separation//[t.j.]

picture.

shortly after we went back to the dressing room to get water, the boys came in. they were sweaty, smiling, and looked like they had just had the best night of their life.

"that was freaking sick!" tyler said.

"so sick!" josh agreed. riley stood up and nodded.

"i agree! thanks for having me out there, dad." they thanked their father. tyler ruffled their hair.

"of course, kiddo. they all loved you." he told them. riley smiled.

"can we take a selfie all together? like you, me, josh, mom, and debby?" they asked.

"sure!"

riley, tyler, josh, debby, and i all got together and tyler took the selfie.

"i wanna post that, is that good with you guys?" tyler asked, after taking the picture.

"yeah, can you tag me?" riley replied.

"what's your insta, kiddo? and yours y/n."

riley and i gave tyler our instagrams and twitters and he followed us. no more than a minute later we received a notification that he tagged us in a post.

just finished a show, now i get to hang out with the coolest losers i know. tyler would say that. he literally would.

"wow dad, i'm glad you think so highly of us." riley said, fake offended.

"it's okay, you take after me anyways." tyler replied. just then, a bunch of notifications started to spew from mine and riley's phones. "i'd turn off notifications from twitter and pretty much any social media platform if i was you."

i opened twitter to see that hundreds of people were following me. looking at the comment section on tyler's post, i noticed that most people already got the fact that i was riley's mom. not wanting to already find hate comments, i closed the app and turned off notifications for all social media.

"wow, that's a lot of people." riley said.

"don't let the media bother you, kiddo. if there's any hate, just let me know." tyler told them.

"not to be pushy, but i'm sweaty and i'd like to change and get back to the tour bus." josh chimed in. tyler chuckled.

"yeah, he's right. if you guys want to head back to the tour bus, we'll meet you there." he said.

riley, debby, and i then made our way back to the bus. but on the way, we were stopped by a few fans.

"hi, you guys are debby, riley, and y/n, right?" one of the fans asked. we all nodded and smiled. "do you think we could get a picture with you?"

not wanting to be rude, we agreed to take the picture. they then thanked us and left.

"does that happen often?" i asked debby.

"i'll say." she confirmed.

"i love it. we're like, famous." riley giggled. i smiled and wrapped my arm around them as we finally made our way back to the bus.

we all got our pajamas on before the boys returned and shortly after that, they did. it was already 11 pm and the boys had another show the following day so we all winded down and decided to chill out. josh and debby went to their room and riley went to bed. so that just left tyler and i to hang out in the den.

"thanks for not fainting this time." tyler joked. i nudged him.

"no problem, but i think i will tomorrow." i told him. he just shook his head.

"i have an interview before the show tomorrow and they'll probably ask me how i found out about riley. is there anything i shouldn't say?" he asked me. i shrugged.