The night of the performance. Shit. I'm nervous. Should I be this nervous? Should I be really hot? I wipe my sweaty palms on my jeans as I stand backstage, staring at my reflection in the mirror. I fix my hair continually mostly out of nervousness.

What if I fuck up? I've been a fuck up all my life, but what if I really screw this up? They'll never forgive me and we'll never get our chance at this. I'd have messed it up.

The dressing room door opens and my heart is pounding. I turn to see Jack standing there.

"You alright? We go on in ten." He says, walking in and shutting the door. I roll up my sleeves revealing my arms. Okay I may have cut a little bit last night out of nervousness. "Lex!" He gasps.

"Sorry... I was thinking about how important this is to you guys and how I could fuck up everything." I sigh. He wraps his arms around my waist.

"You would never fuck up performing Lex." He says. I sigh and look at my shoes. "I know you'll do great. All the gigs we've played can't be different from this."

"We weren't playing for major music industries." I tell him. He nods.

"Pretend it's just another gig." He says. "Use the banter kids love much. It's just another gig." I nod and he smiles.

"C'mon." After the show, we just head home.

"Just another gig" rang in my head throughout the gig. I didn't mess up or anything and I was especially funny.

In the morning I wake up to my phone ringing. Hoping it's someone important I jump out of bed to answer it only for it to be Jack. Not that he's not important. I was hoping a record company would call...

"Morning." Jack says.

"Hi." I greet tiredly.

"Tired?" He asks. I sigh. "Me too. Want to come over?"

"Sure. It's lonely here anyway." I say. "Be over in a half hour."

I hang up and get ready. I run downstairs and grab something to eat and head to my car. I get in and head to Jack's. I get there, run into the house and up to his room.

"Oh hey!" Jack greets, sitting in front of his computer. "Come here! Look at this!"

I throw my coat on his bed and walk over to him. I look at the screen and it's a video. The caption says "All Time Low; New amazing band" and I smile.

"If only someone will call us." I sigh. He nods and sighs. "Oh well. If no one liked us, we'll keep trying. Nothing's wrong with trying."

"Nope! Persistence is the key." He says. I nod and we sit on his bed, cuddling. Rian and Zack come over and we sit there staring at our phones hoping someone will call.

"What if they didn't like us?" Rian asks.

"I'm sure they liked us!" Jack says. "The crowd was crazy."

"There's a video on YouTube that says 'All Time Low; New Amazing Band.'" Zack says. Rian shrugs and I drape an arm around his shoulders.

"Cheer up bro!" I say. He nods and i smile. "Even if we don't make it now, if we keep trying, we can do it.

"Good point." Rian says. I nod and smile.

"Sleepover tonight anyone?" Jack asks. We all nod and cheer.

We all head to Rian's house first since Rian lives next door basically. His mom greets us and offers us cookies... Just kidding. I wanted to see if you were paying attention.

His mom asks if we received any calls. When we say no she pouts and let's us collect Rian's shit. We then drop it off at Jack's and get in the car. We head to my house first to get my stuff.

Rian and Zack don't know what goes on at my house so when I say I'm glad there's no car in the driveway, I mean it. It's easier to explain why no one is home.

"Where are your parents Alex?" Zack asks. I look at Jack then look down.

"They're..." Gone all weekend. They went to New York City. "In New York City."

"But you're a teenager. How are you living by yourself for the weekend?" Rian asks. I shrug and collect my stuff. We drop the subject and head to Zack's where we finally meet his mom.

She smiles and keeps talking for a while. She's entertaining so it's okay. Zack on the other hand looked bored to death and embarrassed.

"Have fun!" His mom says when we leave. I smile and we head to Jack's When we get there, we settle in and sit in the basement.

We're in the middle of playing video games when...

Can you guess what it is?

The phone rings.

Notes

This is a terrible chapter, sorry!! I've been really tired the passed few days and I haven't been focusing. Um... Personal reasons... Anyway! Enjoy the chapter.
-Jenna