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

Epilogue, pt.1

*Jamie's POV*

Playlist 2016. Also known as the week of my second anniversary with Kellin. I was excited, but I didn't get to see him for it. He was touring- like he pretty much always was- and heading off to Europe soon, and I was obviously at Playlist Live with my three best friends. After that, I would go out and be one of the 'band wives' in Europe with the boys, but I was accompanying Damon and Mariah on a Fizzy Family tour while Jeydon was heading to the UK. I didn't think that that was fair. I mean, Jeydon can go hang out with my boyfriend on another continent, but I couldn't. 

Mariah said she was okay with all of this, but I wanna know how 'okay' she's going to be with it when Jeydon actually leaves and she's stuck in a car with Damon and me for a month. She might go insane. Jeydon seemed more worried about everything than she did, though. He's worried that being around all these people all the time might be a trigger for her to stop eating again. He was always worried about that, especially when Kellin- and all of the people that came with him- started coming around again. I guess he could worry about his girlfriend all he wanted. 

I was currently seated in a booth at a little vegan restaurant that Damon dragged us all to. There were more than just the four of us, too. He had somehow gotten about ten other people to come join us. There was Cyr, who we probably should have expected, Andrea Russet, Kian Lawley, Jc Caylen, Ricky Dillon, Connor Franta, Trevor Moran, Sam Pottorf, Adorian Deck, and Christian Novelli. Why he hadn't gotten more girls to come and keep Mariah and myself company was beyond me. We had Andrea, though, and she was awesome, so it was all good. 

The funny thing about going out to lunch during Playlist with a ton of YouTubers, or going out to lunch with them at any time, was that we all had out camera's out and vlogging most of the things we did. It all pretty much added up to us filming each other vlogging. Then we'd all tweet about how we were all at lunch together. Then, all of our videos would, somehow, all go up on the same day. 

I got a face time half way through our meal, which happened to be possibly the best vegan food I'd ever had, from Kellin. I answered it, shushing everyone around me. We were actually so loud that most other people in the restaurant had left. There weren't that many of them to begin with, since the fourteen of us took up a good portion of the restaurant. "Hey, babe," I said.

"Hey," Kellin answered. "What are you up to?"

"At lunch with, like, everyone I know." I turned on the back camera for my phone and showed him everybody.

'Oh. Well, HI EVERYONE!' 

"Hi, Kellin," they all answered. Most of them seemed too involved in their food to really pay attention. 

"Are you on the plane?" Mariah asked him from beside me, putting down her fork so she could get in frame. Jeydon gave her that look that said, 'you better finish your plate.' She rolled her eyes.

"Yes, ma'am. Off to another continent. Don't miss me too much."

I heard Justin and Jack yelling about something in the background, and Kellin turned around to tell them to shut up. "How do I do that?" I asked him, smiling and batting my eyelashes. "I don't think I can not miss you."

Andrea made a gagging sound from across the table. "I'm trying to eat!"

I rolled my eyes. "I apparently have to go. Call me later?"

Kellin nodded. "Of course. Bye!"

Everyone around the table mumbled goodbye's and we carried on with our meal.

**

It was our anniversary, but I was celebrating it by myself. It was also the second last day of Playlist, which sucked. There were only about 3 times a year that all us YouTubers were obligated to hang out. We would make plans during the year sometimes, but we all pretty much had lives and there wasn't always time to go across the country and hang out. 

I sat on a park bench outside the hotel, tapping my toes to the beat of a song playing in my head. Mariah was supposed to come and meet me about 10 minutes ago, but there were a ton of people here. She was probably caught up in the people traffic. To be honest, I was surprised that I made it here on time. 

I heard footsteps nearing me, so I turned around and saw- not Mariah. I squealed with excitement as I saw Kellin standing next to me. I hopped up, off the bench and into his arms. He squeezed me tightly in return, smiling into my hair. I felt my feet leave the ground and I clutched the back of his shirt. 

He put me down, smiling and kissing me. "I see you've missed me."

I nodded, giggling and grabbing his hand. "What are you doing here?"

"I couldn't not be with you on our anniversary, baby," he told me, lacing our fingers together. 

I kissed him again before pulling him with me to where I knew everybody else was. This kid was just too perfect.

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*Mariah's POV*

I was home for about two days before Jamie and I headed to California for the start of this Fizzy Family tour. By the way, my home now was a house about 20 minutes away from my parents. Jeydon and I had gotten it a few months ago, deciding that we would turn our relationship up a notch and live together. Since we first became best friends, about 7 years or so ago, we had planned on getting an apartment together, so I guess this was a long time coming.

We were both packing right now. There were two suitcases and a duffel bag set on the bed, along with two backpacks that sat on the floor. I was just kind of tossing clothes from my dresser into the suitcase, which Jeydon would then fold and put in. I was, by no stretch of the imagination, a neat packer. Sometime during my trip, though, I would get frustrated with how unorganized everything was and take it all out, folding it. I guess Jeydon was doing that for me now. 

When we finished packing, including my box set of every Gilmore Girl episode ever made and Winnie the Pooh, we dragged all of our luggage down the stairs and onto the porch. I was taking the truck to pick up Jamie and head to the airport while Jeydon was getting a cab to go say goodbye to his mom and sister and catch his flight. It was nearly time for the both of us to go our separate ways, and he pulled me into a hug. I smiled, linking my fingers together behind his back. 

I straightened up so I could see his face, and I realized just how much I was going to miss him. 

"Don't forget to call me when you land, okay?" I told him. 

He smiled and nodded, leaning in to kiss me.

"Oh! And don't forget to drive on the wrong side on the road, which is actually the right side of the road there," I said, causing him to roll his eyes. 

"I got it," he assured me, leaning in again.

But another thing popped into my head. "And remember to exchange-"

He smiled at me, shaking his head. "You're worse than my mom. Now, can I just kiss you?"

I blushed, realizing that I'd been rambling, and nodded. He kissed me sweetly, pulling away and leaning his forehead on mine and smiling. "Marry me," he said. 

My expression became suddenly serious, while his smile stayed plastered on his face. "What?" I asked, my heartbeat quickening.

"I said marry me," he responded simply. 

"Are you serious?" I asked, a smile tugging on the corners of my mouth.

His cab pulled up to the curb, but he didn't even glance at it. "Yes. I want to marry you." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver diamond ring. "What do you say?"

I broke into a smile, laughing and kissing him. "Why not?" I answered, seeing him shake his head as if he expected that. He slid the ring onto my finger and kissed me one last time before climbing into his cab. I just got engaged. I hopped into the car, turning the radio up and singing along to anything that came on. I had to tell Jamie. This is a moment that needed to be shared.