What's So Good About Picking Up The Pieces?

Chapter 29;

"And now you can say you've made it through it all, and I'm lucky enough to say that I'm you're boyfriend." Vic smiled at me.

He placed his hand on my lap and I laced our fingers, he squeezed tight and shook a little. Mouthing 'Good job, I love you'.

I looked around at everyone else. Realizing the number of people had almost doubled. Some of them had tears weld up in their eyes, some even had tears running down their face. Most just hung their heads low with beers in their hands.

"I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to kill the mood. I never thought it was that bad, people have it worse."

"It's fine! We're all proud of you for overcoming your obstacles." Kellin said warmly, causing most of them to nod.

A girl named Mary, some band member who's name I didn't know's booty call(which I thought was ironic), started telling her story when Vic whisperer in my ear to tell me that someone wanted to interview him for their blog. He asked me to go with him, and I did. Of course.

"Do you mind if I ask you some questions too? It would be really cool to get some stuff based on your relationship too." the tall girl asked me.

"Not at all! And thank you!"

"Great. Thank you!" She turned around and started to record.

About 30 minutes of basic questions went through before she asked the question that I'm not sure anyone else ever thought about.

"A lot of people have been confused about your guys' age difference, since Vic's 30 and you're not even 20 yet. Does it bother you? Cause any complications? Or?"

"Actually, no. It doesn't bother me at all. His age doesn't make him any less or more of a person."

"What about when he's 40? You'll only be in your 20's! Most would think that they'd be better off with someone closer to their age."

"I wouldn't be better off with any one else, Vic is my everything."

"Aw, well, thank you for letting me interview you guys." She signed off the video and stopped recording.

We went to the bus to get our hoodies, Vic insisted, he didn't want me to get sick.

"It's fine, honestly babe, take it."

"I wasn't even cold. You take it."

"No can do, m'lady."

"Can we just stay in here and cuddle or watch movies or both or something? I haven't been alone with you in so long, only when I'm sleeping. I miss it." I pout

"Whatever you want." He smiled tossing the hoodie. "I missed it too." He placed his hands on the sides of my face and kissed my forehead before walking back to the front of the bus.

"Baby where are you going?"

"I'm going to bring Nick and Hannah this blanket." He said making faces to show he was lying. "I need you to distract Hannah though so I can tell Nick which bunk."

I nod. "Okay."

He turns around and bends down, telling me to climb on his back.

"Please don't fall down these just for me." I held on to his shirt and placed my head on his shoulder, inhaling his shampoo. I didn't want to be the reason of any serious injuries.

"The only thing I'm falling for IS you."

"Nice one, that was smooth."

"Like your legs, holy fuck. I don't even understand."

Vic put me down and gave Hannah the blanket. We exchanged phone numbers while Vic filled Nick in. We said our goodbyes and walked back to the bus singing Bohemian Rhapsody together.

I tripped going up the stairs. "Please dont fall down." Vic said mocking me.

"Shut up."

We went on the bus and Vic went to get bandaids for my little cut.

"Sit on the counter please?"

I did as he asked. "You don't have to do this."

"Ew it could get infected, plus that's a big cut, doesn't it hurt?"

"I'm a mosher, babe. This is nothing."

"Oooooh," he coos "so what you're saying is you like it rough?"

"Basically." I wink.

"Well, tomorrow is my birthday, maybe we could work something out." He smoothed the bandaid down slowly to be sure it wouldn't fall off.

I gently placed my arms around his neck and kissed him.

"I love you."

"I love you too," He put his hands on my waist softly and smiled "the age thing really doesn't matter to you."

"Not a bit, and I don't want anyone but you."

He connects our foreheads and stares into my eyes, mesmerizing me. I see a swirl of emotions, all happy and positive, in his eyes. "I don't want anyone but you." He kissed me. There had been a variety of kisses i'd had in my life. But with Vic none of those were repeated and every kiss we shared was different. They became more and more compassionate and meaningful each time.

I found myself getting lost in those moments we shared. More and more lost, like I was venturing through a thick mirroring forest. Every turn was the same and once you entered, there was no escape. I loved the feeling, the experience, the emotion. It's all that fueled me at this point and there's nothing I could do without it. It keeps me awake at night.

The kiss would only get deeper and deeper with time, which was never expiring and I planned to love this moment forever.

He broke the kiss short enough to whisper to me, "Baby".

I couldn't say anything, still wandering the thick forest I had created in my mind. All I could do was nod.

He squeezed my hips tighter, and lifted me in the air and out of instinct I wrapped my legs around him.

Before I knew it, the inevitable happened.

-time lapse-

We lay there looking in each other's eyes. All I could think was how much I had loved this man, how much I cared. It was so unreal, how I felt, it was something out of a movie.

"Baby?" I whispered.

"Hm?"

"What time is it?"

He grabbed his phone off the end table beside him.

"1:07, why?"

"Aw, it's your birthday. Happy birthday."

He smiled, blushing a little before he kissed my forehead softly.

"Thank you beautiful."

I slid closer to him placing my head on his chest and wrapping my arms around him. He wrapped his arm around me too and I could feel the goosebumps of his bare skin.

A slam came from the bus door, followed by the sound of the familiar voices talking. "Heeeeey! Mikey! It's your brothers birthday! Let's wake him up!"

With that Vic pulled the blanket up more to make sure the back of me was completely covered.

The door to the back room opened slowly and light crept in. Vic pretended to sleep and I did the same.

"Are they naked?" A different voice had whispered.

"Shit, yeah. We'll get him later, let him enjoy his post-sex moment."

Slowly they closed the door again and left. They talked for a while, as did Vic and I, about not doing anything for his birthday, which I constantly refused. Eventually we had decided to go to sleep, and so had they.

•*Someone tweeted me saying that there isn't warped tour in February. I knowwwwwwwww, I just did it for his birthday because I decided that it would help write more so yeah. Here you go.*•