Video Star

The next morning I woke up to light kisses on my neck right under my ear, I smiled but kept my eyes closed ‘good morning’ Brian whispered in my ear as I felt his hand run up my side slowly ‘morning’ I whispered back and I felt his smile on my neck then his arm tightened around me so I rolled over slowly and looked into his eyes ‘morning’ he whispered again, I smiled and kissed his nose making him smile also then he leaned over and kissed me, I kissed back and giggled a little when he ran his fingers over my ribs ‘mmm sorry, I forgot you were ticklish there’ ‘its ok’ I whispered and traced the tattoo on his chest slowly ‘I miss him’ he whispered, I looked up into his eyes and saw sadness in them ‘come here’ I whispered as I laid on my back and rested his head on my chest and started running my hand over his back softly ‘I lost both of my best friends within two months of each other’ I said and he looked up at me

‘One was only 14, Jimmy got to live his life and you have to be thankful for that. You got time with him and you loved him, it’ll never be perfect but it will definitely get better, just remember all the good times and laughs and drunken late nights. He still loves you, he just can't tell you anymore’ I said, Brian nodded a little then leaned up and kissed me, I kissed back then looked up at him when he pulled away ‘I'm sorry’ he whispered, I nodded then looked over at the clock to see it was only 6 and sighed ‘coffee?’ I asked and he nodded then rolled off of me and let me up. I stretched some then got up to pee and went to start on the coffee and realized my smokes were in my room so I went back and saw that Brian was now sitting up in bed and on the phone ‘why can't you just leave me alone…..I don’t care, stop calling me’ he said then hung up and looked over at me, I just rose an eyebrow as I dug in my purse and he sighed

‘Ex-girlfriend’ he said and I nodded then finally pulled out my smokes and lighter but felt his arms wrap around my waist loosely and he kissed my neck a bit ‘you know, if you keep doing that I'm gonna jump you’ ‘mmm promise?’ ‘Mhm’ I smiled, he chuckled a little and we walked back into the kitchen like that ‘I'm so glad your porch is heated’ ‘me to’ I laughed and we walked out and sat down on the chairs I had out there and smoked then went in and grabbed coffee then watched the news. Once I finished my cup I got up and walked into the kitchen, set my cup in the sink then looked around for something to make for breakfast and I found cinnamon rolls in a can ‘oh yummy’ I said to myself then got out a pan, sprayed it and popped open the rolls. I spread the six of them out then put them in the oven and made sure I set the icing aside then walked back into the living room and cuddled into Brian’s chest. He wrapped his arm around me and rubbed my upper arm a little ‘what are you making?’

‘Cinnamon buns’ ‘mmm yummy’ ‘that’s what I said!’ I said happily, he laughed and we both got up when the oven timer went off. I pulled them out and pushed on them some to see if they were done and they were so I heated up the icing in the microwave while I gave both of us two buns and forks and napkins then I drizzled the icing over and handed him his plate ‘you're amazing’ ‘I know’ I giggled then walked away, I heard him laugh as he walked behind me and we ate and watched tv. It was 8 when I got a call on my cell ‘hello?’ ‘Echo, this is Paul’ ‘Oh hey what's up’ ‘we finally got your tour dates all set up and written down, can you come pick up the papers?’ he asked and I looked over at Brian, he was just watching tv because I was in the kitchen ‘yeah, what time?’ ‘Soon, I have someone coming in at 9 and I know it takes you an hour to get here’ ‘ok sure, I’ll see you soon’ I said then we said bye and hung up. I walked into the living room and pouted at Brian ‘what?’

‘I have to go get my tour dates’ ‘oh ok, now?’ ‘Yeah since it takes me an hour to get there and someone’s coming in at 9’ ‘oh, ok, want me to go with you?’ ‘Please?’ I pouted, he smiled and nodded so we walked into my room and I just pulled off my clothes then pulled on a bra and thong that matched, and yes I was in my closet and Brian was in my room, black and purple pants, a black tank and jacket then pulled on some boots and went into my bathroom to brush my teeth and throw my hair up. I skipped the makeup and walked back out to see that Brian was dressed so I grabbed my phone, bag and smokes and we headed out with him driving because I didn’t want to.

When we finally got there and upstairs Paul was waiting ‘sorry traffic was a bitch’ I said when we walked in, he nodded and smiled at us then handed me some papers ‘these are all of your tour dates and all the info you're going to need’ he said and I nodded then looked everything over ‘how long?’ I asked as I looked up at him but before he could answer the door opened and in came laughing twins whom I recognized at the Madden brothers ‘one sec’ Paul said and I nodded then turned towards Brian and pouted ‘awww don’t pout, you’ll like touring’ ‘you don’t have your internal organs try to kill you once a month’ I said and he made a grossed out face making me laugh a little then Paul came back over ‘ok, your tours going to be a year’ ‘a year!’ I asked loudly and he stepped back a bit and nodded ‘why didn’t you tell me this earlier!?’ ‘I just found out this morning’ ‘you better not be lying to me’ I said harshly as I pointed at him, he shook his head and back up more

‘I'm not, I swear. Usually first album tours are a yearlong if not longer’ he said and I sighed then looked up at Brian with sad eyes ‘we’ll be right back’ he told Paul and he just nodded then Brian pulled me away some and into a corner ‘I want you to listen to me ok?’ he said and I nodded a little ‘you’ll be fine, I don’t want you to panic ok. Let me see your paper’ he said and I handed it to him, he looked it over then looked back and me and smiled a little ‘you don’t have to fly, you're going to have to get a passport for the Canadian dates but you don’t have to fly anywhere. Everything will be fine and you’ll still be able to film but don’t wear yourself thin with it, I promise you’ll like it’ he said softly as he tried reassuring me, I nodded and took my papers back when he offered them to me ‘better?’ ‘Yeah’ ‘good, now go saw sorry for scaring Paul’ he said and I nodded then we walked over to him and I tapped his shoulder, he turned and looked down at me ‘sorry, I just didn’t expect you to say that’ ‘it’s ok, are you ok now?’

‘Yeah, just, still shocked’ ‘yeah that happens, at least you didn’t pass out’ ‘yeah true, when do I leave?’ ‘Let’s see’ he said and looked through the big three year calendar on his desk ‘your album drops Wednesday February 25th so you’ll probably be leaving for tour on Sunday March first then you won’t be back here for a year’ he explained, I nodded a little then wrote it down on the paper to make sure I remembered ‘ok, do I need to do anything else while I'm here?’ ‘Uh, no I don’t think so but here’s the finished album’ Paul said and handed it to me, I thanked him and he smiled ‘I'm sure Syn will help you if you have any questions about tour’ he said and we both looked over at Brian as he talked to the twins, I smiled and nodded then looked back at Paul and thanked him again, he nodded and I walked over to Brian and tapped his shoulder some. He turned around and smiled down at me; I smiled back and wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

‘Benji, Joel this is Echo’ Brian said and we all smiled at each other and I shook their hands ‘so you're going on tour?’ Benji asked and I just pouted a little making them laugh ‘it’s not too bad’ ‘again I say, you don’t have your internal organs trying to kill you once a month’ I said and the twins made the same grossed out face that Brian did which made me giggle ‘well, I'm hungry now, you guys go. Enjoy’ I said as I handed them my CD then tugged on Brian’s arm a little, he nodded and we said bye to everyone and headed out to the car and over to Friday’s for lunch. ‘You're going to have to get used to signing your name’ Brian said and I nodded a little then took out the pen I kept in my bag and opened up my napkin and started writing my name all different ways as we waited for our food ‘I think this one’ he said as he pointed to my name that had a big E and little cho ‘I like that to’ ‘good then that’s what you’ll do and it’s easy. Sometimes Zack will just put ZV or Matt will put Shadz’ he said as our food was set in front of us, I nodded and we didn’t really discuss too much else about tour as we ate.

When we got home we just chilled and watched more movies the rest of the afternoon then I made him meatloaf and mac and cheese for dinner, with a drink of course, then he went home which made me sad. I didn’t want him to go and I didn’t know how I was going to handle not seeing him or any of the Avenged family for a year and I stayed up really late researching everywhere I was going and what to pack and do and wear and where I have to go get my passport because I don’t have one at all so it’s not like I can just go to Wal-Mart and get my picture taken. What else, oh, I decided I was getting everyone gift cards for Christmas because it’s so much easier and I have no idea what they’d like anyway because I haven't known them long enough to know that so I was getting them all visa gift cards because you can use those anywhere so, they can buy whatever the hell they want and I found a black and white envelope to put them all in but anyway, I'm going to bed now, night.

Notes

Echo's Outfit - http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=135202521