Me Without You

“Jasey! We got a new shipment in, can you go check over it?” My boss called from his office and I ditched my drawing pad to head out back. Mike had pulled a few thousand strings and got me a job at GK. I had pretty much always had a job through the band but I really wanted something that was entirely my own. I counted up the boxes that sat in the large room and sliced a couple open. I let out a laugh when I saw the logo on one of the shirts.
“Perfect.” I giggled as I pulled the AWG shirt out of the box. “I leave to tour to handle his merchandise.” I carried a couple of the boxes into the office and laid a sample of each on the table. Mark hovered over me and smiled at the product.
“As always, yet another fabulous design from yours truly!” I slapped him on the shoulder as he held his arms in the air and ran a lap around the office. I had been off tour for two weeks now and I hardly spoke to anyone. I would have occasional tweets and texts but the conversations never lasted long.

Can’t wait to see @AlexAllTimeLow when I land in Dallas today! Yay tour!

My jaw clenched as I stopped scrolling through my twitter feed.
“Hey, Mark?” I called out and I heard him laugh from his office. “You on twitter right now?”
“Get on a plane, Jasey.” He called. “Kick her ass!” I ran into his office, whipped off his hat and kissed the top of his head.
“I love you!” I called as I picked my bag up and boosted it.
“You owe me whiskey!” Working for friends had major advantages sometimes. I wasn’t going back for Alex, oh no. I was going back to makes sure that Lisa knew who had these boys first. Sure, she was around in high-school, but she never really got in with them as much as she tried. I was going to stake my claim on my boys.


“Can I have a ticket on your next flight to Dallas, please?” I slid my credit card across the desk to the attendant who smiled and clicked away on the computer.
“The next flight boards in ten minutes. Shall I check you in?” I nodded and she swiped my credit card and printed me my boarding pass. “Enjoy your flight, thank you.” I nodded and ran off towards my gate. LAX was huge, by the time I got to my gate it was time to board. I shoved the small suitcase I had brought with me into the overhead baggage locker and buckled myself into my seat.
Flight R567 to Dallas ready for take-off.
I smiled out the window as I watched LA disappear underneath me. I was excited to see the boys, I hadn’t spoken to my brothers in too long and I missed hearing Vic’s squeals. I missed Jack’s yelling and Rian’s complaining. I missed finding Zack working out in the back of the trucks and joining in from time to time. I missed tour, I really did.

The plane touched down and I pulled my baggage out quickly, trying to get off the plane before the rush. I made my way out of the airport and hailed a cab.
“House of Blues, please.” I told the driver and buckled myself in. I had to admit, Dallas was a beautiful city. I wish I had come here with my mother when I was a kid. Instead I had flat out refused to go to Texas and be surrounded by a horrible accent. That decision was entirely influenced by my father. He had some weird hatred for southern accents and refused to let me go anywhere in the rare case that I pick one up. When he died my mother wanted to take me to see the House of Blues, she knew how much I loved music, but I had flat out refused. If Daddy hadn’t wanted me to go, I wouldn’t go.
I smiled as I saw the tour buses parked outside the venue. Rian was chatting outside with a short brunette and I placed her instantly. Lisa. Mike and Jaime were throwing a ball and I remembered it was a break day today. The cab stopped outside the front doors of the venue and I made my way around to security at the stage door and showed them my laminate which I had kept just in case I decided to return to tour unannounced. I dragged my bags through the back corridors of the venue until I found the door to the back parking lot. I dropped my bags just inside the door and checked myself over in my phone camera. Hair, perfect. Make-up, fabulous. I adjusted my black denim shorts and made sure my white tank top was sitting right before flicking my sunglasses down and bursting into the parking lot. The four outside turned around to stare at me for a moment and Jaime squealed like a girl.
“Jasey!” I giggled and ran up to him, being spun around in circles. “You came back to us!”
“What can I say? Designing Alex’s merchandise gets boring sometimes.” I laughed and turned to Mike who was beaming from ear to ear.
“I’ve missed you. Pequena!” I let him wrap me in a hug and couldn’t help but smile into his chest. Coming back to the Fuentes boys, no matter where in the world they were, that was coming home.
“I missed you, too.” I turned as gave Rian a high five before pushing my sunglasses up onto my head and smiling at Lisa. “Lisa Ruocco, long time no nothing.” She gave me a once over and then beamed at me.
“Jasey? Oh my god! It’s been forever!” She pulled me into a hug and I gave Rian a ‘help me, what the fuck is she doing’ look over her shoulder. He just laughed and backed away onto the bus. “What are you doing here? I thought you went home?” She kept her too polite smile plastered in her face and I could see the annoyance of my presence start to bubble under her façade.
“I came to see my boys of course! I missed them all so much!” Jack, Zack, Vic, Tony and Alex all came running off the bus and engulfed me in a massive group hug. Jack picked me up and threw me over his shoulder, my hand flying to my sunglasses so they didn’t fall.
“She’s back! Someone get the cage! She might try leave again!” I laughed as he placed me back down on my feet and I managed to catch the end of Lisa complaining to Alex about how I got a more excited welcome than she did.
“It’s because we knew you were coming, baby.” He threw a wink at me and I ordered the boys to grab my stuff and load it onto the bus. “So how long you staying, Jay?” I shrugged and threw my hands in the air.
“As long as I fucking like, Gaskarth!”

Notes

Okay okay so just saying, I have nothing against Lisa haha. She really seems lovely and Alex seems to be happy with her blah blah. Its just the way I portray her in the story may be a bit... uh... well it fits with the storyline I want to create.
So yeah! I have nothing against Lisa! I rather like her, she seems nice.

Anyway, here is your update! I hope you guys are liking the story! Comment and vote and all that jazz ;)
Next week updates may die down a bit but thats because my term break finishes and I'm back at school. I'm trying to write as much of the story as I can now so all I have to do is click update.

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