Princess of Texting
Chapter Four
Austin’s POV
I gently laid her down on the couch in her front lounge, and I was just about to back away and give her some space when she grabbed my shirt and begged me not to go.
"Please don’t leve me alone" she said and curled up into a ball. Never had I seen her so small, so broken and fragile. She had always been the girl that just walked by and looked so strong and confident. Yet her she was… Lying on the couch, curling up to a ball in fetus position and looked like she’s been to hell and back. Well she probably had after what Cory told me about her past. Her usually purple eyes looked grey and… lifeless.
"I’m not going" I said and she relaxed just a little. Cory looked for something in the small kitchen area, he muttered for himself and after a few minutes he finally found what he was looking for. He poured up some water and then he came over.
"Essie love, take this" he said and held out two small pills. She looked at them and she did as he said. She slowly sat up, without letting go of my shirt, and she took the pills. She swallowed them in one go and drank up all the water. Slowly she closed her eyes and moved her knees to her chest. I sat down on the couch since she would’t let go of my shirt. I felt a little bit uncomfortable, and guilty because I knew that Scarlet Skies treated her like they did because of me. I knew they looked up to me and yeah… Fuck. Just fuck.
Her grip on my shirt slowly got looser and looser, until she didn’t hold it at all. I glanced over at her and saw that she was… Sleeping. To my surprise.
"What did you give her?" I asked and looked at Cory.
"Medicine that will calm her down, as you can see… She will probably not play tonight" he said and sighed a little.
"Does this… happen often?" I asked.
"It’s been years since she last got an attack, but I always have her pills on the bus… Because well, you never know" he said. I looked at her just as she gently fell on my, and I lifted her up. I carried her over to her bunker and Cory thanked me for helping him.
"You welcome" I said and took one last glance at her before I left her bus.
- - -
I had this really weird feeling when I woke up. I remembered the basement yesterday and for some reason I remember seeing Austin’s face. I remember him carrying me back to my bus, me begging him not to go and then he sat down on the couch next to me and… stayed.
"Ah, you’re up" Cory said when he saw me getting out from my bunker.
"I feel like… shit" I said and sat down on the couch. I brought my knees to my chest and took a deep breath.
"To be honest… You look like crap as well" he said and looked at me.
"I bet" I muttered.
"But I’m glad Austin found you, I would never have guessed that you would have been in the basement" he said.
"So he did find me?" I said and looked up.
"He’s the one, and he helped me calm you down yesterday as well" he said. I nodded and swallowed. It felt a little bit weird to have Austin help me. But I guess it was better than staying down there and going crazy.
"I need some croissants" I said and stood up.
"We’re out of croissants, but I think they sell it down the street at the bakery" he said and looked at me.
"Well a small walk would be good for me" I said and nodded.
"You sure? I can go if you want to" he said. I shook my head.
"Nah, I want to" I said and gave him a small smile.
I put on a pair of really dark red shorts with rivets on and a big, the story so far, jumper. My hair I brought up in a messy bun and I put on my sunglasses to hide my tired eyes, and still bloodshot. My knees looked okay, a little ripped but still okay. On my feet I took my black and navy colored vans.
"You sure you’re okay?" Cory asked before I left the bus. I nodded and smiled, and walked out. Between the busses all the others was hanging out. Scarlet Skies looked at me and looked a little bit scared. Austin stopped what he was doing and looked at me, and the others just talked to me like nothing.
"Hey Essie, we heard you got sick yesterday… Feeling better today?" Danny asked. I gave him a small smile and nodded, and when I started to walk away I heard him call again.
"Where are you going? Come hang out with us" Danny said.
"Sorry Danny, I’m out to buy some breakfast" I said and a few got surprised I even said something. My voice, except on my sets, was the mystery on this tour.
"Yeah, you’re vegan… aren’t you?" Cameron asked. I nodded.
"Do you want some company?" Danny asked.
"It’s okay, I’ll be back later" I said and shook my head. Austin still looked at me and I looked at him as well, before I started to walk away again.
The walk down to the bakery was not that bad. The sun was up and I liked how my skin just felt at ease with the light on it. Sucking up the D-Vitamins.
"Hello, do you have any vegan croissants?" I asked t the bakery.
"I’m sorry love, we only have… ehm… normal croissants" she answered. I let out a small sigh. Even though I preferred vegan I could still take the non-vegan ones.
"I’ll take four then" I said and picked up my wallet. She smiled and nodded, and then she put the croissants in a bag. I payed for them and started to walk back to the venue and the busses. On my way back I suddenly got a text. From Charming.
From: Charming
Hello royal one, are you up?
From: Princess Lavender
I’m up, and what do you want to talk about?
From: Charming
I’m currently hanging out with my friends, but I’m bored and came to think about you.
From: Princess Lavender
I’m flattered that I remind you of something to cheer you up, but how come your friends are boring?
From: Charming
All they talk about is girls, and I’m not that interested in love and relationship at the moment
From: Princess Lavender
How come? I thought love was something everybody wanted
From: Charming
Oh I want it, don’t get me wrong. Just not at the moment.
From: Princess Lavender
Then tell me dear Charming, how it comes that you don’t want it at the moment.
I got really surprised when he told me he had been married. He really loved his girl but somehow love doesn’t always last and they got divorced. He didn’t want to get into details but I guess, from his previous answers, that the girl cheated on him. Since he had trust issues.
I got back to the busses and Danny grinned and gave me a big smile.
"Did you find what you were looking for?" he asked. I held up my bag, told him I was going to get some tea and then I would come out. I walked up on my bus and prepared some lemon tea, took one of the croissants and then I walked back out and sat down on a chair between Danny and Sam.
"Hey, what happened to your knees?" Sam asked and stared at them. I saw how Scarlet Skies all jumped a little.
"I tripped yesterday, it happened then" I said and shrugged. I saw that Austin glanced at me but he was busy writing on his phone. I got another text from Charming.
From: Charming
Okay, so I told you about my love life… Tell me about yours.
From: Princess Lavender
Remember that I told you I didn’t have any friends? That goes for boyfriends as well.
From: Charming
Does that mean you’ve never had a boyfriend, lover or… anything?
From: Princess Lavender
When you barely trust people to be your friend, how can I trust someone to be my boyfriend?
From: Charming
True, very true. Does that mean you’re a virgin as well?
From: Princess Lavender
Not that it got anything to do with you, but yes. I’m a virgin.
From: Charming
Wow, that’s rare. How old did you say you were again?
From: Princess Lavender
I didn’t, but I’m 21. How about you? You’ve been married… Are you an old guy?
Austin chuckled over something and we all looked at him, but he was busy writing back to whoever he was talking.
"Maybe he’s got a new girl" Alan mumbled a few meters away.
"Maybe, maybe not" Phil shrugged.
From: Charming
I might seem old, but I’m only 25 to be honest.
From: Princess Lavender
25? And you’ve already been married. I don’t want to seem impolite but then I can understand why you’re marriage failed. You should never get married before 30, we’re way to young, curious and want to have everything while we’re in our 20’s, so settling down is a big no. If you don’t happened to be mentally over 30 and prepared for the “no longer anything new”.
From: Charming
Usually I would get offended by that statement, but what you wrote after… Well that made me realize that it might be true. We’re way to curious ijn our 20’s. Are you sure you’re 21? Because you sound like a wise old lady.
From: Princess Lavender
My body might be 21, but sure… My mind is the age of a 80 year old lady.
From: Charming
And that is kinda why I like you.
I shook my head and took a sip from my tea. Danny and Ben was busy talking about their set from yesterday, James was on his phone with Brandi and Sam and Cameron was just enjoying the sun. And it was my first time hanging out with people on this tour, and yeah… it felt okay.
I gently laid her down on the couch in her front lounge, and I was just about to back away and give her some space when she grabbed my shirt and begged me not to go.
"Please don’t leve me alone" she said and curled up into a ball. Never had I seen her so small, so broken and fragile. She had always been the girl that just walked by and looked so strong and confident. Yet her she was… Lying on the couch, curling up to a ball in fetus position and looked like she’s been to hell and back. Well she probably had after what Cory told me about her past. Her usually purple eyes looked grey and… lifeless.
"I’m not going" I said and she relaxed just a little. Cory looked for something in the small kitchen area, he muttered for himself and after a few minutes he finally found what he was looking for. He poured up some water and then he came over.
"Essie love, take this" he said and held out two small pills. She looked at them and she did as he said. She slowly sat up, without letting go of my shirt, and she took the pills. She swallowed them in one go and drank up all the water. Slowly she closed her eyes and moved her knees to her chest. I sat down on the couch since she would’t let go of my shirt. I felt a little bit uncomfortable, and guilty because I knew that Scarlet Skies treated her like they did because of me. I knew they looked up to me and yeah… Fuck. Just fuck.
Her grip on my shirt slowly got looser and looser, until she didn’t hold it at all. I glanced over at her and saw that she was… Sleeping. To my surprise.
"What did you give her?" I asked and looked at Cory.
"Medicine that will calm her down, as you can see… She will probably not play tonight" he said and sighed a little.
"Does this… happen often?" I asked.
"It’s been years since she last got an attack, but I always have her pills on the bus… Because well, you never know" he said. I looked at her just as she gently fell on my, and I lifted her up. I carried her over to her bunker and Cory thanked me for helping him.
"You welcome" I said and took one last glance at her before I left her bus.
- - -
I had this really weird feeling when I woke up. I remembered the basement yesterday and for some reason I remember seeing Austin’s face. I remember him carrying me back to my bus, me begging him not to go and then he sat down on the couch next to me and… stayed.
"Ah, you’re up" Cory said when he saw me getting out from my bunker.
"I feel like… shit" I said and sat down on the couch. I brought my knees to my chest and took a deep breath.
"To be honest… You look like crap as well" he said and looked at me.
"I bet" I muttered.
"But I’m glad Austin found you, I would never have guessed that you would have been in the basement" he said.
"So he did find me?" I said and looked up.
"He’s the one, and he helped me calm you down yesterday as well" he said. I nodded and swallowed. It felt a little bit weird to have Austin help me. But I guess it was better than staying down there and going crazy.
"I need some croissants" I said and stood up.
"We’re out of croissants, but I think they sell it down the street at the bakery" he said and looked at me.
"Well a small walk would be good for me" I said and nodded.
"You sure? I can go if you want to" he said. I shook my head.
"Nah, I want to" I said and gave him a small smile.
I put on a pair of really dark red shorts with rivets on and a big, the story so far, jumper. My hair I brought up in a messy bun and I put on my sunglasses to hide my tired eyes, and still bloodshot. My knees looked okay, a little ripped but still okay. On my feet I took my black and navy colored vans.
"You sure you’re okay?" Cory asked before I left the bus. I nodded and smiled, and walked out. Between the busses all the others was hanging out. Scarlet Skies looked at me and looked a little bit scared. Austin stopped what he was doing and looked at me, and the others just talked to me like nothing.
"Hey Essie, we heard you got sick yesterday… Feeling better today?" Danny asked. I gave him a small smile and nodded, and when I started to walk away I heard him call again.
"Where are you going? Come hang out with us" Danny said.
"Sorry Danny, I’m out to buy some breakfast" I said and a few got surprised I even said something. My voice, except on my sets, was the mystery on this tour.
"Yeah, you’re vegan… aren’t you?" Cameron asked. I nodded.
"Do you want some company?" Danny asked.
"It’s okay, I’ll be back later" I said and shook my head. Austin still looked at me and I looked at him as well, before I started to walk away again.
The walk down to the bakery was not that bad. The sun was up and I liked how my skin just felt at ease with the light on it. Sucking up the D-Vitamins.
"Hello, do you have any vegan croissants?" I asked t the bakery.
"I’m sorry love, we only have… ehm… normal croissants" she answered. I let out a small sigh. Even though I preferred vegan I could still take the non-vegan ones.
"I’ll take four then" I said and picked up my wallet. She smiled and nodded, and then she put the croissants in a bag. I payed for them and started to walk back to the venue and the busses. On my way back I suddenly got a text. From Charming.
From: Charming
Hello royal one, are you up?
From: Princess Lavender
I’m up, and what do you want to talk about?
From: Charming
I’m currently hanging out with my friends, but I’m bored and came to think about you.
From: Princess Lavender
I’m flattered that I remind you of something to cheer you up, but how come your friends are boring?
From: Charming
All they talk about is girls, and I’m not that interested in love and relationship at the moment
From: Princess Lavender
How come? I thought love was something everybody wanted
From: Charming
Oh I want it, don’t get me wrong. Just not at the moment.
From: Princess Lavender
Then tell me dear Charming, how it comes that you don’t want it at the moment.
I got really surprised when he told me he had been married. He really loved his girl but somehow love doesn’t always last and they got divorced. He didn’t want to get into details but I guess, from his previous answers, that the girl cheated on him. Since he had trust issues.
I got back to the busses and Danny grinned and gave me a big smile.
"Did you find what you were looking for?" he asked. I held up my bag, told him I was going to get some tea and then I would come out. I walked up on my bus and prepared some lemon tea, took one of the croissants and then I walked back out and sat down on a chair between Danny and Sam.
"Hey, what happened to your knees?" Sam asked and stared at them. I saw how Scarlet Skies all jumped a little.
"I tripped yesterday, it happened then" I said and shrugged. I saw that Austin glanced at me but he was busy writing on his phone. I got another text from Charming.
From: Charming
Okay, so I told you about my love life… Tell me about yours.
From: Princess Lavender
Remember that I told you I didn’t have any friends? That goes for boyfriends as well.
From: Charming
Does that mean you’ve never had a boyfriend, lover or… anything?
From: Princess Lavender
When you barely trust people to be your friend, how can I trust someone to be my boyfriend?
From: Charming
True, very true. Does that mean you’re a virgin as well?
From: Princess Lavender
Not that it got anything to do with you, but yes. I’m a virgin.
From: Charming
Wow, that’s rare. How old did you say you were again?
From: Princess Lavender
I didn’t, but I’m 21. How about you? You’ve been married… Are you an old guy?
Austin chuckled over something and we all looked at him, but he was busy writing back to whoever he was talking.
"Maybe he’s got a new girl" Alan mumbled a few meters away.
"Maybe, maybe not" Phil shrugged.
From: Charming
I might seem old, but I’m only 25 to be honest.
From: Princess Lavender
25? And you’ve already been married. I don’t want to seem impolite but then I can understand why you’re marriage failed. You should never get married before 30, we’re way to young, curious and want to have everything while we’re in our 20’s, so settling down is a big no. If you don’t happened to be mentally over 30 and prepared for the “no longer anything new”.
From: Charming
Usually I would get offended by that statement, but what you wrote after… Well that made me realize that it might be true. We’re way to curious ijn our 20’s. Are you sure you’re 21? Because you sound like a wise old lady.
From: Princess Lavender
My body might be 21, but sure… My mind is the age of a 80 year old lady.
From: Charming
And that is kinda why I like you.
I shook my head and took a sip from my tea. Danny and Ben was busy talking about their set from yesterday, James was on his phone with Brandi and Sam and Cameron was just enjoying the sun. And it was my first time hanging out with people on this tour, and yeah… it felt okay.
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