A Daydream Away (Alex Gaskarth)

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Nicole’s POV

“You want me to attend Veronica’s funeral?” I asked.

“Yes. That would be great if you did. You were a big part of her life. I remember she would always call me every Sunday night and tell me what you guys talked about whenever you had tea together,” Noah said.

I blushed looking down on the ground, playing with my fingers. “What did she say?”

“She always talked about you and this dude named Alex. Apparently he’s in a band.”

Alex coughed next to me. Noah’s eyes trailed to Alex. Noah raised her eyebrows.

“Are you the dude?” she asked. Alex smiled and nodded as he wrapped his arm around my waist.

“Oh. Nice to meet you, Alex.”

“You too,” Alex said.

“So will you come?” Noah took her eyes off Alex and looked at me.

“Yeah. When is it?”

“Tomorrow night.”

“Okay, I’ll be there.”

“Thanks so much,” Noah wrapped her arms around me and embraced me in a hug. Alex let go of my waist as I hugged Noah back.

“You’re welcome,” I breathed. We both pulled away as Noah walked away.

“See you tomorrow!” she called out.

“Bye!” I waved. I turned around and faced Alex.

“What now?” I asked. He kissed me gently before pulling away.

“What was that for?” I giggled as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

“I don’t know,” he mumbled. He kissed me again before speaking.

“Let’s go home.”

-

When we got home, we watched a movie. Finding Nemo to be exact. Alex likes to tease me because I still watch it.

“Why are we watching this?” Alex groaned burying his face in my neck.

“Oh my god, is Alexander William Gaskarth growing up?”

Alex kissed my neck and chuckled. “Shut up.”

We finished the movie and sat in the living room for a while. Alex and I were both sitting on the couch, his arm wrapped around me and my head on his shoulder.

“What should we do now?” Alex asked.

“Let’s go bake cookies,” I suggested. Baking cookies was a bad idea. I have no baking skills and neither does Alex. We ended up burning our cookies, flour was everywhere in the kitchen. Egg shells were in Alex’s hair as they were in mine.

“That was terrible,” Alex laughed as he wrapped his hands around my waist. We were leaned up against the counter as I wrapped my arms around his neck. Our foreheads were touching as Alex’s breath was in my face.

“You’re so fucking beautiful,” Alex said, brushing the red bangs out of my eyes. I blushed a deep red that matched my hair as I kissed his nose.

“Shut up Gaskarth. We all know that you’re more beautiful than me,” I said.

“Impossible.”

We stared into each other’s eyes as we both started leaning in. Alex closed the gap between us as we kissed. My hands wandering in his hair as he deepened the kiss. We both pulled away out of breath.

“I love you,” Alex said. I choked on my breath. It was the first time he said it since we were both in my college dorm.

“I love you too,” I smiled. We kissed again until Alex’s phone interrupted us. We both pulled away as he answered.

“Hello? What Matt? Really? Okay. Okay. Bye,” Alex hung up the phone.

“What is it?”

“We’re playing another show in Baltimore tomorrow night,” he said.

“What about Veronica’s funeral?” I asked.

“What time does it start?”

“I don’t know. Noah never really gave me the answer.”

“Well, I’ll make it just in time for her funeral, okay?”

“Okay,” I said.

Alex kissed me gently. “I promise.”

-

The next day

Alex’s POV

“We’re All Time Low. Thank you so much for having us!” I played the last chord as the crowd screamed. The guys and I walked backstage as we put our equipment away.

“What a show,” Rian said, grabbing a beer from the mini fridge standing by.

“Hey, pass me a beer too,” I said. Rian grabbed a beer from the fridge and threw it to me.

“Thanks,” I gulped down the drink as we walked to the tour bus. I didn’t feel like signing for the fans today since I was lazy.

“Let’s listen to music!” I belted out. Matt put on ‘Feeling This’ by Blink-182 on. We all sang along to the song.

-

Nicole’s POV

I cried into my hands as I sat outside of the church. Tonight was the most painful night. Veronica’s funeral was very emotional. All the neighbors came and supported us. I took out the piece of paper from my pocket of my dress. It was the speech. I read over it quickly.

 

I first met Veronica when I moved away from my parents when I was eighteen. At the time I didn’t realize  that she would become such an important person in my life. She would always make me smile whenever I was having a bad day. She would make me laugh at any way possible. She was like a grandmother to me. I don’t remember my own personal grandmother so I considered her as one. I told her everything. From girl things to boys. She was always there. Now that she’s gone, I don’t know how I’ll move on. She was very important to me. Veronica if you’re watching or listening right now, just remember I’ll never forget you. Ever. Rest in peace, I love you.

And the worst part is that Alex never showed up. I called him a good ten times and sent him over twenty texts. It was an hour passed from the concert; he should be here by now. He promised he would he would show up. Promised. So now I have no way home (since Alex drove me here) and I’m sitting here in a black dress on the stairs of the church.

 

I’m standing on the bridge. I’m waiting in the dark. I thought that you’d be here, by now.

I hummed along to Avril Lavigne’s song, ‘I’m With You’, as I drifted off to sleep.