Dreams Come True (Austin Carlile/Ben Bruce)

Dreams Come True(Austin Carlile Fan Fiction)

Chapter 11

We stepped out into the sun. I was wearing my black skinny jeans, blood red Vans, and my slit-sleeved OM&M shirt with a red band covering my bra. Emily was wearing a white OM&M with grey skinny jeans and her maroon Vans. I grabbed Emily's hand, "Ready for your first tattoo?" I squeezed tightly. She smiled gently. I knew she was scared, she want exactly the brave one when it came to pain. Emotionally she was a brick wall, but physical pain she was a pansy.

Aaron was running to the door, it swung open; a short but lean woman pounced on Aaron wrapping her legs around his waist. She giggled and they kissed. Aaron let her down and walked her over to meet us. "Madeleine, this is Randi and Emily."

She came up to me and hugged me tight. "I am so excited to meet you guys. I heard you're getting your first tattoo, I'm so grateful to be your first tattooer." She hugged Emily.

We walked into the tattoo parlour, Emily and I pulled out the drawings of the tattoos we wanted.

"Maddi, uhm I would like this cherry blossom going up my rib cage and onto my back." Emily placed the picture on the counter.

"If you guys want to be done in time for the show, then we're going to have to tattoo you at the same time."

"Can you do Emily? And I'll have someone else." I smiled, "Alan keep her company."

A tallish man, bald on top but with a large beard stepped out from the curtains, "I'm Joshua, I will be tattooing you."

I smiled and showed him the picture of my owl. It had the owl sitting in a bush with a compass and clock in the bush. "I would like it coloured too but I can comeback for that and my touch up."

Joshua smiled, "yeah that'd be best. Well let's get you set up!"

Aaron went to watch Maddi work on Ems, and Phil and Tino to the sushi place beside the parlour. Austin and I followed Joshua to the curtained area beside Emily, I knew Emily could do this. I sat with my thigh showing and ready to go.

I could hear buzzing, and then a whimpering Emily, and then Alan comforting her.

He pasted the drawing on to my thigh, and while talking to Austin about the band, he started striking me with the needle, making the owl permanent and wiping away the blood and ink away.

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Joshua wrapped my leg up, gave me the cleaning utensils, and I gave him the money for both mine and Emily's tattoos. Emily walked out holding the side of her shirt off of the bandage. She had a face of pain on, but her eyes glimmered with accomplishment. Alan kissed her hand as we walked out, Maddi got off work early to hang out with us and watch the show. We were supposed to attend another party after the concert, but I didn't know if Emily could handle the tattoo and people. She'd have to wear a slit shirt so people would know that she had a tattoo.

We filed into the bus and headed to the venue. We met up with all of the techs, they went to work and I had to begin mine. I had a set of questions and ideas of photographs I need to take. The manager called the band and all relations into the back room of the club and set us on the couch with a camera.

"You are going to video tape the interview and we'll edit it and go over it with you, you guys will of course see the full length video, but YouTube baby, it's a big deal now."

I grabbed the mic, "Okay guys, lets go through everyone and just say names and something unknown to society about yourself."

I smiled into the camera and said, "I am Randi, interviewing Of Mice and Men, and I love the colour gold."

"I am Austin, and I like holding Randi's hand. Can I say that?"

I shook my head, "It's not appropriate."

He looked seriously into the camera, "I am Austin Carlile, I love holding Randi's hand and it's inappropriate."

Everyone laughed.

"I'm Alan Ashby, and I am inappropriate as well because I love holding Emily's hand." He grabbed Emily's hand, and kissed it.

Emily blushed, "I'm Emily Berry, I am 21 and already have a PhD in medicine."

Phil whispered, "Show off." Then smiled "I'm Phil and I try my hardest at not letting couples get to me."

"I'm Tino, and many think I'm in a homosexual relationship with Phil, and I'm just going to let those rumours hang a little longer." Tino and Phil laughed.

"I'm Maddi, and I'm not sure what to say."

"I'm Aaron, and I'm the most inappropriate man because I'll kiss Maddi in public." And he kissed her. They laughed and slowly giggled it to an end.

I shook my head. "This is Of Mice and Men. And you are watching Risen Records!"

We laughed and saddened, feeling emotions all over throughout the interview. At the end Austin took the mic, "I want to hear your stories."

I looked at him, mouth gaped open. "Maybe another time."

The camera man cut and left, the rest of the band left too.

"Please don't ask me to tell my story to people I don't know."

He hugged me, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have. I would like to know, though, if you don't mind."

"We leave on Monday for a twenty hour drive, I can tell you then."

There was a stage call, I went to my spot for photos, and Emily was on the side in case of an accident on stage.