This Time, I Mean It ( Sequel to Lost In Your Hazel Eyes)

Surprise Tour Revealed

** Liz's POV **

I locked myself in my room, curled up onto my bed. I heard the door open from outside my room and heard three pairs of footsteps enter the living room. I  hugged my knees tighter as I heard them whisper. I could feel that someone was standing right outside my door and I began to sit up slowly. 

" Liz? Open up." I hear Henry say as he knocks on my door. 

" Can't i get some privacy?" I ask , lying back down on my bed. 

" We need to talk." he says calmly.

I just turn over in my bed, pretending not to listen.

" Come on. Just you and me." he says with concern in his voice.

I guess I could trust at least one of them with my secret...

I got up from my bed and unlocked the door slowly. I opened to see Henry looking at me with a concerned expression. He takes my hand and pulls me to sit down with him on my bed. 

" Liz, what happened back there? Tell the truth." he says, holding my hand with both of his hands.

I look up into his bright blue eyes. I must admit that they were beautiful but they were nothing compared to Gerard's. UGH. I have to stop thinking about him! 

" Hey? Earth to Liz." he says, waving a hand in front of my face and laughing slightly.

" You seriously want to know the whole story?" I ask, sighing heavily.

" Of course I do! It's not everyday that you hear that your best friend used to be friends with one of the most famous international rock bands of the year." he says, getting more comfortable by placing both his feet up on my bed.  

" Well... it all started in high school during my senior year. The whole band had just moved into my school. I saved Gerard Way from getting beat up to death on the first day. We became friends and he introduced me to Frank, Mikey, Ray and Bob. We all started hanging out. Then sooner or later, Gerard and I started dating and... we were in love." I say, staring at the floor, smiling to myself as all the memories went back to me.

" Wait... what?! You dated THE Gerard Way?"  he exclaims, throwing himself backwards onto my bed with wide eyes.

" Didn't I tell you that already?.." I ask in annoyance.

He just shrugs and gestures for me to continue.

" Anyways, we all went to a bar that night before the first day of summer. Gerard was out drinking his head off with Frank and both of them were as drunk as hell. While I was dancing with my two friends, Alicia and Jamia, my ex-boyfriend dragged me to the back of the bar and started making out with me. I couldn't do anything about it and I-i c-couldn't escape.." I say as tears started forming in my eyes at the memory of that horrid night.

Henry grips my hand tighter as the tears finally started pouring down my face.

" Eventually, Gerard went to look for me and he found me kissing my ex. He started punching at him and got the wrong idea. He started to scream at me and call me names. He even told me to go to hell..." I say, continuing to stare at the floor as I laugh bitterly. 

" After that, I just packed up my stuff and left. I decided to go to Philadelphia and start a new life. I worked my butt off at Starbucks and used up all my life savings to go to college and I'm guessing you know the rest." I say, wiping a few tears away from my eyes.

" God, Liz... I'm so sorry." Henry says, pulling me into his arms. 

" It's alright. That was years ago. It's just that seeing Frank was a bit too much for me to handle. I mean, i haven't seen him in years and i didn't know what to say. Seeing his face, reminded me too much of the past... of Gerard. Now you see why I hesitated when we were going to get signed to Eyeball Records. It was because I knew they were here..." I say, rubbing my arms. 

" Liz, you've got to let this go. You've got to put the past behind you.  Just know that you have nothing to worry about now 'cause you've got us and we've got your back. We'll be here if things get rough, okay?" Henry says, pulling me in for another tight hug.

" Thanks, Henry." I say, hugging him back and smiling at his words.

" So could you still introduce us to them?" he asks hopefully as he pulls me out of my room to go to Fern and Max who were attempting to play Little Big Planet again.

" Are you fucking serious?! After all that I had just said?" I ask, stopping in my tracks and raising an eyebrow at him.

" Come on! You know how much we love My Chem!" Fern says with her eyes still fixed on the television screen.

" No!" I say, rolling my eyes and slumping onto the couch beside Fern with my arms crossed.

" Come on, Lizzie Wizzie." Max says, moving closer to me and messing up my hair.

" How many times do i have to tell you?! Don't call me that!" I say, running a hand through my hair and giving out a deep breath. 

 " Aww come on, Lizzie." Fern says, giving me a fake pout. 

I was just about to burst into anger when Henry looks at me, somehow telling me to remember what he said, mentally.  I sigh and know that he's right. I have to stop remembering the bad times of the past. 

" Fine. Whatever. We probably won't be seeing them any time soon anyways." I shrug, getting up from the couch and grabbing a bag of chips from the pantry.

Right after I had said that, Henry's phone started to ring. I sat myself on top of the counter and stuffed my face with chips as I listened to him talk on the phone.

" Oh hi, Karen. What's up?" he asks, looking at us all in panic. 

Fern, Max and I immediately get off our butts and come closer to Henry. Karen is our manager and we've been waiting for her to call us for weeks. We were eager to find out if she was going to finally to tell us about the surprise tour. 

" ... What?!... You're not serious..." Henry says, focusing his gaze on me with worry.

" What? What's she saying?" I mouth to him in confusion but he just continues to stare at me.

" Well that's great!... I guess i'll tell them the great news. Thank you so much, Karen. " he says to his phone before closing it and sighing. 

" Well... what is it?" Max asks eagerly.

" What's the surprise tour?" Fern asks impatiently.

" We're going on a European tour with Black Veil Brides..." he says, looking at his feet and shifting from side to side.

" Wait... there's more to it. I can feel it. Who else, Henry?" Fern asks hopefully as she clasps her hands together.

" ...My Chemical Romance." he mumbles, looking at me with a look of defeat probably knowing just what i would say to this.

I felt my eyes widen in disbelief and turned around to try and think for a moment.

" Liz, we can't say no. Karen already told them that we agreed. We'll be leaving tomorrow night." he says, rubbing the back of his neck.

Fern and Max also turn to look at me with hope in their eyes that I would agree to this. This would be our first tour outside of America. We couldn't turn this down. We just couldn't.... even if My Chem would be there. This is an opportunity that I can't say no to.

" ... I'm in." I finally decide and turn around to show them my genuine smile.

" Really?! Fuck yeah!" Fern exclaims pulling us all in for a hug.

" Europe, here we come!" Max says happily as we all continue to squeeze together tightly.

I can't back out now. Besides, I've always known that i'd have to face him sooner or later.

I just had to be strong.