We got through the two California dates so quickly that I wasn't even aware of us being in Seattle until Balz mentioned how rainy the weather was and how we should have all brought umbrellas.
"And look like fags? No thanks." Chris said.
"People already think we're fags." Ryan said.
"Yeah, might as well give in." Balz said, smirking.
Chris shook his head and looked over at Angelo and I. Angelo was busy drawing, not paying attention to them, I on the other hand, was staring off into space and about to be the butt of the jokes.
"Rick, who are you thinking about?" Chris asked.
I didn't answer him so Balz felt it nessecary to throw a pillow at me, hitting me in the side of the head.
"What the fuck, man?!" I said, throwing it back.
"We been trying to get your attention." Balz said.
"He's thinking about Bree." Angelo said.
I sighed. thanks Ange. I thought to myself.
"Bree? That girl we met at Subway that one night?"
"Yes." I said.
"Why?" Ryan asked.
"She called me...she lives here in Seattle...she wants to hang out with us." I said.
"Good, she can let us stay with her so we don't have to sleep in the RV." Balz said.
I didn't say anything. I really didn't want to stay with Bree, especially if she had a boyfriend like she said she did.
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We were finally at the venue. It was an outside venue, luckily, the rain had let up and we would probably be able to get through it before it started storming again.
Kids were already started to show up and everytime they caught a glimpse of one of us, they'd scream for us to come over and take pictures with them and sign things, we did of course, we weren't assholes like most guys in bands who just ignored their fans.
We had the greatest ones, I like to believe, they were always giving us things. Like, today. We hadn't even been there for more then an hour and we were already having to take things back to the RV that the fans had given us.
We had to go into soundcheck now, and people were starting to gather around the stage.
All I heard was;
"Ricky! I love you!"
"Ricky! Marry me!"
"I love you Ricky Horror!"
I just focused on my soundcheck, ignoring the girls, they were really sweet and all but the majority of them were under the age of seventeen. We finished the check and went off stage.
Now we just had to wait for the other bands to preform, we decided to just hang out at the merch table.
My phone went off as soon as I sat down.
are you guys here? it was from Bree.
yeah. we're at our merch table. I sent back.
i'll be over there in about two minutes. she sent back.
So, I was finally going to be able to see Bree for the first time in over five years. I was excited. I wonder if she had changed, or if she still looked as cute as I remembered. I was also wondering if she had brought her boyfriend with her or if she was alone.
I was watching the crowd and then she came into view. I recgonized her because she still had black hair, the only difference was she had blonde in it now and it was longer, down by her breasts.
She was wearing black skinny jeans, and one of those tank tops that a lot of girls were wearing these days, you know the ones with the sides cut out of them that shows their bras? Yeah, one of those. It was, surprisingly, one of our shirts that she remade. I didn't see any sign of a boyfriend with her and I was relieved.
Once some of the fifteen year old girls walked off, Bree walked up. "Hi." I said to her. "Hi." she replied.
I got up and went around to hug her and I heard a huge "AWWWWWWWW!" from the guys. I pulled back and Bree smiled.
"It's so good to see you, Ricky." she said.
"You too." I said.
Balz cleared his throat and we looked at them. "You remember the guys, right?" I asked her.
She nodded. "You guys probably don't remember me though." she said.
"Vaguely." Angelo said.
"Well, you guys really didn't pay attention to me that night in Subway." Bree said, laughing.
I was about to ask her something when some dude called her name. "Bree, there you are." he said, coming up beside her.
I looked the dude up and down. He was around Chris' height, had shoulder length black hair, blue eyes like me, snakebites, a septum, gauges from what I could see, and a lot of tattoos. Totally Bree's type.
"Oh, Ricky, this is my boyfriend, Caleb." she said. "Caleb this is-" she was going to introduce us before the douche cut her off.
"Ricky Horror, I know. I love you guys." Caleb said, looking at me and then the rest of my band.
"Thanks man." Chris said.
I didn't say anything and just sat down beside Angelo again. Bree looked over at me. "So, I'll see you guys after the show?" she asked.
"Sure." Chris said.
Bree and her boyfriend walked off and I sighed. Angelo looked over at me. "I told you he wasn't that good looking." he said, trying to make me feel better.
It wasn't working. I just shrugged and rested my head on my arms. I really wanted today to be over with, seeing Bree with another guy just put my whole mood into a downer.
