separation//[t.j.]

be mine again?

one week later: last show of takeover u.s.

tyler's pov

soon, the last show of takeover tour u.s. came. it was in atlanta, at the state farm arena. i was nervous. not to perform, but i had another thing in mind.

"you're doing it tonight, right dad?" riley came up to me and asked me. i was getting ready because it was coming close to being time to perform.

"yeah. yeah, i am. are you still okay with it?" i asked him. i wanted to double check.

"duh! is there anything i can do to help? do josh and everyone know what you have planned?" he asked. i nodded.

"everyone knows. i'm doing it after trees. i just need you to make sure your mom is backstage after trees so i can bring her out on stage."

"i can do that! i'm excited."

your pov

i walked up to tyler and riley to see what they were doing.

"what are you gonna do?" i asked riley, after hearing him say he was excited about doing something.

"nothing." he replied, exaggerating the g. "i'm gonna facetime jace until it's time to watch the show."

riley then disappeared. i just shrugged and sat by tyler.

"you okay? you seem nervous." i asked him.

"just last show jitters i guess." he replied.

"well, i'm sure it'll be a great show and you'll end tour on a great note." i said, assuring him. he gave an awkward smile.

"i hope so."

we just hung out for about a half hour until it was time for the boys to go on. riley was still on the phone so i gave tyler a good luck hug and told him we'd be watching shortly.

eventually riley came into the dressing room and when he realized tyler and josh were already out on stage he looked at his watch.

"shit we gotta watch the show! how come you didn't tell me they were on?" riley exclaimed.

"it's really no big deal." i chuckled. i wondered why he was acting like a mad man.

"we're watching from backstage tonight." riley told me, as-a-matter-of-factedly. i raised an eyebrow.

"are we?" i asked, crossing my arms.

"yes, dad wants us to. now let's go, please." he said. he sounded genuine like we needed to wait backstage so i just nodded and we headed backstage.

the last time we waited backstage, it was the first show. that was the one where tyler introduced riley to everyone. was riley going out on stage again?

"are you going out on stage again?" i asked when we got right backstage. the boys were performing shy away and their cover of i'm not okay (i promise) by my chemical romance.

"something like that." riley replied shortly. i scrunched my eyebrows. tyler could have at least asked me if he was gonna have riley out on stage.

but it was weird because it finally became time for trees and tyler hadn't said he was bringing out anyone on stage.

"that's weird. why are we waiting backstage? they're already doing trees." i said. riley just giggled.

"just you wait." he said. i then realized riley knew something i didn't. well, almost everyone knew something i didn't at that point.

"you know something i don't." i stated. riley didn't answer so i just rolled my eyes.

after trees, tyler and josh were on stage and it seemed like they were about to end the show.

they did not.

"i just wanted to thank you guys for this amazing tour. it's been an honor, playing these shows every week. we missed playing shows during quarantine and now that we can it's just- it's insane." tyler spoke into the microphone. "there's one last thing i've been wanting to do for a while but in order to do that, i need a certain person to come out on stage with me." he then turned to look at me. "y/n, can you come out here?"

oh what?

"go on, mom! you got this!" riley encouraged me. i started walking towards tyler and then realized i probably looked like a bum. in front of thousands of people. WAY TO GO!

wow, was there a lot of people in the crowd. how did tyler and josh even do that every night? tyler brought me to the front of the stage and we stood in front of everyone.

"this is y/n. i'm sure most of you know her as riley's mom or that chick that's been in most of my instagram posts. but she's also my best friend. we've known each other for a pretty long time, even though we were apart for 15 years." tyler stopped for a second and faced me. "those 15 years were the hardest years of my life. i missed her every day and i never stopped loving her. i still do love her, with everything in me. which is why i want to make her mine again, if she'll let me. y/n, i love you so much, will you please be mine again?"

i paused for a moment and looked backstage. was this really happening? in front of everyone? what about riley? what if it was too much-

"say yes mom!!" i heard riley yell. everyone laughed a bit and i looked back at tyler. he looked absolutely terrified.

but i knew then i had one answer.

"yes! of course i will, tyler." i answered. everyone began to cheer for us while tyler broke out his beautiful smile.

"she said yes!" he exclaimed into the microphone.

the two of us leaned in and kissed which made everyone cheer louder. riley came out on stage and hugged us, more than ecstatic that we were together. shortly after that we all faced the crowd while tyler spoke into the microphone:

"we're twenty one pilots and so are you!"

i knew then that this was exactly where i belonged.