed away.” Alex heard a couple of gasps and even some people beginning to cry. He had a tear fall down his cheek. “Well, she left me because she was pregnant. She didn’t want my daughter to be bombarded from day one. I only found out today and I already love her to pieces. This is my baby and I fully support what Sunday chose. I hope you all can accept my daughter and if you can’t, then you aren’t true fans.” Alex picked up Jasey and placed her on an amp by Rian. “Now we are going to slow down for a minute. This song is called Remembering Sunday.” Alex started singing and soon after he finished the song and had walked off, he heard the crowd chanting. He wasn’t surprised at them chanting, it was what they were chanting, and they were chanting Jasey Rae, Jasey Rae. Alex smiled to himself and picked up his daughter, running on to stage. As he did his fans cheered harder than what he has ever heard before. Alex smiled and took the small girl home.
Jasey rubbed at her eyes as she awoke from her dreamless slumber. She tried to recall what had happened the previous day. She remembered meeting Alex and the boys as well as finding out her mother had died. She then remembered the concert and how all of the fans in that crowd cheered after they found out Jasey were Alex’s kid. Jasey smiled to herself and looked to her left. She almost screamed until she realized it was just Jack. He had showed up to Alex’s place to get drunk off his face but then remembered about Jasey. Unlike Alex, he picked up Jasey without waking her up and had placed her on the lounge. The second he noticed she had started to wake up; Jack sat next to her and watched her. Jasey smiled at him and was about to speak when Alex walked into the living room in nothing but shorts. He noticed Jack on the couch and spoke. “Jack, I had the craziest dream, I dreamt that Sunday had passed away and then I found out I had a daughter. It was so real.” Alec spoke with wide eyes.
Jack smirked at his best friend. “Alex, you weren’t dreaming.”
“Oh, I know, I just wanted to see if you would be like ‘holy shit me too.’”
“Haha very funny. I am not like that.” As Jack spoke Rian and Zack burst through the door panting. Jack focused all his attention to the two that entered the room and smirked harder. “Well, were you two doing some kinky shit or what?” Jack laughed at his own joke.
“Fuck off dickhead.” Rian managed to spit out to Jack. “We were running to get here to see the now famous Jasey Rae.
“Language Rian, Jasey doesn’t need to hear that kind of talk from you.” Zack looked at Rian then smiled at Jasey. “Are you going to give Uncle Zack a hug or what?” Rian held his arms out and crouched down to Jasey’s level.
Jasey jumped off the couch and started to run towards Zack’s waiting arms but at the last second the turned and ran towards her father and smiled singing in a cheeky voice. “Come and get me Zack.” As she got closer to Alex she ran and jumped. At the moment Alex had his back turned to his friends while he looked in the fridge for food.
Just as Alex stood up, he felt weight on his back. “Fuck!” Alex turned around to see Zack sprinting towards Alex. Alex felt two little arms wrap around his neck and he held Jasey upright.
“Run daddy!” Jasey screamed into Alex’s ear, and as quick as Jasey had jumped onto Alex, he took off running towards the only place he could think of at the time, just to make things more fun.
Alex turned towards the back door towards the pool. “Hold your breath Jasey!” Alex screamed then jumped into the deep end of the pool. Seconds after he surfaced, a wave of water came towards Alex and Jasey. Zack followed them into the pool and was swimming towards them very fast. Jasey squealed in Alex’s ear. Suddenly Alex had an idea. “Every man for himself!”
Next thing Jasey new was she was flying in the air. Alex had thrown her into the water and started laughing at the face of Jasey after she surfaced. “That was not fair daddy.” Jasey climbed out of the pool and crossed her arms all the while pouting. Seconds after glaring at Alex, Zack had managed to sneak out of the pool and picked up Jasey into a big wet bear hug. Zack looked at Alex to see he was mouthing something to Zack. In one fluid motion Zack threw Jasey into the pool and bolted inside. Once again Alex laughed at Jasey face as she surfaced but this time Jasey splashed water at Alex. Next thing she knew a water fight or should I say war had begun. Somehow Jack, Zack and Rian came outside and were ganging up on Alex and Jasey.
Jasey squealed as loudly as she could and ran into Alex’s room. She bolted for the bed and just as she jumped Alex had caught her. “Jasey, no running in the house wet. You will ruin my bed.” Alex pouted at the thought of his comfy bed being ruined.
Just as he was about to speak Jack ran into the room. “Hey Alex, Flyzik called, we have an interview in twenty minutes. He said that Jasey as to come and get into good ‘television’ clothes. Whatever he means by that.” Jack air quoted then had an idea. “Alex you get ready, I am going to go get Jasey ready, I know just the outfit.” Alex rolled his eyes and motioned for Jasey to follow Jack.
Jasey and Jack entered the guest bedroom which was soon to be Jasey’s. Already the room looked as if she owned it, the previous night while she slept all her things had been delivered and dumped into her room at any random spot. Exactly the way she liked it. “Okay Jasey, go get the box full of your clothes, I am going to grab something from the room I stay in when I stay here.”
Jasey looked at Jack and smiled. “Okay. Be back fast.” Jasey made her way around her room as Jack ran out the room and down the hall to a room Jasey hadn’t noticed before. Under the bed Jasey found the box with ‘clothes’ written messily onto one side.
She pulled out the box and opened it just as Jack ran back into the room; he held two things but hid them from Jasey as he knelt down next to her. “Okay, let’s see what we have here.” Jack picked up a pair of dark jeans and a black long sleeve top. He laid them out on the floor and then picked up the things he held behind his back. He laid out an All Time Low t-shirt and the All Time Low snap back. “Put those on please.” Jack turned and walked out of the room until Jasey had opened the door. “Oh my gawd.” Jack started speaking in a high pitched voice. “Am I the best outfit pickerer or what?”
Jasey laughed at his new word and smiled. “Yes you are. Oh I know what shoes to wear with this.” Jasey picked up her favourite pair of converse and put them on.
She looked at Jack to see him smiling at her. “Perfect. Now let’s go to Alex and see what he thinks.” Jack picked up Jasey and walked back to Alex’s room. As he entered Jack put down Jasey and gasped at what Alex was wearing. He wore black skinny jeans with a pair of converse, accompanied by a black singlet top that showed his abs through the shirt with a leather jacket over it.
Alex turned to see Jack was staring at him. Alex felt nervous for some reason but shrugged it off. He looked at Jasey and smiled. “You look like the biggest fan of All Time Low I think. And might I add that that top of mine looks awesome on my baby angel.” Alex picked up Jasey and then looked at Jack. “Perfect outfit Jacky. I think I am going to straighten Jasey’s hair. Wanna help?” Jack simply nodded, still speechless from Alex’s choice in outfit.
“Daddy, how much longer is it going to take to get to the interview? We’ve been driving for hours.” Jasey stretched out the word hours making the twenty minute drive seem like it has been hours.
For the millionth time in the past five minutes Alex spoke up. “Jasey we are here now. Please stop whining about how long it takes, I know you’re nervous, hell I am too. But don’t worry you will be great.” Alex smiled at the small girl behind him. He didn’t know why he was nervous, he has done about a million of these things so why was this time any different? Maybe because he has only known Jasey for two days and already he had an interview with her. He felt as though the whole revelation of his daughter was being rushed, why did it have to be the day after that everyone wanted an interview? “Okay, out of the car now, let’s get this over with.”
Jasey got out of the car and held Alex’s hand as they walked towards the building where minutes from now, they would be interviewed. This interview would change both Alex’s and Jasey’s future. “Okay daddy, what do I say to the man?”
Alex felt Jasey shake out of nerves as she asked him this. Alex looked at his daughter and smiled. “Just don’t worry about anything, I will try to say everything, but if I can’t then just be yourself. And guess what.”
“What?” Jasey looked up and saw Jack coming over. “Daddy Jack is running at you.” Jasey took a few steps back to avoid any chance of Alex falling on her.
Alex turned just as Jack jumped on Alex, tackling him to the ground just missing Jasey. “Jack, get your fat ass of me now, I was just about to warn Jasey about the Jalex question, and what you will more than less likely do.”
Jack got off of Alex and looked at Jasey, he smiled and in one simple motion he had the small girl wrapped in his arms giggling loudly as he tickled her sides. “J-Jack, put me d-down.” Jasey tried to control her giggles as she demanded the 26 year old put her down.
Alex got up and picked up Jasey out of Jack’s firm grip and rested her on his hip. “Jasey, the interviewer is more than less likely going to ask me and Jack if this thing called Jalex is real. Jalex is what our fans call me and Jack because they think that we are together, as in we are a couple. Jack likes to keep our fans entertained and he might kiss me and make the interviewer think we are together. Don’t worry though because it doesn’t mean anything okay.” Alex was saddened at the thought of the kiss not meaning anything. Alex was confused by the sudden feeling and once again shook it off.
“Okay, I think you and Jack would be perfect, if you two were gay or like both boys and girls.” Jasey looked deep in thought as she spoke. A smirk appeared on her face as she noticed Alex’s eyes were widened in shock. Jack stood there smiling to himself.
Jack looked at Alex then noticed Flyzik running towards them. “Alec we got to get in there before Flyzik rips our heads off.” Jack raced inside with Alex and Jasey right on his heels, all heading towards the door to where the interview was to be held.
“Lights out,
I still hear the rain,
These images that fill my head,
Now keep my fingers from making mistakes,
Tell my voice what it takes,
To speak up, speak up,
And keep my conscience clean when I wake.
Don't make this easy,
I want you to mean it,
Jasey. (Say you'll mean it)
You're dressed to kill,
I'm calling you out, (don't waste your time on me)
Now there's an aching in my back;
a stabbing pain that says I lack,
the common sense and confidence,
to bring an end to promises,
that I make in times of desperate conversation,
hoping my night could be better than theirs in the end.
Just say when.
Don't make this easy,
I want you to mean it,
Jasey. (say you'll mean it)
You're dressed to kill,
I'm calling you out, (don't waste your time on me)
I've never told a lie,
and that makes me a liar,
I've never made a bet,
but we gamble with desire,
I've never lit a match,
with intent to start a fire,
but recently the flames,
are getting out of control.
Call me a name,
Kill me with words,
Forget about me,
It's what I deserve,
I was your chance,
to get out of this town,
but I ditched the car,
and left you to,
Wait outside,
I hope the air will serve to remind you,
that my heart is as cold as the clouds of your breath,
and my words are as timed as the beating in my chest.”
Alex finished singing and stared at his little girl, she had been singing along with Alex on the side and was jumping up and down excitedly after hearing her father sing this song. Knowing the entire time Alex was singing to her. Alex looked back to the crowd and spoke. “Hey everyone, I have a surprise to show you.” Alex looked at Jack then at Jasey. The crowd screamed at the mention of this surprise. “Jasey come out here.” Alex walked over to where Jasey stood, her eyes were open wide and she ran to Alex’s waiting arms. Alex picked up the small girl and walked back to where he stood moments before. “Everyone, I would like to introduce you to Jasey-Rae.” The crowed screamed. “Baltimore, this girl, is my daughter!” The crowd went quiet for a few minutes. Alex looked at Jasey then the guys onstage. His eyes widened as he thought they didn’t approve of Alex being a father or that they didn’t like Jasey. Alex looked back at the crowd and put his daughter down. He spoke into the microphone hoping to get some sort of response. “Hey guys, remember when I introduced you all to Sunday, seven years ago?” The crowd cheered. Alex smiled to himself. “You all remember how I wrote the song Remembering Sunday because she left me?” Once again the crowd cheered. “Well, there was a reason for that. She has recently passed away.” Alex heard a couple of gasps and even some people beginning to cry. He had a tear fall down his cheek. “Well, she left me because she was pregnant. She didn’t want my daughter to be bombarded from day one. I only found out today and I already love her to pieces. This is my baby and I fully support what Sunday chose. I hope you all can accept my daughter and if you can’t, then you aren’t true fans.” Alex picked up Jasey and placed her on an amp by Rian. “Now we are going to slow down for a minute. This song is called Remembering Sunday.” Alex started singing and soon after he finished the song and had walked off, he heard the crowd chanting. He wasn’t surprised at them chanting, it was what they were chanting, and they were chanting Jasey Rae, Jasey Rae. Alex smiled to himself and picked up his daughter, running on to stage. As he did his fans cheered harder than what he has ever heard before. Alex smiled and took the small girl home.
Jasey rubbed at her eyes as she awoke from her dreamless slumber. She tried to recall what had happened the previous day. She remembered meeting Alex and the boys as well as finding out her mother had died. She then remembered the concert and how all of the fans in that crowd cheered after they found out Jasey were Alex’s kid. Jasey smiled to herself and looked to her left. She almost screamed until she realized it was just Jack. He had showed up to Alex’s place to get drunk off his face but then remembered about Jasey. Unlike Alex, he picked up Jasey without waking her up and had placed her on the lounge. The second he noticed she had started to wake up; Jack sat next to her and watched her. Jasey smiled at him and was about to speak when Alex walked into the living room in nothing but shorts. He noticed Jack on the couch and spoke. “Jack, I had the craziest dream, I dreamt that Sunday had passed away and then I found out I had a daughter. It was so real.” Alec spoke with wide eyes.
Jack smirked at his best friend. “Alex, you weren’t dreaming.”
“Oh, I know, I just wanted to see if you would be like ‘holy shit me too.’”
“Haha very funny. I am not like that.” As Jack spoke Rian and Zack burst through the door panting. Jack focused all his attention to the two that entered the room and smirked harder. “Well, were you two doing some kinky shit or what?” Jack laughed at his own joke.
“Fuck off dickhead.” Rian managed to spit out to Jack. “We were running to get here to see the now famous Jasey Rae.
“Language Rian, Jasey doesn’t need to hear that kind of talk from you.” Zack looked at Rian then smiled at Jasey. “Are you going to give Uncle Zack a hug or what?” Rian held his arms out and crouched down to Jasey’s level.
Jasey jumped off the couch and started to run towards Zack’s waiting arms but at the last second the turned and ran towards her father and smiled singing in a cheeky voice. “Come and get me Zack.” As she got closer to Alex she ran and jumped. At the moment Alex had his back turned to his friends while he looked in the fridge for food.
Just as Alex stood up, he felt weight on his back. “Fuck!” Alex turned around to see Zack sprinting towards Alex. Alex felt two little arms wrap around his neck and he held Jasey upright.
“Run daddy!” Jasey screamed into Alex’s ear, and as quick as Jasey had jumped onto Alex, he took off running towards the only place he could think of at the time, just to make things more fun.
Alex turned towards the back door towards the pool. “Hold your breath Jasey!” Alex screamed then jumped into the deep end of the pool. Seconds after he surfaced, a wave of water came towards Alex and Jasey. Zack followed them into the pool and was swimming towards them very fast. Jasey squealed in Alex’s ear. Suddenly Alex had an idea. “Every man for himself!”
Next thing Jasey new was she was flying in the air. Alex had thrown her into the water and started laughing at the face of Jasey after she surfaced. “That was not fair daddy.” Jasey climbed out of the pool and crossed her arms all the while pouting. Seconds after glaring at Alex, Zack had managed to sneak out of the pool and picked up Jasey into a big wet bear hug. Zack looked at Alex to see he was mouthing something to Zack. In one fluid motion Zack threw Jasey into the pool and bolted inside. Once again Alex laughed at Jasey face as she surfaced but this time Jasey splashed water at Alex. Next thing she knew a water fight or should I say war had begun. Somehow Jack, Zack and Rian came outside and were ganging up on Alex and Jasey.
Jasey squealed as loudly as she could and ran into Alex’s room. She bolted for the bed and just as she jumped Alex had caught her. “Jasey, no running in the house wet. You will ruin my bed.” Alex pouted at the thought of his comfy bed being ruined.
Just as he was about to speak Jack ran into the room. “Hey Alex, Flyzik called, we have an interview in twenty minutes. He said that Jasey as to come and get into good ‘television’ clothes. Whatever he means by that.” Jack air quoted then had an idea. “Alex you get ready, I am going to go get Jasey ready, I know just the outfit.” Alex rolled his eyes and motioned for Jasey to follow Jack.
Jasey and Jack entered the guest bedroom which was soon to be Jasey’s. Already the room looked as if she owned it, the previous night while she slept all her things had been delivered and dumped into her room at any random spot. Exactly the way she liked it. “Okay Jasey, go get the box full of your clothes, I am going to grab something from the room I stay in when I stay here.”
Jasey looked at Jack and smiled. “Okay. Be back fast.” Jasey made her way around her room as Jack ran out the room and down the hall to a room Jasey hadn’t noticed before. Under the bed Jasey found the box with ‘clothes’ written messily onto one side.
She pulled out the box and opened it just as Jack ran back into the room; he held two things but hid them from Jasey as he knelt down next to her. “Okay, let’s see what we have here.” Jack picked up a pair of dark jeans and a black long sleeve top. He laid them out on the floor and then picked up the things he held behind his back. He laid out an All Time Low t-shirt and the All Time Low snap back. “Put those on please.” Jack turned and walked out of the room until Jasey had opened the door. “Oh my gawd.” Jack started speaking in a high pitched voice. “Am I the best outfit pickerer or what?”
Jasey laughed at his new word and smiled. “Yes you are. Oh I know what shoes to wear with this.” Jasey picked up her favourite pair of converse and put them on.
She looked at Jack to see him smiling at her. “Perfect. Now let’s go to Alex and see what he thinks.” Jack picked up Jasey and walked back to Alex’s room. As he entered Jack put down Jasey and gasped at what Alex was wearing. He wore black skinny jeans with a pair of converse, accompanied by a black singlet top that showed his abs through the shirt with a leather jacket over it.
Alex turned to see Jack was staring at him. Alex felt nervous for some reason but shrugged it off. He looked at Jasey and smiled. “You look like the biggest fan of All Time Low I think. And might I add that that top of mine looks awesome on my baby angel.” Alex picked up Jasey and then looked at Jack. “Perfect outfit Jacky. I think I am going to straighten Jasey’s hair. Wanna help?” Jack simply nodded, still speechless from Alex’s choice in outfit.
“Daddy, how much longer is it going to take to get to the interview? We’ve been driving for hours.” Jasey stretched out the word hours making the twenty minute drive seem like it has been hours.
For the millionth time in the past five minutes Alex spoke up. “Jasey we are here now. Please stop whining about how long it takes, I know you’re nervous, hell I am too. But don’t worry you will be great.” Alex smiled at the small girl behind him. He didn’t know why he was nervous, he has done about a million of these things so why was this time any different? Maybe because he has only known Jasey for two days and already he had an interview with her. He felt as though the whole revelation of his daughter was being rushed, why did it have to be the day after that everyone wanted an interview? “Okay, out of the car now, let’s get this over with.”
Jasey got out of the car and held Alex’s hand as they walked towards the building where minutes from now, they would be interviewed. This interview would change both Alex’s and Jasey’s future. “Okay daddy, what do I say to the man?”
Alex felt Jasey shake out of nerves as she asked him this. Alex looked at his daughter and smiled. “Just don’t worry about anything, I will try to say everything, but if I can’t then just be yourself. And guess what.”
“What?” Jasey looked up and saw Jack coming over. “Daddy Jack is running at you.” Jasey took a few steps back to avoid any chance of Alex falling on her.
Alex turned just as Jack jumped on Alex, tackling him to the ground just missing Jasey. “Jack, get your fat ass of me now, I was just about to warn Jasey about the Jalex question, and what you will more than less likely do.”
Jack got off of Alex and looked at Jasey, he smiled and in one simple motion he had the small girl wrapped in his arms giggling loudly as he tickled her sides. “J-Jack, put me d-down.” Jasey tried to control her giggles as she demanded the 26 year old put her down.
Alex got up and picked up Jasey out of Jack’s firm grip and rested her on his hip. “Jasey, the interviewer is more than less likely going to ask me and Jack if this thing called Jalex is real. Jalex is what our fans call me and Jack because they think that we are together, as in we are a couple. Jack likes to keep our fans entertained and he might kiss me and make the interviewer think we are together. Don’t worry though because it doesn’t mean anything okay.” Alex was saddened at the thought of the kiss not meaning anything. Alex was confused by the sudden feeling and once again shook it off.
“Okay, I think you and Jack would be perfect, if you two were gay or like both boys and girls.” Jasey looked deep in thought as she spoke. A smirk appeared on her face as she noticed Alex’s eyes were widened in shock. Jack stood there smiling to himself.
Jack looked at Alex then noticed Flyzik running towards them. “Alec we got to get in there before Flyzik rips our heads off.” Jack raced inside with Alex and Jasey right on his heels, all heading towards the door to where the interview was to be held.
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Awesome. :)
12/19/13