There's more to life (Adopted by Brendon Urie) | #2

#23

Song of the Chapter: I'm not Okay (I promise) by My Chemical Romance

Anna's POV

Where am I?

I open my eyes and it takes me a moment to realise that I was on a tour bus. I get up and look around, I hadn't looked around yet as I fell asleep straight away. It was a nice tour bus, it had a small kitchen, a bathroom and our bunks.
"Good morning."
"Oh good morning Ryan."
"How are ya?"
"Good. Yeah I had fun last night, I'm actually surprised I did it. I genuinely thought I was going to back out and quit but I didn't."
"It was fun watching you, you seemed to forget that you were on stage."
"I actually did. It was weird. I just forgot that there were hundreds of people in front of me."
"Yeah it happens. You hungry? When Dallon's up we can go get breakfast."
"Not hungry but I could do with a coffee."
"You definitely hang out with Gerard Way don't you?"
I grin. I grab my phone, sit on the couch and log into Twitter.

@/jamesscott:
So proud of my girlfriend, my first of many shows I'll be attending.

@/annarurie:
Replying to @/jamesscott:
❤️🥺

@/panickingdiscos
Well done @/annarurie at her show with idkhow last night. It was spectacular

@/idkhbtfmnews
@/annarurie played at the LA show last night and it was amazing!

@/annarurie
Thank you to all that came last night I loved it :) and thank you to all my friends and family who came and @/mychemicalromance who surprised me.

"Wanna come grab some coffee and breakfast?" I hear Dallon say.
"Sure." I say and jump up. We hop off the tour bus and walk down the street to a cafe. I order a coffee and I did get a small muesli so Dallon or Ryan couldn't tell dad I wasn't eating. I see Dallon smile and give me a small nod. We eat in silence at a table in the cafe, scrolling through our phones. Once we finish, we make our way back to the bus.

"Dallon!" We all turn our head to see a group of  4 teenagers, maybe 13,14, waving at us. We stop and they run up to us.
"Hello."
"Hi. We love your music." One of them says.
"Thanks for the support."
Three of the teenagers talk to Dallon while the fourth of them stays quiet. She was pulling at her sleeves and looking at the ground. She reminded me of me when I was 14.
"Hey." I say and she looks up.
"Hi sorry."
"No don't be sorry you're ok. What's your name? Mines Anna."
"Cali. and I know, I love your music a lot Anna."
"Really? I'm glad."
"It uhh kind of saved me."
"Really? It's only been out for a few weeks." I say, confused and Cali nods.
"Maybe a week ago, I uhh fell into a dark hole and I felt like I couldn't get out. I was listening to your ep and Home came on and I just cried and knew I couldn't do anything harmful." She says quietly and tugs at her sleeve.
"Can I give you a hug?" I ask and she nods. I hug the little girl and she hiccups a little. When she lets go, he eyes were slightly wet.
"Are you ok?" She nods.
"I'm sorry."
"No you're ok. Are you coming to the show tonight?"
"I couldn't afford it, my friends are going though."
"Hang on give me a second."

I walk over to Ryan and ask him if we could get a ticket for Cali. He says yes and goes to the bus and comes back 5 minutes later with a ticket. I thank him and go back to the girl.

"Here you go, one ticket for tonight's show." I smile and Cali looks at the ticket I was holding out to her and then at me.
"Is this real?"
"Yep."
"Are you sure?"
"100%. You can thank Ryan."
"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!" She squeals and hugs me. She starts crying happy tears. Ryan comes over to us and she hugs him.
"Thank you so much Ryan this means so much."
"No problem kid. Can't wait to see you tonight." He smiles and then goes over to Dallon and Cali's friends so we can go back to the venue. I hug Cali one last time.
"See ya tonight Cali. Stay strong ok?"
"Thank you Anna. See you tonight." She beams and runs off to her friends who had walked off without her.