Don't Let Me Go - **BOOK TWO** Jaime Preciado

Chapter 4; Only Us.

-Carson-

It was the day after the concert and I was piled in a car with Kellin, Vic, Jaime, Jack, Alex, Tony, and Justin. We had all randomly decided it was a fantastic idea to head to the tattoo parlor and get matching tattoos, I was still completely down for it, but Vic was just observing… we were all getting a music note, somewhere on our bodies. I was going to get mine on my hip, I knew that much.

I was sitting in the passenger seat next to Kellin, who was driving, and the others were squished in the backseat, Vic was stuck sitting on Jaime’s lap which made me laugh like an idiot. We were listening to Nirvana and I was singing along.

The drive to the tattoo place was short and sweet. It only took us about five minutes to get there from my house, only enough time to run through one Nirvana song. Kellin parked the car, and I started reaching for the handle but Kellin stopped me.

“Hang on a second.” He said, jumping out of the car and shutting his door. The other guys climbed out, and I watched confused as Kellin walked around the front of the car and to my door, where he grabbed the handle and held the door open for me to get out. I immediately started blushing like an idiot; I got out of the car slowly hanging my head so that my hair hid the major redness of my face.

The guys were all whispering, and as always I felt one pair of brown eyes stuck to me and every move I made. I lifted my head after a second, hearing my door shut behind me. I smiled at Kellin once he popped up beside me, and we all headed into the tattoo shop to get our tattoos done.

I walked through the door first and got greeted by a girl with hot pink hair, her skin was covered with tattoos, and she had several piercings in her skin. She had a nose ring, at least three lip piercings, and her entire right ear was covered in silver rings.

“How can I help you guys?” She asked, her voice surprisingly coming out sweet and innocent sounding.

“Um, we’re all getting matching tattoos, excluding this guy though.” Kellin told her, pointing to Vic to show that he wasn’t getting a tattoo.

“Alright, so what are you all getting so that I can get it sketched up.” The Girl asked, and I immediately pulled y phone out pulling up the picture and handing it to the girl. She thanked me and led us all to a room in the back where our tattoos would be done.

I decided to go first, sitting down on the chair and pulling my shirt up over my belly button. It only took the girl a few minutes to get them all sketched up, and she came back into the room returning my phone to me, and preparing to do my tattoo.

“So where do you want it?” She asked me holding the outline.

“I want it right here, on my right hip.” I said pointing to the spot, where I wanted the tattoo. She nodded and put the stencil over my skin, rubbing it so that the ink would stick to my skin. It wasn’t long before she grabbed the tattoo gun and I felt the all too familiar pain of the needle buzzing against my skin.

“Your face is priceless right now.” Vic laughed; I smiled flicking him off and rolling my eyes. He was getting way too big a kick out of this.

“You know, one day when you decide to get your first tattoo, I’m gonna be there and I’m gonna laugh in your fucking face once you realize how much they actually hurt.” I said smiling at Vic, who just shrugged his shoulders and sat down on Tony’s lap. Kellin was standing next to me, watching the lady tattooing my skin very carefully, it almost made me laugh, the guy was so serious about his tattoos.

The tattoo was fairly big, and it took up about three quarters of the space between my belly button and hip. The only difference was I added a slight angle to mine, where as the guys were all getting theirs straight.