Nothing But Trouble

Chapter 3: Rumors

Aaron's P.O.V :

I stayed in my bunk for most of the drive. However, when we were about an hour away, one of the guys called my name.

I immediately jumped down from my bunk and went into the living room/kitchen are of the bus.

"Yes?", I asked, studying everyone to make sure nothing was up.

"Are you hungry?", Vic asked.

"No. I'm good", I replied.

"Are you sure? We have some food if you want", he offered.

"Positive. Is that all?", I asked in a neutral voice. Not cold, yet not friendly.

"Yeah I guess. If you need anything you can tell us", he said.

I gave a unenthusiastic thumbs up and walked back to the bunk.

I layed in my bunk, closing my eyes, but not sleeping. I had to make sure everything was alright.

Nothing would go wrong under my watch...

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Vic's P.O.V:

Aaron was a little strange, not that it mattered or anything. I just couldn't shake the feeling of her hiding something from us.

We finally reached San Francisco and pulled up to the venue. I was stoked for this tour.

We all carried our equipment over to the backstage area, and my eyes fell on Aaron.

She was looking around and seemingly observing everything around her.

Her eyes flickered to mine and I looked away. I looked back and she was still studying me with a passive look on her face.

Weird...

I carried the heavy amp over to the stage manager and the tech crew. They helped us get all of our stuff organized and ready for our set in two hours.

Tom told us we could all wander off and mingle with the other bands, so we went towards the bussing area.

I noticed Aaron trailing behind us, not really close, but still in our sight.

I ignored it and followed the guys towards Sleeping With Siren's bus. They were hanging around outside.

"Hey guys", I said bro-hugging them all.

"Hey, why is Aaron over there?", Justin asked, looking curiously at her.

"How do you know her?", Mike asked, puzzled.

"I've heard about her. She's not someone you want to be around", he said.

"Why?", I asked, curious.

"Apparently she's a criminal. Like, people said she stole from them and sometimes I hear people saying she was charged for murder", Justin said.

"Is any of that true?", Jaime asked.

"Probably. I would stay as far away from her as possible", he said.

"Wait, isn't she that chick that almost set a tour bus on fire?", Nick asked.

"Yeah! Back in 2013. She didn't even get arrested", Justin said.

"I don't believe that. They could just be lies", Tony chimed in.

"No dude, at first I thought so too, but different people saying the exact same things? I don't think so", Justin said.

"She seems okay", I said.

"Why is she over there? Did you guys invite her?", Kellin asked, looking over to where Aaron was standing.

"Not really. She just kinda followed us here", I shrugged.

"Dude, I would get rid of her. Just saying", Justin shrugged.

"I don't know. She seems okay", Jaime said.

"Yeah, but even if she was bad, she's stuck on our bus", Mike said.

"You could always ask your tour manager to move her. They've done it before", Justin shrugged.

"That seems cruel guys. She seems fine", I shrugged.

"Yeah bu-", Justin began again.

"Soundcheck guys", Tom said, coming up beside us.

He looked stressed, yet exited.

We said by to the guys from Sleeping and followed Tom towards the stage again.

I noticed that Aaron was still trailing behind us again.

Normally I don't believe things that people say about other people, but the guys were like brothers to me.

I don't think they'd lie about things like that, especially not to us.

I shook the thoughts from my head as a tech guy handed me my guitar.

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After sound check, we waited backstage for a while then when it was time for us to perform, we basically ran on stage and poured our hearts out, like always.

Now it was after the show and the guys went to the bus to wash up a little.

I stayed behind to get water and heard what sounded like arguing.

The voices were familiar so I followed them.

"What are you really up to?", a male voice asked.

I peeked into the room and saw Justin standing in front of Aaron.

"Nothing. Can you leave?", Aaron said, sounding blunt.

"No. Those guys are like my brothers. I want you to leave them alone", Justin said.

"Look, I'm not up to anything. And if I was, it wouldn't be any of your damn business", Aaron snapped, turning around and walking out of the door on the other side of the room.

I don't know what any of that meant, but I was definitely suspicious.