It's Gonna Be My Year

Chapter 12

"How do you all feel about doing a meet-up after the Orlando show?"

We were a few days, and 4 shows, into the tour. Today was our first free day since we began, and we were all sat out on a grassy hill eating McDonald's near the next venue.

"Who do you mean bye 'all'?" I asked, stuffing a handful of fries in my mouth.

"Both bands." Alex replied, "I was thinking that, because Florida is 5 days away, it'll give us time to prepare. A lot of people come to that show as well- so it'll be awesome."

My face was taken over with a huge grin. I looked round at the guys to see that they all had the same expression as me.

"So it's settled!" Rian exclaimed, "But the surprises don't end there. We've booked a little photo shoot today to get some shots of you guys- I'm assuming you don't have any professional photos?" I shook my head, "Aanndd you can sign them! Give them out to some of the fans?"

"Woah. That would be seriously cool!" I couldn't believe how kind the boys were being- going out of their way to help us get out there. I mean, they invited us on their tour!

We finished our lunch and headed back to the buses.

"Okay..." Jack said, looking at his phone, "The photographer's coming at 2- which gives you just under an hour to get ready. The photos are gonna be taken on the stage inside."

We ended the conversation and headed inside to the showers. I hated being the only girl sometimes- it meant I had no one to do my hair, give me fashion advice or confide in about girl stuff. But then again it was like have 3 big brothers to protect me all the time, so I never felt unsafe.

I washed up, dried and straightened my hair then slipped on an outfit. I went with my acid wash skinny jeans, Mickey Mouse slip-on Vans and a Supernatural tank top. My clothing choice meant the tattoo on my outer wrist was completely visible. It was the band's logo- all 4 of us had it. We'd actually gotten the idea from the All Time Low boys, who each had the skull tattoo in a different location on their bodies. We did the same. Joe's was on his chest, Sam's was on his foot, Ben had it on his bicep and mine was on the back of my right wrist.

I slipped on a handful of bracelets and made sure all my earrings were in, then took my things back to the bus and headed for the stage. Everyone else was already there- including the photographer.

"Crap! I am so sorry I'm late!" I ran towards the rest of the guys and stood nervously.

"It's fine!" The photographer was a short woman with gorgeous, dark hair and matching eyes. She had a huge smile on her face and giggled slightly at the fearful look on my face.

"Seriously though, Frog. How long does it take to get ready?!" Joe winked jokingly at me.

I began to speak but was interrupted by our photographer, "Hey! We girls need our time!" She winked at me.

I nodded, "Thank you... Uh..."

"Laura." She replied with a smile, "So, shall we get started? I think we should get a few group shots, then some individual photos, then finally a couple of you guys playing your music. Sound good?"

The photo shoot was over before we knew it- it was so much fun.

We got back to our bus to find All Time Low sat on our couch.

"So, how was it?" Jack smirked.

"The best thing I've ever done!" I jumped over and slammed down onto his knee and laid my legs on Alex's lap. I lowered down further to rest my head on Zack's knees. It had been almost a week since me and Jack became a thing, but we still hadn't told anyone. I wasn't ready, so we decided to wait and still act like friends.

"Hey!" Rian suddenly sat up, "Don't I get any Kaitlyn!?"

I laughed, "Sorry, Ri! I'm too short to reach over all four of you!" He started playing with my hair and it made my eyes drift closed.

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"Cameras? I didn't know this meet-up was gonna be filmed..." The Florida show had ended, which was definitely the best so far. But the guys said that New York was always their best- so I was looking forward to that one. We had 10 minutes before the meet-up started, and there were 500 people coming to it. The first 500 through the door earlier, actually. I didn't think it was fair but I knew that, if everyone came, it'd be manic.

"Relax, kid. It's only for a few clips for the website." Alex put a hand on the small of my back and nodded reassuringly at me.

The security finished putting up a barrier between us and were the fans would be stood, then opened the doors. They had to pre-purchase which merch or photos they wanted, then bring them to us to sign. Jack, Alex, Rian and Zack had a load of merch from their online store- including the new CD. It was primarily their meet-up, so the fans met one of them first. They could then move along and meet a member of Rebound- if they wanted to. I planned on spending most of the time taking photos.

The security opened the doors and a huge group of young adults grouped up being the barrier.

Jack stood up, "How're you guys doing!?" He was answered with a crowd of screams, "Okay, okay. Before we start, I... We-" He walked up behind me and placed a hand on my shoulder, "Have something to tell you."

I shot him a look and he nodded at me. We hadn't discussed this- was I ready for the world to know? I guess I had to be.

I stood up and he laced his arm around my waist.

"We're dating. Officially." He smiled as the fans screamed and clapped. Our fellow band members greeted us with high fives, hugs and smiles.

"Alright!" Alex shouted, "Let's get on with this meet-up!"