Liz's PoV

After five hours, three litres of coffee between us, six snapped pens, two short breaks to walk Gabe and seventeen scrunched up sheets of paper, me, Oli, Tony and Mike had created a song.

"Fucking finally! That sounds amazing, thanks so much for your help, you guys. I mean it" I said, sighing.

"You're welcome! Do you think we should play it to Kellin just to mess him up a bit?" Tony joked.

"Maybe it could work, actually! Make him feel a bit terrible then Vic can be there to pick up the pieces.."

"You are terrible and devious and I love it" Oli mentioned.

"Yep! Anyway, we've been sitting down for two hours and Gabe is bored out of his mind, I'm gonna take him for a walk. Anyone coming?''

"Yeah, I'll come" Oli said, standing up.

"Imma stay here" Tony said.

"Same'' Mike answered, adjusting his position in his bean bag.

Me and Oli walked away into the woods with Gabe.

"I'm so emotionally exhausted after that, it struck a bit too close to home" Oli remarked quietly.

"I imagine it did. Sorry about that"

"It's fine! What do you plan to do with it?"

"No idea, maybe collab with someone and slap it on a new album?"

"Or you could do a side project with me, Tony and Mike? We work well together"

"You have a point, we could call it something like 'overtime' or something and if the fans like it, take it into a full blown project for when we aren't messing around with the original bands"

"Yes! And collab with other famous people!"

"Yep!"

"And merch and stuff"

"Oh, that reminds me, I need a new model for a new line of Drop Dead stuff, the last one left us"

"Oh yeah, I'll help you look for one if you like"

"Actually, I wanted you to do it''

"Why me? I look like a potato"

"You actually really don't, you're really pretty and awesome"

"Thanks! I couldn't model though, I've got squishy bits, unlike every other model"

"That's why I asked you, you are natural and beautiful"

"Eh, thanks. Alright, only of you think I can do it and there's no pervy director or something"

"I'm the director and I'm quite pervy..."

"You don't count"

Oli laughed as we broke into a clearing. I let Gabe off his lead and threw a stick for him, watching as his tiny legs ran after it.

"He really is insanely cute" Oli giggled.

"I know, I'm worried Frank will steal him"

We continued chatting and throwing a stick for around an hour before returning to the base.

I walked over to see that Tony and Mike had arranged the bean-bags into a bed shape and were fast asleep, spooning in the sunshine. I whipped my phone out and snapped a few pictures.

"Dawww, I really don't wanna wake them up" I whispered.

"Me neither, maybe we should just play for a bit"

"Good idea. Let's play 'hometown' by Twenty Øne Piløts. I've got my laptop"

"Yes! That's an awesome song"

We played that, as well as 'oh no', before leaping up and pulling out instruments. Oli grabbed his electric guitar and I grabbed my drum pads.

"For the love of god, will you bite your tongue
Before we make you swallow it
It's moments like this where silence is golden
(And then you speak)

No one wants to hear you
No one wants to see you
So desperate and pathetic
I'm begging you to spare me
The pleasure of your company

(When did the diamonds leave your bones?)

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell for heaven's sake

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell for heaven's sake

(Go to hell for heaven's sake)

No one wants to hear you (save your breath)
No one wants to see you
So desperate and pathetic
You think that no one sees this
I think it's time you knew the truth

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell for heaven's sake

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell for heaven's sake

When did the diamonds leave your bones?
Leave your bones?

You're not a shepherd, you're just a sheep
A combined effort of everyone you meet
You're all flesh with no bone
Feed them to the sharks
And throw them to the wolves

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell for heaven's sake

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell for heaven's sake

Go to hell for heaven's sake
Go to hell for heaven's sake
Go to hell for heaven's sake" me and Oli screamed, freaking the fuck out.

"That was awesome, I think we should be proud of ourselves. We did pull that off with two people"

"I agree, that was fucking amazing. I'm amazed they're still asleep, I'm pretty sure we woke a few Australians up"

"Yeah, you're right"

"We need to get back, it's five pm"

"Holy shît, we do. Right, you take Mike and I'll take Tony. We shove them in the car, grab the stuff and go home"

"Good plan" I said, picking Mike up.

We got home, ate, hung out with Fall Out Boy for a while then crashed in our bunks.

Dream
There was a loud bang as someone fired a gun. The lifeless body of a man with ginger hair crumpled to the ground, an ugly hole through his forehead.

"No! Alan! Come back, please! I need you!" Cried another man, running over to the dead corpse on the floor.

I looked around the room to see Kellin, Vic, Mike, Tony, Jaime, Oli and Josh were all tied to poles with rope. The room looked like an abandoned strip club, with leather sofas, a bar in the corner and stripper poles.

The shooter was in a black balaclava so we couldn't see his face. He turned around to face a struggling Oli, holding the gun at arms length, a finger on the trigger.

There was another loud crash as the gun fired and I ran in front of the bullet.

Dream over

I woke up to a loud thunk as I fell off my bunk and onto the floor, tangled up in my duvet and panicking.

I opened my eyes and worked out where I was, realising that, in fact, the dream was not real and that Oli was still alive, asleep on the sofa with Josh.

I fell back asleep and slept peacefully until a few hours later, when I was awoken by Tony, not looking before jumping off his bunk and landing on me.

"Ah, shit, I thought those ribs had nearly healed but now they're just smashed up again. Thanks mate" I remarked snidely.

"The fuck are you doing on the floor?" Tony asked, peeling himself off me.

"Well, I had a dream-well, a nightmare really-where everyone was being shot. I ran in front of a bullet and ended up on the floor"

"Eh, reasonable explanation. Coffee?"

"Please"

I stood up, got dressed, woke Oli and Josh so I could sit down an checked the time.

It was ten am. I opened up Twitter to see that someone had tagged me.

'@AlanAshby tagged you'

"In England with @austincarlile ! @lizbvb where you at? I wanna officially welcome you to the alternative music world!"

I replied with:

"@AlanAshby currently in Dover, going to Maidstone for the first show with @FallOutBoy . Pm me ;)"

Moments later, I received a pm from Alan.

"Yo, wanna meet up with me and Austin? We haven't seen Oli in a while, bring him too!"

"Sure! Starbucks at three?"

"sounds good, see you there!"

"OLIVER SCOTT SYKES, WE ARE GOING TO MEET ALAN ASHBY AND AUSTIN CARLILE" I yelled

"Oh, nice! Let's take Gabri-" Oli was cut off by a loud thunk from the window. I ran over to it to see an owl sat under the window, looking severely pissed of.

I burst out laughing, clutching my abs as tears streamed down my cheeks.

"Holy shit-there's an owl" I squealed once I had calmed down enough to string a sentence together.

I ran outside and walked towards the tiny owl slowly, not wanting to startle it. I saw a worm wriggling in the grass and I held it in my palm, offering it to the small bird. It was small enough to sit on the palm of my hand.

It took the worm then hopped onto my hand, still looking rather pissed.  I recognised it as a burrowing owl.

"Should we keep it?" Oli asked.

"Yeah, let's call it Fred"

"Yes! Let's buy a kitten and call it George"

So we did just that. We went to the pet shop and bought George. He was a black fluffy thing with one blue eye and one green.

I learned that both Fred and George will perch on my shoulder quite happily and stay there while I run errands.

Me and Oli got back to the bus and I retrieved Gabe from Frank. I also grabbed Mike and Tony. Me and Oli jumped in my car, along with Gabe, Fred and George and we set off to Maidstone. We arrived at about two, giving us time to set up our stuff before leaving to meet Alan and Austin.

I left Gabe and George with Frank and Gerard, telling them to look after their grandchildren.

Me and Oli drove to Starbucks where we found a seat and waited.

Fifteen minutes later, am inhumanly tall person and a redhead walked in.

"Oh my god, you're even cuter in real life! I want to hug you" I said to Alan, causing Austin to laugh.

I stood up and hugged them both in greeting.

Fred hooted in protest from my shoulder, making me jump.

"Who is this?" Alan asked curiously.

"This is Fred, he gets a bit pissy"

I held my finger out and Fred hopped on. I deposited Fred on Alan's shoulder and went to order coffee.

"So, any song ideas yet?" Austin asked me when I returned.

"Yes, actually. Me and Oli and my friends Tony and Mike wrote this yesterday, I'm tempted to turn it into a side project" I said, pulling out my notebook, opening it to the right page and handing it to Austin.

"This is really good, who did the lyrics?" Asked Alan who had been watching over Austin's shoulder.

"Me and Oli"

"Well, you mostly did it, I just helped with making it rhyme" Oli remarked.

"Well the inspiration came from you, as well as Kellin and Rian. There have been a lot of breakups in the friends group recently, didn't franks wife leave him last month?" I asked.

"Yeah, I think so. She took ruby too" Oli replied.

"Oh yeah, I remember. He was telling us yesterday"

"That's a lot of breakups, I hope everyone is okay" Austin butted in.

"I think everyone is okay. Andy's wife left too, she left Xavi tho. She is such a sweetheart"

"Oh yeah, I met Juliet a couple of years back" Alan said.

"Anyway, she got pregnant and Andy had to keep the kid"

Just then, my phone started ringing.

"I've gotta take this, it's Jake. Be right back" I said, running outside.

"Liz, it's really important. Do you have a minute?"

"I was just having coffee with my idols, I do however have time to spare"

"Anyway, andley is getting hitched" Jake laughed.

"Wait, really? Haha, when?"

"They said in maybe six months"

"Holy shit, really? Jesus fucking Christ"

"Yeah! I've told CC, he is coming back to America early so you've gotta stay in England on your own. Also, Sammi Doll got pregnant. We're screwed"

"Aww. I got a dog, a cat and an owl. I'll show you when I get back. Anyway, I've gotta go, bye!" I said, hanging up.

I danced back inside and sat down with a huge grin on my face.

"What's going on?" Oli asked me.

"Oh, nothing. Only that my adoptive father and his boyfriend are getting married and a member of my band is having a kid. Nothing huge" I said, giggling.

"That's fucking awesome! Tell them congrats from cashby" Alan said.

"I wil-wait, what? Cashby? It's real?!" I squealed.

"Well, duh" Alan said, kissing Austin's cheek.

"Watch it, she'll start fangi-too late" Oli said as I started squealing any clasping my hands to my face.

"Ahh it's so cute I'm dying help me Oli I'm dying the feels my heart is dying my brain can't handle it I ahhhhh holy crap Oli take pictures save me come to my funeral holy shit I'm dying" I stammered.

"Um, is she okay?" Austin asked as I slammed my hear into the table.

"Yeah, she has these weird episodes whenever someone does something unexplainably cute"

"Oh, okay then. Is there anything you can do?" Austin questioned.

"Yeah, something that will sober her up, like, crying or something"

I sat up normally and slapped myself a couple of times.

"Okay, I'm good. Where were we? When's the wedding?" Liz asked.

"Whos?" Alan asked.

"Yours, dummy"

"We aren't getting married yet. Anyway, where were we?" Austin changed the subject.

Oli's phone rang at that moment and he ran out to take it.

"Jeez, you two are popular" Alan remarked.

"Yep, apparently. We are never usually this preoccupied, it's the tour and stuff that means people keep tabs on us if we disappear. Members get left behind an alarming amount so we've gotta prevent that"

"Eh, fair enough. So, where are you off to next?" Austin asked.

"Dartford then London I think. We're playing the Royal opera house"

"That's pretty neat!"

"Yeah, I know right! I'm meant to be performing with the boys tonight too which is terrifying"

"Wow, you'll ace it though"

"Thanks mate! You wanna tag along onto the tour? I know for a fact that the bus has another sofa bed..."

"Yes please! That sounds freaking awesome!" Exclaimed Alan.

Oli came running back into the room looking pale and panicked.

"Liz, we need to get back to Sheffield"