Not All Heroes Sing (Tony Perry Love Story)

*Chapter 05*

[Tony's POV]

I strummed the strings on my guitar as I played some chords to "The First Punch."

Oddly, I was feeling more excited for tonight than any other night. Don't know why, but whatever.

"Hey, Tony, lets get to sound check real quick," Vic said walking by.

"Sure," I said, getting up and running out to catch up to him.

I ran out a bit too fast and ended up accidently bumping into someone, knocking them down.

I looked and see its a girl.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry!" I said, quickly putting my guitar down and helping her up, making sure she wasn't hurt. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine," she said and then looked up at me.

I swear, saying this girl is beautiful is an understatement.

Once she saw me her eyes lit up in surprise.

"TONY! T-Tony Perry!!" she exclaimed.

"Hehe, yeah, that's my name," I said smiling. "I'm guessing you're a big fan."

"Y-Yeah, I am. But I'm just trying to keep calm right now. Its really great to finally meet you," she said, looking down at her feet nervously. She seemed so shy and awkward. It was actually pretty cute.

"No need to be shy here. Were all friends," I said, carefully placing my fingers under her chin and tilting her head up so she can look at me.

Could have sworn I saw her wince in pain, but I could be wrong.

She gave me a small smile.

She's just so... wow...

"So what's your name?" I asked.

"Avery, but I go by Avie," she said.

"So are you alone?" I asked.

"No, I came with a friend. She's around here somewhere," she said.

"Oh, okay. Say, the show doesn't start for another 20 minutes. Want to hang out with me?" I asked.

She looked at me confused, and then pointed to herself.

"M-Me? You want to spend time with... me??" she asked.

I nod.

"Yeah. You seem like a really nice girl," I said. "And you do have that All-Access pass. Come on on," I said.

She took a while to process and think about it. As she did, I noticed the hoodie she was wearing was pretty thick. Isn't she hot in that thing??

Unless... No, she can't be... Maybe its best not to ask. I could be wrong.

"Okay, lets go," she said, smiling.

We head towards the amps where I see Vic taking with a girl with purple hair.

We walk up and they look up at us.

"Oh, there you are, Avie," the girl said.

"Yeah, sorry. I got a bit distracted," Avie said.

"That's okay. I can see you've already met Tony Perry," she said.

Avie nods. "This is my friend, Macy. She's not a big fan, but she still came along with me," Avie said.

"Pleasure to meet you," I said.

"Same. Congratulations on your success," she said.

"Thank you," I said.

I noticed Vic smiling up at Macy, not taking his eyes off her, looking dazed for a bit before he regained focus.

"Vic, this is Avie, my friend and companion for tonight," Macy said.

"Hi, Avie," Vic said as he got up and pulled Avie into a hug.

"Hi," she said.

I thought I saw a pained look in her face, and worry started to grow inside of me.

Vic and I began final sound check while Avie and Macy sat nearby.

Avie seemed happy, which made me feel happy.

They soon got to meet Jaime and Mike, too.

Avie winced silently when they had hugged her. Hmmm....

Soon, it was 3 minutes to showtime.

"You guys should get to your seats. Shows about to start," Jaime said, getting his inner ear system in.

"Alright, it was nice meeting you guys," Avie said as her and Macy got up.

"Wait, aren't you guys coming back here after the show?" I asked.

They looked at each other. "Really?" Macy asked.

"Yeah," you guys seem like awesome girls. We can just chill back here after the show," Vic said.

They looked at each other and shrugged.

"Okay," Macy said. "See you all soon, then."

Avie waved at us as they headed out the stage and soon it was a minute til showtime.

We quickly did our backstage rituals and then ran off to meet the screaming crowd.