The Way It Is (A Pierce the Veil Fanfic) *EDITING*

Chapter 9 - Best Idea Ever

~~Mike's POV~~

"...What am I doing here? Oh, no."  Vic's angelic, soft voice sang.

I sigh happily as we finish playing the last song of band practice. We sounded fucking awesome! I sort of hate practice. I'd much rather play for fans but you've gotta practice to not suck chode, am I right?

I look around the room at my guys, all glistening with sweat and breathing heavily. Beautiful. We always go hard at band practice. Well, not always, but a solid 75% of the time.

The blonde woman from the record label, who comes to watch us practice, stood up from the couch we have in the studio. She is of average height, thin, light skinned. Her long, wavy hair was pulled into a high ponytail and she wore an over-sized, 'PINK' brand, long sleeve with a pair of black leggings and strappy sandals.

She was really, stunningly beautiful.

"That was great, guys! You can all head home and I will see all of your lovely faces again on..." She paused to look at her phone, probably to double check. "...Wednesday!" She chirped with a smile, showing her sparkling teeth.

"Thanks, JayCee!" We said in unison.

"Man, we really need to stop doing that!" Jaime exclaims causing JayCee to emit the cutest giggle.

"Damn, you're so cute it's insane." Vic flirts making her blush darkly. I chuckle lightly to myself.

"I agree!" I chime in.

"Me too!" Tony pipes.

"Me three!" Jaime follows.

"Boys! I'm married, remember?" She laughs lightly, rolling her eyes and smirking at us as she crosses her arms.

"You're married?! But, JayCee! I thought we had something!" Jaime feigns hurt, placing a hand over his heart.

"Oh, my dear, I'm sure you will find someone. Or maybe three someones." She counters, laughing at his antics.

Oh yeah, she knows. She is usually pretty quiet though. I wonder what has her in such a good mood today.

"What's got you all giddy today, Jace?" Tony asks, obviously noticing the same thing as me.

"Not sure. Today is just a good day. Adam is meeting me here soon and we're gonna go to Cheesecake Factory and I've been talking to my best friend all day. She lives far, so we don't get to see each other but we talk almost every day." She smiles talking about her husband and friend. You can tell she holds only love for the two.

"Where does she live?" Vic quizzes, his curiosity getting the best of him.

"Alaska. I used to live there too." She states earning dropped jaws around the room.

"Holy fuck, you're from Alaska?! Isn't it like... always cold there?" I ask in shock.

Alaska? Why would you live where the air hurts your face?

She just laughs shaking her head. "That's a common misconception. It does get pretty dang cold there though." She looks at her feet and shrugs, sighing lightly. "I miss it. I miss her."

We all frown. No one likes to see a pretty girl sad.

"Does she know PTV?" I question, earning confused and slightly annoyed looks from my boyfriends. They're giving me 'so not the time, Michael' eyes.

"Uh... Yeah. In fact, she's the one who showed me your music, last fall before I got my job here at Fearless." She states, looking slightly confused as to why I would ask. Her head tilted ever so slightly making her ponytail fall toward her shoulder.