the benefits of ronnie radke being my best friend ( jacky vincent love story )

chapter one: what a special suprise

i walk down the street texting my best-friend. its been such a long time since I've been able to see him. he's back in town finally after finishing his new album and i couldn't wait to see him. see i knew ronnie for a really long time. all the way back in high school. he was two grades ahead of me. i was a freshman when  i met him and he was a junior.

i was walking down the halls when some guy walked up and pushed all my books on the floor. he kicked the books around the hall telling me how ugly and fat i was, thats when he came up. out of no where as i was collecting my things this guy who i would find out to be ronnie shoved him into a locker hard. he told him that if he ever sees him messing with me again he will find him and break his arms. it was kinda harsh but it worked. the guy was scared shitless and ran as fast as he could. i was so grateful for him to do that for me, I've never met this guy before in my life. why did he protect me like that? after i thanked him we talked for a while then and later on at lunch. we connected quite a bit. we were into a lot of the same things and made each other laugh a lot. i mean we were always making jokes and picking on each other, thats what was great about our friendship. as the school year went on we grew closer and closer. we did truly become like brother and sister and nothing ever brought us apart. he was there for me when no one else was, when i was alone and had no one to turn to. he was like my voice of reason and did everything he could to protect me. of course when he graduated we still were really close and saw each other practically everyday. there was always fighting in my home and i hated to be around it. it made my anxiety go nuts, i was constantly having panic attacks. I just always thought something bad would happen. whenever i needed ronnie and gave him a call he would always answer. there was only one time where he wasn't there for me and thats because i was ashamed. i kept it away from him. anyways, back to the point.

as i look down at my phone i open my messages to see if he could finally come over. he's been back since this morning and had yet to see me. it was completely weird. i was a little pissed as well. i just wanted to catch up and see how everything was going. just chill with my best bud again after three months. a minute later after i asked if he can come over he sends me a text saying "i would love to but i'm super busy, sorry i really wish i could. maybe tomorrow night ? ". I didn't even respond i just slipped my phone back into my back pocket. since i was going to be alone tonight i just decided to order some pizza sit back and relax. i was looking forward to meeting the rest of the band. what are the odds that even though I've been best friends with this guy forever and have still yet to meet his band. I've seen pictures here and there heard stories about them from radke.

with my hands in my jacket pockets I'm finally almost home. walking down my street three houses away from my home i see someone who looks oddly familiar. are they standing in front of my house ? i started to walk a little faster wondering what was going on. who is this guy and why is he in front of my house ? as i got closer i realized he looks like one of ronnie's bandmates. then i saw ronnie jump out the car, he turns and sees me opening his arms grinning. i ran up and jumped into his arms nearly knocking him over. after a while of hugging he set me back to the ground followed with me punching his arm. "ow ! what in the hell was that for ?" he said holding his arm laughing softly. " you lied to me radke ! i was so hurt when you said no. then again- it's you so i should have known you were only messing with me. still, a-hole move". i was so happy and couldn't wait to catch up, also to meet the guys. the guy that was already out and about was derek. ronnie introduced us as three other guys hopped out the van.  " these other dorks are the rest of my squad. this funny lookin mother fucker is ryan. mr funny guy of the group " pointing him out. he shook my hand as he said " i play the drums. funny guy ? well that's unintentional ". " unintentional piece of shit if you ask me" ronnie sad as he started to laugh. " this lovely fellow is ron ". ron walked over hugging me "its so nice to finally meet you. ronnie tells stories about you all the time. i play bass of course but im sure you know all this" he chuckled. i hugged him back then took a step back looking at the last guy whos name was still a mystery to me. " this last lovely british shredder, also known as mr shy guy is jacky." I grinned at him and just waved, he was really cute. like super cute. out of no where i just let it slip " i like shy guys " i instantly covered my mouth regretting what i just said. he blushed softly beginning to speak softly " its nice to finally put a name to the face- or face to the name. sorry im a bit nervous." his accent was so beautiful i could listen to it all day. " don't worry about it at all. its really nice to meet you jacky."

ronnie was glaring at him since i said i like shy guys. " its really nice to meet all of you finally after all this time. please guys come inside and make yourself at home please" i said walking inside the house. " anyone want a drink ? " i shouted from the kitchen. i heard some yells back from the living room for dr pepper and water. i walked to the boys setting the drinks down as i plopped down into my bean bag chair. we all talked for hours, me and ronnie finally got to play catch up on everything. i got to learn a bit about the boys as well and hear some pretty amazing stories. we ordered pizza and all continued to talk threw the night till around 10:30. the boys were really tired and have been up since 5am. i told them i would allow them all to stay here at the house tonight since they leave tomorrow for warped tour. " i have two spare guest bedrooms and a pullout couch. dont worry boys you can share beds if you'd like, wont judge" i giggled watching them all bicker. ryan stood up and silenced them all " i have a perfectly good idea. ronnie can have a bed to himself and so can ron. ron can take the pullout while me and derek will take the other bed". ronnie looked at him puzzled " and what about jacky boy ? ". " oh yeah simple, hell be with anna" he said with a smirk on his face winking at jacky. of course ronnie turned to jackys direction glaring hard as jacky was blushing trying to cover his cheeks with his shirt. " how about i dont fucking think so seaman. thats not happening". ryan laughed, " what a cock block, you know it'll happen radke". " im okay with sleeping on the floor dont worry about me" said jacky. i interjected and stood up " jacky ill feel terrible if you sleep on the floor. you can sleep on my bed if youd like. i dont mind sleeping on the floor". " jacky can get his own bed and ill sleep in the room with anna. how about that ? sounds like a way better plan". i know ronnie has always been really protective of me since what happened my junior year of high school. this was a bit much now. im an adult and i can make my own decisions. plus its just to sleep. nothing is going to happen. in the middle of my thoughts ron says " how about jacky just bunks with me and we all call it a night ? " that was the best plan so far and everyone could agree with that. no one wanted to sleep with ronnie because he tends to snore loud sometimes.

i showed the boys the rooms and pulled out the couch. i made the bed as everyone took showers and changed. i was beyond ready for bed to. as i was jumping into bed a knock came upon my door. i just snuggled into the blankets and yelled for them to come in. ronnie made his way into the room and sat at the end of my bed. " hey little bean, i just wanted to talk to you for a second". i picked my head up from being buried into the pillows looking at him. " i know this is really short notice and all but i missed having you around. plus i think it'll be a lot of fun". what exactly would be fun ? and what the hell is he going to ask anyways ?