“You know what’s great?” I wake up to Jacks slurs and the loud laughing of Alex and Vinny.
“Please just shut up…” I groan and roll over in my bed. I’m fortunate enough to be sharing a room with Jack and for some reason Vinny and Alex are here too.
“C’mon ‘s like… seven in the morning…” Vinny grins and pokes my foot. I roll on my back and grab my phone which sits on the bedside table.

2 Missed Calls From:
Andy German Girl

Oh shit.
“Get out. All of you.” I snap at them and swing my legs off the side of the bed. I quickly unlock my phone and stand up nervously.
“Why should I?” Jack shrugs, “This is my room too.” He flops down on his bed lazily.
“Okay, Fine. Alex, Vinny. Out.” I point at the door feeling oddly like a mother of several toddlers. This should be Mathews job but who knows where the fuck he is.
“Party pooper.” Vinny mumbles and air slaps me as h walks out of the room. Alex lays down on Jacks bed his face in a pillow. I guess it’ll be fine. Though the two of them in a room together can make enough noise for our sound guys to be jealous.
“I’m making a phone call. So be quiet. Please.” I sigh and unlock my iPhone flicking through the various screens until her contact information is in my face. A minimized version of the photo I took of her sits in the top left corner of the screen making me smile to myself.
“It’s to his foreign girlfriend.” Jack chuckles to Alex who looks up at me with a grin on his face.
“Wow Zack I didn’t realize you guys got that far in your relationship overnight.” Alex teases,
“Go piss yourself Alex.” I groan and stand up to walk out of the room. I walk down a hall until I find a random couch which I settle down on.

“Hello?” Her voice rings through the speaker in my phone,
“Hey it’s Zack. The guy who took your photo.” She laughs,
“I remember who you are Mr. Merrick.”
“I didn’t tell you my last name…” Oh god. Of course this is happening to me. I can just hear it. ‘One of my friends is a huge All Time Low fan! Do you think you could hook us up? She really wants to meet Jack and Alex!’
“No, You didn’t but I had to be sure you weren’t a rapist and I found a lot on you.” She laughs sweetly. Here it comes… “I also listened to some of your music its pretty sweet.”
“Thanks, that means a lot. But honestly I don’t really write anything but the base line. Which I do get a lot of help on.” Oh modest me.
“Well, yeah. So you said you wanted to check out the place I told you about?” She speaks way too flirtatiously. Maybe this is just a better one night stand thing, It’s probably a good idea. Start being more like Jack in a way.
“Sure. I’m leaving town in two days when do you think we could meet up?” I lean back against the door, it makes a soft clicking noise as it closes.
“Well, I could now.” She laughs again less sweetly then the first time.
“Where should I meet you?” I can’t help but lean up, stand a little straighter as she gives the address. I repeat it in my head as we say our goodbyes. I slide my key in the lock and in my other hand type in the address she gave me into Google Maps.
“So. You gunna get laid?” Jack grins at me, before I close the door I hear Alex’s voice behind me.
“Oh yeah, She’s meeting up with him. Gave him a place to meet her.” He laughs loudly,
“I’m glad you’re stooping to my level.” Jack stands up and puts a firm hand on my shoulder shaking it gently like a father would.
“Who said I was doing that Jack? I’m not going to fuck her and ditch her. I thought about it…” I mutter and walk over to my suitcase,
“So why not?” Jack urges and walks up behind me.
“Because that’s not how I am.” I sigh and start pulling out clothes, a random T-shirt and jeans.
“Oh god you’re not wearing that.” Alex groans and walks up next to me pulling the clothes from my hands and shuffling through the rest.
“Who says you aren’t like that?” Jack challenges me and puts his hand on his hip making a sassy pose. “You say that. Only yourself.”
“Exactly.” I sigh and watch Alex as he hands me some clothes.
“Plaid shirt. Makes you look normal and please do your hair and wear your glasses.” Alex groans and pats my shoulder pushing me into the bathroom. I get dressed in the blue plaid button down and grey skinny jeans, I take his advice and put my glasses on and comb my hair as nicely as I can manage. It probably wont matter anyway though, I can never keep in one place and I’m not going to make myself a walking fire hazard with hairspray.
“What time are you meeting her?” Alex stands in the door smiling with a coffee cup in his hand probably trying to sober up.
“Now.” I smile, “I’m about to call a cab to head over to meet up with her.” He nods at me and steps back letting me through. I grab my camera bag and my wallet and phone. Using the directory for the hotel I call a cab and jog downstairs.
I pull up outside a good-sized house. An old woman sits outside with three young children. Maybe between the ages of two and six, what might be the old woman’s daughter sits on the stairs with her next to what I assume is her husband by the fact that they’re holding hands.
I get out of the cab and walk up to the bottom of the stairs,
“Hallo?” The woman stands up and raises an eyebrow,
“Hey, I’m looking for Andy?” She stares at me with a odd look, “Andy?” The woman nods and says some other things in German that I don’t recognize.
“Uhm… Ich can kine deutch reiden.” I mentally shrink at my terrible attempts at speaking German. I blush and look down when the woman stares at me weird for a moment.
“Zack?”

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