I was trying to calm myself down with a cup of lemon tea and honey. Today would be the first time I met Mike, and the others from Pierce the Veil, since my death and then “rise from the dead”. It would be the first time in ages that I would meet Scarlet Skies. The first time I met Austin since he told me he’d kissed my girlfriend. Or my girlfriend kissed him. And Stella… She was arriving next week, back from Europe and Africa. Caspian entered our bus, and my old bus, and looked at me.
"You look like shit, to be honest" he said.
"I feel like shit" I mumbled.
"Why?" he asked and sat down across the small table from me. I looked at him and wondered if I should share my problems with him. Or not problems but thoughts. Maybe I should… I was going to spend an awful lot of time with these guys. They were my new family.
"Remember I told you guys about my boy trouble?" I asked.
"So it’s about Austin?" he asked.
"Not really" I sighed and took a deep breath. He looked at me and waited for me to continue. I think he already guessed what this is all about but you never know. He might not understand.
"Well i’m just… scared I guess" I said.
"For Mike’s reaction? Seeing Scarlet?" he asked and I nodded.
"And seeing Austin, since he told me something new and… Stella" I confessed.
"Stella? What about her?" he asked, clearly a bit confused.
"Austin told me that… well… He told me that Stella and he kissed" I said and looked at Caspian.
"And you believe him? Have you asked Stella about it?" he asked, a bit surprised.
"That’s the thing Cas… I trust Austin more than I trust Stella. I would give my life in Austin’s hands, and… I would never do that with anyone else" I said and sighed again. He looked at me and nodded.
"And you’re sure he’s not saying all this then because he knows you trust him, and he’s jealous about Stella?" he asked and my heart dropped. I never thought of it like that. but would Austin do that? Would he really say something like that? When he knew that I would be so pissed, and probably end everything between us, if I found out he lied? Would he? Now my heart started to race a little and my thoughts became even worse.
"I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make it worse for you" Caspian said and looked guilty.
"It’s okay… I’m not sure if Austin would do that but i can’t be sure" I confessed.
"Why not talk to Stella? Or watch her?" he asked.
"Like spy on her?" I asked.
"I know it’s a shitty thing to do, but I can help you keep an eye on her" he said and shrugged.
"Me too" Elijah said and popped his head out of the bunkers. I didn’t even knew he had been there."
"How long have you been there?" I asked.
"I was here before you" he said with a small grin.
"Well glad to know you guys would help me" I said and smiled a little.

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Austin’s POV

I looked at Pierce The Veil and saw that Mike was really nervous. Every tim the door opened he looked up with hope in his eyes. I knew he wanted to see her. To see Essie. The same went for Jaime, Tony and Vic as well. But they were nowhere near as nervous as Mike. Scarlet Skies didn’t seem to be nervous or bothered and I wasn’t that surprised.
"It’s only Semuncia we’re waiting for" Phil said and nodded.
"They will be here any minute now" Aaron said with a smile.
"It’s nice to finally see Essie again, she and Stella didn’t stay long on our last tour" Alan said.
"You guys already met her?" Vic asked.
"Yeah, we knew she was alive all the time" I shrugged and I saw how everyone stared at us.
"You knew?" Jaime asked.
"Yeah, Cory is our driver. I had a relationship with Essie and… yeah" I shrugged again. Then we heard unfamiliar voices getting closer and then new faces appeared in the door. The first one to come in was really tall. Light brown hair, stretched ears and the really blue eyes. the girls would love him and he presented himself as Scott. He played guitar for the band. The girls would definitely love him. The next one to come in was not as tall as Scott, had a stubble, stretched ears and his eyes looked so… icey. Even though they were brown. Which surprised me.
"I’m Elijah, I play drums" he said and you could see that with those muscular arms. then we had one really, really tall one with red hair. He had pretty nice bone structure in his face, not that I stared but I have to admit he had some nice features, and his eyes was dark green. He played bass and his name was Caspian. The girls would love him as well, and the last one was Aaron. He had long bright hair, nice features as well and he looked like the typical guitar guy any girl would fall for. Then I saw how Mike, and the others, just stared when Essie walked in. Her tanned skin looked nice to the new brown hair and her eyes looked even more purple than ever.
"And you all know me since before" she said and you could see how nervous she was. She looked scared and didn’t know where to look. But I managed to catch some eye contact with her. She gave me a weak smile and then she looked at Mike. He just stared at her.

It was finally time for the first show and everyone was excited. But most excited was the guys in Semuncia. This would be their first live performance since they got signed and their album was released. A lot of people was here to see Essie getting back on the stage. This time as a vocalist and not a DJ. She had gotten some really good response since their album had ben released and I was impressed myself. He voice was really good and I could never, ever, have imagined her to have such power. She looked so small and fragile and she sounded like a rock and roll version of… I don’t know. She had such power and a special voice that you couldn’t compare it to anyone. If they did everything right they would become big. Really big.
I walked up to the sidestage just as they walked on and the crowd went nuts. Essie looked happy and she raised her hand as a greeting.
"WE ARE SEMUNCIA" she called out and the crowd cheered.