It’s Not You- Halestorm
I'm in love with somebody/Found someone who completes me/I'm in love with somebody/Ooh yeeaahhh/And it's not you/Feed my finger what you're gonna do/See these lips they're all done talking to you/I don't mean to bruise your ego/But I've had you nailed down for so long/I don't see your name on my tattoo/Hope you understand/It's been a long time coming/It's for the best/No offense/I'm in love with somebody/Found someone who completes me/I'm in love with somebody/Ooh yeeaahhh/And it's not you/I know who you think you are/Sorry I've turned you on/but I'm kissing you off/Lines of whiskey and cigarettes/but not enough to make me forget/I've got someone who has raised the bar/I've heard it all before/Stop spinnin' your wheels/Show you the door/No hard feelings/I'm in love with somebody/Found someone who completes me/I'm in love with somebody/Ooh yeeaahhh/And it's not you/You've probably never been shot down before/You've probably never been shot down before/I'll try and make it easier/I'm in love with somebody/Found someone who completes me/I'm in love with somebody/Ooh yeeaahhh/And it's not you/It's not you/It's not you, yeah

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“Your girlfriend is HERE?” I hissed and he nodded. “And you just fucked me?” He nodded again and I punched him in the arm, “Are you nuts?” He shrugged. “What if someone had walked in?”

He pointed at the door, “Locked, they can’t just walk in.”

“True, but holy fuck Zacky!” I shook my head. “And now we smell like sex. Do you think she won’t be able to smell me on you and you on me?”

“Shit, you’re right.” He muttered, sniffing my neck. “Sorry, I wasn’t really thinking you know. You show up here and… I… I just… I missed you so much for so long, I needed to know if it was really how I remember, or if I was making it seem better than it was.”

“And was it everything you remember?” I asked.

He cupped my face in his hands and pressed his lips to mine, “EVERYTHING. But I do have a girlfriend right now, so this never happened.”

“Zacky…” I whispered just as someone knocked on the door.

“Who is it?” Zacky asked.

“Brian,” the person replied, “And Gena’s looking for you, so wrap it up.”

“It’s wrapped up,” Zacky replied, “We’ll be right out.” He turned back to me, “We’ve got to go pretend now.”

I sighed as he opened the door and walked out. Following him I blushed as Brian winked at me lewdly. “Asshole,” I muttered and he laughed.

“Don’t forget who’s keeping your secret,” he reminded me and I laughed.

“You’re keeping HIS secret, I don’t care if she knows what we just did!”

“Oh yea?” He asked and I nodded.

“Let her find out, she means nothing to me.” I told him and he ran his finger over my cheek. I pushed his hand away, “Brian, I don’t want you.”

“Right,” He nodded, “You’re a Vengeance Schoolgirl all the way.”

“I’m the original Vengeance Schoolgirl,” I reminded him. “There were no Vengeance Schoolgirls before me.”

“Right.” He nodded, “Because you invented Vengeance University.”

“Exactly,” I smiled, “And you can never replace the first.”

“You’re a bit full of yourself don’t you think?” He asked and I laughed.

“He just walked out of a party with his girlfriend to fuck me after six years, I think I have a right to be a little full of myself.” I walked back into the party and hoped to hell Johnny hadn’t shown up. Because I so didn’t wanna have that conversation tonight. I wanted to enjoy myself and have a blast, and introduce myself to Gena, the blonde blowup doll Zacky’d been using in my stead.

I wandered around for a while, and then ran into Matt and Valary. “Hey guys!” I greeted them and Valary glanced at me.

“You look familiar,” she observed and I giggled.

“Leave it to the woman,” I winked at her. “Blonde wig, half skeleton makeup, Halloween, Marilyn, Zacky…”

“OH MY GOD!” She gasped, “You’re Zacky’s mystery date!”

“Holy fucking hell!” Matt laughed, “He still talks about you.”

“Does he now?” I heard someone ask and turned to see the blonde blowup doll herself. “So who the hell are you and why do Matt and Valary associate you with Zacky?”

“Beka, I’m the lead singer of Black Widow.” I told her and she narrowed her eyes.

“You’re the one with the Vengeance University tattoo,” she said, “The one with his autograph. You know, just because you got him to sign your stomach doesn’t mean shit.”

“It does if he signed it six years ago,” I smiled sweetly and she stared at me confused. I raised my shirt and showed her, “I’ve had this tattoo, in its entirety for six years Gena. Long before Vengeance University existed.”

The implication in my tone, was ‘long before you’, and she understood it perfectly fine, turning to stare at Zacky as he walked up.

“Did you fuck her?” She asked and I laughed as he had to school his features.

“Did I fuck her when?” He replied with a laugh, “Six years ago? Hell yea baby.”

“You’re gross,” she muttered and he flipped her off.

“I was a single guy, don’t tell me you thought you were my first?” He joked and she rolled her eyes.

“Of course not,” she replied, “I just didn’t know you fucked groupies.”

“Beka’s not a groupie, she didn’t even listen to our music until after I fucked her,” Zacky laughed and patted Gena on the head, “Beka and I had this whole thing, and it was amazing.”

“Shut up,” She hissed and I smiled as her frown deepened. “I don’t need to hear about your conquests.”

“There was a lot of conquering that went on,” I replied breezily and Valary laughed as Gena’s expression grew darker still.

“Didn’t the two of you go have really hot high sex Halloween night?” Matt asked and Gena huffed and stomped off.

“Yes we did, and thanks for pissing off my girlfriend Matt!” Zacky laughed.

“What, you just cheated on her!” Matt retorted and Zacky’s eyes went wide.

“How the fuck…?”

“We saw you leave the room, and come back looking for all the world like a kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar.” Valary giggled.

“I hate all of you,” Zacky joked and Matt shrugged.

“I don’t.” I winked at Matt, “Thanks, it makes my job so much easier.”

“What job’s that?” Matt asked and I grinned wickedly.

“Getting rid of the girlfriend.”

“You’re evil,” Brian observed and I nodded.

“My parents moved me away before I really had a chance, so now I’m gonna take it back, I think. Just, keep Johnny away from me.”

“Why?” Zacky asked and I grimaced.

“He’s my ex boyfriend.”

“WHAT?” They all yelled and I squirmed.

“Johnny’s your ex boyfriend?” Zacky asked, eyes wide and I nodded.

“Yeah, we started dating when I was five, and ten years later we kinda started having really bad sex…”

“Well I knew the sex you were having before me was really bad,” Zacky laughed, “But Johnny?”

“Wow, Lacey seems so happy.” Valary said.

“Maybe she’s faking it, or maybe he’s figured out he had a problem.” I muttered. “Just, things are going to get awkward I’m sure.”

“You cheated on Johnny with me?” Zacky asked, tone still a little unbelieving.

“Yes I did, now, can you get over it?” I asked and he shrugged.

“That’s so weird.”

“Believe me I know, but he and I do have a history and I’d rather you guys not be blindsided by it, so there, it’s out in the open. I used to date Johnny, and, I cheated on Johnny with Zacky, and Johnny doesn’t know…” I explained and Matt grimaced.

“Fucking hell, I hope he’s so over you he doesn’t care.” Matt replied and I shrugged.

“I have no idea, we were together for twelve years.” I muttered and Valary’s eyes went wide.

“TWELVE YEARS?” She asked, “How is that even possible?”

“Five to seventeen,” I replied, “Though I spent the last year cheating on him.”

Zacky coughed and I glanced at him, “You say that so matter of factly.” He observed.

“Cause it’s the truth.” I replied and yawned, “I’m gonna head to bed now. See all ya’ll tomorrow!”

The next day I managed to avoid Johnny all the way up until just before show time. And that was when he realized who I was.

“OH MY GOD, BEKA!” He gasped and engulfed me in a hug, dragging me into a room with the other guys. “GUYS! THIS IS THE GIRL I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT!”

“Which girl?” Brian asked, eyebrows raised.

Jimmy turned around and his jaw dropped, “Holy fucking hell, Beka. You broke up with him the day I asked him to join avenged.”

“Yep,” I nodded and Zacky swallowed, realizing just exactly how LONG I’d waited to break up with Johnny after we’d started fucking.

Too long.

“God, wow, I missed you so much. I kept trying to find you, but it never worked.” Johnny went on and on, gushing about me and I couldn’t take my eyes off the pained look on Zacky’s face.

“Johnny, do you remember that I never told you that I loved you?” I asked and he shut up. “Do you?”

Johnny nodded slowly and Zacky tilted his head to the side, watching, remembering that I’d told HIM that I loved him.

“I do remember that,” Johnny admitted.

“It’s because I never did,” I told him, “I didn’t love you, I cheated on you, and now I have to go.” I turned around and walked out onto the stage, launching into the first song in the set before Johnny could say anything.

Partway through the set we covered Halestorm’s “It’s Not You”, which was how I felt about Johnny, and I hope he understood what I meant.

I got to the line, “…I don’t see your name on my tattoo!” and lifted up my shirt, showing off Zacky’s autograph to the audience, who went really crazy for some odd reason. I couldn’t figure out why. Maybe they were happy another a7x fan was getting to open for the band? Maybe they were pissed off and I couldn’t tell the difference, I didn’t know, nor did I care. I just knew that I loved Zacky and would do anything to get him back.

When our set ended and the next opening act took over I went backstage and was greeted by Johnny, who yanked my shirt up.

“When THE FUCK did you get that?” He demanded.

“Three days before my parents made me move,” I laughed. “The day Zacky and I officially started going out!”

“You cheated on me with ZACKY?” He yelled and Zacky appeared, wrapping his arms around me from behind and drawing me away from Johnny.

“Johnny shut up,” Zacky said, “It was before you were even in the band.”

“Is THAT the real reason you broke up with me? Because you didn’t want me to find out you were seeing my new band mate behind my back?” Johnny demanded and I laughed.

“I broke up with you because you never gave me an orgasm, I didn’t break up with Zacky because he DID!” I yelled and his jaw dropped.

“Oh wow,” Gena breathed walking into the room, “Isn’t this cozy.”

“Actually it kinda is,” I snuggled back into Zacky’s arms and her eyes flashed as I lifted my hands up and rested them on Zacky’s arms. “You know, Zacky and I never really broke up.”

Zacky burst out laughing and Gena’s jaw dropped, “What the hell are you getting at?”

“I was FORCED to leave, I didn’t choose it, and we didn’t break up before I left, so… I don’t know, what am I getting at?” I giggled and Johnny growled.

“Wow, you really do…” He started and I cut him off, “Love him, yes.”

“I hate you,” Gena informed me and I snorted.

“Hate me all you want, but he named his clothing line for me,” I giggled, “After all those years, and his arms are around me now. So what does that tell you?”

“That he never got over you,” She conceded. “Zacky, I think we need to take a break while you figure out what the fuck you want.”

“I think we need to break up,” He told her and I laughed.

“No Zack, just a break.” She said and he shook his head.

“No Gena, break up.” He corrected her, “I know what I want.”

“It’s not you,” Johnny told her, “So just give it the fuck up.”

She stomped out of the room, and I leaned my head back against Zacky’s chest.

“So tell me, where do we go from here?” I asked and Zacky shrugged.

“I honestly don’t know, but I’d love the chance to find out.” He told me and I turned to kiss him.

“Should we take things slow?” I asked and he raised his eyebrows.

“Honey, when the hell have things ever gone slow between us?”

“Never?” I asked and he laughed.

“Exactly, and that’s one of the things I always loved about you.”

“They’re so cute it’s grossing me out,” Johnny whined and I flipped him off. “You used to do that.”

“GO FUCK LACEY!” I yelled and he took off running.

“Fuck, Lacey!” He yelled and I giggled, kissing Zacky again.

“Can I keep you?” I asked and Zacky nodded.

“I think you can.”

Notes

THIS IS THE FINAL CHAPTER. SERIOUSLY, THERE IS NO MORE, AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE.