My Love Is Never Ending(Chris "Motionless" Cerulli Love Story #4)

Chapter 23: Black

~*Chris' P. O. V*~

"Chris! Stop shaking your leg! You're going to make me mess up!" Alex exclaimed.

I did as she commanded then she continued putting eyeshadow around my eyes.

Tonight is Dome night again, instead with a band called Lost and Lambent. Once again, I'm terrified. Not so much because we're playing there again but because of the new song. We finally put the lyrics to music and it sounds amazing, in our opinion of course. Alex was standing in front of me doing my makeup just like last time while I sat on my bed, looking up at her. As she continued applying and blending the shadow on my eyes, I stared at her arms. They were scarred and scabbed, the sight broke my heart. Why didn't I see this sooner? I know if I had just spent more time with her, none of it would've happened.

"You okay?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, just nervous about the show and the new song."

"You guys will do great and the song will be outstanding," she encouraged.

I smiled at her then she began putting eyeliner on me. Someone knocked on my open door, directly both Alex and I to whoever it was.

"Hey man, gotta get going," TJ informed.

"Alright."

Alex finished off my eyeliner, sat her makeup on my desk and all three of us joined the rest of the guys downstairs.

"Ready?" Angelo asked.

We nodded in response.

"Okay, Alex, Chris, Balz, and I will take my car. TJ, Ryan, and Ricky, you guys take TJ's."

"We'll see you guys there."

Everyone went outside and got into their designated vehicles. Angelo drove, I sat next to him in the passenger seat while Alex and Balz sat in the back. I was quiet for the most part, trying to relax myself before the show. Alex and Balz talking were the pretty much the only sound in the car until we pulled up into the venue. Ang and TJ parked beside each other in two of the empty lots. As we began to make our way inside, someone behind us shouted,"Motionless, long time no see."

We turned to see who it was. Five guys wearing all black came walking up to us. I instantly recognized them when I saw one of them with his arm around a brunette chic who was practically half naked.

"Shane?" TJ asked.

He opened his arms and gestured to himself.

"In the flesh."

"Man, it really has been a while since we saw each other," Ryan pointed out.

His hair had grown out a bit and it was solid black, he had gotten silver and black dual snake bites, a septum, and a small pair of black plugs in his ears. He wore a Bullet For My Valentine shirt that completely reveled brightly colored sleeves that decorated his arms. His face was covered with pale makeup and had black all around his eyes like me, with the exception of a black line extending down his left one. I looked at the guys at either of his sides, Jacob or "the D" as they like to call him, we the easiest to spot speaking as though he always has a girl attached to him like a vine. His hair and attire was still plain black and he had small tapers in his ears.

"Where is Jack, Khye, Frank, and Mike at?" Balz wondered, seeing they were nowhere in sight.

"Gone. D took over rhythm, Frank and Khye started a different band, Mike transferred over to a new band, and Jack decided the band life wasn't for him. This is our new singer, Calem," Shane began to introduce.

His hair was nearly identical to Shane's as well as his wardrobe, other than his Black Dahlia Murder shirt, he had his eyebrow and lip pierced, full sleeves and a neck piece. Calem extended his hand toward me, we shook hands and he did the same with my bandmates.