A blessing in disguise

Twenty Three

I woke up late and headed directly to sound check. Thankfully the bus was parked behind the venue today, so no rude encounters with fans today. I sat behind the merch booth display so no one could see me, expect Dillon who was standing behind the table with me. The boy's were meeting the 75 fans with VIP tickets. They got the usual gifts, socks, stuffed animals, and scrapbooks. This one girl in particular was carrying a black bag. When she got up to meet the boy's she specifically handed it to Zach.

"Woah! This must of cost you a fortion, thank you so much." Zach said to her.

They hugged and took the picture.

As soon as the meet and greet was over Zach dug into the bag and pulled out a wine bottle. I was extremely uneasy that he was drinking again because when Zach drinks he's out of control. Zach went backstage and quickly returned with a bottle opener. He finished the first bottle in 10 minutes. I can already tell that this night was going downhill when Zach asked if we could film ourselves dry humping. At that point I walked away and hid in the lounge under the venue.

The show was awful. Zach forgot lyrics, slurred his words, and stripped down to his boxers. The fans didn't seem to mind, but I sure did. At the end of the set Zach started to ramble on and at one point he called me on stage because he wanted to make out. I would never make out in front of all of the fans, so I shook my head at him. When I didn't cooperate he stormed over to me and grabbed my arm. He began to drag me on stage. My foot caught on a wire and I face planted into the stage. Zach made comments about how embarrassing I was and tried to grab me again. Before I knew it I was being lifted into the air. It was Cameron who came my rescue again. He held me in the bridal position and carried me off stage.

The rest of the band was already on the bus. Everyone tried to comfort me, but I honestly only wanted to be around Cameron. A group of fans formed outside of the bus, so Cameron and Mikey went out to go meet them. Dillon kept me company, but he could tell that I wasn't in the talking mood.

All of the sudden fans broke out into a huge commotion. There was yelling and screaming, people we going wild. I looked out the window and saw Zach making out with a girl. They were giving each other a tongue bath. Zach stuck his hand up her shirt and began sucking on her neck. She stuck her hand down his pants. I back away from the window and ran down the hall. I locked myself in the back lounge and fell on the bed.

I cried myself to sleep that night because Zach broke my heart.