~I Don't Care About My Guilty Pleasure For You~

About a month into Warped Tour we were back home in Chicago, and honestly, I couldn’t be happier. It just felt so good to be home, whether I was actually at my house or not. Plus I knew that my best friend Paige was coming, so that was a reassuring thought.

The past month had been great, full of me trying to make sure my boys didn’t let themselves go too far and snuggling with Nate, who had skipped out on way more than one party to hang out with me and just watch movies. In my eyes, Nate was perfect.

“OW!” I squealed as Nate hugged me from behind, earning a glare from a very confused looking Nate. “The sunburn babe, you forgot the sunburn” I said as I winced. “Oh shit I’m sorry!” Nate said, sitting down next to me in the merch tent. Nate had been helping me sell merch a lot, and I was very grateful to him for the help.

“Ohmygosh you’re in Cobra Starship aren’t you?” We looked up to see a small black haired girl standing in front of the merch table and grinning. “Yeah” Nate said, standing up and smiling. The girl looked around the merch tent with a frown on her face and said “Do you know where Gabe is?” Nate sighed and I squeezed his hand gently, I knew he didn’t like it when fans would ignore him and go all Gabe. “He’s probably in the tour bus right now sleeping, he’s pretty tired.” “Oh…” the girl looked disappointed and walked off without so much as a ‘thanks’ to Nate.

“I’m invisible.” I stood up and hugged Nate gently and he wrapped his arms around my waist, careful not to touch my sunburn. “PHOEBE I HATE YOU!” I turned around and fell over laughing, seeing my best friend Paige standing in front of the merch table. “And why do you hate me today Paige?” I asked, leaning over the table to hug her. “Because you told me you were going out with Nate but you didn’t tell me you two are fucking adorable!” I laughed again and moved the table so Paige could join us.

“So how’s Warped Tour been so far?” Paige asked, cracking open a bottle of water and having a sip. “Amazing! Except for taking care of the drunk friends, the TAI boys go out and party every night and it’s getting a little ridiculous. Also there’s this kid ALEX who won’t leave me alone.” “Alex Suarez?” Paige said with a confused look on her face. “No, Suarez isn’t annoying! This is a different Alex, he sings for All Time Low.” “Oh I’ve heard of them, they’re pretty good!” “Yeah I know, but this kid is just…I don’t even have words for him.”

“Hey guyyyyyyyyyyyys WHAT’S up?” I looked up and saw Alex Gaskarth leaning on my merch table with a ridiculous smile on his face. “Hi Gaskarth” I said, rolling my eyes and giving Paige a look that said ‘see what I mean?’ Paige stifled a laugh and Nate picked me up out of my chair and sat down then put me on his lap and slid his arms around my waist protectively. I stuck my tongue out at Alex and he pouted then said “Why are you being such a tease?” “I’m not, I’m just cuddling my wonderful boyfriend Nate here!” Nate smiled and kissed my cheek and I heard a ‘Hey guys what’s up?’ from William as he entered the merch tent.

Suddenly the tent was swarmed with girls, eager to meet William and Alex. “AH, HIDE ME!” Alex yelled, crawling under the table and lying on the ground. “Alex just stand up and be nice, they just want to meet you” William said, grabbing Alex by his belt loops and standing him up. “You know for a tall skinny guy you’re pretty strong” Alex said, frowning and turning to the girls outside the tent. “Yeah and for a little annoying guy you’re…annoying.” Paige and I laughed and walked out of the tent with Nate to go watch Cobra perform, leaving the merch table in William’s more than capable hands.

“I was just in a tent with William Beckett.” I looked over at Paige and laughed. We were backstage watching Gabe run around the stage like a spaz, well I was watching Nate play the drums and catching him flash me a smile every chance he got. “Yes, you were Paige. I’ll introduce you two a little better after Nate finishes.” Paige blushed and I laughed evilly, I’d been meaning to set up Paige and William for ages. They had a lot of similar traits and Paige is really tall, and even Nate agreed with me that they’d be cute when I talked to him about it earlier.

“Hey guys!” William said from behind us, pulling me into a tight hug and grinning over at Paige. “William what are you DOING here?” “I have to sing my part in Bring It!” “Well who’s watching the merch tent?!” “Alex!” “OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WILLIAM!” I groaned, scenes flooding my mind involving Alex, water guns, and half a million girls. “Paige, you stay here, I’ll be back soon. I hope. By the way, William, this is my best friend Paige, Paige, this is my almost-sort-of brother William.” I giggled and ran off, leaving the two to talk and high-fiving Travie on my way.

I ran into the tent at full speed, crashing into Alex and knocking him to the floor. “Well hey there Pheebs, did you really miss me that much?” I rolled my eyes and stuck out my hand to help the cocky boy up, and he smiled and stood up then kissed my cheek. “HI YEAH no kissing, I have an amazing boyfriend, remember?” I looked out to the girls standing in front of the table, earning many glares. “I know, but I wish you’d stop denying how much you love me already, it’s getting rather boring to be honest.” And with that, he strolled out of the tent, leaving me dumbfounded.