Adopted by Tyler Joseph

24: You Don't Belong Here

We just watched a Disney movie and I fell back asleep after taking my cold medicine. When I woke up Tyler and Josh came in to say that the concert was starting, so I got up and got ready.

I didn't wear anything too specific, just grey sweatpants and a galaxy sweater with a beanie on. I usually wouldn't go because I was sick, but I felt well enough and knew I shouldn't stay alone.

Before the concert started, I walked around, observing the rest of the clique. As I started to head back, I saw a group of girls pushing someone around and pulling their bandana off. It reminded me of the foster home.

"Hey!" I yelled, running up to the girls.

"Keep your hands off of her." I helped the girl up. But she pushed me away.

"What the fuck are you doing freak??"
She said.

"W-what? They're beating you up!"

"No, we're friends, we were playing around, get your fuckin pants out of a knot, bitch."

I was taken aback. I thought I was doing good, even so, they shouldn't be so mean.
I rolled my eyes and walked away, but before I could she grabbed my arm, making me yelp in pain.

"Oh, so we have a freak AND a cutter! Listen, dont you ever give me that look again, I'll ruin you."

I ignored her and walked into the arena and entered the pit. Their performance was starting and the girls I saw earlier just happened to have a seat in the pit as well. She slowly inched towards me and started messing with me.

We were about halfway through the concert and she was poking and pulling my hair. But what she did crossed the line. She put gum in my hair, and dumped a slushie and nachos all over me. I looked up at Tyler as he was in the middle of the song and started crying. He saw my sad eyes and stopped singing.

"Stop, stop the track."

They stopped the music and Tyler jumped down to the pit, fans screaming his name. He held his hand down to me and security helped me out of the pit. They grabbed a towel for me and I got on stage as I wiped off the sticky mess.

We were on the center of the stage and Tyler grabbed the microphone.

"For those of you who dont know, this, is my beautiful, kind daughter, Mars."
I blushed as the spotlight was on us.

Josh came down from the drums and stood on the other side of me.

"She deserves the world, and you all know how I am against bullying. So the girls who are in the pit..."
He pointed at the girls who were picking on me. The room fell silent.

"Yeah, yeah the one with the yellow shirt, the other with the red hair and the other with the half shaved head. Yeah, those girls. Security, please get them out of here." The spotlight shined on the group and the crowd screamed. The girls gave me a nasty look and started begging, pleading to stay, but security escorted them out.

Tyler looked at me, and into the mic, said,
"I love you kiddo." He kissed me on the head, getting cheese on his face.

"Mmm, cheesy!" He whispered.

I went to the back and was escorted to the tour bus, taken back to the hotel, and broke down. Jenna saw what they did and I could feel her pity. She offered to help get the gum off the side of my head, but it was no use.

I had no choice. It wouldn't come out.

Jenna grabbed Tyler's razor and glanced at me in the mirror.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" She asked.

"I dont have much of a choice. It wont come out." I wiped the tears away from my face.

"Let's just get this over with." I said, and she nodded, proceeding to shave the side of my head.

I cried and cried. I couldn't look at myself. When she finished I took a shower, avoiding the mirror, but that's kind of hard to do when it's huge. After I got dressed I saw it.

I missed my old hair. I wanted it back. At least it didnt look too terrible, I just look more like a punk than I used to.

I checked my phone for the time and saw a million notifications. Photos of me were posted everywhere. I walked out of the bathroom, and Jenna comforted me as I laid next to her.

I felt happy that Tyler and Josh stood up for me, but all of the memes about me...the photos of me on stage, covered in food, standing awkwardly, made me feel worse.

I just cried in Jenna's arms until I fell asleep.

(Idea suggested by Kier_writes)