The Drug In Me Is You ( A Ronnie Radke Love Story)

Chapter 2: New Bandmate

Julia's POV

I got home and I felt dead inside. I called the guys to come over. I know they love Ronnie and would want to know. They showed up with a new guy. He was pretty cute. "Hey Julia." Max said hugging me. "Hi Maxie Pad." I said. Everyone laughed. "Ronnie is in jail." I said. Everyone looked at me in awe. "Yes and he is in there for two years." I said. They all hugged me even the new guy. "Oh Julia this is Craig our new singer." Rob said. I cried a little. "Take care of my best friend's band." I said. "Don't worry Julia I will." he said. We all sat and talked a little. I told them how I was a month clean and that I might need their help. With Ronnie gone I might revert back to my old habits because of the stress and anxiety. They agreed to help. "Hey Julia." Craig said. "Ya Craig." I said. "Wanna go grab a slice of pizza?" he asked. "Sure." I said. I went and grabbed my purse. "Um guys you can make yourself at home or do whatever." I said. Craig grabbed my hand and escorted me out to the car. He opened the door and I got in. He got in and we drove to a cute Italian place. We went inside and ordered a pepperoni and banana pepper pizza. I sat down with him in a booth and we ate our pizza.. "Julia I am truly sorry about what happened with Ronnie." he said. "Thanks Craig. He is my best friend and we have always been there for each other so it is hard not to have him with me right now." I said. Craig reached over and grabbed my hand. "I'm sure you and him will be alright. I promise you Julia that I will protect you." he said leaning over the table and kissing me. I kissed him back. "You done eating?" I asked. "Ya." he said. We walked out to the car and headed back to my place. When we got in the driveway he kissed me again. I got out of the car and to the door. We started making out. I managed to push the door open with my foot. I dropped my purse at the door and shut it. We never broke our kiss. "Are you sure about this Julia?" Craig asked. "Yes I am." I said. We started making out again. We got all our clothes off and made it upstairs. We fell back onto my bed. He kissed me down my neck it felt so good. I think I really like him.

Craig's POV

I really like Julia and last night was amazing. I never want to forget it. I opened my eyes and found Julia still peacefully sleeping. "Morning Julia." I said kissing her. "Morning Craig." she said kissing me back. "Listen Julia I really like you and I was wondering if you would be my girlfriend?" I said. "Sure Craig I would love to." she said kissing me. I kissed her back. We got dressed and headed downstairs. We walked past the living room and stopped. All the guys were there. "Uh were you guys here last night?" Julia asked. "Nope just got here with breakfast." Rob said tossing us each a Dunkin Donuts bag. "Thanks Rob." I said. I sat with Julia on the floor with her in my lap. "Listen guys I'm going to go visit Ronnie today and I want to know if you want to come." Julia said. "Will that be a good idea since he is pissed at us." Max said. "I don't know but I want you to come so your coming." Julia said. "I would go with you anyways for support." I said kissing her. "Woah Craig and Julia." Monte said. "Wow I thought it would be Julia and Ronnie." Omar said. "Ya so what Julia is my girlfriend get over it." I said. They smiled and winked. Me and Julia laughed. "Everyone to my car now before I beat your asses and Craig you have to sit on someones lap since your the smallest." Julia said. "Well your shorter." I said as I kissed her. She stuck out her tongue. We all got in her Trailblazer and I sat in the front with her. Max decided to sit in the trunk because there was more room. We parked at the prison. They all let us in a room and Ronnie was brought to us. He actually looked pretty nice. "JULIA" he yelled hugging her tightly. "Ronnie. I miss you." she said. "I miss you and the guys too." he said. I kept sitting there quietly. "Okay promise me you will write." Ronnie said to Julia. "Promise." she said. "Oh Hi I'm Ronnie. You are?" he asked me. "I'm Craig" I said.

Ronnie's POV

There was this guy with Julia and the guys. He seemed pretty comfortable around them. "Oh Hi I'm Ronnie. You are?" I asked. "I'm Craig." he said. Craig was the one replacing me. I kind of got sad but Julia smiled at me cheering me up. "Julia does my dad know I'm here?" I asked. "No but I'm going to see him tomorrow because he had something that he wanted to give me." she said. "Okay tell him please and take any of my stuff that you want." I said. I hugged her and started crying. "Julia I don't want to be here." I said. "Ronnie I will visit you everyday and we will write. You can finally get clean in here and be healthy." she said. "Your right I will make my time here worth it." I said. I talk to Craig about the band and stuff. Max talked about sneaking me in drugs when everyone wasn't paying attention. I told him no. Omar told me that he was leaving the band officially. Rob and Monte didn't know what to say except that they were sorry. "Can I have some time alone with Ronnie guys?" Julia asked. "Sure " they said walking away. "Ronnie promise me you will be safe and not get in trouble or hurt." she said. "I promise and why was Craig looking at you so much?" I asked. "Oh me and him are dating." she said. My heart sunk. I really liked Julia but I guess I was too late to tell her. "Congrats." I said with a fake smile. "Miss time to go." a guard said to Julia. "Okay Ronnie be good love you." she said hugging me. She started crying. I wiped away her tears and kissed her forehead. She waved goodbye and Craig came and got her. I hated seeing him being the one comfort her. It should be me.

Max's POV

When Ronnie kissed Julia's forehead Craig looked pissed like he wanted to kill Ronnie. Craig drove us back to Julia's house since she was still crying. "Julia Ronnie will be safe I promise you okay." I said. "Okay Max. Can you please stay tonight?" she asked. "Sure just like old times." I said. I hugged her tightly. She kissed Craig goodbye and hugged Rob, Omar, and Monte goodbye. I walked her to the kitchen. "What do you want for dinner?" I asked. "Chinese." she said. I ordered our usual. It came in about twenty minutes. I sat on the couch with Julia and she put on Jeepers Creepers. We sat eating in quiet. Julia started crying again. I hugged her tightly. She cried into my chest. "Max why does he have to be arrested he didn't so anything wrong." she said. "I don't know but everything will be alright." I said. I carried her to her bed and tucked her in. I laid down on the couch in her room and fell asleep. I felt really bad for Julia. Ronnie and her are family. And her not being able to see him everyday at every second is killing her. I woke up in the morning and found blood on the floor. I followed the trail to find Julia in the shower with three cuts on her wrist. I washed off her wrist and bandaged it. "Julia what were you thinking." I said. "I want it to be over Max. Without Ronnie I feel dead so I should be." she said. "Julia you know Ronnie doesn't want you to kill yourself and you have me, Omar, Monte, Rob and Craig your loving boyfriend." I said. "Your right Max." she said.  I hugged her and carried her down stairs. I called Craig to come over and get her to do something fun. I needed to go see Ronnie and talk to him. As soon as Craig and Julia left I rushed to the prison. I got there and Ronnie was waiting. "Where is Julia?" he asked. "With Craig. She tried to kill herself this morning Ronnie. I sent her off with Craig to do something fun." I said. "Oh. Is she alright?" he asked. "Ya she just misses you and being sober is getting harder." I said. "Okay. Max you understand I am kind of pissed at you guys for kicking me out. And for not sticking by me." he said. "Yes and Ronnie I am truely sorry but please forgive me man." I said. "I have to think about it." he said getting up and heading back to his cell. I got up and headed home.

Julia's POV

Craig came and got me. We headed to a nearby park. We got some coffee from Starbucks and sat on a park bench. I kissed him. "Craig I'm sorry but I cut this morning." I said. "Oh baby. Are you okay? Wanna talk about it?" he said. "Yes I am fine it was just about Ronnie and being sober. It is getting really hard." I said. He kissed my cheek. "You will be able to get through this I promise you I will be there for you every step of the way." he said. We walked over to the park and some little girl ran up to Craig. He hugged her tightly and picked her up. "Craig put her down. You will scare her and her parents might get mad." I said. "I don't think her daddy will care." he said tickling the girl's stomach. "Seriously Craig put her down." I said nervously. "Leila do you want to be put down sweetie?" he asked her. "No daddy and who is this pretty lady?" Leila asked. "Is this your daughter?" I asked. "Yes and she is two. This is Julia Leila daddy's girlfriend." he said. "Hi Leila it is so nice to meet you." I said. She blushed and hid her face in Craig's neck. "She is so cute." I said. "Thanks she has my looks as you can tell." he said. "Yes I can tell." I said. "Leila come on time to go home." a lady said looking for Leila. She spotted Leila with me and Craig and walked over. "Hi Craig I see you found a new whore." she said. "Gabby leave Julia alone. She is not a whore. She is very nice." he said sticking up for me. "Besides it is my week with Leila. I will be by later with her to come get her stuff." he said. Gabby walked away."Well that was fun." I said. "Ya I guess. Leila wanna go on the swings?" he asked her. She nodded yes. He put her in a swing. I stood in front pushing Leila and Craig pushing her from the back. She giggled and seemed like she was having the time of her life. I smiled. Craig saw me smile and I blushed. I really like Leila. I hope I can spend more time with her. I went down the slide with her a couple times.  We had fun on the seesaw and the rock wall. We ended up getting some pizza for lunch and then getting some ice cream. Leila sat with me when we ate lunch. "Daddy I like your new friend. Can she stay with us tonight?" Leila asked. "Sure if she would like to." Craig said. "I would love to Leila." I said tickling her. She giggled. I picked her up and carried her to Craig's car.