With Alex in hand I made it to the back door of the venue. My phone started to play super freak.

George: Hello, we're here! We're out front.
Me: Okay, I'll come get you stay there.

I hung up and pulled to All access passes out of my pocket. "So who's George?" Alex asked. "Well he started off as a friend but now-" "He's your boyfriend..." "Oh god no! He helped me get through everything when I moved down here. He's dating my cousin." I said and walked towards the venue doors. I turned to see Alex still following me. "Woah." I stopped him.

"You can't follow me out there, you'll get mobbed." "Okay, are you gonna come back in?" He asked. "Well yeah, once I got Ali and George." I said pushing the door open. I stepped outside and all the girls out there were disappointed when one of the guys didn't walk out, but just me. "Paige!" I heard George yell. I ran over pulled out the two lanyards. "Here you are, now come over to this side and give me a hug." I said.

George came over first and gave me a hug, more like tackled me. "I miss you." He said. I laughed. "I missed you too, goob." I let go and pulled Ali into a hug. "Our weekends aren't the same with out you." She said. "Yeah, sorry about that. We'll have to play cards against humanity some other time." She laughed and we pulled out of the hug. "Yeah."

I walked over to the venue doors. I stopped suddenly remembering that I hadn't told George about forgiving Alex, for the most part. I turned to him blocking the door. "Ok, don't be mad." He looked confused. "Mad? Why would I be mad?!" He asked. "Well, A couple shows ago. I sorta had a moment with... Him and I sorta, may have forgiven him..." I trailed off. I could see the anger in his eyes, he was mad.

"George, It's ok. I forgave him and it's for the best I can finally-" "Paige, he fucking broke you! He made your life a living hell! What if I hadn't been there that night?!" George was yelling and fans were staring. My eyes were wide, I never thought he would bring it up. I grabbed his hand and pulled him inside. "George, It was my choice. I couldn't just avoid him. I have to do my job plus I was tired of constantly reminding myself that I was used."

"Paige, you tried to kill yourself-" "Yeah, and it wasn't the first time George." "I know but he caused all of it, how can you just forgive so easy?" He asked finally calming down enough to ask sounding a little sad. "I've heard the music he writes and the way he interacts with fans. He's better now than he was then. I'm the reason he changed. Now come on let me show you around and introduce you to people."

I gave a smile and he returned it. I turned to see Alex standing around the corner. "Alex... how much of that did you hear?" I asked. "Enough to know I ruined your life, and almost made you kill yourself not once but multiple times. I didn't know I hurt you that much..." He trailed off. He looked at me and had tears in his chocolate brown eyes. I walked over and wiped them out of his eyes.

"Come on, no crying over me, I'm not worth it. Come on come meet George and Ali." He went to open his mouth but I took his hand and he bit his lip. I pulled him towards the two. "Alright George, Ali... this is Alex." He smiled. "Nice to meet you, she constantly talks about you guys." He said letting go of my hand, my hand felt so cold, I shrugged it off. He shook George's hand.

"This way for a tour." I said. Alex kept up with me and Ali and George behind. I felt Alex's eye burrow their way into me, I tried to ignore it. "Hey! Vic!" I yelled. He turned and a huge smile spread across his face as he came running up pulling me into a hug. "Hey." He said casually putting me down. "Ok, Vic this is Ali and George." I said leaning on Vic's shoulder as he gave George a hand shake.

"What is with people here?" I laughed and everyone besides Ali and I were confused. "Does no one give hugs or do I have to do this hand shake thing the whole time?" George said. "Sorry, he's a freak and likes Bro hugs." Ali said. "Want a bro hug? Bring it in." Vic said holding out his arms. George did the same and they met in the middle for a hug.

They pulled away. "Did you enjoy that?" I asked with a laugh. "Hell yeah, this man has got the hugs going on." George said. "I like this guy."Vic said. "Go this way we'll find some more guys." They followed me down the hallway and into the dressing room. "Hey, Paige." Zack said. I walked over and sat next to him on the couch. "Zack, Rian, Tony. This is my cousin Ali and George." They waved.

"Your foods in the fridge." Zack said. "Oh, I'm not hungry anymore." "Really? You complained how hungry you were." Jaime said coming in the room. "Well... I'm not anymore so-" I interrupted myself by sticking out my tongue towards Jaime. "Since that one over there is rude, I'm Ali and this is George." Ali said after pointing towards me.

I stood up. "You wanna check out the bus?" "Sure." Ali said. She and George followed me through some doors and out to where the buses were parked. I typed in the code and walked on the bus. "Wow, it's actually really nice. So what band do you stay with?" George asked walking around. "Pierce the veil, that would be Vic, Jaime and Tony. Mike we'll find later." I said pulling the curtain back to show my bunk.

"Nice set up you have here." George said. "Well thank you." I said as we left the bus. "Where can I get a beer around here?" Ali asked. "I second that." George said. "Alright, follow me." I walked back into the venue and walked over towards the dressing room. "What beer do we have?" I asked walking over towards the fridge. "Budweiser... I think." Rian said.

Luckily it was and I pulled out two cans and handed them to the two. "I don't have a koozies sorry." I said to Ali. "Don't worry, I got this." She said and pulled out two koozies. I laughed as she handed George one. "Thanks babe." He said. she smiled. "Face down in the dirt, she said, "This doesn't hurt", she said, "I finally had enough."" "Shit!" I said and pulled my phone out of my back pocket.

I pushed through George and Ali even though George grabbed my arm. I walked around the corner. I looked at the caller ID and sure enough it was Will calling me, I should have known by the ring tone alone. I pressed answer as I left the venue doors out by the buses. I shoved the phone to my ear.

Me: Hello.
Will: Hey baby. I heard you were back in town, wanna come over to my house.
Me: No, I told you to stop calling me, Will.
Will: I can't do that, You're all I think about Paige-
Me: Oh, Really?! Was that the case when you slept with that other girl?!
Will: Don't hold that over me, I love you not her.
Me: So!? What does that prove?! You don't love me if you did you wouldn't have done it in the first place.
Will: Paige, I will not take no for an answer this time. I'm tired of you thinking your better than me.
Me: Sorry, but no will always be the answer. And I am better than you, I would never cheat on someone.

The line went dead and I shoved my phone back in my pocket. I turned around to go back inside but ran into someone. "Told you I'm not taking no for an answer." I gasped at the sudden pressure applied to my wrist. "Hel-" I got that much out before his hand went over my mouth and I was pushed up against a bus. My head was slammed against the metal really hard. I feel a little blood trickle down my neck. I was blinking and trying to think of a way out of this.

I could feel his other hand leave my wrist and start to unbuckle my shorts. Oh no, not again. Was all I could think. I started to move my legs. "Stop struggling! You're only making this harder on yourself!" He said moving his hand from my mouth only for it to be replaced by his mouth. His tongue shoved it's way into my mouth. I bit down on his tongue and he pulled away.

He lifted his hand and smacked it across my face. I whimpered and began to cry. I could feel my face start to get hot from where he hit me. He grabbed the bottom of my sweat shirt and pulled it off. "N-no..." I said in a low voice muffled by my own tears. "Shut up, Slut!" He said. I gave up, I stopped fighting, I hated being called names. I'm not a slut.

"Hey! What the Fuck are you doing?!" I heard Jack yell. I opened my eyes only to see a blurry figure running towards us. Jack pushed Will off me and They rolled on the floor a minute. I fell slumped against the bus. I watched as Jack beat the crap out of Will. Jack stood up and pulled Will up with him he threw Will up against the wall. "What were you gonna do?! Rape her?!"

Will pushed Jack to the ground. I watched as he hit Jack in the face. I stood up and ran over to Will. I jumped on his back waking both of us roll over. He pined me to the ground as Jack ran and got help from a security guard near by. "I will have you, Paige. If not now...soon." He said into my ear as the guards pulled him off me. Jack ran over and pulled me off the ground, helping me to my feet.

I gripped onto his shirt and let tears soak the soft material. He wrapped his arms around me. "Paige, shhh. It's ok. I got you." He said and pet the back of my head. I nodded against his chest and he pulled us towards a bus. We got on and he sat me on the couch. I wiped my eyes trying to calm down. He came over with a wash cloth and took it to the back of my head. I winced at the pain.

"Sorry." "No, don't be. You're nice enough to help me." I said. Jack finished wiping it and I turned to look at him. I pulled my right hand to his left eye. "Oh Jack." "What?" He asked. I bit my lip. "You're my hero and got a black eye for me. I'm so sorry." "Don't be, I'm glad I stepped in when I did." I just stared at Jack's eyes for a second before he pulled away. "I'm gonna get you a shirt to wear." I noticed I was in my bra.

"Thanks." I said nervously. He went back to the back lounge and came out with a shirt. I pulled it over my head. He sat down next to me. I pulled the hair tie off my wrist and pulled my hair into a loose bun. I looked at Jack. "Thanks for saving me." I said. He leaned up. "Your welcome. I don't want you to get hurt." I felt my cheeks get a little red. I leaned over to put a kiss on his cheek but he moved his head and our lips met.

His tongue made it's way passed my lips and explored my mouth. I let my hand creep up his chest and found a spot on his collar bone. His left hand went to my hip and pulled me closer, in turn making the kiss deeper. I let my right hand make it's way from his neck to his cheek. I pushed a little too hard and heard him make a squeak sort of noise. I pulled away and giggled a little. "Sorry." "It's ok. How bad is it?" He asked, his cheeks red from our make out.

"It's a really good purple one." I took my right thumb and went across his bottom lip removing a little blood. "You're bleeding?" I said. "No, your lip is." I brought my hand to my lip and sure enough my bottom lip was split. "Sorry, about that." I said. "I didn't mind." He said giving a smile. My phone started to ring and I realized my pants were still unbuttoned. I buttoned them back and answered.

Me: Hello.
George: Where did you go? And what did he want?
Me: I'll come inside in a minute and tell you.

I hung up and looked at Jack. "You wanna come inside with me, so I can tell everyone about my hero." He smiled and looked down. "Sure, but first." He looked back up to me. "Can I kiss you again?" "I'm not gonna stop you." I said. He right hand went to my left cheek and he leaned closer. Our lips met in a sweet kiss. No tongue just a kiss, the kind you want to go on forever but can't cause you both get out of breath.

He pulled away and stood up. He held out a hand and I took it. We walked off the us and over towards the venue doors. He held the door open for me. "Such a gentlemen." I said. He laughed and looked down. I walked towards the dressing room. I walked in. "Holy fuck! What happened to your face?!" Mike said making everyones heads turn to look at me. "Well, when I left earlier I got a call from Will and long story short he was here and-"

"Tried to rape her till I stopped him." Jack said walking in. Everyone was stunned by his black eye. "He's fucking crazy! I don't even know why you left with him in the first place?!" George said. I rolled my eyes cause we were on this again. "Left? Where did you go?" Vic asked. "She ran away from George and I with that sleaze ball, Will." Ali said.

"Why did you go with him if he wasn't nice?" Jaime asked. "I don't know I was a fucked up kid, I did drugs and cut and just had too many problems to count." "How old were you?" Tony asked. "She was 17... Yep you had just turned 17." George said. "I loved him. He helped me cope with stuff I didn't want to." Alex sunk in his seat a little. "Yeah, he's also the one who gave you the pills!" George shouted.

I pointed a finger at him. "George! I fucking love you but I can't talk to you right now! You keep bringing it up." I looked around the room. "I tried to kill myself a total of three times. He happened to be there to save me attempt number two after Will gave me some pills." I said and turned and left the dressing room. I ran over to a wall and pushed my back against it, I fought tears from my eyes.

I heard someone run up to me. They wrapped their arms around my waist and I rested my head on Jack's shoulder. "Promise me you don't do anything like that anymore." He said. "I mean no, but I have scars and mental anxiety that haunt me everyday." He just pulled me tighter into him. "I saw the scars Paige, but looked past them. I think you can too." I slowly lifted my head to looked at him. "Really? Do you think that?"

"You're super strong, beautiful and talented and I like you. So to answer your question yes, you can do it." I kissed his cheek. "Thanks." I said. He smiled a huge toothy grin at me. Matt came around the corner. "Hey, Jack. You have to go on stage in a minute." Jack turned to him. "Ok." He looked back at me. "Maybe this is a weird situation, but I want you to come stay on our bus."

"I can do that." His smiled got bigger if possible and he pecked my lips. He let go of my and ran over and took a guitar, and stood waiting for his call the walk out. \ Ali and George walked up to me. "I'll be right back I'm gonna grab my camera, then we'll go down and take pictures." I said. I gave George a kiss on the cheek and ran out of the venue doors.

Someone grabbed my wrist and I turned around to see Alex. "Alex? You're supposed to be on stage." "I know but I feel horrible. I caused you so much pain and you almost killed yourself and I started all that." "Alex go on stage we can talk about this later on the bus." "Wait, you ride PTV's bus." "Jack asked me to come stay with you guys. I have to get my camera." I turned to walk away and he pulled me back.

"I can make you happy." "Alex, we don't have time for-" He pushed his lips against mine. I let my left hand run into his hair. "I can right all the wrongs I ever caused you, give me a chance." He said against my lips. I pulled away. "Alex, I would but I can't." I ran over to the PTV bus. I ran on and grabbed my camera. I climbed back off and ran into the venue doors. I ran around the corner grabbing Ali and George pulling them down the walk with me down in front of the stage.


Then the lights dropped and came back up and Zack, Jack and Rian ran out. The crowd went crazy. They cheered for Alex. Alex walked on stage. "Hello! Atlanta!" He yelled into the mic. The crowd cheered as I snapped pictures. "Alright were gonna start off with one from our EP." Yet again the crowd yelled. "Running from lions!" He yelled into the mic. It started and kids sang along not missing a beat as Rian, Zack and Jack played.

This was the only one I even remembered them playing during high school. I walked over and took photos of them various angles and stuff. They finished that song and moved onto some others. They took a break for a minute to talk in between a couple songs. The crowds been enjoying the banter between Jack and Alex mainly and they're about 2 or 3 songs from the end of their set.

"Alright, I'm sure everyone's been wondering why I have a black eye." Jack said into the mic. "Well, I saved a beautiful girl from a monster today. Hey Paige, come up here." He looked down at me and I mouthed no, and shook my head but he made the guys down here pull me up. I walked out on stage and waved. I had my camera around my neck.

Jack wrapped one around my waist. "This is the one I saved. She said I was her hero." He said into the mic. I laughed and shook my head. He pulled my camera off my neck. "I'm gonna take a picture with you in front of the crowd." I nodded, anything to get me off stage. We turned around and Jack pulled me into his side and I turned to look at him and he turned his head and pushed our lips together snapping a picture.

The crowd yelled. All eyes on Jack and I. He pulled away. "You can ship it if you want." He said into the mic. I was dumbfounded as we turned around to face the crowd. I took my camera from Jack. I started to walk off stage. "I want you to be my girlfriend Paige!" He yelled into the mic. The crowd yelled. I turned and gave him a glare and Alex cleared his throat in the mic.

"Well, let's get on with our last song." The crowd did a unison Awwe but they started the song anyways. George and Ali came around the corner. "Well then. What was that?" Ali said. "I was leaned against a wall. "I have no idea." "Wait you didn't know that was gonna happen?" George asked. I shot my head up. "Do you think I knew that was gonna happen?! I need a drink." Then Vic walked over. "So you and Barakat?"

"I don't know. A lot of things are going on right now." "Like what?" He asked. I pushed off the wall walking into the dressing room. "Hey! There's the girl dating Jack Barakat!" Mike yelled. I walked over and pulled a bottle of Jack off the counter. I unscrewed the cap and took a long swig. "Like what?" Vic asked again. I pulled him close and leaned into his ear. "Alex kissed me earlier." "And?" "I don't know." "well you should probably figure that out."

I sighed and took another long swig. "I'm gonna go put my suit case on the ATL bus." I aid taking the bottle with me. "Why?" Jaime asked with a pouty face. "Cause Jack asked earlier." I aid and left the room. I walked over towards the doors and outside. I walked over to the bus and walked to the back where my bag was. I shut it and zipped it. I pulled it behind me and grabbed stuff out of my bunk. I walked off the bus and someone took my bag from me.

"Here allow me to help you." Jack said. We walked over to the ATL bus. He opened the door and walked on. He put my bag down and I set my stuff up in the bunk. "You know I have the one above you." He said. "Yeah." I said. "Ok, so what? Are you not gonna answer my question?" I turned to him. What if I said yes? I would be happy. I would have a nice guy. He saved me. Alex hurt me, He's probably just trying to fix you so he can stop feeling guilty. Guilt can eat you alive, he's probably tired of that.

I looked at Jack. "Ok." I said. The smile that grew on his face was so big. He picked me up by the waist and spun me around. He dropped my feet to the ground and kissed me. "I'm so happy right now." He said leaning his head against mine. Seeing someone so happy to have me made me realize. This is what I deserve. This is what I want, Fuck Alex and his needs, guilty or not. I wanna be happy, and maybe Jack can make me just that, happy.

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