Dance Alone To The Beat of Your Heart

Chapter 9

  Day one of tour. It is going to change our lives again. This is a new era and beginning for the band. It is new and old at the same time. 

  "I love you." Pete says to me. 

  "I love you too. You're in a good mood this morning." I point out as I have my tea. 

  "I slept well. The excitement hasn't hit me yet." He states. 

  "Oh its hit me. I slept well." I tell him. "It's so amazing to have this again." 

  "It is. I'm excited to see and hear the crowd again. It's going to be amazing." He says. 

  "It will be. I honestly love that this is where we're opening this tour." I state. 

  "I know its been a while but you've got this." He reminds me. 

  "Thank you. I do have this. I'm ready for this." I say as I finish my tea. 

  "I'm really lucky to have you as my boyfriend." He says. 

  "I'm the lucky one. You have changed my life. I'm ready to be playing music again like this." I kiss him. 

  He kisses me. "And you've changed mine. I'm excited." 

  There's a knock on the door. It's time for us to go to soundcheck. We leave the bus to head to our stage. We arrive to see that Panic! is finishing theirs. 

  "You are so special." Brendon says as he comes off the stage. "Thank you for having me on tour with you." 

  "Of course. You're welcome." Pete says. 

  "It will be fun to watch you every night." I say. 

  Brendon grins. "I can't wait to watch you too." 

  Joe smiles. "It will be fun. We have a soundcheck to do." 

  Andy smiles. "Yes we do." He says. 

  We start our soundcheck for today. 

  "Hey do you guys want to go have lunch?" Brendon asks. 

  "Yes sure." Pete agrees. 

  I nod. "Yeah sure." I agree. Even though Brendon and I didn't work out, we're still good friends. I always knew I'd go back to Pete. It happened the way it did for a reason. v

  Joe smiles. "Sure. I think that's a good idea." 

  Andy agrees. "I'm in too. We haven't talked lately." 

 We all head out to lunch. We haven't talked lately. We catch up while we eat. 

  Brendon looks at me. "Can we talk?" He asks. 

  I get up. "Yes we can." 

  "I want to apologize for how I handled everything." Brendon states. 

  "Its okay. I kind of knew we weren't going to make it." I pause. "We're both with who we're supposed to be with." 

  "So you and Pete are back together?" Brendon asks. 

  "Yes." I state. 

  After lunch we go back to the venue. Pete takes my hand. "You feeling okay?" He asks me. 

  I squeeze his hand. "I'm feeling good, focused." 

  He kisses me on the cheek. "Good." 

  "Yeah. How are you feeling?" I ask. 

  "I'm good. Focused on tonight." He answers. 

  We get to the dressing room. I start my warmup routine. Pete watches me. I smirk at him as he does. I ocassionally make a game out of it. I sit down next to him. "You know I'm looking forward to this." I say. 

  "I know you are. We all are. The band is stronger than ever." He leans against me. 

  "It is strong." I agree. 

  We get told to go backstage for our set routine to start. 

  We go backstage to join our bandmates. Its going to be an incredible show. I can feel it. 

  Pete starts his speech to hype us up. "We haven't been onstage as a band for four years. That doesn't mean anything though. We're still a strong team. Lets go out there and show our fans that we're better than ever." He says. 

   We do our highfives and show circle. "Fall Out Boy!!" We cheers. 

  I kiss Pete quickly as I grab my guitar. He grabs his bass. 

  Joe, Andy, and Pete go onstage before I do. I'm the last to go on. This set is one of the best that we've come up with. 

  I missed this. There's no other feeling in the world like it. I love doing this. Music was my first love. It has meant everything to me. To be doing it with my best friends again is an overwhelming feeling that I love so much.