Fear & Fate

I must've had great sleep hours last night because when I woke up, I could barely remember anything from the day prior. The sunlight shined at my face from the window and my vision gets blurred from that and the little ball of fur nestling on me. Magneto is well enough wide awake as he rubs himself into my face and purring at the same time.
"Okay, okay baby. Mommy is up now." I groaned as I sat straight up and tried to become aware of my surroundings. I popped all of my still joints and rubbed my eyes open, when I felt something weird around them. The wrapped bandages around both of my hands jump started my memories of what happened yesterday.

That's right. Everything that happened at Olde Towne... Remembering all of that, I pulled the covers off to reveal my right knee that's also wrapped up in bandages. With all of the strength I have now, I get up and walked over to the bathroom to examine myself and as soon as the lights turned, I could see all of the damage. A few red and pink burn spots cover parts of my legs from where hot food landed on me. I unwrap the bandages from both my hands to show only minor cuts and scratches from trying to pick up broken shards of kitchen ware.

Thank god they're only minor... now let's see about the worst one. I slowly unwrap my right knee, knowing that this is the one that took the most damage. As it unveiled, I could clearly see the gash that's trying to heal. A few open spots surround the area, but not as bad as the main one. I curse under my breath as I clean the wound, and when it stopped stinging I re-wrapped it with a new bandage. I also clean my other areas and fix up my hair a bit before I leave the room.
My attention went to my phone which is charging on my bed. I check it to find a few text messages and a couple of Instagram notifications. The texts came from both my mom and my aunt, which I replied immediately. The sound of soft scratching and a tiny "mew" came from Magneto as he tried to get out of my room. I grant his access out when I hear voices from both the TV and from actual people.

Well, looks like Devyn is home and she brought others with her. I thought to myself as I searched for more clothing, seeing as how I only sleep in a tee and underwear. Now that I think about it, the guys might be so let me put a bra as well as shorts.

After I am fully dressed, I step out of my room to follow the noise. Just as my suspensions were correct, the whole gang is here in my living room watching TV. Devyn and Tyler were conversating about something while Camden sat on the couch beside them while cuddling up to Stella and texting at the same time.

Okay, we have our singer, guitarist and bassist here... so where is our drummer? Just as I finished my thought, a pair of hands sneak up from behind me and cover my eyes.

"Guess who?" The voice easily gave it away. I laughed as I removed his hands from my face.

"Hey Xavier." I turned around and hugged him, which he returned with a tighter embrace. I tried to squeeze him harder, but that only caused him to lift me up a few inches off the ground. Because he knows that I hate it when people do that, I wrap my legs around his torso, causing us both to laugh.

"Whoa, looks like someone has missed me." He playfully fake-flirted as he carries me to the kitchen, catching everyone's attention. The comment made me laugh, but I still playfully smacked him upside his head.

"X, you know I l love you and all," Tyler turned towards us from the couch, "But if you don't take your hands off my precious little siren, then there will be hell to pay. Thank you."

Xavier set me down on the kitchen counter, letting go of me but still jabbed his elbow into my arm. I retaliated with punching him in his arm. He stuck his tongue out at me, which I did the same back but caused us to laugh even more. The thing between Xavier and I is that we act like we're flirting, but it's more of a brother/sister type of thing. It's weird.

"Finally you're up, sleepyhead." Devyn said turning her head to face me but not getting up from the couch. "I was wondering when I would have to wake you up."

"It's still technically morning, so you wouldn't have to be worried for at least a few more hours." I read the clock which stated that it's only a few minutes passed 11. It was at that moment when Xavier asked what was wrong with my leg and everyone else immediately turned around to see what he was talking about. Tyler got up instantly and ran towards my side while Devyn followed suit slowly afterwards. My friends demanded what happened, so I told them everything. From start to finish and everything in between, I watched their expressions change as I told them the story. By the end of my explanation, all of their faces ranged from surprised to anger.

"Give me this guy's address. I want to have a nice little chat with him." Tyler stated as he balled up his fists.

"A little chat, huh? Is that it?" I asked him, knowing too damn well that's not what he's planning.

"It might require a baseball bat, a trash bag and a tank filled with hungry sharks, but yes, a little chat." I smiled knowing how protective Tyler likes to get for me.

"Wooden or metal bat?" I humored him.

"Metal, duh! At least when it goes upside his skull, the bat won't break." He winked at me. I swear this boy watches too much Criminal Minds for his own good.

"Does it hurt?" Cam asked me.

"Not as bad as it did yesterday." I replied as I wiggle my knee. "I've had worse injuries before, but I know this probably won't fully heal until a couple of weeks."

"Can you walk on it at least?" Devyn examined my injury with caution.

"Yeah, I can walk on it just fine." I hopped down from the counter and didn't stagger as I stood up straight. "It's not like that time I twisted it, so I should still be able to run and stuff like that. I know I probably shouldn't push it though, trying not to make it worse than it already is."

Just at that moment, the doorbell rang. The guys and I weren't expecting any other company so we didn't know who was at the door. I started to walk towards the front door, but Cam stopped me as he reached it first.

"It's a girl." He said looking through the peephole.

"What does she look like?" Devyn asked.

"Average height, light blonde hair and kind of has chipmunk cheeks."

I walked over to Cam. "I know who it is." I open the door to see Kylie standing there. Her hair fell down way past her shoulders in a messy ponytail. She wore a blue plaid shirt with some short shorts on. By the way she looked, she's not going to work anytime soon. I let her inside the house where I introduced her to everyone.

"Guys, this is my bae Kylie." I put my arm around her shoulder. "Ky, this is the Amoureux crew."

She said hey to everyone and they did the same to her.

"So what brings your pretty little self over to this side of town, Kylie?" Tyler asks her.

"I actually came to check up on you, Cece, to see how you were doing." She turned to me. "I'm really sorry about what happened yesterday."

"Don't be. It's not your fault. Something was bound to happen anyway, so better sooner than later, I always say."

"But I should've helped out more." She stated. "I was just standing there doing nothing, while you went through all of that."

"Honey, you're the hostess. There's not much you could've done without getting lip from Frank." I assured her. "Plus you helped more than enough by taking care of my injuries."

"I should've tried to stop Frank. He went way too far with his words to you."

"Hell, he had it coming. I wonder why I didn't do anything sooner." I laughed. "Plus he should've known not to piss off a black girl like that. We have the tendency to retaliate, usually with involving an ass-whooping."

"That guy is lucky that we weren't there." Devyn spoke up. "I would've kicked his ass right then and there for doing that to you."

"Same here." Cam and Xavier said at the same time.

"You couldn't pay me enough to have that creepy pedophile assassinated." Tyler uttered as he took a sip of his drink.

"Oh! Before I forget..." Kylie rummaged through her bag and handed me an envelope with my name in it. "I managed to grab it in time before it could get any damage to it."

I was curious to see what was inside. The seal wasn't bound so I opened it to find my paycheck. "Wow, thank you so much for getting this. I completely forgot about it that day, I was so mad."

"Knowing how he pissed he looked after you left, I had a feeling he would try to do something to make sure you wouldn't see that ever." She informed me. "That's not the only thing inside."

I check the inside again for find a butt-load of cash and a note. "What's all this?"

"All of your tips from yesterday. Your customers felt bad after seeing your little accident, so they wanted to sure their appreciation." She informed me. "I personally think that the note is more interesting."

I opened the note to see someone's handwriting. I read out loud,
We are sorry that we tried to hassle you earlier. The three of us saw your accident and feel really bad about it. Even though we didn't catch your name, we still want to tell you that you were our best and favorite waitress. Hopefully this tip can help cover your injuries. It's the least we can do to try and help. Wishing you a full recovery,

Paige. Austin. Alan.

So those are their names, huh. "That's really sweet of them. They didn't have to do that. How much did they put in?"

"The twenty and two fifty's that are in the pile." Kylie informed me and my jaw literally dropped to the floor?"

"They gave me $120 as a tip??" I was taken aback a bit. "That is extremely generous of all of them."

"Must be rich or something like that." Kylie commented, which made Devyn's face light up.

"Cheyenne. The Austin and Alan guys. Can you describe them again for me?" She asked as her fingers moved very quickly against her iPhone.

"I'm not sure which one is which but one of them has short dark brown hair, tattoos covering almost every part of his frame, adequate muscles, facial hair, a nose ring and kind of a raspy voice." I began their description. "The other one was shorter, also had a nose ring and tattoos but not as much as the first one. His frame was a bit smaller than the first guy. The one thing that mainly stood out was his eccentric orange hair."

Devyn stopped doing whatever she was doing on her phone long enough to stare at it in awe. Tyler looked over to what she's looking at and almost had the same look on his face. I asked her what was up and she slowly came by my and Kylie's side with her phone in tow.

"Are these the same guys?" She staggered to say and she slowly turned the phone to face us. On her screen is a picture of five guys standing in a row in some background. They looked dressed up in what looked like suits, but it was in a different type of style. I examined their faces and found two that were scarily familiar. The tall brunette (aka Contagious Smile) that I just described is standing in the very middle of the picture, and Mr. Budweiser himself was off to the very right.

"That's them all right. Down to every last detail." I looked up to Devyn who's expression is now in a stage between excited and shocked out of her mind. "D, who are they?"

"Cheyenne... your customers were none other than Austin Carlile and Alan Ashby. They're in the band Of Mice & Men." As soon as her words left her mouth, all of us including myself, Jade and the guys were all speechless. "The tall brunette is Austin and the one with the orange hair is Alan."

"That's them?!" I squeaked. I mean, I've heard of the band Of Mice & Men because of Devyn since that's one of her favorite bands, but I never knew who is actually in the band. I don't make it my duty to know the members are, and yet two of them were some of my customers.

I was probably still in shock because I didn't pay attention to what was happening around me until I felt someone's hands on my person.

"I can't believe it! You are seriously the luckiest girl in the world, Cece!!" Kylie shook me out of my daze.

"Yeah, I guess I am." I kept putting pieces together over and over in my head. The guy at Olde Towne who I bumped into, who then tried to flirt with me and then helped me out with my accident and leave my a generous tip.... is a member of a well known rock band.

For an area that's as huge as Orange county, Los Angeles, California, it surely is a small world.

Notes

Yayy, new chapter ! Took me forever to write an idea for this scenario but it's finally done. At least you guys got to meet the whole band. I promise to give them more dialogue throughout the story so just be patient. Love to hear your guys feedback so please give me your opinions. Remember, more feedback = updating sooner.
Hope to hear from you guys soon,
~Momo J.
P.S. here's the photo that Devyn showed Cheyenne and Kylie on her iPhone. [pic]