The End Of All Things // B.U

The Time I Spend Christmas With My New Family

Brendon ran into my room and jumped onto my bed. "Merry Christmas!" He exclaimed. I shot up in bed and he laughed. "Come on. Sarah made pancakes." I got up and followed him downstairs where Sarah was making pancakes.

"Merry Christmas Sarah." I greeted as I sat at the breakfast bar.

"Merry Christmas Ava." She replied handing Brendon and I a plate of pancakes each. We all ate then started opening presents. "I think Brendon should open our presents first."

"I agree. I'll get them." I walked over to the tree and picked up only a few of the presents with Brendon's name on. I handed them to him and he started opening them.

Time skip
It was time for me to open my presents so Brendon handed some to me. I started opening the last one when someone knocked on the door. "I'll get it." I said standing up. I walked over and opened it to see the entirety of Dead Roses and Saints n Sinners and the rest of Panic and FOB and TØP plus their wives/girlfriends and Nicole's boyfriend. "Hi guys. Come in." I moved out the way of the door so everyone could come in. Closing the door behind them, I took my place in the floor in between Brendon, and now Kayla, and finished opening the present. It was a record player. I've been asking for one for ages. "Thank you so much! I love it!"

"No problem princess." He replied hugging me. Everyone else handed their presents to each other. It was so fun seeing everyone's happy reactions. It felt like when Kayla and I would spend Christmas at Zoe and Jake's.

"Hey Zoey. Open mine." I handed her the thinly wrapped present and she opened it.

"No way. Really Ava? How did you find it?" She asked.

"I know a guy, and that guy is Brendon." I replied.

"Thank you!" She stood up and we hugged.

"Ava open mine." Kayla added.

"Okay." I replied. She handed me the envelope first and I opened it. "Kayla! YUNGBLUD tickets! You know how long I've wanted to see him."

"Not just that but you get to meet him and me, you, Jack, Harley and Zoey get a private show. Curtesy of Mike."

"Thank you!" I hugged her arm and she handed me the gift bag. It was quite big and full of stuff. The first thing I pulled out was like a collage of frames wrapped in tissue. I took the tissue off and it was a bunch of photos and her and I. "This is adorable." I looked at them and most of them were either Snapchat selfies, Instagram pics or musical pictures. "I love it. Thanks Kayla." I handed it to her so it wouldn't break and got the last thing out the bag. "Kayla. You got me a serpent jacket. I've been wanting one for ages. How did you get it? They're sold out everywhere."

"Thanks to Jack's hot topic addiction we went to loads of hot topics in New York and I found it and the last one was in your size." I hugged her tight and she hugged me back.

"Thank you!"

"I thought it would be cute since." She stood up, walked behind the couch and grabbed her blue and yellow varsity jacket. "I have a bulldogs jacket. We're technically twinning."

"Thanks again Kayla."

"No problem."

"Okay so the rest of us didn't know what to get you so we asked Brendon and he said he was getting you a record player so we got you a lot of records." Nicole announced. "And by a lot we mean that all the rest of the bags are filled with records."

"Thank you! Oh, yeah, Harley. We got you a present. It's from Brendon, Sarah and I. Dad should I go get it?" I asked.

"Yeah. I'll come with you." Brendon added. We went into the studio and got the wrapped up guitar case. I carried inside and put it in front of Harley. He ripped of one line and saw the fender logo then put it down and hugged me.

"You haven't even opened it fully yet." He ripped the paper off and opened the case. He stood there staring at it in awe then hugged me even tighter.

"Thank you so much. I love it. Thank you."

"It's no problem."

"It really is. This is huge. It's nothing compared to what I got you."

"What did you get me?"

"It's still in the car because it was too big. I'll go get it." He grabbed the keys off his dad and went to the car. He came back in with a giant Eeyore teddy bear.

"No way! You found it!" He handed it to me and I hugged him again. "Thank you."

"No problem. Just a little gift you've always been asking for." I let go and sat in front of my Eeyore putting its arms around me and Brendon took a picture of me.

"Okay then. Is that it?" Brendon asked sitting next to me. "Okay. We need to pack our bags. We'll see you at the rehearsal tomorrow."

"Who's the new guitarist?" I added after everyone left.

"It's a surprise. I'm gonna go pack."

"Okay. I'm gonna do that too."

Time skip
We were flying out to London and I was pretty bored on the flight. Harley was sat in the middle and I was by the window. I was editing my vlog and falling asleep but I had to get this video edited. Harley noticed and closed my laptop. "Harley! I need to get that finished." I exclaimed.

"You're way too tired. You can do it when we're in London. Jut go to sleep." He said putting his arm around me. Slowly I fell asleep.

Time skip
We got to London and it was about midday. We got all our bags then went to the hotel. In the car on the way to the hotel I saw all the old landmarks that I remembered and loved. I may not have lived here but I've been here enough to love it and know it like the back of my hand. "Hey Dad. We're gonna be in Birmingham tomorrow right?" I asked.

"Yeah. Are you excited?" He replied.

"Yeah. Harley you get to see my hometown. You'll love it."

"Yeah I will." He added.

We put our stuff hotel and then went to sound check. I still didn't know who the guitarist was and I was pretty excited. I knew whoever it was I would love them but I was also pretty nervous. I wouldn't know them even if it was someone who's done it before.

I sat on the floor in the middle of the pit and waited for panic to start sound check. Harley sat next to me and it was really quiet so I put my headphones on and leaned my head on Harley's shoulder. I left him tense up so I sat up. "It's fine. You just scared me." He reassured. I put my head back and Brendon walked over. He told us to watch the stage so I sat up. I stood up and walked towards the stage. The whole stadium went dark and the band started playing.