Don't Mess With Ouija Boards

[Raven's POV]

I smiled not able to keep it off my face, Crash was so adorable and warmed right up to me. The little pomsky wasn’t my first pet but my first pet was a cat I had for three days before my father ‘accidentally’ let her run away. Shaking the unwanted memory from my head I let my mind wander about what the tour would be like. Currently we were in Las Vegas and it was hot as hell, hence why I was in jean shorts and a BVB tank. I was pulled out of my thoughts by walking into something hard and warm that smelled amazing.

“What the- shit I’m so sorry.” I said shyly when I backed out of the strangers back who I just walked into.

“Its fine no harm done” Chuckled the stranger.

When I looked up at his face my mouth opened to say something but nothing came out. There I was with Crash who was sniffing the black and white pitbull named Charlie and trying to play with the older dog. I watched a smirk play on my favorite singers lips, my eyes trailed up his face that looked slightly tired from the long hours he was probably up, past the scruff that had grown on his face that he hadn’t shaven. To his brown eyes that held amusement for my fish like facial expression. My face began to heat up from embarrassment my hand reached up to scratch the back of my head.

“Cat got your tongue?” Ronnie’s smirk seemed to growI went to say something but Crash and Charlie were running around me pushing me into Ronnie’s chest, I groaned in embarrassment.

“CRASH” I squeaked and felt Ronnie’s chest rumble with a laughIt was oddly comfortable but when I tried to move away we both fell to the ground because the dogs had tangled our feet up with the leashes. Our laughter rang out because of the two dogs that tripped us; I was on top of Ronnie and neither of us moved for a few seconds.

“So my name is Raven, sorry for my little puppy he was excited” I giggled.

“My name is Ronnie, but from the look on your face I guess you already knew that” He started to untangle the both of us from the leashes.

“Raven?” I heard Jinxx ask from behind us

[Jinxx's POV]

We all abandoned the bus as soon as we could checking out everything around us. Everly and I decided to take a walk around the venue. We found a quiet spot to sit and have a few minutes to ourselves. We sat in the shade and she put her head on my shoulder.

"How are you adjusting to this sudden parenting thing?"She asked me.

"I'm not sure. I just don't want to mess up and..."

Before I could finish, we heard a loud thud and what sounded like a Crashand a big dog barking. God I hope she's okay. I got up and ran around looking for her.

"Raven?"

Nothing.

"Raven?"

I heard her laughter ringing in the air and felt a little relief and walked around to where I heard her.

"Raven?"

I saw her on the ground with none other than Ronnie Radke.

"Hey Uncle Jeremy..." She blushed as she half waved untangling the dog leashes from their legs.

"Uncle Jeremy?!" Ronnie looked to me a little confused.

"Yeah. Ray is my brother's daughter. She's coming on tour with us as our new merch girl." I said giving him a look letting him know not to ask right now.

Ronnie looked at her and smiled then looked back to me.

"Jinxx,man, she needs a better title than Merch Girl."He said getting up off the ground.

"I was thinking I should be called Merch Goddess." She grinned.

She picked up Crash and started talking to him. "What do you think Crash? Should your momma be a Merch Goddess?"

He responded my licking her face.

"He agrees. Charley, what do you think sweetie?"He barked and wagged his entire back end.

"It's settled, I am the Merch Goddess. Have my laminates changed bitches!" She said handing me Crash's leash.

Before she could get up on her own, Ronnie was already there helping her up.

"I'm glad you're coming out with all of us, Raven." He said still holding on to her hands.

She laughed a little, "Me too."

I can see where this is going and started walking back to find Everly, Crash by my side.

[Everly's POV]

Jinxx took off like a shot leaving me where we were sitting. A few minutes later he was back with Crash in tow.

"What happened? Is Ray alright?" I asked rushing to him.

"Yeah. This doofus and Ronnie's dog Charlie made friends and had Raven and Ronnie wrapped up and on the ground.We left when the Merch Goddess and Ronnie were starting to flirt a bit."

"Merch Goddess?"

"Apparently Merch Girl isn't a good title."

"And as far as the flirting goes, are you okay with that?"

"I'm not sure how to feel about that. I want to tell her no, but she's eighteen now. I don't want to mess up and mess her up more than my brother already did."

"I understand, but I don't know how I feel about her flirting with Radke either. I think he's a bit old for her, but she's going to have to learn to make her own mistakes in life and learn from
them."

"I wish kids came with an instruction manual." He said looking half confused running a hand through his hair.

"We'll learn as we go. Besides, how bad could this get?"

[Ashley's POV]

I was halfway to the merch tent and realized I forgot my phone. As I went back I could hear a familiar voice. Ronnie's here, hell yes! The ladies will never know what hit them! Sounds like he's laying it on pretty thick to some chick already. Not fair, tour just started and we're on his home turf!

"Hey Ronnie! Starting the game without - Ray?"

Oh fuck no! Radke is not allowed to hit on her!

"Hey Ashley! What game are you talking about?" She asked.

"It's just a game Ronnie and I play when we're on tour together or hanging out." I said glaring
at Ronnie.

"Not sure I'll be playing this tour Ash."

"No worries man," just keep your cool Ash; "Raven, they need you at the merch tent to start setting up and showing you the ropes. I'll take you in a sec, just let me grab my phone."

"Oh, okay." She looked a little disappointed about something.

"I can take her." Ronnie offered.

"Nah man, I'll take her. I want some pre-show chill time. If that's cool with you, Raven."

"Sure Ash, anytime you know that." Raven said with a grin.

Ronnie pulled her into a hug, "I'll see you later on. We're on right after your uncle and the guys. I hope you can stay for our set too."

"Maybe..." She trailed off after their hug as he walked away.

We walked back to our bus in silence for a few.

"We'd see how many chicks we could hook up with in whatever city we're in." I blurted out.

"What?" Ray asked.

"That's the game Ronnie and I played. I'm not proud of doing it looking back. It was pretty dumb."

"I knew you had a reputation... but, damn man!" She said blown away.

"We never really played long. It got old after a few stops." I opened the bus and ran in and
grabbed my phone.

Raven flew past me. "I have to pee and I refuse to use a porta potty. That's fucking
disgusting!"

She slammed the small door shut making me laugh.

"All of you guys have it easier." She yelled through the door.

"How so?"

"If you have to use one of those cesspools, you don't have to sit down."

I started laughing really hard now.

"I guess I never thought of that."

She came out and flicked her wet hands at me.

"Uh!" I feigned being horrified making her laugh.

Oh it's on! I jumped up from the couch and gave her a wicked grin.

"Ash, what are you thinking about doing?"

I didn't reply, I ran towards her. She squealed and dodged out of my way. I chased her around the bus for what seemed like a few minutes. I finally had her cornered in the kitchen. I had a hand on the counter on each side of her, I looked her in the eyes for some sort of signal. She bit the inside of her lip as she looked at mine. Jinxx was going to kill me for what I'm about to do!

I slowly reached up and put my right hand on her waist and drew her to me, as my left hand found it's way into the back of her hair. I leaned in and kissed her softly. I felt her wrap her slender arms around my neck as she melted into me. I leaned down, gently deepening the kiss, so she could stop standing on her tiptoes to kiss me back. I hoped Raven realizes exactly how much I like her.

We groaned as weeventually stopped when my phone started buzzing.

I looked at the id, "Fuck!"

"Who is it?"

I showed her my phone.

"Hey Jinxx, what's up?"

"Have you found Raven yet? She was supposed to be at merch almost half an hour ago."

"Yeah, I've got her. I'll bring her down there in a few. I needed her help with my hair."

"Cool. I'll wait for you here." He said before he hung up.

We stood in our embrace for another minute before I kissed the top of her head and pulled
away.

"Come on, you've got a job to start and I have a show to do." I said with a heavy sigh.

"I suppose so. Let me grab my meds first, my ribs are bugging me."

"Sure, I'll piggy back you out there."

She grabbed her bag and I bent down for her to hop on my back. As we made our way to the merch tent we passed by a few other bands and I introduced Raven to some. Others I told her to steer clear of. We made it to the tent just as Jon started the lecture on punctuality.

"Jon, skip the lecture. It was my fault we're late. I had to have Raven help me, my hair wouldn't do what I wanted. We didn't realize it would take that long." I hope that was believable.

"Alright, just make sure you're on time from now on. Raven, it's nice to meet you, I'm Jon and that's Jesse. You'll be learning the ropes from him. The rest of you are on in an two hours, then a signing here directly after." Jon spewed information.

I tuned out and kept stealing glances at Raven starting to learn things from Jesse. I took my phone out and took a quick pic of them. I smiled as I posted it to Twitter with the caption: Be sure to say hi to our newest recruit & my fave merch slinger, Raven Ferguson, @ the BVB tent this tour!

I tagged her and the band, I hope she doesn't get mad. I went and started warming up with the guys. I stopped when I got a Twitter notification from a favorite. It was Ray.

R: Really Purdy Boy? You know I'm much more than just a Merch Goddess for BVB. :p
The fans started going nuts and tweeting us. I wonder how this is going to go.

[Raven's POV]

-After FIR’s set-

Standing at the merch tent was fun for all of ten minutes, an hour in I don’t think I can stand here any longer. I jumped when I heard a laugh from behind me, for a moment I thought delirium set in from standing out in the heat for so long.

“What’s up merch goddess?” I shivered as Ronnie purred in my ear hugging me quickly from behind but just as quickly let go and sat next to me.

“Nothin much Radke, its kinda slow cause it’s the end of the night.” I sighed and put my head on his shoulder while yawning.

“So what’s going on between you and Ashley, he’s kinda being a dick about me being around you.” Ronnie looked at me.

My mind went back to what happened on the bus earlier, I don’t know how I feel about it because there is no doubt Ashley is attractive. The thing is he’s like family now and I don’t know how everyone would react and the fanbase would shit themselves. I jumped when I felt Ronnie’s hand wipe away a tear of frustration from my face.

“Are you okay Raven?” He asked, voice laced with concern and his big brown eyes were searching my face for anything wrong.

“Fine” I muttered and I was glad he didn’t push the subject.

“Hey I know what will make you feel better.” Ronnie started.

“What would that be?” I sighed putting my head back on his shoulder.

“Just follow me, no questions.” He chuckled and grabbed my hand tugging me out of the tent.

“Jesse I’m taking the rest of the night off, if anyone asks I’m hanging with Jacky Vincent” I yelled over to him.

"Okay, you're funeral!" He yelled back.

Ronnie brought me to his bus and he told me to get some food while he got the back room, his bedroom ready for us to watch a horror movie. When I came in with chocolate and popcorn Ronnie had set up his room so that his bed was big enough for both of us and the lights were off with a few candles lit.

“You’re really corny Radke” I laughed and plopped down next to him.

His arms wrapped around me so I wouldn’t fall off the bed because Charlie liked taking up a lot of room. I nuzzled into Ronnie’s chest during the movie, I felt so safe curled up with him and Charlie behind my legs. As we put on a second movie my eyelids began to get heavy, right before I passed out Ronnie took a picture of the three of us on my phone sending it to ever saying that I fell asleep and we will see everyone at the next stop.

[Everly's POV]

"CC, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THIS THING?"

He came over to see what I was talking about. "I played them."

"No, you destroyed two cymbals, punctured a head, and mutilated a pedal."

"I can't help it, I was feeling it today."

"You better be glad I knew you'd do this shit and brought extra replacements. I still don't know how you bent the pedal."

He hugged me tight and loudly proclaimed, "I have the best tech! She fixes all my baby's boo boos!"

CC had just let go when Jinxx yelled to me.

"Hey babe, your phone is going off!"

"Read it to me. I've got to fix CC's kit and put it up!"

"Ronnie has Ray with him, she fell asleep while they were watching a movie! He'll get her back to us at tomorrow's stop."

"Seriously? She's up shit creek." I yelled.

"We'll deal with it tomorrow. At least she's safe and we know where she is." He yelled back to me.

Ash stormed past me looking livid. Wonder what that's all about.

"Can someone grab Jesse for me?"

"I'm right here Ever." He said from right behind me.

"Was she okay working with you?"

"She seemed okay, a little lost in thought every now and then. When she got upset, Radke took her with him."

"Did she say what was bothering her?"

"I didn't ask. Jinxx told me what happened to her, I just figured it was something to do with that. I don't know what to do with upset teenage girls."

"Thanks Jesse."

Right as I finished fixing things and packing up Jake came by. "Ev, have you seen Ray?"

"She's with Radke on the Falling In Reverse bus. They were watching movies and she crashed." I told him while shaking head.

"Okay... Just don't kill her if she does something stupid.I'll take Crash for a walk. I know he's probably dying to get out."

"I make no promises... And Thanks Jake! I owe you one."

"No, Ray does." He laughed.

Notes

9 & 10 were written as 1 chapter, but the site keeps timing out. Give me a few and the other half will be up.