caught in the middle | tyler joseph

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I watched Tyler in awe, how could someone be so talented? He was currently singing their song called 'car radio', and I absolutely loved it.

After the song finished, I smiled. Everything was great, but I was starting to feel overwhelmed by the people around me. I tapped Maya on the shoulder, she turned to me.

"What?" She asked.

"I'm gonna get out of the pit for a second, you can stay if you want." I said, and she nodded then looked back to the stage.

I spun around and looked for a way through all the people, and I found one but I would have to squeeze through some people.

I almost ran through the crowd to get out, everything was stressing me out. But instead I slowly pushed through the crowd, heart beating out of my chest.

Once I was out I went to the bathroom to calm down, I felt a panic attack coming on.

I pushed the door open and ran straight into a tall, blonde girl with piercing, blue eyes.

"What the hell?" She asked and scoffed at me.

"I'm-I'm so sorry." I muttered and ran into a stall, then shut the door and leaned on the wall.

"Bitch." The girl whispered just enough for me to hear, and left. I felt tears welt up my eyes, but I wiped them away just as they fell.

I slowed my rapid breathing down and closed my eyes, I couldn't let my anxiety get to me or her words. This was Tyler's big night, he was finally showing me his hand because he trusts me, I couldn't ruin it for him.

So I pulled myself together and left the bathroom. I looked at the stage and saw no one there, great I missed it because I was being a crybaby in the bathroom.

Just as I was about to go back into the pit to find Maya, I got a text.

Tyler: hey again, (I have my phone since were on break for 5 minutes btw, oh and thanks for wishing me luck!!)

So that's why they aren't on stage.

Tyler: I sent a body guard out to find you and bring you back stage, he's by the merch table.

I forced a smile and replied.

Me: Okay, I'm about to head back there!

I pulled up Maya's contact and called her, she answered almost immediately.

"Hey! What's up?" She questioned.

"Want to go backstage?" There was a silence for a second and then Maya shrieked.

"YES!"

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Maya and I stood behind the curtains watching Tyler and Josh finish their set, they were playing Trees meaning the show was about to end.

My roommate was currently about to pass out because she was moments away from meeting her idols.

The song finally ended and Tyler and Josh bowed, waved, then walked off the stage as the crowd cheered.

Tyler grinned as soon as our eyes locked, but it didn't last for long because I looked to Maya. "Tyler, this is Maya." He smiled at her, awkwardly. But she ignored him and pulled him into a hug.

I laughed and looked to Josh. "Hi, I'm Eliza." He smiled widely and stuck his hand out for me to shake.

"Josh. It's nice to finally meet you." He said.

"Nice to me you too." I repeat in a joyful tone.

I looked back at Tyler and Maya and see they were waiting on Josh and me to finish our hellos. So I turned to Tyler as Maya met Josh.

"You guys did great." I compliment.

"Really? Thank you, that means a lot."

I blushed, then spoke again. "Of course, you guys sound even better live."

"You've listened to us before?"

"Yeah, Maya actually introduced me to Twenty One Pilots recently." I kind of lied.

"So how did you not know it was us playing at the roller skating place the other day?" He asked.

"I did, I just didn't say anything because you didn't mention it. I figured you weren't ready to tell me about that part of your life.—"

"—This is literally the best day of my life!" Maya cut me off, but I didn't mind.

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I nudged Maya in the ribs to get her attention, she stopped talking to Tyler and Josh, and looked to me, clearly confused. "I have to work tomorrow, so we need to leave soon." She nods and stands, I stand too.

"Thank you for the tickets guys." I said

"You're welcome! I'm glad you guys could come!" Josh exclaimed, and stood too.

Tyler was the last to stand, and as Maya and Josh walked towards the exit he slowed down by me.

"Thank you for coming," He said, but it was almost a whisper.

"I enjoyed it a lot, who knew you had so much talent in you?" The corners of his mouth turned upward.

I watched Tyler's eyes go from my eyes to my lips, they stayed there for a second making my heart speed up. He leaned in a bit and I did too,  but before anything else could happen, Maya's voice stopped us.

"Hey! You guys coming?" We pulled away quickly and my whole face turned tomato red.

I almost kissed Tyler Joseph. Well, he almost kissed me. Dammit Maya.

I glanced at him again, he was bright red too. He nervously played with his hands as we walked over to Maya and Josh.

"I'm not driving!" She told me and threw the keys at me.

I caught them with ease and chuckled.

"You guys up for a meet and greet?" Tyler and Josh's manager added, I had no clue where he came from, but he was there.

"Yeah, I'm down." They said together, then looked back to us.

"You guys better get going." I said and grinned at them one last time.

"Uh yeah," Tyler muttered.

"Bye!" Tyler and Josh waved at us for the second time that night.

And with that we left and headed back to our apartment.

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