Forgive Me- Part 1
Hidden Truth
Tony's POV
Mike just got off the phone with Jaime, and it really didn't sound like a pleasant conversation.
"Tony? Can you go over there and get him?"
"Yea, but do you really think like that's a good idea? I mean Vic will tear his head off..."
"Good point... Do you reckon that chick would let him stay another night? So that Vic has a chance to calm down?"
"I dunno"
"Well, I told him you're going over there"
"Where is there?"
"I don't know, he said he'd text the address" no more than thirty seconds after he said that my phone vibrated to alert me of a message. Yep, Jaime.
"Okay, well I'm going to head over now" I texted Jaime to tell him it would take about twenty minutes then grabbed the keys to our rental and headed off.
Okay, so it didn't take twenty minutes to get here. I texted Jaime when I was at traffic lights a block away but didn't get a reply.
When I arrived at the building I went upstairs to the apartment when I got a text from Jaime simply saying 'yep'. I shook my head and knocked on the door.
I could hear talking on the other side. I couldn't hear exactly but from what I could gather so was worried about answering the door. Suddenly there was silence before the door opened.
Before me stood a short girl with curly purple hair and vibrant blue eyes. She was very pretty, and suddenly I was jealous of Jaime.
"Hey! Sorry about the wait, come in!" She sounded cheerful but she looked fidgety, showing that she was nervous.
"That's okay, umm, is Jaime here?" I smiled at her to try and make her more comfortable.
"I'll be out in a second" Jaime called from somewhere around the corner.
The girl laughed before speaking "I'm just grabbing a drink, would you like one?"
"Um, if you have a coke that would be good" she nodded and went into the kitchen area and I just stood awkwardly in the centre of the room until she returned with a coke for me.
"Thanks" I mumbled. She sat down on the couch with her drink and I soon joined her, feeling weird about just standing there. We sat in silence but it wasn't awkward. It was actually a comfortable silence which you don't get very often. Soon Jaime came into the room
"You guys are hopeless" he said as he put his hands on his hips and shook his head at us. "I bet you haven't even introduced yourselves have you?"
I ducked my head in embarrassment and in the corner of my eye I saw the girl do the same. Jaime sighed and shook his head and laughed slightly. "Okay both of you stand up"
We did
"Now each do a little self introduction, two facts about yourself"
"Seriously?" The girl whined "but Jaime!"
"You said that you wished you could be confident enough to talk to people you don't know, so here's your chance"
I looked at her and she was looking at her feet and tugging on her shirt. It was really cute and I knew exactly how she felt. I used to be just as bad. I smiled and decided to go first to maybe help her.
"I'm Tony" I said and held my hand out to her. She smiled slightly and shook it. "I play guitar and I like Star Wars" as I said it I saw Jaime widen his eyes and quickly do a 'DONT TALK ABOUT IT!' Gesture. What? What's wrong with Star Wars?
"Seriously? Awesome! You and Jaime should make a band! You just need a drummer really" Oh that's what he meant. She doesn't know who we are or what we do.
"Wouldn't we also need a singer?" I said trying to keep it casual.
"Jaime can sing, he sang 'Hold on Till May' for me yesterday" she knows our music? I looked at him questioningly and he looked a bit embarrassed. Oh god, this is not good.
"Oh so you like Pierce the Veil?"
"Yea! I didn't get to listen to them driving here though because he said that he has to listen to them too often." I couldn't help but laugh at that statement.
"Yea, we do. So you never introduced yourself" I said changing the direction of the conversation back to her.
"Oh! Right! Sorry, I'm Amelia, I'm a psychology student at Melbourne University, and I love art and music"
"Not Star Wars?" I said jokingly
"Honestly? I've never seen it" my jaw dropped.
"How can you have not seen Star Wars?!"
"Never got around to it"
"Well get around to it!" I laughed and she joined in. She was definitely a lot calmer now.
"Okay, well, it's like three and we haven't eaten since breakfast, that piece of cake doesn't count. Who wants ham and salad sandwiches?" Amelia asked and Jaime nodded furiously. That man is always hungry.
"Umm, I'm a vegetarian..." I mumbled.
"Just salad then?" I nodded with a smile, glad that she didn't make big deal out of it like some people did. She smiled in return and went over to the kitchen. The second she was out of ear shot I grabbed Jaime and dragged him and threw him into the couch.
"What the fuck man?" I hissed
"What?"
"Why are you lying to her?"
"Because I like her okay? And I don't want her treating me differently"
"What if she finds out?"
"She won't!"
"Does she have twitter?"
"I don't know why?"
I pulled out my phone and opened twitter and threw it to him. "Look at what's trending this week" he looked at my phone and his eyes widened and jaw dropped.
"Who took this?"
"I don't know, Vic found it while trying to figure out what happened to you" he stared at the photo for a while and a small smile formed on his lips.
"It's a good photo though" I couldn't help but laugh.
"Yea it is, but if she sees it she'll know the truth and be VERY angry about you lying."
"I know. But we're leaving anyway." He looked upset by that. No way, I'm wrong.
"About that, Vic's pissed and will probably rip off your head if he sees you. Mike asked me to see if you could hang here another night while we talk some reason into him."
"Is he really that angry?"
"He was just worried. He thought he'd gotten you killed or something"
"Shit. I didn't realise it was that bad"
"Yea... He was freaking out"
"I am so sorry! I honestly couldn't get in contact."
"I know man, so does Mike, he's actually proud of you for her" I said gesturing to Amelia.
"Seriously?"
"Yea, I wouldn't let them meet if I were you; he was looking at her in his way"
"O-Kay point taken." He laughed
"You really like her don't you?"
He smiled sadly "yea"
"You know nothing can happen right? We're leaving Australia the second this tour is over."
"I know" he sighed and dropped his head in his hands. It killed me to see my best friend like this. I sat next to him on the couch and patted his back.
Amelia came back with plates of sandwiches and Jaime automatically lifted his head and smiled at her. She smiled back at him then handed one plate to me and one to Jaime then took a sandwich of his plate and sat down on the floor.
"So what are you guys chatting about?"
"Not a lot. Why are you sitting on the floor?" Jaime asked. "There's plenty of room on the couch, and two other chairs.
"I like the floor" she smiled. He just laughed and shook his head.
"Umm, Amelia?" I asked
"Yep?"
"I feel bad to ask this, but would it be okay it Jaime stays another night? We need to calm down one of our friends before we let Jaime near him." I swear her eyes lit up and I had to hold back a laugh.
"Yea that's fine" she grinned. This poor girl. She likes him. It was so obvious, but she doesn't know who he really is. She's going to be heart broken when we leave. How can he do this to her?
Mike just got off the phone with Jaime, and it really didn't sound like a pleasant conversation.
"Tony? Can you go over there and get him?"
"Yea, but do you really think like that's a good idea? I mean Vic will tear his head off..."
"Good point... Do you reckon that chick would let him stay another night? So that Vic has a chance to calm down?"
"I dunno"
"Well, I told him you're going over there"
"Where is there?"
"I don't know, he said he'd text the address" no more than thirty seconds after he said that my phone vibrated to alert me of a message. Yep, Jaime.
"Okay, well I'm going to head over now" I texted Jaime to tell him it would take about twenty minutes then grabbed the keys to our rental and headed off.
Okay, so it didn't take twenty minutes to get here. I texted Jaime when I was at traffic lights a block away but didn't get a reply.
When I arrived at the building I went upstairs to the apartment when I got a text from Jaime simply saying 'yep'. I shook my head and knocked on the door.
I could hear talking on the other side. I couldn't hear exactly but from what I could gather so was worried about answering the door. Suddenly there was silence before the door opened.
Before me stood a short girl with curly purple hair and vibrant blue eyes. She was very pretty, and suddenly I was jealous of Jaime.
"Hey! Sorry about the wait, come in!" She sounded cheerful but she looked fidgety, showing that she was nervous.
"That's okay, umm, is Jaime here?" I smiled at her to try and make her more comfortable.
"I'll be out in a second" Jaime called from somewhere around the corner.
The girl laughed before speaking "I'm just grabbing a drink, would you like one?"
"Um, if you have a coke that would be good" she nodded and went into the kitchen area and I just stood awkwardly in the centre of the room until she returned with a coke for me.
"Thanks" I mumbled. She sat down on the couch with her drink and I soon joined her, feeling weird about just standing there. We sat in silence but it wasn't awkward. It was actually a comfortable silence which you don't get very often. Soon Jaime came into the room
"You guys are hopeless" he said as he put his hands on his hips and shook his head at us. "I bet you haven't even introduced yourselves have you?"
I ducked my head in embarrassment and in the corner of my eye I saw the girl do the same. Jaime sighed and shook his head and laughed slightly. "Okay both of you stand up"
We did
"Now each do a little self introduction, two facts about yourself"
"Seriously?" The girl whined "but Jaime!"
"You said that you wished you could be confident enough to talk to people you don't know, so here's your chance"
I looked at her and she was looking at her feet and tugging on her shirt. It was really cute and I knew exactly how she felt. I used to be just as bad. I smiled and decided to go first to maybe help her.
"I'm Tony" I said and held my hand out to her. She smiled slightly and shook it. "I play guitar and I like Star Wars" as I said it I saw Jaime widen his eyes and quickly do a 'DONT TALK ABOUT IT!' Gesture. What? What's wrong with Star Wars?
"Seriously? Awesome! You and Jaime should make a band! You just need a drummer really" Oh that's what he meant. She doesn't know who we are or what we do.
"Wouldn't we also need a singer?" I said trying to keep it casual.
"Jaime can sing, he sang 'Hold on Till May' for me yesterday" she knows our music? I looked at him questioningly and he looked a bit embarrassed. Oh god, this is not good.
"Oh so you like Pierce the Veil?"
"Yea! I didn't get to listen to them driving here though because he said that he has to listen to them too often." I couldn't help but laugh at that statement.
"Yea, we do. So you never introduced yourself" I said changing the direction of the conversation back to her.
"Oh! Right! Sorry, I'm Amelia, I'm a psychology student at Melbourne University, and I love art and music"
"Not Star Wars?" I said jokingly
"Honestly? I've never seen it" my jaw dropped.
"How can you have not seen Star Wars?!"
"Never got around to it"
"Well get around to it!" I laughed and she joined in. She was definitely a lot calmer now.
"Okay, well, it's like three and we haven't eaten since breakfast, that piece of cake doesn't count. Who wants ham and salad sandwiches?" Amelia asked and Jaime nodded furiously. That man is always hungry.
"Umm, I'm a vegetarian..." I mumbled.
"Just salad then?" I nodded with a smile, glad that she didn't make big deal out of it like some people did. She smiled in return and went over to the kitchen. The second she was out of ear shot I grabbed Jaime and dragged him and threw him into the couch.
"What the fuck man?" I hissed
"What?"
"Why are you lying to her?"
"Because I like her okay? And I don't want her treating me differently"
"What if she finds out?"
"She won't!"
"Does she have twitter?"
"I don't know why?"
I pulled out my phone and opened twitter and threw it to him. "Look at what's trending this week" he looked at my phone and his eyes widened and jaw dropped.
"Who took this?"
"I don't know, Vic found it while trying to figure out what happened to you" he stared at the photo for a while and a small smile formed on his lips.
"It's a good photo though" I couldn't help but laugh.
"Yea it is, but if she sees it she'll know the truth and be VERY angry about you lying."
"I know. But we're leaving anyway." He looked upset by that. No way, I'm wrong.
"About that, Vic's pissed and will probably rip off your head if he sees you. Mike asked me to see if you could hang here another night while we talk some reason into him."
"Is he really that angry?"
"He was just worried. He thought he'd gotten you killed or something"
"Shit. I didn't realise it was that bad"
"Yea... He was freaking out"
"I am so sorry! I honestly couldn't get in contact."
"I know man, so does Mike, he's actually proud of you for her" I said gesturing to Amelia.
"Seriously?"
"Yea, I wouldn't let them meet if I were you; he was looking at her in his way"
"O-Kay point taken." He laughed
"You really like her don't you?"
He smiled sadly "yea"
"You know nothing can happen right? We're leaving Australia the second this tour is over."
"I know" he sighed and dropped his head in his hands. It killed me to see my best friend like this. I sat next to him on the couch and patted his back.
Amelia came back with plates of sandwiches and Jaime automatically lifted his head and smiled at her. She smiled back at him then handed one plate to me and one to Jaime then took a sandwich of his plate and sat down on the floor.
"So what are you guys chatting about?"
"Not a lot. Why are you sitting on the floor?" Jaime asked. "There's plenty of room on the couch, and two other chairs.
"I like the floor" she smiled. He just laughed and shook his head.
"Umm, Amelia?" I asked
"Yep?"
"I feel bad to ask this, but would it be okay it Jaime stays another night? We need to calm down one of our friends before we let Jaime near him." I swear her eyes lit up and I had to hold back a laugh.
"Yea that's fine" she grinned. This poor girl. She likes him. It was so obvious, but she doesn't know who he really is. She's going to be heart broken when we leave. How can he do this to her?
11/13/16