Warped Tour Blog and Journals

Jack

I waited impatiently for Alex and Rian to come back from the coffee cart. The moment the bus door opened I was on my feet, waiting to interrogate them about Jane.

“Was she crying? Did she look sad? Should I do something?”
“Shut up,” Rian mumbled, ducking from my fist and walking back to his bunk.
“She just looked mad,” Alex shrugged. “But you should talk to her if you wanna fix it.”

I didn’t actually want Jane to know how much she meant to me if she wasn’t sad that we were over. I decided I’d go talk to her and see how that conversation went. I walked down to the coffee cart and she stood up when she noticed me.

“Jack, what the hell was that last night?”

Alex was right: she did look angry.

“Nothing more than a casual fuck, you didn’t have to see things my way.”

Zack

I was walking around behind the stage, waiting for our set to begin when I felt somebody standing behind me. I turned around and Macy was standing there.

“Hey,” I smiled, greeting her with a hug.
“Hi,” she smiled back.
“What brings you here?”

Her smile seemed to melt away.

“Uh… you.”
“Me? Why?”
“Guys, two minutes!” Flyzik’s voice broke through to us.
“I’ll talk to you later? After your show, I mean.”

And then Macy walked away, leaving me thoroughly confused.

I was pretty distracted during the entire show. What did she mean by coming for me?

When we were finally finished, I rushed off stage, threw my guitar to Grieco and ran to find Macy. As I was running around a corner I felt somebody grab onto my arm.

“I’m a little busy right now,” I said, trying to shake them off, thinking they were a fan.
“Zack,” Macy hissed.

I turned and saw that it was she who had grabbed me. I stopped trying to run away from her.

“Hey,” I sighed.
“Let’s go somewhere more private.”

She started pulling me in the opposite direction. We ended up somewhere that I was sure nobody would ever find us unless they were looking really, really hard.

“Why’d you drag me here?” I asked.

Macy had taken a few steps away from me, her back turned as she ran her fingers through her hair.

“Zack,” she began, her back still turned. “I didn’t think I’d ever have the courage to say this, but now that I do, I don’t think I can look at you.”
“Okay?” I was so fucking confused.
“I still… I don’t like, like you, but I’m attracted to you. A lot.”
“Oh.”

Wow, I’m awkward. She turned around.

“Oh? That’s all you have to say?” She started marching over to me.
“What do you want me to say?”
“Perhaps your feelings towards me?”
“Um, I still think you’re hot, if that’s what you mean.”
“It is,” she smiled.

Within two seconds, her arms were locked around my neck, her lips crashing onto mine. My hands ran up the back of her shirt, holding her against me. What felt like years later, she pulled herself away from me.

“Don’t tell Travis,” she winked, disappearing from sight.

Alex

I was walking back to the bus from our set when Hannah stopped me.

“No, I don’t think we should be talking,” I said, pulling my arm away from her.
“Just listen. Please?” Her eyes reminded me of Rachel’s, hypnotizing me into letting her say what she wanted to.
“Go ahead.”
“I didn’t know you had a girlfriend, or none of this would’ve happened. I’m really, really sorry.”

I gave her a hug.

“I should’ve told you, so I should be the one apologizing.”
“Can we be friends, then?” she asked timidly.
I smiled. “Friends are always nice to have.”

Rian

“What time are you getting here tomorrow?”

I was lying in my bunk talking on the phone with Kara. She’d finally be coming to visit tomorrow and would stay with us for four days.

“My plane’s supposed to land around noon.”
“Awesome,” I smiled. “Our set’s at four. If I can, I’ll come with Grieco when he picks you up.”
“I love you, boo.” I could hear the smile in her voice.
“I love you more and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

It felt so good to say that.

“Okay, bye.”
“Bye.”
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It's short and a filler chapter.
Tomorrow's is gonna be awesome.
If I can post tomorrow.
It depends when we're leaving.

And I don't know about you guys, but I really liked how perfect the
"Nothing more than a casual fuck" line fits in.
You may hate Jack for saying it, but I feel clever.
Ish.

And Macy...
Sorry about that.
I'm still working on figuring out drama. 

And I promise this thing with Kara is going somewhere.

Here is the next chapter! Chad will be featured more in this chapter. But he isn't the villian of this story! sorry its so short

The next few days went by in a flash. I tried to keep myself as distanced as I could from Josh. That one night made all of my feelings for him resurface. I just had to remember that he wasn't that sweet, loving, caring person in the future. So I spent most of my free time hanging out with Chad and the rest of the guys from New Found Glory. 

After our last appearance for the day I made my way over to New Found Glory's bus and knocked on the door. Jordan opened the door. "Hey, what's up tiny?" He asked with a grin.

"Hey Jordan, is Chad around?" I asked, brushing a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

"Yeah, I'll go get him." He said before shutting the door. "Hey Chad! The red-head midget is here for you again." I heard him yell. I giggled. That was a new one.

I heard Chad mumble something and all the guys laughed. He opened the door and stepped out. "Sup Chadball." I smiled.

"Hey. What's up?"

"Just wanted to know if you wanted to grab something to eat."

"Sounds good, I think I spotted a burger shack over by the Hurley stage." He suggested.

"Man, I'm going to gain like 15 lbs after Warped tour. They need to have a subway on the tour next year or something." I joked.

Chad laughed. "Nah, I eat like this at home. I'm sure I'll regret it in the future but I'm enjoying it now." He said patting his belly. I laughed and tried to shove him lightly. I failed of course. He was practically twice my size. We got our burgers and sat down. I started to eat some of my fries. "So if you don't mind me asking, what happened between you and Josh?"

I looked up at him. "How'd you know about that?" I asked, suspicious.

"Jeremy told me you two were together."  He confessed. "and that you two broke up."

"Oh, yeah...we did." I let out a breath.

"Why did you? You guys looked happy together...I mean from what I saw of you two together."

"Yeah, I guess we were happy...um, I don't know, can we just not talk about this?" I asked, a little embarrassed.

"Sure. Sorry if it bothered you to bring it up." He said honestly.

"It's ok. I just feel guilty. for avoiding him. He still wants to be with me..." I muttered underneath my breath, staring at my burger.

"Oh, I see." He said. "Well, it seems like you need to get out and do something."

I nodded. "Yeah! I do need to get out! I'm what? 19?" Yeah. 2008=19. Im good. " I can have fun if I want to!" I said excitedly.

He laughed. "Okay! the minute warped tour ends in Los Angeles, we'll go explore the city. I have an apartment there, you can stay as long as you need to."

"Sounds like a plan, Stan." I said, taking a sip of my vitamin water.

- - -

I got back to the bus just before bus call as we were leaving for Portland. Taylor was trying to teach Zac how to play guitar on guitar hero, Jeremy was on his laptop, and Josh was sitting on the couch, his eyes brows furrowed in concentration as he held his guitar in his lap, staring out into empty space. I knew he was trying to figure out a melody. Knowing I couldn't avoid them any longer, I sat between Josh and Jeremy, watching Josh curiously to see what he would come up with.

Minutes later he started to play a tune, it started to sound familiar to the chords of one of our songs. It was the chords for Feeling Sorry, a song we were going to write and next spring. It was about all of the tension we had felt during that infamous euro tour. Things were bad then, but we took a break and patched things up, but didn't share our feelings about it until later this winter. Only to think about what would happen the next winter, when I turned 21. He proposed and I became pregnant with Gwen. This whole time travel thing was still confusing when you feel like you are talking about the past, and it really is the future.

All I knew was that I was ready for a break in LA.

Travis

Jack and I were sitting at a table in the lunch tent and eating French fries when Macy and Jane came walking over. Macy kissed my cheek and sat down next to me. Jane sat down next to Jack and he pulled her closer to him. She tried not to smile, but we all noticed how much that meant to her.

“How are Alex and Rachel?” I asked.
“Oh, I heard about that,” Macy said.
“They’re perfectly fine,” Jack said, stuffing more fries into his mouth.
“And what about you two?” I smirked, wiggling my finger back and forth between them.

Jane blushed slightly and Jack choked down whatever was in his mouth.

“We’re… fine,” he swallowed.
“Good,” my smirk had gotten wider and Jack kicked me under the table.

Jack stood up and pulled Jane away with him. I sat there, laughing hysterically, with Macy.

“You don’t have to be such an ass,” she smiled, trying not to laugh.

I sighed and wrapped my arm around her shoulder, pulling her into me. She rested her head on my shoulder and nestled it against my neck. I kissed the top of her head and uncrossed her arms to hold one of her hands.

“I love you,” I whispered in her ear.
“Duh.”

I smiled and kissed her temple.

Alex

I didn’t want to let go of Rachel. Ever since she’d wrapped her arms around me right after our set, I hadn’t stopped holding her in some way. We’d walked back to the bus hand-in-hand and made out on the couch for a little bit, but now it was time for me to take a shower and she refused to get in with me.

“That shower is barely big enough for one person,” she said, eyeing the bus’s shower.
“Exactly, so we’ll be even closer,” I pulled her towards the shower, but she stepped back again.
“No, Alex,” she whined.
“Come on,” I smiled, pulling her arm again.
“Let go!” she laughed.

I pulled her against my chest and kissed the top of her head multiple times.

“You’re stinky,” she mumbled, her face still pressed against my bare, sweaty chest.
“Come in the shower with me.”
“No.”
“Please?”
“No.”
“I’ll pay you.”
“I’m not a prostitute, sorry.”

I laughed and loosened my grip so that she could breathe again. She looked up at me with her gorgeous brown eyes. How could I torture that?

“Fine, but you better be waiting right here when I get out.”

She slumped down onto the floor and folded her arms across her chest. I laughed and got in the shower.

Jack

Bus call was early tonight so I didn’t have that much time to spend with Jane. After we left Travis and Macy, we walked around the private area, where fans weren’t allowed, for a while holding hands and talking.

“Jack, you don’t eve play your guitar for more than half of the set.”
“Shut up, yes I do,” I laughed.

She gave me a look.

“You play a little less than half the set and then hand your guitar to Danny or Flyzik.”

I laughed again.

“That’s true.”

I’d been paying so much attention to Jane that I hadn’t realized the sun had set.

“Shit, what time is it? If I miss bus call, they’re gonna lock me in a box-“
“And spin you around and tip it over like they did to Alex?” she finished my sentence, smiling.
“Well, something like that. Or worse.”

She exaggerated a gasp and smiled as we walked back to the bus. In all honesty, I knew we still had three hours before bus call, but there was something I’d been waiting to do. We got on the bus and, thankfully, it was empty. I led Jane to the back lounge and stopped, turning around to look down at her. Her eyes were the most beautiful blue I’d ever seen.

I put my hand on the side of her face and leaned down as she raised herself up on her tiptoes. Our lips met as I slid my hands under the back of her thighs, hitching her legs up around my waist. She locked her arms around my neck as I walked backwards towards the couch. I set her down and climbed on top of her, our lips never parting. I slid my tongue into her mouth and played with the bottom of her shirt.

“Let’s go to my bunk,” I suggested, picking her up off the couch.

When we were inside my bunk, I crawled back on top of her, picking up exactly where we left off.

Rian

Zack and I decided to head back to the bus an hour before bus call. As we got closer, we heard shouting. We gave each other a look and jogged over to the bus where found Jack and Jane screaming at each other. Jack was standing on the stairs and Jane was a few feet away from the bus. Jack’s wasn’t wearing a shirt and Jane was carrying her shoes.

“I thought you were different!” she screamed. “But I guess you really are the man-whore, jackass, and asshole in the group!”

She stomped away, not even looking at Zack or I. We walked over to Jack who was breathing heavily.

“What the hell…?” Zack trailed.
“We, uh, had sex.”
“Oh,” I nodded.
“And?” Zack shrugged.
“I don’t know,” Jack turned and let us onto the bus.
“You okay, though?” I asked.
“I’m fine,” he shrugged, and he seemed as normal as he usually did.

Alex

Rachel and I ran to the bus and made it on two minutes before bus call. Flyzik was standing right at the top of the stairs, glaring at me as we walked onto the bus. He liked Rachel too much to be mad at her.

“I almost had to lock you in a box again,” he warned.
“I had two minutes,” I smiled obnoxiously.

Rachel and Flyzik walked to the back lounge, but I sat down at the kitchen table across from jack.

“What’s wrong?”
“I like Jane.”
I laughed. “That’s a problem?”
“It is when she won’t talk to me.”
“What’d you do?”
“We had sex.”

Nobody else may understand that, but I did. Jack didn’t like getting too involved with people. In other words, he had a commitment problem, and sex is where it started. He could have sex with as many girls as he wanted and never feel a thing for any of them.

“And then what happened?”
“I got dressed and told her she could leave.”

I banged my head on the table.

“Jack,” I groaned.
“It’s my usual response afterwards!” he whined.
“I know,” I sighed.
“But I didn’t even mean it this time, it just slipped out.”

The next morning Jack didn’t go to the coffee cart so I accompanied Rian. Jane was standing there looking impatient and as though she was waiting for somebody. My heart sank when I saw who she was with. I’d completely and utterly forgotten that Hannah worked at the coffee cart, too.

“Is Jack coming?” Jane asked before taking our orders.
“Nope,” I said, popping the ‘p’ and not looking directly at her.
“Doesn’t he wanna say anything to me?”
“Nope,” I said again.
“Why not?”
“It’s not that he’s using you; it’s that tomorrow you won’t exist.”

We took our coffees Hannah had made and walked away.
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So I don't think any of you know this, but Jane is my neighbor.
I've known her since she was born and we're like, bestbest friends.
Therefore, this was the most awkward thing I have ever written.
In my life.

And sorry about this whole thing, Jane.
I needed drama and it came in the form of... this.

And that quote 'it's not that he's using you..." is from Alex's Myspace blog.  

Alex

I woke up the next morning to an empty bunk. I got out of bed and looked out the window to find that we were still moving. I went up and asked our driver how long it would be until we got there. He told me twenty minutes.

Rian and Evan were awake in the back lounge so I went to join them.

“Did Rachel call either of you?” I asked them.
“No,” the both shook their heads.
“Dude, I’m sure everything’s fine,” Rian assured me.

Easy for him to say; his girlfriend wasn’t spending the night locked on a bus with two of her ex-boyfriends. I washed my face in the bathroom and listened to my stomach growl. If Rachel was here, she’d be making breakfast right now, despite the fact that we’re only twenty minutes away from the location.

When the bus finally parked, I ran out of it to go find The Maine’s bus. I banged furiously on the door, but nobody answered. I tried to pull it open but it was locked. I heard laughing inside and then the door opened slightly, Pat’s head poking out.

“She’s fine, we didn’t kill or rape her.”

He went to close the door but I stuck my foot in the open space.

“I wanna see her.”
“Too bad.”
“Pat, come on.”
“No, she doesn’t wanna see you.”

He closed the door, but not before another fit of laughter escaped from inside of it. I felt like they were hiding something from me. I decided to call Rachel’s phone.

“Just leave her alone, dude,” Garrett answered, chuckling.
“Oh my G-“ I was getting so frustrated with them. “Just let me hear her voice.”
“Alex, leave me alone,” Garrett imitated Rachel’s voice.
“Funny.”

I hung up and saw Gabe heading to the breakfast tent, his hand against his forehead. I ran over to him and walked with him.

“’Sup, man?” he asked.
“The Maine’s hiding Rachel.”
“Yeah, I heard about your latest screw up.”

I hate being in a bubble.

Rachel

I thought the guys were being kind of mean to Alex, but he deserved some of it. I looked through the one-way window and watched him and Gabe walk off to the tent to get food.

“I’m gonna shower,” I said.

I washed myself off and got dressed. I blow-dried and straightened my hair and met John in the front lounge.

“Where are you going?” he asked.
“Garrett and I are gonna get some breakfast.”
“And when do you plan on ‘forgiving’ Alex?”
“Not telling,” I smiled and followed Garrett off the bus.

We sat at a table far enough away from Alex where he’d only notice me if he was looking hard enough.

“Are you coming to our set today?” Garrett asked.
“Yeah,” I nodded.
“And do you wanna come hang with me and fans before the show?”
“Of course,” I smiled.

We finished our breakfast and went behind The Maine’s merch table. Girls screamed and Garrett smiled and waved at them.

“Are you guys checking out our show today?” he called to them. They all screamed and he smiled, pulling me away somewhere else. We ended up outside their stage where a line was already forming to get inside.

“Garrett!” one girl screamed and we were instantly surrounded by a group of fifteen people.
“Garrett, is that your girlfriend?” one girl called.
“Who, her?” Garrett pointed at me.
“Yeah!”

Garrett made a disgusted face.

“Ew, no; she has cooties. If I ever had a girlfriend, I’d be sure that she didn’t have cooties.”

I stood on the side of the stage for The Maine’s performance, dancing and singing along. At one point a guard came up and told me that Alex was here looking for me. I told him to tell Alex that I wasn’t here. I knew exactly when and how he was going to be ‘forgiven’, but it wasn’t time just yet.

When The Maine was finished, I talked with them for a little bit and then made my way to All Time Low’s stage. I waited until they took the stage before I flashed my pass to go watch from the side. I could tell that Alex wasn’t very into the show today.

“Rach,” Flyzik stopped me.
“Hi.”
“What’s going on with you two?”
I smiled. “Alex thinks I’m pissed at him.”
“You’re not?” he gawked.
“Not really.”

Flyzik rolled his eyes.

“He’s fucked up right now. Fix it,” he demanded and then walked away with Grieco.

When I moved into my usual watching spot, Zack noticed me. He smiled and started laughing. Alex, who was in the middle of ‘Walls’ looked around, but I’d ducked over to stand with Rian.

“It’s so fun messing with him,” I said, causing Rian to laugh.

When the set was over, I was waiting off to the side of the stage where Alex wouldn’t notice me right away. He trudged over to Flyzik and took his towel and water. I waited until he was a little less sweaty and walked behind him. I covered his eyes with my hands and he instantly tried to pry them away.

“If this is Hannah-“
I kissed his shoulder. “It’s not.”

He spun around and hugged me tight. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him hard. I heard the guys laughing and wolf whistling, but I didn’t care. His arms wrapped all the way around me and pulled me closer to him.

“It may have been less than a day that you didn’t talk to me, but it was the worst time of my life,” he whispered against my lips.

I smiled and continued to kiss my boyfriend.

When I pulled away again, I saw Garrett standing a few feet away behind Alex and smiling. I winked at him and pulled Alex off in the other direction.

Hannah

The coffee cart gets pretty boring when all of the good bands are performing. Nobody really comes around, especially since it’s the middle of the afternoon. I sighed and leaned back in my chair. Where the hell was Jane, anyway? Out of the corner of my eye I saw a guy walking up.

“I’ll give you a minute to figure out what you want,” I said lazily, my eyes still closed.
“Actually I want to talk to you.”

My eyes bolted open and I saw Garrett Nickelsen standing in front of me. Holy shit, I must be dreaming (pun intended). I quickly ran my hands over my hair and stood up, fixing my clothes.

“Hi,” I smiled.
“Can I come back there?”
“Of course.”

He walked behind the cart and sat down in Jane’s chair. I sat back down in mine and continued to smile at him.

“You were with Alex Gaskarth last night, weren’t you?”

Oh my God! People knew about us? Yay!

“Yes I was.”
“Okay, that’s not good.”

My spirits fell instantly.

“Why not?” I pouted.
“He has a girlfriend.”

No.

“Oh my God. Does she know? Does she hate me?”
“She does know he was with someone, but she doesn’t know it was you. You should probably keep it that way.”
“Believe me, I will.”
“So you haven’t told anybody yet?”

Flashback
That Morning

“So Jane, guess who I was with last night?”
“Who?”
“Alex freaking Gaskarth!”

She gawked at me.

“With him how?”
“Like, a date! It was awesome!”
“Hannah,” she sounded panicked and was shaking her head back and forth. She took off running somewhere.
“Jane!” I called after her, but she just kept running.

Noon-ish

The phone rang twice before she answered.

“Hannah, baby! I was wondering when you’d call!”
“Hi, Mom. I have great news to tell you!”
“Really? What is it?”
“I was on a date with Alex Gaskarth! Feel free to tell the entire family.”

Random Parts Throughout the Day

“Oh, you’re a fan of All Time Low, too? I was on a date with Alex Gaskarth last night.”
“You think you had a good night? I was on a date with Alex Gaskarth!”
“I bet my night was better than yours because I was out all night with Alex Gaskarth.”

I’d told random customers all day.

End Flashback

“No, I didn’t tell anybody,” I lied, smiling sweetly.
“Good, because it’s better when stuff like this stays quiet.”
“Absolutely,” I smiled.
“Well, I’ll see you around, Hannah.”

Garrett got up and left.
Oh man, what did I do?
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I don't really like the end of this chapter.
I just needed to show that Hannah didn't know Alex had a girlfriend.

And I love my Snuggie.
Just putting it out there. 

Garrett

I glared at Alex long and hard, and then left the bus to follow Rachel. I found her walking towards the exit and ran to catch up to her. I put my hand on her shoulder and spun her around to face me as she hit my hand away, saying:

“Go away, Alex. I really don’t wanna hear it.”
“Not even from me?”

She stopped and turned around. She gave me one look and fell into my arms, shaking with sobs.

“Come here,” I pulled her into a more comfortable hug and brought her back to my bus. I sat on the couch and curled her into my lap. I rubbed her back and kissed her forehead; anything to make Rachel feel better. Nobody deserved to have her tears, not even Alex, John, or me. She looked up at me a while later, tears slowly falling from her eyes.

“What were they doing?”
“Dancing.”

She could tell I was only saying half of the truth.

“Dancing how?”
“Well, more like… grinding.”

Tears fell faster. I hugged Rachel closer to me, promising her that everything would be okay.

“And what if it’s not? What if we break up again?”
“Than you’ll have me. You always have me, babe.”

She knew that I meant I’d always be here for her. I didn’t have feelings for her anymore, but you never stop loving someone. I heard a knock on the door.

“Who is it?”
“Uh… Alex,” he sounded as though he wished he were anybody else.

I looked down at Rachel.

“Do you want him to come in?”
“Whatever, as long as you stay right here with me.”
“Promise.”

I kissed her forehead and called for Alex to come in. He walked back slowly and stopped a few feet away from us. He looked at Rachel and pain shot across his face. I looked down at her again saw that she had makeup running down her face and her eyes were bloodshot. I’d be in pain, too, if I’d known it was me that had caused her to feel like this.

“Baby,” he said, and I could hear the pain in his voice. He took a few steps closer and got down on his knees to be eye level with Rachel. “I don’t even know what I was thinking.”

She didn’t say anything. This was clearly going to be fun for me to watch as he struggled to figure out what were the right words to say.

“I…”
“You left to go to her right after I told you I loved you.”

That was news to me.

“Yeah, but-“ He sighed deeply. “There’s no excuse because you deserve the truth. I met her right after the show and she was… hot. She asked me to meet her at the coffee cart at eight. I didn’t know what we’d be doing, but- wait, no excuses. So I went and she asked me to go to the party. And I did.”

Rachel’s hand found mine and she squeezed it tightly, but where Alex couldn’t see. It was more of her way to make sure that I was still there and she was still alive.

“Didn’t I cross your mind at all?”
“Every single second.”

Wow, what a liar.

“So I mean that much to you? That you could just grind with some other girl even though you were thinking about me?”

She got him there.

“No, I mean that… Rachel, I know you’re mad at me and you have every right to be, but I love you and I’ll be waiting. I’m really, really sorry, and I know that doesn’t cut it.”

He got up and left the bus. I looked down at Rachel who looked frozen. I rubbed her arm.

“You okay?”
“I don’t know. I mean, it sounds like he’s trying to make me feel guilty.”
“You know that he does love you, though. A lot.”
“How do you know?”
“I can see it.”
“See what?”
“It’s in the way he looks at you. It’s how John and I used to look at you. You can’t fake stuff like that.”
“So he’s actually sorry?”
“Extremely so.”

She sighed.

“I feel like I’d be giving in too easily if I let him off now. He needs to learn his lesson, you know?”

I smiled down at her.

“Wanna stay here tonight? It’ll make him pretty paranoid about you could be doing on a bus without him while your two ex-boyfriends are here.”

She smiled back at me.

“I’d love to stay here tonight.”

Zack

I was walking towards our bus with Hunter and Drew. We’d decided to skip out on the party and hang around the vacated area where merch had been set up. When it was close to bus call, we started walking back our busses.

“See you tomorrow, man,” they called as I climbed the stairs to my bus.
“See ya.”

I took three steps on the bus and saw Alex sitting alone in the front lounge. His elbows were on his knees and his hands were covering his face. When he heard my footsteps, he looked up, his eyes wild, and said:

“Rachel? Oh, hi Zack.”

I walked over and sat down across from him.

“Where’s Rachel?”
“I have no idea.” This seemed to kill him.
“Why? What happened?”
“I’m a screw up and taking Jack’s place as the man-whore.”

I laughed. When I saw the he was serious, I tried to hide my laughter.

“What’d you do?”
“There was this girl Hannah,” it was kinda hard to understand what he was saying because he was hiding his face in his hands again. “And she was hot so we danced, but grinded, and Garrett saw us and told Rachel.”

Why was Garrett always involved?

“You’re a dumbass.”

I threw a pillow at him and left to the back lounge.
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Short again.
And I couldn't think of a good ending, so that's what you get yet.

50 chapters, guys.
That's a big-ish deal.
And I'm no where near done(:

New Song of the Moment: I'm Not Over - Carolina Liar (my current obsession).

And I really think the Warped line-up needs to get good.
It really, really sucks.

Just saying. 

To my Buzznet friends,

HELLO! Long time, no talk. I've missed Buzznet! Me? I've been good but busy with school and everything. Jocelyn is almost one! Hard to believe it's been that long. 

ANYWAYS..enough about me.

How are you? All that snow have you thinking of summer yet? With summer comes summer concerts, including Warped Tour!

The dates have been set, the band announced. Now all we have to do is wait....for six more months. 

While you're waiting, why not check out some of the bands?

Which brings me to my point...

I and Louis (aka The Band List) have taken it upon ourselves to introduce you to some of the bands this year. We're going to pick a band at random every single week and just talk to you about them. It's rather simple really. 

So without further ado...the first Band List Bio!

Welcome to the first in a new feature here on the site that we're calling Band List Bios. We're gonna take a look at some of the bands on the tour and let you know all about them so you can discover new artists. Hope you like it:

Chase Long Beach

Official Website

Myspace

Similar Artists:

Less Than Jake

Reel Big Fish

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Sublime

Songs that you should check out:

'We've Got Pockets Like It's Nobody's Business'

'Pall Mall Price Crisis'

Norma Says: Chase Long Beach keeps with ska-punk sound alive with their energized beats. With a seventh year of experience under their belts, Chase Long Beach has been playing around the Southern California scene and beyond. The two trumpets and trombone are not traditional band instruments but it's a guarantee that this band will not put you to sleep! Catch up with Chase Long Beach this year at Warped Tour on the Kevin Says Stage August 11th-15th.

Louis Says: If you're saying 'Where's the Ska?' this year then you clearly haven't been paying attention. Chase Long Beach will remind you of Save Ferris and Dance Hall Crashers, if you're old enough to remember those bands. Sure, every ska band with a female vocalist gets those unfair comparisons but when you've got Karen Roberts (vocals) performing alongside Reel Big Fish (Aaron Barrett produced their first record and appears on their new release) with a voice strong enough for 2 then you can't help it.

(Editor's Note: We have just found out that since the writing of this article that Karen Roberts has decided to leave the band. We wish her all the best and will inform you of her replacement as soon as we find out who it is.)

Alex

I was sitting on the bus with Rachel while the rest of the guys were still at dinner. I was waiting until it was time to go meet Hannah. Rachel shifted her position so that was sitting on my lap, straddling me. She put her elbows on my shoulders and her fingers twisted around in my hair. She smiled down at me, leaning slowly and kissing me. It was slow at first, but built up and got hotter. I kissed her back with as much energy and force that she was putting in. She pulled away to catch her breath and I pushed her down onto her back, climbing on top of her.

“You’re amazing,” I looked deep into her eyes. She smiled up at me.
“I love you,” she stated.
“As I do, you.”

I bent down and kissed her softly.

“I have to be somewhere,” I said reluctantly.
“Oh.”

She sat up as I stood. I took her hands and pulled her to her feet, my hands resting on the small of her back. I pulled her against me and kissed her nose. How could I go meet Hannah after this? Maybe I should just stay here with my baby, the girl I actually love and care about.

But, Alex, remember how hot she was?

“I’ll see you when I get back,” I said, quickly kissing her forehead and leaving the bus. “Don’t wait up for me!”

I found the coffee cart and saw Hannah standing there in the shortest pair of All Time Low booty shorts I’d ever seen and a black sweatshirt.

“Hi,” I smiled.
“What took you so long?”
“I couldn’t remember where this was,” I invented.

She sexily bit her lip, looking up at me from under her eyelashes.

“There’s this party going on. Do you wanna go?”

I could tell that this was the reason she’d wanted to meet here.

“Of course. Show me the way.”

She started walking and held her hand out to me. I looked at it for a moment before slipping it into mine. It was just handholding, right? It didn’t mean anything.

I could hear the music long before we reached the actual party. Hannah dragged me into the center of the crowd and pushed her body against mine to the beat of the music. I turned her around and put my hands on her hips, her ass against me and her arms in the air.

I was having such a good time that I forgot people here actually knew me and knew that I had a girlfriend who wasn’t the girl grinding on me.

“Alex?”

I looked around for whoever was calling my name and saw Garrett standing a foot away, his eyes wide, mouth slightly open and eyebrows raised.

Well, any thoughts of keeping this from Rachel were completely gone.

Rachel

It was weird. Since when does Alex just randomly have plans? Especially on Warped, where we were living in a bubble and everybody was always involved in everybody else’s plans. But whatever he was doing right now I had no idea about.

Macy and Jane were at some party with Travis and Jack. They’d invited me to go along, but I didn’t want to without Alex. Sure I could go with Zack, but I’d rather just relax on the bus tonight; there’d be plenty of other parties this tour.

I’d invited VickyT over. We were sitting in the back lounge painting our nails and talking.

“So he just walked out naked?” I asked, amused.
“Please, girl, you have no idea how often this happens.”

I burst out laughing knowing how true that was.
Oh, Gabe.

“So what about you and Alex? How long has it been now?”
“It’s been a little more than three years.”
“Wow.”

I smirked.

“Yeah, we’re pretty amazing,” I teased.
“Any marriage plans?”
“God, no! Well, not yet, anyway.”
“Where is he tonight?”
“That’s a good question,” I trailed off.

There was a knock on the door but it burst open before I could ask who it was. I heard running footsteps up the stairs and down the hall and Garrett appeared before us.

“What’s up, honey?”
“Alex,” he panted.

My smile melted off my face.

“What about Alex?”
“Do you know where he is right now?”
“No, why?”
“I do.”

Could he make this conversation any harder?

“Okay… Where is he?”
“At the party.”
“So?”
“With another girl.”

My heart sank down to my toes and all of the breath left my body. No, that couldn’t be the truth. Alex would never do something like that to me. I heard more footsteps and Alex appeared next to Garrett a few seconds later. He was panting, as well.

“Did you-? What did you say to her?” he asked Garrett, still out of breath.
“Alex, where were you?” I asked, my tone cold.
“I was…”
“And don’t bother lying, because it probably wouldn’t explain the lipstick all over your neck.”

I got up and stormed off the bus.
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Short post.
Yesterday I wrote, like, five chapters.
Because I had really good ideas.
So yeah.
It keeps getting better(; 

Alex

During our set, the two girls from lunch were there with their backstage passes, just like they’d promised. I put on a smile and walked up to them holding Rachel’s hand tightly in mine.

“Hi,” I smiled.
“Hey,” they giggled.
“Enjoy the show.”

I pulled Rachel away with me over to Danny.

“That wasn’t so bad, was it?” I smiled at her.
“You didn’t actually give them a chance for it to be bad.”

I rolled my eyes as I slipped the guitar strap over my head. It hung loosely by my side and I pushed it behind my back to pull Rachel against me, my hands slipping into her back pockets. I glanced over at the two girls who were staring right at us and didn’t look so happy anymore.

“I love you,” I remind her, leaning forward and pressing my lips to her forehead.
“Guys, it’s time to go on,” Flyzik called.
“Have a good show,” Rachel smiled, kissing me softly as she pulled my hands out of her pockets.

I watched her walk to the side of the stage where she’d be watching and then walked over to Rian, Zack, and Jack.

“Let’s go fuck shit up!” I cheered. They threw their hands in the air, cheering with me. I looked over at Rachel who was standing with some girl, both of them looking at us and laughing. I smiled at her and went onto the stage, everything drowned out from the noise of the crowd.

Rachel

I’d noticed an unfamiliar girl standing off to the side of the stage. She had a pass but still looked kind of lost. I walked over to her to find out who she was.

“Hi, I’m Rachel. You look lost.”
“Hi, Rachel. I’m Jane, and I’m not lost, just new to this whole thing.”

I gave her a confused look. Who the hell was she?

“I’m… with Jack, kinda.”
“Oh! I’ve been waiting to meet you,” I smiled.
“You’ve heard about me?” this seemed to make her happy.
“Not from Jack, but from John, actually.”
“John Ohh knows who I am?” she sounded in awe.

I laughed.

“Yeah.”
“Whoa.”

Sometimes it blew my mind how used to all of this I was; and how people were star struck by my best friends.

I talked to Jane the entire show and she seemed like a really cool girl.

“So how did you get on the entire tour?”
“Coffee cart,” she admitted.
“Now I know how you met Jack.”

She laughed.

Macy came skipping over to us and wrapped her arm around my waist when she reached us.

“Hey, baby,” she smiled, kissing my cheek.

Jane gawked at us and we burst out laughing.

“This is Macy, one of my best friends. Macy, this is Jane. She’s… with Jack, kinda.”
“Hey,” Macy smiled and shook Jane’s hand.
“Let’s go walk,” I suggested.

Jane agreed half-heartedly, probably deciding which she wanted more: to be ‘accepted’ by Jack’s friends or to watch All Time Low perform from the amazing spot that I was very used to.

We walked around the main area for a while. Eventually we ended up at All Time Low’s merch table.

“Hey, hun,” I greeted Vinny.
“Why aren’t you guys watching the show?” Grieco asked.

I shrugged.

“And who’s that?” Vinny asked very bluntly, looking at Jane.
“This is Jane,” Macy said.

Vinny, Grieco and the rest of the crew were already used to Macy’s presence.

“Hi, Jane,” they said, seeming slightly uninterested.
“She’s the mystery girl that Jack won’t tell any of us about.”

That got their attention.

Alex

After we finished our set, the four of us walked off stage and took the towels and water bottles Flyzik had waiting for us. We dried ourselves off and gulped down the water.

“Where’d the girls go?” Jack asked, looking around.
“I dunno,” I shrugged. I was used to Rachel not staying for the entire set.

I felt somebody tap me on the shoulder and turned around. One of the hottest girls I’d ever seen in my entire life stood in front of me.

“Hi,” I smiled my signature smile.
“Hi, Alex,” she bit her lip to hide her wide smile.
“I don’t think it’s fair that I don’t know your name.”
“It’s Hannah.”
“Hi, Hannah.”

She giggled.

“How can I help you?”
“I just-“

Flyzik came walking over and I turned my attention to him, letting him know with my eyes that I was annoyed for him interrupting this conversation. He gave me a weird look and then began talking. I didn’t really hear what he was saying because Hannah slipped a piece of paper into my hand. I opened it, Flyzik completely unaware that my attention was elsewhere.

Coffee cart – 10 PM?

I took the pen out of Flyzik’s ear and scribbled a response, handing the note back to Hannah. She smiled and walked away.

Dear Hannah, count me in ;)
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I didn't plan on posting, but there's so many of you online.
And if you're all as bored as I am, you'll appreciate this post.

So I was being a creep earlier and found out that Garrett actually has a girlfriend.
And her name is Rachel.
Weird.

So Merry Christmas, all of you.
I'm on my way to see It's Complicated, then out for Chinese.
No lie(;

And I enjoy Hannah's character.
She's feisty(:  

Oh, and the line 'fuck shit up' is only added because of my band family<3
It's one of the things we screamed before each show.
The other thing we screamed was "saxy ass mother fuckers".
Because saxophones are the c00lest.
That's enough of my band camp memories for now. 

Alex

I looked up from my notebook to stare at Rachel. She was curled up on the couch, her eyes glued to the TV. I smiled and went back to writing frantically. I had an idea for a song in my head, and just looking at Rachel helped the lyrics flow through me onto the paper.

And keeps a list of the qualities a good girl lacks,
She bits her lip and tips her bottle,
I take a drink ‘cause the truth is hard to swallow

She looked over at me and I smirked the smirk that she loves.

“What are you doing?” she asked sleepily.
“Writing a song.”
“About?”
“You.”

She tried not to smile too widely as she returned her attention to the TV. I closed my notebook and hid it in its usual spot. I quietly tiptoed over and scooped Rachel up in my arms, kissing every part of her I could reach. The next thing I knew, her lips were attached to mine. She smelled like John, but he’d hugged her when he dropped her off, after all. I’d promised both of us that I’d work on the whole jealousy thing.

“Let’s go heat up Warped Tour,” I suggested, setting her on her feet and taking her hand. We left the bus and started walking around.
“New York,” she sighed happily.
“I don’t like the rush of big cities,” I shrugged.
“I know, and you especially hate the drivers.”

We laughed at the memory and walked over to the lunch tent.

“What time are you performing today?”
“Five, I think.”

We each took plates and piled food on. I took her hand again and led her over to a surprisingly empty table. We sat down facing each other and ate in a comfortable silence for a few moments. I spotted two girls standing a few feet away, both of them whispering and staring at us. They came walking over and stopped in front of our table, holding onto each other, clearly trying to suppress excitement.

“Hi,” they giggled.
“Hey,” I smiled. Rule number one in my personal handbook was to always be nice to the fans, no matter how little I wanted them around me at the moment. “Can I help you girls?”
“Can we get a picture?”
“Sure.”

I stood up and wrapped my arms around their shoulders as one of them thrust the camera into Rachel’s hand, not saying anything or acknowledging her in any other way. This is why I usually kept her from people. She snapped the picture and smiled, handing the camera back to the girl.

“Thanks,” she said offhandedly, her attention on me. “We have passes to your show today.”
“That’s cool,” not really. “Did you get them from Hustler?”
“Yeah, that’s how we’re here now.”
“Awesome,” I nodded.

I glanced over at Rachel who had sat back down at the table, her back to us. She was playing with her food, a sure sign that something was bothering her.

“Well, I really need to eat so that I can get ready for our show, but thanks for hanging out with me.”

I hugged them both and took my seat again. Rachel ignored me. I pulled her hands across the table to hold them in mine.

“I’m really sorry, baby.”

She pulled her hands out of mine, folding them in her lap.

“You know why people don’t know about us.”
“Yeah, because of girls like that; but if they did know who I was, that wouldn’t have happened.”
“Well, they probably would’ve been bitchier because they’d know for a fact that you were mine.”

A smile flickered across her face but she tried to hide.

“I saw that,” I teased, leaning across the table to tickle her chin.

Jack

I finished blow-drying my hair and waited for Jane to come. There was a knock on the door and I called for her to come in. She walked slowly up the stairs, looking around as though she’d never been on a bus before.

“Hey,” I smiled.
“Your bus is rather blue,” she noted.
“Yeah,” I frowned.
“Is that bad?”
“No,” I grabbed the two sodas off the counter and motioned for her to follow me.

I took us to the back lounge and set her drink down on the table next to mine. I sat down on the couch and watched her decide what to do. Does she just sit down? Or does she wait for me to invite her to sit down? She took the option showing that she was still nervous around me and waited for me to invite her to sit down. I smiled and patted the spot on the couch next to me.

“Of all jobs, why did you pick the coffee girl?”

She laughed and brushed her bangs out of her face.

“I needed to be on Warped the entire summer and nobody was looking for a merch person. Coffee was the only option… and I like coffee.”

I laughed this time.

“Fair enough.”
“And what ever happened to that blonde streak in your hair?”
“I felt it was too high school and I was turning, like, twenty.”
“I guess,” she shrugged.
“Why?”
“I liked it. It kinda made you, you.”

I laughed again.

“I feel like you already know everything about me, but I know nothing about you.”
“Well whose fault is that?” she smiled.
“You should’ve stalked me sooner.”

She laughed and blushed slightly.

“Kidding,” I added as an afterthought.

We left the bus a little later to walk around.

“Jack!” I heard my name called from everywhere.
“Fuck, I forgot there were people here,” I apologized as a girl came running over to me.

Within thirty seconds I was surrounded by screaming girls. They were all pushing things at me, begging for me to sign them. I did my best to sign what I could and pushed my way out of the crowd, telling everyone that I had to be somewhere. Flashing camera lights blinded me as I looked around and found Jane waiting off the side, a somewhat annoyed expression on her face.

“I’m so sorry,” I said, walking over and slipping my arm around her waist.
“Yeah, it’s real easy to forget stuff like that,” her tone dripped sarcasm.
“Are you mad?”
“No, just annoyed, but it’s not your fault.”
“Okay,” I sighed with relief.
“Because any other day, I’d be one of those girls.”
“Really?”

It was hard to imagine Jane, who seemed so cool, freaking out about me.

Zack

I should be happy for them, right? I mean, I was upset when they broke up, but why wasn’t I happy that they were back together? Did I ever actually believe I had a shot with Macy?

I wandered over to our merch table and winced as the screams reached my ears. Sometimes I really hated a few aspects of this life, screaming fan-girls being one of them. I smiled in their direction and stood next to Flyzik.

“What up, man?” he looked concerned.

On the road, Flyzik was like our dad, but the cool dad that you usually mistook as your best friend.

“Travis and Macy are back together.”
“Is that good or bad?”
“I don’t even know.”

Flyzik began walking away from the table and I knew I was supposed to follow him. He led me a couple yards away where we were out of sight from all of the fans.

“I know that you started to like her and I know that Travis is one of your best friends.”
“So what do I do?”
“Be happy for them.”

I groaned.

“I was afraid that would be the answer.”

He clapped me on the shoulder.

“Go be a great friend, just like Travis knows you are.”
“See ya, man.”

Travis

The roar of the crowd singing my words never got old.

“I’ll be waiting, wishing, wanting yours for the taking! Just sneak out and don’t tell a soul goodbye!”

When the song was over, I glanced off stage at Macy and saw she wasn’t alone. Zack was standing with her. I tried not to look too panicked or let thoughts get into my head. I still had a show to finish. I looked back out at the crowd.

“You all have beautiful voices,” I told them.

They cheered.

“Ready for another song? I need your help, though. I think I’m losing my voice. Sing loud, okay?”

When our set was finished, I exited the stage faster than I normally would have. Zack and Macy weren’t really talking all the much, just standing together and looking uncomfortably awkward. I wrapped my arm around Macy and looked at Zack.

“Can we talk?” he asked.
“Yeah, sure,” I said, letting go of Macy and following Zack off-stage.
“I just want you to know that I’m not jealous or anything. I just wanna be your friend, like always.”
“Thank God, bro.”

We full out hugged and I smiled at him.

“I always knew you were a good guy,” I said and then went back to Macy.
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I'm not gonna bother posting tomorrow.

Nobody's gonna read it.
I'll write a lot, though.

I wanted this chapter to end with a cliffhanger, but I couldn't think of one and it was already getting really long.

And here's proof of Rian and Kara's breakup that will get you all off my back:
http://www.seventeen.com/fun-stuff/17-buzz/all-time-low

Rian says, "ex-girlfriend".
So stop getting mad at me for pointing out the truth.
I thank Hannah for this article.  

And please don't have all of the comments be about them.
I enjoy it more when you tell me what you think of my writing.

Sorry to sound so mean and everything, but yeah.

And Merry Christmas [Eve].
In case anybody's wondering, I'm getting Chinese food and seeing It's Complicated tomorrow.
Yay for being Jewish.  

Hey im posting tonight as tomrorow is the 24 th my parents wedding and the day after is the 25th so i will not be on the line of internet-ness !!

The crowds were huge, Tilde and I were buzzing with excitement. This was warped tour! We had always wanted to go. There was huge tents pitched selling Glamour kills, TWLOHA and Vans. The sun was all ready high in the sky and created a hazy glow over people in band t-shirts and cut off denims and converses.

I slung my Polaroid round my neck and Looked at Tilde, we grinned widely at each other "Let's go find Alex!" she said, we linked arms and made our way through the crowd.

We showed our shiny valuable VIP passes to the security, I could tell by the look on his face what he thought 'Fan girls that will be there to sleep with the band for the summer'. Wrong we were fan girls living the dream. How many fans could say they were best friends with them and not just via twitter or MySpace?

As Alex came into sight Tilde almost screamed running towards him and wrapping him in a tight hug. I rolled my eyes. Jack grinned "hey! Belle comes meet the guys from The Maine". I almost chocked on air ... The Maine... Wow. I took a deep breath and re-tied my white lace ups before casually walking over.

**

John O'Callaghan p.o.v

Belle smiled brightly walking past Alex and Tilde 'sucking face' as if they weren't. Jack sipped his mountain dew "Belle this is John O'Callaghan, Kennedy Brook, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelson and Pat kirch or to all media/fan's The Maine. Her Bluey-green eyes lit up "Hi! It's nice to meet you all ... having been a fan of your music for ... Phh years? I guess". I grinned "Really, well it's nice to meet you!" She giggled a little and ran her fingers through the ends of her long dark hair. Just then Nate and Sean from 30H! 3 walked past. "Yo! Johnno see you on stage man!" Sean yelled. Belle blinked; as soon as they were out of hearing shot she whispered "Did I just see 3oh! 3?" I nodded "Wow I'm never gunna get used to this, how the hell am I gunna be a music journalist?" Pat smiled "The trick is if you don't take it for advantage, you'll always be thankful for what you've got therefore you'll always be motivated to work" Belle smiled "I'll keep that in mind".

"You better do Belle, I can tell by your enthusiasm pretty soon this'll become real life". Belle smiled "Thank you; you'll be the first guys Ill interview!" Just then she felt a hand on my shoulder "Hey you said we'd be your first interview" she jumped and span around to see Alex stood with his arm round tilde. "Oh you've come up for air!" We all turned to see a tall girl with long dark hair a pair of huge sunnies and a 'The summer set "TSHIRT on. Belle grinned "Maddy!!" They hugged, I recognised Maddy from gigs and being surgically attached to Jacks lips at one party. "Well' Alex said 'Let's get this summer started!". Hell yeah.

**

The crowd screamed and I felt the rush of being right in front of the stage in front of the barriers. It was great! The summer set where playing and Alex, john and Jared where singing along. Maddy and Belle were taking pictures and going crazy and looked much hyped. "OMG ITS JOHN GOMEZ!" maddy cried excitedly.

"ITS JOHN AND STEPHEN!"

I snuck a side wise glance at Alex who snuck at glance at me we smiled and he stopped dancing for a minute and pulled me into him by the waist and kissed me ... in front of everyone at warped tour, the whole band and a crowd of screaming fans. I was never gunna get used to this.

so thats chapter one !

What do you guys think ?

oh and if you havent heard of THE SUMMER SET * picture below* you must listen to them check out their myspace or you tube :)

Or if you want me to send you some of their songs buzzmail me your adress :)

I think you'll guys will like them ! They've toured with The Cab, The Maine ( Kennady brook of the maine used to be in the band before he was in the maine) and Hey monday and are playing warped tour this year.

so thats my christmas prezzie to buzznet ! a hot tip for 2010

love