I Guess We'll Never Know (adopted by fob)✔

Thirty-Eight

"Liz? As in Elizabeth Denisse Morgenstern?" I knew that name so well. This is the woman who gave me up for adoption. I felt tears rise to my eyes and I stepped away from the door. "Baby give Momma a hug." "You're not my mom. You will never be my mom. You gave me up and if you think that you will get me back, you have another thing coming." "Tyler please." "What're you doing here?" "I heard you were adopted by your dad and I wanted to see if he is treating you right." "He's treating me just fine. You have no right to come here and act like a mother again. I want you to leave Elizabeth." She winced when I used her full name. "I just wanted to see you, not take you away." "You've seen me, now leave." She sighed and turned away, walking away from the house. "Ty?" "Leave it alone. My band will be here in a few minutes." I walked to my bedroom and collapsed onto my bed. What in the actual fuck just happened? I got up and got dressed, put in my piercings and stuck a beanie over my faded hair.

"TY!" I ran upstairs and ran into my friends' arms. "Woah woah what happened?" "I'll explain later." "Who does what in the band?" "I'm the vocalist, Jake is my backup vocalist and guitarist, AJ is my drummer, and Max is my bassist." "The band name?" "When Romance Dies." Falling In Reverse looked impressed with us. "Ty we need to practice. I wanted to add a verse to the song." "Alrighty. Well the only place we can practice is the studio and that's being occupied, so let's go to my room." "Ty!" I turned my attention to Pete. "Can I talk to you for a second?" Max looked worried, but I smiled in reassurance. "What's up?" "I see the way that Jake kid looks at you. Is he like Oliver in anyway?" I shook my head and spared a glance at the slightly older boy. My eye caught his and he smiled at me. "Not at all. He's very patient and trusting. I promise that if he does anything, you'd be the first to know." Pete nodded and sent me back to my friends.

"Since when did Pete start acting like a human?" "This morning. He apologized and I forgave him. My mom showed up this morning." AJ, who knew the full story, gave me a surprised look. "She just wanted to know if Pete Is treating me right. I told her to leave and never come back." I looked at my hands, my stomach doing flops. "If she ever tries taking you away, she has another thing coming." I smiled at AJ and turned toward Jake. "What did you want to add to the song?" His face lit up and he pulled a small notebook out of his jacket pocket. He flipped to a page and showed it to me. Max saw it and started laughing. "Ty will you be my girlfriend? You cheesy fuck. Of course." Jake pressed his lips to mine quickly and I smiled. "Let's practice, if Pete doesn't hear anything soon, he'll think we're having a silent foursome."

"That was good. AJ you're slightly off beat, just a smidge and Max I need you to put more feeling into it. Like really pull down on the strings. Jake your voice was slightly sharp and you're guitar is slightly out of tune. I need to work on my breathing pattern. Other than those few things we're pretty good." "You sound just like Alex." I turned to see Jack and Zack standing on the stairs. "You mean like an asshole or just a perfectionist?" "Perfectionist." My band muttered in agreement. "I know I'm perfectionist, but I heard that there are some labels here looking for people. If you want me to loosen, I will." "We don't want you to loosen up. Ty you're doing perfectly fine. You don't do it in a suffocating kind of way. You work with each of us to make sure we get our part down. You're the reason this band is becoming a great thing and we couldn't be happier and prouder of you."