I Could Be Your Ever After?

Today was going to mark the very best day of my life. I was going to see Marianas Trench, my favorite band of all time, perform live. Not only was I going to be in general admission, I was going to see them during sound check. This meant that I would be able to get a slight glimpse of what their show was going to be like-though I know it would be awesome-I would automatically be in the front row. It can’t get any better than this.

I was getting ready to head over to the concert, the only downside to all this was that I was going alone. You see, none of my friends really were able to make it. My best friend wanted to come really bad, but her boss wasn’t about to give her the entire day off, so I was off on my own. It would be an interesting experience being alone at this concert that’s for sure.

When I arrived to the concert hall, I thought that it couldn’t be any sweeter than it was. It was huge and just had such a great atmosphere. I could sense how awesome it was and how much fun I would be having here tonight. The stage looked like it was ready for a concert. I was also amazed at how hockey games are usually played in this place and now it was totally reformed. I was sitting down in one of the chairs they put out for sound check purposes only. Sitting down, it was interesting because for right now I was the only one here and later a few others would be joining me, but tonight this place was going to be jammed packed. It was going to be simply amazing. Though I must say there is something slightly more thrilling about this sound check because it’s going to have a much more intimate vibe then the concert will, even though I am automatically in the front row.

It was now three thirty and the rest of the people arrived. In total we were six people, so my assumptions before were correct, this was going to be a very intimate setting. I was so stoked right now, I had nervous jitters. In a few minutes he was going to be on that stage and doing all sorts of wonderful things, even though it was just sound check. I knew that Marianas Trench would be amazing just the same.

It was three forty five and they were walking out onto the stage. I wanted to scream and cheer, but we weren’t enough for that yet. I didn’t wanna seem like a total psycho freak either right now, during the concert maybe I will be. I will be front row. Josh took the mic is in his hands and did the classic “testing one, two, testing, one two,” and with those simple words my heart began to melt.

“So how are my little sound check groupies?” Josh asked with a smile.

Ah, I never thought of myself as a groupie, not until now anyway.

I decided that I should get my camera out for this. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of that earlier. So, I needed to bend down and look through my purse in order to get it. As I was looking down in my purse, I suddenly felt a nervous twinge and I had no idea why. As I got my camera out and began to look up, I noticed a pair of legs standing right in front of me. As my head rose up even higher, I was faced with none other than a very sexy Josh Ramsay. Now my nervousness made sense. He was looking at me with a sinister smirk on his face. I felt some color red creep up on my cheeks. If I could, I would have ran away and hid under a rock.

“Who do we have here?” He asked.

My cheeks turned slightly redder and I gave him a shy smile.

“Does this pretty lady have a name?” he asked with a hint of humor in his tone.

“Leighton,” I said.

“Ah, Leighton what a lovely name that is” he said with a cute smile.

Oh Josh! He was making me turn a crimson color by now and he was making my heart do back flips.

“What’s your favorite song?” he asked.

I wasn’t sure if he meant what my favorite Marianas Trench song was or my favorite song in general. Oh wait, now that I think about it, it just so happens to be a Marianas Trench song anyway.

“So Soon,” I said without hesitating.

“Excellent choice,” he said

He smiled at me and sauntered back onto the stage.

Oh this was going to be an interesting night, I can guarantee that.

I looked down at my watch, as I was being escorted to my place, and I noticed that it was already almost seven o’clock. I found it pretty funny how I was being escorted to my spot; then again I was wined and dined for the last few hours up in one of those fancy cages. It was me and the other five people, though I must say I didn’t really speak to them. I am pretty sure that this one girl, Bianca, wanted to kill me because Josh totally focused his attention on me. I saw the snide look she gave me after he went back onto the stage. I must say, it was really nice to have someone’s attention for once.

I was usually the one who sat on the sidelines while my friends got all the attention. Bianca was a prime example of the kind of girl who got all the attention from guys, so it was nice that for once someone like me got the damn attention. Though, I must say what made it even better was that it was Josh fucking Ramsay who gave me that attention.

“Oh Leighton, just letting you know, I’m gonna fuck Josh, even if it’s the last thing I do.” She said bitterly.

I totally ignored her and focused on what was going to be happening tonight. This concert was going to have such an amazing lineup. These Kids Wear Crowns and All Time Low were going to be opening for Marianas Trench. The line up couldn’t get any better than this, in my mind anyway. I couldn’t wait until they came on live. This was going to be such an amazing experience for me and I was so close to them.

All of a sudden the crowd, including myself, erupted in yells. These Kids Wear Crowns were up and oh they all looked so adorable on stage.

“Hey everyone we’re These Kids Wear Crowns and we can’t wait to entertain you!” The lead singer shouted.

They opened up with Break It Up, one of their more known songs. I remember seeing this video where they were all riding their bikes and I was hooked on them since. I sang along and I was proud to know their lyrics. They’re music speaks to so many different people and I thought they were totally amazing.

They sang Jumpstart, Lifetime, Skeletons and they decided to close it off with their cover of I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

“Hey everyone, we’re These Kids Wear Crowns! Hope you enjoyed our performance!” They yelled.

With that they were offstage; this meant that All Time Low was next. Once All Time Low finished then it was time for Marianas Trench. I couldn’t wait, this night was about to get better I just knew it.

“Hey y’all! It’s All Time Low! It’s time to get this crowd all warmed up!” Alex yelled.

I knew they were going to be an entertaining bunch.

“We decided that we’re going to start by singing one of our older hits, Dear Maria, Count me in!”

I started singing along with this song, I am pretty sure I have listened to this song a million times. I loved it and it’s so cute and really easy to get into. Then they sang, I Feel Like Dancing, Holly, Would you Turn me on? They sang, Damned If I do you, Damned if I don’t-one of my favorites- and they decided to close it off with Weightless.

“Wow, you guys are simply amazing tonight! One of the best crowds we’ve had so far! I hope you enjoyed our performance and we hope you enjoy Marianas Trench!” Jack yelled.

The crowd erupted into loud screams, cat calls, and cheers. I did as well. I must say, it’s pretty hard to not do so when you’re at a concert with this many people.

I felt my heart skip a beat when they ran off stage because this meant Marianas Trench would be coming on that much sooner. I mean, this was really happening. Josh was going to be singing live, Josh knew my name, and he said it was lovely. Josh smiled at me and made me blush; he focused his attention on me during the sound check. This night is just incredible.

The whole concert hall went dark and I noticed a hint of smoke start to appear on the stage and faint music playing in the background. Then suddenly there was a jack in the box on the stage-I knew what this meant-and in the background Josh’s voice was telling the story that’s on the first flap of the CD. Could this mean he was starting with Ever After?

The crank on the box began to turn and I got super excited. I knew that Josh was inside of there, there was no other option other than that one. The crank began to spin faster and faster and then it happened.

Josh appeared from the box wearing tight red pants and a white leather jacket. The second he popped out of the box the magic began.

“Once upon a time, I used to romanticize. Used to be somebody, never mind, I don't miss it that much now.” His powerful voice sung.

I was hooked and I was mesmerized by his voice. I felt like I was being transported to an entirely different world. It almost felt as though it was a world where the only two people in this room were Josh and I. I wasn’t sure what made me feel that, but there was something in the way he was singing and how his eyes were working the crowd that made me feel this way.

“Hello there!” Josh yelled.

“Hello,” we all yelled in return.

“Well we’re Marianas Trench!” Ian yelled.

I loved how each band introduced who they were, how could we not know? I definitely knew who they were.

He looked at the crowd and began “Testing, Testing, I’m just suggesting, you and I might not be the best thing.”

And Haven’t Had Enough began and I was singing and dancing along with the song.

I noticed that every time I looked right at Josh, and hoped to make eye contact with him, Bianca kept looking at me. I knew she was mad and you know, she had every right to be mad, but I really didn’t care.

“Just know, he’s mine tonight,” she said.

“Oh sure, actually Bianca, my chances are just a little higher than yours.” I said and looked away.

I was sure I wasn’t going to be speaking to her again for the rest of the night.

They went onto sing, Fallout, All To Myself, Acadia, Cross My Heart, Desperate Measures and B Team. I knew every word to every song I just finished mentioning. It almost didn’t faze me anymore that I was totally by myself at this concert right now. In a sense, it was probably better this way. I liked being in my own world with Josh of course.

When he finished singing B Team, he took the microphone out of the stand and I knew this was a signal that he was probably going to talk to us.

“Earlier today, during sound check,” he said.

For some reason I felt butterflies erupt in my stomach, was he going to mention...? Nah, that is simply crazy.

“When we had our sound check, there was this girl and she just so happened to bend down and look for something in her purse. I was curious as to what she wanted to get, so I casually walked over there.”

Oh my God, he really is....

“She looked so peaceful, so I just stood there. I decided I should wait until she looked up and then say something. When she saw she was face to face with me, she turned quite a pinkish color.”

Fuck, he noticed...

“I thought that was cute, cause a pretty girl like her should defiantly not blush when being faced with an average Joe like me.”

Bianca gave me such a dirty look and all I did was smile...

“I asked her what her name was, Leighton she said. I also asked her what her favorite song was, she just happened to say So Soon. Though it wasn’t part of the original plan, I have to sing it just for her.” He said.

My heart skipped a few beats and I became as red as a tomato. I couldn’t believe that Josh was about to dedicate a song to me, a song that wasn’t even originally going to be in his show. I couldn’t help but feel like a little kid in a candy store.

“You say sometimes it’s like I hardly know you,...” he began and I was in a totally different world.
Right now, I knew that it was just me and Josh sharing this moment together.

He stood right at the edge before the crowd was standing. He was singing so powerfully and reached his hand into the crowd. I found myself reaching for his hand and then suddenly we locked eyes. He gripped onto my hand really tightly and smiled. I smiled back and I knew in my heart that Josh and I just had a moment that I would never forget.

He didn’t let go of my hand and I must say, I didn’t want him to let go of my hand either. His grip kept on getting tighter, almost as though he was trying to pull me up. I then noticed that the people around me were slowly starting to push me up. Before I knew it, I was inches away from Josh’s face and he was singing directly to me. I couldn’t believe this moment, Josh Ramsay was singing to me.

Not any other girl in this room, not Bianca, not anyone just me.

He was singing to me.

“This just feels so soon...”

As those words exited his mouth, his lips were lightly pressed to mine. My mind went into complete shock. Was Josh really kissing me right now? Could this be possible? He pushed his lips on mine a little more roughly, which obliged me to kiss him back. I kissed him back and I could feel his smirk in the kiss. The entire audience were making cat calls and people were yelling and cheering as on.

As the kiss separated, he whispered in my ear “you might not wanna leave right away,”

He kissed my cheek and gently put me back into the crowd.

“That’s Leighton everyone, the girl I couldn’t help but give my full divided attention to during sound check. Come on now, all you guys or girls out there are either jealous of her or me. I’d say you should be jealous of me!”

The entire crowd began to laugh and someone in the background, they sounded female, shouted “Leighton you’re hot!” I began to laugh.

Wow this night has just gotten about a billion times better than before.

“We’ve got time for maybe two songs, maybe more depending on how amazing this crowd is.” Josh said!

I wanted this concert to go on forever if that were possible.

They sure had time for more than two songs. They ended up playing: Beside you, Sing Sing, Lover Dearest, Push, Alibis, By Now.

I was in pure ecstasy at this point; this concert was the most amazing concert ever. I felt like I was on cloud nine and I didn’t want this to end. I mean could my life get any better than this?

“There’s no yellow bricks....” Oh my lord, he’s singing No Place Like Home! This was simply the perfect way for him to end a concert. I mean this is the perfect closing song for anything! This was just incredible.

“Happily Ever After, We Lived, The End...”

With that the concert came to a close and I practically had no voice left. Between singing like a crazy person and probably stopped breathing when Josh planted his lips against mine, ya I was pretty crazy right now.

Before I knew it, the concert hall had cleared out and I was one of the few people that was remaining.

“Well, well, well if it isn’t the famous Leighton.” Ian said.

I blushed a little and simply nodded my head.

“Glad he found you, he didn’t shut up about you! Made us sing So Soon like five times to make sure it was perfect. You know, the kiss thing was totally unplanned. He was didn’t think you’d actually be right there.” Ian said.

I felt like some sort of superstar, but at the same time I wanted to crawl back under that rock again.

“Really?” I asked.

“Oh really, I mean he didn’t shut up. I must say it was annoying but funny,” he said.

I smiled.

“Is he hitting on you?” I heard a voice say.

It was instantly recognizable as Josh’s voice. Oh my heart totally melted.

“Not quite,” I said with a smile.

“He better not be hitting on you,” Josh said.

“I doubt he was, if anything he totally just sold you out,” I said.

It was Josh’s turn to blush this time around. He looked so cute with a slight pinkness to his cheeks.

He walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulder. I felt so safe in this position and his arm was the perfect fit for my frame. I put my head into the nape of his neck and I couldn’t help but blush. I don’t know how I was letting myself just fall into him like this right now.

“My own band mate sells me out,” Josh said.

I nodded my head slightly.

“What did he say?” He asked.

I glanced over at Ian and he gave me a thumbs up.

“He said how you wouldn’t shut up about me and how you made them rehearse the song like five times and that the kiss was unplanned.” I said.

“That’s just about right, but there’s one thing he did forget.” Josh said.

“What would that be?” I asked.

“He forgot to tell you that even though the kiss was unplanned, I didn’t shut up about how much I wanted to kiss you.” He said.

My heart jumped and my stomach turned and I was red. Before I knew it Josh’s lips were pressed against mine again. This time however, there was tons more passion and we both knew that this time it pretty much just was the two of us. He pushed his body into this kiss and I did as well. Our lips were locked and I had no intention of breaking off this kiss anytime soon. His tongue gently grazed my bottom lip and I couldn’t help but allow him access. His tongue danced along with mine and this kiss was magical. Before we knew it we had a full blown makeout session and I liked it. I liked it a lot.

“Leighton, not here,” he softly whispered.

I knew he was right. It was kind of odd to be making out here, I’m surprised we haven’t been kicked out yet.

“Where do you intend on taking me?” I asked.

“I was thinking backstage for now, then ya know we’re going to a hotel, if you uhm...” he looked around the room.

“Yes?” I asked.

“Well if you care to join us, I am giving you a V.I.P invitation.” He said.

Whoa, he was inviting me to go back to his hotel after I hung backstage. I had a strange feeling that if I went to the hotel with them more than what I bargained for would happen, but at this moment, I just wasn’t able to tell him no. How many times would something like this happen?

“Why thank you sir,” I said trying to sound British.

“Oh you want to be British now? How about backstage we can have some crumpets and tea?” He asked.

Oh my, what a cute accent that was. Jeez, I probably sound like a stupid fan girl.

“I would love to join you for tea,” I said.

Going backstage was probably one of the best moments of my life. Being backstage for a concert has always been a dream of mine and to make everything better it just so happened to be a Marianas Trench concert. This night just kept on getting better and better.

“Leighton!” The band yelled.

Wow, they all knew my name holy shit; I almost didn’t know how to react to this.

“Ever have a kiss like that?” Mike asked.

“Hey, don’t scare her,” Josh said.

I couldn’t help but laugh at this. I loved how they were all making me feel so comfortable. They were such down to earth guys and I felt like I had known them before. I didn’t feel like I was in a room full of celebrities. Sure, I totally idolized them and I got a kiss in front of a huge crowd, but I didn’t feel intimidated by them, which was nice.

“No Mike, I have never had a kiss like that.” I said.

“Better question, did you ever have a kiss feel so good before?” He asked.

“No I haven’t,” I said as I looked up at Josh.

He kissed me again lightly and I kissed back. Man, Josh was a good kisser.

“So Josh, time to ask you a question,” I said with a grin.

“Shoot,” he said.

“Do you do this with every girl?” I asked.

“What do you mean?” He asked.

“I mean do you kiss every girl in the crowd and bring them backstage and invite them to your hotel room afterward?” I asked

“I have a few rules to do that,” he said.

“And those would be?” I asked.

“One: she needs to bend down to look for something in her purse during sound check. Two: her favorite song needs to be So Soon. Three: She needs to have black hair with pink and purple streaks. Four: She should have a tongue piercing that usually helps. Five: It usually helps if her name is Leighton. Does that answer your question?” He said.

“Guess that means he does do it every time,” Matt said.

We all burst out into laughter, but his answer was also pretty sweet. Though maybe those were lines he used on every girl he saw?

He leaned in and gave me a kiss again and smiled as we pulled away.

Josh and I kept on laughing and this band was simply amazing. I didn’t think they were going to be this funny and this cool.

I got up and walked over to one of the couches and Josh was still standing up. I looked at him with big eyes and made him a gesture to come sit down next to me.

Josh walked over without hesitation.

“Oh, you’re whipped already,” Mike said.

He shot him a look and flipped him off. I laughed. Mike tapped his shoulder a little and Josh came to sit beside me.

“Whipped or not, I’m the one who’s got a girl with me.” He said.

I couldn’t help but smile at this comment.

Josh leaned over and pecked my lips softly. I loved the way his lips felt when they were pressed against mine. Our lips were moving in perfect harmony, almost like a song of his.

“I saw a hot one, but she wanted you,” Ian said.

“Let me guess her name was Bianca?” I asked.

“How did you...?” He asked.

“She told me she’d be fucking Josh,” I said.

“Looks like she missed out, maybe someone else will be fucking Josh,” said Matt from the other couch.

Josh took a pillow and whipped it at him and Matt smirked.

I must say that I couldn’t help but blush at this comment. The idea of having sex with Josh Ramsay was something that had run through my head.

“We should get going,” Ian said.

Before I knew it, Josh and I were at the hotel. I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to feel about tonight right now.

“Where do I sleep?” I asked casually.

“There’s two options, couch or my bed,”

When he said my bed, he had this glimmer in his eye and I wasn’t sure if it was innocent or was it a little more devious. I probably should have chosen to sleep on the couch, but for some reason I couldn’t do that.

“Your bed’s fine.” I said.

He smiled and began to undress. I realized that I had nothing to sleep in other than my bra and I wasn’t sure that was going to be such a good idea.

“Nothing to sleep in?” He asked.

“Nope,” I said.

“Here,” he said as he tossed a shirt in my hands.

I don’t know what or how it happened, not a clue, but somewhere between him throwing his shirt at me and him changing, we were lying on the bed and our hands began exploring one another’s bodies.

His hands caressed my breasts and I caressed his chest. His fingers began to wander a little lower and I felt my body shake a little. Could this really be happening?

“Just say stop and I’ll stop,” he said so sweetly.

I had no intention of saying stop.

His fingers gently entered me and I gasped for how amazing that felt. He went in deep, but he was slow and gentle and knew exactly where to go and where to stop. It was like he had done this to me before. He hit all my spots within seconds and it made everything feel so much more amazing. I gently began to pump his shaft and he grunted in pleasure as did I. We were in this moment together and we were both in a place of only pleasure. There was nothing else between other than passion.

“Are you sure?” He asked.

I knew exactly what he was referring to and I knew that in this moment that’s what I wanted. I wanted Josh, I wanted this, and I knew it felt right. I know that we just met, and people would probably think I’m an easy lay, but I’m not. This just felt like the choice at this moment in time. My head was saying no, but my heart was saying yes and I in the end I always listen to my heart.

“I’ll go slowly,” He whispered as he kissed me.

He did go slowly, but not for long because I asked him to quicken the pace. Sex had never felt so good before like it did right now. Josh knew exactly what he was doing and where he needed to go. He knew how fast, how slow. He knew everything under the sun and I couldn’t believe he was inside of me right now. He was giving me everything I could want from this experience. He was bringing me to a place I was never able to reach before. He held me close to his body and was going deep in and out in and out.

“Josh,” I moaned softly.

“Oh Leighton,” he huffed as he pumped in again.

I knew that I was close to my peak and from looks of it he was as well. I knew that together we’d ride out our orgasms and that is exactly what was going to happen.

“I’m really close,” he said and he began to pick up the pace.

“Me too,” I said.

I begged him to go even more quickly than before. I was so close and I know that he wanted to go even faster. He was thrusting himself inside me faster and harder than ever before and I was screaming for how good it felt. It got to the point where I didn’t care if anyone heard me or not, I was in pure heaven right now. This moment was bliss.

“Fuck,” he began to say as his thrusts got shorter and faster.

“I-I-I, Oh my....Ah....”

It just happened, both of us at the same time. We both hit our peaks and we rode them out together. He pulled out very slowly and just looked me dead in the eye.

His eyes were soft and sincere and he looked like an angel.

“Just so you know, I think you’re beautiful,” he said.

I felt myself melting away. Josh Ramsay called me beautiful, how romantic is he? He pulled my body close to his and snuggled me. I felt safe in his arms, I felt protected. I felt like I never wanted to leave them.

I stirred awake and noticed that Josh was still sleeping. Now was my chance to make my escape. I know crazy right? I needed to leave; I should not have done what I did last night. Looking down I saw my naked body and I saw his and the memories of last night came back. They were memories I will never forget, but at the same time memories I hope I don’t have to relive again. This was too much; I should not have had sex with him. I had just met him and sure we kissed and there was tongue, but sex, I took one step too far. It wasn’t even his fault, he was willing to stop, but I’m the one who never asked him too. I was too caught up in the moment. I’m not saying I completely regret having sex with him. My heart is happy, but head knows what I did was stupid and wrong and that I needed to leave. I needed to leave before he awoke, because then I wouldn’t be able to make my escape.

I quickly, but gently took his arm away from mine and I put a pillow in my place. I threw on my pants and the shirt Josh gave me in to sleep. It smelt like him, man he smelt good. I threw my bra and panties into my bag. I ripped a piece of paper and took out a pen and wrote:

Sorry, I’m the bad girl.
-Leighton

With that I was out of the hotel quietly and has I shut the door behind me tears welled up in my eyes. I couldn’t believe what I had just done. I connected with him, he dedicated a song to me, I slept with him and this is how I repay him; I repay him by leaving without saying goodbye. Part of me wanted to run back to the hotel, get back in bed with him before he woke up and have him wake up to our naked selves. Part of me wanted to kiss him again and just have him hold me and then maybe we’d even have morning sex. I’d even leave him my number so I can call him and text him and keep him in my life. Part of me wanted to do that, but the other part of me said no. The other part of me told me leaving is what was best. He probably did this with all sorts of girls, probably fucked them and left. Part of me knew that if I went back I’d be trapped and I’d be at his disposal. Part of me knew that if I went back, I’d never want to leave his side. For the first time in a long time, I listened to my head.

It was official, I left and Josh, well he was out of my life.