Runaway Kat

Katerina Jacobs:

"So is this your last tour venue then?” Roxy asked the boys. “Yeah... Fortunate really; means we don’t have to leave straight away- which means more time with you girls!” Zack exclaimed, nuzzling his head into the crook of Roxy’s neck.

I inwardly groaned at the thought as the others cheered. It meant longer pondering over my dilemma; with Alex up in my personal space waiting for an answer. Another downside? Watching Jack and Holly ALL over each other. Yeah I get that you like each other; but seriously? Keep the fucking PDA down. PG rated at least!

I was jealous; there was no doubt about it. I felt sick to my stomach because of it; I didn’t enjoy being jealous, I hadn’t been jealous in 5 years- but seeing this was pushing me over the edge. Alex was beside me, and in the corner of my eye I watched him look over every so often. I’d pretend I didn’t notice; but of course I did.

Fuck being in love.

“Anyway, our show is tomorrow... We’ve got backstage passes if you’re interested?” Rian asked; and our eyes lit up. “We’d love to!” Roxy squealed, and Kara and I nodded simultaneously, too afraid to speak. “Awesome!”

So the next night; we stood backstage and watched as our friends, the ones who started off in Rian’s garage many years ago; perform to their hearts content. I couldn’t have been prouder. They deserved this; they had worked so damn hard for this.

“Damn, you’re some sexy mother-fuckers!” Alex shouted into his microphone, and the crowd screamed. “Oh wow... Jack, girls are getting naked!” Jack giggled childishly. “Naked people everywhere! Let’s start a nudist colony! EVERYBODY STRIP!” Jack shouted, and the crowd went wild. “Oh God, little 13 year old I was just joking!” He exclaimed; shaking his hands at the girl at the front who’d literally started getting her clothes off.

Kara, Roxy and I laughed our asses off, while Holly rolled her eyes. Cassadee was out with her band tonight; she really wished she could make it but she couldn’t. “Could I speak to you for a minute?” Holly’s poisonous voice spoke to me, and I nodded with a fake smile. We walked a bit away, before she cornered.

“Listen now; I’ll only be saying this once. Jack is MY boyfriend, and I’ve watched you all say looking at him. I get it, you two have had history; but that’s just it, history. I’m his present and most likely his future, so don’t even consider fucking this up or there will be hell to pay; got it?!” She hissed, and my eyes widened. Slowly, I nodded; and with a giant fake smile, she plodded off.

I was left standing there, petrified. I was never one for confrontation. I think Holly saw me as a threat! There would be no need to say those things otherwise... I shook it off, and re-joined my friends watching the band at their greatest.

“I’M SO HYPED!” Jack screamed once he came off stage. He was running around like a 5 year old on drugs, and I couldn’t help but laugh. “Babe, calm down.” Holly rolled her eyes, and I rolled my eyes at her. She was such a buzz-kill!

“Girls, like tradition; we always go out after one of our shows. Want to come with?” Alex asked, brushing up against me. I shivered at the contact, but shook it off quickly before anyone saw. “Of course! Like we’d miss out on a party!” Roxy laughed, as Zack linked arms with her. The boy was so on her.

So yes, once we’d gone home and got ready, we were at the club, VIP might I add. I was progressively getting drunker and drunker; until everything had gone blurry. “You frigid bitch! Let’s go dance!” Kara giggled, before grabbing my hand and pulling me up to the dance floor.

I was actually grinding with Kara. Men were staring hungrily; but I was so drunk I didn’t even care. Kara shook me, and I glanced at her- she indicated for me to look over at where the others sat; so I did. Roxy and Zack were just making out and fondling. Rian was staring at the men surrounding Kara, glaring jealously, but Alex and Jack’s eyes were focused intently on me.

Holly was desperately trying to catch Jack’s attention, but he was so clearly focused on me. If looks could kill, then the looks Alex and Jack were giving the men around me would have certified their deaths. I understood Alex, by why Jack? Maybe it’s a territorial thing; I mean Rian was envious of the men around Kara...

Once we split; I couldn’t help but laugh at the horrendous pick-up lines. I liked my comebacks however; I shot them down without a care in the world.

“How is it that you’re so beautiful?” “I must have been given your share!”

“I think I’d make you very happy!” “Why? Are you leaving?”

“You face must turn a few heads!” “And yours must turn a few stomachs...”

“I’d go to the ends of the world to find you.” “Promise me you won’t return?”

The terrible pick-up lines were never-ending, but they brought great joy to my life. Men were failures sometimes. “Katerina, stop this; you’re killing me here.” I turned and came face to face with Alex; who looked completely miserable. “I’m sorry.” I whispered, hugging him tightly. He held me, and buried his head into the crook of my neck.

“Let’s pretend like we don’t know each other; start a fresh just for the night.” Alex said, perking up slightly with that smirk that annoyed me yet turned me on at the same time. “That sounds good.” I stood up straight, and looked at him with a bewildered. “My name is Alex Gaskarth; I don’t want to try some clever pick-up line on you. So can I buy you a drink?” I laughed heartily. He remembered my hatred of pick-up lines.

“My name is Katerina Jacobs; and I’d like that Alex.”

FLASHBACK-

“Can I get your picture to prove to my mates that angels really exist?”

“Foul Alex!”

“I’m feeling kind of insecure right now. Can I have a hug?”

“Getting worse!”

“Do you have a map? Because I keep getting lost in your eyes.”

“Save yourself the humiliation.”

“Let’s make like fabric softener and snuggle.”

“Kill me now.”

“You look like my first wife; and I’ve never been married.”

“Terrible!”

“If beauty were time; you’d be eternity.”

“Cheesy.”

“I must be a snowflake because I’m falling for you?”

“Alex, it’s pointless. You will NEVER find a pick-up like I like. I hate them all!” Alex looked at me with a pure gleam in his eye. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “I have the perfect one.” I rolled my eyes, and slumped onto his bed. “My name is Alex Gaskarth; and I don’t want to try some clever pick-up line on you. So can I buy you a drink?”

I sat back up, and flung myself into his arms. He held me tightly against him. “Now if you came up to me in a club or bar and said that to me; and we were complete strangers? You’d win me over immediately.”

END-

“That was the night I realised I was in love with you.” Alex snapped me out of my daze. “You knew what I was thinking about?” He nodded sadly. “That day was one of the best days of my life.” He told me. I didn’t know whether it was me or the alcohol, but I couldn’t contain myself.

I crashed my lips passionately onto his; and stumbled back to my home.

And it didn’t take us too long to fall into our bad habits once more.