What I Need

Unquiet Riot

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"

I screamed, waking up to the screams of Seb, smiling over my face.

"Wake up, sneaky stuff. "

"Geez man, you scared the fudge out of me. So that's my official nickname huh?"

"Yep, we're in NC."

"Will we be able to go to the beach this time? "

"We'll see, sneak...y."

I giggled and looked at Bailey making awkward conversation with Joey and I saw Max sitting at the table near mine.

"Hey, Max how's it hanging? "

"Oh great, I've been texting Michelle lately. "

"Oh that's great, uh loving the hairdo it looks smexy pushed back. "

"Smexy? Thanks. "

"Oh uh I meant messy and sexy but, uh yeah smexy I guess. "

"Smexy! " Seb shouted.

"Smeeeexy, " Cole smoothed out.

"Smex. " Joey said.

I became a meme, just like that. I looked outside and saw Raleigh, North Carolina and how the sun shines against the skyscrapers, what interesting stores and shops we're around, people walking around and having fun and taking all of that in at once. I couldn't help but smile, no wonder why the boys love to tour so much.

"Oh, boys, where did you all want to hit up first? A mall? Beach? Walk around the city?"

"We're too inland for the beach, Sneak, " Cole said, "We're probably just going straight to the venue, "

"C'mon, " Seb protested, "Let's walk around the city a little. "

"Alright, Seb, I guess we have the time."

We did walk around the city. It was boring. The shops that looked interesting we're not interesting at all and the only thing that stopped it from being completely boring was Joey who had messed with Max, as usual. He kept blowing in the back of his head until he snapped.

"Stop, stop, stop it stop! I can't take this, seriously stop! " Seb bent over laughing, and said to Joey,

"Ooh, Max's face is getting red, I think you should sto... do it seems more! "

"It's great you're abusing Max like this," Jamie smiled.

"Don't encourage him! "

"dOn'T eNcOuRaGe hIm, " Seb mocked.

Joey then blew the back of Max's head some more, until he snapped and tried to tackle Joey but Joey stepped out of the way and he landed on the ground. All of us, including strangers, laughed at him and his pain.

A few hours later, we had everything set up for the show, and I watched as the boys did last minute rituals and preparations backstage.

"You boys ready to rock?"

"Always, Sneak," Cole said.

"Good luck Joey Ramone," Bailey said to Joey, leading to Joey giving him a smile and nod. We followed them until they went onstage and I asked,

"So that's your nickname for him? "

"Yeah, well knowing his dad, that's probably why he named him that."

"I guess, I always assumed it was because his middle name was Joe but it could be both."

The boys were playing a good set and the crowd was wild, they were moshing really hard in the center. I was dancing for three songs straight until the third song played. Then things took a turn for the worst when I heard a girl scream at the top of her lungs in terror in the middle of the song. I peeked and saw a group of people fall on a girl and Cole had to say, "Whoa whoa whoa, boys stop for a moment. Hey is that girl okay? "

She got up and put her thumbs up high.

"Okay, guys we have got to have safe fun, not get too crazy, and respect women in the pit. Alright, okay. "

Everything was peachy again and the played the song. Bailey and I danced and danced with the music but at the end of the show, there was a fight in the pit.

"I'll kick the crap out of you!"

Cole had to step in again in the beginning of a slow song to say, "Stop... Stop fighting."

Security rushed into the pit to try and stop it and it seemed handled until security was brought down too. Two people in the crowd ran to the stage and one tackled Max but Joey rushed to get him off but the guy punched Joey in the face shouting, "Screw off, prick!"

"Ramone! " Bailey, Jamie, and Nick ran to rescue Joey but the second one close lined Bailey. I did run for one of them but they both ran back around the outskirts of the crowd dodging security. Cole stepped in saying to the crowd,

"Hey, get those guys!"

Security ran after them again and tried to get them but they disappeared somewhere in the crowd or out of the venue.

"Alright, are they gone. Okay well, I won't perform if people keep assaulting people but that guy won't stop us from rocking, right! "

The crowd woo'd, SWMRS played again, and Bailey and I went back behind the curtain.

"God, are you okay Bail?"

"Ugh, I guess. I can't believe that guy would just run up and assault someone. Who does he think he is? Messing with my Joey? "

"Your Joey? Have you even told him yet? "

"Well, uh, no but, you know what I mean!"

I rolled my eyes and smiled and resumed watching the show, hopeful that nothing else would happen. I was too hopeful. Everything went smoothly two more songs in, until after they played but then all we heard was, "Fire!"

I was hoping someone was joking but I saw others scream and start to run to the emergency exit. People were falling, being tripping, and I was hoping nobody would be trampled. Someone pulled the fire alarm and sprinklers went off too. I saw a security guard running towards the fire with an extinguisher and the light from the flames died down showing that it might be subdued. Cole grabbed the mic and said, "Everyone remains calm, please be courteous to others."

At the least, I tried to help those up that fell, but more than half of the building was cleared. I went over to where the fire started, dodging those who were still running and I saw the place where the fire started and studied how it spread through the hallway, blackening and burning everything in its path but was stopped by the security guard with the fire extinguisher. "Oh my god, this is awful. Thank you so much for helping everyone. Will the fire department come? "

"Probably, but I bet it was that hooligan the rushed the stage."

I went back to the stage seeing everyone gone except for SWMRS and Bailey still on the stage.

"Everything is okay, the fire is out. "

"Thank God," Cole said, "This was a bust, let's just go. "

I couldn't agree more.