A Very Warped Summer (Austin Carlile / OC)

Chapter 1

First Austin Carlile story taken from my FanFiction. This, plus my sequel got deleted *cries*. No matter. I'm never giving up on this story. As the man in this story once said, "You have many options in life, never make giving up one of them." That has gotten me through today after almost throwing up from realizing my story got deleted. 

"So, you guys," Danielle smirked as she sat on the small couch in a rocky bus on a late, summer night. Her band mates, Jeff, the bassist, Erick, the guitarist, and Andrew, the drummer, looked up at her. Erick was tuning his guitar softly while looking at her intently under his snapback.

"We start our biggest tour tomorrow." She couldn't contain her smile. The guys all started cheering and fist pumping.

"Do you have the time we're playing?" Erick asked, looking back at his guitar.

Danielle unlocked her phone, scrolling down her notepad. "We play on the Ernie Ball stage at 2 P.M. Signing at our tent is at 6 P.M." She locked her phone again, a big smile creeping back onto her face.

"Who else is going this year?" Jeff asked, immersed in his phone.

"As far as I know, some main bands are Falling In Reverse..."

"Fuck yeah, Ronnie Radke!" Erick shouted.

Danielle laughed, still trying to think of the bands. "All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, Tonight Alive, Pierce The Veil, Breathe Carolina, Mayday Parade, The Used—oh, and Of Mice & Men."

All of the boys' heads suddenly perked up and they all exchanged glances and smirked. "What?" She asked with a laugh.

"You were obviously thinking of them first, you just didn't want to hear us bitch about it," Erick laughed.

She narrowed her eyes. "Excuse me?"

"'Ohmygod, Austin Carlile! He is soooooo dreamy! Ohmygod, one time, we had a conversation for like twenty minutes and he followed me on Twitter and he talks to me sometimes and inspires me to keep writing and helps me remember what I live for!'" Andrew began mimicking in a high pitched voice, batting his eyelashes and constantly flicking his wrist. She grabbed a pillow on the couch and threw it at his head while the rest of the guys laughed.

"Ha, ha, you guys are fucking hilarious," she tried to say as flatly as possible, but Andrew was still batting his eyelashes and she couldn't help but laugh. "Seriously, guys, he's an amazing person."

"We know that," Jeff laughed. "We just love messing with ya."

"If it weren't for him, we probably wouldn't be here," Erick said, flashing her a small smile.

Her cheeks turned crimson as she looked down at her hands. It was true. Austin was the one who put in a good word for her and her band. She met him a few years ago at Warped Tour, and told him about how he saved her life and how she wanted to start a band and become like him someday. He told her never to give up and even asked for her Twitter account so he could follow her and keep up with her daily life. She thought he would never talk to her, but he did constantly, always replying to her sad tweets to reassure her that she could do it.

That's when she met the guys at college, who all played an instrument and had the same dream. When she told them she could sing—and even scream—they put her in immediately. After bringing her into Erick's basement in his own, small recording area, she covered a few songs and she showed them how well she could actually scream. Being a girl, it was rare to find ones that put in as much time and effort practicing as she did.

And then, few months later, she tweeted him and told him about their EP they finally produced with five of their own songs. He tweeted back later that day to congratulate her and even said he would put in a good word with people and get her band to tour soon. He kept to his word, because she did a small tour with Sleeping With Sirens as the headliner, Tonight Alive (which was pretty fun, considering she was with another girl, Jenna, who later lent their band a small tour bus), and a few other small bands. They got a lot of publicity after that, especially after rumors floating around that she and Kellin had a "thing."