Glass Hearts

As I'm walking backstage, my phone vibrates in my back pocket. I groan not really wanting to talk to anybody but I pull it out anyways. There's a text message with a picture attached to it from a Private number. I keep walking, opening the text. My stomach drops at the sight of the text. The picture is of Austin and I kissing up onstage right after he asked me to be his girlfriend. It's not the picture that makes me sick, it's the message underneath it.

I'm not done with you yet. He's not going to keep me from you.

Tears well up in my eyes and I start running to get to Austin. Not even thirty seconds later, another message comes through.

By the way, he really is a pussy. That whole speak was weak and he's just making himself an easy target.

I look away from my phone to run into someone. Tears pour from my eyes as I look up to see Austin standing there with a smile on his face. Once he sees that I'm crying, his smile fades and he pulls me into his arms.

"What's wrong, baby?" He asks gently, knowing I will start full on sobbing soon. I can't talk so I just hand him my phone and wrap my arms around his torso. I'm scared for myself but I'm more scared for Austin. I don't want anything to happen to him because of me. After a moment, his arms are wrapping around me and he's trying to calm me down. "It's going to be okay. I'm not going to let him touch you." This doesn't calm me down much. I pull back a little and stare up at him.

"W-what about you? I-I don't want y-you getting hurt because of me." I choke back a sob at the thought of Austin getting hurt or worse. His face holds so many emotions, I can't decipher them. He pulls me back to him and hugs me tightly.

"Nothing is going to happen to you and nothing is going to happen to me. I'm going to keep you safe no matter what." He kisses the top of my head and somehow the simple gesture calms me down. We stand there just holding onto each, not knowing what to do or say about Ian coming back after me when he was supposed to go to prison. I sigh, knowing I can't do anything about it. "Let's go to the bus and rest. There is a party tonight for all of the bands since it's the first day of the tour." I nod, feeling exhausted all of a sudden. He takes a hold of my hand with one of his hands and takes my camera case with the other.

"Aus, I can roll that." I giggle because even though it has wheels on it, he still wants to get it for me.

"I know but I want to take it for you. I'm your boyfriend and I'm going to do anything and everything I can for you." He smiles down at me and butterflies erupt in my stomach. I shake my head but squeeze his hand as a silent 'Thank you'. We walk back to the bus in a comfortable silence. I can't help but to look around, paranoid that Ian is lurking somewhere, watching us. "Baby, stop." Austin steps in front of me, stopping me from walking. He holds my face between his large hands and stares into my eyes. "You're with me. He's not going to hurt you." I sigh and nod. He smiles and leans down to press his lips against mine, making any fears that I have melt away.

I run my hands through his still sweaty hair, earning a quiet moan from him. His hands drop from my face to wrap around my waist, pulling me closer to him. He lightly glides his tongue across my bottom lip, asking for entrance and I happily grant it. His tongue dances against mine and I feel like I'm on cloud nine. His hands slide down to my ass and all of a sudden he picks me up causing me to wrap my legs around his waist and squeal loudly.

"That scared me." I mumble against his lips and he smiles widely before bringing our lips together again. One of his hands holds me to him as the other grabs my camera case. He pulls away from the kiss and stares at me intently.

"You're so beautiful." He whispers. "I'm so happy to call you mine." He places another kiss on my lips. I rest my forehead against his and smile.

"I'm so happy to call you mine, Mr. Carlile." My heart is full of happiness and affection for him. I can finally say I'm with someone who makes me the happiest women in the world. He starts walking the rest of the way to the bus and I rest my head in the crook of his neck. We are almost to the bus when we hear a loud scream. I whip my head up to see Zoe running towards us.

"OH MY GOD! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU TWO!" She screams as she gets closer to us. Austin doesn't turn around but I feel him laughing. He goes to set me on my feet but I lock my ankles together and hang onto him like a little monkey. He laughs and jumps up and down trying to get me to let go but I hang on tighter.

"You're like a monkey!" He shouts, laughing the whole time. His laughter makes me start laughing myself.

"I'm your monkey!" I retort back to him and he just wraps his long arms around my waist.

"Jesus, you guys are so cute, I can't take it." Zoe is standing behind Austin, so in front of me. Rue walks up to us and squeals. I hide my face because it's too much. Austin turns around so he's facing them now.

"Did you guys not see the set today?" He starts talking to them but I kind of tune it out and look around at all of the people just walking around. Some of them I know because Austin quickly introduced me to them earlier today. I notice Kellin walking over to us. He smiles at me and waves a little. I wave back and smile. He's such a sweet person and his daughter is just so cute.

"Hi Kellin. How are you?" I ask him when he's close enough to hear me.

"I'm great. I thought it was really awesome what Mr. Sweetpants did today." I laugh at his statement but quickly stop when someone catches my eye. My breathing hitches in my throat and tears well up in my eyes. He's staring at me from far away but I can still tell who it is. "Whoa. Faith, are you alright?" I can't pull my eyes away from him but I also don't know if he's really there because A group of people walk in front of him and he's gone. I don't even realize that I'm having a small panic attack until Austin is whispering calming words in my ear.

"Faith, it's okay. Breath. Breath for me." His voice is soothing and I try so hard to get my breathing back to normal. Kellin is still standing in front of me with a worried expression on his face. I snap my eyes away from the spot where I saw Ian standing look at Kellin. I finally get my breathing back to normal and my heart rate slows down. "Are you okay? What was it?" Austin asks me and I let out a sigh.

"I think I saw Ian." I breath out. Kellin gives me a weird look, not knowing who I am talking about. "Ian is my ex and he is trying to kill me again. I sent him to prison a few years ago because he stabbed me in the chest." His eyes grow wide. "That's how I got this scar on my face. A couple weeks ago, he kid-napped me and ummm....almost killed me." Kellin's expression goes from shocked to highly pissed off in a matter of two seconds.

"Can I go kill this motherfucker?" I let Austin set me on my feet so we both can talk to Kellin. I feel lightheaded when my feet touch the ground but Austin wraps his arm around my shoulder to keep me steady.

"If he comes anywhere near Faith and you're around, I give you permission to kill him but right now. We are not going to think about him because we are going to have a huge cook out in like two hours." Kellin's anger seems to disappear at the mention of the cook out/party later tonight. He gives Austin a bro hug and turns to me with his arms open. I giggle a little before hugging him.

"Don't worry about that stupid fucker. We are all family here and we are going to protect you." He hugs me tightly for a few seconds before he lets me go. "I'll see you guys later." He walks away and I turn to Austin.

"Let's go relax for a little bit. I'm exhausted and a little dehydrated." He nods and leans down. I think he's going to kiss me but he surprises me by picking me up bridal style.

"Whenever you're exhausted, I'm going to carry you." He smiles and places a kiss on my sweaty forehead. "Don't worry about your cameras, Zoe took them to the bus for you." I nod and rest my head against his shoulder. Before we even make it to the bus, I'm in a dreamless sleep.

*Later that night*

Zoe has me trapped in the little bathroom so she can do my hair and make up. She insisted on lending me a dress and some heels because apparently all of the guys' girlfriends who are on the tour dress up nicely for the cook outs so they can show us off. Austin and Alan have been outside the door groaning and moaning about us taking too long for the past ten minutes.

"Zoe, come on!" Alan groans through the door as Zoe finishes my hair.Finally! She has me in a black and red dress that is open on the sides. I was completely against it because of my scar but she basically said the same thing Kellin said to me earlier about how we are all family here. She also said that Austin won't be able to keep his hands off of me in this dress so here I am, in this beautiful dress that hugs my body nicely. Alan bangs on the door threatening to leave without her when Zoe slides the door open with so much force, making him jump back.

"So impatient." She mumbles and walks out. I stand there and look at myself in the mirror. My fading purple hair is in a french braid down my back and my eyes look smoldering against the smokey colored eyeshadow.

"Ready to g....holy shit." I turn to see Austin staring at me with his jaw dropped a little. With my sneaker wedges on, I almost come to his shoulder. His eyes are trailing up and down my body, making me a little self conscious.

"Do I look okay?" My voice sounds so small. He steps towards me and places his hands on my bare skin. My skin feels like it's on fire from his touch.

"Darlin, you look absolutely breath taking." He doesn't have to lean down too much to plant a kiss on my lips. "Everybody is going to be jealous that I have you and so jealous that they don't look like you." He whispers against my lips causing a huge smile to appear on my face. With one last kiss, he grabs my hand and we walk off the bus together. From the bus, I can hear loud music playing and people laughing loudly. "How much do you want to bet, Fronz and David are already drunk?"

"Oh I bet they aren't the only ones." We both laugh, getting closer to the area where everybody is. I recognize a lot of people now and don't feel so self conscious. Everybody is laughing and having a great time. A few people stop what they are doing when they see Austin and I walk up.

"Okay! Award for the best dressed AND cutest couple go to Austin and Faith!" Jamie from Pierce The Veil yells from one of the tents and everybody cheers loudly. My face burns red and I look up at Austin who is smiling brightly. He looks down at me and kisses my head.

"You two are the last ones here!" Jack comes over to us, stumbling a little. He hands both of us drinks and cheers us for something I can't understand. I go to take a drink from the cup and the smell of vodka is so evident.

"Jack is this just straight vodka?" Austin asks before I can. Jack shrugs with a smirk and I shake my head, taking a drink anyways. Yup, straight vodka. I cough from the unexpected burn.

"Drink up! We are here to party!" He pats Austin's shoulder and stumbles away. I shrug and down the rest of the vodka quickly.

"I better not drink to much. I'm going to have to carry you to the bus later." Austin playfully squeezes my shoulder. I shove him a little and laugh knowing he's right. He hands me his cup and I already knew tonight was going to be fun.

*About two hours later*

"KARAOKE TIME!" Fronz screams from the little make shift stage set up under one of the tents. Most of us are hammered so this is going to be interesting. I've been dancing with Rue and Leanna for the past hour as Austin walks around to socialize with everybody. I have had one too many drinks and I feel like my bladder is going to explode.

"Rue! Come to the restroom with me!" I yell at her over the loud, drunken singing going on and she nods. We link arms with each other and tell Leanna to let Austin and Phil that we went to the restroom. The farther we get away from the party, the darker it gets. Rue pulls out her phone to use her flash light so we don't trip over anything. We are almost to the restrooms when I hear movement behind us. "Did you hear that?" I'm suddenly sober as we both sped up our walking. Rue shakes her head at me. "I swear I hear something." I'm about to turn around to look when someone grabs me from behind, ripping me away from Rue. I scream loudly before a piece of cloth is placed over my mouth. I start to get lightheaded and my muscles grow weak.

"Let's go." A deep voice says before I am engulfed by unconsciousness.

Notes

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I had major writer's block at the beginning of this chapter so if it sucks, that's why. Anyways, two updates in like four days! Yay! I'm going to update each story that I am writing as much as I can. I SWEAR the next chapters won't be as shitty as this one.

Leah. <3