Falling for Radke

Cousins, Youtubers and Warped Tour

Jaelynn:

It was 6 in the morning and my alarm went off. Hailey texted me to tell me that she was bored and her and Andy are on their way. I get up and go into the kitchen and pour some cereal and make some coffee. The bus was already in motion and Jacky was driving. Everyone else was still asleep and I wondered where exactly we were going. I  knew we were going to Alaska, but I don't know what for. I stayed silent until Jacky asked me how I slept. 

"It was okay, I have been having a really bad case of insomnia lately, though." I shoveled a spoon full of Lucky Charms into my mouth and Jacky looked at me with concern filled eyes. 

"Why? What's been going on?" He said in his slightly British accent. He looked at me for a second before turning his attention back to the road.

I looked down at my bowl and sighed," I don't know, I've just been thinking about Craig a lot lately. He's always in the back of my head and won't leave. Not since I saw him the other night.." I trailed off at that part, hoping Jacky could give me some good advice.

Jacky sighed and looked over at me, "Maybe seeing him triggered some feelings of regret toward your past relationship with him. After all, he kind of ditched his fiancee for his band." Jacky fell into silence and I thought hard about what he said. Maybe he was right, maybe I somewhat regretted my relationship with Craig. Not because he didn't love me, but because he left me. Although, I really can't blame him. I did say for him to do what ever it takes to be successful and I was one of those obstacles. He couldn't handle touring and playing shows on top of worrying about whether or not his fiancee was going to eat that night or worse. All of a sudden, a buzz came from my phone signaling a text message.

Hailey:

Hey, our flight just landed in Anchorage. I'll see you in a few hours, babe. Love you!! PS Andy says he misses your ugly face.

I laughed at that last line. Andy and I have been pretty close ever since he started dating Hailey, almost 3 years ago. He had asked me for the best way to ask her out and I helped him get ready for their date. He was so nervous that he was almost shaking. I look up and see the sun start to rise.It's beautiful, the way that the sky can mix colors perfectly to create one of the most beautiful things on Earth. I take a picture and tweet it, and post another one on my Facebook page. 

"The sunrise is beautiful. It's perfect but always unique and never the same." I said to Jacky and he grunted in agreement. I told Jacky that Andy and Hailey were in Anchorage and their flight has just landed. He said that we would be there in about 3 hours and to get the others up so that they could get ready because we needed to be ready to go as soon as we get to the "mystery place" as he called it. I nodded and got up from the seat and put my bowl in the sink. I pondered on how to get the boys nd Marcie up and moving without hurting myself. I thought for a minute and smirked. I decided to play music over every speaker in the bus. On top volume. I giggled and I told Jacky to watch out that his ear drums don't explode and he laughed. I plugged my iPhone into the stero surround sound and chose my song. King for a Day by Pierce the Veil and Kellin Quinn. I played the song and heard 4 thumps come from the bunks. Everyone was awake. I decided to use my megaphone (used for announcing sales on merch and meet and greets as Marcie and I were kind of the merch girls now) and said; 

"EVERYONE GET YOUR STANKY ASSES UP! WE WILL BE ARRIVING AT OUR DESTINATION IN APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS. WE MUST BE READY AS SOON AS WE ARE OFF THIS HELLA BUS! THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!" 

I turned around to put the megaphone back and felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist.  

"Good morning beautiful" Ronnie said in his still half asleep voice- which was pretty damn sexy if you ask me. 

I laughed and told him to look at the clock. "Good morning for you, I've been up since 6:00 because Hailey texted me to tell me that she was on her last layover and then she landed in Anchorage." I smiled at the thought of seeing my cousin. She was like my sister and I loved her. She's pretty big on Youtube, like as popular as Bryan Stars. I've been in a few of her videos, but only a few. She had a pretty big fanbase and was invited to go to Warped Tour this summer. She of course said yes and she had even more motive for going because Black Veil Brides are going too,- which her boyfriend and almost fiancee is the lead singer. I got a call from Hailey, and she asked me what time we would be there. I told her around 10 or 11 A.M. Everyone had showered and gotten dressed. It was now my turn to get ready for this big surprise.

After I got out of the shower I had blow dried my hair and straightened it, making sure it was pin straight before I put my makeup on. After my makeup was on, I chose my outfit which was a Pierce the Veil crop top and jean shorts with my black and white Vans. I decided to put in my belling button ring, nose ring and some bracelets on. After I inspected myself to make sure I looked okay, I went out into the living room part of the bus. Everyone was looking at me now and I was suspicious. Ronnie was the first to talk.

"Hey babe, you look beautiful today like always." I blushed a bit and looked down. "So, I bet you've been wondering where you're going and why you're going there." He said. I nodded and was at full attention now.  "Well, we're going to Anchorage, Alaska for Warped Tour. We were asked to play for the tour." He said somewhat causiously, wary of my reaction.

"WE'RE GOING ON WARPED TOUR!? THIS IS AMAZING! IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE!!" I exclaimed, too happy to even begin to describe. 

"Ronnie, you have great timing because look who's bus that is." Jacky said from the driver's seat. We all look out the window and see Black Veil Brides's bus along with Sleeping With Siren's bus. We pulled up next to it and I ran off the bus and was met with a girl around my age, with stretched ears, fire engine red hair, snake bites and a monroe piercing, and a tall dark haired man next to her. I immediately hugged her and smiled. 

"I missed you so much, Hailey." She smiled and pulled back. "So you and Ronnie, huh?" We both laughed and caught up with eachother for a minute while the bands all caught up with eachother. I saw Marcie next to Kellin holding hands with him and saw Jacky look disappointed. I walked up to him and nudged him. "You'll find your girl, I promise."