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

Chapter 28 - LET'S GOOO!!

~~Vic's POV~~

I woke up with a groan and a migraine worse than death. I snuggle more into whoever is next to me, whining a bit.

"Vic, shut up. I'll kill you." Jaime groans, pulling me closer to him in what I now know is the small bunk.

"Drank too much. Need aspirin." I mumble sleepily and in some serious pain. He groans in response, putting a pillow over his face.

I slink out of the bunk to the small bus bathroom and get aspirin. The second I shake 2 from the bottle, a chipper as fuck Mike bounds in behind me with a wide smile on his face.

"Good morning, brother mine! How'd you sleep? Oh, you're taking aspirin? You got a headache?" He rushes in a not-quiet-enough voice.

"If I didn't have one before, I do now. Fuck, could you tone it down a bit?" I bark lowly, holding my head and screwing my eyes shut.

"Why? I'm not the reason for your headache." He retorts, earning a glare from me. I see the smug look on his stupid, not hungover face.

"Bitch, you give a fucking aspirin a headache." Hime pipes as he slumps out of the bunk, passing both Mike and I on his way to the front lounge.

"Rude. I'm offended." Mike follows behind and I shake out a few more pills for Jaime. I walk into the lounge to find Tony making breakfast- er, lunch I guess. I pass Jaime his medicine before popping the pills and handing him my water bottle so he can do the same. I sit at the table across from him and bury my head in my hands with a groan.

"This seems so ass backwards." Hime states in a groggy morning voice, breaking the silence.

"What do you mean?" I ask, looking up at him as I feel the meds finally start to kick in.

"I mean, you and I are extremely hungover while Tony and Mike are fine." He marvels. That's true. It is kinda weird. Those two are usually the ones who go pretty hard.

"Well, someone had to make sure we didn't all get too fucked up." Tony laughs, placing a plate of sandwiches, three bologna and one grilled cheese, along with a bag of Cheetos on the table and sitting by Jaime.

"Okay, that explains you but not Mike." I chime, grabbing for a sandwich. I smile a little to myself thinking of how funny it is that Tony made bologna sandwiches.

"I spent most of last night with Ronnie and he doesn't drink so..." Mike trails with a shrug, taking a seat by me and digging in.

"Huh. Well, remind me never to drink that much again." I laugh lightly, earning some amused giggles when I wince at a sharp pain in my head.

"Same." Hime chokes out with a mouthful of food.

"Noted." Tony and Mike say in unison, nodding at each other.

A few hours later, we find ourselves backstage, 10 minutes until show time. I'm pumped. The crowd here in San Fran has been ragey as fuck today, which always makes for a good show. We're up after Falling in Reverse.

"Thank you, San Fran-fuckoff! You were great! Keep it loud for my boys, Pierce the Veil! They'll be taking the stage in a few!" Ronnie screams into the microphone before running off the side of the stage. He smiles when he sees me and I make my way to him.

"Great set, dude. You fucking kill it every time." I praise, patting his shoulder.

"Thanks man. I'm surprised you look so put together. You were pretty much the walking dead last night." He laughs, wiping his sweaty face with a towel.

"Man, aspirin is a lifesaver." I laugh, running a hand through my hair. Jaime then comes up behind me and slings an arm around my shoulder.

"Hey Ron, great set." He praised with a warm smile.