Liz's POV

A few hours later, I returned to the bus to find Ash, CC and Jake. Andy had taken Xavi and Jinxx to buy food.

I walked In and CC noticed the bandages over my wrists.

"What happened? Are you really that miserable? What can I do?" CC asked, panicking.

"Whoa, I got some tattoos, I stopped self-harming three years ago. Look" I said, taking off the bandages. Over the self harm scars, I had tattooed a song sheet.

"What's that?" CC asked.

"It's the song sheet for the electric guitar. The song is 'In The End'. The lyrics are on the other side"

"Wow! That's awesome! Any other tats I should know about?"

"Yeah. Look" I said. I took my shirt off and turned around, revealing my back.

"Wow! Lightbulbs and a straight edge cross. Why those though?"

"Story time. Ages ago, at the old adoption centre, I was abused. I had anxiety and regular panic attacks. Remember that I was nine and I couldn't defend myself. The kids learned how to trigger my panic attacks. One day, they triggered one and took me to the basement where the carers couldn't hear. One kid found my razors and another smoked. They also found my guitar. I used it to calm myself down. They smashed it in front of me. They decided that it would be a good idea to stub out a cigarette on my back, hence the lightbulbs over the scars. The other kid decided to carve 'emo fag' between my shoulder blades. It was diagonal so I got a straight edge cross over it. They also dragged the razor down my leg. It wasn't straight so I turned that into a vine going from my hip to my ankle. I learned self defence and started to deal with my anxiety so they couldn't do it again. Don't bring it up, don't give me sympathy and don't be angry"

"Jesus, I had no idea. The tattoos are amazing, do you like them?"

"Heck yeah! Pierce The Veil know as well, they helped me decide"

"Nice! So, we are performing in an hour, let's get ready"

"Yeah! Just, don't tell the others"

The others were in the lounge and hadn't heard me.

I touched up my makeup and we set off to the main stage, meeting Andy, Jinxx and Xavi there.

"Right, let's do this shit! Ashes, you've got Xavi. Have fun!" I yelled before running away. The crew came over to me like a cloud of locusts and started sorting out my bass, giving me a headset and barking instructions at me.

"Alright, I've got it, cool off!" I shouted, banishing the crew.

I strode over to the stage entrance and waited for the guys. They all turned up eventually and we walked on to the stage, staying focused on the task ahead.

We set off playing and were halfway through knives and pens before Andy's microphone cut out.

I took over singing and managed to continue the song before it finished. I quickly removed my headset and gave it to Andy, taking his and messing around with it.

I got it working again halfway through the next song and I started to sing backup again.

I threw my arms up into the air in celebration, making the crown scream in joy.

The performance carried on before we had to cut it short for technical reasons.

I ran off the stage and danced in joy with the fact that I had fixed the headset.

"How did you do that? You've saved at least three shows at this point" Ash said, addressing my headset feat.

"Lemme explain my education. I was home educated until I was thirteen, when I finished my education. I got accepted into college so young because of my science shit. Anyway, I majored in psychology and minored in show business, such as how to put up lights, budgeting, microphoney shit. The usual"

"Whoa, you're smart! Nice!" Laughed CC.

"I do try"

Frank Iero found us around five minutes later while we were getting coffee.

"Hey Liz! The others asked if you wanna come and hang with us for a while, you can get to know us"

"Um, sure! Ashes, meet me in two hours, at three, by the Rock stage. Sleeping With Sirens are playing"

"How do you always know who is playing and when?" Jinxx asked.

"I memorised the programme" I sang, before walking away with Frank.

"So, me and the boys have been camping out near the main stage all day, we've got a really good spot" Frank said nervously.

"Awesome! I might do that tomorrow, there's a load of people that I want to see playing there"

"Here we are! Liz, meet Gerard, mikey and Ray. Guys, this is Liz"

"I already know who you guys are, I love your music!" I laughed. Frank blushed and the others laughed with me. Gerard cleared a space on the picnic blanket, gesturing for me to sit down with them.

"So, aside from us, what kind of music do you like?" Ray asked me.

"I would quite happily listen to anyone here, though I don't enjoy screamo as much as I enjoy bands like Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco. What about you?" I replied.

"Well, I like anything really. Except crappy pop like Nicki minaj"

"So, why did you guys decide to get back together?" I asked tentatively.

"Well, I guess we just missed being a band, we missed each other and we have loads of ideas for new songs" Gerard replied thoughtfully. 

I checked the time on my phone and it read 10:15.

"Oh, Twenty Øne Piløts are playing soon!" I remembered.

"Oh yeah, I've heard them on the radio, they seem pretty popular, y'know, for an alleged 'emo' band" mikey said, slightly sceptically.

"They're really good, actually. They really bring something new to alternative music. It's like, really aggressive rap/poetry with a sprinkle of ukulele. I can't explain, just listen to them" I laughed. Ray was snickering behind his hands at my explanation. "Also, Josh Dun is my brother. Or, half brother. I don't know, Frank, do you know who Josh is to me?"

"Yeah, he is your half brother. Your parents had him before your mum and me had you"

"Right then. Anyway, he is my brother and he is really good at what he does. Drums along with other stuff" I added as a second thought.

"Nice! Was your whole family scarily musical? We met your mum and dad a while back, they were phenomenal" mikey said. Gerard glared at him, trying to make him shut up. "What?" He asked.

"My parents died six years ago" I said.

"Oh, I'm so sor-"

"Don't. It's not your fault and I want no sympathy. Anyway, Twenty Øne Piløts are coming on now!"

Sure enough, Tyler and Josh walked on stage and started playing 'the judge'. I smiled at them and sang along under my breath. I tapped the drum parts on my leg and Ray joined in. Gerard started clicking his fingers and soon, we were all playing along.

The song finished and we all giggled.

"Right, I'm going to get more drinks. Liz, you want to come?" Asked Gerard.

"Sure!" I said, standing up.

We walked in silence to the bar tent. Inside, there was a bar along the far wall, with  all sorts of craft beers and ales, along with cider. There was a separate bar to the left which had exotic looking wines.

"Do you want anything?" Asked Gerard.

"I'm straight edge so I'll just get a coffee, thanks"

Gerard nodded at me and ordered the drinks. We walked back to the main stage and chatted about some bands that were playing soon.

"I think Green Day are on soon, after Twenty Øne Piløts" I said, sitting down.

"Oh, I love them!" Ray said in excitements.

"Same! I might try to meet them again, me and Fall Out Boy saw them before"

"Nice! Oh, look, Twenty Øne Piløts is done, they should be out soon! I want to meet my step-nephew" mikey said excitedly. "They actually are alright"

"Yeah, I know, right! He is pretty great"

Just then, Josh and Tyler left the backstage area and I stood up and waved, attracting their attention. They came over to us and Josh hugged me.

"Hi! Josh, Tyler, this is My Chemical Romance. Frank, Gerard, mikey and Ray. Guys, these are Tyler and Josh" I said once I had been released.

"Anyway, we had better be off, we've got a signing in ten minutes" Tyler said, dragging Josh away.

"Well, that was weird" Ray said.

"I know. I get the feeling that Tyler doesn't like me much. He was like that last time I saw him too"

"How odd"

We continued to sit and listen to Green Day for a while until I had to find the others.