:•: autumn :•: a Josh Dun fan fiction

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:•: autumn :•:

I woke up as the sun began to shine through my bedroom window, casting pastel shades across my room, chasing the darkness away. I uncurled myself from my blankets and threw on a sweatshirt and some fuzzy socks and headed to the kitchen. As the coffee began to brew, I sat down at the kitchen table looking at my phone. I smiled.

21 messages from Isabelle

I laughed to myself and opened the texts from my best friend. She always knew how to brighten my day.

Gooood morning Autumn!!!

Wanna do something?!??

Please answer I'm bored!

K I'm coming over in 30 min <3

I looked at the clock. I still had about 15 minutes until my whirlwind of a friend arrived. I wonder what she could have planned for us today. I could only imagine! We had been friends since preschool and I couldn't imagine my life without her. We were complete opposites, but she was truly my other half. She was outgoing, beautiful, intelligent, and always knew how to have fun. Me on the other hand, well let's just say I'm a pretty boring person without her. Yes, she can make me extremely nervous and always gets me into some sort of trouble, but she was also always there for me and actually made my life interesting.

Suddenly Isabelle burst in through the front door with a smile the size of the sun plastered on her flawless face.

"Autumn!!!!" She squealed, "How are you??"

I couldn't help but smile back at her energetic personality.

"Good" I replied. "I see you're cheerful as ever this morning!" I laughed.

She frowned and made her way over to the table and took a seat.

"No, I mean how are you really?" She whispered.

Isabelle knew me better than anyone, and she was the only one who understood or even cared about my struggles. She always made sure to ask how I was feeling every single day, and then made it her personal mission to make that day the best it could possibly be for me.

I sighed. "I guess I'm ok. I mean, last night was rough again but it's not anything out of the usual. I'm used to it by now. It's really not that big of a deal. You don't need to worry about me".

Isabelle looked deep into my eyes. Her stare seemed to see right through me. I could see my pain echoing across her face.

"Autumn," she paused. "You know your panic attacks are not normal. No one should have to go through that amount of pain. I hate that you continue to force yourself to struggle alone. You know that you can call me any time and I will be right over to help you through it. I don't care if it's the middle of the night! I want to be there for you because I know how you feel".

I looked down at my hands as the tears slowly slipped from my eyes despite my best effort to keep them hidden.

"I don't deserve you Isabelle. You are truly such a good friend. I have no idea what in the world I would do without you". I smiled at her, "I promise I'll call you next time".

She returned my smile and gave me a long, tight hug.

We continued to laugh and talk and Isabelle quickly went back to being her bubbly self. She usually did most of the talking, but I didn't mind because I loved listening to her eccentric stories. Plus, I'm more of an introvert.

Isabelle helped herself to three cups of coffee, despite me insisting that it was bad for her. She loved coffee more than life itself, and nothing could get in the way of that! She proceeded to tell me about all of the "hot guys" she had met and how she couldn't decide between them and how she had picked out a couple guys for me. I just laughed and smiled at her. She was boy crazy, and always tried to set me up with some guy she had just met. Isabelle is super outgoing and confident and can easily attract guys, but I am simply too awkward and terrified to even talk to someone I find attractive! Isabelle has tried to help me find a boyfriend for years, but I always seem to scare them away. However, she is still as determined as ever!

Suddenly, I saw a spark light up in her eyes and realized she just had an idea. Uh oh. This couldn't be good.

"OMG", she gushed. "I JUST HAD THE BEST IDEA EVER!!!"

I rolled my eyes and shook my head at her.

"What is it this time?" I laughed.

"Well, I know you don't really like any music besides your instrumental stuff, but I'm going to a concert this weekend that I really think you would love! Please Autumn I think it would be good for you and I know you'd have a great time! Plus, you might even meet a guy" she winked.

I frowned. "It's not that I only listen to instrumental" I argued. "You know I have to listen to my parts to be able to play my best. There's something beautiful about instrumental music that pop music just can't compare to! Have you ever even listened to Frank Ticheli or Gustav Holst?!"

Now Isabelle was the one rolling her eyes. "You're crazy Autumn! You need to branch out your music tastes! And twenty øne piløts are not pop." She looked offended. "I really think you would enjoy it" she whispered.

Now I felt bad about shooting her down so quickly. I sighed. "Ok maybe I'll go just this one time".

Her face lit up brighter than I had ever seen it before. "YAY!!!!" She shouted as she hugged me and jumped up and down excitedly. "I promise you won't regret it!!!"

I doubted it, but I would go for her. But I was not looking forward to this. I would much rather be playing my saxophone in my symphonic band. Isabelle deserved this though. I would try to have fun, I guess.

"Who even is twenty øne piløts anyways?" I asked. "Are there 21 people in the band?"

Thank you so much for reading you guys!! Writing this is so much more fun than I expected and I hope you all enjoy it! :) Again, please let me know any suggestions or comments you have that would make my writing better! Also Josh will be introduced soon so don't worry! Haha. Thanks for reading! I'll try to update again tomorrow :)