*Matt's POV*
I woke up with Morgan still laying in my arms and her head resting on my chest. She was so adorable when she slept. I leaned my head down to kiss her head gently. Her blue eyes fluttered open as she looked up at me.

"Good Morning beautiful" I cooed.

She smiled slightly, as she leaned over and kissed my lips. Every time she kissed me I fall in love all over again.

"Good morning, handsome" She whispered.

I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tightly before getting up to change and shower.

After I had showered I went down stairs, to get some breakfast. I poured myself a glass of water and grabbed a granola bar out of one of the cabinets. Morgan still hadn't come downstairs. She probably feel back asleep, it thought to myself.

"Shadz" Brian greeted me.

"Brian" I said back.

"Did you and Morgan get it on last night?" He teased.

"No"

"I'm shocked" He just stood there with his eyes wide.

I just sat there and continued to eat my granola bar.

"Did you even make a move bro?" Brian asked. I was curious as to why he wanted to know so badly, maybe I didn't want to rush Morgan, cause her life is absolute hell. Maybe I love her for who she is. I just let is slide and pretended his questions didn't bother me, because I could of cared less about them.

"No"

"So what did you guys do last night?" He asked. Finally a decent question.

"We sat on the widows walk and... Talked" I hesitated.

"That sounds like a good time man"

I laughed sarcastically, "very funny Brian"

We say there awkwardly for a couple minutes. Zacky eventually walked in and said, "Good Morning"

"Hey Zacky" I said.

"So how's is going between you and Morgan" Brian blurted out.

"Good... I guess" I never knew how to answer those questions.

"Morgan seems pretty cool, I like her, she's a good match for you Matt" Zacky said as he was pouring himself a glass of milk.

"Really?" I said, kind of shocked honestly.

"Yeah, I mean you're this big strong guy and she's this little weak girl... Or at least she looks that way- but she's really smart and mysterious..." Zacky's voice trailed off as he rambled on.

"Mysterious" Brian repeated.

"She is mysterious" I agreed.

"She seems pretty innocent too, I feel bad for her... Her life doesn't exactly seem easy..." Brian stated.

"I feel really bad for her, her life is fucking hell, between Andrew and having no friends or parents.. Or anyone really" I agreed, as I came to the realization that I might be all that Morgan has.

"Wanna know what she told me last night?" I said.

"What?" Zacky asked.

"I asked her what her favorite Avenged song was... And she said it was Brompton Cocktail cause its like the anthem of her life" I explained.

"That's a little concerning" Brian said worriedly.

I let out a large sigh as I got up and walked towards the back deck. I looked out over the sparkling ocean as thoughts raced through my head, all of them revolving around one subject; how worried I was about Morgan. Then another thought came to my mind that sent shivers down my spine, what if my dream became a reality. That would be my fucking nightmare.

*Morgan's POV*

As I rolled out of bed I noticed my phone had a new text message, I unlocked it and read:

I know you're at that beach house of yours, maybe I'll pay you and your friends a visit. You can run Morgan, but you can't hide.
-Andrew

"What the fuck" I whispered as I sat down on the bed. I suddenly became dizzy and the room felt like it was spinning. My hands were very shaky as I placed my phone back on the nightstand. I slowly wiped a tear from my face, trying to keep it together as best as I could. I just didn't understand. Why was Andrew doing this to me. Why did he care so much about ruining my life. Why why why. Did he just want me to be miserable? I didn't get it. He use to send me death threats and I thought those were bad, which they were but now it escalated into this, physically harming me. The last time I had a run in with him I think he dislocated my shoulder because it still ached like hell. I was scared to death. What would he do next. What if he hurt Matt? Or Brian? Or any of the other guys. It's like I could never be happy, as soon as I met Matt and had my two seconds of joy, it was now followed by a tsunami of pain. I couldn't take it.

I soon pulled myself out of my thoughts and trudged downstairs. All of the guys were at the kitchen table eating breakfast except for Matt, who I could see out on the back deck. I walked out to him and leaned my arms on the railing as I looked over the ocean.

"I missed you" he said, as he pulled me in for a hug. I looked up at him, "are you okay?" He asked in a concerned tone. He must of seen my puffy eyes from crying. I quickly pulled away and leaned on the railing again.

"Oh..yeah! I'm fine" I lied.

"M, what's going on?" Math persisted.

"Just thinking, that's all. Thoughts are deadly." I half lied, part of that statement was very much true.

Matt don't look convinced but he didn't ask any other questions.

I went and sat down on the swing, I expected Matt to come and sit next to me but he had already gone back inside.

*Matt's POV*

I quickly raced up the stairs. I knew Morgan was lying to me and I didn't like it. I was going to find out why though. I flew up the stairs and into our room. Her phone was sitting on the nightstand with 1 new text. From Andrew.

"That song of a bitch" I whispered. I unlocked her phone and read the text messages.

I heard footsteps coming towards me and a small voice spoke from behind, "Matt"

"You lied to me" I said sternly.

"I'm protecting you" Morgan said.

"Really? How?!" I raised my voice.

"Look I don't want you to be involved in this whole Andrew thing, I don't want anything happening to you." Morgan snapped.

"I'm a part of it whether you like it or not" I replied, "Morgan, I don't want anything happening to you. You don't have to worry about me, nothing's going to happen to me."

"You don't know that" she said coldly.

"No but if anything happens to you, I won't be able to live with myself for not being able to protect you" I paused to see if she was going to say anything back, "Morgan, I love you, and I don't want anything to happen to you, that's all."

She nodded slowly. I could see tears starting to fall from her eyes. I wrappe my arms around her shaking body and pulled her into my embrace.

"Matt, I'm scared" she cried as she buried her face into my chest, soaking my shirt with her tears.

I cupped her face in my hands and softly said "I know, sweetheart, I know, but I'm here and I'm not going to let anything happen to you"

She continued to cry and shake as I hugged her. She seemed so vulnerable and weak. After 10 minutes or so she had stopped crying and I picked her up to bring her down stairs. As the day went on I noticed her flinching as certain sounds and wincing at others. She was very skittish. She was scared out if her mind. I was so worried. How could she be so happy last night, and so miserable today. Andrew was ruining her life.