Everything She Was (Sequel to After everything We've Been Through )

The Song You Never Heard

Jack's POV

You know the feeling as if you know something isn't right and what you thought happend didn't actually. The lady at mall has been playing on my mind, I had  a quick look at her and heard her voice. She reminded me so much of Bella maybe to much. I tried telling Bailey it wasn't her, I'm trying to tell myself that to, but I'm not sure how much longer I can believe it, or if I believed it in the first place . It's been awhile since the whole thing happened but it's just stuck and can't seem to shake it off, maybe after all these years bella isn't actually dead, she could have been hiding in plane sight, we just didn't look hard enough. 

Everyone thought Alice was dead but  turned out she wasn't, so someone who is dead could really be alive.

As hard as it is to say this, I hope Bella is dead and not hiding, I wouldn't have wanted to go through all the shit I've been through for nothing and how bailey has started to feel also. She started going down the same road as what Bella did but we stopped her, there's so much you still don't know about the 10 ten years since she's been gone, when Bella first died, I formed a drinking problem, I put all my pain and sorrow into the hard liquor, that burned the back of my throat for four long years, I wasn't the Jack Avery anyone knew or loved. I wasn't a very good father or romodel  for Bailey or for the band.

I started going down the same road  as Bella, but what made turn back was not only Bailey but Daniel also, he said Bella wouldn't have wanted this for me or Bailey and that she wouldn't have done what she did. If she didn't feel that she was leaving, b in the hands of someone she trust, loves and cared for. I believe him  because Danny knew Bella better then anyone, knowing that you can not trust what he had to say. I miss Bella  I really do, I want to hold her in my arms, kiss her lips and hear her voice again and wouldn't want anything more for Bailey to have her mother back. But it's just best if she isn't alive no matter how much I we all miss her.

I'm not sure we this all came about but I was just sitting down and thinking, that's all I seem to be doing is thinking. I walk into the home studio and hear  Bailey singing her heart out but there's someone else singing with her, It's Eli, there doing a duet . Something Bailey and I never did together. I stand at the door listening, you can tell bailey's glowing just from the sound of her voice, that she doesn't want the moment to end that there both singing together and I don't want it to end either, there  magic together when they sing. Eli makes Bailey the happiest I've ever seen her, Autumn hates him but I couldn't like more, it's not because Corbyn is his father, it's because of who he is, his well mannered , treats Bailey really well, his just over all something that I want Bailey to have in a boyfriend. I don't understand why Autumn doesn't like him, when his done nothing wrong, she try's to hard at being a step mum, I really don't want to call her that either for Bailey, no one can replace Bella.

The last lyric of the song really got me when I heard it, it was I will,erase your scars, they were singing  the song I wrote for Bella. It's the song you guys never heard or learned the lyrics of, but like everything Bailey found it.

I walk into the studio to have B look at me.

"You guys sound great "

"Thanks, I found your song, I liked it so I was why not give it a go"

"I wrote that song for your mum, when she felt like the weight of the world, was pushing her down. The song obviously didn't work but it's still a great song"

"It's okay dad, you tried,you all did" she says sincerely. I say goodbye to them both and walk into the kitchen.

Bailey's POV

"What was that all about ?"

"He still blames himself for her death, I blame myself for it to, if I were never born I wouldn't have been shot, meaning I would have never been in a coma causing my mum to kill herself . It's my fault really " Eli just wraps me in his arms telling me it isn't my fault, but I know it is, I can't tell myself it isn't because it's not true. I wish I had one good day for once, not everything coming back to her.

"Why don't we go for walk or a run"

"Can we go to the Hollywood sign and can Mckenzie come to if she wants ?"

"Yeah I'll go get changed and I'll ask her " he gets up and walks over to his house, as I run  up to my room, put on leggings, a sports bra and a crop jumper with my hair in a messy bun and black Nike runners. I wipe off the light layer of foundation, mascara and highlighter so my face is completely bare. I don't normally wear make up but I woke up today and felt like it, once I'm ready I go into the kitchen and get three bottles of water out for us, cause I know Eli will forget his and I put lemon into mine but not for Eli cause he doesn't like it. They both walk through my front door and sit at the island.

"You dyed your hair " I say surprised when I see Mckenzie.

"Yeah the blonde was boring me so I was like to mum I wanna dye my hair black, and I did "

"Well it looks great "

"Thank you and are we ready to go ?"

"Yeah"

An hour past and we're at the Hollywood sign and have been for a little bit, we all are sat down talking when I see Zach and Ella walking towards us. They both sit down on either side of us and start up a conversation.

"What are you guys doing here ?" They both ask

"Come to clear my head"

"There's more to the story B, you can open up to us"

" you might not believe this but I can't open up to people so easily "

"You open up to Eli like it's no tomorrow "

"I know I do zach, but Eli's different, his always been there and saw through the act I was pulling, he broke down my walls. It's not because his my boyfriend but I feel different when I talk to him, all the pain fades away and I'm who I want to be"

"I just got you to open up Bailey, it isn't that hard "

"I hate you baby face " I laugh.

"I get that a lot, it's nothing new"

"You all seem to come to me in a time of need, like you all know something's wrong, your minds are connected you always know what the other is thinking"

"That's what you get when your in a band for 8 years,   And your already so much alike"

"I appreciate that but some battles I have to face alone"

"In every battle you needs to know your never alone, there will laws be people fighting for you, even when there not with you, just like your mum she is fighting right beside you "

"Age has brought all of you some wisdom, "

I know this seems to happen a lot but there trying to teach me life lessons, prepare me for the scary thing we call the real world, but I'm already exposed to it. Can't keep me in my protective bubble forever, it popped ages ago but it's okay, I had to wake up at one point.