Die For Ma Chérie 🌹🌹🌹 (Romeo & Juliet/Palaye Royale Fanfic)

Part 2: Rock n' Roll Will Never Die

Joanna's POV

I wasn't expecting today to be any different than it usually is, but I was wrong for the first time in my life. Being invited to perform at this huge music festival was a great deal for our band, but as much I should be excited, I didn't think much of it. It's hard to be excited for something so special and important to your band when you don't get to shine as much as everyone else does. Everyone adores Luke, for his voice and his beautiful face, while I just sing back-up and feel like a ghost. He says he cares about me and that I am just as important as everyone else in the band, but whenever we get asked to be interviewed, he'd step up as the lead man and pretend he's the only member and doesn't need anyone's help. He buys it off by being super interactive with fans, and kissing up to our label manager, and it just isn't fair.

When we started this band, we were all music students that wanted to leave a legacy of rock n' roll like all the other legends. And for a while, it was great, and we loved making people happy. But the fame must have gotten to Luke's mind and corrupted his heart, and now it's like we're all living in his shadow. The only one that actually still respects and supports him is my cousin, Jasper, who is also the guitarist of the band. He's been his best friend for longer than I can say, and will sometimes share the spotlight with him. It makes it worse because he's too overprotective of me since our family passed away, and he doesn't want anyone to hurt me.

It would have been okay if he hadn't held such hatred toward our rival band, Palaye Royale. I understand we compete against them to be the one band to leave a legacy, but I don't see what's wrong with them. I've never met them in person, but I've heard them do nice things for their fans, and they don't sound like the evil type. Jasper would probably be okay with them, if it hadn't been for the disruptive event that happened the first day of the festival.

Remington's POV

After what happened today, I started to hate Calypso more than I was supposed to. I hated my life as it already was, and I was shocked how much worse it could get. I'm not sure who started the fight first and whether they were a fan of us or them. The fight got so bad, especially with so many people getting involved, that the head of the music festival, who is also our mayor, had to break up the fight. He threatened to cancel the event if they ever started shit like that again. I understand our fans love us and want to defend our honor, but I hope they know losing an opportunity to see us live is not worth the risk of getting violent.

It hasn't been exactly great for me anyway, and I'm starting to think God hates me now. My brothers are still great and are always there for me, and our fans are the fucking best. I would do anything to make them happy, and let them know someone loves them. It seemed to get better when I met a beautiful girl named Veronica. She was so amazing and I thought I was lucky to be with her. We had been dating for a few months, when I learned that she wanted to break up with me. I didn't understand why because I thought we were happy, and then she told me she wasn't ready to continue. I respected her decision, and told her we could just stay friends. I wish I never met her after what she did to me.

Only a few days after we ended our relationship, she was on the city's newspaper and all over social media. People said that she claimed I ended our relationship and was cheating on her. I told everyone it wasn't true, but they didn't believe me. Soon enough, she played the classic role of a "tragic break-up victim", and a lot of girls I knew or met never wanted anything to do with me. Why would she do that to me? I never treated her bad or would want to hurt her. There was a time when I wanted to give her the world, but now I wish I hadn't met her. My brothers and our band members are the only ones that still believe I'm a good guy because my mother taught me and my brothers to respect women, and I'm not a violent guy, unless someone hurts someone I deeply care about.

I do my best to stay happy for our fans who still respect me and want me to be happy, but sometimes I feel like it's not worth it anymore. That was until Andrew, our 2nd guitar player, suggested we go crash Calypso's album release party in disguise, and for a minute I hesitated, but something told me that something good might happen at this party, and I trusted it and accepted the invitation. What I didn't realize was that that party would change my life forever.

HELLO YOU GORGEOUS PEOPLE!!! I had a great day yesterday as I had a great break yesterday from working so much, and I feel much better and refueled. I hope you all got some kind of break or something as well. For those of you who already checked out this story, thank you. I hope you stay to see how this goes, and that you won't be disappointed. 💗💗💗