I Sleep Better Next To You

Chapter Six

Vic's P.O.V:

I stepped off the tour bus feeling the warm summer sun hit my body. I had on skinny jeans and a green tank top but it was still way to hot due to the fact that it was the first day of warped tour. Kellin on the other hand is going through withdrawals and he didn't want to be seen/noticed by any old fans so he had on sunglasses, my large sweatshirt with the hood drawn up and his hair pulled back into a bun, paired with black skinny jeans and black toms. The guys were already there at the stage warming up, I was late due to helping Kellin do normal tasks that were hard for him due to being seriously shaky and constantly vomiting. We made our way over to the stage having to stop a few times to let Kellin Vomit. When we were behind the stage we kept getting double takes, well Kellin did mostly because people still didn't know he was back and he wanted it that way. His hood fell down during one of the times he was throwing up so he was easily noticed and people were extremely shocked at the state he was in. I put him in a corner and put his hood and sunglasses back on him so he wouldn't be that noticeable if any fans looked at him. Then I went over to talk to the stage crew and told them to watch him and to not talk to anyone about him being there. They thankfully agreed.

We played a decent show but I just couldn't get into it. I kept thinking about Kellin. Mike must have noticed my absent behavior and while we were taking a small break, switching guitars and Jamie was telling a story about Turtle to our fans Mike came over and talked to me. "Vic I know you have a lot on your mind with Kellin and all but we need you to be present and active." He put his hand on my shoulder squeezing it and I nodded to him in response. No matter how hard I tried I could not shake this thought, there was this one song I use to warm up my vocals before shows. It described Kellin perfectly. Maybe is I played it for Kellin k it might help him open up to me and tell me what's been going on. Not now though, I thought. I have to talk to the guys and a certain someone first. We finished the set with a couple new songs: Floral and Fading and Circles. The crowd went crazy, begging us to do at least one more song but sadly due to warped time restrictions we couldn't. I went over and grabbed Kellin pulling him up to his feet, a bit too fast though because he immediately vomited into a bag that someone must have given him. Once he was done we headed back to the bus, I laid him down on the cough and headed to the back to talk to the guys. I told them about my idea and they loved it. We decided to talk to Braden about it and play it at one of our upcoming shows. We had a interview next however, I couldn't leave Kellin alone and there was no way in hell I could take in into the press area without him being noticed. So I decided to stay and told they guys to tell them I wasn't feeling well and I was sorry I couldn't make it.

It had been about twenty minutes since the guys left and I was in the back watching Lord Of The Rings when I heard a bunch of banging. I got up and carefully walked towards the front of the bus with a baseball bat in my hands ready to swing. When I saw what was really going on I carefully put it down. There standing in the kitchen was Kellin going through the cabinets pulling everything out. Desperately searching for something. "Kellin what are you doing?!?!" I said trying so hard to stay calm, it was hard considering everything we own had been thrown onto the floor in a pile. That's when he turned around charging for me, arms flailing everywhere and him yelling " WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO WITH IT?!?!" I took a step back trying to calm him down, but it failed miserably. I looked down then up quickly, everything was a blur as his fist connected with my eye and I fell back.