Vermillion: How I Met Jim Root.

2004

James and i woke up early that morning, 5:30 to be exact. It was the first day of the Vol.3 tour. I got up while James was getting dressed, and grabbed his mask, jumpsuit, extra picks, strings, and of course, his guitar.

I was nervous, this was the first time i got ready with James and drove to where the bus was picking us up, together. Nobody knew we moved in together. In the back of my mind, I was nervous to see if Joey was going to say anything, but after that talk we had on the last day of my first tour, my nervousness melted away a bit.

Once we got ready, i handed James some of his things and we threw it in the car. We drove 30 minutes away to get to the tour bus. My heart started racing and i could tell James got nervous.

"Whats wrong baby, you seem nervous." I said, rubbing his shoulder.

"I just don't know what the guys are gonna say about us getting out of the same car." He said.

"They're probably just going to ask us of we moved in or something like that, and if they do, we just say we did and thats it." I said.

I could tell that made him loosen up a bit, he took a deep breath as we reached where we were supposed to be.

"Hey guys!" Corey said.

James loosened his grip on me when Corey said that and smiled. I didn't care what they said about me, i only cared about how he felt.

James was shy around people, even his own friends. He didn't like being the center of attention and it took him a while to warm up to people. I was the one person in his life trying to get him out of his shell.

"Did you guy's move in together?" Paul asked.

"Yeah!" James said enthusiastically.

Watching James getting excited about talking with his bandmates about us living together, made me happy to be with him. He was excited about living with me, and that made me smile. He hadn't seen them in a while, so i let him be for a while to talk to some of the other guys.

After a while, i met back up with James and got on the bus. We sat next to each other and i rubbed his knee. I rested my head on his shoulder as he ran his fingers through my hair.

James made up with Joey and we got closer with him. I kissed him and Joey acted like nothing happened, which we appreciated.

The bus stopped in Dallas, Texas. James has been to Dallas, but i haven't. We stopped at the arena and got off the bus. I looked up at James and kissed him before we got up and left the bus. James held my hand and everything went smoothly from there.

James went to his dressing room, as i walked to the main backstage room the guys met up at. James rushed again to meet up with me and walked out first.

He held the back of my head and kissed me slowly and softly, sitting down beside me and playing his guitar. Corey walked in.

"You guys are so cute, you should get married." Corey said.

James mouthed something to him that i couldn't make out.

Shortly after that, the rest of the guys came in and rehearsed for a while. I walked with James  to the side stage like i always did and he kissed me for longer than he usually did.

"I love you so much." He whispered.

"I love you more." I said.

He walked off to the stage.

   Halfway through the show.

"I got something really cool that i wanna do right now." Corey said into the microphone.

"Lets get James'  girlfriend out here." He continued.

I was so confused. What the fuck was going on?

James peeked out from the side of the stage, and reached out for my hand. I took it and walked up the metal stairs.

"What the fuck are you doing, James?" I laughed.

"You'll see." He smiled.

James lead me towards Corey at the front of the stage, and turned me to the side, my shoulder facing the crowd. I was so confused. Until he got down on one knee, and pulled out a small black box with a ring in it.

"Will you marry me?" He said with a shaky voice.

"Yes! Holy shit James!!" I said.

He got up and hugged me. The crowd was cheering loudly. I started crying in his chest. I had no fucking idea that he was going to do that. I loved it.

"I love you so fucking much James." I said.

"I love you too, now you're stuck with me." He laughed.

I looked at him and laughed. He brushed the hair out of my face before he lead me off stage. I didn't want to leave him, but we had all the time in the world after we left. And i wanted him to have a good time with his friends because he only got to see them for a week.

I watched him on the stage, and he flashed me a few smiles through his mask.

James left the stage and we couldn't let go of each other. We got on the tour bus and the whole band was clapping.

"Congratulations!!" Joey said.

We both looked at each other and smiled.