Sometimes, things move so quickly that Joe can’t even really keep up. He smiles and laughs and signs anything shoved at him, but he doesn’t hardly even notice the world rushing by in a blur, doesn’t see the days slipping by. He almost doesn’t even notice any passing of time, just because every venue, every crowd, every show seems so much the same. ( Read more... )

Joseph, fifteen years old and scared out of his mind, stares wide eyed at a spot on the wall, his form still and tense with nerves. If any of his prayers are ever going to be answered, he wants it to be this one. His mouth forms the words over and over, the silent pleas falling from his lips in a desperate bid to the heavens.
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"Our Endless Numbered Days" - Iron & Wine
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"O" - Damien Rice
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"I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" - Bright Eyes
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They’re in the car, on the way to the airport, and the silence is twisting between them, overgrown and horrible and altogether crushing to endure. Because this time, they’re not going off together. It’s not like they’re leaving for tour, off to New York or Florida or wherever it’s starting. Mom and Dad and Frankie and Kevin and the dozens of other ( Read more... )

 
( Joe has always known him best. )

“Hands Clean” - Alanis Morissette

Maybe if Nicholas had ever actually acted like a kid; maybe if he hadn’t skipped from pre-pubescent to full blown adult in the blink of an eye; maybe if he hadn't been forced to grow up in the spotlight like this; maybe if he didn’t have that amazing, impossibly toned body at the young age of sixteen. Maybe then ( Read more... )

 
( Nicholas nods slowly, his hands fisted in the fabric of Joe’s hoodie, and Joe can practically see the shock beginning to set in. )

Nick usually gauges how stressful or tiring his days are based on how many times his mom or Joe (usually Joe) forces a bottle of orange juice or a juice box into his hands, making him “sit down and drink the entire thing” before allowing him to do anything else. Usually, it’s like once or twice. Three times if Joe’s feeling kind of on edge. But ( Read more... )