Chemical Love (Craig Mabbitt Fanfic)

Chapter 3

*TJ’s POV*

God, I can’t stop thinking about Anastasia. I don’t know what it is but she makes me feel weird…like a good weird. Her deep blue eyes just mesmerize me, and her hair just looks so soft. I can tell that Craig likes her; I can see it in the way he looks at her. Yeah, I get jealous but I refuse to let it show. I’m not sure if anything is going on between the two but I hope not. I want Anastasia to myself and they haven’t gotten close.

We’re at sound check while they shop; and I decided to talk to her before the show.

*after sound check*

‘Hey guys, we’re back,’ I hear Emily say as the bus door closes. I get up from my bunk and walk out to greet them. They both look at me smiling and put the bags down. The rest of the guys are at the show early but I stayed back.

‘Hey uhm…Anastasia, can I talk to you for a minute?’ she looked at Emily as if asking for reassurance. Emily nodded before Anastasia lead us outside and sitting down.

‘What’s up?’ she was the first to speak as I was still deciding on my words.

‘Is there anything going on between you and Craig? I see the way he looks at you and I was just curious,’ I keep my voice steady, nervous of the answer.

‘No,’ I relaxed a bit until she continued. ‘How does he look at me? Do you think he likes me?’ a hint of hope and excitement was in her eyes. She does like him back. At this point I wasn’t really sure what to say.

‘Ahh, just forget I said anything.’ I don’t know why but I didn’t want to tell her the truth. I was determined to win her over and if she knew that Craig likes her then it would ruin my chances. I got up and walked to my bunk to get some sleep before she could speak again. I was just about to drift off when my phone buzzed in my pocket. It was Robert.

‘Dude, where the fuck are you? We need to be on stage soon.’

Shit. I forgot about the show. I ran out of the bus shoving past the girls in a hurry.

*Anastasia’s POV*

‘Ahh, just forget I said anything,’ TJ said before running onto the bus. Well, that was rude. I walk back onto the bus with Emily looking at me confused.

‘What was that about?’ she asked, her eyebrows furrowed together.

‘I…don’t know…’ we started pulling things out of the bags and admiring them once more. TJ runs out in a hurry and I decide to see where he was running to. Then it clicked.

‘Em, their show is starting soon. I can’t believe we forgot.’ Her eyes went wide before we ran off like TJ and rushed to meet the guys.

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The crowd cheers one last time.

‘THANK YOU GUYS, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!’ Craig yelled and ran off stage, the rest of the band in tow.

‘Great job guys, that was awesome.’ Emily complimented.

‘Yeah, but hilarious when you tripped over the cord,’ I laughed looking at Craig. He blushed a little when everyone laughed but joined in anyway. He’s so cute when he’s blushing. We all walked to the after party and I noticed that TJ was keeping his distance from me. I just shrugged it off and enjoyed myself. I still couldn’t believe that I was partying with Escape the Fate. I felt like pinching myself just in case it was a dream. If this is a dream….I never want to wake up.

Everyone was enjoying the music…and the drinks. Suddenly, I see a drunken figure walking towards me and I soon discover that it was TJ. He slams my back against the nearest wall and kissed me. I surprised myself a little when I didn’t stop him and I found myself kissing him back. Ok, I’m obviously drunk otherwise I wouldn’t do this to Em...who was standing there watching. Shit. I pushed TJ off me before it lead anywhere. I chased after Emily who had run off. I couldn’t find her anywhere so I figured she would be back on the bus. I slammed the door open and saw my best friend with her head in her hands.

‘Em, please, let me explain,’ I tried to sit next to her but she moved over.

‘Save it Anastasia! I thought you liked Craig?’ her voicing rising slightly. I felt so bad.

‘Please Emily, 5 minutes,’ at least I’ve sobered up now.

‘Fine, 5 minutes. That’s it.’

‘TJ kissed me first. He’s drunk off his ass, you know that. I guess I was a little drunk too…I wouldn’t have kissed back if I was sober. I would never do that to you Em.’ My voice softened at the end. All she did was look at me and wipe away a few stray tears.

‘OK, I’m sorry I overreacted ‘Stasia. I guess I was just afraid of TJ not liking me back.’ She nodded and smiled slightly. I opened my arms for a hug as she leaned over and co-operated. We sat there for a minute before I broke the silence.

‘OK, let’s go fix your make up and head back, yeah?’ she nodded in response. We walked to bathroom of the bus, fixed out makeup and hair then made our way back to the club.