𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 (𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜)

Chapter 26: Grabbing My Hand

After about an hour of hearing gar talk about some chick he was 'seeing' (we all knew he didn't have enough self control for a real relationship) i was sick of it, and moved to the back seat with dave and the dog. We didn't wear seatbelts or anything, so we could get pretty comfortable. But, just for extra room i kicked reaper up to the front seat. Dave had blankets and pillows, and i was sort of laying on top of him. I mostly slept the entire time, and i swear gar started blaring his music just to keep me from sleeping. Thats just the type of shit he loved doing. That whole thing went on for who knows how long. We eventually made it to portland. I'd never been this far North before, so it was nice. I couldn't help but feel slightly anxious in the back of my mind. I hadn't really ever been away from Jane before. I got out of the car and stretched. Dave came behind me and wrapped his arms around my stomach. I leaned my head back on his shoulder, my face buried in his neck. We were at a gas station. Dave pulled away from me gently and i started to look around in my bag for some chapstick.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me" Dave spat and i looked up. The metallica bus had just pulled in. dave pulled me close to him by my waist. I giggled and i saw them all shuffle off. I catcalled kirk, but james' head was the one to snap in my direction. He looked shocked, his eyes wide. He shuffled over to me, his hands in his pockets. He didn't look too happy to see me. Or maybe he wasn't too happy to see dave. I hadn't really talked to him in almost a year... i felt bad about the way we left things, although it wasn't my fault. He was the one who had to apologize. I'd done nothing wrong, he was just being a stubborn ass. Dave huffed and walked off, leaving me there. That was probably for the best.

"Hey" he mumbled. I smiled and he fidgeted with his shirt,

"Nice seeing you here, weirdo" i said. I just wanted it to be normal again. He held his hand out and i grabbed it.

"I'm sorry" he whispered and looked me in the eyes. I smiled even bigger. I tugged his arm in and pulled him into a hug.

"That's all you had to say, jeez" i giggled. He pulled away and took the ring he gave me off his finger. I'd forgotten completely about it. And throwing it at him... i slipped it back on my finger. He pointed to my hand

"No wedding ring?" i shook my head.

"He told me he'd marry me right after i was eighteen but we've been busy" i shrugged. He nodded "i'm sure we'll do it soon. I'd like to change my name" before he could ask why, kirk and lars came running up excitedly. They were like little kids. They both hugged me at once. They were bombarding me with questions and little bits of information. I was so caught up in it all james slipped away before we could keep talking.

Lars eventually told me unapologetically that he had to take a shit, and ran off. Kirk hugged me again.

"Calm down" i laughed "we saw each other two weeks ago" he pulled me tight to him. His hair always smelled nice. It was very specific.

"Get off her asshole" someone said, but it was james and not dave. He grabbed my hand and led me away from kirk. I felt like a toy being tossed around by little kids. They all wanted me for themselves; except cliff, of course, who was more like a teenager. He didn't play with toys, he admired them.

We kept walking. I was confused as to where we were going. Behind the bus?

"Do you forgive me for what i did?" he asked me sincerely. I nodded, wondering if he was going to kiss me again.

"Yes... it's in the past"

"Good. because i love you" my heart stopped. Oh shit. I assumed it was in a platonic way, so i let it slide. I did love him, just not like that.

"Well i love you too" i laughed softly "we done?" he nodded and kissed my cheek then hugged me again "it was really nice seeing you" i said "stop by our place sometime, okay?" i started to walk away and he grabbed my hand. Jeez everyone loved doing that to me. He kissed me on the lips this time, and i pushed him away. It was so quick i didn't process it. I waved and kept walking "goodbye, james" i said and rolled my eyes to myself. I wished he would stop kissing me without warning like that.

"Lars stop! Get back here!" i heard kirk whine and i rounded the corner from the bus and lars was in my face. He looked excited

"Kirk is in love with you. And i caught him looking at a picture of you. He's just too scared to tell you" i wasn't surprised by his words. That night we had him over for dinner he obviously had a boner, but i thought it was just a random one. I laughed shortly then looked over his shoulder, and there was kirk. He was blushing hard.

"Tell him that he's in my heart forever" i sighed. Dave was watching me "and that i love him a lot, but now isn't the time, i have to go" i rushed off to the car. I sighed when i got in. i grabbed dave's hand. He wasn't saying anything. I think he knew that he'd upset me if he did.