Alligator Blood
Sleepwalking
Oli’s P.O.V
“Ready, babe?” Austin asked me for the umpteenth time as we entered the bank, I nodded my head; and absentmindedly followed him, taking in my surroundings. He approached the counter, readjusting the straps on his back pack, the teller looked nervous, but if two men walked in a bank, in the early morning when I was the only teller, with a backpack; then I would be too.
“Hi, my names Austin Carlile, I need to make a withdrawal.”
The teller nodded, and handed him a slip; which he filled out quickly before handing it back, the small woman went wide eyed.
“60,000 dollars?” she asked cautiously, Austin smiled and nodded.
“Buying myself a new car, sometimes I have more money then I know what to do with.”He chuckled slightly, which put the woman at ease. She asked for his I.D and several other forms of identification, before making her way into the back.
“Well that was awkward.” I snorted, Austin wrapped an arm around me, and kissed my forehead.
“Very much so.” He yawned, it was only 7:00 am, and we were both feeling exhausted, I haven’t slept in days. Too much has been going on, and I kept a careful eye on Tom all night long. He had slept blissfully, his body intertwined with Matt’s on the small mattress, even though I knew my friend would do whatever he could to protect Tom, I had to make sure he was safe.
The woman came back after a few moments, holding a large bag, she began counting out the large amount of money. I scratched at my bandaged up arm nonchalantly, it itched like hell and hurt like nobodies business; Austin slapped my hand and told me to stop, a sad smile hidden on his lips. Guilt went through me, I was selfish for doing that; I know, but I didn’t want to think about it.
“Alright your all set Mr. Carlile, enjoy that new car.” She added cheerfully, I snickered at the lie before helping Austin stuff the cash into his backpack. He grabbed my hand as we made it back outside, before walking back to Austin’s other car, considering the Mustang was totaled. Instead a black Mercedes E class was our new ride, but hey, I wasn’t complaining; I liked cars, especially this one.
We drove in a comfortable silence back to the house, which I was thankful for; it gave me time to mentally prepare myself for the hell that Today was sure to bring. As we pulled up the house, Austin grabbed his back pack, before telling me to sit still, I shot him a questioning look, but he just smiled; turning the car off, and slipping his back pack on before exiting the car. I watched him walk around the front, before coming over and opening my door for me, offering a hand. I chuckled as I slid my palm into his.
“Why thank you.” I fake curtsied causing both of us to laugh. We made our way up the front door, and he unlocked all 6 of the locks on it with ease, we stepped inside quietly, trying not to wake everyone, but to my shock as I entered the living room, the beds were gone, food was on the table, the tv was on and all the lads were up and about.
“Well I’ll be damned, I didn’t even know you guys knew what the morning was!” Austin chimed, sliding the backpack onto the upstairs railing, and making his way to sit next to Alan, he grabbed the red heads bacon and shoved it in his mouth, causing his friend to groan. I couldn’t help the pang of jealousy that came over me, it was weird in general, but after all Alan put me through, I don’t know how to feel towards him. Sure he apologized, but he almost killed me! Not to mention that he stalked us for weeks, and seeing them so close together made my stomach churn.
I turned on my heel and headed to the kitchen in search of Tom, sure enough he was cooking more eggs, Matt’s arms snaked around my brothers torso, and his head on his shoulder. Jordan and Vegan were discussing something that was in the newspaper, and Lee was quietly eating his food, a permanent frown etched on his face, a sad look lingering in his eyes.
“Mornin’” I grumbled, they all smiled at me, except Lee who just nodded; okay that wasn’t very much like him.
“Ready to do this today, Tommy?” I asked my brother, his smile faltered, but he nodded his head.
“As I will ever be.” I frowned, as did Matt,
“ ‘ill figure it out Tommeh.” I placed a hand on his arm, before taking a seat next to Lee. He didn’t even look at me,
“Lee…what’s wrong, mate?” I whispered to him, he just shook his head, “C’mon tell me.” I asked patiently.
“Just upset and nervous is all, Oli.” Was his curt reply, well didn’t that explain everything?
“Why is that?” I asked, it wasn’t like anyone else was paying attention, Vegan and Jordan were in a heated debate about global warming, which is rather funny, and Tom and Matt were in their own little world as they finished cooking.
“Nervous for today, upset about…” his voice trailed off, but his eyes wandered to the only couple in the room, I felt my eyes go wide and I mouthed an ‘Oh.’
“Why do they upset you…? Wait do you like one of em?” I asked in a hushed voice, he grunted.
“Just drop it Ols.” He retorted, but there was no way I was going to do that,
“No just tell m-“
“OLIVERBABY-YYY HEL-PME.” Austin’s giggly voice cut me off, and I grimaced at the pet name; everyone else giggled, save for Lee who quickly stood up, and walked in the direction of the living room. I sighed before standing and following after him.
“What you arse?” I asked in a playful tone, Austin was pinned to the ground by his band mates, and was being tickled to death at the moment. Tino was squeezing his sides, as everyone else held his limbs down, Austin was cackling like mad.
“h-help!” he managed the word out through his fits of giggles, I chuckled before making my way to him, crouching down beside his figure. I put my hand on my chin, as if pondering whether or not to help, this only got him to laugh even more,
“Oli!” he pleaded, I smiled at him, before fending the guys off.
“s’nough lads, don’t break me boyfriend.” I was trying too hard not to laugh, and I didn’t even think they could understand me with my accent thrown in, nonetheless they released him, before rolling on the floor crying from straining their breath.
“Wow, I don’t know whats funnier, how bad his accent is in the mornings or Austins face!” Aaron chimed, Phil nodded in approval as he high fived his friend.
“Fuck off!” I teased, sticking my tongue out, before standing up, and reaching a hand down to my boyfriend. He took it, but to my surprise, he pulled me back to the floor. I hit the ground with an ‘umph’, before I could blink Austin was hovering over me, he grinned.
“Don’t you dare!” I hissed, trying to be serious, but the smile on my lips was a give away.
“Or What?” he asked in mock concern, I grinned.
“No kissing me for 2 weeks.” I replied cheekily, he frowned at me, before bursting into a full blown smirk.
“Yeah right! Like you can resist me! Ill take my chances.”
I tried to fight him off, but it was no use, he pushed his hand into my side, causing me to bust into a fit of laughter.
“STOP AUSTIN!” I screamed through my cackles, he just shook his head. This went on for what seemed like forever, till I was finally able to move my arm, and I was actually able to push him off of me. He laid on the floor, a smug smile tugging on his lips.
“Damn you actually made me move! I’m so proud of you!” he chided, I pouted. Excuse me while my manhood deflates! I don’t like to be reminded how weak I am compared to most guys. Austin frowned when I still hadn’t said anything, he made grabby hands for me, causing me to cave in, and climb into his arms.
“As cute as this is, we need to leave in 30.”Alan’s voice countered, causing both of us to blush like mad. He helped me to my feet, before calling everyone to come into the living room, and walking to the small closet and grabbing a few of the small ankle guns, and handing them to us, I held the cool steel device in my hands for several minutes, before strapping it around my ankle like Austin had showed me.
Next came the hand guns, which we slipped into small holsters that laid on our waists, and as for the big ones…
“So here is the plan, Tom you will be in the front car with me, that way I have eyes on you, and you can relay the instructions, everyone else, follow us closely. We will load the back of the cars and trunks with the assault rifles, we only use them if we have too, same with the other guns. When we arrive, we will all go together inside, I want the least experienced shooters, Lee, Vegan, and Jordan in the middle. Oli you will be behind me, Tom you will be in the front, followed by Matt, and myself. Alan and Phil, you too will follow Jordan. Tino and Aaron, you two will bring up the rear; when we get inside stay close. Keep a calm head on your shoulders, the first to lose their cool, loses the fight. God forbid this turns into one, but we are treating this as a confrontation, better to be safe than sorry. Tom you will hand off the money and we will exit the way we came, except Tino and Aaron will take the front, while Alan, Phil, and I bring up the rear, we leave in the same way, except as quickly as we can. If anything happens, do NOT leave someone behind, this isn’t a game guys. This is a serious matter, and should a fight erupt, exit as quickly as possible, and if they pursue us outside, we have the assaults just in case, I will be carrying one regardless, as well as Tino, as we are the most experienced with these guns. Any questions?” Austin wrapped up his speech, which left us all silent.
“Good, lets suit up.” He added, I shot him a confused look, as he went to the studio and returned with two big boxes, he dropped them to the ground with a large thud, before opening them. Inside were bulletproof vests, why was I not surprised?
“Wear this under a loose jacket or hoodie, if you don’t own one, I have plenty.” The guys all nodded, and grabbed one, Austin tossed me his Drop Dead Jacket that I had given him, and winked. I had to smile at that, I slipped my hoodie off, keeping the small tank on, Austin helped me fasten the vest, before slipping the jacket on for me, and buttoning it up. I kissed him briefly, and he rested his forehead on mine,
“Don’t worry Ols, we will get through this; and when this is over, we will go back to living our normal lives.” He recited the words for what felt like the thousandth time, all I could do was nod.
I glanced at everyone else, who looked nervous, but ready to get this over with. After carefully loading up the cars where the neighbors couldn’t see, we locked the house up quickly. It was 9:20 am, and I felt like a rock was sitting in my stomach,
“Tom, Ols, and Matt you ride with me. Jordan, lee, and Vegan you ride with Tino, Alan and Aaron with Phil. We will be there in about 20 minutes, so be ready to go.” Austin gave us all a weak smile, and a thumbs up, before sliding in his car, I sat in the back so Tom could sit up front and relay the instructions, he was shaking like a leaf, and jumped when Matt opened the door to the car.
I placed a hand on his arm, and he shot me a small smile, before engaging in a conversation with Austin, who remained as vigilant as ever. Austin told us it would be fine, but I didn’t think I could buy it. Fine? My baby brother, boyfriend and closest friends could be killed, and that was fine? No. Fine was being at home, wrapped in Austin’s arms, surrounded by the lads. Fine, was being on stage, singing to all our fans. Fine, was being on the tour bus, traveling from place to place, being at my Drop Dead store, Fine was being safe, happy, and blissfully unaware. No, Things were NOT fine, and I was starting to question if ours lives would ever be that again.
“Ready, babe?” Austin asked me for the umpteenth time as we entered the bank, I nodded my head; and absentmindedly followed him, taking in my surroundings. He approached the counter, readjusting the straps on his back pack, the teller looked nervous, but if two men walked in a bank, in the early morning when I was the only teller, with a backpack; then I would be too.
“Hi, my names Austin Carlile, I need to make a withdrawal.”
The teller nodded, and handed him a slip; which he filled out quickly before handing it back, the small woman went wide eyed.
“60,000 dollars?” she asked cautiously, Austin smiled and nodded.
“Buying myself a new car, sometimes I have more money then I know what to do with.”He chuckled slightly, which put the woman at ease. She asked for his I.D and several other forms of identification, before making her way into the back.
“Well that was awkward.” I snorted, Austin wrapped an arm around me, and kissed my forehead.
“Very much so.” He yawned, it was only 7:00 am, and we were both feeling exhausted, I haven’t slept in days. Too much has been going on, and I kept a careful eye on Tom all night long. He had slept blissfully, his body intertwined with Matt’s on the small mattress, even though I knew my friend would do whatever he could to protect Tom, I had to make sure he was safe.
The woman came back after a few moments, holding a large bag, she began counting out the large amount of money. I scratched at my bandaged up arm nonchalantly, it itched like hell and hurt like nobodies business; Austin slapped my hand and told me to stop, a sad smile hidden on his lips. Guilt went through me, I was selfish for doing that; I know, but I didn’t want to think about it.
“Alright your all set Mr. Carlile, enjoy that new car.” She added cheerfully, I snickered at the lie before helping Austin stuff the cash into his backpack. He grabbed my hand as we made it back outside, before walking back to Austin’s other car, considering the Mustang was totaled. Instead a black Mercedes E class was our new ride, but hey, I wasn’t complaining; I liked cars, especially this one.
We drove in a comfortable silence back to the house, which I was thankful for; it gave me time to mentally prepare myself for the hell that Today was sure to bring. As we pulled up the house, Austin grabbed his back pack, before telling me to sit still, I shot him a questioning look, but he just smiled; turning the car off, and slipping his back pack on before exiting the car. I watched him walk around the front, before coming over and opening my door for me, offering a hand. I chuckled as I slid my palm into his.
“Why thank you.” I fake curtsied causing both of us to laugh. We made our way up the front door, and he unlocked all 6 of the locks on it with ease, we stepped inside quietly, trying not to wake everyone, but to my shock as I entered the living room, the beds were gone, food was on the table, the tv was on and all the lads were up and about.
“Well I’ll be damned, I didn’t even know you guys knew what the morning was!” Austin chimed, sliding the backpack onto the upstairs railing, and making his way to sit next to Alan, he grabbed the red heads bacon and shoved it in his mouth, causing his friend to groan. I couldn’t help the pang of jealousy that came over me, it was weird in general, but after all Alan put me through, I don’t know how to feel towards him. Sure he apologized, but he almost killed me! Not to mention that he stalked us for weeks, and seeing them so close together made my stomach churn.
I turned on my heel and headed to the kitchen in search of Tom, sure enough he was cooking more eggs, Matt’s arms snaked around my brothers torso, and his head on his shoulder. Jordan and Vegan were discussing something that was in the newspaper, and Lee was quietly eating his food, a permanent frown etched on his face, a sad look lingering in his eyes.
“Mornin’” I grumbled, they all smiled at me, except Lee who just nodded; okay that wasn’t very much like him.
“Ready to do this today, Tommy?” I asked my brother, his smile faltered, but he nodded his head.
“As I will ever be.” I frowned, as did Matt,
“ ‘ill figure it out Tommeh.” I placed a hand on his arm, before taking a seat next to Lee. He didn’t even look at me,
“Lee…what’s wrong, mate?” I whispered to him, he just shook his head, “C’mon tell me.” I asked patiently.
“Just upset and nervous is all, Oli.” Was his curt reply, well didn’t that explain everything?
“Why is that?” I asked, it wasn’t like anyone else was paying attention, Vegan and Jordan were in a heated debate about global warming, which is rather funny, and Tom and Matt were in their own little world as they finished cooking.
“Nervous for today, upset about…” his voice trailed off, but his eyes wandered to the only couple in the room, I felt my eyes go wide and I mouthed an ‘Oh.’
“Why do they upset you…? Wait do you like one of em?” I asked in a hushed voice, he grunted.
“Just drop it Ols.” He retorted, but there was no way I was going to do that,
“No just tell m-“
“OLIVERBABY-YYY HEL-PME.” Austin’s giggly voice cut me off, and I grimaced at the pet name; everyone else giggled, save for Lee who quickly stood up, and walked in the direction of the living room. I sighed before standing and following after him.
“What you arse?” I asked in a playful tone, Austin was pinned to the ground by his band mates, and was being tickled to death at the moment. Tino was squeezing his sides, as everyone else held his limbs down, Austin was cackling like mad.
“h-help!” he managed the word out through his fits of giggles, I chuckled before making my way to him, crouching down beside his figure. I put my hand on my chin, as if pondering whether or not to help, this only got him to laugh even more,
“Oli!” he pleaded, I smiled at him, before fending the guys off.
“s’nough lads, don’t break me boyfriend.” I was trying too hard not to laugh, and I didn’t even think they could understand me with my accent thrown in, nonetheless they released him, before rolling on the floor crying from straining their breath.
“Wow, I don’t know whats funnier, how bad his accent is in the mornings or Austins face!” Aaron chimed, Phil nodded in approval as he high fived his friend.
“Fuck off!” I teased, sticking my tongue out, before standing up, and reaching a hand down to my boyfriend. He took it, but to my surprise, he pulled me back to the floor. I hit the ground with an ‘umph’, before I could blink Austin was hovering over me, he grinned.
“Don’t you dare!” I hissed, trying to be serious, but the smile on my lips was a give away.
“Or What?” he asked in mock concern, I grinned.
“No kissing me for 2 weeks.” I replied cheekily, he frowned at me, before bursting into a full blown smirk.
“Yeah right! Like you can resist me! Ill take my chances.”
I tried to fight him off, but it was no use, he pushed his hand into my side, causing me to bust into a fit of laughter.
“STOP AUSTIN!” I screamed through my cackles, he just shook his head. This went on for what seemed like forever, till I was finally able to move my arm, and I was actually able to push him off of me. He laid on the floor, a smug smile tugging on his lips.
“Damn you actually made me move! I’m so proud of you!” he chided, I pouted. Excuse me while my manhood deflates! I don’t like to be reminded how weak I am compared to most guys. Austin frowned when I still hadn’t said anything, he made grabby hands for me, causing me to cave in, and climb into his arms.
“As cute as this is, we need to leave in 30.”Alan’s voice countered, causing both of us to blush like mad. He helped me to my feet, before calling everyone to come into the living room, and walking to the small closet and grabbing a few of the small ankle guns, and handing them to us, I held the cool steel device in my hands for several minutes, before strapping it around my ankle like Austin had showed me.
Next came the hand guns, which we slipped into small holsters that laid on our waists, and as for the big ones…
“So here is the plan, Tom you will be in the front car with me, that way I have eyes on you, and you can relay the instructions, everyone else, follow us closely. We will load the back of the cars and trunks with the assault rifles, we only use them if we have too, same with the other guns. When we arrive, we will all go together inside, I want the least experienced shooters, Lee, Vegan, and Jordan in the middle. Oli you will be behind me, Tom you will be in the front, followed by Matt, and myself. Alan and Phil, you too will follow Jordan. Tino and Aaron, you two will bring up the rear; when we get inside stay close. Keep a calm head on your shoulders, the first to lose their cool, loses the fight. God forbid this turns into one, but we are treating this as a confrontation, better to be safe than sorry. Tom you will hand off the money and we will exit the way we came, except Tino and Aaron will take the front, while Alan, Phil, and I bring up the rear, we leave in the same way, except as quickly as we can. If anything happens, do NOT leave someone behind, this isn’t a game guys. This is a serious matter, and should a fight erupt, exit as quickly as possible, and if they pursue us outside, we have the assaults just in case, I will be carrying one regardless, as well as Tino, as we are the most experienced with these guns. Any questions?” Austin wrapped up his speech, which left us all silent.
“Good, lets suit up.” He added, I shot him a confused look, as he went to the studio and returned with two big boxes, he dropped them to the ground with a large thud, before opening them. Inside were bulletproof vests, why was I not surprised?
“Wear this under a loose jacket or hoodie, if you don’t own one, I have plenty.” The guys all nodded, and grabbed one, Austin tossed me his Drop Dead Jacket that I had given him, and winked. I had to smile at that, I slipped my hoodie off, keeping the small tank on, Austin helped me fasten the vest, before slipping the jacket on for me, and buttoning it up. I kissed him briefly, and he rested his forehead on mine,
“Don’t worry Ols, we will get through this; and when this is over, we will go back to living our normal lives.” He recited the words for what felt like the thousandth time, all I could do was nod.
I glanced at everyone else, who looked nervous, but ready to get this over with. After carefully loading up the cars where the neighbors couldn’t see, we locked the house up quickly. It was 9:20 am, and I felt like a rock was sitting in my stomach,
“Tom, Ols, and Matt you ride with me. Jordan, lee, and Vegan you ride with Tino, Alan and Aaron with Phil. We will be there in about 20 minutes, so be ready to go.” Austin gave us all a weak smile, and a thumbs up, before sliding in his car, I sat in the back so Tom could sit up front and relay the instructions, he was shaking like a leaf, and jumped when Matt opened the door to the car.
I placed a hand on his arm, and he shot me a small smile, before engaging in a conversation with Austin, who remained as vigilant as ever. Austin told us it would be fine, but I didn’t think I could buy it. Fine? My baby brother, boyfriend and closest friends could be killed, and that was fine? No. Fine was being at home, wrapped in Austin’s arms, surrounded by the lads. Fine, was being on stage, singing to all our fans. Fine, was being on the tour bus, traveling from place to place, being at my Drop Dead store, Fine was being safe, happy, and blissfully unaware. No, Things were NOT fine, and I was starting to question if ours lives would ever be that again.
Notes
Well here ya go loves <3Sorry this is up so late, I just got home.
5 days of being awake, and visiting a hospital gets shitty really fast :/
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