My eyes flew open when I felt myself falling. "No!" I screamed and reached out to hold onto my bunk. I was too late and slid out of my bunk onto the ground. "Ow" I muttered. Taylor poked his head out from my bunk with one eye opened. "What are you doing doing there?" He asked sleepily. "I thought the floor would be real comfortable to sleep on" I said sarcastically and stood up. I went to my suitcase and pulled out some clothes. I walked over to the bathroom and closed the door. I stripped down to my underwear and bra. Walking over to the mirror I looked at myself quickly then away but something caught my eye. My head shot up and I looked back at my face. I have a black eye. Oh my god. My hand grazed over my cheek and I hissed at the pain. Fuck.

I looked at the rest of my body and noticed the bruises and cuts on my arms and legs. I showered and fixed my hair. I put on jeans and a longsleeve shirt to hide my wounds. No one needed to know. I walked out of the bathroom and out to the front of the bus. I seen Ilan, Justin, Jeremy and Taylor all chatting away. Justin and Ilan were asking about the camping trip. Shit. I sat down and then Ilan raised his eyebrows. "Hayley what happened to your face?" He gasped. I closed my eyes and sighed. I then turned to Taylor for help. "She tried to stop a fight between Vic and Mike last night. Um some shit went down and she tried to stop it and got hurt" Taylor said quickly. I smiled as a thanks. "So Vic hurt you?" Justin asked. "Oh no, no that's not what happened. I tried to pull Vic out of the way and Mike accidently pushed me down and I hid my face on a log" I said quickly. "Wow, that seems real clumsy" Justin nodded. "Yeah" I said looking at my feet. "So the show tomorrow, we all buzzed?" Ilan changed subject. "Oh yeah, very stoked" Jeremy joined in. I stared off into space until Taylor nudged me. I looked up at him and he smiled. "Wanna go for a walk?" He asked. I nodded and grabbed a pair of sunglasses off a nearby table.

We both walked off the bus into the warm Jeresy air. I smiled lightly and began walking around with Taylor. "So what do you wanna talk about?" I asked him. "You were so shaken up last night, you have a black eye... what happened?" Taylor asked. I looked then back at Taylor. "One of the guys attacked me when I was alone. He tried to rape me but Vic got him before he done anything to me. Vic beat the shit out of him... he kept shouted that I was his... it was scary actually" I said confused. Taylor wrapped his arm around my shoulders. "As long as you're okay Hayley" He whispered. "Yeah" I nodded. "So Victor can protect you?" He asked with a laugh. "Yeah, I was surprised too, he was really laying into this dude but I guess it means that he cares" I smiled. "He does, trust me that boy cares a lot" I looked at him and grinned. "I'm glad he does" I smiled into the distance. "Come on, let's go see your loverboy" Taylor said grabbing my hand and leading me to the Pierce the Veil bus.

We walked on the bus and seen Mike lying on the couch. "What's up?" He said with a groggy voice. "Hey... um where's Vic?" I asked him. "Went to get coffee... what's with the glasses?" He asked with a confused look. I removed the glasses and his face turned shocked. "Oh" He said. "Yep, gotta find a way to hide that" I sighed. "You could do the black strip make-up you did for the North American tour" Taylor said sitting next to Mike. I thought for a second. "You know what, that's not a bad idea" I smiled sitting on the other side of Mike. "See I'm the brains of the band" Taylor said to Mike who just laughed. "Yeah that's what we do when he comes up with an idea, laugh" I grinned at Taylor. He picked up a pillow and threw it at me. "Ow" I said pretending to be hurt. "MICHAEL FUENTES PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE DRESSED NOW" We heard from outside the bus. Vics back. He walked on the bus with four cups from starbucks. "Oh.. hey" He smiled and walked to the kitchen. I got up and followed him.

"Vic?" I asked and he turned around. He studied my face and walked over to me. He touched the bruises around my eyes and I twitched from pain. "What I did to him wasn't enough" He muttered. "Vic, it's over. I'm fine now" I smiled. He nodded and sat down in the booth. I walked over to the country and climbed ontop. "How's your arm?" I asked looking at it. "Bullet barely touched me. I'm fine" He smiled lightly. I looked down at my hands. Unsure of how to act. "Um, I'm sorry that I didn't believe you when you said you weren't going to shoot me" I said. He looked up at me and nodded. "I couldn't ever do that okay" He said and I nodded accepting his words. He stood up and walked over. "I promise you okay" He grabbed my hand placed it over his heart. "I'd tear my heart out before I could hurt you because without you I don't think I'd have a heart left" He whispered.

I leaned in and kissed his lips. Nothing big. I pulled back and leaned my forehead on his. "You're beautiful" He whispered. "Thank you" I whispered back. "Vic where's my coffee" Jaime shouted as he walked into the kitchen. "EW MY EYES. EW" He shouted and covered his eyes. We pulled apart and looked at Jaime. "Jaime, shut it" Vic groaned. "I just wanted my coffee, I didn't need to see you guys humping" Jaime said dramatically. "Jaime" I groaned. "We weren't humping" Vic laughed and pulled me down off the counter and wrapped his arms around my waist. I leaned against his chest and smiled happily. "Oh wow, that's quite a look" Jaime raised an eyebrow at my eye. I pouted and he smiled. "You're still smoking, kinda like a bad girl vibe you got going on" Jaime laughed. Vic sighed at Jaimes comment. "Yeah totally, I'd still do you" Jaime said. "You will not be doing her" Vic said sternly. Jaime looked at him. "I'm trying to make her feel better Vic" Jaime whispered to Vic. "She can still hear you" I whispered and smiled at Jaime. I turned around and kissed Vic quickly. "I gotta go give Jack his hoody back" I smiled. "Okay babe, see ya later" He said and kissed my nose.

I walked off the bus and over to my bus. I climbed on at picked up the hoody. I walked off the bus and over to the All Time Low bus. I knocked on the door and Alex appeared. "Hey what's up?" He asked with a slight smile. "Hey Alex, got Jacks hoody" I told him holding it up. He let me in and I smiled. "Thanks". I walked into the bus and seen Rian, Zack and Jack all playing xbox. Jack looked up and seen me. "Hayley, you ventured over to the hustlers bus" He grinned. "Yeah you wish" I smiled and sat down next to him. "So what brings you over here?" He asked. "I brought this back" I said handing over his hoody. He paused the game and Rian and Zack both groaned. "Sorry guys" I laughed. "Thanks Hayley" Jack smiled and threw his hoody behind him. "So how are you all?" I asked. They all stayed quiet. "We are all fine, none of us really got hurt except you and Vic" Alex said. I looked at him and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine now" I smiled. "Are you sure?" Jack said from beside me. "Yeah. I am" I laughed. "Wanna play?" Zack spoke up and I looked at him. "Yeah, what we playing?" I asked. "Fifa" They all said. "Oh great" I laughed taking Zacks controller.

2 hours later we were in an intense game of Fifa. "No. Hayley!" Zack shouted. "Suck on that" I grinned and threw my arms in the air. Jack laughed and slapped Zack on the head. I stood up and turned to them. "And this is the story of when you guys got bet by a girl at Fifa" I laughed and stuck my tongue out at them. They groaned and I turned and skipped off the bus. I wasn't really paying attention as I walked back towards the Paramore bus I walked into someone.

"Oh sorry Kellin" I said looking at his grinning face. "Hey" He smiled. "What's up?" I asked. "Not bad. You?" He grinned. "Not bad considering" I laughed. He nodded and let the silence fall. "So, have you told Vic you're in love with him?" Kellin said catching me off guard. My head shot up. "What?" I asked. "Last night, when he gpt taken by those guys... you said you loved him" Kellin said looking at me intensely. "Oh... um I was panicking" I said trying to get off the subject. "Yeah, a drunk mind speaks a sober heart Hayley. Just tell him okay" He smiled and walked off. Tell him... should I tell him? Ugh. Kellin, I could kill you.

I turned and walked towards the PTV bus. I climbed on and seen Vic sitting on the couch watching tv. "Hey... I need to talk to you" I said.