Haunted Hearts || A.W.G || [Discontinued]

Touring Again, Beaches and Fall Out Boy || Chapter Thirty-Four

-- Okay, I'm skipping a year so I can get more into Alex and Emerald's relationship. Emerald is now 22 years-old, Alex is 23, Jack is 22, Cisco is 23, Justin is 23, and so on and so forth. Above is Emerald's swimming suit. --

"You've got this new head filled up with smoke. I've got my veins all tangled close to the jukebox bars you frequent, the safest place to hide."

Emerald
April 20th, 2011 - Los Angeles, California

"It's so great to be back on tour, especially with my main dudes and dudettes." I fling my arms around Jack and Faith's shoulders. Yes, my band is going on tour with Alex's band again. We finished a venue yesterday and have a day off today, which is perfect because we're in California. Right now we're on the beach.

Alex grabs my hand and pulls me into a changing room, letting everyone else run towards the crisp, sapphire blue water. He lets go of me just in time to stop me from slamming against his body. "I couldn't help but notice how sexy you look." His eyes look me up and down. I glance down at my two piece, sky blue swimsuit. "And?" I cross my arms over my chest. "And.." He leans in close, "you're kind of giving me a boner." "Take care of it yourself." I smile and pat him on the shoulder then leave.

I run into the water and jump on Cisco's back, fake sword fighting with Faith who's on Zack's back. All of the sudden, Cisco falls backwards, causing me to be dunked underwater. "You lose!" Faith laughs when I come back up to the surface. "You traitor!" I yell at Cisco playfully and he shrugs with a chuckle. "I'm so going to hurt you!" I start to run after him. Justin falls in front of me from play fighting with Alex, who just joined us, which makes me stumble backwards into Jack's chest. Alex comes for Justin again and I stand there thinking about who's all around me. In front of me are my two of my exes and behind me is my ex-friend with benefits who is also still my best friend. I shake my head to empty my thoughts. I'm doing so well with bettering myself, I can't relapse now.

We spend a couple more minutes in the water then take a break. Our towels in order of left to right are; Faith, Zack, Rian, Alex, me, Justin, Jack, Cisco. Faith and I are the last one's out of the water, everyone else is already sitting or laying down. We play fight with each other then she ends up pushing me a little too hard and I end up falling directly on top of Justin.

I sit there for a minute and we both stare at each other in shock. If I didn't pull my head back, we would have just accidentally kissed. "Justin, oh my god, I'm sorry." I stand up frantically. "I'm sorry too!" Faith looks worried. "It's okay. Thankfully, you're really light so it didn't hurt that much." He smiles. I happen to glance over at Alex, who's glaring holes into Justin and I.

Really, Alex? I thought that chapter was over.

"Don't worry, dad. It was an accident." I roll my eyes at him as I lay down on my towel. "Call me dad one more time, will you?" He smirks. "Ugh." I scoff in disgust.

I close my eyes to relax when I notice that it got dark. I open them again to see Cisco standing there. "What are you doing?" I ask. "Easy white chocolate, I wouldn't want you to melt." He mocks the movie White Chicks. "Shut up!" I laugh and slap his leg. "Now I can't relax. Thanks."

He chuckles then runs away and I roll my eyes. I sit up and look down at my stomach. I still can't believe I survived a whole year without cutting and I'm learning to become comfortable in my own skin, which is why I'm wearing a two piece bikini. Alex has been happy to see me better myself and so has Justin. The only problem I have is when I go swimming and show my stomach, they both stare at me. It's not only weird but it reminds me two years ago and I hate it. Sometimes I catch them fighting each other through glares but they have been talking. At least they don't hate each other anymore.

"Look who finally showed up."

I follow Cisco's eyes to see Vic, Tony, Mike, Jaime, Pete, Patrick, Joe, and Andy all walking towards us. Did I forget to mention that we're touring with Fall Out Boy and Pierce The Veil? It's fucking amazing. Especially since I grew up listening to Fall Out Boy. When they went on hiatus, I literally cried. But now they're back and they're joining us on tour to sing older songs while using some of their spare time to write new songs for their future album.

My eyes are instantly drawn to Patrick. I've had the biggest crush on him since the band first started in 2001. I thought he was handsome when he was bigger and he's lost weight, so he's even more fine. "Hey," I jump up. "you're late." "Traffic jam." He laughs and they all start setting down their towels. "Alex, move over." I demand without looking away from Patrick. "What?" He asks in a confused tone and I shoot him a glare. He shakes his head and gives me a dirty look but does it anyway. We both sit down and I turn to him again. "So, write anymore new songs?" "Actually, yes. It's called 'Alone Together'." He smiles. "You got to let me read it one day." I say. "I'll definitely let you read it as soon as I can."

"Barf." Alex says with no emotion in his voice and Patrick chuckles. "Shut the fuck up." I mouth and he rolls his eyes.

"You seem... happier today." He turns his attention back to me. "Only because you're here." I giggle. I see Alex making a vomit gesture with his hand and I mean mug him. "Lets go swimming." I grab Patrick's hand and stand up, walking to the water.

"Can I talk to you since we're alone?" He stops walking when we're a decent distance from the others. "Sure. What's up?" I ask. "Are you and Alex together?" He furrows his eyebrows. "No. We used to be, but now we're really good friends. He just gets jealous. "Oh, okay." His smiles comes back. "Why?" I really hope for the answer I think he's going to give. "Well, I-" "Tag, you're it!" Pete taps him and yells, running into the water. "Pete, you asshole!" He screams then turns to me and says, "Sorry, I'll tell you later." and runs towards Pete. "Okay." I mumble to myself then put on a smile and follow him.

"A long night spent with your most obvious weakness, you start shaking at the thought. You are everything I want cause you are everything I'm not."

(Song: "MakeDamnSure" by Taking Back Sunday)