Not Warriors- Awsten Knight

Chapter 26

It had been a few days since the last day that Awsten and Claire had spoken.

She wasn't purposely avoiding him, set times had been completely changed around meaning that Sonic Hero's & Waterparks hadn't seen as much of each other.

The bus's AC was finally fixed which meant that everyone was back on their respective buses too, it was nice to sleep in her own bunk every night but she missed the late night conversations that the two of them shared.

Every time she thought she would find the time to talk to Awsten, one of them was pulled away to work. The timing was never right and it was driving her insane.

They were in Denver Colorado today, and luckily for them they have another day off tomorrow. Claire was determined that if she couldn't talk to Awsten today she would tomorrow.

Claire was sitting at the merch booth for Sonic Hero's per always, their meet and greet had already happened today and she was thrilled because everyday it seemed like more and more people were coming out to watch and meet the boys.

She was proud of her friends for everything that they had accomplished so early in the tour, and couldn't wait to see how they did for the rest of the time.

Claire was silently sorting through the merch, glancing down at her watch she grimanced a little realizing that Waterparks meet and greet was going to be starting very soon.

She didn't care about the fact that she was going to see the boys, it was the fans that she didn't have the energy or time to deal with today.

"Do you know what time Awsten will be here?" she hears someone ask the guy that was standing at their merch booth. Claire knew that this was a new guy that Equal Vision had sent over, so he wouldn't have any of the answers to the questions that she was asking.

"I uh- don't know." he replies nervously and she rolls her eyes.

"Well then what do you know?" she replies angrily, and Claire places the pile of merch on the table in front of her standing up and walking towards the two of them.

"Hi." she says in a friendly tone, "Parx meet and greet starts in about a half an hour, it had to be pushed back today but they're staying for as long as they can to meet fans, he's new today so if you have any more questions I can try my best to answer them." she replies happily and the girl gives her a dirty look up and down.

"I don't care about the band, I asked where Awsten is." she says in a nasty tone, and Claire is taken aback.

"That's not a question I can answer, and even if I could it's not my place to disclose his location to people." Claire replies, trying to stay friendly.

"Who are you anyway?" the girl asks, looking her up and down again.

Claire takes a deep breath, trying to compose herself.

"I'm Claire, Sonic Hero's photographer." she says lightly, pointing at the tent behind her and the girl standing in front of her laughs.

"Ah the infamous Claire, take it from me sweetie, he's only snaking his way back in so that he can break you all over again. He's a broken person, I can't even tell you how many times he would cry himself to sleep over your breakup even though it was years ago. That's not the baggage you want to keep in your life. Run while you can." the blonde girl in front of her says, and Claire laughs.

"You're Macayla aren't you?" she asks, matching the same snarky tone she has been given for the last 5 minutes.

Claire feels her skin crawl when she smiles at her, "So back to my question, where is Awsten?" Macayla asks her.

"My answer doesn't change just because I know who you are." Claire replies dryly, and she gets an eyeroll in response.

"Whatever. Don't forget what I told you Claire, don't be stupid." she says angrily before walking away.

Claire glanced over at the Equal Vision employee whose jaw was practically hanging off of his face at this point and she just shakes her head.

Returning to her spot under Sonic Hero's merch tent, she grabs her phone quickly trying to call Awsten and it rings out until she hears his voicemail and she groans.

Regardless of the fact that they hadn't spoken she desperatly wanted to warn him that she was lurking around today for his sake, she couldn't imagine how he would feel if they ran into each other espically after he spoke about how proud he was to put her in the past.

Silently cursing to herself she tries to call Jawn next and to her relief he answers.

WIthout even giving him the chance to say hello she spits out, "Macayla is here."

She hears silence on the other end of the phone, "Hello? Earth to Jawn?" she asks.

"Yeah no I'm here, it's just- are you sure?" he asks in a hushed tone, and she can tell that Awsten is probably around and he's trying not to make a scene at the moment.

"Considering some blonde girl who looks like she walked off of a fucking movie set, you really could of told me that she's fucking gorgeous by the way." she says when Jawn cuts her off.

"Claire-" he says sternly, and she sighs.

"Yeah yeah not the point, anyway she told me that he used to cry himself to sleep over me and confirmed that it was her. Yeah I'm pretty sure, she's from LA why the hell is she here?" she asks, and Jawn can tell that she's worried.

"Probably to fuck with Awsten for the rest of the day, what did she want?" he asks, in the same quiet tone and she grimaces.

"To know where he is, I obviously didn't tell her. But I don't think she's going to give up Jawn, she knows when the meet and greet is do you think she'll try to start shit then?" Claire asks him, and she hears Awsten talking in the background.

"I don't know, but all of the fans know what she looks like so if she shows up it's not going to end well. Are you going to be at the tent for the rest of the day?" Jawn asks her, hoping that she'll be around but is disappointed at her answer.

"The boys set starts in thirty minutes. I have to go help them soundcheck." she tells him sadly.

"Okay, we will figure it out." he replies sadly, and she hears Awsten's voice get closer.

"I gotta go, I'll talk to you later." he tells her swiftly before hanging up the phone and she puts her phone down, resting her head in her hands.

Claire wishes that there was more that she could do, but she had the feeling she would just have to sit back and watch everything unfold.