Adapt To Changes (Book 2)

Chapter 2: Death Of A Bachelor

We made it to the front of my house and they parked their bikes. We hurried to the door swinging it open, we rushed inside.

"Hey kids." Brendon said from the kitchen. "Why the hurry?" He say, walking out and stepping in front of the staircase. I almost crash into him.

"No reason." I said casually. He looks down at me for a few seconds before moving aside. We run up the stairs, nearly hitting Bogart who then joined the run. We all made it to my room and closed the door. I grabbed my computer and sat on the floor, they came and sat across from me. Bogart came and laid down next to my computer.

"What's it called?" Karen whispers. I type my password in.

"You don't have to whisper, the walls are thick." I said. Karen looks around.

"So what's the title." She says again. They both are wearing a secretive smile.

"It is called," I smile too. "Death of a Bachelor." They both lean in as I press the play button. Their reactions were hilarious, mouths dropping open and Karen's arms flailing.

"OH MY GO-" Charlie shushed her and put his hand over her mouth. It made Bogart jump at her sudden outburst. I giggle. She wraps her arms around his arm and listens intensely. Charlie scoots over so he was leaning on Karen, his hand still over her mouth. They sat like that for the rest of the song. As the song came to the end, Pete Wentz's voice chimed in. "And that was Panic! At The Discos Death of a bachelor."

"Woah wait, was that Pete?" Charlie said, removing his hand from Karen's mouth and knitting his eyebrows together. I let out a soft giggle.

"We're premiering it this Tuesday on The World Record station. Pete is announcing it." I said, Karen flailed again. Charlie grabs her and restrains her.

"Oh my god." She said smiling. "We're two of the first people to hear it right?" She said. I nod. Charlie releases her wrists.

"So what was the concept behind-" he is interrupted by a knock on the door. I swear and shut my laptop. Brendon opened the door and walks in.

"Hey guys, just seeing what you kids are up to." He says, walking over and ruffling my hair. I slap his hands.

"Not much, just talking." I said casually. He looks down at my closed laptop then back down at me. He gave us all an excited look.

"The pools open." He says, flattening my hair with his hand. "You kiddos can swim if you want." He says, with a small smile. Karen lets out an excited 'ohhhhhh'. He chuckles softly. "I'm guessing that's a yes." Karen and I nod. Charlie sighs.

"I didn't bring swimming shorts." He said, looking down and picking at the carpet. Brendon looks down at him.

"I could spare a pair." He says, smiling. "Your around my size, I have a pair that's a little small." He said heading for the door. "Follow me." He said. Charlie pushes himself up and follows Brendon.

Karen and I hop up to our feet, she walks over and closes the door. She walks over to one of her bags of stuff she bought. "Well this works out perfectly." She said, reaching into it and pulling out a dark red bikini. We both giggle and I walk to one of my drawers pulling it open. After digging through for a little, I found my black bikini. We both got changed. I swung open the door and walked out. We both walked down the stairs and into the living room. We were met by Brendon and Charlie. They were both also in swim suits laughing about something. Charlie looked over at us and got wide eyes. He noticed Karen had seen him looking and he turned to Brendon. Brendon grabbed his phone off the counter.

"Alright children, let's go." He said, walking over to the sliding glass door and opening it for us. We all walked out. I haven't actually swam in our pool yet so I'm pretty excited.

"Why do you have your phone?" Karen asks, walking next to him. He turns his phone over in his hands.

"Here in the Urie household, there aren't any rules against jumping off the roof." He said, motioning to a ladder that stood leading to the roof. Charlie's eyes got wide.

"Haha no way." He said chuckling and walking to the ladder. Brendon chuckles and took a seat on one of the pool chairs. 

Charlie began to climb the ladder and stepped onto the roof. Karen and I sit on the side of the pool with our feet in the cool refreshing water. "Knock yourself out kid!" Brendon shouts. "Well, don't actually knock yourself out-ah you know what I mean." We all laugh, Charlie goes to the side of the roof.

"Are you sure this is safe?" He yells from the roof. Brendon laughs.

"Sure, I do it all the time." He says, opening his phone. "I'm gonna periscope." He says. Karen looks at me.

Charlie backs up a little before running and flipping through the air and into the water. His head bursts out of the water and he shakes his head. "Did you see that guys!?" He said excitedly. Brendon chuckles and we laugh.

"Totally safe, see?" Brendon said. He slowly stands up, still looking at hug phone. "I'm gonna go get a beer, do you guys want anything?" He says now looking at us as he stood up, pointing at us. Charlie swims over to us. "Sodas anyone?" He asked us, we all said yes. He sprinted to the door. We both look at Charlie who is floating in the pool.

"Are you guys gonna come in?" He asks. I shift.

"Yeah in a little bit." Karen says, running a hand through her hair.

"Oh well in that case, will you help me out?" He said, reaching his hand out to her. Probably thinking that he many he needed help out of the pool, she took his hand. I knew what he was doing.

"OH MY GOD YOU ASSHOLE!" She yelled as she was pulled into the pool. "Oh my god." She repeated, running her hand through her hair again. In the meantime, I'm laughing my head off.

"Are you gonna come in Syd?" He says wearing a mischievous smile. My laughter dies down as he pushes himself out of the pool and almost next to me. I quickly get up and speed away. "Hey come back. Don't you want a hug?" He says chasing after me. 

"No no no stop STOP-" I say speeding up, but I was too late. Two wet arms wrapped themselves around me from behind. I begin to struggle, God I hate him. He chuckles and puts his arms around my waist, lifting me up. He began to carry me to the pool. I start kicking my legs and yelling. He then swings me and throws me into the pool. My head surfaces and I gasp. "I hate you so much!"

"No you don't." He says, jumping in next to me. Second after Brendon comes strolling out with drinks in one hand and his phone in another.

"Scoping." He says loudly. He walks over and sets our drinks on the table before taking a seat on the same chair he was sitting in early. I swim over to Karen as he spoke. "What am I doing?" He take a sip of beer. "Syd has a few friends over, I'm just out here watching them." He looks over at us. Charlie swims over and goes next to Karen. "Adopt me. Nah, I'm good with my Syd." He says. 'My Syd.' Haha 'My Syd.' I'm his Syd. I watch him as he live streams. Four months ago, I never would have thought I would be sitting here watching him live stream in person. I giggle at the thought of that.

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A/N Hi guys! So, the second chapter. Sorry, it kinda felt a filler chapter. I've decided to do these fun little author notes at the end of the chapters so we can all stay in touch ;{D. So before I started the sequel, I told my two best friends about my writing fanfic. They took it really well, gotta love them. If you guys have any questions or anything, feel free to comment. Thanks for reading! Xoxo