When I wake up I check the time on my phone only to find that I had been sleeping for an hour and received 3 calls and 2 texts from Alex. I don't even bother looking at them but get up and lightly touch my face, examining myself in the mirror on the wardrobe door.
The swelling has receded but there is a huge bruise along my jaw that is turning purple. I look exactly how I feel. Like shit!.

I groan and shamble to the front of the bus, it seems deserted but I find Tony sitting in the front lounge on his own playing X-box.
When he notices me he pauses the game and puts the controller aside. "Hey, Gi, how are you?" He asks with a smile.

I give him a look but don't reply and he immediately understands and opens his arms for me. I don't hesitate but crawl onto his lap, put my arms around him and hide my face in his chest. I can feel him hugging me tightly.

"Had a rough day, Babe?" He asks whispering near my ear, I just nod not moving my head away from his shirt. "Wanna talk about it?" I shake my head and just inhale his scent which calms me down and just feels safe. I can even wonder where this 'Babe' came from.

I hear him chuckle lightly as he rubs soothing circles onto my back and we stay like this for a while then he begins to speak.

"Alex had been here, he was worried about you, I explained what happened and he got even more worried and wanted to talk to you but I told him you were sleeping and he asked me to call him when you wake up." I shake my head to this.

"Okaaaay?" He pushes me away from his chest slightly to look at my face, I hold my eyes down though not wanting to give anything away. He kisses my cheek softly. "I have to go now, our set is on soon. I am not leaving you here alone though. Do you want to come with me and stay side stage?"

I nod and sigh while I get up. He takes my hand and entwines our fingers as we walk to the stage area together.
I hop up on one of the equipment boxes from where I have a good view of the stage and he leaves to get ready for the show.

The guys high five me as they pass me on their way to the stage and I smile at them, loving that they are so caring and genuine.
Before Tony enters the stage he turns around once more looking at me smiling, mouthing a 'see you later' and I give him a thumbs up and an honest smile, he really made me feel better.

I enjoy their show, the crowd is awesome and the band is giving all they got. 40 minutes later the guys leave the stage, sweaty and exhausted but in high spirits. They all hug each other, patting their backs and talking at the same time. Tony comes up and grabs me by the waist to help me down and set me onto my feet.

I hug them all as well and tell them how awesome they had been. When Mike suddenly asks. "Gi, what is that paper sticking to the back of your vest?" He turns me and takes something off, then hands it to me.
I inhale sharply and Tony is taking a step towards me. "What is it?"
I open the folded paper.

'A bit of pain will help you suffer when you hurt, for real, cause you are driving me crazy.X'

"You already got one of those before" Tony exclaims. And the rest of the guys come closer and have a look at the note.
Vic holds me by the shoulders studying me intently. "Gi, what is that? What's going on there?"

I feel a bit self conscious as I am the centre of attention now and I don't want to seem silly with my fear. "Oh, uhm- I keep getting these notes, there all Blink quotes and they stick on my bunk, fall into my lap or are hidden in my pockets." I mumble.

"How many?" Is all Vic asks giving me a stern look. "Four with this one" I tell him pulling the crumbled papers from my pocket showing them. They read them all.

"Do you have an idea who's behind this?" Vic is interrogating me further. I hesitate but then shake my head starting to shiver slightly, my nerves showing.
"Gi, this is creepy, one was in your bunk, you say? That doesn't sound good, somebody is invading your privacy and stalking you, and he seems to have access to everything."

After he had taken a look at my frightened face he tries to comfort me. "It is probably just a bad joke but rather be safe than sorry, Gi. You're staying on our bus for the next couple of days so that there's always one of us around." He looks at the guys and they all nod in approval and Tony places his arm around my shoulders protectively.

When we return to the PTV bus I can see Alex standing in front of it waiting for me. He runs up to me and holds me by the arm to stop me and starts talking at a very fast pace, as if he would run out of time.

"Gi-Gi, I am so sorry, I heard what happened in the pit, you look awful, why did you do that, look we need to talk, I wanted to tell you before but it was all so complicated, I don't know what to do, and then I just got caught in the moment, I promise I will sort that out, I never wanted to hurt you, god, you are so important to me, I don't want to loose you, I've been falling so hard, I didn't want to but I couldn't help it."

During his tirade I just kept on walking trying not to show any emotions on my face. When I reach the bus door I yank my arm out of his grip and enter the bus without a word, Tony is right behind me but I can hear the rest of the guys talk to Alex outside.

Notes

What can I say. I'm doing it all for you!