Time; Don't Let It Slip Away

Somebody

"Oh my god, Mia, that was amazing!" Mary hugged me as I came back stage.

"Thank you!" I grinned really wide, and hugged her back as well.

"So what are you guys doing now?" Mary, and Andrew both chimed in.

"Well... I've got the meet and greet for about an hour, so I should be done by 11, and then we can all go out and get a drink? I haven't been to Pete's in a while. Maybe we can all go there?" I smiled

"Sure!" They all chimed in.

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I tried to fix myself up as much as possible before Eddie began to send people into my dressing room for the meet and greet.

"Relax, Baby. You look beautiful, as always." Steven smiled, and sipped his beer.

"Thanks lo-" I began to say, just as Eddie cut me off.

"Ready, Mia?" He smiled, and poked his head into the room.

"Sure thing. Send em' on in." I grinned. This wasn't my first meet and greet, but I was still pretty new to it, so I still got nervous. 

Eddie let the first group of people in, which consisted of 2 girls who looked like twins, and one older man, who I'm assuming was their father.

"Oh my gosh, Mia. I'm such a huge fan, I can't believe I'm meeting you right now!" The first girl smiled. 

"Ahh me too! This is amazing. I love you so much!" The second one looked like she was about to pass out, she was so excited.

"Thanks guys, I love you too!" I chuckled and hugged them both. "What are your names?" I asked as I signed their autograph books.

"I'm Audrey," Said the first one, "And I'm Amber." Said the second. "We're twins." They both chimed in.

"Well, Amber and Audrey." I smiled "It was wonderful meeting you guys." I grinned as I handed them back their autograph books, I pulled them both to my side, and the photographer snapped a photo of us. I hugged them one last time before they skipped out of the dressing room, squealing. 

"Next one's, Mia." Eddie said, as a young woman, and a very familiar looking man stepped into the room. 

"Hi there." I smiled as I stuck out my hand for them to shake. "What are your names?" I asked.

"I'm Jessica," The girl shook my hand lightly, and smiled.

"Mia... You don't remember me?" He man said.

"You... You look familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it...." I paused, searching through my memory.

I gasped, and was taken aback. "Jason?!" 

He smiled and nodded. Steven stood up, and came to my side, clearly trying to make sure I wasn't going to have a panic attack or something.

"Oh my god, how have you been?! It's been forever! Like what almost 2 years or something!" I smiled and pulled him in for a hug. Steven noticed I was calm, and sat back down on the couch, and continued to sip his beer.

"I've been fine.. uh... how about you... I haven't seen you since uh...." He stopped 

"Since your brother shot me? Yeah... I'm better. Just a teeny little scar is all that's left." I smiled, because I was finally free of all the negative emotions that were associated with that day. It was the past and feeling negative about it could only harm my future, so I let it go. 

"That's awesome to hear." He smiled. "Yeah, well, this is my girlfriend Jessica. She's a huge fan of your music, and I figured I'd get her some M&G passes, you know?" He pulled her into his side, wrapping an arm around her waist, just like Steven always does to me. Jason seemed really happy, which made me happy. 

They both came on either side of me, and we snapped a quick photo.

"Hey, can uh... Can both you and Steven sign this?" He asked, holding up an Aerosmith t-shirt. 

Steven looked up at the mention of his name, and then grinned. 

"Of course!" I smilled and grabbed the shirt from him, and leaned it against Stevens back, running a smooth black Sharpie across the fabric, creating the illedgible scribbles that made up my signature. I handed the marker, and shirt to Steven so he could sign it. 

"And.. do you think we could get a picture with the both of you?" Jessica asked. "I'm actually also a huge Aerosmith fan, and well.. why not kill two birds with one stone, ya know?" She giggled.

"Sure thing, sugar." Steven grinned and stood next to me, wrapping an arm around my waist, as Jason stood on the other side of me, and Jessica on the other side of Steven. The photographer snapped one last photo of us, before Eddie escorted them out. 

Eventually, we got through all of the people in line, and then headed out to my old job, Pete's bar.