Pen Pals (EDITING,, READ DESCRIPTION)

Chapter 3

Tony's pov

Driving home through dimmed streets of San Diego, I could see the small lights coming from the street, towering over my clean car from the side of the streets and guiding my way home.

I finally returned, exhausted from my full day in the studio with everyone, ready to pack up and go to bed. But one thing caught my eye. There was a letter in my mail box, I wondered to myself why I had mail sent here, because most of my mail was dan mail and that got sent to a different PO box along with the boys. But this letter looked smarter, and when I read it I found out my assumption of its 'smartness' was correct. It was addressed from a school in England, 'hillside secondary school'. Weird, I thought to myself, but didn't think much of it. Either it accidentally came here instead of the PO box, or they got the wrong person. But that would be surprising as it said my name and address on the front in big letters.

I held the letter in my hand, along with the acoustic guitar I had bought along to the studio as a just in case, and put it on the table. I quickly ran upstairs, suddenly excited by this mystery letter, changed into some sweats and a baggy tank top, (putting my guitar away in the process) then sat on my sofa with the letter.

It read:

Dear Tony Perry.

My name is Jodi potters, I'm from England and I am 13 years old, going into year 9 of my secondary school and turning 14 in the next few months.

I am writing to you on behalf of a class project I have been assigned to do. The instructions where to send a letter to an idol, famous or not, in their profession and see if they could reply, almost like a pen pal. I don't really see the point of this, or what the outcome will be now that I think about it, but it made my head perk up in decision to use this to my advantage. After all, if the school will help me send this and try, however they can, to get all the letters to the respective idols individually, then why shouldn't I try writing to you?

I'm not going to go full on with detail, because I'm skeptical as to whether you'll reply or even get this letter, in fact. But I'm hoping and praying nonetheless that you do.

I hope to see a letter from you in the post soon,
Yours sincerely, Jodi Potters.

•End Of Letter•

I thought for a second, figuring out the pros of potentially writing back, for both me and Jodi, but also contemplating the cons it might entail, which entailed a lot.

I rested my head on my hand, propping it up on my knee. I wasn't a talkative person, and I had been down lately. But these things could both be pros or cons of writing back, it could make me happier, but it could make me even less talkative in the real world or even more anxious.  I had  realised that recently I had in fact been quite depressed, the guys had noticed and I don't know why I have been but I can't seem to control it, and sometimes I just need to cry.

After thinking for a while, and watching an episode of Dance Moms, which helped me loose my track of thought quickly, I finally came to a decision. I would write a letter back and send it off tomorrow, before I could get a chance of changing my mind.

You see, I wanted it to be happy, to make sure she thought I was okay, because I had to keep that up for the fans so that I would stay an inspiration and so they could look up to me as someone who isn't depressed and has simply 'got over it' so they can do the same. And I also wanted to seem like a nice person and not let fame get in the way, ask her some questions and finish it, you know, keep it simple. I don't want to seem like some sort of creep.

Finally, after flicking through ideas in my head and watching another half episode of Dance Moms, I started my letter.

•Start Of Letter•

Dear Jodi,

I received your letter today in the post and I was very surprised, but glad to see that I have been chosen as the recipient for your school project, it definitely cheered me up after a long day of work. I am actually really excited to do this project, I think it would be fun and I enjoy talking to fans, and getting to know one would be nice.

I'm glad to hear that Pierce The Veil has saved you, it makes me very proud that we (as a band) have worked hard and achieved that goal of helping others, especially since you chose to write to me and not them !! Only joking. But seriously, I'm glad to hear that.

I'm pretty sure you'll write back, I know I definitely would if someone from my favourite band wrote back to me, so I have some questions for you to shake things up a bit.

What are you like? What are your hobbies, favourite things, favourite music?... Things like that. You probably know a lot about me, sometimes I actually worry about how much people know about me from the internet, its scary, but I love how people think they know me more than I know myself, its quite amusing sometimes, the rumours and things people make up.

Anyways, I don't want this to be to long, but I'll be waiting for your next letter.

From Tony 'Turtle' Perry.

•End Of Letter•

I put it in an envelope and left it on the table for me to send tomorrow, happy that I had done something to try and make me happier, occupy me and get me out of my claustrophobic shell. I was excited to see what she as like and get to know her, she seemed nice and I actually wanted to make an effort to do this, seeing as I was sure it would bring me some good as well as a fan.

I thought about it for a while, what she may be like and whether we can be friends, even though I'm a lot older than her, but maybe I'll turn out as more of an influence, like being a brother. I'd love to be a brother again, My mind reminded me of a locked away memory. I never got to see my actual sister seeing as she is quite a lot younger and I'm not actually sure where she lives/is exactly. Also I'm on tour a lot so seeing family and friends is something that comes after my job unfortunately.

I soon realised that the reason I had changed my clothes in the first place wasn't with the intention of writing s letter and watching Dance Moms, but instead was because I was fucking tired and I really needed the sleep.

I thought about the band for a while, wondered why she had sent a letter to me and how her school actually got it to my home address. But even with all these thoughts going through my head, I still prioritised sleep over anything else, so with that I nodded off, ignoring the thoughts my mind was racing with at 1000 mph.

Don't get your hopes up to high, I thought, if you don't get excited, then you won't feel so much of an idiot when she doesn't reply.

Omg guyssss I'm actually already editing this chapter (3 or 4 ?? Idk) bc usually I'm so slow so yeah boi round of applause 5 me