Paint You Wings (All Time Low)

Chapter 26

I whimpered as I pulled myself to my feet and stumbled out of the alley. I slumped back down when I reached the unfamiliar road, it was quiet. Houses lined one side of the road, a grassy field on the other. A group of guys across the road on the small pitch caught my attention. One of them looking oddly familiar. There were about 3 of them there, the one who I thought I recognised jogged about, kicking the football to another. The other one sat on the floor, facing me but watching them. I tried to call out for help but my voice only came out in a raspy whisper that they couldn't hear. The one sitting down, cracked a smile and laughed at something, his eyes looked around and caught me. His face dropped and he quickly stood to his feet, I watched as he started to run towards me, his friends running after him once they saw me.

"Are you ok?" He asked quickly, crouching beside me. 

"Jasey?" The other male gasped, that’s when I recognised him.

"Jake" I whispered. He swapped positions with his friend. 

"What happened?" He asked gently, pulling me into a hug. I just shook my head and cried more. "Where's Alex?" 

"I can't, I don’t want Alex" I choked out. Which was a lie, right now he was the only person I wanted to help me, but if he was here he'd want an explanation, one of which I couldn’t give him without leaving him and the band in danger. He nodded and stood to discuss something with his friends and hooked his arms under me, carrying me bridal style along the street. "Where are you taking me?" I whispered.

"We're going to go to my flat okay; we need to clean you up." He spoke quietly. I nodded and soon enough I was being carried up a flight of stairs then he lay me on the soft sofa. 

"Your back-wait, who's this?" A deep voice spoke entering the room. One of Jake's friends left to speak to him. When I found the strength to walk to the bathroom, he led me there and I sat on the counter. He wiped away the make-up that had run down my face, along with the dirt my body had collected from being on the floor. 

"I know what's happened." He spoke, standing back a little, his face covered in a sad look. I just looked at him. "There's a lot of blood on your jeans. They're also undone; you have hand prints on your body." He said awkwardly, lifting my top a little revealing the bright red hand print on my hip. I flinched and cowered away from him. "I know because it happened to my sister. I know what you're going through" My mouth dropped open a little. “Do you know who it was?" He asked. I shook my head. Another lie.

"Could I uh-could I use your phone. I need to call Alex" He nodded and handed me the phone from his pocket.

"One of my roommates has clothes that should fit you, I’ll go and get them," He said before swiftly leaving the room. I dialled Alex's number and held it to my ear, I didn't even know if he was going to answer, he hardly answers to numbers he doesn’t know. 

"Hello?" He answered warily.

"Alex" I sighed.

"Jasey?! Where the hell are you? George said you said you were going to the shops. Why the hell would you leave without telling anyone." He sounded annoyed, but hearing his name caused me to wince. Of course he'd make up some bullshit to tell everyone.

"I'm at Jake's, I’ll be back soon"  

"Jake? Okay" He sighed.

"I love you" I mumbled.

"I love you too, always" I could sense the smile in his voice. We said goodbye and I hung up. Jake entering the exact moment I placed the phone on the counter next to me.

"These should fit, he never throws anything out so they're too small for him" I nodded and he handed me the old looking Blink 182 shirt and a pair of sweats. My breath caught in my throat a little, the Blink shirt was the same that Josh used to have, and he was wearing it the exact day he left. I shook the thoughts from my head. 

"So how many of you live here?" I asked. The flat was pretty big. 

"4. There's me, and Luke, who was the guy with us earlier, he had the black hair. Dylan was the guy who walked in earlier, and Josh, he's currently, actually I have no idea where he is." I nodded, it couldn’t be the same Josh, right?

"So who's the All Time Low fan?" I asked my face still emotionless while a slight smile cracked on his face.

"That would be Dylan" He laughed. He left so I could change into the clothes, once done I left the bathroom. The two I believed were Luke and Dylan were sat with Jake on the sofa, along with another nameless boy who was one of the ones with us earlier. 

"I need-I um need to get back" I stuttered, still a little shaken up.

"Where are the others?" Jake asked. I shrugged.

"In the bus park behind the venue. I don't know how to get there." I said awkwardly, chewing on the inside of my cheek.

"I have to take Dan home so I’ll drop you off if you'd like" Jake offered. I agreed, I had no other way of getting back. He passed me a plastic bag; I peered inside to see the clothes I had previously been wearing. I wanted to vomit just looking at them.

"Dan?" I questioned. He gestured to the only male who's name I didn’t know. I nodded and we said goodbye to the others and left. They led me to a car, Dan riding shot gun, Jake driving and I sat in the back behind Dan. Jake and Dan talked about some football game and I stayed quiet. 

"This the venue?" Jake asked pulling up to a large building. 

"Yeah, thank you. For everything you've done tonight." I gave him a small smile. They both got out and said bye. I started walking back to the bus when I realised that I’d have to walk through the mount of busses on my own, plus it was dark now and I didn’t want to risk bumping into him. "Jake, Dan" I called before they had the chance to get back into the vehicle.

"Yeah?" Dan answered.

"Would you maybe um, walk me to the bus?" I spoke sheepishly. They both nodded and jogged over to me. We walked back with the guys either side of me, I felt like a small child but at this point I didn’t care. 

"Jasey!" Jack yelled as we came into view of the bus. He run over to me and hugged me. I gasped at the sudden contact and squirmed out of his grip. "Who are these?"

"This is Jake; we actually met him on the plane. This is Dan, his friend" I explained.

"I should be ok from here. Thank you." They nodded and said their goodbyes; Jake gave me a slip with his number on it, telling me to call if I ever needed him. Jack and I walked back to the bus, he rambled on about something a fan has tweeted him. We entered the bus and I was engulfed into a hug by Alex. Normally his hugs would relax me, comfort me, they were one of the best things ever, but now I felt suffocated. I gently pushed him away and he frowned. 

"Is everything ok?" He questioned. I nodded weakly and walked past everyone, not bothering to talk to anyone and crawled into my bunk not even changing out of the clothes I was wearing.

A/N: Sorry this is short!! I'll try and update soon! also the bmth+ptv concert was amazing! i even have Vic's guitar pick :3 soo vote and stuff! (the more reads, votes or comments i get, the more likely i am to upload quicker)