Walking Travesty

Steal A Kiss In The Dark

"Clara?", a familiar voice woke me up too early in the morning. "Clara we have to be up early so we can be in the front you moron!". Of course it was Scarlet. How the hell did she even get in? Then I remembered that the concert was today and I jumped up from bed. "CONCERT TODAY!", I yelled and she squealed. "I KNOW. NOW GET DRESSED SO WE CAN GO!", she yelled and I nodded furiously. Black skinny jeans with rips on the thighs? Check. All Time Low top? Check. My black vans? Double check! Since my hair was still straightened from yesterday I let it hang loose and put on my glasses. I remember something about Brad liking when I had my hair down. Which reminded me of yesterday. How did he find out? Why did he tell me in front of every body? Why was he drunk? Why did he even interrupt me and Aaron and why did he tell me not to say yes? That boy was so fucking confusing. "You ready?", Scarlet squealed and I nodded. "Let me just say bye to Jacob", I said and she nodded and waited by the front door. I opened the door to Jacobs room and he was sleeping soundly on his bed. His duvet was on the floor though. I picked it up and tugged him in kissing his forehead. "Jacob?", I whispered making him groan. "What do you want?", he muttered and I chuckled. "I'm going now. Remember to call me if anything happens okay?". He nodded and I kissed him again. I closed the door slowly behind me and walked straight into my dad. "Where are you going young lady? We still need to talk", he said harshly and grabbed my arm. "I'm going to the concert I was talking about. Did you forget about that too?", I asked and looked up at him. "You're not going", he replied even more harsh and gripped on to my arm harder. "You can't decide that. I'm sick of you not caring for us anymore", I muttered and removed his hand from my arm and ran down the stairs and out of the door. "What happened?", Scar asked as she came up behind me. "Nothing. I'm just excited". My phone buzzed and Scar snapped it from me before I got to see who was texting me. "We need to talk?", Scar questioned as she read the message out loud. "Who's it from?", I asked but I already knew the answer. "From Brad. What does he need to talk about?", she asked. "I have no idea", I lied. "Uhh I need to text him!", She yelled laughing. "What?!", I yelled back trying to take back my phone. "Hey handsome. Of course", she read out loud as she handed it to me. "SCAR I'VE GOT A BOYFRIEND!", I yelled making her freeze. "What did you just say?", she asked holding her breath. "Well... I was out with Aaron last night and he kind of asked me to be his girlfriend. And I said yes", I replied quietly and then she started to scream and jump up and down. "OMG CONGRATZ GIRL!", she yelled and ran to hug me. "Thank you?", I replied and smiled. Why did she make that big of a deal out of it? It would have happened sooner or later. "What did he reply?", I asked as she was still holding my phone. "At your place like last time?", she read out loud. "And then an emoji that's smirking? Clara are you two timing them?", She asked and I laughed loudly. "AM NOT!", I yelled and she breathed out a sigh of relief. "Then why did he say 'like last time?", she questioned. "Because last time he wanted to 'talk' was because he almost raped me in a bathroom, and then he wanted to meet at my house to talk", I explained and luckily she understood. I didn't wanted to be accused of two timing someone. "What shall I answer?", she asked. "Nothing. I don't want to talk to him", I replied and took my phone back laying it in my back pocket. She respected my private life and didn't talk about it anymore. Brad wasn't done with texting me though.

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We arrived to the venue as the first and laid down our blankets and sat down. "We will be standing in the front row baby", Scar yelled as people approached us and sat down making a line. "Seriously answer that damn phone!", Scar said as Brad called once again making a loud noise. "What do you want?", I asked harshly down into the phone. "I knew it wasn't you who replied earlier", he said as he realized. "No shit. Now what do you want?", I asked and he sighed. "I want to explain myself. I-I shouldn't have said that yesterday", he explained and I just sighed. "Brad I don't care. If you even have the tiniest clue to what is happening I don't want to talk about it okay? And I can't talk about it. I just can't". All the girls were sitting there looking at me as they knew I talked to a guy. "Why? Aren't you alone?", he asked. "No. I'm in line for the All Time Low concert you idiot", I muttered and he laughed. "Oh". "Please just stop talking to me", I whispered and he coughed. "W-what?", he stuttered. I sighed and looked at Scar who was listening to our conversation. "If you know what you told me yesterday I can't talk to you. And you can't tell anyone. Are we clear?". Silence. "Why are you making such a big deal out of it?", he then asked. "Because no one can know! Don't ever call me again", I yelled into the phone and hung up. "Jesus Clara what's up with you today?", Scar asked as I put away my phone. "I'm just so tired of his bullshit", I said quietly. I didn't want to talk about it anymore. I didn't want him to ruin a good day. This was my day. My day with Scarlet to have fun for once. "I have an idea", Scar smirked and pulled out her phone. "What?", I asked and turned my body towards. "We're singing duh!", she yelled and I could hear others in the line laugh. Then I heard someone yell "Play Weightless", and Scar nodded. Manage me, I'm a mess. Turn a page, I'm a book half unread. Then the whole line sang along and I got carried away and started to sing with them. This was what I loved. We all had the music in common. We didn't have to know everything about each other. We didn't have to be good at singing to join in. We were all here for one reason... All Time Low.

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After singing the whole Nothing Personal Album someone poked my shoulder make me turn around. "Aaron?", I asked and he nodded still smiling. I stood up and hugged him tightly. "I see you're having fun?", he laughed and looked at the whole line that was now looking at us. How embarrassing. Yes, he's a guy move on. "I've never seen you that happy before?", he said and I smiled. "You know I love concerts", I whispered in his ear and then buried my head in his chest. "Why are you even here?", I asked and looked at him. "I knew you were here and it's like 3 pm so I thought I'd bring food", he said and held up a bag from McDonalds. "FOOD", Scar yelled behind me and I laughed. "Thank you that's very sweet. Eat with us?", I asked and he nodded. He sat down next to me and he even knew my order. He was so sweet. I kissed his cheek making him look down. I could see him blushing. That was like the cutest thing ever. "Aww you guys", Scar said and then Aaron looked up and swung his arm around my shoulder pulling me closer to him. "How's you and Connor?", I asked and Aaron furrowed his eyebrows. "Connor? You like Connor?", he asked Scar and she nodded. Now it was her turn to blush. "He hasn't even asked me out yet", Scar said and sighed. "He's shy Scarlet. Haven't you noticed?", Aaron laughed. "He's always looking embarrassed", I said and laughed. "He'll come around". Now Scar was smiling. "I better go", Aaron said after popping the last piece of burger into his mouth. "Why?", I asked and stood up as he did. "Meeting up with Tris", he mumbled still with food in his mouth. I nodded and as he swallowed he kissed me and walked away. "I'll call you", he yelled after me and I smiled and nodded. "It's so weird. What would have happened if you didn't bump into him in the street", Scar asked. "I have no idea"...

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After waiting a couple of hours more a guy came and started to let us in. Just as we entered the venue we ran to the front row and we were standing right in the middle. This was SO awesome! "I think I'm in heaven Scar catch me before I faint!", I yelled pretending to faint. The front row was already filled up as people came running into the venue wanting to be as close as possible. "We need to take a pic girl!", Scar yelled pulling out her phone and opened Snapchat. "People will actually think that we have a social life", I laughed and pulled out my phone as well. I took a picture of myself with my tongue out. I never took pictures of myself. I sent it to Aaron and was about to lock my phone when Scar took my phone, again, and sent the picture I had just taken to Brad. "What did you do that for?", I yelled. "So he knows you have a life", Scar smirked. "Shh they're coming on!", I squealed as the lights dimmed. Then the intro started to play and the next thing I knew was that Lost in stereo came on and I started screaming. She works for the weekend, mixtape of her favourite bands, tearin' up the radio lost in the stereo sound. We all started to sing along and jumped up and down as the chorus started. They were absolutely amazing. When I heard them play it was like I forgot how my life was. Who my friends were, who I would like to forget, all my problems that I didn't want to face. It was just me and the music. And of course the four cute guys that was standing right in front of me. Poppin' Champagne started and I thought about yesterday. Maybe I did need to talk to Brad about it? I needed to know that he wasn't going to tell anyone. But on the other hand I didn't want to talk about my problems. He didn't want to talk about his, and I didn't want to talk about mine. Why do I keep thinking about Brad? It's like he's in my head 24/7. He shouldn't be. Aaron should. He is most of the time though. I don't know what's happening to me. I used to have one person who would talk to me. Scarlet. And now I've actually got a boyfriend and his friends actually talk to me. On the other side dad was starting to act like an ass. And I wouldn't let him get away with it. "CLARA, ALEX IS COMING DOWN OH MY GOD WE NEED TO TOUCH HIM", Scar yelled in my ear bringing me back to reality. It was my dream to touch Alex. People who didn't like All Time Low wouldn't know the struggle to touch Alex. He came towards us and I just got to touch his arm before he walked down the line. "SCAR I TOUCHED HIM!", I screamed and she told me she did too before screaming and jumping with me. Then Alex returned to the stage and started to sing remembering Sunday. I loved that song. I filmed it and the song ended before I wanted it to. Then therapy began. He sang it so beautifully and I got tears in my eyes thinking about my mom and everything I wanted to protect from life. Mom, Aaron, Brad. I knew that inside he was broken. He was a walking Travesty...

A/N: Sorry if this chapter isn't special. Drama will come I promise! I just want to start up the book slowly building the characters relationships up. I've read too many books where it's almost like they start dating on the first chapter XD Hope you like this chapter and always feel free to dm me or something. I love talking to people xx Love you guys XD