Alex [You Talk Like You're Famous] Gaskarth [48]

"have you ever heard of a band called The Maine?" I spoke into my phone

The first official day of warped was over, stages were already being taken down, equipment was packed up and since we had a long drive to San Fransisco from Pomona tonight, the bbq wasn't going to happen. So as I waited for bus-call I started walking around the bus area, phone practically attached to my ear, talking to Alex.

"yeah, pretty cool guys. We might be touring with them in the fall, why?"
"I met them today, well, their lead singer, John"
"he's a good guy"
"I guess"
"you don't like him?"
"he's okay, I don't know him well enough to pass judgement just yet"
"you know, they're going on tour with Boys Like Girls pretty soon...maybe you should jump on that tour"
"are you serious?"
"I just...I'd feel better knowing you were in safer hands, Jennabear. Not that I don't trust the guys in We The Kings, I'd trust them with my life, really, but I'd feel better if you were on a smaller scale tour"
"I can do warped"
"I know you can, trust me, I know you can do this on your own. I'd feel better if you were on that tour though"
"...I don't really like the guys in The Maine...or Metro Station for that matter"
"you've only met John and you've never met Metro Station"
"but I don't like Metro Station"
"just think about it, please? Can you do that for me? I'd sleep a lot easier if I knew you were on that tour, so if anything goes wrong then Martin is there, Paul is there, they'll know what to do"
"what can possibly go wrong?"
"anything. Besides, this will be good, you can prepare yourself to tell your brother about us and when we jump on warped you can come with, I want you with me on warped, I don't like thinking about you there without me"
"why? because warped was where we met last year and there's bound to be another boy here with the same intentions you had last summer?"

I was joking obviously, but the silence that followed told meI had found the source of his concern.

"alex, you've got nothing to worry about"
"I know you won't do anything, I'm not worried about you, I'm worried about other guys"
"don't be"
"I'll make you a deal, I won't worry and in exchange, you consider doing the tour with your brother"
"fine, deal, I better go, bus-call is soon, I need sleep" I yawned
"okay, love you"
"love you too, I'll call you guys when we get to San Fran. Text Rian and tell him the same, bye"
"bye"

I hungup and realized I hadn't even paid attention to where I was walking, I was in the van area already.

"was that your boyfriend?" I heard that already familiar voice come from behind me, I knew it was John
"how'd you know?" I asked in an unethusiastic tone, I didn't like this guy already
"well I heard you say love you too so it was either a boyfriend or family member"
"good guess"
"so what kind of deal did you make?"
"how much of my conversation did you hear?"
"most of it" he shrugged "what kind of deal?"
"he'd feel better if I did the Boys Like Girls tour"
"right, your Martin's little sister" he nodded
"mhmm, it makes him nervous, me being on warped without him"
"why? does he think some boy will come and sweep you off your feet?" he was only half kidding, I could tell
"pretty much" I laughed
"really?"
"that's sort of how we met, last year, I worked for Boys Like Girls obviously, then again on Tourzilla, we got close"
"so you've been dating since last summer?"
"not exactly" I chuckled "I didn't really make it easy for him, dating me, I pretty much pushed him away for the first 6 months"
"I see" he laughed "you look like the hard to get type"
"thanks?" I laughed
"so can I know who you're dating now?"
"does it matter? I doubt you'll stop flirting" I smirked "but I'll give you a clue"
"okay" he grinned
"you guys know each other, he told me, and you may or may not have plans to tour together in the near future"
"is it--"
"bye John" I laughed, turning on my heel and heading towards the bus
"bye you" he smirked "I still don't know your name"