Stories In The Morning, But Legends Tonight| m.g.c

Ch. 20~ Old and New Friends

{in honor of warped tour starting today}

"Guys, it's perfect!" CeCe exclaimed. "The boys are touring right now, so there's no point for us to wait around until they get back. Plus, we can get our name out there even more, and make new friends!"

"I'm just worried about Emma," Emily sighed. "She's being despondent again. Just numb to everything."

"Maybe Warped will help though. Meeting fans, hearing their stories, getting out of this place that only reminds her of Michael," CeCe shrugged her shoulders.

"Let's leave her alone for now," Kaitlyn said. "We will ask her tonight at dinner."

My cochlear should have been out and I should've been sleeping. I didn't know what to do anymore. A Love Like Tour was over, and Michael was away on tour. I stood from the bed I had been living in for the past few days.

"Let's do it guys," I softly said as I entered the kitchen where the girls were. "Don't let me stop it. I love Warped anyways. Plus, they really want us on this tour."

"Can you handle the stress? It starts in just over a month. We have a lot to do before and not a lot of time," CeCe spoke.

"Listen, if they contacted us last minute because someone dropped off of the tour then they want us there. I say we do it. Plus we can catch up with our friends," I smiled at them, genuinely wanting to go.

"Oh, thank you!" CeCe squealed and hugged me tightly.

~

I tugged on the suitcase constantly as we walked through the airport. The suitcase wasn't large, but it was extremely heavy.

"Excuse me, do you need some help?" someone asked and I turned to answer them.

"Oh my god, Brian!" I let go of my suitcase and hugged him.

The other girls greeted him as well, and the rest of The Summer Set joined us.

"So, Emma," Josh started, "can I still get you to drink like you did in Australia?"

"Hell yeah, Montgomery," I smirked and he laughed wildly.

"You first real Warped Tour," Jess smirked to herself. "You'll be exhausted by week two."

"Warped Australia had about as many dates as two weeks in the US. I don't think I'm ready for this," Kaitlyn said.

"Wanna head to the hotel?" Brian asked.

"Yeah, you can meet most of the bands and crew tonight. They're having that barbecue at the venue before set-up tomorrow," John smiled.

Stephen and I switched suitcases, for his was much lighter. They all laughed as I still struggled to roll it behind me through the airport. I couldn't help it! His suitcase was much bigger, but not nearly as heavy as mine!

"Stephen, I'd literally fit in your suitcase," I huffed as I pushed the suitcase from behind this time.

"You're putting so much effort into this. It's actually hilarious," he chuckled.

"No, Emma!" Emily called. "Nothing can contain the curves!"

We arrived at the hotel, and immediately threw our suitcases onto the beds. We decided to share our room with Jess, so she was at least in the company of another girl. The only problem was someone had to sleep on the couch.

"Yo ladies," Jess proclaimed as she entered our room, "I brought Stephen's suitcase. He barely had anything in this thing, so I dumped it all out."

She wheeled into the room and put it by my feet, "Are you gonna get in or what?"

"Are you serious?" I scoffed.

"Very serious," she nodded her head. "I wanna wheel you down to the lobby and eventually to the barbecue. That'd be hilarious! C'mon!"

I sighed and climbed into the oversized suitcase. "Oh my god," CeCe muttered to herself.

"She fits!" Emily laughed loudly. "I really didn't think anybody would fit in that thing!"

"This is why we don't have any friends," Kaitlyn giggled to herself.

Jess zipped the suitcase shut and she wheeled me out of the hotel room and into the elevator. I laughed to myself as I was pulled along the hallways. I assumed we were in the lobby when I heard many people having casual conversations.

"Hey, Stephen!" Jess called. "C'mere!"

"You can't be serious," he laughed extremely loud. He unzipped the suitcase and I tumbled out onto the tile of the lobby. Everyone around us laughed. This tour was going to be great for me, I could feel it. The amount of new friends I could create and opportunities I'll find. This all allowed happiness.

~

"So you're the girl who came out of the suitcase..." someone said as they approached me from behind.

I turned around to see it was Alan Ashby, "Yeah, that was me. That's probably the most exciting thing I've done in a month."

"That can't be true!" he sighed. "You seem like such a partier!"

"Trust me, I am not that exciting," I laughed.

"I'm gonna prove to you that you're exciting on this tour," Alan put on a devious look. "I'll get you shitfaced, injured, and laid."

"I have a boyfriend actually," I laughed.

"Really? That's actually better than being laid by one of these losers," he laughed, obviously speaking in a joking manner. "What's his name?"

"Michael," I smiled, sipping the water in my hand.

"Oh yeah!" his eyes lit up with the realization. "You're dating that guy from 5 Seconds Of Summer! Aaron and Austin have talked to him before."

"Oh god, I know," I chuckled. "He wouldn't shut up about it for two weeks! All he would play on his guitar and phone was that album oh my god."

"That's so cool man!" Alan smiled, then he got a mischievous look on his face. "Ok, don't tell them this but at first I thought they were a douchy boyband. They actually seem like really cool guys."

"They're pretty chill, a little weird," I laughed with Alan. "Next time you're down in Australia we'll meet up."

"Sounds good!" he looked over his shoulder as someone called his name. "Hey, I'll see you around!"

As he walked away he turned and yelled, "I'll make you a fun and interesting person!"

I quickly pulled out my phone and texted Michael.

"This was the right decision."