Casey gave me the things that I picked out, and I walked out the front. Austin's car was parked to the close left. I walked to the mini van that his band used when they're touring. I opened the front passenger side and gasped.
"Surprise!" Vic exclaimed with a huge grin on his face. I heard more laughter and "Iris!" from the backseat.
"Who's all in here?!" I was about to cry, I haven't seen Vic in forever, and I had no idea who was in the back. I heard the mini van door slide open, and at least 15 people got out. Jaime, Mike, Tony, Tino, Alan, Phil, Aaron, Alex, Jack. I hugged all of them and we all laughed and Jaime, being silly as usual, picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. A familiar voice came from behind me.
"Hey baby sister." Jaime quickly put me down so I could go say hello to Kellin. I hugged him tightly and started crying.
"Copeland and the boys send hugs and kisses." I smiled at the thought of my niece and nephews.
"Kells, I missed you so much you don't even know." He pulled back from the hug and wiped away the tears on my cheeks with his thumbs.
"Hey, I'm here now. We all are." He kissed my forehead and I smiled. All the boys awwed and came in for a group hug. I missed all of them more than I could possibly say, they've been my best friends, well, more like brothers, for as long as I remember. They've all been recently on tour like all the time.
"Hate to be uptight but c'mon guys, we'll be late to Gee's kickass party!" Aaron's eyes opened wide and he smacked Alan's shoulder
"Hey! What was that for?!" He shot him a playful glare.
"You weren't suppose to tell her! Damnit Alan!" Alan kept glaring and smacked him back. Soon enough they were just going back and forth, and we were all just laughing. Vic opened the passenger door and yelled at us all.
"Let's go! It'll be a long drive!" We all piled into the mini van, and I had to sit on Jaime's lap, at first Kellin interjected, being my big brother and all, but all Jaime did was smirk and tell him
"Don't worry Kells, I don't bite," then whispered in my ear, "hard." I giggled and Kellin just laughed and shook his head.
The car ride was probably about two hours, but it didn't feel that long at all with all of us catching up, and them sharing crazy tour stories. Vic told me about this one show in Detroit that his band, Pierce The Veil played.
"So we're in Detroit right and this girl in the front row is tugging on my jeans. Now I'm kinda used to it because I mean fangirls do it all the time but she succeeded and thankfully I was wearing boxers but oh my god it was awful! That same show, this group of girls are trying to get into our tour bus, and one of them actually broke a window. It was so crazy!" We all laughed about the crazy tour stories they all had.
"Speaking of tours, I have a surprise for you." Kellin winked.
"What is it?" I was truly intrigued, leaning toward him in anticipation.
"Well, as you know, we've been planning a tour together for a while now, and we all would love it if you came with us." Vic explained, with a wide grin on his face. I was so happy and excited, it would mean so much to me if I could go. I nodded my head yes and they all cheered. Jaime put his hand over mine, and saw the beautiful penmanship on my hand.
"Is this a guys number?!" He was like a girl best friend, it was so amusing. Tony, usually being the quiet one was even wanting to know more.
"Iris, who is he? When'd you meet him? Tell us everything!" I laughed at his new found assertiveness.
"Well, we met today in Hot Topic. I'll text him or something later, but he's such a great guy." I started blushing, so I turned away from the guys.
"So what does this guy look like?" Austin piped up from the front seat.
"Well, he's a little taller than me, dark hair, tan skin, brown eyes.."
Alex and Jack both spoke up, they were like attached to each other, it was... interesting.
"Call him and whatever but if breaks your little heart..." Alex got cut off by Jack.
"Sweetie, don't mind Alex's cheesy references. What he's trying to say is we'll kick his ass if he hurts you." He said soothingly and surprisingly calm. I just nodded, and tried to think of a different topic because the look Kellin had on his face was anything but good. He gets very protective of me, and it never turned out well.
"Alex, Jack, where's Rian and Zack? Kells where's the boys?" I looked at them questioningly.
"Rian is sick, and Zack had a family thing to go to." Alex was lying, I know he was. I shifted toward Kellin, and raised my eyebrow.
"They had to go to this meeting for our label. Thankfully I was able to skip out of it." I didn't think he was being fairly truthful either... But I didn't press the issue. We were almost at Gerard's house, so we decided to sing the rest of the way there. We sung "Tangled In The Great Escape" and everyone was really impressed by my voice. It made me a little more confident in my voice, but I still had a little doubt.
We were finally at Gerard's house. I couldn't even call it a house, it was a mansion. So huge, and beautiful. Everyone piled out of the car, walking to the front steps. You could hear the music and laughter already, which made me excited. Vic ran up to the door and knocked loudly. Gerard came to the door with a red cup and a bright yet very tipsy smile. He greeted everyone with a hello, and looked me up and down.
"Iris! Oh god, you've grown! What are you, 18?"
"No Gee, I'm only 16." I giggled.
"Ahh, alright. Well, c'mon in!" He motioned inside, and when I walked by he asked me,
"Where's my hugs?" And I gave him a huge hug. I walked into the threshold, and saw many people I didn't know, but one face stood out the most. The same brown eyes I fell into earlier that afternoon were suddenly focused on me.
Oh, this'll be a fun night. I thought to myself as he walked toward me.
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Just Breathe
Teen Fictiona/n: this isn't a "fanfic", because the main character isn't in a relationship with the band members in this story. So it features band members but it's a love story. Iris isn't thrilled with her family. The only person she can stand is her older br...
