Wake Me Up

Chapter 3

I got dressed and got out of my hotel room as soon as possible. I had a killer headace. I checked out of the hotel feeling icky. I got on a via bus looking sloppy. My sunglasses were on so people wouldn't get the wrong impression of me. I sat down wherever. I didn't really care right now. Someone fake coughed and it came from the person next to me. It was Monica. Man this really is a small world. "What are you doing here ?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes. Typical. "I'm visiting my mother," she said with no emotion. "what about your father ?" "what about my father?" She always visted both of her parents even if they were divorced. Hmm.

"Soooo" I said breaking the silence. "Andy, I don't want to talk to you anymore k," she said. "why ?" "Oh look its my stop bye, see you never" she said hurrying off the bus. I ran after her once again. I never ran this much during school. "You didn't answer my question." "Look Andy Leo Velasquez ! One you smell like you've been drinking. Two you have hickies all over your neck, and last but not least 3. It doesn't surprise me at all." She said as she walked off. You're so stupid Andy.

It was now 6 o'clock and I got call from the guys to meet them at the studio. I got my grey matte hummer and drove off. I had gotten there in no time. "Sup guys." i said to all of them. "We're thinking that we need a screamer that's used to screaming everyday because we can tell how much its hurting your throat. We don't want you hurting yourself." Brent said. I sighed in relief. "yes ! PLEASE ! That's a great idea." I told them excitedly

"are you guys busy tonight because we could check out some of the local bands and see how their screamer is," brandon said. All of said no and that's all it took for us to drive down to the nearest venue. We walked in and walked into a sold out show. The crowd seemed pretty stoked. A couple of guys stepped onto the stage. "Hello everyone ! This is crazy ! Our first sold out show !" im assuming it was the vocalist speaking, the crowd erupted with cheer.

Let me tell you, this band was-correction IS amazing. Their riffs were amazing. The drums were great. But their screamer...woah. He's fantastic ! Absolutely breathtakingly talented. I look over to the guys and they were all cheering and nodding their heads. He was our guy. "Hey guys should we wait for them to come outside and talk to the screamer ?" I shouted over the music playing. "Yea." was all they said. I enjoyed the rest of the band's last 3 songs. Soon the show came to and end sadly. The boys and I headed outside. "Dude that guy's screams are spot on !" Hayden said.

"Dude tell me about it !" Benn added. "His voice was perfect too," Brent said. "HOPEFULLY he says yes, let's not get too excited guys," Brandon said. We waited outside for about 45 min until we saw the one person we were looking for. The talented screamer covered in sweat. We all looked at him as if he were a God.

"Hello, could we talk to you ?" Brent asked. "Yes of course, I'm Dave by the way," Dave said extending his hand to all of us. "Well um we saw you on stage tonight and thought you extremely talented." Hayden said. "Why thank you." "Well were actually interested in you, all of us," Brandon said. Dave just looked at him with wide eyes and a confused look on his face. "O-h-h-h no ! I didn't mean it in the way that you're thinking-I-I mean- fu.ck !" Brandon said looking down and mumbled something about his stutter. Hayden just patted him on the back.

"What he meant to say is that were in a band ourselves and were looking for a screamer," Benn clarified things. "Yea, were called Crown The Empire we recently just finished our first US tour with A Skylit Drive. I'm the one who's been singing and screaming ; screaming's really messing up my voice so we need someone who's voice won't weaken a lot like mine." I said.

"Oh that's right ! You guys played here the other day right ? Great job by the way. But look, I'm not interested. I love my band, and I don't plan on leaving them anytime soon. Thanks for the offer but no thank you." Dave said. Everyone's lips turned into a frown. Dave walked off to where ever and that was it. He had turned us down. Dang it. Brandon kicked his foot at the ground. We were really bummed Dave said no.

It was only 9 so the guys and I decided on just walking around. We weren't going anywhere particular just walking around. "You guys want to get something to eat ?" I asked them. "There's a chick-fil-a around here," hayden said suggestively.

We walked for about a good 1O mins. We turned on the block and all of sudden heard muffled screaming. We stopped in place. "What's going on ?" Brent whispered. "I have no idea, we should go check." Benn added. "No way man ! We could get killed ! We should call the police," Brandon said. "For all we know it could be nothing," Hayden said. "Let's just go check to make sure," i said.

The screaming led us to a dark alley. Suddenly I got a really bad feeling in my stomach. Goosebumps were spreading all over my skin. My heart stopped in that moment. The screams were coming from Monica. "Oh sh!t." I mumbled.

Her eyes were red from the tears she was shedding. She looked at all of with wide eyes, her mouth was covered by ducktape. She muffled something that sounded like "get out of here !" but there was no way in hell we were leaving. Monica's shirt was ripped down the middle and her pants were down to her knees. Her hands were tied above her head by an itchy rope. A dirty scumbag was right in front of her trying to touch her.

The repulsive man hadn't taken notice of us. So that's when I decided to make the first move forward quietly. "guys I'll get him, you all get Monica untied and out of here." I whispered in an almost inaudible voice. The guys nodded.

"I want you to show me a good time," the guy tried saying in a seductive voice. That was all it took before I tackled the dirty a.ss to the ground. I punched him in the throat then gave him a huge punch to the head. Punched him in his face and in his nose. "agh !" he shouted as I heard a crackling noise.

I got off of him and gave 3 kicks to the rips. He moaned in pain. "Andy there that's enough you're going to kill him !" Brent yelled from the street. "Call 911 !" I shouted to them. "You're sick ! Touching an innocent girl like that ! You disgust me !" I spat at the guy that was now bleeding. As I ran towards the guys that were on the other side of the street now, I was tackled by a hug from Monica. She sobbed into my chest, saying "thank you."