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Chapter 1 | "WARPED TOUR"

CHAPTER 1 | "WARPED TOUR"

"Yo, Nova, wake the fuck up!" Ryan Duff yelled as he repeatedly pushed said girls shoulder from her spot on her bed that was in the little room in the apartment she shared with her bandmate and best friend, Ryan.

"Nova, come on!"

Nova huffed and slapped his hand off her shoulder before rolling on her stomach and shoving her face onto the pillow causing Ryan to roll his eyes and mutter cuss words.

Nova Cee was 21, just turned it last month actually. She was a great singer, hence she was the lead singer for the band Resurrecting Flames, which was famous in the 'emo' scene, they were considered a MySpace band. If you knew a scene/emo kid, they most definitely had a Resurrecting Flames t-shirt, that sat right next to their BloodyDances and My Chemical Romance tee.

Her best friend was Ryan Duff. The two had known each other since birth, and have been stuck to the hip since. In freshman year they started a band called Dirty Lies, where they met their now lead guitarist, Steven Moore. Dirty Lies lasted for about a year until they called it quits, causing Nova and Ryan to start another band, and by that time Steven had become a good friend of theirs, but they always called him Steamo, pronounced steam-o. The two had gotten the name from putting his first and last name together. He hated it.

In junior year the two came up with the band name Resurrecting Flames. Steven's best friend Johnnie Winchester joined as a rhythm guitarist. Originally, their bassist was this dude named Tyler but he was kicked out because Nova thought he was a dick (which he was), so they put up flyers around their school and Jenny Youth, a weird girl that never uttered a word, tried out and she had some sick bass riffs, so she became their new bassist.

"Oh my god, Nova get the fuck up."

"Ok, ok, shut the fuck up, jeez." Nova mumbled finally getting up as she pushed the brunette away from her.

After changing and brushing her teeth she made her way into the living room where Ryan was sat messing around with his drum sticks while sitting on the old couch. The two lived in a cheap ass apartment with one little ass bathroom, a living room, kitchen, and two small ass bathrooms. Not that bad, besides how small the rooms were and the roaches that were everywhere. And the smell. It was cigarettes with a burnt smell, and neither of the two smoked cigarettes inside.

"Did you eat?" Ryan asked Nova as she sat down beside him. She stifled an eye roll. There was a period in time where Nova refused to eat anything besides a couple bites of a pop tart for months on end, but she had been better about eating, Ryan was always hassling her about it though, always needing to make sure she ate. She thought he worried too much about the eating disorder.

"Yes, Ryan." She lied.

"Are you sure? I can make you something?" He asked knowing she was lying.

"No it's okay. Anyways, when is Layla getting here?" Layla was their manager. The band had went on tour once as an opening act for BloodyDances, ever since they all were good friends. Though, the bands that would be performing for 2010 Warped Tour were about to be released, or sent, and the band was dying to know if they were invited.

"Uhh, in about 20 minutes?"

A little while later there was an obnoxious knock on their front door, only for it to open and reveal Steven and Johnnie, both wearing stupid grins.

"What up bitches." Steven said as he strutted in and plopped onto the couch with a smirk making Nova roll her eyes, "Ugh, what are you doing here?" She asked with a grimace.

"Band practice, you didn't forget did you?" Johnnie asked sarcastically making Nova give him the finger, "Fuck off." She said before Jenny walked in the front door, Layla right behind her.

"Emos, I have great news!" She smiled.

"What?" Nova asked raising her eyebrows before her face broke out into a huge smile,

"Omg, did we get invited to Warped Tour?" She squealed, glowing.

"Yes!" Layla squealed back happily, running to jump into Novas arm, her curly hair bouncing.

"Oh shit!" Steven yelled jumping up from the couch with a laugh before attacking the twos girls with a hug, the other three soon joining in.

"I have to tell Danny!" Nova squealed as she ran for her phone that was in her room. Quickly, she called up her best friend who happened to be the lead singer for BloodyDances.

"Dan! Dan! Guess what!?" Nova yelled as Danny answered. "What!?" He asked, getting excited by her tone. "We're going on warp! Can you believe?" She screeched, giggling.

"Oh my god! Us too! This is about to be so much fun, dude!" Danny yelled. After the two talked forever about the tour and how much it's going to be they hung up and Nova went back in the living room to find the band, plus Layla, laying around. Steven had his acoustic guitar in hand, playing a Radiohead song.

"Guys I actually can't believe we're going on warped tour." Nova stated as she flopped down on the couch, resting her head on Ryan's shoulder. "I know." Johnnie agreed.

"When does it start?" Jenny asked Layla.

"The van will be here to pick you guys up June 18th. So be ready!" She yelled, pointing an accusing finger at the band, who were all known to be late.

"Trust me, nothing would ever make me oversleep the start of Warped Tour!"