Vic pulled me into the dressed room and sitting there was another person I knew from High school, then sitting across from him on the other couch was some muscular guy. "Hey. Rian, Zack this is Paige, The lady who's writing the Article." I waved. I really didn't want Rian to remember me. "I thought another woman was gonna do the interview?" Rian asked. "She found out she was pregnant and couldn't come, so they asked me if I would go." I said.

I was still hiding behind Vic a little. "Yeah, she's really talented. I buy the magazine all the time just to read her stuff." Vic moved out of the way and sat me down on the couch next to Rian. "So are you excited to be on tour?" Rian asked. "I guess, I love to travel. I don't like being at my house all that much, but I love Woodstock, Georgia." "You don't have a full Southern accent?" He asked.

"I'm not originally from Georgia." I said. Vic sat down next to me. "Where from then?" Zack asked. "Maryland. Baltimore actually." That was all it took for Rian to remember me. "Wait... You're Paige Colegrove." I looked down at my hands. I was fiddling my hands but nodded. Then two more people came in the room. I didn't look up. "Hey guys! Long time no see." Vic said standing up giving them a hug.

"She's a super freak, Super freak. She's super freaky, Yowah!" My phone sang. I jumped up and rand through the room bumping into someone as I left. I ran around the corner and leaned against a wall. I pushed the phone up to my ear.

Me: H-hello.
George: Hey, Is it alright is Sam and Greg crash at your house too?
Me: T-that's fine, George...
George: Paige? What's wrong?
Me: It's him, He's here. The one, that one, why me?
George: Paige, it's ok. You've moved on past this, Show him you've worked past all the problems he helped cause.
Me: Ok... Thanks George.
George: No problem sweet heart. Tell me when y'all are near Tennessee and Ali and I'll come see you alright?
Me: Ok. Love you.
George: Love you too.

I hung up and wiped my face. I already regret coming on this stupid tour. Show him you're not the same girl you were. Show him you've moved on. I took a deep breath in and got up off the floor. I walked down the hall and back into the room. Everyone stared at me as I walked over to the fridge. With out thinking a sniffle escaped my nose. I grabbed my water and left the room.

I made it a few feet from the door before someone came up behind me. "Hey, so do you like Photography?" I turned to see Zack. "Actually, I love photography." I said. "Me, Too. You wanna walk around with me? Maybe grab some coffee, or something to eat?" "I uhh...Sure." We walked down the hall way out of the building. "So what would you like to eat?" He asked. "I don't know, whatever is fine." I said back.

Zack and I walked down the side walk till we came across this little chinese place. I grabbed his hand pulling him in. "I take it you like chinese?" He said with a laugh. "I could chinese for the rest of my life." I said walking up to the hostess. "How many?" "Two." I said. I followed the woman to a table and sat down. I pulled out a menu and looked at it. I was just about to ask Zack what he was gonna get, when I looked up and he was looking at me.

I blushed. "Is there something on my face?" I asked touching my cheek to hide my blush. "No, Sorry I was just staring. You don't see many blonde girls with such beautiful green eyes." I looked back down at the menu. "Thanks. Did you decide what you were gonna get?" I asked. "Uhh...Just sesame chicken and Lo Mein." He said putting up the menu. "Sounds good." I said putting up the menu.

We ordered and our food came out. We were close to being done eating. "That's a pretty ring, Is that your birthstone?" He asked. I moved my left hand in front of my face. "Yep, month of September." "Did you get it as a birthday present?" He asked while slurping a noodle. "It was given to me the last time I ever saw my dad." I looked down at the ring twisting it with my thumb on my finger.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring it up." "It's ok it doesn't hurt as much anymore." I said giving him a smile as I took my last bite of chicken. The woman came over and took our plates and brought us a check. I reached for the bill but Zack pulled it away. "I got this." He said. "I can pay-" "No, I'm gonna be a gentlemen and pay for our meal." He said pulling out some cash." "Alright, but I'm getting breakfast tomorrow."

"I can live with that." He said. We both got up and made our way out of the building and down the way back to the venue. "So do you mind me asking how your dad passed?" I looked over at Zack.

"Well, my senior year after my mom died in a car accident my dad just wasn't himself anymore and committed suicide. He gave me the ring the morning of, before he died. I moved sown to Tennessee to live with my Aunt and cousin. Then I moved in with my cousin after my aunt died and then I left one day and came to Georgia. I got a job as a secretary and slowly worked my way up. Now I'm here traveling for my job writing about things taking pictures and really enjoying myself."

I turned and looked at Zack. "Sorry, I blabbed a little." I said smiling. "No, It's fine my next question was gonna be how you got your job but you covered that." I laughed. We walked back up to the venue. "Zack, Come on! We go on in like 5 minutes!" Jack yelled. He ran up and grabbed Zack. "Bye Pet Paige!" Jack yelled. My jaw dropped. He stopped mid stream of his run.

He turned around. "I am so sor-" I smacked him right across his face, causing him to fall to the ground. "How dare you call me that! I'm not 17 anymore Jack and I'm not anyone's Pet!" I yelled. I had tears running down my face. I ran over passed the dressing room. A couple people came out but I ran straight into someone sending both of us toppling to the floor. "S-sorry." I said leaning up to get off this person.

"It's ok." I froze and stood up really fast. I was staring right at Alex Gaskarth. He thought my hand was out to help him and he pulled on it but instead I fell on top of him again. "If you wanted me, you could have just said." He replied back. I pushed off him. "Fuck you, Gaskarth!" I yelled running out of the venue and onto the bus.

I ran straight back to my suit case. I heard the door close. I turned and saw Vic standing there. "I-I'm not staying, V-vic. I-I can't do this, I wont do this." I said. He came over and gave me a hug. "I don't know what's going on our what just happened but I'm here for you ok. We just finished our set so we can stay on the bus if you want. Please don't leave?"

I was trying to control my breathing. "I-I guess I-I can stay." I said He squeezed me a little tighter and pulled me over to the couch. "Alright tell me what's going on."He said making me lean my head on his chest.

"Well, Right before Prom my senior year I got asked out by a boy and I said yes, well on this date I ended up loosing my virginity. The next morning when I walked into school everyone knew, he had recorded it.Everyone was so mean calling me slut and telling my I was Easy, and that It was all a joke because I was too ugly for anyone to like anyways."

I sat up and looked at Vic. "It was that same day that I asked my mom to come get me." I looked down at my hands and they started to shake. "M-my mom never made it t-to the school. He car went off a bridge and she drowned, her car was hit and she got pined cause the seat belt wouldn't let go."

"It was only a week after that happened when my dad killed himself and I moved down with my Aunt. That's where I picked up bad habits, and found a guy who said I was pretty, only he made me believe I wasn't worth anything and he was the only one who would ever love me." He was dumbfounded just staring at me. I wiped my face with my hands.

"The kids used to call me Pet Paige, saying Alex used me like an animal and I let him. That's why I freaked out when Jack called me that." "Wait. Like Alex, as in Alex Gaskarth Alex?!" "Yeah." "He's so nice and thoughtful though." I rolled my eyes. "Good to see he's changed. I bet you he got called out for being cocky and didn't like it when people called him names."

Vic pulled me into another hug. "I'm gonna be fine Vic, I'm gonna listen to George and show him that I'm more than the broken girl that ran away from Dulaney High school." "That's awesome." I stood up making sure my face didn't have a smudge. "I'm gonna go take pictures for my article now." I said walking off the bus pulling Vic behind me. We got back into the venue and I rounded the corner of the stage.

I let go of Vic's hand and walked down in front of the stage. Jack's face had a red spot on it but he was still running around. I snapped a few photo's and a few of the crowd. They were so loud. I was listening to a couple of the songs they played. Alex sounded like he got hurt a lot by girls. I smiled and took a few more pics before leaving. I walked up side stage just as they were getting off.

I felt someone tap on my shoulder. I turned around really fast and they flinched. It was Jack. "I'm sorry." He said. I just nodded. I turned around and started to walk away. "Hey, Paige!" I heard Mike yell. "Yeah. I said back as Alex and Jack stopped to look at him too. "Want to do some shots of jack with me?" "Sure." I said walking over. I passed Jack and he looked at me.

"No one's taking shots at Jack!" He said. I giggled and turned back around, walking backwards. "Don't be such a dweeb Jack. Do you think I would tell you I was gonna take a shot at you?" I said, I quickly turned around. "Can we skip jack actually and go straight to Gin, I'm in a Gin sort of mood." "Why certainly."

Then he looked over me at Jack and Alex. "Everyone's riding to the next venue on our bus, it's not that far." "I don't think It's a good idea-" "Oh come on. Don't let me scare you out of it." I said not eve turning around just pulling Mike with me. We walked out of the venue and towards our bus. "I heard you hit Jack, What's that all about?" Mike asked. "He called me a cruel name from high school and I hit him."

"I take it he deserved it." "Oh yes he did." I said as we walked onto the bus. Mike and I walked over and started shots. After doing a few on our own others joined in. Before I knew it everyone was doing shots with us. Mike turned to me, I was sitting on the counter. "Hey, You know what could be fun?" "What?" I asked leaning closer to him. "Truth or dare. Dun, dun, dun." He said. I laughed . "I'm in." I said hopping off the counter.

"Alright people! We decided to start a game of Truth or dare." Mike yelled everyone quickly sat in a circle. I was sitting next to Tony and Mike. We passed around a bottle of Jack and Gin as we played.

About an hour into the game now. "Truth or dare? Paige." Jaime said. "Dare, I'm not chicken." I said getting in Vic's face he just gently pushed me back to my spot. "I dare you and Tony to have a heated make out." I turned to Tony, he was blushing. I placed my right hand on his left shoulder and threw one leg over his lap, so I was straddling him. He leaned back using his left hand to hold us up. He was biting his lip and I pushed my lips to his.

Tony kissed back and my left hand traveled to his hair and his right hand was on the small of my back. I continued it for a sec then crawled off and back to my spot. "My turn!" I looked over at Jack. "Truth or dare Barakat?" "Truth." "Wimp." I said and put a finger to my chin, in thinking mode. "If you could have anyone in this room who would you have be your slave and what would you make them do?"

The guys all looked around seeming to be impressed with my question. "Duh, Alex. He's my Luver, He'd be my sex slave." He said everyone laughed and it went on. Nest thing I knew it was another sip of Jack and another sip of Gin later and it was Jamie's turn again. "So Alex, Truth or dare?" "Truth." "Alright, He you ever slept with anyone in the room?" He looked over at Jack, with a funny look on his face.

Alex just looked down. "Oh you gotta answer-" Jaime started. "Yes." I answered for him. Jaime and everyone looked at me. "How would you know if he slept with Jack?" "I don't but he did sleep with me, I mean he's got it on tape." I said. Alex just looked at me with hurt in his eyes. "Wait... What?!" Jaime, Mike and Tony said in unison. I opened my mouth. "Don't Paige-" I stood up. "Why not Alex?"

He just looked at me as did everyone else. I held onto the counter for balance, my drunkenness now catching up to me. "You don't want everyone to know you asked me out senior year as a joke, took my virginity then got the WHOLE" I threw my head back and made my arms go out wide. "School to call me Slut, whore, easy, pet, what about animal?" "Stop it." He said in a low voice. Everyone was just watching me and Alex.

"Or that the same day all those people found out I called my mom to come get me and she died, what about my dad committing suicide a few days later leaving me to pick up all my shit and move down to Tennessee and live with my Aunt? Who by the way died not that long after I moved down there, from Cancer. I had to move in with my cousin. Then I met a guy who said I was pretty"

I looked around the little circle. "And as a few of us know no one thought I was in high school, being called ugly was awesome." I said that word through clenched teeth. "I moved down to Georgia, yep I ran away with him. He convinced me that he was the only one who would ever love me. But you know what I wised up I got a job I quit old habits and became something, I still don't think I'm pretty. I hate it when people even see my skin for the most part."

"If it wasn't for my cousin and her boyfriend George I would be dead." I looked around the room. "Now I'm extremely drunk and can feel it. I'm gonna go to be, now that you've heard my life story which a couple of you knew bits and pieces, don't come to me tomorrow and say I'm sorry. I'm sorry is the lazy way of showing someone you care. You wanna show you care? Show them don't tell them." I stumbled to the back lounge.

I slipped off my pants and shirt and pulled on some shorts and a sweat shirt. I peaked my head out. "Night guys, see you tomorrow." They were all still dumbfounded. I just smiled and crawled into my bunk. I laid there for a good while just listening to the silence as the bus drive down the highway. I eventually fell asleep. Good thing, I was tired, of everything.

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