Amaranthine ✿ | Ryden

IV.

"God, not you!"

"I'll pretend that I didn't hear that."

"What do you want, Pete?"

"Some really messed up shit is going on."

"You have no idea."Spencer mumbled to himself, carefully glancing behind to see Brendon sitting awkwardly at the couch. Pete told him something but Spencer was too busy thinking about Brendon, Brendon s actually, to pay attention."Excuse me, what?"

"Remember the Phoenix?"

"Pete, this isn't the right time."

"Do you?"Pete insisted.

"Yeah, one of my favorites from your album."

"No, I mean, do you remember the music video? Patrick's hand being chopped off? The suitcase?"

"You not freaking out when someone sent you a hand?"

"Well, I'm freaking out right now."

Spencer stopped himself from saying anything. Out of instinct, he looked at the most abnormal thing in the room. Brendon shifted uncomfortably from his position after the many times Spencer had stared at him as if he was a problem. He was in a way, it would be foolish for Spencer to claim otherwise, but that did not mean it was his fault. Brendon did a lot of stupid things but accidentally traveling to the future was not one of them.

"What do you mean? What happened?"

"We had a meeting with the band today about the third song of MANIA--"

"Don't spoil anything man!"

"And Patrick didn't show up."Pete said ignoring him"So I called him because Patrick is never late. Like never. You know who's late? Me. I was late and he was even later. Is that even a phrase? I don't really care."

"Get to the point."

"We tried calling him and he didn't answer, so we figured we should drop by his house. Then we opened the door to leave and found a suitcase."

"Did you call me to tell me that Fall Out Boy is breaking up again?"if that was the case, Spencer wouldn't be able to handle it. He had been through enough for the day, he couldn't deal with music drama too. Let alone Pete who was the the very definition of drama.

"Stick with me, Spence, a fucking suitcase and you know what I found inside?"

"Money?"

"No a stupid piece of paper and Patrick's hand!"

"What? Holy shit! Did you call the police?"Spencer yelled. Apparently time travel was no longer his top priority.

"Not his real hand, you idiot, the hand we used for that video."

"So?"

"So, Patrick had kept it and now somebody sent it to us. And, oh yeah, we can't find him!"Spencer couldn't resist sighing in relief. For a brief moment, he actually thought that they had found Patrick's hand in a suitcase."The guys called the cops but they say that it's not a serious case. I'm really worried. Is Brendon there?"

"Yes. Wait no."Spencer replied looking at Brendon with uncertainty"Look I sort of have a very crazy theory, could you come to Brendon's house? Bring Andy and Joe too."

"I'm not sure if this is a good--"

"It's important."Spencer cut him off?"It will all make sense later, just trust me."and with that he hung up. Brendon raised an eyebrow confused. Spencer couldn't really blame him, he was equally confused, but a thought had dawned upon him. First, young Brendon came here. Then, the normal Brendon disappeared and now Patrick is also missing out of the blue. These events couldn't be unrelated, could they?

"What happened?"

"Patrick's missing."Spencer explained"The guys are coming over too."

"The guys as in...."

"Pete, Joe and Andy."Spencer told him watching his face slightly drop. Spencer thought this situation would be difficult for this Brendon, he wasn't used to this new reality. He wasn't used to Spencer being so serious or to Ryan and Jon missing. Spencer didn't even want to imagine how he felt.

"How much time do we have until they come here?"

"Um, about one hour."

"I know it's stupid but could you,"Brendon didn't finish the sentence. Spencer didn't want him to finish. Instead he smiled sweetly and grabbed his phone before sitting next to Brendon.

"I don't think I should show you, though, might mess up the timelines."

"I just need to know if I'm happy."

Without him, Spencer thinks and tries to hide any emotion. Any sign of pity. Brendon always hated when they pitied him."You are."

"I can lie very well,"Brendon whispers"please."

Spencer nods and starts showing him every happy moment in Brendon's life. He shows him his wedding video, the many awards he won all by himself and some clips from the tour. Brendon smiles. If they are to mess up the timelines, it's worth it.