It's Complicated

Chapter 6

It had officially been a week since Warped Tour had started, and within that time I discovered that we were in fact in America. I didn't really hang around anyone besides the boys and maybe sometimes the OM&M guys. Most of the other bands seemed to already have found their little cliques within the first few days. Me being the new girl a lot of people had said hi but nothing more. To be honest, this was pretty boring. All I've done is sit on a bus and listen to the same songs being played almost everyday, see the same old people and well, I was bored.

"HEY BEN." I shouted across the lot.

(The boys had gone to visit some people and drink)

"YEAH SIS?" He yelled back.

"I WANT TO DYE MY HAIR."

"FINE BY ME. TAKE JAMES WITH YOU."

As if on cue James starts walking towards me with a big stupid grin on his face.

"So, are we ready to go my ladyyyyy?" James said to me in a posh accent as he approached me.

"We certainly are." I said back in the same way.

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"Wow. You look so... so..." James stuttered.

"Fabulous?" I asked while flipping my new bright blonde, almost white, hair over my shoulder.

"Oh yes of course." He replied in a sarcastic tone.

We just laughed and walked out of the hair place in a nice silence. We walked passed numerous shops but none of them caught my interest. Until we came towards the end of the strip kind of place, there was a shop on the corner that had a huge bright neon sign that read 'TATTOOS' I looked over to James with a michevious grin.

"Your brother would kill me."

"Who said it had to be your idea?" I winked at him and entered the shop.

There was a very unprofessional young looking girl sitting at the counter. She seemed to be too caught up in her phone to even notice that we walked in. I skipped towards the counter full of excitement.

"Do you have any open appointments today?" I asked her full of excitement.

She finally decided to look up from her iPhone and glared at me. She said nothing but just opened up a sort of notebook/planner.

"We can take you right now." She said in a snappy tone.

"Okay then..." I said as my voice trailed off.

All of the sudden a.. nicer looking guy came out of the back and motioned me to come with him. I followed him into one of the room type things with James trailing close behind.

"Have you thought of what you wanted to get?" He asked with a kind smile.

"Well I was thinking..."

**A few hours later**

"IT LOOKS AMAZING!!!" I screamed as I stood in front of the mirror admiring my new tattoo.

I decided to get my entire side done. Since it was my first tattoo I decided to make it big. My entire right side from just below my armpit all the way down to my hipbone was almost covered. The dark roses trailed over my ribcage and my stomach. They were all connected by a dark vine type thing. I've been wanting to get something like this done for... for about 5 years... My smile suddenly faded as I remembered why I decided this is the first place. But I put a smile back onto my face hoping James wouldn't notice. He was worse than my brother sometimes I swear...

"Thank you thank you thank you!" I said to Jake, the tattoo artist.

He was a tall skinny guy who had tattoos covering almost all of his body. Even in this scorching heat he still wore a beanie onto of his fluffy looking dark brown hair that went to the side in a nice wave. He also wore black skinny jeans with a cut off Pierce The Veil shirt. He looked no older than 19.

"Anytime." He smiled at me.

That smile could cause world peace. I just smiled back and stuck my tongue out at him. He just looked at the ground and laughed while scratching the back of his neck. We paid for the tattoo but it was then that I realized I was only in a sports bra, and I had been  a rather tight shirt before this. I looked at James and he knew what I was thinking.

"Oh, uh I guess you'll need a better shirt.." Jake said cutting in.

"Umm yeah I do.." I said looking at the ground.

He walked into the back and came out carrying what looked like an Asking Alexandria cut off.

"I knew who you were the instant I saw you, I'm quite a big fan." Jake said smiling at James while handing me the shirt.

"Oh, really? What time do you get off?" James asked him.

"Uh right now actually..." Jake replied confused.

"Come to the show!! Come back with us. We'll get you in for free." I said catching onto what James was getting at.

"Are you serious?!?! You mean like, I can meet the rest of the band?" Jake said trying not to fangirl.

"Of course! You could stand side stage with me. Then maybe come onto the bus with us after if you'd like." I said with a big smile.

"I would love to! Let me just go get my stuff." Jake replied.

He ran into the back room and I put my shirt on. As me and James waited for Jake,who was taking an unusually long amount of time, James asked me what my tattoo meant.

"Umm well... It uhh... I had a best friend in the fourth grade and his name was Caleb. We stayed friends all through elementary school and middle school and high school. He didn't have the best life. With him being openly gay he got a lot of shit for it everyday. It seemed like it didn't bother him but it really piled up. His parents.. Well more like his dad, his mom died when he was seven, anyway his dad absolutely hated him. He believed he was a disgrace and a faggot... Most days he'd come to my place and he'd hang out with me and Ben. My parents loved him like their own son. They actually considered adopting him... But before they could.. umm there was an accident." At this point I was almost whispering and trying not to cry. "Umm the.. the day before the accident we were sitting in English class, which was both of our favorites and he was drawing black roses on my notebook and on my hand.. I asked him why and he told me.. 'We're these roses. The rejected, neglected and denied.. But yet we're together.. So it's okay,' and yeah yeah I know it's dumb but, it meant something... Then the next morning I get a call at 3am.. It was an unknown number but I answered it anyway. It was a police officer.. she umm.. she told me that Caleb had been in a car accident.. She said he was drunk.. I asked her what the point was to call me.. Why it couldn't wait until morning.. But that's when I realized that.. That he didn't make it.. I hung up the phone.." By this time I was sobbing. " I- I collapsed and fell onto the floor and Ben came into my room and I told him.. He cried with me.. I felt so empty and alone." I looked James straight in the face. "He was my best friend."

He pulled me into a hug being cautious of my tattoo that was wrapped up.

"I'm so sorry." James mumbled into my hair.

"It's alright. He's finally at peace." I said collecting myself.

Finally Jake walked out.

"Leggooooo!!!" He shouted.

I just laughed and linked arms with James. I hope this kid sticks around.

HOLLYYYYYY HELLLL. It's been awhile haha. Sorry bout that... Hope you like this chapter! I'll be updating very soon!