Paint You Wings
Chapter Three
I had finally finished setting up the merch tent for the band, I had set it up right next to All Time Low's merch tent so I would have someone to talk to (Vinny). This was my first time doing anything like this so I was kinda nervous. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to interact with the fans well, that they wouldn't want to buy merch because of me. I knew I was overreacting and being stupid but I couldn't help it, it was kinda my first 'official' day on the job.
I laid out the last of the t-shirts and kicked the empty boxes underneath table. Vinny waved at me from his tent, it was only about six meters away, so it was hardly far. I could hear the faint sound of music from one of the stage areas, it was properly an act getting warmed up. I saw four of my favourite guys making there way over to me. I greeted them with a smile once they got to my tent.
"Good luck today sissy!" Jack said with a grin on his face.
"Yeah you'll smash it, you'll properly make more sales than us!" Zack said.
"And tonight there's a party on our tour bus and you're invited with the rest of Levels!" Rian announced.
"Aw thanks. I'll tell the guys later! Have a good show, I know you'll rock it." I replied.
"Yeah, we're on in twenty so we better go. Love ya Georgiaaaa." Alex said dragging the 'a' out as they all started to walk away.
I kept smiling until I couldn't see them anymore. So yeah, maybe he didn't mean the 'love ya' as in I love you but still it made me go all gooey inside which wasn't very helpful since it made me fall for him even harder which I didn't think was even possible. Maybe this summer I'd finally get over my little okay huge 'crush' for him, it was obvious nothing was going to happen between us, plus I'm pretty sure he only thinks of me as 'Jack's little sister' the girl who used to make mud-pies with him in the backyard almost like the sister he never had... which sucked for me.
Almost exactly twenty minutes later, I could hear All Time Low's set begin. Even though I was meant to be 'working' I couldn't help but listen to their set aswell, they were so damn good, I could listen to them live a million times and never get bored of them. The constant banter between them all would never get old, I could hear the dick jokes and I wasn't even that near the stage. I couldn't help singing along as fans came up to buy merch. I was actually quite suprised at how many people came up for merch quite quickly, a few of them even asking for pictures because I was part of the crew which made me part of the band apparently. Plus not one person yet had gone 'oh my god you're Jack Barakat's sister!' which was a bonus.
We had sold out of t-shirts and all I had left was jumpers, booty shorts, a few caps and posters at it was only 4pm the last band didn't stop playing till 8pm. I wiped the swear off of my forehead with the back of my hand, grabbing a bottle of water from my bag and cracking the lid open drinking thurstily. There was no way I would be able to hang out with everyone tonight, I was way to shattered plus if it was going to be like this everyday, I don't have a clue how I was going to cope.
"You need a break." A famillar voice said.
I looked up, squinting in the sunlight.
"Well I can't Alex... I have a job to do."
"You haven't had a break all day though?" Alex said softly.
"No... It doesn't matter anyway. I'll just be glad when this day is over to be honest."
"You've got to manage your time right otherwise you'll be knackered by the end of everyday. I'm gonna talk to Roxy about this you need a break, you can't start at 10am and finish at 8pm that's ten hours with no break you'll end up getting ill!" Alex said dramatically.
"I can deal with this! I don't need you butting in Alex, I've only just got this job I don't want to lose it." I replied moodily.
Sometimes it just annoyed me how over protective he was, most people would be happy to have someone that protective over them but I already had a brother I didn't need Alex acting like one as well. I couldn't lose this job, I couldn't go back home as a loser like I already was. I wanted to make something of myself, my family were so proud of me for getting this job, my friends said how 'jealous' they were and most importantly I didn't want to let myself down. I knew that I could do this, I just needed to push myself, show everyone how much I loved this job, how much I wanted it. Who knows it could lead onto bigger and better things in the future, this was just the beginning.
As if by magic Roxy appeared behind Alex. Her long, wavy, red hair was tied up into a high ponytail to get the heat off of her face, she had the tinest blue, denim shorts on but they didn't look slutty on her at all, she was wearing a white vest top and a pair of grey vans. It was so simple, yet she managed to pull the look off as if she was about to go on a catwalk. I don't know how she did it.
"What did you want me for Alex?" Roxy said fluttering her eyelashes.
I felt my jaw clench and my teeth grit together. She was not flirting with him. No way. Everyone else thought my feelings for Alex were pretty clear, it was only Alex who was completly oblivious to it, so surely Roxy must of picked up that I liked him. I think the reason why I was made was because I knew that she had a hundred times more chance with him than I ever will, she was skinner, prettier, funnier, nicer than me in every single way it wasn't fair.
"I just wanted to say, Georgia needs a break. She's been working her butt of all day, we even give Vinny like a two hour break, the day's too long to be out all day in the sun, with no food not a lot of drink it's not right."
Roxy looked kind of suprised by his statement. At first she looked annoyed but that quickly vanished and she just looked guilty. "I'm sorry." She said directly at me.
"I didn't really think about breaks and stuff none of us did, we kinda just forget yano? Cause we're on stage and after that our breaks all day... From now on you'll start at 11am now instead, then have a short half an hour break at 1:30pm then have a hour and a half break at 4pm then finish at 7pm instead of 8pm does that sound alright?" She asked me.
That sounded a lot better than alright. The thought of actual breaks made me want to dance, inside of course.
"That sounds amazing! Thanks so much Roxy!" I exclaimed.
"It's alright, sorry again. Anyway I need to go and meet the guys we're on again later see ya tonight!" Roxy said waving goodbye and dissapering into the huge croud of people.
I bit my lip, I wasn't sure whether I was to say thanks to Alex or not. I knew that I should because if he hadn't of said anything I would of had no breaks and been so drained at the end of everyday but then again it was embrassing, I didn't know if Roxy was annoyed with me now and was just putting on a front for Alex or if she was genuinally sorry. I decided to suck back my pride and do the right thing.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome!" Alex said. "I'm gonna go grab some lunch now, you want anything?" He asked.
I shook my head, I still had work to do. I'm guessing the break thing started tomorrow.
"Alright, see you tonight!" Alex said running off.
*
I packed up the last of the boxes shoving it into the back of the truck and slamming the boot back down. I was finally allowed to go back to the tour bus, I was starving, I needed sleep, and most of all I just wanted to be left alone. I knew that there would be no food on Levels tour bus, they always nicked food from other people so I went straight to All Time Low's tour bus. I knocked on the foor and went straight in, there was fuck loads of people in there everyone was drinking and I needed to get out. As I made my way out I walked straight into someone, mentally slapping myself in the head.
I looked up saying "sorry" to whoever it was, it was Alex pissed out of his head. I grabbed his hand pulling him outside so he could get some air and sober up, Alex could drunk with everyone else it's not like this was the first time I'd seen him like this but this was something different. He wasn't drunk because everyone else was, he was more drunk than usually he was drunk to cover up his feelings. Alex was easy to read like a book once you got to know him. His body slumped up against the bus, sliding down onto the floor. I sat down next to him, crossing my legs.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Me and Lisa broke up." He slurred.
No wonder he was so drunk. There relationship was on and off, but I knew she needed some security in her life, she was a lovely girl, I'd even call her a friend and I knew that she hated the constant breakups and was struggling with not seeing Alex much. They'd had to make so many sacrifices in their realtionship, it had taken a toll on both of them.
"I'm sorry Alex. What happened?" I asked softly.
"She can't do it anymore. I'm gone for ten-eleven months of the year. It's not fair on her, it's not fair on either of us. My feelings are all over the place aswell..." He said clearing his voice.
"I'm sorry Lex. Just remember all the good memories, you split up on good terms it's not like you were arguing. You can still be friends, be thankful for that."
"Thanks for being such a good friend Georgie." Alex slurred leaning his head on my shoulder.
That word again, the word I hated most friend that's all I was too him and it's all I ever would be. There was nothing I could do about it, I stroked his hair out of his face shh'ing him as he started to cry. My heart was literally breaking, it was breaking because I hated seeing Alex like this so heartbroken, my heart was breaking because I knew he wasn't in love with me and would never be. This day was just getting worse and worse.
I just wanted it to be over.
I laid out the last of the t-shirts and kicked the empty boxes underneath table. Vinny waved at me from his tent, it was only about six meters away, so it was hardly far. I could hear the faint sound of music from one of the stage areas, it was properly an act getting warmed up. I saw four of my favourite guys making there way over to me. I greeted them with a smile once they got to my tent.
"Good luck today sissy!" Jack said with a grin on his face.
"Yeah you'll smash it, you'll properly make more sales than us!" Zack said.
"And tonight there's a party on our tour bus and you're invited with the rest of Levels!" Rian announced.
"Aw thanks. I'll tell the guys later! Have a good show, I know you'll rock it." I replied.
"Yeah, we're on in twenty so we better go. Love ya Georgiaaaa." Alex said dragging the 'a' out as they all started to walk away.
I kept smiling until I couldn't see them anymore. So yeah, maybe he didn't mean the 'love ya' as in I love you but still it made me go all gooey inside which wasn't very helpful since it made me fall for him even harder which I didn't think was even possible. Maybe this summer I'd finally get over my little okay huge 'crush' for him, it was obvious nothing was going to happen between us, plus I'm pretty sure he only thinks of me as 'Jack's little sister' the girl who used to make mud-pies with him in the backyard almost like the sister he never had... which sucked for me.
Almost exactly twenty minutes later, I could hear All Time Low's set begin. Even though I was meant to be 'working' I couldn't help but listen to their set aswell, they were so damn good, I could listen to them live a million times and never get bored of them. The constant banter between them all would never get old, I could hear the dick jokes and I wasn't even that near the stage. I couldn't help singing along as fans came up to buy merch. I was actually quite suprised at how many people came up for merch quite quickly, a few of them even asking for pictures because I was part of the crew which made me part of the band apparently. Plus not one person yet had gone 'oh my god you're Jack Barakat's sister!' which was a bonus.
We had sold out of t-shirts and all I had left was jumpers, booty shorts, a few caps and posters at it was only 4pm the last band didn't stop playing till 8pm. I wiped the swear off of my forehead with the back of my hand, grabbing a bottle of water from my bag and cracking the lid open drinking thurstily. There was no way I would be able to hang out with everyone tonight, I was way to shattered plus if it was going to be like this everyday, I don't have a clue how I was going to cope.
"You need a break." A famillar voice said.
I looked up, squinting in the sunlight.
"Well I can't Alex... I have a job to do."
"You haven't had a break all day though?" Alex said softly.
"No... It doesn't matter anyway. I'll just be glad when this day is over to be honest."
"You've got to manage your time right otherwise you'll be knackered by the end of everyday. I'm gonna talk to Roxy about this you need a break, you can't start at 10am and finish at 8pm that's ten hours with no break you'll end up getting ill!" Alex said dramatically.
"I can deal with this! I don't need you butting in Alex, I've only just got this job I don't want to lose it." I replied moodily.
Sometimes it just annoyed me how over protective he was, most people would be happy to have someone that protective over them but I already had a brother I didn't need Alex acting like one as well. I couldn't lose this job, I couldn't go back home as a loser like I already was. I wanted to make something of myself, my family were so proud of me for getting this job, my friends said how 'jealous' they were and most importantly I didn't want to let myself down. I knew that I could do this, I just needed to push myself, show everyone how much I loved this job, how much I wanted it. Who knows it could lead onto bigger and better things in the future, this was just the beginning.
As if by magic Roxy appeared behind Alex. Her long, wavy, red hair was tied up into a high ponytail to get the heat off of her face, she had the tinest blue, denim shorts on but they didn't look slutty on her at all, she was wearing a white vest top and a pair of grey vans. It was so simple, yet she managed to pull the look off as if she was about to go on a catwalk. I don't know how she did it.
"What did you want me for Alex?" Roxy said fluttering her eyelashes.
I felt my jaw clench and my teeth grit together. She was not flirting with him. No way. Everyone else thought my feelings for Alex were pretty clear, it was only Alex who was completly oblivious to it, so surely Roxy must of picked up that I liked him. I think the reason why I was made was because I knew that she had a hundred times more chance with him than I ever will, she was skinner, prettier, funnier, nicer than me in every single way it wasn't fair.
"I just wanted to say, Georgia needs a break. She's been working her butt of all day, we even give Vinny like a two hour break, the day's too long to be out all day in the sun, with no food not a lot of drink it's not right."
Roxy looked kind of suprised by his statement. At first she looked annoyed but that quickly vanished and she just looked guilty. "I'm sorry." She said directly at me.
"I didn't really think about breaks and stuff none of us did, we kinda just forget yano? Cause we're on stage and after that our breaks all day... From now on you'll start at 11am now instead, then have a short half an hour break at 1:30pm then have a hour and a half break at 4pm then finish at 7pm instead of 8pm does that sound alright?" She asked me.
That sounded a lot better than alright. The thought of actual breaks made me want to dance, inside of course.
"That sounds amazing! Thanks so much Roxy!" I exclaimed.
"It's alright, sorry again. Anyway I need to go and meet the guys we're on again later see ya tonight!" Roxy said waving goodbye and dissapering into the huge croud of people.
I bit my lip, I wasn't sure whether I was to say thanks to Alex or not. I knew that I should because if he hadn't of said anything I would of had no breaks and been so drained at the end of everyday but then again it was embrassing, I didn't know if Roxy was annoyed with me now and was just putting on a front for Alex or if she was genuinally sorry. I decided to suck back my pride and do the right thing.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome!" Alex said. "I'm gonna go grab some lunch now, you want anything?" He asked.
I shook my head, I still had work to do. I'm guessing the break thing started tomorrow.
"Alright, see you tonight!" Alex said running off.
*
I packed up the last of the boxes shoving it into the back of the truck and slamming the boot back down. I was finally allowed to go back to the tour bus, I was starving, I needed sleep, and most of all I just wanted to be left alone. I knew that there would be no food on Levels tour bus, they always nicked food from other people so I went straight to All Time Low's tour bus. I knocked on the foor and went straight in, there was fuck loads of people in there everyone was drinking and I needed to get out. As I made my way out I walked straight into someone, mentally slapping myself in the head.
I looked up saying "sorry" to whoever it was, it was Alex pissed out of his head. I grabbed his hand pulling him outside so he could get some air and sober up, Alex could drunk with everyone else it's not like this was the first time I'd seen him like this but this was something different. He wasn't drunk because everyone else was, he was more drunk than usually he was drunk to cover up his feelings. Alex was easy to read like a book once you got to know him. His body slumped up against the bus, sliding down onto the floor. I sat down next to him, crossing my legs.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Me and Lisa broke up." He slurred.
No wonder he was so drunk. There relationship was on and off, but I knew she needed some security in her life, she was a lovely girl, I'd even call her a friend and I knew that she hated the constant breakups and was struggling with not seeing Alex much. They'd had to make so many sacrifices in their realtionship, it had taken a toll on both of them.
"I'm sorry Alex. What happened?" I asked softly.
"She can't do it anymore. I'm gone for ten-eleven months of the year. It's not fair on her, it's not fair on either of us. My feelings are all over the place aswell..." He said clearing his voice.
"I'm sorry Lex. Just remember all the good memories, you split up on good terms it's not like you were arguing. You can still be friends, be thankful for that."
"Thanks for being such a good friend Georgie." Alex slurred leaning his head on my shoulder.
That word again, the word I hated most friend that's all I was too him and it's all I ever would be. There was nothing I could do about it, I stroked his hair out of his face shh'ing him as he started to cry. My heart was literally breaking, it was breaking because I hated seeing Alex like this so heartbroken, my heart was breaking because I knew he wasn't in love with me and would never be. This day was just getting worse and worse.
I just wanted it to be over.
Hmm, so I just stumbled across this and I'm sad to see it was never finished. I've read what you have so far and I just wanted to leave a comment letting you know I think you're a great writer. :)
If you ever choose to finish this, I will be here to read, because I think it's a great story. I really think it deserves an ending. :') Georgia and Alex have been through a lot; I think they deserve a happy ending, but that's just me. :P
Maybe this comment will inspire you to finish the story. :)
2/22/16