Chapter Twenty

*few days later*
  We only have a few more weeks of your left and I think I am ready to tell the boys fans that me and Denis are together. Denis is just worried that they will send me hate and all, but I'm tired of having to hide our relationship. In interviews he has to say that he is still single. I'm tired of having to hide under the radar. I sighed and gently pulled out of Denis's arms and rolled out of my bunk. We had fallen asleep in my bunk last night, watching Netflix. I walked to the living room and say on the couch, I pulled my knees to my chest and wrapped my arms around them, resting my chin ontop of them.
    "You okay?"
I heard a voice from behind me.
  I looked up and Cameron was getting a water bottle from the refrigerator. I nodded. He came and sat on the couch next to me.
    "What's on your mind?"
He asks.
    "I think, I'm ready to tell the fans about mine and Denis's relationship. I'm scared to tell Denis because he doesn't want me to get hate. That and I don't want it to start an argument between us."
I say, biting my lip.
  Cameron sighed.
    "Look, I know you are nervous about confronting Denis with the entire thing, but be like look Denis we have been together since November, behind the fans backs. Its been almost four months, if you think you're ready then he needs to except that."
He says.
  I look down and nodd. That's when I hear the back room door slam. I go back to my bunk and realize the Denis had heard everything that me and Cameron just talked about. I sighed and went and knocked on the back room door.
    "Go away!"
Denis yelled, his voice hoarse.
    "Denis, please let me so I can talk to you. Just let me explain."
I say, through the door.
  He opens the door, his face full of tear streaks. He steps aside and I walk in. I wrap my arms around him and he cries into my shoulder.
    "I just don't want them to take you away from me. I don't want them to make you leave me."
He whimpers.
  I gently brush through his messy hair with my fingers.
    "It's okay Denis. I would never let them take me away from you and I would never leave you."
I whisper, trying to calm him down.
  We sit on the couch and he cries into my shoulder with me gently running my fingers through the back of his hair. His cries eventually become light sniffles and he pulls away. I gently wipe the tear stains from his face. He gave me a small smile.
    "Are you sure that you want to do this?"
He says.
  I nodd.
    "Yes Denis. We can't keep lying to your fans. They mean the world to you, and it's not right."
I say, gently brushing his bangs from his eyes.
    "Okay then, go get changed and we'll post a picture on my instagram."
He says.
  I smile. I go into the bunk room and grab a pair of my skull leggings and one of Denis's oversized sweaters. They were a little big on him, so they partially drown me. I go into the bathroom and change and add a little bit of makeup to my naturally pale face. I then pull my bright red hair into a messy bun. I then walk back to the back room where Denis is sitting. He is playing around on his phone. He smiles when he sees me.
    "What kind of picture are we going to take?"
I ask.
    "I figured we would take one of us holding hands, kissing, and then one of us smiling and make sort of a collage with it."
He says.
  I smile.
    "That sounds cute."
I say.
  His cheeks blush a light pink. I giggle and pack his cheek.
    "That's adorable."
I coo.
  His cheeks turn a shade darker. I smile. He then goes to his bunk and gets one of his black beanies. He takes the one of us smiling first and then laces our fingers together and takes a pictures of our hands. He then cups my face with one hand and gently presses his lips to mine while he snaps the picture with the other. I smile into the kiss and pull back after I hear the stutter click a few times. He chuckles lightly and picks his favorite one. He then starts typing up something.
    'For those who have been wondering, me and @tatertots25 are in a relationship. We have been dating since November and I hope you guys can accept that. Any hate that I see towards her will be reported and you will be blocked from mine, hers, and all of the boys social media profiles. Have a good evening Asking Alexandria family.'
  I smiled and hit the post button. We both watched as the comments and likes poured in. Most of them were positive, there were a few hate here and there, but it didn't really bother the either of us. I smiled and cuddled into Denis's side.
    "Well, they overall took that well I'd say."
I say, with a laugh.
  He chuckles.
    "Yeah. We just have to wait and see what all comments and such are being in."
He says.
  I nodd.
    "True."
  Ben come busting through the back room door.
    "You told the fans?!"
He exclaimed.
  Denis smiled and nodded.
    "It was time to mate. Me and Taylor have been dating for almost five months now and we have been talking them that I am single."
He says.
    "I guess you have a point."
Ben says.
  We then all walk to the living room area. Cameron smiled when he sees me and Denis walking hand in hand.
    "Hey everything settled?"
He asked.
    "Yes, and if any of you see any of the fans sending Taylor hate you are to block them and report them immediately. I don't want her to have to deal with that everyday when she is trying to post pictures for our fans."
Denis says.
  All of the boys nodd.
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*show time*
  The boys are rushing around the resting room trying to get ready for their show tonight here in Montana. I chuckle as Denis almost falls trying to struggle into his skinny jeans. He finally manages to get them on and pulls his t-shirt over his head. He then slides on his combat boots and looks in the mirror that Ben is using to straighten his hair. He fixes it a bit and then hairsprays it. The stage manager sticks his head in the doorway.
    "Time to go boys."
He says.
  The boys race outside and I hurry to help Denis hook up to his equipment. We are all running a little late today. I grab my camera from the top of one of the storage containers and skip the strap over my head. The stage crews lead me to where I will be shooting today. A few fans screamed when they saw me and reached out to me. I waved and they screamed harder. The boys raced out and their attention turned to them as mine turned to snapping pics of them goofing off and the mosh pits and such that was going on in the crowd. They were letting me redesign the Asking Alexandria webpage a little later on with the boys. Soon enough the show was over and I made my way backstage. Denis grinned and threw his arms around me and spinning me around.
    "Did you see the crowd tonight? It was insane! There were so many mosh pits and at the end there was even a wall of death!"
He says, excitedly.
  I giggle, and peck his lips.
    "That's good Denis, but can you let me down now?"
I ask.
  He chuckles and sets me down on my feet. We then walk hand in hand to the bus where the boys get cleaned up for the meet-n-greet. Denis was again the last to shower and again comes out toweling off his hair. He then shakes it out. I squeal when water droplets fall on me. He chuckles.
    "Sorry baby girl."
He says.
  He then brushed it out and fixed it to its normal style. I smiled as he sat down beside me and we waited for the go ahead so we could go to the place where the meet-n-greet was being held. The stage manager peeked his head in the door.
    "Ready to go guys?"
He said.
  We all stood up and made our ways to the meet-n-greet. There was another huge line of screaming fans as expected. The boys went to their seats behind the table and the gate was lifted. The crowd came rushing in. I took pictures until my extra camera battery died and then I went and sat on Denis's lap. The next fan that walked up smiled.
    "I think you two make a really cute couple."
She says.
    "Thanks love."
Denis says as he reached around my body to sign the poster. The meet-n-greet slowly came to the end. The boys were just as tired if not more tired than they were from the last meet-n-greet. We walked back to the tour bus, well Denis carried me because I had almost fell asleep in his lap at the signing. He places me in his bunk and wraps me in his blankets.
    "I'm going to get changed. I'll be back in a few minutes."
He says.
  A few minutes later, I feel Denis's tattooed arms come around my body. I turn and rest my head on Denis's chest.
    "Goodnight, baby girl."
He whispers, kissing the top of my head.
  I was lulled off to sleep by the gentle, steady sound of Denis's heart beat.

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