The First Punch

We pulled up to the tall apartment building and looked up to the 10th floor. The girls looked at me and Lian shut off the car. We all got out and Emme looked amazed.
“This. This is where Mike lives?” Emme asked standing still by the car while Mel, Lian, and I walked to the doors. I still had a key for Mike’s apartment, so I can get in easily.. But I might knock.. Don’t want to disrupt anything that may be going on.
“Hey Ron!” I waved at the security guard and he smiled and nodded.
“Ladies.” We giggled and he let out a chuckle. As we walked into the elevator the girls looked at me concerned. I hit the button and let out an anxious sigh.
“What?” I said shakily as I looked to all of them. They all shook their heads and looked down, except Emme.
“What’s wrong? You seem nervous?” She said looking at me.
“It’s just.. Mike. Don’t you know what happened?” I asked looking at her. She covered her mouth and looked surprised.
“It was true? I had no clue.. Mike always seemed so nice.. I’m so sorry Lex.” Everyone looked to Emme and widened their eyes. I breathed in quick and held my breath. The reason ‘Lex’ was such a big deal was that my mom called me that. “Did I say something?!” She asked scared.
“No, Em… It’s all good.” I said trying to keep my cool. The elevator hit the tenth floor and the doors opened. I walked out first and the girls followed. I turned to them as we got to Mike’s. “I go in alone.. If you hear anything come in. Okay?” I said firmly. They all nodded and got out of sight of the door. I turned and looked at the door.. I knocked and heard Mike say that he was coming. The door opened and Mike looked surprised.
“Alex.. Hi.. Uhm you want to come in?” He said nervously. I nodded and he moved out of the way. I walked into the living area where so many things happened. I winced as Mike came from behind me. “Shit sorry Alex.” He grabbed the back of his neck and sat down. He had his head in his hands for a few minutes then looked over to the love seat that I was sitting on. “Alex.. I’m so-“
“Save it..” I cut him off. “I need my stuff..” I looked down to the floor. I stood up and looked at him. “Did.. Did you really abuse me because you loved me..?” I asked looking quickly back down after I finished my sentence.
“Alex.. I’ve always loved you.. Don’t you remember the good times?” I nodded and looked up to him biting my lip.
“Mike.. You’re an amazing guy.. You were so nice when you are sober.. You just need help.. If you go to rehab I promise I will try to help you get back in the band.” He looked up and smiled, but the smile soon disappeared.
“Alex.. You wouldn’t do that for me.. I’ve hurt you so much.. Why would you help me?” He shrugged.
“Mike.. Do you want to be back in the band or not?” He nodded and I nodded too. “So get help, and I’ll think about helping you..”
“Okay.. so go get your stuff.” He said leading me into what used to be our bedroom. I started shaking and I could feel my breathing start to speed up. “Alex you okay?” Mike asked rushing to my side, holding me up. I pushed him away and sat on the bed. All of the old memories from what used to happen in this bedroom started to come flooding back. I was now shaking more intensely and I couldn’t manage to say a word. “Do you want me to get your stuff Alex?” I nodded viciously and he went to the closet.
After 20 minutes of watching Mike pack up my stuff he asked me if that was all. I nodded then looked up to a picture of us that was still on top of the dresser. He followed my gaze and stood up, walking to the picture. He flipped it down and looked at me. “Sorry Alex..” He said picking up my stuff. “Ready?” He asked and I nodded. As we walked out of the bedroom and into the living room I started to feel a little bit better but overall I was still shitty. He walked to the door and opened it. The girls came over to the door and got my stuff from Mike.
“Thanks M- Alex are you okay?!” Lian asked rushing to my side. “What did you do to her” She asked quickly.
“Uhm maybe just..” He coughed. “Memories coming back.” Lian nodded and wrapped her arms around me.
“Thanks again Mike.” Mel said helping with the stuff then shutting the door behind us. Lian was rushing me to the car and once we got there she went to her bag. We heard the other girls throw the stuff in the trunk and shut the door. Lian found my pills that I take when I have really bad flashbacks and anxiety attacks. She carried some and so did I, just incase something like this happened. She handed me one and I took it taking a sip of water from Lian’s bottle. The girls hopped in the back and we started to drive back to Lian’s house.
“Where are we going?” Emme asked looking out of the window as we drove. We all laughed, even I let out one small chuckle, then Mel turned to her and smiled.
“To the party house.” Mel laughed and I turned around to see Emme looking uncomfortable.
“But I’m not dressed..” She said self-consciously.
“I got it..” Lian made a hard right turn and started heading for the mall. “We’ll show you how to shop.” Lian said excited and Mel squeezed with excitement. I rolled my eyes and started to loosen up again.
“You good Al?” Mel said from the backseat.
“Peachy.” I said as we pulled into the mall parking lot. The girls laughed and we got out when Lian parked. The mall must be packed because the lot was full. When we walked in, Hot Topic was right across from us and Spencer's was down a few stores.
“Alex.. You’re the best at picking out clothing.. Show her how it’s done!” Lian said laughing. I nodded and took Emme’s hand.
“Just a-uh quick question or two..” I said looking to her. She nodded.
“Favorite band? Favorite color? Favorite outfit/what is your style?” I asked and she looked up to the ceiling as if to remember.
“Uhm Motionless in White probably. Black and white. And I usually dress like this.” She pulled out her phone and showed me a picture of her in this cute dress with studs and buckles. She had her hair braided up the back and in a bun on top. She had a black and white bow in her hair, the black side was on the white hair and the white was on her black hair. And she had cute cherry docs on. “But I only have $20 on me..” She sighed.
“We’ve got you covered.” I smiled and walked to Hot Topic still holding Emme’s hand. Once we got in the guy that was working greeted us. He must be new because he didn’t recognize us.
“Hello ladies. The whole store is-“ Mel cut him off.
“Buy one get one half off. We got it.” She laughed and the guy laughed nervously. We went straight for the clearance rack and started to look there. We found some cute dresses and some band tees that were cheap. Whatever we liked and she liked we put in her arms to try on later. She probably had like 20 items but only tried on the items that weren't band tees, tights, or anything that Mel or I wanted. We pushed her into the room and waited for her outside. A few minutes later she came out in a lace dress, then a jacket, then another dress.
“Okay! I’m done.” Emme sighed in relief as she brought the stuff up to check out. We all laughed and we went to Spencer’s. As we walked in I saw that Mason, Nick, and Connor were all working again.
“Ladies you know how it goes.” Mason said still flipping through the magazine that was set on the counter.
“Hey Alex, ladies.. Who’s this?” Connor asked rearranging stuff on a shelf. His head was turned not focusing on what he was doing and all of the bucket hats fell off their hook. Lian giggled and so did Mel. Emme ran over to him and kneeled down to help him pick them up.
“By the way.. I’m Emerald.” Emme said as they picked up all of the hats off of the floor. Connor smiled and Nick and Mason from behind the counter started to whistle.
“Oh and by the way Alex. Looking good in the shoot.” Nick said holding up Mason’s magazine. Both Emme and these guys were reading the magazine that just came out.. but the shoot was like from before Warped even started. But they just put it in the magazine now. The shoot from two days ago will go on SuicideGirls.com and if it makes the front page we get $500!
“And you’re not gonna compliment me?!” Mel said slightly joking, slightly defensive. I was scared to hear what these guys would say, seeing that they’re trash.
“Well sweetie that’s because Alex is just a tad hotter than you.. Literally just kidding.. It’s because you’re not in this issue.” Mel flipped Nick off and we went around looking at stuff. 10 minutes later we checked out and headed for a few more stores. Before we got out of the mall I wandered into the Journeys that was right by the exit.
“Guys! Look at this.. the new vegan Docs… I’m getting them..” I asked for my size and purchased them. They were blue and white.. So pretty. But the cool thing was it looked like it was just white before but then someone dabbed them with blue paint.. I walked out of the store and headed to the exit with the girls. Once we got to the car Mel yelled shotgun and Lian and I laughed. We were putting our stuff in the trunk and we all got in. I of course got the shotgun seat.
“Why do you always get shotgun?” Mel asked as LIan found her way out of the parking lot.
“Because I’ve been shotgun in this car since the day she got it.” I laughed and turned up the music. The Middle was on by Jimmy Eat World.. We were all singing along and then the girls stopped singing, but I kept going.
“Alex you’ve got some pipes.. I’m surprised you’re not in a band..” Emme commented as everyone laughed. We kept driving to Lian’s and soon we got there. “Lian this is your house?” Emme said happily.
“Yeah it is. Oh and we have a house full of band members so don’t be scared. They’re all super nice.” Lian said laughing. Emme nodded and we all got out of the car. “Wanna come back for your stuff or bring it in now?” She asked looking at us.
“Now is good for me.” I said and everyone agreed. So LIan popped the trunk and we all went to the back of the car. We all picked up a bag or two and headed for the door to the house. I had the smallest bag because it was my Docs, so I opened the door.
“Heyyyyy betches!” Adrien said as we came through the door. He was standing hand in hand with Shep. When Mel saw Shep she dropped her bag and ran over to him.
“Shep!! You’re here!!” She squealed as she stayed in his arms. He kissed her forehead.
“Mel.. I’ve missed you so much..” He squeezed her and then Mel broke away. “Alexandria.. Come here.” I walked over and Shep and I did a cool handshake. Everyone laughed and we all went to drop or bags in the hall way leading to the bedrooms. I walked to Tony and gave him a kiss, Lian did the same with Jaime and let’s just say.. Mel went to Alex and they did what they were doing this morning. I walked over to Emerald and put my arm around her.
“Guy’s meet PTV’s new merch girl and a soon to be SuicideGirl, Emerald.” All the guys looked at her and wouldn’t stop staring. Then I looked to Ricky and he was blushing looking down at the floor. Emme looked like she was so starstruck.
Emerald hold onto your hat because you just met the band members.

Notes

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