"In the end." I yell as I wake up the band. "as we fade into the night." I rip off Haley's covers. "who will tell the story of your life?" Jack throws his pillow at my back as I grab a Monster from the fridge. "and who will remember your last goodbye?" I sing in Kyle's face, who pushes me out of his way playfully to get to his Froot Loops. "Causes it's the end and I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid to die." Jack takes my Monster, temporarily pausing my singing. "what the fuck mate?" he pushes me onto the couch and shoves a pillow in my face. "Jack." the pillow muffles. he lets go and opens the fridge.
"would you at least sing softer?" he asks.
"Born a saint." I yell as I throw the pillow at him. "but with every sin I still want to be holy."
"shut the fuck up Maxine." Haley yells from her bunk.
"wake the fuck up Haley." I yell back, continuing my song until she comes out.
"I hate you."
"You love me." I smile at her, taking a sip of my Monster as I sit on the couch. "today we go on at one on the unicorn stage and a meet and greet from three to five by the shark stage and then the rest of the day is ours." Andy texts me.
Andy: on @ three on shark stage meet and greet at one by Unicorn.
Max: YAS! you can c us at one by the Unicorn and we can c u by Shark. we go on at one on Unicorn and
meet and greet by Shark at three.
Andy: sweet, can't wait to see you preform. only took two weeks.
Max: I'll dedicate a song to you ;)
Andy: and I you ;)
Max: MAX IS IN LOVE WITH YOU
Max: SHE'S SINGING YOUR SONG
Max: IN THE END
Andy: what?
Max: IT'S JACK JACK ATTACK
Andy: oh.
Max: Omg, sry. Jack took my phone while I was getting my Cheerios.
Andy: you've always loved those. do you still eat them with no milk?
I take a picture with a smug Jack and my milkless Cheerios.
Max: *image attachment* damn right bitch
Andy: when are you guys coming out?
Max: once we finish getting ready. it's only six.
Andy: can I come in?
Max: get in here already.
Andy comes on almost immediately with a dorky smile. "I heard you singing our song."
"oh my God, so that's your song? I was wondering who's that was."
"that came out after your amnesia though." I think a little.
"oh yeah, it did and then I was pissed off at you so I stopped listening to your shit."
"why did I piss you off?" he whines, laying his head in my lap. I put my bowl on top of his nose.
"because we stopped talking." he nods, making my cereal rub against the bowl. "stop." I whine. "that makes a nasty sound." he moves my bowl more until I take it off him and get out from under him, sitting on the opposite side of him at the table. "you're a bitch."
"I'm your favorite bitch."
"You wish." I laugh, looking at him through my lashes. I finish my cereal and monster. "Andy, come help me pick out and outfit." he runs to the back and picks up my suitcase, throwing it on the bed. after a couple minutes of searching, he picks out my cropped falling in reverse sweater and booty shorts. "thanks man, now get the fuck out." I push him out and pull the curtains so I can change. after I brush out my hair and grab my bag of makeup and hair shit, I head out to the bathroom. Kyle is currently holding it up. "why are you guys waiting around?"
"Kyle won't get the fuck out." Haley hits the door again. I walk over to Andy.
"can I use your bathroom?" I ask, holding up my bag. "I already have the shit I need." he nods and leads the way to his bus.
"put on pants, Max is here." Andy yells as we climb on. I make my way to the bathroom and see CC shirtless in it, flossing his teeth.
"hey Maxy, what's up?"
"Kyle is hogging our bathroom so I came over here to do my hair and teeth and shit." CC moves over so we can both share the mirror. "honey, this mirror isn't big enough for the both of us." he laughs at my band pun. "just kidding, but I might burn you a little."
"are you curling your hair?"
"yup." I plug in my curler and start on my teeth. "you smell nice." I note, toothpaste filling my mouth.
"yeah, it's called brushing your teeth." he jokes.
"or, you know, cologne." toothpaste almost falls out of my mouth. CC laughs at me. I give him a finger and go about brushing, flossing and mouth washing my teeth. While I do my makeup, my curler dings, letting me know that it's ready for me to curl my hair. "watch out, heating my hair." Ashley passes, glancing in, and has to take a double take. "what?" I ask, already having a piece of hair loosely in the curler.
"I didn't know you were here." he rubs his sleepy face.
"just woke up?" he nods and leaves. after finishing my curls, it's six thirty and my band has migrated here. "why are you dickheads here?" I ask. Haley passes me my black converse.
"because we like Black Veil Brides." she says plainly, checking her phone. last night I swear to God I could hear her crying in her bunk. I sit next to her and rub her knee.
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My band and I stand in the tent, waiting for the fans to start coming in. I watch the back of the Shark stage for Andy. my phone buzzes in my back pocket and I look at it.
