Rebel Love Song

Lectures And Tacos

When I arrived at the busses, Vic was waiting for me. He was on his phone, probably on Instagram, but then he saw my car. Well shit, too late to drive off now. He started walking towards my car as I felt the urge to puke. I shakily got out of my car and met Vic's harsh stare. "WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU?!" I tried to answer, tried. "ABBY WAS SCARED SHITLESS! SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO CRASH WHEN SHE SAW THE CAR GONE-" Pain struck me. Abby thought I was going to crash, she thought I was going to die. I didn't know how to feel. I started crying in the middle of Vic's lecture. She lost Slade and now she thought she would lose me too. How could I hurt her that way. All she's done is be there for me and here I am making her worry.

What the hell is wrong with me? Could I be any worse of a friend? What if she had done something bad to herself? What if she had worried so much she cut herself, or burned, or even broke her own arm? Ok calm down Skylar, you just got tea with a new friend. How could I tell Abby that? I mean I can't. She might think I was trying to replace her or dump her as a friend. I started crying harder. I just stood there as Vic tried to calm me down. " Oh gosh, Skylar, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make you cry I was just trying to discipline you like your parents said to"  I froze.

I backed up out of his arms and saw him nervously rubbing his neck "what?" I asked in a hushed tone. I ran to the buss and stormed in. Abby shrieked and I looked at her and she looked away but before I swear she looked scared. "WHERE'S MY PHONE?" I saw it on the table and quickly dialed the last number on my call log. My mom picked up a few seconds later "Oh Sky! We thought you were angry, of course it was just a -" I huffed in frustration  "SHUT UP! Who gave you the right to call the band that is sponsoring me and tell them to discipline me as if y'all were the perfect parents" I had no clue what this anger was, or where it was coming from "Sky baby, please listen to me. You don't mean what you're saying. If you would just let me explain-" I cut her off "NO! For years I kept silent, never speaking against you or dare talk back but now I will. Fuck you mom, I'm tired of your shit" I hung up.

Silence. Then chaos erupted. First Abby started yelling at me on how I was being stupid, then Jaime screaming about my language towards my mother, and finally Vic on how I would regret this. "You couldn't have let her explain! Are you stupid? She wanted to explain your fucking mood swings but you were too damn angry to let her finish!" He left the bus in silence then came back a few seconds later "WE HAVE SOUND CHECK!" Everyone filed out except me. I stood there shocked by his words. A few minutes later I was lost looking for the sound check room. I heard a deep chuckle behind me and saw Andy watching me "Need help?" he asked cockily with a smirk, I looked away and finally sighed agreeing to his question. He started walking and I looked at him quizzically. Wasn't he supposed to show me the room? He just left me here, what an ass "Are you going to follow me or stare at me?" I went red.

I hesitantly followed him as he smoked a cigarette when we walked. A few minutes later he showed me the Pierce The Veil Sound Room. "How did you know what room I was looking for" he blew a ring in my face, I coughed and swatted away the smoke, he answered. "Vic texted me that you might need help finding it after he left you on the bus" I looked down and tried to blink away the tears. I looked up, hoping it wasn't noticeable that I was upset. "Hey uh I'm not good with emotions and whatnot but I've heard from Juliet that I'm a really good listener so if you ever need someone" his soft voice was interrupted by Vic's "It's bad enough you're late. Get in the room" he walked back in and slammed the door shut. Andy cleared his throat and his face was softened instead of being cold and angry all the time "Just think about my offer, ok?" I nodded and prepared to go in the room. "oh and uh Skylar?" I looked back and saw his blue eyes "Give Vic some time to cool down, he can't be upset forever" I nodded before slipping into the room.

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                                                                        Vic's POV

Skylar was being stupid. It may sound harsh and rude but she wouldn't give her mother a chance to explain her condition. Her anger was controlling her and if she would just fucking listen for a god damn second she would know how to control it! I know yelling at her wasn't the best idea and i'm pretty sure I ruined her relationship with her mom but I was bound to fix it. I knew how,  I just needed Skylar to listen.

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After sound check we went to set up the stage. I found out Skylar sang at her worst and best when she's upset. She just needed to learn how to channel her frustration into her screaming and pre scream. The part before you scream, where you can feel the tension and emotions build up and you get just the slighest bit excited. Skylar said she wanted to sing Disasterology, and Bulls In The Bronx. I asked her to sing Hold On Till May but she said she wasn't up to it.

Her and Jaime were laughing about tacos dominating the world when she said "Pftt I can eat more than you" I swear the whole fucking world went silent. Everyone looked at her including the few fans that were watching us set up. "no you can't" she just smiled at his response and with two simple words everything changed "Challenge Accepted" A few minutes later we had Mike drive down to the nearest Taco Bell and order 200 tacos, a hundred per person. I tried to stop them, I really did, but neither would back down. We let the 15 or so fans on the stage so they could see the competition. Skylar added hot sauce to all 100 tacos as did Jaime before they began. "Loser has to do the blind make-up tag" they shook and Tony yelled 'Go'.

The fans recorded, and I just shook my head. We had an hour till we preformed and Jaime was eating tacos. He was going to puke onstage and so was Skylar. Did I tell them this? Yes. Did they Listen? No. So far Jaime was winning by six tacos, but Skylar was catching up fast. The first fiffteen minutes Jaime was in the lead but then Skylar caught up and passed him by four tacos. How they were doing it, I have no clue. Skylar had ate 56 tacos and Jaime had eaten 54. Skylar chugged her water bottle and Jaime used this to his advantage.

He passed her by twelve tacos, let out a large belch, and continued eating away. How the hell he could stomache this, I have no fucking idea. Skylar was 110 pounds but ate like, well she ate like Jaime. Jaime was at 74 and Skylar at 68. I could see her mind reeling as she ate. Jaime had to drink water soon or he would choke, probably not till 85 maybe 90 if he's lucky but he was going to drink soon. Skylar was hot on his tail with 83 and him at 85, Tony was staring at Skylar like she was an alien. Everyone was, even the fans were shocked that Skylar could even keep up with Jaime, no one ever could. I could see Skylar wearing down and Jaime had two tacos left, the competition was over. Jaime won and Skylar seemed genuinely dissapointed she lost.

 She had two tacos left when Jaime had finished, the fans went crazy at his victory. Skylar gave Jaime a taco and they 'clinked' them together and ate them in celebration of, well of eating tacos. Before, the fans took pictures of Skylar and Jaime holding the tacos, or sign their shirt. In about an hour or two this competiton would be viral and no doubt in our next interview a question about this will pop up. Skylar sketched two shirts on a fans notebook. The front said 'Go' and the other had 'Hi-Meh: Uno' on one side and Sky-luh: Cero' opposite of it. Apparently she was a shirt designer and loved Skylar's idea, they exchanged numbers and Skylar laughed after.

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OK short ass chapter + Crappy ending = crappy day and almost no sleep.

I really am sorry for the crappy chapter overall but hopefully, HOPEFULLY, the picture of Andy makes up for it ;) I don't usually do Author Notes but I want to say thank you to my 250+ readers and everyone who enjoys this story. The next chapter will be much better, I promise cause I'll have sleep, food, and hopefully a good mood :) Yet again, thank you for my readers, let me know how I could improve my writing in the comments!