Jaime:

My band was made up of assholes. Not a single one believed me about Silver. "You're only defending her because you want to fuck her!" Yeah Vic, because I totally want Alan to fucking murder me. All three of them are such douches. That's why I've been hanging out on the Of Mice tour bus. My band wants to be inconsiderate morons? Fine, but not while I'm there.

"Why is it that everyone is all over my girlfriend all the time?" Alan sighed.

I looked up from my phone to see him walking in with a bowl of popcorn. "Hey, it's not my fault she's comfortable."

Silver laughed. "Oh c'mon Ashby, you can come cuddle. Hime, wanna scoot?"

I was laying across the couch with my head in her lap. I pouted up at her. "But Sil, I'm comfy." She shoved my shoulders. "Oh alright fine." I scooted down to make room for Alan. Silver scooted down too, and when her thigh hit the top of my head, she lifted it up and placed my head back in her lap. I smiled. She really was just a comfortable person to lay on.

Alan laughed at us and sat down, putting his arm around his girlfriend. She smiled and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before stealing his popcorn.

"Jesus christ, do you ever leave?"

I didn't even look up from my game to answer Austin. "Nope," I said, popping my "p".

I heard him chuckle and steal from the bowl of popcorn Silver was clutching for dear life. She hissed at him.

I looked up at her and arched an eyebrow. "Did you just hiss at Austin?"

"Got a problem, Preciado?" She said around a mouthful of her snack.

I shook my head, "Ya know what, I've seen weirder," and went back to my game.

"Carlile! Your boyfriend wants to have hot sex and talk about the next show!" Phil called from the front of the bus.

Austin sighed. "Would you give it a rest already? I don't like Vic like that!"

"Come on baby, you know you want me!" Vic yelled back.

He made a fake gagging noise before stealing another handful of popcorn and heading to the front of the bus.

I felt Silver shifting every couple of minutes. She'd cross and uncross her ankles, sit up straighter, play with her hands... Finally, I looked up at her to see what in god's name she was so damn anxious about, and saw nothing. She was fine, just sitting there watching TV with Alan. His thumb absently rubbed her shoulder, and that's when she began shifting again. I knew it! She doesn't want to be with Alan. It was obvious by the way she reacted when they were together. Any time he touched her it seemed like she was pushing him away. After the first show, Austin hugged her and she didn't say anything, but when Alan touched her he was too gross to hug. Austin was ten times grosser than Alan after that show. Oh shit. She's in love with Austin! That must be why!

Silver:

Jaime has deemed his band "unreasonable pricks" and only goes back to his bus to sleep. I've been trying to ask him what on earth he knew that he wasn't supposed to, but privacy is scarce on tour.

"Ashby!" Austin yelled from the front of the bus.

Alan sighed. "I better go see what they want." He placed a quick kiss to the top of my head before walking out.

Now's your chance! I was alone with Jaime. I had to ask.

"Hime-Time?"

He didn't even look up from his game as he hummed a response.

I swallowed. "You know something you think you're not supposed to."

He froze in my lap. He sighed and put his phone away before sitting up to look me in the eyes. "It's obvious, Sil."

I blinked, dumbfounded. "What is?"

He arched an eyebrow. "That you don't really want to be with Alan. That you're in love with someone else." My jaw dropped. How the fuck did he guess that?! I stared at him for a moment before he continued. "And I think I know who that someone else is."

My heart pounded in my chest. Oh god. Oh god. He knows that I'm falling for Aaron. Oh god. Oh god. I'm fucked. "I-I, who?"

He rolled his eyes. "It's so unbelievably obvious, Silver." I swallowed. "You love Austin."

"I-I can expl- wait did you say Austin?" He nodded. I laughed so hard I snorted. "Oh no Hime, I love Austin, but he's like my brother. Besides, even if I did love Austin like that, he would never date me!" I fell back laughing at the thought.

Jaime's eyebrows knitted together. "Why not? I mean, I would, but you're much more fun as my best friend."

"Because I don't have a dick," I wiped tears from the corners of my eyes, "but thanks for that, Jaime, it's been a while since I've laughed that hard."

It was his turn to stare at me, jaw slack. "I'm sorry, what?"

"Oh, honey, you missed the memo. Austin's gayer than Jack and Alex."

He blinked a couple times. "I don't think that's possible. I mean, yeah, Austin can be gay, just not gayer than the two All Time homos."

I snorted. "Ok yeah, you're probably right. Lemme tell you though, those two are fucking hot in bed."

Jaime clapped his hands over his ears. "I'M NOT LISTENING! LALALA! FUCK YOU NOW I HAVE THAT MENTAL IMAGE SEARED INTO MY BRAIN!" He shuddered. "Ew. I did not need a picture of two of my best friends having sex in my head, but thanks for that, jerk."

I just laughed at him. "Anytime!"

"Wait," he got serious again. Oh shit. "You were about to defend yourself. You are in love with someone else!"

"I-I-I," I stammered, unsure of what to say.

His eyes widened. "Oh you've got to be shitting me, Sil. Aaron?"

I swallowed.

"Talking shit about me?" Aaron laughed as he waltzed into the back lounge. He saw my expression and frowned. "Sil? Everything ok?" I nodded. He relaxed a little, but his eyes were still worried. "You sure? You look like you're about to panic." He glanced down and sighed. He caught my hand and held it between his as he squatted in front of me. "Silver, stop. You are better than that."

I glanced down to see the red scratches my nail had unconsciously made in my arm. One of them was getting darker, quickly...then it dripped. I stared at it. That was it. All that time recovering after Warped gone. It meant nothing now, because I broke the skin again.

"Shit, I'll go get something to clean that," Jaime said, jumping up and jogging to the bathroom.

"Breath, angel, you look just a bit too still," Aaron said cautiously as he sat beside me. I took a deep breath. "Hey, it looks like you just nicked yourself." He ran his thumb over my nails of the hand he still held. "Ah, there, see? You must've chipped it or something because this one has a little point." He held up my hand to show me the broken nail I'd been too lazy to file this morning.

Jaime returned with an arsenal of medical supplies. "Alright, lover boy, go sit over there."

Aaron flushed and moved to sit on my other side. Jaime dabbed at my arm with a damp paper towel, then a dry one, then placed a band-aid over the miniature scratch. "To put your mind at ease, I wouldn't consider it a slip up because it hardly even bled. You got one, tiny drop of blood out, that's all. Nothing more than if you'd scratched an itch and accidentally broken skin."

I sighed. "I guess. It's just.." I sighed again.

"I know, hun." Jaime pulled me into a hug. "Vic had the same thing when he was recovering. It's ok." When I had my head back together, Jaime looked between Aaron and I and smiled. "So, give me details."

Aaron blushed again. "About what?"

Jaime smirked. "You two, I know there's some dirt."

Aaron shrugged. "We almost got together, but I told her to give Alan a shot first."

Hime looked to me and I just shrugged.

Alan and Austin came in to get Aaron, thankfully saving me from Jaime's interrogation. There was a brief conversation, then they filed out of the room. Aaron left first, Alan behind him, but Austin lingered by me for a minute, watching Alan's ass as he walked.

Jaime made a gagging noise. Austin started at the sound and looked to him. "God dude, take it elsewhere. I feel like I just watched you have a wet dream about him."

Austin flushed scarlet. "I-I dunno what you're talking about."

Jaime and I scoffed at the same time. "It's so unbelievably obvious you're crushing on Ashby," Hime stated plainly.

Aus looked to me panicked. I shrugged. "He's right."

My best friend scurried out of the room, blushing from his spiky hair to his chest.

"You didn't answer my question."

I sighed. "Hime-"

"Nope, we're talking about this."

I groaned and fell back on the couch. "What do you want me to say? I love Alan, I do. I just don't know if we're working out. I mean he thinks I'm way too fucked up."

"He what?!" Jaime snarled. "I'll kill him!"

"Easy there, boy. Aaron already reamed him for it, that's apparently why we lost him the other day."

His anger faded as quickly as it had come and he smirked at me. "Aaron's got it bad for you." I groaned and scrubbed my eyes with the heals of my hands. "You know I'm right. So let's just set this all out now, shall we? Alan loves you, you love him and Aaron, Aaron loves you, and Austin loves Alan. Is that all?"

I flipped him off. "I hate relationships. This, all of this bullshit, is exactly why I only did casual sex."

He chuckled. "You need a day off from life."

"No, I need to go back to my regular life. I am off from life right now. I need to curl up, alone, in a dark room, and write."

"Then do it." I looked up at him like he was crazy. "I'm serious! All this time locked up with the people that are stressing you out is doing you no good. You need time to yourself."

I sighed. "I wish, but I don't have any privacy. I don't even have my own bunk!"

"Talk with Jared, see if he can hook you up with some private space." His smile fell. "You need to take care of yourself, Sil. We all worry about you."

I nodded. If Jaime was being serious about this, then that meant I should take it seriously as well. "Ok, I will. Thanks, Hime, for everything."

His ever-present smile reappeared. "Anytime."

Notes

I AM SO SORRY. I am a terrible writer and I know these chapters take forever to come out sometimes, but that's mostly because I spend about five days writing some of them. So I'm sorry they take so long to get out :( and also the amount of views on this story is crazy! Thank you so so much for reading/subscribing :) Please leave feedback, I love having comments to read and talking with you guys about your opinions! Thanks, loves! Enjoy! - Anna