Isabelle's P.O.V

School went by painfully slow and when the bell rang, signalling us that school was over, I was relieved.

I walked outside to find Jack so he could take us both to his band practice. I was really excited but really nervous. I mean, what if they don't like me or think I'm a freak..

"Iz!" Jack yelled.

He was standing next to his car, motioning for me to come over. I walked over and when I got close enough, I could see the excited expression on his face.

"Let's goo." he winded, jumping up and down.

I laughed at my brothers childish attire and slipped into the passenger seat of his car. It didn't take long before he put in his copy of New Found Glory's album and we were singing, badly might I add, and screaming to the top of our lungs.

--

We came to a stop in front of a house that I guessed was his friend, Rians. There were rows of flowers and crisp green grass covering the front yard, along with a white picket fence around the home. I smiled at how cute it was but the smile soon faded when Jack got out of the car and walked to my door.

"Come on, let's go." Jack said when he opened my door.

"What..What if they don't like me ?" I said looking down.

"Iz, I promise they'll love you, you'll love them and everything will be a okay." he reassured me.
I hesitantly nodded, getting out of the car and tried to listen to Jack but the closer we got to the front door the more I started shaking. Jack must have noticed and took my hand in his, giving it a reassuring squeeze. He stopped at the front door and turned to face me.

"Take a deep breath. Don't worry yourself to death. I know you're nervous but I promise they won't kill you, okay ?"

I did what Jack said and took a deep breath. "Okay."

When we walked into Rian's home, no one appeared to be there until I heard loud music coming from what I figured was the basement. Jack led me towards another door and opened it, revealing in fact, a basement and took me down.

"You guys, this is Isabelle, my little sister." Jack said to the guys. They didn't seem to hear him and were completely unfazed by our appearance.

"YOU GUYS!" Jack yelled and everyone's head shot up in our direction. He smiled, pleased with his work and I couldn't help but laugh at how scared they looked for a split second.

"Like I was saying, this is Isabelle, Iz for short. She's my baby sister and she's going to be coming to band practice with me for now on." Jack announced.

I rolled my eyes at the use of "baby sister" he's only a year older than me for crying out loud.
"I'm not even that much younger than you, stop calling me a baby." I mumbled to jack, earning a laugh from the buzz cut dude behind the drum kit.

"This is Rian, Zack and Alex." Jack said, pointing to each guys and completely ignoring my comment.

I mentally noted the names and faces. Rian was the one with the clean buzz cut, Zack was the one with the huge muscles, and Alex was the one with the hair similar to Jacks and looked quite familiar.

I was welcomed by a chorus of hi's and smiles, except from Alex. He stood there with his his mouth hung wide open in what seemed like surprise ?

"Isabelle, come here!" Jack yelled over Rians drum playing. "This is my best friend, Alex." he said, putting his arm around Alex's shoulder with a smile on his face.

I now realized why the boy was so familiar. He was the boy in my Spanish class who sits near the window everyday. What was he doing here ?

He's in the band, stupid.

"This is the Alex you always talk about ?" I asked. He nodded and Alex looked up at him with a huge grin.

"Awh, you talk about me Jacky ?" Alex said teasingly.

"Only bad things, Lex." Jack said, shrugging his shoulders.

Alex pretended to look hurt and gasped dramatically. "Am I really that horrible ?" he asked.

"Yes." Jack said but gave in with a sigh. "But, I love you so it's okay." his face formed a playful grin and he kissed Alex' cheek.

"Dick." Alex said before Jack walked off, leaving us standing there.

I laughed at their relationship. It was so strange but cute.

"What are you laughing at ?" He asked in a playful tone.

I felt my cheeks go hot and hid my blush behind my hair. "Nothing."

"Then why are you blushing ?" he asked, tilting up my head, only making it worse.

"It's nothing, just..uh. Nothing." I said smiling like an idiot. "How do you know my brother ? He's a year older than you, we don't see him in school and well, I never see you guys with each other." I asked, changing the subject.

"Well, I'm guessing you figured out that I am in your Spanish class and one day after class, I was walking down the hall to my next one, not paying any attention to where I was walking and ran into this tall lanky guy who was wearing a Blink-182 shirt. After he helped me collect my things that fell from my hands, we strarted talking about Blink which led to me finding out that he likes the same music I do. After that we sort of started hanging out, half a year later we decided to form a band. You never see me or anyone around because from Jacks word, your mom doesn't like a house full of kids all the time, too noisy, so we're always at Rian's. Jack found Rian and Zack goes to a different school so that's why you never see him. This is All Time Low" He explained, gesturing towards the guys.

I stared at him for a second as my brain was composing all the information and nodded.

"So..you wanna hear us play ?" he asked and I nodded again and took a seat on the couch that was conveniently there, in front of the guys.

--

I jumped up and ran over to Jack who had just finished playing their song 'Coffee Shop Soundtrack.'

"That sounded so good!" I squealed, pulling him into a hug.

"Thanks." he said, laughing at my reaction.

I noticed the rest of the guys looking at me with amused looks on their faces and I walked over, kissing every one of them on the cheek, telling them how good they were over and over. All of their cheeks turning a deep red as I did so.

"Another one!" I said, walking back over to the couch and siting on it.

"Okay, well..this songs called, Lullabies." Alex announced and Jack stopped him, pulling him over to the side. I saw Jack mouth "Are you sure ?" and he Alex nodded, walking back over to his mic.

When he started singing, his voice was so perfect and calming but full of pain. You could see how much emotion he put into this song and it had to be very important to him from the sounds and looks of it. He kept looking down at his hand and my eyes traveled there seeing a rose tattoo with initials on it. I wondered what it was about this tattoo that held so much interest in the boy at the time and wanted to ask him when the song was over but when he finished the last cord and looked up at me, our eyes locked. His eyes were full of tears, threatening to fall over any second and he quickly put down his guitar and ran upstairs.

What was it about that song and that tattoo that made Alex react like that.

Notes