The Man Behind the Makeup

Chapter 16: Day 2

What the fuck is that? I opened my eyes to see a tail, that was extremely soft, moving in my face. Um, since when did we have a cat? I touched the tip of its tail and it turned around, instantly starting to purr. Okay that's good, at least it doesn't want to claw my face off. I scratched under its chin and picked it up so I could sit up better on the couch. Alex was gone, so I guess she must've went to bed late last night.

"Aw Crow, leave her alone." Why is Andy and his cat in my house? Crow climbed up onto my shoulder and tickled his tail under my neck as he decided to ignore Andy and just lay down on my shoulders. That's actually pretty fucking cute if you ask me.

"It's fine. He just wants some Annabelle love." Andy walked into the room with two plates of eggs, bacon, and toast. He handed me a plate as he sat on the couch, which made Crow get up and go over to his shoulders. "Thanks. Um, what time is it?" I grabbed my camera and quickly took the adorable picture of them together. I'll print that out later.

"8:00 am. Your brother came by earlier saying that he had to go to football practice and asked me to make sure that you made it to work on time." I nodded my head and smiled. Dustin has been so caring lately. I wonder what he's hiding. Crow did this adorable little kitten meow and I looked over at him.

"Aw, that was priceless." Andy chuckled and finished off his food, grabbing my empty plate as he got up to go put them in the sink. When he came back, Alex started making her way down the stairs. "Morning, why are you up so early?"

"Fell asleep early." I nodded and she went into the kitchen and came back out with a package of pop tarts.

"Did you guys want come to work with me today? Alex you'd get to meet All Time Low." She smiled and nodded. I looked to Andy and he shrugged his shoulders, making Crow bounce a little.

"Sure, I've got nothing to do today." I smiled and kissed his cheek. In a friendly way of course.

"Well, I have to leave at 10:30 am, so I have about half an hour until I have to start getting ready." I got up and decided to go print out and stick that picture in a frame before I forget about it completely. The two of them followed and jumped onto my bed, making a loud thud against the hardwood floor. They are so childish sometimes, but not as childish as the guys from ATL. "Alex, can you grab a little empty frame out of the door next to you?"

"Yep." She leaned over and pulled one out, handing it to me as I was cutting off the excess paper on the picture. "What is it?" I carefully slid the picture into the frame and smiled as I handed it to Andy. He smiled and hugged me.

"Thanks. I love it."

At the Arena

What the actual fuck is going on here? Inside the stadium, lights and a bed was set up and the boys were just running around, kicking a soccer ball to each other. Zack was the first to notice and he shocked me when he yelled that I was here.

"Anna's here!" They all looked to me and I was wide eyed, horrified when they all started running after me.

"No, no, no!" I was tackled to the floor, literally, by the four members and Alex and Andy just laughed at me as they walked over to the table behind the lights and set down my stuff. "Love hurts." They all got off of me and helped me up.

"Well, you are the only photographer that can actually tolerate us." Jack spoke up and I raised my eyebrows, dusting off the back of my pants.

"Wow, I feel honored. Now go get ready! Chop chop!" I yelled, clapping my hands as they scrambled to the makeup and clothing stations.

I opened my laptop and connected everything and made sure my camera was charged and etc. Alexia was just seated beside me, playing on my phone and Andy was just talking to the guys.