Awkward Love
Chapter 26: In The End
Jake's POV
"Dad, we are there. We're at the bus, we got you passes and left them at the desk, ask them about Jake Pitts." I said, I was beginning to lose my patience with him. He started rambling on about how he'd asked. "Dad, put Sarah on please." I requested before taking my anger out on someone that didn't deserve it. "Sarah, ask the person at the desk for the passes Jake Pitts left." I explained, calming down. "They said that you're going to have to come down." She told me. "Ok, be there in a second." I hung up before racing to the gate. I looked like I'd just gotten out of bed, which I had. We had a party last night and I ended up drunk, I fell asleep in my bunk fully clothed, so I was literally just up. When I got to the gate, I saw my dad, my sister and my nephew standing at the gate. "Hi there, I see there is a problem getting my family in." I pointed towards my family. "So this is your family?" She asked feeling embarrassed. "Yes, they are." I replied and handed them their passes. I waited for them on the other side of the gate. "Uncle Jake." My nephew, Aidan, screamed while running towards me with open arms. I opened my arms and got down to his level. "AIDAN!" I screamed as I caught him in my arms and fell backwards, only hurting myself. I picked us up and let him run to the bus. "Dad, you and Aidan get a bunk each, while Sarah sleeps outside." I joked, Sarah hit me lightly on the arm. "No, Dad and Aidan are getting their own bunks, but we set up a bed in the back room for you." I informed them. "At least I'm not sleeping outside." Sarah commented. "Sarah, I knew Jake wouldn't do that." My dad told her. "Ella will be staying as well, CC and I are moving into the party bus for our mini honeymoon until we get off tour and go on holiday for a week." I said. "Am I still sleeping in the back, or am I sleeping in one of your bunks?" She asked. "Either, it doesn't matter. I think Muscles is sleeping on the bus, so he'll have CC's bunk and Ella's getting mine. It's either sleeping with Aidan or in the back room." I explained. "Why can't I sleep in your bunk and let Ella have the back room?" She questioned. "Because you're my sister and things may get awkward if you sleep in my bunk, whether Ella and I still have awkward moments, so it won't make a difference." I replied. I could see CC outside the bus. "CC!" Aidan shouted as he ran at CC with open arms. I walked over to CC as we neared and gave him a peck on the lips. He greeted Sarah and my dad. "Young Christian. Hurt my Jake and I will hurt you." My dad growled at CC. CC was terrified. "Dad, leave him alone. CC don't worry, you'll be fine." I reassured. "I've moved my stuff into the party bus." He told me. I lead my dad, Sarah and Aidan onto the bus. Andy lay stretched out on our couch, he barely moved to greet my family, Ashley, for once, was being a real gentleman towards my family. Jinxx quickly greeted my family before diving into his bunk to get dressed. My dad was sleeping across from Andy, on the top bunk, Aidan would sleep under him. I showed them to their bunks before I helped Aidan unpack his small backpack full of toys, Sarah had his clothes. I then packed my bunk into two backpacks and moved them onto the party bus. My dad dragged me around the back of the bus. "Jake, why didn't you marry Ashley, he's such a gentleman?" My dad whispered. "1- he's not gay, 2- I love CC and 3- he has a girl he's meeting today." I listed thinking my dad wasn't going to accept our relationship. "Ok." He walked off. I joined Jinxx on the bus and practiced each song on guitar, acoustically before Aidan wanted me to help him play guitar. Jinxx helped me position his fingers on the fingerboard. Thankfully my family took my mind off of how nervous I was.
CC's POV
I woke up earlier and quickly got dressed before I began to pack all my stuff into a backpack. Jake's family and Ella are coming to our wedding so Jake and I are sleeping on the party bus and giving up our bunks to his sister, Sarah, and Ella, his ex-girlfriend. I left out my laptop, drum pad and sticks. I put my backpack on the party bus while Jake ran to the front gate while screaming down the phone. I grabbed my glass of Jack Daniels and stood outside the bus checking my Twitter. Nobody had told anyone about our wedding, and once again we had Bryan Starz interview the rest of the band, Ashley and Jake's family.
I could tell that Jake was stressed. His dad was annoying him and running around pre-show isn't really his thing. I was trying to stay away until I knew he wasn't stressed. When he was approaching with his family, I could tell that he wasn't stressed. I shoved my phone into my pocket and watched as Jake approached. "CC!" I heard screaming. I looked to my right to see Jake's nephew running towards me with open arms. I squatted as I lost my balance, but made it look like Aidan knocked me over. Nobody noticed, no matter how many times Aidan bragged about it. Jake was about to lead his family onto the bus. "My stuff is on the party bus." I whispered before pecking him on the lips. I then walked around the park in search of friends, instead I found horny women who were fans of us. I was quite frankly terrified and began to quickly make my way back to the bus. I walked onto the bus calmly, but immediately looked out the window to see Asking Alexandria, I was relieved. I walked back into the bunk room. I saw Jake with Aidan on his lap and a guitar on his knee, Jinxx sat opposite them. "You want help packing your bunk?" I asked. "No, fancy giving Aidan a drum lesson or a violin lesson, while I pack up my bunk for Ella?" Jake asked us. "Wanna play drums on a pad?" I asked. He looked at me, giving me a look of, "that's no fun dumbass." He'd obviously be told off for using that language, so his face said it instead. "No, violin." He smiled at Jinxx. "Come on then." Jinxx patted the empty space on his bunk. He ran to grab his violin out of the trailer. I sat on my laptop listening to bands on tour with us and playing solitaire. Jake started shouting, groaning and punching. I paused the music and game to help him. "Sit, I'll do it." I demanded. He did as I said. "You want everything off the wall and in your backpack?" I questioned him. "No, I insisted that if Ella wants a bunk she gets mine and if Sarah wants a bunk, she gets yours. That's if Muscles doesn't request it first." He replied. "Awesome, everything is still on the wall, everything else is in your backpack." I commented. "Thanks." He smiled before pecking me on the lips. I then went back to listening to music and playing solitaire. A couple minutes later I had to pause the music and game again. Jake needed to speak to me, urgently. He dragged me around the back of the bus. He looked around, to see we were alone. "Alright, this may freak you out but, my dad... Tried to set me up with Ashley because he's a gentleman." I was aggravated. I ran onto the party bus before I did something I would regret.
Jake's POV
I told CC about my dad. I needed to, but I hurt him and he's probably going to call off our marriage. Why did I do that? I spoke to Sarah about it and she was going to try and calm CC down. I was so happy and privileged to have a great sister. I was starting to suspect that my dad had had a little too much to drink, because he was being horrible. He'd never tried to set me up with someone before, he'd always listened and followed instructions. I was beginning to get suspicious. I figured that I'd leave him alone and see how he is tomorrow. Luckily Sarah managed to calm CC down before our set at 4:30pm. Our crew had set up this morning and we'd had a very quick sound check, so we were ready to go on. We were the last band on, I think. I checked the clock on our bus, which read 4;15pm. I grabbed my in ear pack and my guitar. I stood side stage. I took off my shirt and put my in ear pack on and then put my shirt back on. CC's drum tech had my ring and I had CC's ring in my pocket. We each had our vows, a priest and everything else we needed. "Black Veil Brides, to the stage." That was our cue. CC ran on and sat behind his kit. We waited with anticipation to hear the drums being hit, just like the start of The Legacy. Just before the guitars and bass came in, we ran onstage and played right on cue. "Racing faster, Escape disaster Partners in crime will leave their mark
We make our own way,
No thoughts of yesterday,
Black hearts of chrome and battle scars." Was sung by Andy offstage. He did a 007 roll before joining us onstage. During our second song, Rebel Love Song, in the solo Andy decided to shout something to confuse the sober half of the audience. "We are going to need your help to celebrate a special day." The sober half of the audience stopped jumping or whatever they were doing, they looked completely confused. That's how you can separate an audience, confuse the sober ones, the tipsy ones will still jump, or continue whatever they were doing. I found it hilarious. After Rebel Love Song, the priest came onstage and CC appeared centre stage. I shoved a tie around my neck, CC wore a t-shirt that had the collar of a shirt and a tie on. My family and Ella entered and stood around us. There was a loud "aww." Heard from the crowd as they knew what was happening now. I quickly gave my ring to Jinxx, who was closest to me, while Andy took CC's ring. I held out my hands and waited for CC to grasp them. We looked each other in the eye and smiled. "I understand you have written your own vows. Jacob, you may start." The priest looked at me. I took a deep breath before opening the piece of white paper that was stuffed in my pocket. "Christian, I love you, I have from when I met you. You were the only man to ever make me question my sexuality. I want to love, care and cherish the moments we share together. We've had our ups and downs and now we are getting married. How could I ask for more, I'm doing what I love and marrying the man I love." I managed to reduce CC to tears. I slid the ring on his finger before the priest began to speak. "Christian." The priest gave him a cue. "I'm sorry that I'm crying. I knew I loved you when you and Ella were dating and I was jealous, I couldn't stand being around you because I desperately wanted to be Ella. I never wanted to share my feelings until I knew you cared and loved me. I feel safe, cared and loved for around you, we share ups, downs and without them we wouldn't be normal. We are crazy, but we are also in love. I promise to always hold, care and love you. I want you to promise to always remember to buy dog food, when I forget, to do your fair share of cleaning. But most of all I want to do is to love you for the rest of eternity." I broke down, he was so sweet. He slid the ring onto my finger. "I now pronounce you as man and husband." The priest smiled. We hugged each other like we'd been separated for years and then pulled our heads back and kissed. We were married and going to spend our lives together, but like anything interrupted, the show must go on. I love CC...
"Dad, we are there. We're at the bus, we got you passes and left them at the desk, ask them about Jake Pitts." I said, I was beginning to lose my patience with him. He started rambling on about how he'd asked. "Dad, put Sarah on please." I requested before taking my anger out on someone that didn't deserve it. "Sarah, ask the person at the desk for the passes Jake Pitts left." I explained, calming down. "They said that you're going to have to come down." She told me. "Ok, be there in a second." I hung up before racing to the gate. I looked like I'd just gotten out of bed, which I had. We had a party last night and I ended up drunk, I fell asleep in my bunk fully clothed, so I was literally just up. When I got to the gate, I saw my dad, my sister and my nephew standing at the gate. "Hi there, I see there is a problem getting my family in." I pointed towards my family. "So this is your family?" She asked feeling embarrassed. "Yes, they are." I replied and handed them their passes. I waited for them on the other side of the gate. "Uncle Jake." My nephew, Aidan, screamed while running towards me with open arms. I opened my arms and got down to his level. "AIDAN!" I screamed as I caught him in my arms and fell backwards, only hurting myself. I picked us up and let him run to the bus. "Dad, you and Aidan get a bunk each, while Sarah sleeps outside." I joked, Sarah hit me lightly on the arm. "No, Dad and Aidan are getting their own bunks, but we set up a bed in the back room for you." I informed them. "At least I'm not sleeping outside." Sarah commented. "Sarah, I knew Jake wouldn't do that." My dad told her. "Ella will be staying as well, CC and I are moving into the party bus for our mini honeymoon until we get off tour and go on holiday for a week." I said. "Am I still sleeping in the back, or am I sleeping in one of your bunks?" She asked. "Either, it doesn't matter. I think Muscles is sleeping on the bus, so he'll have CC's bunk and Ella's getting mine. It's either sleeping with Aidan or in the back room." I explained. "Why can't I sleep in your bunk and let Ella have the back room?" She questioned. "Because you're my sister and things may get awkward if you sleep in my bunk, whether Ella and I still have awkward moments, so it won't make a difference." I replied. I could see CC outside the bus. "CC!" Aidan shouted as he ran at CC with open arms. I walked over to CC as we neared and gave him a peck on the lips. He greeted Sarah and my dad. "Young Christian. Hurt my Jake and I will hurt you." My dad growled at CC. CC was terrified. "Dad, leave him alone. CC don't worry, you'll be fine." I reassured. "I've moved my stuff into the party bus." He told me. I lead my dad, Sarah and Aidan onto the bus. Andy lay stretched out on our couch, he barely moved to greet my family, Ashley, for once, was being a real gentleman towards my family. Jinxx quickly greeted my family before diving into his bunk to get dressed. My dad was sleeping across from Andy, on the top bunk, Aidan would sleep under him. I showed them to their bunks before I helped Aidan unpack his small backpack full of toys, Sarah had his clothes. I then packed my bunk into two backpacks and moved them onto the party bus. My dad dragged me around the back of the bus. "Jake, why didn't you marry Ashley, he's such a gentleman?" My dad whispered. "1- he's not gay, 2- I love CC and 3- he has a girl he's meeting today." I listed thinking my dad wasn't going to accept our relationship. "Ok." He walked off. I joined Jinxx on the bus and practiced each song on guitar, acoustically before Aidan wanted me to help him play guitar. Jinxx helped me position his fingers on the fingerboard. Thankfully my family took my mind off of how nervous I was.
CC's POV
I woke up earlier and quickly got dressed before I began to pack all my stuff into a backpack. Jake's family and Ella are coming to our wedding so Jake and I are sleeping on the party bus and giving up our bunks to his sister, Sarah, and Ella, his ex-girlfriend. I left out my laptop, drum pad and sticks. I put my backpack on the party bus while Jake ran to the front gate while screaming down the phone. I grabbed my glass of Jack Daniels and stood outside the bus checking my Twitter. Nobody had told anyone about our wedding, and once again we had Bryan Starz interview the rest of the band, Ashley and Jake's family.
I could tell that Jake was stressed. His dad was annoying him and running around pre-show isn't really his thing. I was trying to stay away until I knew he wasn't stressed. When he was approaching with his family, I could tell that he wasn't stressed. I shoved my phone into my pocket and watched as Jake approached. "CC!" I heard screaming. I looked to my right to see Jake's nephew running towards me with open arms. I squatted as I lost my balance, but made it look like Aidan knocked me over. Nobody noticed, no matter how many times Aidan bragged about it. Jake was about to lead his family onto the bus. "My stuff is on the party bus." I whispered before pecking him on the lips. I then walked around the park in search of friends, instead I found horny women who were fans of us. I was quite frankly terrified and began to quickly make my way back to the bus. I walked onto the bus calmly, but immediately looked out the window to see Asking Alexandria, I was relieved. I walked back into the bunk room. I saw Jake with Aidan on his lap and a guitar on his knee, Jinxx sat opposite them. "You want help packing your bunk?" I asked. "No, fancy giving Aidan a drum lesson or a violin lesson, while I pack up my bunk for Ella?" Jake asked us. "Wanna play drums on a pad?" I asked. He looked at me, giving me a look of, "that's no fun dumbass." He'd obviously be told off for using that language, so his face said it instead. "No, violin." He smiled at Jinxx. "Come on then." Jinxx patted the empty space on his bunk. He ran to grab his violin out of the trailer. I sat on my laptop listening to bands on tour with us and playing solitaire. Jake started shouting, groaning and punching. I paused the music and game to help him. "Sit, I'll do it." I demanded. He did as I said. "You want everything off the wall and in your backpack?" I questioned him. "No, I insisted that if Ella wants a bunk she gets mine and if Sarah wants a bunk, she gets yours. That's if Muscles doesn't request it first." He replied. "Awesome, everything is still on the wall, everything else is in your backpack." I commented. "Thanks." He smiled before pecking me on the lips. I then went back to listening to music and playing solitaire. A couple minutes later I had to pause the music and game again. Jake needed to speak to me, urgently. He dragged me around the back of the bus. He looked around, to see we were alone. "Alright, this may freak you out but, my dad... Tried to set me up with Ashley because he's a gentleman." I was aggravated. I ran onto the party bus before I did something I would regret.
Jake's POV
I told CC about my dad. I needed to, but I hurt him and he's probably going to call off our marriage. Why did I do that? I spoke to Sarah about it and she was going to try and calm CC down. I was so happy and privileged to have a great sister. I was starting to suspect that my dad had had a little too much to drink, because he was being horrible. He'd never tried to set me up with someone before, he'd always listened and followed instructions. I was beginning to get suspicious. I figured that I'd leave him alone and see how he is tomorrow. Luckily Sarah managed to calm CC down before our set at 4:30pm. Our crew had set up this morning and we'd had a very quick sound check, so we were ready to go on. We were the last band on, I think. I checked the clock on our bus, which read 4;15pm. I grabbed my in ear pack and my guitar. I stood side stage. I took off my shirt and put my in ear pack on and then put my shirt back on. CC's drum tech had my ring and I had CC's ring in my pocket. We each had our vows, a priest and everything else we needed. "Black Veil Brides, to the stage." That was our cue. CC ran on and sat behind his kit. We waited with anticipation to hear the drums being hit, just like the start of The Legacy. Just before the guitars and bass came in, we ran onstage and played right on cue. "Racing faster, Escape disaster Partners in crime will leave their mark
We make our own way,
No thoughts of yesterday,
Black hearts of chrome and battle scars." Was sung by Andy offstage. He did a 007 roll before joining us onstage. During our second song, Rebel Love Song, in the solo Andy decided to shout something to confuse the sober half of the audience. "We are going to need your help to celebrate a special day." The sober half of the audience stopped jumping or whatever they were doing, they looked completely confused. That's how you can separate an audience, confuse the sober ones, the tipsy ones will still jump, or continue whatever they were doing. I found it hilarious. After Rebel Love Song, the priest came onstage and CC appeared centre stage. I shoved a tie around my neck, CC wore a t-shirt that had the collar of a shirt and a tie on. My family and Ella entered and stood around us. There was a loud "aww." Heard from the crowd as they knew what was happening now. I quickly gave my ring to Jinxx, who was closest to me, while Andy took CC's ring. I held out my hands and waited for CC to grasp them. We looked each other in the eye and smiled. "I understand you have written your own vows. Jacob, you may start." The priest looked at me. I took a deep breath before opening the piece of white paper that was stuffed in my pocket. "Christian, I love you, I have from when I met you. You were the only man to ever make me question my sexuality. I want to love, care and cherish the moments we share together. We've had our ups and downs and now we are getting married. How could I ask for more, I'm doing what I love and marrying the man I love." I managed to reduce CC to tears. I slid the ring on his finger before the priest began to speak. "Christian." The priest gave him a cue. "I'm sorry that I'm crying. I knew I loved you when you and Ella were dating and I was jealous, I couldn't stand being around you because I desperately wanted to be Ella. I never wanted to share my feelings until I knew you cared and loved me. I feel safe, cared and loved for around you, we share ups, downs and without them we wouldn't be normal. We are crazy, but we are also in love. I promise to always hold, care and love you. I want you to promise to always remember to buy dog food, when I forget, to do your fair share of cleaning. But most of all I want to do is to love you for the rest of eternity." I broke down, he was so sweet. He slid the ring onto my finger. "I now pronounce you as man and husband." The priest smiled. We hugged each other like we'd been separated for years and then pulled our heads back and kissed. We were married and going to spend our lives together, but like anything interrupted, the show must go on. I love CC...
Loved it ! X
3/26/14