My Best Friends Brother

The Pier part 1

     ~The Pier~

This is it. This is either going to go good or bad or hide in a hole for 20 years and hope people forget my name. In 5 minutes from running away now and never coming back. But I know myself. I can't do that to Anthony. He would hate me forever and it might ruin him and the band. I can do this, For better or worst. Hm, Maybe if tis goes bad I can do the whole, Marrying people, 'For better or worst, For rich or poor.' Something like that. Sounds like a good plan. Definitely make a list later of back up plans. Unless the crowd kills me before then. Man, Back to irrational Faith again. "In just 20 minutes The Detours will be playing." Great, they even got an announcer. But hearing this, I should probably find Anthony and them. Which shouldn't take to long since I could kind of here them playing off in the distance.

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Sure enough, I was right. Within minutes I found them all warming up for their gig. "Anthony, I found you."

"Hey."

"Yooo." That was Shawn the drummer.

"Hey. You know the set?" And Jone.

"Not at all. Someone." I glared at Anthony, "Didn't tell me anything."

"Okay then. We don't have time to go over it, So just play along, Alright?" Jone smiled and sent me a friendly wink before warming up his voice.

"I'm so nervous, I'll admit it." Everyone's eyes went to me before they started laughing. "What? What's so funny?"

"You act they you're the only one. Look Faith, Everyone here is nervous, Us, Our fans, Family, You, You're not alone." And there. There was my sweet Anthony. He was with me tonight.

"Thanks Anthony. But you didn't have to laugh!" We all smiled and eased our nerves to the best of our ability. Mine was just watching Anthony in his zone. In the moment. Just hime and his breathing. That was his preparation and I loved every bit of it. Just then, Jone cleared his throat, Ruining the moment. "Okay guys, We are on in a few short minutes, We will be on that stage, Doing our thing and hopefully having fun. Remember the motto, 'Music is my passion, Don't let worries consume the sounds.' Be positive and think of success. All hands in. On three, 'Go team.' 1. 2. 'Breath' 3. "GO TEAM!!" The announcer called us out and the crowd cheered.

"How's everyone doing tonight?!" Cheering everywhere. Man it was packed. This may not gosh well. Oh god... "We're are going to start off with one you all might know. This one's called 'You.'" and more cheering. Thankfully I know this one. Jone wrote it for his girlfriend a little while back. The start of if is nice slow guitar done by the ever talented Anthony. Nice light drums by Shawn, And a low hum from me and Jone. I am most nervous with this as me and Anthony have our own part together. "I remember your sweet smelling perfume, the way your eyes light up when you watch the moon, I can't remember the last time, I was so happy in my life, And I couldn't have done any of it without you. 'yooou.'" Me and Anthony soon. Oh lord help me. Here goes nothing. "I've been dreaming about having someone like you in my life, Fell in love since the very first time we locked eyes. And now I see the moon, And I think of you." Just then, Me and Anthony lock eyes. So intense, So perfect, The world shut out by his captivating eyes. This was real, But it was only a moment. Just a second out of a trillion. But I felt so special. I felt like there was hope in that one moment. Snapping back, The song finished and the crowd cheered. A few more songs were done before they played my favorite. "last one for the night guys, This is Witness by Daughtry." I sang backup where back up was needed until my solo part. Just me and the music. "When the weight of the world is on you know, And you know you can turn it all around again, Can I get a witness? yeah. Oh, can I get a witness, yea yeeah." Tears welled up in my eyes as I sang my part. This used to be my song. My world when I felt alone. I looked over to Anthony and saw him wording 'Are you okay?" 'to me, I nodded my head yes. He didn't turn back right off, But focused on me for another moment. One moment, The moment that felt like forever. But forever ended to soon. We thanked the crowd and headed off stage where I ran to the bathrooms to cry. That song hit me hard every time. Reminding me of past days and all the pain they would bring me. "Faith? Are you in here?" That angelic voice came from Anthony. How did he know? "Um... I'm in here."

"Are you? Are you okay? I saw you crying and I was concerned."

"You can come in Anthony." I saw him peak around the corner and look at me in my red eyed crying state. "Why are you crying?" I shook my head. I didn't tell him about my past depression, Only Carly. I didn't want him to think I was looking for attention at any moment of the day. Although sometimes I was, Because it was only his I wanted. "Faith?" Our eyes locked once more. "Tell me."

"It's a bit much."

"What is." This would normally be an awkward moment. Me holding toilet paper next to my sides, Sitting on a toilet crying and Anthony sitting in front of me seeing me in my ugliest state. But it wasn't. It was the most romantic moment we ever had together. he gently placed his hand on my shaking knee.

"Just, Okay, Long story short, I listened to that song a lot at a not so great time of mine and so it was just like memory lane singing it tonight. I just got hit with the emotions that I had back then."

"Back when? You're leaving some things out, I can tell."

"Back a couple years ago when I had depression."

"I never knew that Faith." His eyes looked sad before he looked at the floor. He looked back at me before wrappings arms around me and pulling me to his chest. "you never told me." He mumbled into my hair, So soft. "I didn't want you to know. I didn't think it was important."

"You are always important. You could have come to me. Does Carly know?"

"Yeah. Her and my parents. I just didn't want to seem like an attention seeker to you, That's all."

"No Faith. Never." We pulled apart and just sat there for a little while, Not caring about the fact that we were in a public bathroom. I couldn't help but to feel special. There was never a moment better then this other than when we first met. I think we both have it in our minds that we should leave, Hang out with people and talk to fans, But we didn't want to part and leave the moment behind us. I really wanted to kiss him. Man did I ever. But I couldn't risk our friendship. Not right now. "We should go."

"I know, Carly would flip if she saw me in her brothers arms." We finally let go, Very unwillingly. We left the bathrooms and met up with the others. We danced like there was no tomorrow to all the dubstep rock they played, We all laughed and made memories that would last a lifetime. But I wanted one more moment with Anthony. One more eye lock, Just one more. Bravery Faith, That's all it is. Slowly, I made my way to the DJ. Now or never Faith. "Hey!"

"Hey!"

"Can you play chasing cars by snow patrol!?"

"Yeah, Sure!" I headed towards Anthony as the Dj finished playing the current song. "Hey, Want to dance?"

"Sure." I grabbed his arm and moved away from our group to feel a little more privet. The song came on and we slow danced, Eyes locked once more. His hands rested on my hips as I swayed against him. My arms thrown around his neck and breaths heavy as our hearts raced for this moment. Kiss me Anthony. I begged him in my mind. I have waited years for a moment like this. I have been so patient. Kiss me. The song slowed as it came to the end. This is it. My moment, Our moment, THE moment. I blocked the rest of the world out as we slowly came closer. Breath fanning my face. Finally, we met each others lips. I could feel the softness of his lips against mine, The mint in his breath. His grip tightening on my hips and pulling me even tighter against him. God he's amazing. We pulled apart so slowly, Catching our breaths And slowing our heart rates. "Anthony?" I whispered. "Yeah." "Okay." What that meant, no one completely knows, It just made the moment more perfect.