Sometimes you gotta fall before you fly[Kellin Quinn/SleepingWithSirens]

Chapter 11: That Faint Feeling...

Alli's POV

      He gives me a hug and I finally feel a connection to someone. He listened and I feel like I can finally trust him. I look over at the clock and Kellin follows my gaze. "About time for bed I'm guessing." He says, giving me a tired smile. "Yeah." I answer. I'm finally feeling how tired I actually am. He takes my hand and leads me over to the bunks. He kisses me gently on the forehead and I climb to the top bunk. And he takes the bottom. "Goodnight," I hear him whisper. I whipser goodnight back and climb under warm covers. My arm still stings from what I did. But I'm gonna make an attempt not to do it again. I still have the image of him pleading with me asking why. I feel like I've come so far and now I'm exhausted. I smile and fall asleep thinking about how much is off my chest now.

*Two Days Later*

Alli's POV

       "We are finally in Albuquerque, New Mexico." Kellin shouts from the front of the bus. I walk out of the bathroom with my new clothes. I went shopping an hour ago and got quite a bit of stuff. I didn't want the band to pay for the stuff I got but they wouldn't take no for an answer. I have on black skinny jeans, my black converse, and a "Sometimes you gotta fall before you fly" T-shirt. Also my regular black hoodie I always wear. I've fixed my makeup, and my hair. I'm super excited. Almost like I was when I was heading to Denver, but 10x more. I run towards the front of the bus almost running Gabe over. "Slow down kiddo," he laughs "we're still on the highway." I turn to him and laugh. "I'm just excited thats all." "Yeah we guessed that," Justin says, walking into the room. I stick my tongue out at both of them and jump onto the couch. I've become pretty comfortable with them for the last 2 days on the road. Kellin sorta kept some of what happened to himself but most of it he has informed them on. They were all sympathetic about it although I don't want them feeling sorry for me. I absolutely hate that.

Kellin's POV

         We walk off the bus. Alli, literally almost jumping up and down. I laugh watching her act like a over-excited 8 year old. She sees me laughing and smiles. Calming down. I take her hand and lead her backstage. I have a surprise for her and I don't know if shes gonna like me for it or not. Last night I heard her singing in the shower. Shes amazing. I don't think she realizes we could hear her in there, but we all did and we decided something. "Sit down here," I say to her. She sits down and looks up at me curiously. The rest of the band comes in and moves the chairs in a circle and we all sit down to give her the news. I don't know how shes gonna react but I hope she'll do it. "Sooo, I have something to tell you." She looks at me questioningly, waiting for me to continue. "I heard you singing last night, we all did." I just put it out there, hoping she won't freak. Her eyes get big and she turns as red as her hair. "O-oh," she stutters. I see her swallow hard and hide her face. "You are amazing," Jack says, giving her a reassuring smile. Everyone else including me nods in agreement. She looks at all of us and a hint of a smile spreads accrossed her face. "I'm gonna jump to the point here, don't freak out but, we want other people to hear your voice." I tell her. Justin continues, "And we'd like you to sing a duet at the concert tonight with Kellin." She looks like she might faint. Her face turns pale and she takes off back to the bus. 

Alli's POV

     I'm running again at a Warped Tour. But for another reason. Sing. Sing? In. Front. Of. Thousands. Of. People. The thought makes my stomach twist. I liked the compliment they gave me about my voice, but they want me to sing. I climb back onto the bus, get on the bottom bunk, and pull the covers over my head. This scares me. How would I even mange doing that. I hear footsteps climb onto the bus. They walk over to me and gently take the blanket off my head.  I see Kellins face look down at me. He crouches down and smoothes the hair out of my face. "You really do sing amazing, Al." Thats the nickname Kellin gave me and I like it even better then Alli. I nod and finally say something. "I-I just don't know if I'd be able to do that." I say my voice shaking. "I know how you feel, I felt the same way when I had my first concert, my palms were sweaty and I felt like I was gonna pass out." he says. "But when everyone started cheering my confidence went up, and it was the most amazing feeling in the world." I feel the same way he did. "If you choose to do this, I know you'll take everyones breath away." I get up. "Do you really think so?" I ask. "I know so." He tells me and kisses me on the forehead. I smile, this gives me a confidence boost. "I think I'll try." I tell him. He smiles and I follow him back to backstage. "Shes gonna do it!" Kellin shouts as he enters the room. The band cheers. I smile.