We Only Breathe For So Long.

Charlotte looked up at the two-story home with it's white picket fence, the house itself from it's appearance was enough to make Charlotte's mouth gape slightly.

"Okay, so I'll uh - introduce you to the guys and everything...come on." John said walking ahead as Charlotte followed.

John opened the door and being the gentlemen he is, allowed Charlotte to walk through, she was about to mumble a thank you, but before she could a black figure had bounded at John, knocking him to the ground.

"JOHHNY BOY!" Charlotte stood there a bit surprised by the sudden attack.

John chuckled, trying to pry the what Charlotte thought was a guy, but with the long hair, she wasn't too sure, "Hello to you too Pat. Now get off me, you're an embarrassment to our guest."

They both got up as Charlotte now stood there awkward and unsure of how to react, "Uh, hi." She did a small wave at the boy who was slightly taller then her.

"Hi! I'm Pat!" Charlotte looked up at the boys big grin on his face, any wider and she was afraid the corners of his mouth might split.

"And Pat has had too much sugar." John added, chuckling as he shook his head.

"Blame Kenny for that." Pat scowled, his smile dropping, before he turned towards Charlotte again and grinning his big Cheshire cat grin.

"Come on, Char, I'll introduce you to the rest of the guys." John said, as he lead the way, but Charlotte couldn't help but notice the new nickname he had given to her, Char, she could get used to that.

"Honey, I'm home!" John called out as they entered into the basement, Pat following behind talking so fast, it was hard for Charlotte to keep up with his rambling.

Charlotte turned back towards the rambling man as John greeted his friends, the ginger haired boy and a hazel-eyed boy who was tuning his guitar, "Oh! I play drums too, John sings, Kennedy, there" Charlotte looked towards the hazel-eyed boy Pat was pointing at,"he plays guitar like," and Charlotte watched as Pat did an imitation of playing the guitar making what was supposed to be guitar noises, "then you have Jared" Pat pointed at the strawberry blonde haired boy, "who plays also, he can play many instruments and Kennedy sings, I forgot that one, then Garrett plays bass, he's not here right now but he's all like.."

Charlotte watched again as Pat began to run back and forth, but even though Pat had been rambling on and on, hard for just about anyone to understand, she couldn't help but hear the name Garrett but she pushed it aside, thinking it couldn't be him.

"PAT! Would you calm the fuck down, you're scaring away all the cool people." The hazel-eyed boy Kennedy scolded as Pat whimpered away behind Charlotte, who at this point in time couldn't help but laugh slightly at what was taking place.

"Just because you don't have a cool friend Kennedy!" Pat poked around Charlotte's shoulder, sticking his tongue out.

"Pat, I'll come over there and strangle you, now hurry up and set up before Gare gets here." Kennedy said, before he made his way over to Charlotte, "Hi, I'm Kennedy and you've clearly met Pat." Kennedy chuckled as he pointed towards Pat who was now poking John's cheek, who clearly was ignoring him.

Charlotte chuckled slightly along with Kennedy, "Yeah, he seems very...excited?" She questioned with a small smile.

"Oh no, he's normally like this." He smiled back at her.

"You get used to it after a while." The strawberry blonde haired boy, Jared added in as he walked over, " I'm Jared." He said before adding in a smile, which Charlotte returned.

"Where the fuck is Gare at guys?" John spoke up from sitting on the chair untangling all the cords.

"Picking up your bitch." Kennedy said with a smirk on his face.

"Why is he - shit! I fucking forgot all about her." John exclaimed as he stood up suddenly, running his hands through his hair.

Charlotte could just hear Kennedy mumbling a 'that wouldn't be the first time' as Jared and him both chuckled.

"They'll be here soon, dude, calm down." Jared spoke up.

Charlotte stood there a bit awkwardly, unsure of what to do now as John was stressing out over his bitch, Pat was still running around like a psycho, Jared and Kennedy were just to the left of Charlotte talking about music.

"John, baby?" A female voice suddenly called out from upstairs, Charlotte watched as the guys all groaned quietly.

"Down here babe." John called back out, as a blonde haired girl trampled down the stairs.

"Baby, why weren't you waiting for me after class? You always do.." She said with what is supposed to be a pout, but was enough to make Charlotte almost cringe away at how fake it was.

"Sorry, I had to pick up Char." John gestured towards Charlotte who felt in the middle of a spotlight, she watched as the blonde girl did a quick look over, assessing what Charlotte looked like, making Charlotte feel self-conscience about herself as she bit her lip and brushed the hair behind her ears with her fingers.

"Char, this is my girlfriend, Alyssa." John introduced them as the room was silent.

Charlotte said a quick hi as Alyssa - from what Charlotte could see - forced a small, clearly fake smile, before turning back towards John, rubbing her hands up and down his chest, still complaining about why he wasn't there to pick her up.

"Don't worry, she's always like that." Jared spoke up, rolling his eyes over at the blonde hair, desperate for attention. Everyone watched - including Pat who had joined their small circled on one side of the room - as she continued to whine.

"Yeah, I still don't understand why he keeps her around, she's a fucking pain in the ass." All the guys chuckled, except for Charlotte who had noticed the figure descending down the stairs.

"What the fuck is she doing here." It was more of a demand then a question and Charlotte wasn't going to be the first one to volunteer an answer to the blue-eyed boy whose eyes were raging with anger down at the brown eyed girl who was almost ready to hide away in fear.

And with this blue-eyed boy glaring down at you in fear, who wouldn't want too?