One Shots- Lynn Gunn

Battle Of The Bands

~Charlotte~

A few months ago my music teacher got me and my band mates to sign up for a "Battle Of The Bands" contest where the winner would get to play a small set at Warped Tour. At first I was unsure whether to take part or not, but here we are- we're at the final. The competition is between mine and my brother's band "Heart Of The Corrupted", and this band called "PVRIS". "PVRIS" consisted of three people- a short, muscular man with freckles smothered all over his face (Brian), a much taller man with lovely blue eyes (Alex) and Lynn. Lynn is rather tall for a female, she has these piercing green eyes that are recognizable from a far, and had chocolate brown hair that flowed all the way down her back with the ends resting against her tail bone. Something about Lynn made me feel weird. Not a bad weird- but a good one. I don't know what she made me feel though.

Basically for the whole summer we had been touring with all of these bands from all around America. Each venue we performed at one band would be eliminated based on how many cheers each band got. I got to know a lot about these bands, you know after spending so much time with them, so it was always disheartening to see which bands were getting kicked off. I do have to admit though, PVRIS are my favorite out of all of them so I'm glad they made it to the final. They are all kind and genuine people, and it's also a little funny seeing all of them before they perform. Lynn is always running around looking for Brian, and Alex is always talking to himself to calm himself down. Even though their band may be a mess backstage, onstage they totally kill it! Honestly I wouldn't mind if they beat us.

There's about 20 minutes before the show begins. Only me and Lynn are in the green room waiting, who knows where the boys could be? Lynn is sitting on the couch so I join her by sitting on one of the arm rests.
"Hey Lynn, how you doing?"
She seems zoned out but snaps back to reality once I get her attention.
"Oh, I guess I'm fine. I'm just super nervous."
I placed my hand on her shoulder and rub circles on it.
"Don't be. You guys totally kill it every time! There's nothing to worry about."
"As much as I appreciate that Charlotte, I don't think so."
"Lynn. If you were that bad, would you even be in the final competition? Trust me, you are amazing and super talented. You got this!"
Lynn looked me in the eyes and smiled, sending shivers down my spine. I was starting to get that good weird feeling again.
"What if we do win though, what will happen to you and your brother?."
"Whatever happens, happens, Lynn. But good luck to you and the boys!"
Lynn stands up to give me a hug. She then leans out of the hug, still gripping my shoulders, and she slowly brings her head towards mine and begins to kiss me. I felt like a bomb had gone off in my core, sparks flying around everywhere. Oh my god. I was in love with Lynn. She stops the kiss as I look at her all startled.
"I'm sorry. I probably shouldn't have done that."
"No Lynn- it's fine. I love you."
"I love you too."
"Come here."
I invite her in to kiss me again. More explosions went off within me as her soft full lips moved against mine. We break the kiss and just smile at each other in glee.
"I'm going to miss you Charlotte."
"I'm going to miss you too."
A few moments later the rest of the boys walk in.
"Girls? It's showtime! Let's go out there and do this!"
We all huddled, cheered and wished each other good luck before heading out to side stage.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, we have the results. Drumroll please. The winners of this year's "Battle Of The Bands", and the band that will be performing at Warped Tour is............................ PVRIS! Congratulations gang. But- that's not all. Our runners up will get to open for PVRIS at Warped Tour!"
I gasp in shock once I heard that we were all going to perform at Warped Tour. I was incredibly happy for PVRIS before I even knew we get to tour alongside them. I sprint up to Lynn and give her the biggest hug! I squeeze her and lift her up and spin her around, even though I'm much shorter than her I'm stronger than her.
"Yay Charlotte, we still get to perform together! Congrats!"
"Congrats to you too, my love!"