Bethany clicked on the most recent episode of royal television. Apparently she was prominently featured in this one. It started with the guys on the tour bus goofing around. Trying to drag Emerson out of bed, singing songs about random things and dumping food on the floor. Then it showed them walking around warped, saying hi to fans and bands they knew. It went from that to the TEI tent. They were discussing they're newest album and then Bethany walked up behind them. Luis moved back a bit as Bethany placed a finger to her lips. Then she swiped her hand across the top of Remington's head, grabbed Emerson's hat and ran. The fans started laughing as Remington and Emerson stood and ran after her, yelling. Luis zoomed in on the three of them in the background just long enough for anyone watching to see Remington tackle her to the ground before going back to Sebastian. The next couple of minutes were focused on Sebastian talking to the fans and then Bethany came back and plopped into the chair beside him, sinking down a bit and laughing breathlessly. She closed her eyes.
"What are you doing?" Sebastian asked her.
"Hiding from your brothers. What about you?" He raised his eyebrows.
"Well I was trying to do this," he gestured at the group of kids sitting in front of them, "but you're interrupting. Again." She grinned and sunk down into the chair further. Sebastian shook his head and went back to talking about scarves.
"There you are! I've lost you like five times." Andy said walking into the frame.
"For fucks sake!" Sebastian said as Andy walked in. "Why am I even bothering?" Everyone laughed.
"What the hell are you doing?" Andy asked Bethany.
"Hiding. I pulled a prank on Em and Ratface and they're trying to find me." Many of the comments were about her. Some about her calling Remington Ratface and others about her prank.
"You're supposed to be manning the merch table in fifteen minutes."
"I know. But I can't go yet, because they'll be looking for me there."
"I wouldn't count on that." Sebastian said, looking past Andy and Bethany. Then Bethany stood, gave Andy Emerson's hat and ran off, yelling over her shoulder that she would head to the merch tent. Sebastian shook his head and kept talking. Remington and Emerson joined him, with Andy still off to the side, arms crossed, Emerson's hat on his head.
"There she is!" Remington said and pointed. Emerson jogged after her. Andy and Remington following. Luis kept the camera on Sebastian.
"I don't even know what do anymore." He said and took a drink from the can of monster in the cup holder on his chair. "Are they coming back?" He asked Luis. There was muffled, 'Remington is' from behind the camera. Remington came back and picked up his chair that he'd knocked over earlier.
"Nice hairdo." Sebastian said.
"Shut up." Remington ran his fingers through his hair making it stand up more.
"Where's Emerson?" Remington shrugged.
"I'm done. I give up." Sebastian dropped his mic into the now empty cup holder. The fans laughed. Then the video moved to later after the concert. They were on the bus, most of them half dressed, the camera was focused on Remington and Emerson who were arguing about something. Bethany remembered this. Behind Luis a door opened and the camera panned to the side. You could see Daniel cleaning something up off the floor and Sebastian pouring Gin into a coffee mug.
"Hey, Bumblebee." He said. Bethany smiled. You couldn't see her on the camera at all and her reply was muffled. This of course led to much speculation about who 'Bumblebee' was. She liked the video and closed her internet browser. Things were surprisingly slow at the merch tent. She texted Kris, who said she'd be by in a bit to alleviate the boredom.

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user1 omg! She's so pretty 😱
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user2 honestly tho same Benny she's got beautiful hair
user3 👸
krisisaverted awww thanks guys 🥰 you're all so sweet. Except you simondoesntsay
user4 what a queen tho
user5 I wish I could go to warped just so I can meet these queens
bennyharris DAMN RIGHT WE'RE SWEET! YOU DESERVE ALL THE SWEETNESS IN THE WORLD GIRL krisisaverted
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bennyharris SHUT UP BARFBAG simondoesntsay YOU SHOULD CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A STUNNING QUEEN FOR A SISTER

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It had been a little less than a week since she'd spent the night at hotel and talked to Dr. Everett. Things seemed to be better. She was sleeping more and less emotional about everything. She took that as a good sign. She'd just finished her morning run and decided she should call Dr. Everett again. Since the guys were all on the bus she stayed outside to make her call.
"Dr. Everett's phone."
"Hi, it's me again."
"Oh. Bethany, how are things?"
"Really good. The medication helped a lot. I'm finally sleeping better and that alone is awesome. But sleeping more has helped a lot of my other issues too. I'm more relaxed and calm."
"That's wonderful."
"I finally talked to Panda and everyone else and knowing that they know and are accepting and not all judgy has really taken a weight off my shoulders."
"Well I'm glad you're doing better."
"Me too. Thanks so much Dr. Everett."
"Of course, sweetie. I'm here to help."
"I need to go."
"Thank you for checking in. Feel free to continue to do so as you see fit. Bye."
"Bye." She ended the call. Then she smiled and took a deep breath. Tour was a lot more enjoyable now she wasn't as stressed out. Since BVB were doing a signing/meet and greet at their tent they'd given her the day off to go watch some performances and spend time with her friends. She got showered and dressed in a yellow skirt and grey t-shirt that said 'There's a 99% chance I don't care' before heading off to watch Palaye's set and then Back Before Morning.
  She stood side stage at Palaye's concert and jumped and sang. They knew how to put on a good show, that was for sure.
"They say all teenagers scare the living shit out of me!" Bethany screamed the lyrics. Sebastian looked to his right and smiled at her. She grinned and waved at him and kept singing.
"Hey!" Remington said as he came off stage. "Did you enjoy the show?"
"Duh! You guys are great. I love your voice. It's so. . .unique." She pretend to swoon, draping her arm over her face. Then she burst into laughter. "Seriously though, you guys are amazing. I wish I had the amount of skill for drumming that you have Emerson."
"Don't demean yourself like that." Emerson said, "I've seen you play, you're great."
"Aww. I'm blushing. Thank you." Remington went to give her a hug and she took a step back. "What are you doing?"
"Trying to give you a hug?" It came out more like a question than a statement.
"Ew. No. You're all sweaty." She immediately regretted pointing that out because he grabbed her and hugged her tight. "Ugh. Gross. Now I feel like a need a shower." Remington laughed and then struck up a conversation with Phil.
Sebastian came over and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"I'm glad you're feeling better, Bumblebee." She smiled up at him.
"Me too, Sebster. Me too." He rolled his eyes and she smiled.
"You're so funny." Sarcasm dripped from his words.
"Am I detecting sarcasm?"
"No." The sarcasm was overwhelmingly obvious.
"Mmhm."
"See that's the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm," he paused and she cocked her head to the side, "it's really funny." She rolled her eyes, but smiled anyway.
"Oh, damn. I gotta go. BBM's set starts in like five minutes. See you guys later!" She yelled as she ran off. They could tell that this happiness she exuded was no facade. Looking back on it they should've realized sooner that she wasn't okay. But she was getting better and that was all that mattered.
  As soon as Back Before Morning's set was over Simon walked over to her, having seen her standing side stage during the concert.
"Barfbag? Seriously?" Was the first thing he said when he walked up to her.
"Serious as a heart attack." She grinned and he rolled his eyes. People did that a lot around her.

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user1 I love the emperors new groove
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As June ended and July started Bethany started seeing a noticeable difference. She was sleeping more and less anxious. And quite honestly she hadn't felt this good since April. The others seemed to have noticed the difference too. Now that they could see that she was doing better they stopped treating her like she was made of glass. She appreciated the concern, but she was glad things were going back to normal.

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user1 love the red aesthetic
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"Good morning, Sebster. Out for a run?"
"No, I'm just gonna stand here and hope it has the same effect." She rolled her eyes.
"Sassy this morning." She stretched her arms above her head before touching her toes. "Wanna run together?"
"Sure." They set out together, listening to music and ignoring each other, but enjoying each other's company nonetheless. After awhile she tugged her earbuds out of her ears and tapped Sebastian on the arm.
"Can we sit down for a second?" She asked when he pulled his earbuds out. She nodded at the bench nearest them.
"Sure." They sat down and caught their breath.
"So, obviously it's been a long few weeks for me and I kinda owe you an explanation." She started.
"You don't. You don't have to tell me."
"I already told Ratface and Em though. And I want you to know." He gestured for her to continue so she did. She told him all that she told Remington and Emerson, which wasn't even half of it, but it was a good start.
"Sorry for dumping my emotional baggage on you all the time with no warning and thank you for just . . . being there."
"Thank you for sharing this with me and trusting me this part of your life." She smiled and nodded.
"I do trust you. And it just didn't feel right telling Remington and Emerson and not telling you. You deserved to know just as much as they did. Now, can I interest you in some coffee? Or tea if that's more your speed."
"Sure. We can't stay out too much longer though because I have TEI in an hour and a half."
"Roger. Now, coffee!" She grinned and started in the direction of the nearest Starbucks. Not Sebastian's first choice, but he didn't mind. At least not enough to complain.

Much love and gratitude to remington_stan_ thanks for reading and voting!

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