No Regrets [Jack Barakat]

Secret Valentine

Valentine's POV

"Any ideas for our next episode of NR-TV?" I asked and looked curious at my bandmates. They all shrugged and focused on their video game. Of course they were at the bus and played video games. We were in Auburn, WA already and had the next show in 2 days. So they thought they have nothing better to do than play COD. "C'mon guys, we didn't do one in like 3 weeks. It's time for it!" I begged and poked all of their chests. But they just ignored me. "Fine! I'm gonna make one on my own! I'm at ATL's bus if you need me" I said and walked out the bus. I took my phone and sunglasses from the table outside and walked to ATL's bus. Jack was sitting outside with Rian and Alex. Zack is somewhere jogging, I guess. "Hey guys" I said and sat next to Rian on a chair. "Hello" all of them said in unison. "Can you guys help me? I need ideas for the next NR-TV episode" I asked. "My head is empty" Alex said like a professor. I laughed and looked over to Jack. "I just woke up 10 minutes ago. I can't think of anything yet" he said and put his hand on his forehead. I rolled my eyes and hoped for Rian. "Wait...let me thing....Oh! What about this: You just cover some songs you like but you play them acoustic" he suggested. "Great idea! But there are some problems. 1) I can't play guitar and 2) it doesn't seem like Ian or Steve are leaving the bus soon" I told and crossed my arms. "Well, then...Jack can do it!" Rian said enthusiastic. It seemed like Jack didn't listen to our conversation because he put his head up and raised an eyebrow. "What?" he asked. "Take your guitar! You're in our next NR-TV episode" I explained and smirked. He looked at me like 'are you serious?' but then stood up from the chair and went in the bus to get his guitar. Rian said that he would film it and Alex is gonna be the guy that always interrupes and stuff. I think he wasn't serious...I hope. As soon as everything was ready, we decided which songs we're gonna cover. We chose 'Sugar, We're Going Down' by Fall Out Boy, 'What's My Age Again?' by Blink-182 and 'Everlong' by Foo Fighters. We made sure that it would work...I mean that I know the words and he knows how to play it. When we finished with that, Rian began to film.

"Hello Storytellers! [I just decided that No Regrets fans are called Storytellers, because on of their songs in called like this (this song doesn't really exist)] And maybe Hustlers. Today's the day of a new episode of NR-TV and how you maybe noticed isn't anyone of my bandmates here. That's because they're all in the bus and playing video games and I couldn't get them out of there so...But instead I've got Jack from All Time Low here!" I told in the camera. Jack waved in the camera and said 'Hi'. "Okay, so we're gonna play a couple of acoustic covers for you. Have fun" I said and then Jack begun to play the first song. It was really funny. Alex always "accidentaly" walked in front of the camera and kept interruping us and stuff. When we were finished with everything and uploaded the video. I stayed at their bus because I had nothing better to do. "Hey, we wanted to go to a restaurant. Do you wanna come with us? You can also ask your bandmates" Alex asked. "Yeah sure, why not. I'm gonna text Ian quickly" I said and took my phone. I quickly tiped Ian a message and he soon answered and agreed. "Okay, they're coming, too" I told them and they all smiled. Just then Zack came in the bus. "Hey Zack. Wanna come to a restaurant with us, Val and her band?" Rian asked Zack. Zack nodded and took a towel rubbed his body dry with it. "Awesome! Okay, so be at our bus in 20 minutes!" I said and got up from the chair. I waved to all of them and then walked over to my bus and to make myself ready. When I opened the bus door, I saw that they were still in the backlounge playing video games. "Guys, are you kidding me?" I said and put my hands on my hibs. "What?" they asked in unison. "You really played video games the whole afternoon?" I asked. They nodded like it wasn't something special. I rolled my eyes and walked to my bunk. "Be ready in 20 minutes. ATL are coming over to go to the restaurant" I informed and searched in my suitcase for something to wear. I decided to wear a normal pair of black skinny jeans and a Glamour Kills tank top. I didn't need a hoodie, because it was still really warm outside. When I changed, I checked my makeup and put my hair into a ponytail. When I walked out the bathroom, I saw that my bandmates were already ready and waiting for me. "Since when are you ready?" I asked in confusion. They looked up to me and shrugged. "Actually since you said that we're going out" Jerry answered. I raised an eyebrow but then shrugged. "Okay, let's go" I said and took my bag with my things in it. When I opened the door, I saw that the guys from ATL already waited for us outside. "Hey, you're already here?" I asked when we all hugged eachother. "Yeah, but not long" Rian said. "Ha, we waited for her aswell" Steve pointed out. I turned around and looked at him with an evil expression on my face. "I'm not the only one you had to wait for!" I protected myself. "Yeah, you're right....oh wait, no you're not" Jerry said. I punched his arm. "Let's go now!" I said annoyed. All of them laughed except of me, of course. We walked to the streets and called enough taxis for us all. In the first one were Rian, Zack and Jerry. In the second Bob, Steve and Alex. And in the last one were Jack, Ian and me. When we sat in the taxi, a dream of mine came true. I could finally say "Follow that taxi in front of us" to the taxi driver. First the driver looked confused at me. Even more when Jack and Ian were laughing. But then he realised that I was serious so he followed the other taxi. When we reached the restaurant and paid the driver and we walked inside. "Reserved on the name Cocksucker" Alex said to the waiter. We all laughed in the background and the waiter searched confused on his list for this name. When he really found it, he looked first at Alex and then at the rest of us. "Please follow me, Mr. Cocksucker" the waiter said and began to walk to a big room. When we followed him, I couldn't help and just burst out laughing. The others did that aswell, and I bet the waiter felt like in a bad joke. It seemed like Alex booked an entire room for us. Well, we were at least 9 people, so we needed some room. But I guess he did it because of the fans. There are always fans around. We all sat on the chairs and the waiter gave all of us the menu card. "You really booked on the name Cocksucker?" I asked Alex when the waiter left the room. "Yeah, so he probably won't recognize me" he explained. I laughed and shook my head. Jack was sitting on my left side, Bob on my right side and Ian was sitting in front of me. When the poor waiter came again, we ordered our food and he left. "So, are the fans nice to you until now?" Jack asked me when everyone else began to speak in different conversations. "Yeah, they're really nice. I've got some awesome presents from them" I said and smiled at him. God, his eyes are driving me crazy. They're brown like chocolate. I love chocolate. But they have something more. There's this chocolate brown color but they're also so friendly and kind. Like when I look in his eyes I just forget everything and everyone. "Val?" he suddenly asked. I jumped a bit and tried to not think about those eyes anymore. "Yes?" I said and smirked. "Are my eyes that nice that you just have to stare at them?" he asked and winked. I blushed, but like really bad. My cheecks were like a strawberry or a tomato. He laughed and put his arm around my shoulders. "Oh, no. You don't have to blush!" he said and laughed. Yeah, just put your arm around my shoulders, that definitely WON'T make me blush any more. Until then I didn't know that that was even possible. When he took his arm away, I actually wanted to scream at him and tell him that he should put his arm back. But then I remembered my cheeks. Thankfully our food came so there won't be any more awkward blushing. We all began to eat and drifted away in different conversations. Again. But now I was talking to Bob about the things we experienced on this tour and Jack was talking to Alex about something. When we all finished the food and the waiter took all the plates, all of them (including me) ordered alcohol. And I have to say, children, I'm not really proud of that, but I drank much that night. And when I say 'much' I mean like REEEAAAALLLYYYY MUCH. But I wasn't the only one. There wasn't actually anyone who was sober. Even Ian who actually never drinks really much, drank much that night. But it was so fun. We all had such a good time. After some hours of drinking in the restaurant, we decided to go to a karaoke bar. Zack, Rian, Alex and Jack paid for all of us and didn't let anyone of us pay anything. I was totally okay with that. Then we went outside and called again enough taxis and drove to the next karaoke bar. Thankfully there weren't too much people in this bar so Jack and Alex walked straight to the microphones and began to sing 'Ginny In A Bottle' by Christina Aguilera. [I have no idea how you write Aguilera or Ginny!] All in all it was such a funny night with a lot of alcohol. That doesn't mean that I just can have fun with alcohol, I can have fun without it aswell. But not at this night. "C'mon! Sing a song with me!" Jack yelled and dragged me to the stage on my arm. I just laughed and didn't refuse. He gave me the microphone in my hands and chose a song. When I heard the beggining of the song, I had to laugh so hard. It was 'Wannabe' by The Spice Girls. We sang the song and danced really silly to it. When I looked over to the others, I saw that Alex was filming everything. But that didn't stop me from singing and dancing. When it came to the end of the song, Jack and me made an end-pose. Everyone was clapping and screaming. Jack and me said 'thank you' to them and then went to the others to the table. "That was hilarious" Rian said and laughed. The others agreed and smiled at us. "Okay, let's take some shots!" Alex yelled and called the waiter. He ordered for everyone of us at least 3 shots. I actually didn't want to drink THIS much, but I drank more than this...