"Go out for once in your life!" My mother playfully yelled at me. "For god's sake honey it's a Friday night and you're in here on your computer all day. What do you even do on this thing?" She walked up behind me and began to stare at my laptop. So I slammed it closed.

"None of your business, and you act like I have a life." I said to her, obviously annoyed, I was trying to get her to leave me alone. She pouted for a while and then shook her head. "Go! Get out of the house. You have a car, but you rarely use it. Go pick up a couple friends and get wasted, runaway from home, I don't know find something to do." She yelled pushing me towards my closet.

"Did you just tell me to run away from home?" I turned around. "And to get wasted, great parenting mom." I laughed at her.

"Yes I did! Anything other than staring at that computer screen. Remember when you used to play softball, you even did a little soccer. Just go do something please." She was sounding a bit too desperate, but I changed clothes anyway and grabbed my bag and phone. I turned up Of Mice and Men on full blast and left for anywhere but here at the moment. I pulled into a gas station, people were looking at me funny, probably because of the music I had playing, but I didn't care as long as they didn't say anything about it. If they did, in way that was rude or mean to the artist, there was about to be a fight.

I stared at myself in the window of my little hand me down mustang, it was pretty badass if you asked me. I looked pretty good for my outfit being thrown together in less than five minutes. Just a gray tank with Lace on the back with a pair of skinny jeans and my black vans. My blonde hair was an untamed mess though, all held together under a beanie. There was another blurred reflection in my window. I turned around fast to see who was standing over me.

I couldn't believe my eyes. The man I was listening to, about five minutes ago, was standing right in front of me. My mouth flew open.

"Careful you'll catch a fly like that." He pushed my bottom jaw up so that my mouth shut and then held his hand there. "Uh thanks..." I said, my mouth was becoming a little dry, and I knew if I said anything else I would probably turn into a fan girl. "My name's Austin, but by the music you were blasting and the sheer look of shock on your face, you already knew that." He gave me a smile and held out his hand. "Your name?" He asked as I shook his hand.
"Preslie..." I said trying my hardest to calm down a bit. Breathe pres... breathe, he is just another person. "That's a really pretty name. And did I mention you looked beautiful in this gas station lighting!" I busted into laughter, along with him. "Thanks for laughing at that, I needed it to break the tension." He said smiling down on me. I was below average in the height range, 5'3" , he made me feel shorter than short.

"Hey Austin!" I heard a guy yell from behind him. "We're getting ready to leave what are you doing?" The carrot top ginger came running over to us. "Oh... there's a girl." He smirked at Austin.

"For your information. I wasn't flirting with her, she was playing our music on full blast when she pulled into this gas station, and I thought I'd be nice and come say hi." He smiled a fake smile at Alan and the he sent a wink at me, hoping I would play along. "Yea... No flirting just talking." I said nervously.

"Did you ask her if she was going to our show tomorrow night?" Alan asked him. Austin's face lit up as if he had just remembered to. "Yea that's right. Are you going to our show?" I had heard about the show but I didn't really wanna go alone, none of my 'friends' listened to the same music that I did. Nor did I really consider them my friends, they were just people who I happened to be around since we were young. They wouldn't take a bullet for me and I wouldn't take one for them. There was only one person I considered my friend and she was on vacation at the moment. I looked around nervously and decided to lie since I didn't really want them thinking I was a loner. "Uh nope sorry, I didn't have enough money and before I knew it the tickets were sold out." I shrugged my shoulders and went back to pumping gas in my car.

When I turned around Austin and Alan were smiling at each other. Alan ran back to the bus and left me standing there with Austin who looked a bit devilish with his smile. "So how old are you?" He asked.

"Well my mother told me never to give my age out to any strange guys with tattoos... But I don't find you strange and you're technically not a stranger, so I'll tell you I'm 18." He laughed. "All of that just to tell me you were 18."

"So you're legal!" Alan yelled from behind Austin who shook his head. I realized what he meant and blushed a bit in shock. "Uh wow yea..." I said looking at the ground, I was biting my lip just hoping they would change the subject. "Alan... you made her feel uncomfortable." I heard a girl whine, she came walking to the front where I was. "Hi there, awe you're so adorable! Look how short you are compared to Austin!" She was laughing at me. "And how she blushed when Alan mentioned she was of age!" another girl spun around Austin and got in my face. They were obviously a bit jealous I was getting all the attention of the boys. I turned around to check the gas and it was almost filled up and I could leave. I pulled it out of my car and hung it up. Trying to ignore the girls as they criticized everything I had. They were practically perfect. They had huge boobs, a big butt, they were thin at the waist and they were average height, plus their six inch heels made them tall enough to reach Austin's face. "Look at how small her ass is, and look she's so flat chested!" They were whispering, everything they said sounded like the things, my so called friends would criticize me for.

"Hey leave her alone." Austin bent down and hugged me from behind, wrapping his long arms around my chest. "She is perfect the way she is and much more... cute, than either of you. Go back on the bus and play with Tino or Phil or something." They looked a bit disgusted. "Hell no if you're gonna choose a skimpy twig like her over us we're out, toodles, have fun with flatty over here." One of them said before hailing a taxi and leaving the gas station.

"Thanks, again..." I said to Austin who was still hugging me. "No problem!" He held me tighter. "Alright you two!" Alan broke up our hug that I was kind of enjoying. "Oh yea here! I expect to see you tomorrow at our show." Austin took what Alan had in his hands and gave it to me. "A backstage pass?!?" I was shocked at them.

"Yea you said you wanted to go, and we kinda owed you after what those bitches said to you, so there ya go!" His smile plastered on his face. Alan turned around and walked off. "Hey Preslie, I know this sounds a little weird but can I get your number, I mean if anything happens... so I can contact you?"

I was dumbfounded.Austin Carlile just asked me for my phone number. "Yea totally!" I finally managed to choke out. I leaned in my car to grab a piece of paper but he handed me his phone instead. I typed my name and number and handed it back to him. He changed something and showed me. I had a little emoji that had a heart with an arrow through it next to my name. "See ya at the concert Preslie." He winked at me and walked away. Leaving me absolutely speechless. "That just happened right?" I pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming and waved as their bus pulled out.

My phone buzzed in my pocket. I had a text message. "Hey Preslie. It's Austin! You better be at that concert tomorrow." I hopped in my car and drove like a maniac till I got to the Hottopic store I had originally planned to stop at. I bought a few outfits, and a couple wristbands before leaving for the next store. While I was walking to my car I realized there were two figures walking behind me. They were two men, both way stronger than me and much taller than me. I got in my car and headed for a shoe store down the street. I got out of my car and saw a small red convertible pull in across the row from me, with the same two guys. I walked into the store, in search for some shoes to match what I had just bought. Maybe it's a coincidence they're here. What are they planning on doing? The other guy turned towards the store. So I pretended I was looking at the shoes in the window. I turned and headed for the back of the store.

I stayed there for about 30 minutes looking for a pair of shoes and, I decided that I'd just find a pair of shoes at my house. I looked up to where I was walking. They're still here! They looked up from their seats in their car. What if they follow me again? I can't exactly go home or they'll know where I live... Maybe I should call Austin and ask if I can hang on their bus? NO! They'll think I'm using them... I started to get in my car and they surrounded it on both sides. I jumped out of my skin, the guy started to climb in with me while the other one kept watch. He got on top of me and tried to lift my shirt , the whole time he had his hand over my mouth. I finally got into the perfect position and kicked him in the balls. He let out a huge wail. "BITCH!" He screamed. I Screamed too, at the top of my lungs and pushed him out of my car and drove away. They followed two cars behind me, the guy I had kicked was still clutching his balls which made me a little proud but still scared as hell. I decided I'd call Austin, he seemed to be my only way out and I couldn't exactly call the cops. What am I supposed to tell them, I was almost raped?

Ring...ring...ring...”Hello? Preslie? I didn't expect you to call for a date this early." He laughed. "Uh hey Austin can I ask for a favor?"

"Yea anything what's up?"

"Well... I need to go anywhere but my house right now and I have no other place to go.... cause I really don't have any friends and that's the reason I didn't wanna go to your concert and I 'm really scared cause there's two guys who've been following me since you left and then they tried..." By now I was crying so you really couldn't understand what I was saying.
"Preslie! Preslie! HEY PRESLIE!" I finally started to breathe again and calmed down.

"Preslie? You there?"

"Yea..."

"Alright. Do you know the venue we're playing at?"

"Yea..."

"That's where we're at. I want you to stay with me on the phone in case something happens. Just drive to us and we'll take care of the perverts following you." I began crying again. The venue was about thirty minutes out of town, big enough to hold all the crazy OM&M fans. When I arrived Austin ran out and grabbed me by the hand and he led me into their bus. Alan and Phil stayed outside and Tino sat on the couch opposite me. Austin kneeled down next to the couch, rubbing my head comforting me telling me I was okay now.

"Austin they're here..." Alan came in through the door. He stood straight up with a stern look on his face. He grabbed my arm and led me towards their bunk area so I could look out the window and not be noticed. I cracked it a little to hear what they would say. To my left was a little colorful octopus so I grabbed onto it like a little kid hoping it would save me from the scary monsters....

"Can we help you guys?" Phil spoke first.

"Hello, I'm Alex and this is Mark, Yea we're looking for my girlfriend she ran out in the middle of the night, and she scared me half to death. We, uh found her shopping so we tried to talk to her and she ran away. We chased her here, that's her car over there... is she in your bus?"

"Nope." Alan spoke.

"Then why is her car here?" The guy I had kicked (Mark) chimed in.

"Because that's my car." Tino said to him, Alex got in his face. "It's her plate number."

Then Austin stepped in, towering over both of them. "Well that's just too bad, maybe they're similar and you're mistaken. But she's not here and if she was..." He got very serious, very fast. "I wouldn't tell you." He pushed Alex back from Tino's face and the two finally drove off before flipping them all off.

I climbed out of Austin's bunk, not really realizing I had Squidgy in my hands. "Thanks, for like the millionth time tonight." I said kind of embarrassed at how many times they had saved my ass today. "I should probably get home..." I said as I headed for the door. "Number one you're not going home tonight, after what just happened." Austin grabbed my waist and picked me up, he sat me on the couch. "Number two, you're not taking Squidgy with you either." He smiled pointing to my hands. My eyes grew big. " I didn't mean to, I mean I hadn't realized I had him still." They laughed at me and my childish antics, they probably thought I was like five or something.

"Nah you're okay, I just don't really think it's safe driving all the way home in the middle of the night , especially with those two guys still out there. We'll call the police in the morning." He
smiled at me.

"Oh, okay." I was kinda nervous with all of them staring at me.

"Austin, you still haven't properly introduced us to this girl you haven't stopped talking about." Tino leaned over near me. "I don't really need an introduction for you guys, I already know who you are..."

"Yes but we don't know you." Phil stood up and Austin was trying to hide the blush on his face. He composed himself. "Well thanks for telling her I've been talking about her. Anyway everyone, this is Preslie. I met her in a kind of shady way. At a gas station." He laughed to himself. "But she still reminds me of Cinderella." He cupped his mouth, shocked at the words that just escaped his mouth.

"Awwwwww Austin has a little crush!" Alan let out. Making me blush as well. Austin glared at him. Alan threw up his hands like a gun was being pointed at him. "Just stating facts!" Austin jumped at him and Alan stood up and ran to the back of the bus. "Well I'm gonna head to Asking Alexandria's bus, they were having a party tonight you guys should come." Tino stood up and Phil agreed with him so they left for the other's bus. Alan stepped back out to the front lounge, winked at me and then took off after them. "My phone's in the car and I should probably call my mom and tell her I'm staying with a friend tonight." I said to Austin, he nodded and walked me to my car.

I leaned over the passenger's seat and grabbed my phone. I could feel Austin starring at me. When I grabbed my phone I sat in the seat and dialed the house phone. "Pres! I didn't really think you'd run away. It's 12:00 where have you been?"

"Sorry I didn't call sooner mom, I'm fine, I'm staying with a friend tonight..." I looked at Austin trying to hold in my laughter, he was making funny faces at me. I turned away from him and continued my conversation. "No I'll find some clothes here it's no big deal mom, I can handle it, uh huh, uh huh... yep love you too. Bye mom." I hung up the phone and looked at Austin.
"So, we could go to the party, but I'm afraid they'd all hit on you." He was really debating it. "Or... We could watch a movie and snuggle with Squidgy..." He said to me walking back to the bus. I blushed and he turned around "Alright Cinderella." He ran behind me and picked me up princess style. "AUSTIN!" I screamed. "Put me down!" He laughed picking up Squidgy on the way by. He sat me down in the back lounge. He let me lean on him and I felt a bit awkward at first, but soon after it felt almost natural. I fell asleep leaning on his chest with Squidgy in my arms, watching Cinderella, which was now my favorite movie. Ever.

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