"Worcester!" I scream out into the roaring audience, not sure if I'm pronouncing the city name right... "This Tour is little! But special. This is our first tour as me being the official lead singer, and Brandon being the official drummer! And Shane being officially gone from the band" there's a mix of cheers and boos "So I hope you's feel special being one of the only cities to see us with our official upgrades"
Everyone cheers, then we start off the show. I have energy up here, even though I don't have it off, and I try to be happy and dance around. I even do a ducking back flip into the pit, then get tossed around while screaming into my wireless mic. When I get back up, I sit at the edge of the stage for a bit, then stand back up and end the song. We continue on for about nine more, then I wish them all goodbye.
When we get off the stage, we meet the band playing with us, which I had no idea... but it Paramore.
"Hi" I smile at Hayley Williams, almost nervous
"Hi" she nods, then walks past me with her equipment, kind of leaving my jaw hanging
We go back into the green room and I say, "She barley even acknowledged me"
"Famous people for ya" Grim laughs
"All my encounters have been good"
We have a couple beers, celebrating an ENTIRE drug free tour! Well... not including weed of course. We get high, smoking, and drinking on the couch, just having a good time. Then we bring the party back to the bus, and all have fun. We get to Maryland in only seven hours; by then it's five in the morning. So we go into a local Gas Station in Baltimore to get more alcohol.
I walk down an isle with Brandon, I have my fake ID on me. We get two pints of Jack Daniels, a pint of makers mark, tequila, and cotton candy brandy. Then when we go get in line, there's a guy in front of us who looks familiar. "Just the pack of doughnuts and the coffee?"
"Yeah" the dude mumbles, I swear I recognize him voice... and just then it hits me
"ALEX GASKARTH?" I squeak in a high pitched voice and the dude turns around, looking at my questioningly. Then his eyebrows raise and a smile comes to his face
"Hi!" He steps away from the counter, and hugs me
"Hello"
"You smell" he chuckles at me
"Trynna come get smellier with me?"
"Oh kid" he laughs "I would but I'm going to the gym-"
"Come on, your not going to the gym! Your buying doughnuts"
"I deserve them, for working so-"
"I have shit in my bus that'll make you cough so much you get abs"
He smiles at that, "I can't really"
"Alright, but I'll see you at my show tonight?" His eyes widen, "Come on! You haven't seen me play since I was a wee lad"
He laughs at that, "Shit I guess your right"
"Sir, can you pay for your items?"
Alex turns back, apologizing, "Yes, I'm sorry!"
He pays, then waits for us to be done. The worker seems annoyed which kind of annoys me. Don't work in customer service if your gonna be shitty to the costumers.
"Do you guys on tour?"
"Yeah" I nod "Just a little one"
He agrees to come tonight, then heads away and goes to the gym. We keep drinking until about nine in the morning, then I pass out. I didn't really have too much fun but for once I felt numb; which is better what I've been feeling lately.
At the show, we arrive super early, as Does Alex. We all hang around in our green ruin, just chilling and eating some snacks.
"So what've you been up to?" I smile at Alex
"Just enjoying my live in Maryland" he nods "I decided no matter how much I love my friends, I also need time alone"
"I have being alone" I admit "ever since I bought my house in LA I always have people sleep over"
"Doesn't that get annoying?" He laughs
"I mean yeah" I laugh "But I feel like someone is finna kid nap my ass"
Everyone laughs at that, but it's honestly true. Anxiety is attacking me at night, and the paranoia is horrendous. Surprisingly at this snow though, I haven't gotten it at all...
"You should play with us tonight Alex" Brandon suggest
"Awe Lexy! That's a great idea" Alex cringes at the nick name then laughs
"I mean, sing what?"
"Too bad Max isn't still here" Grim says and I frown "We all knew how to play a love like war, and Amanda could just sing Vic's parts"
"Awe" Alex frowns
"We still have like... an hour and a half, I think I could learn it" Brandon says, desperate to be liked and excepted
"You don't have to-"
"No! I'll try" he smiles, heading back stage
No one goes after him, we just allow him to practice. I wouldn't be surprised if he learned it in that little amount of time though, he's a really bad ass drummer. "We should practice just in case then huh?"
They leave me and Alex alone and just go back to the main area with all the food. "So you know the-"
"I'll pull them up on google" I laugh, he gives me a while to horribly sing and butcher his song multiple times while I try to find the right tones, pitches, and frequencies. After about ten minutes, I got the whole song, which I don't even need but learning it helps me remember the timing. We start practicing for about forty more minutes until Brandon comes in
"I'm gonna go practice more, but just letting you guys know I got it"
Without another word or a response, he flees the room. Me and Alex laughs bit then get back to work. When we run out into the Stage tonight, I do our normal intro, all excited and pumped, "I got a special surprise for you tonight, I can't say what it is, but if you get really loud I'll give it to you" everyone cheers "LOUDER!"
I walk away from the mic, then everything starts blaring, I dance around, then come over to the mic and shout into it, singing loudly. The whole set is our usual, ten songs, crazy crowd, crowd surfing, and a lot of screaming, then I grab the mic and scream, "Y'all earned your surprise, are ya ready?"
Everyone cheers then it grows to a noise I didn't know existed when Alex runs out, "Hey guys!"
"Alex Gaskarth, a friend of mine is here to sing with us" I smile
"Happy to be here" he wraps his arm around me and everyone 'ohs!'
"So we're going to be playing one of All Time Low's songs, A Love Like War, featuring Vic Fuentes" louder "But I will be doing Vic's vocals"
"Hit it!"
The drums are executed amazing, "Make a wish on our sorry little hearts, have a smoke, pour a drink steal a kiss in the dark. I'm intoxicated by the lie"
I smile, strumming rhythm, as Alex is all up on me. This is going to be especially good for the band to have the so famous Alex Gaskarth on stage with us! Besides that though I'm stoked to have a friend up here with me, "Love feels like war! war!"
We push each other away, smiling, like in the music video. It's really cute and playful and I absolutely love it, and live for it. Then at the end of the show, I scream, "thank you, Baltimore!"
Paramore's show isn't nearly as loud as ours... we stole the night.
