Keeping This Up Could Be Dangerous (Multiple Band Fanfic)

I Need To Leave (The Dresses)

A/N: Told you I'd be able to update more often. I was gonna do this one in either Hayley's or Taylor's POV but I decided against it. Ha ha ha! Happy 20th chapter!! Thought I'd quote one of my favourite comedians of all time: Russell Howard on Mock The Week talking about things Gordon Brown would never say to the Nation: "This is G to the B, and this is how I roll, you give me beef, you kiss my A-Double-S-HOLE!!" It just me that almost peed myself reading that?? Probably. Rhy :-) xx

Chapter 20:

Bella's POV

Well, this has got to be one of the best days of my life! I have met the most interesting, lovely, misunderstood people in my life today. Ok, this morning my boyfriend, JJ, broke up with me over text after 3 years. For my, now, ex-best friend Emily no less. Now you see why she's my ex-best friend. And in my rage, I smashed my Iphone. not an upside. So I decided to leave my house and try to take my mind off of it by helping my Mum and Dad in Gretna. Thank God I didn't stay in my house and drown my pain in a bowl of ice-cream and hot chocolate like usual otherwise I would never have met these incredible people. Thank God. I have only heard about their version of events but, from what they've told me, they are completely innocent. Sometimes the worst things happen to the best people. I won't tell them this but I don't think the fire was an accident or just some amp with faulty wires catching fire. You know what I'm thinking. Arson. I haven't really spoken to all of them apart from Megan and Becky but from what I can tell, Rhyana is a tad missed up. I think she hides it really well. I think fire is her enemy. Like, not only does she hate it, it scares her. More than anything and everything. More than death itself, I think. I want to go with them. I want to leave this place. I have friends, but we aren't close enough for me to care about what they'd think if I went missing.

I love my parents. Leaving them would be the hardest thing. But I will come back one day. I won't leave them forever. They're my parents. They need me.

"Well, I might not even be able to yet." I mumbled to myself while pretending to play the piano on a dress rack.

"Might not be able to do what?" A voice said behind me. I turned around, it was Hayley.

"Oh, nothing. I was wondering if I would be able to learn Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day on the piano in time for my recital." Good thinking there, Bella!

"You're into Green Day? And can play piano?" She smiled.

"Yeah, I've been playing for years and Green Day are one of my 2 favourite bands."

"2?"

"Yeah, when I was little, my parents took me and my aunt on holiday to Ireland and I heard a song there that I instantly fell in love with. I found the song and, since then, they've been one of my top 2 favourite bands."

"So who are these Irish wonders then?"

"You won't know them. They aren't what you call 'popular'"

"You won't believe how many gigs and tours I've done in Ireland. I have probably heard of them before."

"They're called Flight Like Apes."

"I think I've heard of them... Is one of their songs called something like Rock Monster?"

"Indie Monster. I can't believe you know about FLApes. They're a minor band."

"They were pretty good. I think they played two songs at the beginning of one of our gigs for support."

"Holy crap! I didn't know they were big enough to do a support act for Paramore. Woah."

"We were gonna do a tour and invite them to be our support acts when we hit Ireland but they couldn't because they were supporting a tour in Germany at the time."

"Holy shit!"

"Yeah. After we get out of this predicament. I could take a call and arrange for a private Meet and Greet." She shrugged as if it was no big deal.

"Holy crap! That's amazing! Could you really do that?! With a few phone calls?!? That's it! I'm going to become famous just so I can say I have FLApes on my speed dial!! OH MY GOD!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!" I started to majorly fangirl when Hayley cut me short.

"I would say you could have it but I kind of don't have any numbers anymore. I don't have a number anymore."

"Why? What happened?" I was confused. What rockstar doesn't have a mobile?

"Long story. But either way, none of us have numbers now."

"Do I want to know?"

She leaned closer. "Between you and me, I'm just a rookie in the ranks if y'know what I mean. I plan on leaving this crazy train as soon as possible." She whispered

I looked at her, confused.

"There are more of us. There are guys. We got in the deepest possible shit for no reason whatsoever and now, we're runnin' from it. We have a friend who's running with us, Lauren's boyfriend who's called Travis. He's hiding us from the cops. For us here. But I plan to take my band and go ASAP. We figured out that the cops want all of us. So if they want us that bad, why don't we just go to them? Stop people getting involved and get our story into the cops to prove we're innocent."

I struggled to understand it. "Wait, so you guys have been on the run with help from a mate, and now you're gonna just turn yourself in?"

"Yep!"

"Oh, Great Plan." I clapped sarcastically. What a GREAT plan. Dipshit.

"Thanks!" She smiled.

"Seriously, I was being sarcastic. That is, just saying, the dumbest plan in the history of plans!"

"I'm confused..."

"Your friends are protecting you and keeping you safe and you're just gonna lie to them and go to the same people that are chasing you?!"

"Yeah, we are. I'm trying to look after my band and my band alone. Cop custody seems to be the best place at the moment. We've been in fires, been shot at, been in hospital and we miss our families."

She started to break down, I could tell.

"I just wanna go back to the States and see my family again."

I hugged her. "I know, but your friend Travis has been looking out for you all and I think you'll break his heart if you leave."

"I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"I have a horrible secret."

I looked her in the eye. "I'm sure it's not that_"

"Yesterday, before the hotel got set on fire, our other friend Alex kissed Lauren while she was going out with Travis because Alex got drunk."

"How's that your fault?"

"Well beforehand, I met Alex at the bar. I was talking to him. I really like him but so does Rhy. Or so she did. Anyway, I got a little tipsy and wasn't thinking straight the night before and I made some stuff."

I nodded, urging her to go on.

"I spiked Alex's drink so he's sleep with me."

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A/N: BUM BUM BAHHHHHHH!!! Tension!! Suspense!! Cliffhanger!! Gasp! Anyway, I think that's the last dresses scene before you actually get to see the dresses. Rhy :-) xx