Your Nickle Ain't Worth My Dime (A Sleeping with Sirens fan fiction)

Bend or Break

*Mariah's POV*

~3 months later~

We were driving to see a Memphis May Fire and Sleeping With Sirens concert in Orlando. We weren't here specifically for that reason though. That was just a perk. We were actaully all here for Playlist Live, which we finally talked Jeydon into going to.

I had my thumbs tapping on the steering wheel as Congratulations by SWS and Matty Mullins started playing. I had to say that this had to be my favorite song at the moment. The whole new Sleeping With Sirens album was amazing. I know what you're all probably thinking right now. "Why do you listen to your exes band still?" Well, I just can't help it. I don't have the stupid celebrity infatuation that I had with him before, though. I just love all of their songs, and how can you not love a song that has vocals by Matty and Kellin? It was pretty much perfection. They both had phenomenal voices and the lyrics they wrote couldn't be better.

"Will somebody braid my hair?" Damon asked from the back seat. "I want to look pretty for the concert."

I rolled my eyes and laughed. "You already look beautiful, Damon," I told him.

He giggled like a little girl and batted his eyelashes. "Thanks."

I pulled into a parking lot a few blocks away from the little theater where the concert was being held. As we all hopped out of the truck, we saw a pleasantly familiar person climb out of a car to our right.

"Bryan!" Damon called out excitedly as he ran over to hug the tall blonde boy. I wasn't unusual to see Bryan Stars at these sorts of things. He did kind of interview all of these bands for a living. He was really good at it too. I just kind of sat in my living room sometimes and watched Bryan Stars interviews for the day. Is that weird?

"Hey, guys!" Bryan said to all of us, pulling his backpack on. "You guys came to see me, didn't you?"

"Obviously," I said, smiling. "You're Bryan Stars!"

He nodded and shrugged, closing the doors to his car and starting to walk. "I am, aren't I? But I think I should start playing music soon."

Jeydon grabbed my hand as we all started running to catch up with Bryan. "Please, tell me more," Jamie said.

"Do you think they'd let me play triangle or tambourine or something?"

We all started laughing and I went to respond, but we had pretty much reached the venue and there were about a billion screaming teenagers outside. Cameras were flashing and people were calling out our names.

"I'm coming to see you guys as Playlist!" somebody called out.

"See you there!" I called back, pulling my hand out of Jeydon's and using it to block my eyes from the flashes, but he wrapped his arm around my waist and pushed me along. We stopped before we walked in and took pictures with a few people. I hated having to walk through these people who obviously wanted nothing more than a conversation with some of us, and that's all I really wanted too. I knew that Damon, Jamie, and Jeydon all felt the same way. We all also knew that tickets to Playlist were super expensive, so we stopped to talk to as many people as we could. We took some pictures and signed some random things. I even gave one of the girls my DeeFizzy bracelet that said "PEACESKIES" because she wanted one and I could get a billion more if I wanted.

One boy grabbed my arm right before we walked in and pulled me back. Bryan, Jamie, and Damon all kept going but Jeydon stopped.

"Thank you," the boy said.

"For what?" I asked him.

"Your video that you made about your eating disorder. It helped me so much. Do you mind if I tell you about this?"