Avenir // tyler joseph

prologue // i guess it's too late

--Tyler's P.O.V--

It's been four years, one month, and two days since I'd last seen Courtney Annabel Akehurst, approximately one thousand, four hundred, and ninety-four days. Josh doesn't seem to understand why I keep track of the time, and frankly, I didn't understand either. Maybe it's because I can remember her? I honestly didn't know.

Ever since I left that letter under her pillow at the hospital, I've been anxiously waiting for some form of contact from her. I've received none and I shouldn't be surprised. She had her own life now, a life that didn't include me.

Josh keeps saying that I'm obsessed with the thought of her, obsessed with the thought of winning her back. Why wouldn't I be? She wasn't married to Pierre yet, which meant I still had a small chance. My mind didn't care that she was engaged either. None of it mattered.

The first few months, even years, after I left Courtney, I poured my heart and soul into making more music. Twenty One Pilots was doing better than ever and the countless tours that we have been on have kept me distracted. Josh always worried that the tour dates in Montreal were going to kill me, considering the fact that I was in the same city as the only girl I ever loved. However, he didn't need to worry. She never contacted me anyway.

The only downside of performing was the fact that fans wanted us to go on tour with Simple Plan once again, like we did all those years ago. Simple Plan was getting more recognition all over the world, especially after their breakthrough release of their second album called Still Not Getting Any. They released it the same year Séverine was born and I would be lying if I didn't say that I didn't obsessively listen to it over and over again.

Pierre's voice always made my blood boil, but I forced myself to listen to their music. Maybe I could detect something about Courtney or the breakup of him and Courtney in the lyrics. Of course, I wasn't that lucky. They were still together, considering the fact that they were engaged.

However, just last week, Simple Plan dropped a self-titled album that had deeper and darker songs on it. I've had it on repeat since the release and there was one song called Your Love Is a Lie that I thought was about Courtney, but three songs after that was one called I Can Wait Forever, which Pierre said in a interview was about her. In the same interview, the reporter made a comment about Pierre and Courtney's relationship and if it was still going strong and Jeff quickly jumped in before Pierre could and said "it's going great! They still have passionate sex quite often. Isn't that right, Pierre?"

Pierre ended up not saying anything and I slammed my laptop shut and almost threw it across the room out of anger. He's very existence just got on my nerves. I couldn't stand to look at him or hear his voice. He was the reason why I was so miserable.

Another album that I have had listened to countless times since its release was Courtney's. She released it almost six months ago and it was called Evermore. I still wouldn't stop listening to it. Her voice was angelic, especially on the cover of Can't Help Falling In Love that she added as a bonus track.

Her album was a mixture between Paramore and Avil Lavinge style. I never would have thought that she would go in the direction of rock music, but I no longer knew her, so maybe Simple Plan rubbed off on her. But the album was utter beauty aside from the song that featured Pierre.

I also had her Instagram notifications on along with all the members of Simple Plan and Courtney's younger sister. If anything major happened in her life, I would know. I needed to know.

During the release party for Simple Plan's self-titled album, Seb posted a video of Pierre and Courtney dancing with one another and then Pierre pulling her in for a kiss. Seb's caption was "young love." That post still made me sick every time I saw it.

Pierre's Instagram; however, was the worst. He posted pictures of Courtney and Séverine constantly. It made my heart hurt.

Right now, I was currently scrolling through his feed and almost all his pictures made me feel physically ill. The latest one he posted was of his daughter.

My daughter just might be the next Picasso #justsayin

Séverine was starting to look more and more like Courtney every day. I couldn't even see Pierre in her at all.

I scrolled down to about six months ago to the day Courtney released Evermore. Pierre posted a photoshoot picture of her and a long paragraph about how he was extremely proud.

This girl right here, the love of my life, just released her very own album called Evermore. She has been working her butt off for months on end to deliver a kickass album and she most certainly has. I'm proud of you, mon amour and don't have too much fun at the release party without me. I can't wait to come home.

Josh said that I was becoming a stalker and that I needed help. I didn't think I was a stalker. I just wanted to know what was going on in Courtney's life. I wanted to know if she was having a magnificent life without me.

I don't need help. I am not crazy. I'm not a stalker.

Just curious.

A/N: I really hope you guys enjoy the sequel! It will be quite shorter than Dementophobia, but it will turn out to be great. Also, I know you guys keep saying Dementophobia turned into a Pierre fanfic, not a Tyler one. Courtney's relationship with Pierre set the base for this sequel. It was a plot twist. Understand that.

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-L.A