House of Gold // Adopted by Tyler Joseph

First

"First day of tour? You excited kiddo?" Tyler held my hand and led me to the bus. Josh stood beside us, drinking his Red Bull, sneaking me sips occasionally.

"Very." I jumped around happily as Jenna opened the door, she did my makeup today again, I wanted to look good, so I wore a dress.

Tyler nearly cried seeing me in a simple black dress with a white Alice in wonderland-styled collar.

My white socks high, with black dress shoes over them. Little diamond studs in my ears, Josh promised he'd get me some small gauges when I got older.

"My baby is growing up." He faked a sniff as I giggled.

"Oh shush dad, you're gonna embarrass me." I remembered Fall Out Boy's names now, but still barely knew who Panic! was. I'd be meeting them all, and as Grandma Kelly put it, I'm too young to be going on tour.

She offered to take care of me there, I had a smartphone now, so I wouldn't mind if that meant I could video chat with Tyler.

"Woah!" I beamed at the sight of the bus. It was huge, with red carpet lining the floor, couches, a table, bunks to the side, a tiny bathroom.

"This is amazing." I practically jumped around and tugged at Josh's arm, he chuckled and led me into a small room.

"The music room." He looked around and spotted a tiny plastic drum kit, one where you plug your headphones into.

"A keyboard!" I pressed the button to turn it on, it beeped and whirred as I played some random notes.

Josh sat me down, and stood behind me, coaching me as I hit his drums. He let me make my own beat, and I tried to drum as fast as him, but it seemed impossible.

"Lils, there you are, we're almost to the venue." Tyler burst in.

"So I'm gonna see you sing on stage?" I smiled.

"Yes, and Josh will drum. But before that, you have to meet the boys. Best behavior, sit up straight–"

"–Tyler they don't care about all that. Just be yourself Hun." Josh told me with a pat on my back.

"Sick." I beamed.

"I give up." Tyler laughed and left, the bus slowed and came to a stop, I looked out the windows to see a big grey, dome-like building.

"Twenty one pilots. Right this way." A man led us through as Jenna sent me a small smile.

"Well I'll be darned, it's Joseph and Dun." A guy I knew by the name of Pete, walked up and greeted Tyler and Josh.

"With friends!" He hugged Jenna, she muttered 'girlfriend'.

Pete bent down so he was my height, which wasn't much, considering he was only five or six inches taller than me.

"Hey kiddo. Name's Pete." He stuck out a hand as I took it.

"Lily." I grinned as he gave me a squeeze.

More men followed Pete, I recognized them immediately.

"Patrick?" I let out accidentally. Tyler was probably face-palming at my fan-girling.

"Hey! How are you? This your daughter Dun?" Patrick asked as Josh stepped away from me with a small laugh.

"Tyler's, actually. I'm doing good." He shook my hand.

"Oh, Im sorry for assuming–anyways, what's your name?"

"Lily." I grinned.

"Well Lily, from what I hear, you've got a good voice. Keep it up." He smiled and I wondered how Patrick Stump knew I could sing.

Even Jenna didn't know about my singing, only Tyler did. I peeked over at him, he may have bragged about my singing to the whole band, as they all crowded me.

"Joe. Nice to meet you."

"Andy Hurley." A man with many tattoos brought me into a hug.

"Well look who decided to show up." A man Tyler had told me his name was Brendon yelled.

I brought my small handbag in with me and set it down, couches and a snack table before us.

The room became tighter with everyone squeezing in and greeting each other.

"Hey sweetie, nice to meet ya." Brendon put a hand on my shoulder.

"Nice to meet you too." I smiled as he brought me into a tight hug, ruffling my hair in the process.

I noticed there was no other kids here, and felt a little overwhelmed with all of these grown men, but stuck close to Jenna.

There was also hardly any girls, a girl with big blue eyes introduced herself to me. "What's your name?"

"Lily." I looked up at her jet black hair.

"I'm Sarah. We'll be sticking together back here while the guys perform." She spoke.

"Okay." I saw more people headed towards me to greet me. A super tall guy maybe over six feet tall, smiled down at me. And a man with a brown beard, he carried drumsticks so I knew he was the drummer of Panic!.

"We have to get dressed and then we'll head on out. You gonna be okay?" Tyler asked softly as I nodded.

"Good. If you need anything, Jenna will be with you, love you pumpkin." He kissed my hair as Brendon cooed at that.

"C'mere." Jenna patted the spot beside her on the couch, I assumed we'd see their performance on the TV.

She absentmindedly played with my hair, then began braiding it. I grinned when she pinned it back, my curled hair falling down my back cutely, a braid crowning my head.

"Thanks Jen." I smiled as we finally had some bonding time, she nodded as Sarah began to chat with us.

After they performed, they rushed in happily, Panic! passing by, to scope out behind the stage.

After they'd performed, Fall Out Boy went on, and so forth. Tyler let me snuggle into his side as we watched Patrick belt out lyrics.

Pete came in all sweaty, just to give me a big smelly hug. I squealed but gave in, he twirled me as he mentioned pizza for dinner.

"Not so bad for the first day of tour huh?" Tyler laughed with food stuffed into his cheeks.

"Yeah, not so bad." I smiled. A whole-hearted, unscripted, real, genuine smile.