‹ Prequel: Everything I'm Not
Love's Requiem
I caught myself
“Of course I knew you’d totally not go girly two nights in a row!” Vinny exclaimed as Bella showed up in the lobby with her typical jeans, dunks and band shirt on.
“Yeah the only difference is I have good taste in baseball teams.” Bella said motioning to the Mets’ fitted she had on.
“Yes Bella, you’re the bomb.” Rian told her sarcastically, as we all headed out.
“Well you’re all going to be thinking that once I drop this piece of info on you.” She went on as she threw her backpack in to the van as she followed in after it. “Tomorrow is Friday.”
“We know that, we can read a calandar.” Alex told her confused.
“Friday is our day off, therefore there is no early press or in stores and no show tomorrow.”
“We’re going out after tonight’s show aren’t we?” Alex asked her.
“Party on Wayne!” Vinny shouted to Bella.
“Party on Garth!” Bella shouted back.
“A simple yes…” Alex sighed shaking his head.
Once we arrived at the venue, Bella took off to do her usual walk through, as well as help Vinny set up and the crew load in.
“You okay?” I asked Alex who was busy on his laptop in the dressing room.
“Fine,” He mumbled.
“Look, stop thinking about it if she was going to do anything with him don’t you think she would have done it already last night?”
“Yeah, you’re right I guess.” He said shaking his head as Bella showed up just as catering was finished being set up.
“Food!” Bella shrieked as she skipped in to the room.
“This good mood is a lot to get used to.” Rian told her as she threw an arm over him as they headed out of the room.
“Boohickey I say.” I heard her echo through the hall.
I waited for Alex to put his laptop down before him and I headed where everyone else was in catering.
“Where is she?” I heard Alex mumbled, as we noticed Bella was nowhere to be found.
“Bathroom? Beating up Vinny, endless possibilities.” I told him.
“Or that.” He said angrily as Bella walked back in the room under Niko’s arm.
“Yeah or that too I guess.” I sighed. “Sup Belly, who’s the stud?” Vinny said with a mouthful of food.
“Niko, Vinny, Vinny, Niko.” She said introducing the two before she dodged for the food.
20 minutes later, Rian, Zack, myself, Bella and Niko were in the dressing room eating and talking while Alex had taken off to watch the first few bands. Niko was talking with Rian about our football and I guess soccer. Though I had picked up on one thing, every so often Niko would glance over at Bella and give her a smile or a smirk.
“All I’m saying is you give people the wrong impression when dressed as such.” I told Bella who I was debating once again over how she never will dress girly on tour.
“How the fuck do you see that? I like born of osiris, I’m from queens and like the mets what is
false with any of that?” She exclaimed.
“Technically you’re from Croatia.” Niko smirked, making Bella roll her eyes.
“Yeah, yeah your opinion is not valid in this conversation.” She dismissed it, and looked back at me,
“Let’s face it, if I saw you in the hallway and never met you or knew who you were I’m pretty sure I’d think you’d try and jump me. I mean let alone the fact that I can see the outline of your brass knuckles in you back pocket.”
“It’s a paperweight.”
“Then why is it in your pocket?”
“What do you know!” She exclaimed flinging a wad of mash potato at me.
“You’re going down!” I exclaimed as she jumped up running out of the room.
Of course she ran and hid, and I spent 15 minutes looking for her like an idiot.
“Just come out I promise I won’t hurt you!” I shouted as I walked around the hallways.
“What are you looking for?” Alex asked coming out of nowhere.
“Bella, she ran off.”
“Why?”
“She flung potatoes at me, I was about to retaliate with Broccoli, however she ran.”
“I can help.” I heard a voice whisper behind me.
I turned around and saw Niko, which sent Alex off in to the dressing room,
“Act like you’re leaving.” He went on, as I nodded.
“Alex wait up I’ll go with you to the bar!” I shouted, soon after Niko motioned to the pair of red and black dunks that were peaking through the door of a closet, I followed behind him as he went to the door and said something in Croatian to her. She responded back and a few seconds later had popped her head out only to have the piece of gooey chicken I had in my hand flung in to her face.
“Traitor!” She exclaimed as she jumped on Niko’s back as we walked back to the dressing
room. “Niko, I hate you I’m not rooting for tomorrow!” She whined.
“I didn’t expect you too.” He chuckled still with her on his back.
“What ever happened to us being BFFF?” She asked me.
“We still are.”
“But you threw chicken at me.”
“That’s what best friends do, even dinosaurs did it.”
“Really?” She asked me.
“Really.” I nodded.
“Hmm I guess that makes it okay.”
“Bella, after that I will never ever question you ever not being a natural blonde.” Rian told her, making everyone laugh, as she let go and jumped down on her feet.
“Yeah the only difference is I have good taste in baseball teams.” Bella said motioning to the Mets’ fitted she had on.
“Yes Bella, you’re the bomb.” Rian told her sarcastically, as we all headed out.
“Well you’re all going to be thinking that once I drop this piece of info on you.” She went on as she threw her backpack in to the van as she followed in after it. “Tomorrow is Friday.”
“We know that, we can read a calandar.” Alex told her confused.
“Friday is our day off, therefore there is no early press or in stores and no show tomorrow.”
“We’re going out after tonight’s show aren’t we?” Alex asked her.
“Party on Wayne!” Vinny shouted to Bella.
“Party on Garth!” Bella shouted back.
“A simple yes…” Alex sighed shaking his head.
Once we arrived at the venue, Bella took off to do her usual walk through, as well as help Vinny set up and the crew load in.
“You okay?” I asked Alex who was busy on his laptop in the dressing room.
“Fine,” He mumbled.
“Look, stop thinking about it if she was going to do anything with him don’t you think she would have done it already last night?”
“Yeah, you’re right I guess.” He said shaking his head as Bella showed up just as catering was finished being set up.
“Food!” Bella shrieked as she skipped in to the room.
“This good mood is a lot to get used to.” Rian told her as she threw an arm over him as they headed out of the room.
“Boohickey I say.” I heard her echo through the hall.
I waited for Alex to put his laptop down before him and I headed where everyone else was in catering.
“Where is she?” I heard Alex mumbled, as we noticed Bella was nowhere to be found.
“Bathroom? Beating up Vinny, endless possibilities.” I told him.
“Or that.” He said angrily as Bella walked back in the room under Niko’s arm.
“Yeah or that too I guess.” I sighed. “Sup Belly, who’s the stud?” Vinny said with a mouthful of food.
“Niko, Vinny, Vinny, Niko.” She said introducing the two before she dodged for the food.
20 minutes later, Rian, Zack, myself, Bella and Niko were in the dressing room eating and talking while Alex had taken off to watch the first few bands. Niko was talking with Rian about our football and I guess soccer. Though I had picked up on one thing, every so often Niko would glance over at Bella and give her a smile or a smirk.
“All I’m saying is you give people the wrong impression when dressed as such.” I told Bella who I was debating once again over how she never will dress girly on tour.
“How the fuck do you see that? I like born of osiris, I’m from queens and like the mets what is
false with any of that?” She exclaimed.
“Technically you’re from Croatia.” Niko smirked, making Bella roll her eyes.
“Yeah, yeah your opinion is not valid in this conversation.” She dismissed it, and looked back at me,
“Let’s face it, if I saw you in the hallway and never met you or knew who you were I’m pretty sure I’d think you’d try and jump me. I mean let alone the fact that I can see the outline of your brass knuckles in you back pocket.”
“It’s a paperweight.”
“Then why is it in your pocket?”
“What do you know!” She exclaimed flinging a wad of mash potato at me.
“You’re going down!” I exclaimed as she jumped up running out of the room.
Of course she ran and hid, and I spent 15 minutes looking for her like an idiot.
“Just come out I promise I won’t hurt you!” I shouted as I walked around the hallways.
“What are you looking for?” Alex asked coming out of nowhere.
“Bella, she ran off.”
“Why?”
“She flung potatoes at me, I was about to retaliate with Broccoli, however she ran.”
“I can help.” I heard a voice whisper behind me.
I turned around and saw Niko, which sent Alex off in to the dressing room,
“Act like you’re leaving.” He went on, as I nodded.
“Alex wait up I’ll go with you to the bar!” I shouted, soon after Niko motioned to the pair of red and black dunks that were peaking through the door of a closet, I followed behind him as he went to the door and said something in Croatian to her. She responded back and a few seconds later had popped her head out only to have the piece of gooey chicken I had in my hand flung in to her face.
“Traitor!” She exclaimed as she jumped on Niko’s back as we walked back to the dressing
room. “Niko, I hate you I’m not rooting for tomorrow!” She whined.
“I didn’t expect you too.” He chuckled still with her on his back.
“What ever happened to us being BFFF?” She asked me.
“We still are.”
“But you threw chicken at me.”
“That’s what best friends do, even dinosaurs did it.”
“Really?” She asked me.
“Really.” I nodded.
“Hmm I guess that makes it okay.”
“Bella, after that I will never ever question you ever not being a natural blonde.” Rian told her, making everyone laugh, as she let go and jumped down on her feet.