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4 - Sounds and Breakfast

Y/N POV

I was woken by the sounds of people mumbling and trying to shush each other. I lifted my head up and made direct eye contact with Wilbur. "Morning" I said. I immediately touched my throat. It was so raspy and it hurt like hell when I talked or swallowed.

Mental note to self: Never cry the same day you don't eat or drink anything.

"Jesus, you sound awful. You okay?" mark asked me. He was holding drum sticks in each hand. I slowly shook my head. "I didn't really drink a lot yesterday" I admitted. Just then my stomach made the worst, loudest growl ever. "And I'm assuming you didn't eat that much either" Joe said.

I nodded. "Charles didn't-! Oh, my fucking..." Wilbur stormed out of the room, presumably to find Charles and tell him off.

"We were going to stop at McDonalds before we went to practice anyways" Joe said. I glanced over to see Ash on his phone. I was in fear of speaking but I did anyway. "Where's some water?" I asked, my throat still sounding like I was being strangled.

"Woah, do you want some cigarettes with that water?" Charls asked, chuckling as he walked into the room with Wilbur by his side.

"Are we ready?" Charles asked the boys. "Y/n needs water. Charles" Wilbur said harshly as he glared at Charles. "Right. We'll just get some for her at McDonalds. I run a tight ship here, Y/n. Try to keep up" Charles told me with a wink. I immediately wanted to sink into the couch and get killed by the boogie man.

TIME SKIP

I winced in pain as I swallowed a lump in my throat. Wilbur could see the pain I was going through so he kept and arm around me. And every time I spoke or did something that made my throat temporarily kill me, he just squeezed me a little. A little way to show me he understands I'm in pain right now and Charles is going to pay.

As soon as we got to the McDonalds I was about to die. "Can I get three large waters..." Wilbur immediately started ordering stuff for the group and I'm positive that those three large waters are for me.

My brain felt fuzzy as I sat down with Ash and Mark. Charles was outside the place making an "important" phone call.

"Who could he possibly be on a work call with? We're all here" Mark questioned, staring at Charles through the window. "Maybe a radio station?" I suggested. I had no idea how radio stations or bands worked, but I still tried my best to soothe Mark's obviously worried mind.

"If he's talking to a radio station Will is going to be pissed" Ash said, chuckling. "I'm surprised we still have Charles around" Mark admitted.

"Is there drama around Will and Charles?" I asked. Mark took a giant deep hefty sigh while Ash just nodded. "Care to tell me more?" I asked them. The two glanced at each other, both debating on whether to tell me or not.

Right before Mark could start talking, food was quite literally thrown onto the table, scaring the shit out of me.

"Oh, sorry about the Y/n" Joe apologized, giving me a small smile. He sat down next to me and started digging into the fries. "So, what are you guys chatting about?" he asked. "Where's Will?" I asked. "He's in the bathroom. And here, because you sound like a smoker" Joe said, sliding me three giant waters.

I immediately started drinking away all the water to the first giant ice-cold water cup. "Will and Charles weren't always like this. They were buddies before and then it started like...5 months ago when Charles started acting incompetent" Mark explained.

"Oh, this? Yeah, Will isn't a hot-headed person but when it comes to Charles..." Joe mumbled. "Wilbur wants the best for everybody, but Charles makes it ridiculously hard for Will to do that" Joe said. "He keeps adding new gigs and then gets frustrated with us when our new song isn't done" Ash added.

"Hey guys, what did I miss?" Will asked, sitting down next to me. "Nothing important" Joe said, shrugging and unwrapping his burger.

"Are we ready for the tour?" Ash asked. "Tour?" I questioned. "Yeah, we're going on tour pretty soon here" Will told me. "It starts in about a week, right?" Joe asked Will. "It starts the 18th and it is currently the 10th so a little over" Will replied. Joe nodded and took a giant bit of his burger.

"Y/n, I got you a breakfast sandwich!" Will told me, smiling at me. I stared at him with a slanted smile. He was so...not like yesterday.

He was actually happy and not quiet towards me. "Thank you" I thanked him, immediately starting to devour the sandwich. It was heavenly. I couldn't have asked for a better breakfast. "Alright, we're going to practice for the eight days before the tour, right?" Mark told everyone. They all agreed.

TIME SKIP

We got to the main studio. I stood next to Mark while he was sitting down at his drum set. Joe handed me two ear plugs. "Put these in" Joe told me. I stared at him, he had some in too and Wilbur was behind him putting some in.

"Why?" I asked. "So that your brain doesn't come out your ears while we play the greatest music known to mankind" Mark told me with a toothy grin.

I laughed and grabbed the ear plugs and put them in my ears. I sat down next to the wall and watched as they tested out their instruments. Wilbur said something to Mark and Joe and Joe repeated it to Ash.

Ash nodded and the four started playing a song. My breath caught in my throat as I stared at them in pure awe.

"And stop!" Will shouted. "Cause why'd you have to kill my cat?!" he started to sing. The song was amazing! I've never heard it before. It was such a good song though! It didn't take long for me to start having my own mini jam out session while they played.

Once the song ended, I didn't know how to express my love for the song, so I just clapped. Will smiled and bowed as I kept clapping. "That was amazing!" I exclaimed.

"You haven't seen nothing yet" Joe said with a wink. My face turned bright red but I hope they didn't notice since they immediately started a new song.

Their songs are amazing. I've never really heard music like theirs before. Yes, it does sound like your usual indie music but it had some type of sound that made it have a skip in its step. After 4 songs I blurted out the stupidest thing I think I've ever said.

"I love the sounds that comes out of the instruments and your mouths" I said. I immediately wanted to die.

They laughed like it was the best shit someone has ever said. "Thank you, Y/n" Wilbur thanked me. "This next song is dedicated to Y/n!" Mark shouted as he started to bang on his drums. I laughed as they started playing another song.

TIME SKIP

We walked home that night laughing and joking around with each other. I shivered as the night got colder and colder.

Wilbur put his arm around me and held me close to the side of his body. He's warm.

"Oh my god, I just realized we're going to go on tour next week!" Joe exclaimed. His breath was visible in the chilly dark night. I laughed as Mark raised up on of his drum sticks, "It's going to be amazing!" Mark shouted.

"It's going to be magical. Afterall, it'll be Y/n's first time on tour" Will said, rubbing my arms while he spoke about me.

Mark laughed, "That's right! You're going to love it, Y/n. Trust me" Mark said. I smiled. "I trust you" I whispered.

Charles and I went into the house and he immediately went to his office. "Good night, Y/n" he said in a heft sigh as he left the room. "Oh. Night" I replied. I sat down on the couch and sighed. I looked around the house. It was so...scary being in the house without Joe, Mark, Ash, or Wilbur with me.

Everything seemed scary without them. How could it not? I'm in a new country and they're the only people I know here. I'm just glad they aren't assholes. Well...one is.

Tears pricked my eyes. I sighed and started to wipe them away. As much as I would love to make this my new normal, I'm still in shock. I have a feeling I'm going to be in shock for a while.