Don't Let Go

There was only an hour left until Alan’s set and Jade and I were walking around the fairgrounds. No one stopped us, obviously, so I took this opportunity to grab myself a beverage, beer preferably.
“Hey guys!” Jade pushed pass the line, dragging me with her, to see Tino and Phil.
“Hey there newbies,” Phil winked at her, and I just rolled my eyes. “You guys ready for your first official day?”
“Hells fother-mucking yeah I am,” Jade said as she bought both her and I PBR and the boys got Bud Light.
“Fother mucking?” Tino laughed and Phil grabbed Jade and spun her around.
“Yeah, it’s a better version of mother-fucking. Duh.” I laughed and practically chugged half my drink. “So, your set, shouldn’t you be getting ready for it?”
“Probably, but I think takingbacksunday is still on the stage, so we got a little bit of time to kill.”
Jade jumped on my back, almost spilling both of our drinks, “to the Main Stage!!!” and I started off running, followed by Tino on Phil’s back. We raced, and got our asses totally kicked by two long haired, girly looking, rock stars.
I totally wasn’t complaining.
They needed to get ready for their set soon, so Jade and I took to the back and chatted with some of the other back stagers. Most were fan girls of both TBS and OMAM, but we didn’t mind. Jade totally convinced them all to come and see our set, afterward, and it was incredible. I saw Alan with his guitar, but he didn’t spot me, and he was tuning it. He was so adorable, and the Texas heat was already getting to all of us. He was kind of sweaty, but it looked good on him.
What the hell am I saying?
I was not here to get all cozy with a ginger, I was here to rock my heart out on stage and get my band’s name out and about on everyone’s iPhones.
“Take a picture, it’ll last longer,” someone’s deep voice said as I was being twirled around. “Hey, Autumn.”
Austin motherfucking Carlile knows my name. AAAAHHHHHHHHH!
“H-hey, Austin. And maybe I will.” Excuse me, while I internally scream.
“He might like it; he wouldn’t shut up about how you were going to show up today.” He smiled and put his arm around me.
“Seriously? It’s been, like, a day. I’m not that pretty.”
“I think it’s because you look almost-ginger.” He laughed, and I scoffed.
“Please, I’m practically a brunette,” I said, teasing my hair a little bit more than it already was. We ended up just laughing, until the giant stole my beer and took off with it. “Jerk!” I yelled after him, knowing there was no way my chicken legs could compete with his freakishly tall ones.
I didn’t know much about Austin, but there were certain things that I had in common with him. I hated it, not because we had them in common; well, yeah it is because we had them in common.
I hated the fact that he suffered with the same shit that I did. This isn’t even something I’d wish on my worst enemy, and trust me I’d put them bitches in a volcano.

There set was great, of course it was great. Watching all five of those men put their hearts on that stage and give the crowd everything they had, it was magical. You could feel everything, from Tino’s drumming, to Austin and Aaron’s vocals. They ended with Second & Sebring, and just like Austin, that song hit home and put me in tears (just like it had since I first heard it).
“This is not what it is, only baby scars,” I sang along with Aaron, “I need your love, like a boy needs his mother’s side, yeah.”
I wiped my tears, as soon as Alan saw me and ran up to me in all of his sweat and glory. “You came! How was it? Was it amazing? Tell me it was amazing!” He twirled me around in circles, and I was engulfed, and drenched, in sweat.
“It was amazing, duh, and ewwwww you’re all sweaty and gross and now I’m going to have to change! Again!”
He put me down and hugged me again, “fine, I’m going to go claim the shower and you can change and I’ll see you over by your van?”
I rolled my eyes, “yeah, sure, now get outta here you sweaty ginger!”
“You love it!” He yelled as he ran towards his bus.
I laughed and made my way back to my van, since Jade was nowhere to be seen.

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