vegas lights; adopted by brendon urie

the greatest

"what would my head be like, if not for my shoulders, or without your smile. may it follow you forever. may it never leave you to sleep in the stone, may we stay lost on our way home." - c'mon [panic! at the disco & fun.]

Maya wakes to Pete shaking her shoulder "Maya, kid wake up." She groans, reaching up and making grabby hands at Pete, who laughs, picking her up "Gerard, Tyler and Josh are cooking breakfast. Our flight's at two." She nods sleepily, wrapping her legs around Pete's middle and her arms around his shoulders as he carries her past the pool into the kitchen. Gerard laughs as they enter "Tired?" Maya rests her forehead on Pete's shoulder, closing her eyes "Shh. It's too early." She grumbles. Josh walks around the bench, tickling her ribs. She squeals, shaking her head as she kicks her legs "Josh!" Amelia walks downstairs, cradling Bogart, laughing at Maya.

They eat breakfast, and at some point Brendon and Sarah return. Gerard's sitting on the sofa with Pete, talking about Warped tour and how long ago it was. Maya sits on Gerard, who laughs as he continues talking. Eventually Pete moves to get his bags again, everyone's beginning to pack up for their flight in a few hours. Maya leans back against Gerard's shoulder "Can't you come with us?" She mumbles, hugging him. Gerard laughs "Sorry space girl. But you'll get breaks and we can do stuff like this again. Next time you're in LA I'll bring Bandit to say hi, okay?" She sighs, nodding before standing "You should get your bags ready. I'll come to the airport with you guys if you want." Pete throws Amelia and Maya their bags as he walks back into the lounge, standing by the door. Brendon grabs a few things from the studio before kissing Sarah goodbye and picking up his own bag, throwing a backpack over his shoulders. Maya and Amelia hug their mom, and say goodbye to Tyler and Josh, before getting in the seven seater car and starting the drive to the airport.

Zack's waiting for them at the front of the departures terminal, and Gerard hugs maya goodbye a final time before he leaves. Maya holds onto Brendon as they walk through the airport, tired. Amelia stays with Zack, it being summer the airport's more crowded than usual. They stop roughly six times to greet fans, before reaching the gate and handing over their boarding passes. Maya rests her head on Brendon's shoulder as they watch a movie, Amelia sleeps on his other side. Pete sits behind them, with Zack and Patrick.
She sighs when the movie finishes, taking her headphones off "Do you miss Spenxer?" she asks quietly, and Brendon's silent for a moment before nodding "Yeah, he's my best friend, and I loved being on stage with him. That's why that florida with everyone was so cool. I miss having him on stage, but he's doing so much better now. I'm happy for him." she nods, picking her phone up.

They're waiting for food, all backstage. Ryan and Brendon are playing a video game, Dallon, Joe and Patrick are talking about the rest of the tour. Pete's chasing Maya and Amelia, holding a pair of dirty socks at them as they run. Eventually Pete catches up to Amelia, and shoves the socks in her face. She screams, running to Andy who's sitting in a chair opposite Hayley. Amelia jumps into Andy's lap, screaming. Pete now focuses on chasing Maya, who sprints toward Patrick "Patrick don't let him near me with the socks!" She screeches, jumping into Patrick's arms. Joe laughs, tripping Pete over before he reaches the small girl. Maya laughs now, hugging Patrick, who's shaking his head and smiling.  

After the show, Maya grabs her backpack, running to Brendon as the groups walk from the venue "Dad, can I stay on Patrick's bus tonight and tomorrow?" She asks, giggling as Pete and Joe throw things at Andy and Patrick. Brendon nods "Yeah, course. Can Pete bring you to soundcheck?" Maya glances at Pete "Can you take me to soundcheck at the next show?" She yells across the parking lot, he nods. Brendon nods again "See you in new york kiddo." he laughs, kissing her forehead as they reach the busses and she pulls a duffle bag with two days of clothes out, running to the other bus "Love you dad." She calls, he waves "Love you too."

It begins raining as the busses pull onto the freeway, and Maya pulls on a sweater as the temperature drops. She sits in the lounge, lying across the sofa with her head on Pete's lap as he plays a video game with Joe and Andy, Patrick still in the bunks. She yawns, and Pete laughs quietly "Big day?" She shrugs, and Joe glances across "You'll be glad we have a bus day tomorrow then." he smiles, and she nods "Yep, definitely need a bus day." Patrick enters, picking her legs up before sitting, resting her feet over his legs. Joe beats Andy and Pete, who both throw the controllers down, sighing. Maya and Patrick laugh at them, high-fiving Joe.

She looks up as the group fall silent "How did you guys choose what to do after school?" Pete looks back at her, pulling her to sit in his lap "Well, I'm the one who didn't graduate because I had a job at subway, so I'm not sure I'm qualified to give you that advice. But you gotta do what's right for you kid, Brendon and Sarah are always gonna be there for you." Patrick nods "At the end of the day, it's your life. And you're going to make mistakes, and change your mind. And that's okay, you get to make mistakes Maya. That's what growing up is all about." Joe scratches the back of his head "It's trial and error, the first few times you'll think you're certain, but something else'll come up and you'll realise that's what you want to be doing." Andy leans back into the sofa, hands behind his head "Yeah, take all the opportunities you get, it's important that you don't stay in one place if you're not happy with it. You've gotta get out there and see what's there for you." She nods, hugging the four men "Thanks, you guys are the best." Joe laughs "You're pretty cool too kid. But you should get to bed, c'mon." He picks her up, and she giggles after hugging the three others goodnight. 

"Night Joe." she mumbles, rolling over and burying her face in her pillow

a/n: thanks for 1k kids ! i think i said the last chapter would be the last of 2016 but i had this written and idk + i'm going to be offline between the 4th - 9th of january because i'm going to the coast ! woot

hope you guys all had a good christmas/holiday !

grace x