"IS THAT A KID?"

Lisa stars to wail and Brian jumps, holding her close on instinct. He's never looked after a kid before, let alone had any sort of affection for one, but the way she's crying makes his heart sort of shrivel up- and it hurts. So he starts to shush her, glaring over at Zacky who had yelled in the first place.

"You'll freak her out, Zack, keep your voice down!" he hisses, and Jimmy bounds up from his seat, towering over his best friend and the kid he holds in his arms. Jimmy's like a teddy bear when it comes to children, he fucking loves them, and it's already clear that he loves this little girl- before even knowing her name.

"What's your name, duckie? I'm Jimmy by the way- and I'm going to teach you how to drink!" he announces, taking Lisa from Brian's arms and letting him collapse onto the sofa, his head in his hands. Matt slaps him on the back- because to be honest, he's a bit of a family man too- and takes another gulp of his beer, completely unfazed by what's happening.
"Lisa, Jimbo. Her name is Lisa. I found her huddled up backstage underneath my jacket. She was crying, and she had this note taped to her shirt that said she was an orphan. I had to bring her in" Brian says guiltily, and Jimmy starts cooing at the little girl.

"Hey Lisa, aren't you just precious, ya little cutie-pie? If you can keep down your liquor and don't mind playing tambourine for Avenged Sevenfold, we can make you the sixth member of the band!" Jimmy announces and Johnny groans, picking up another beer. It's going to be a long night, he can already tell. Jimmy glares at him and then turns back to Lisa, who's laughing in his arms, and trying to grab the handcuffs around his neck.

"Tell you what, we'll kick Johnny out and make you our bass player. You're probably a hell of a lot better than short shit is" he says, and three out of the four men laugh. Johnny glares back and flips him off, stalking off into the bunks.
"So what do we do now? It's a baby- and to be honest none of us know the first thing about taking care of a little girl" Zacky says sensibly, and Jimmy sits down, muttering to Lisa about ducks.

"I don't know. Maybe we should call the police, ask them if they've got her records. We don't want it to look like we've kidnapped this poor kid" Matt says, glancing over at Lisa and grinning. She claps her hands together and suddenly pipes up,
"I'm two! How old are yoou?"

Matt looks slightly mock offended but grins back. When no one says anything she looks at the four men, confused, until Jimmy says,
"I'm immortal so I'm actually five hundred and sixteen, but these guys are all super old, like twenty eight or some shit like that"
"Aren't we trying to keep the swearing around Lisa to a minimum?" Zacky asks, but it's altogether to late when Lisa starts yelling,

"Shit! Shit!"
"Oh fuck, we already corrupted her! And we haven't even broken out the JD yet" Brian groans and pulls out a bottle from the cabinet, feeling the bus engine burst into life below them and start to move out of the parking lot. Tomorrow they'll be at home, seeing their families and friends- what will they make of this new addition to the A7X family?

"So what do we do next?" Matt asks as Jimmy starts cooing at Lisa again. And this time, it's Brian's turn to come up with a suggestion.

"As soon as we get to Long Beach- I'm giving Lizzy a call"

***

Lizzy Haner was Brian's younger sister, and though she was still in High School, she was part of the A7X family firmly. So when Brian called her at seven am to say they'd gotten into the LBC, and she needed to get her ass down here, she wondered who had already arrested them, and how much bail money she was going to need to get them out. So when she pulled into the arena parking lot, and found everyone still intact- she wondered who they'd killed.

"BRIAN! GET YOUR SKINNY ASS OUT HERE!" she yelled as she burst onto the bus to find only Matt awake. After hugging him, and yelling for Brian one last time, she was lifted up off her feet by Jimmy, who slung her over his shoulder.
"LIZZY! How the fuck are you, mini me?"
Lizzy was a drummer, and had been taught by the great Reverend himself, and the two could be found geeking out over drums all the time.

"I'm awesome, big fudge! Now put me down, I'm getting nauseous" she grinned, and when he put her down, and her vision had turned still again, she turned to look at the bunks, where Brian was now stood.

And he had a girl in his arms. A two year old, she guessed, with cute little blonde pigtails and big brown eyes.

"Hey sis. Meet Lisa"