I Can't Need You Anymore
Ch. 1 - How The Misery Begins
It was a beautiful day in sunny California. I was heading for the nearest Starbucks to get myself a coffee.
It was about 2pm and I was taking the shortcut through my neighborhood.
Yes I was walking there. My car was in the shop and my best friend/roommate Lily was at work. And I needed this coffee to get through all the editing I had to do on my most recent batch of photos.
I was humming along to my iPod and enjoying the heat of the sun on my face. I was rummaging through my Jack Daniels messenger bag/purse when I collided with someone.
Seriously we collided.
“Oh my God I’m soooo sorry!”
“Hey no worries.”
I looked up at who I had run into and just about started freaking out. I was staring at Brian Haner Jr. a.k.a. Synyster Gates from one of my all-time favorite bands, Avenged Sevenfold.
“Oh my God you’re…you’re…oh my God.”
“Are you okay?”
“You’re Synyster fucking Gates!”
“What? Oh yeah I am.”
“I love your band!”
“Thanks.”
“Oh my God can you sign my hat?”
“Haha yeah sure.”
I dug into my bag and pulled out a metallic sharpie, took off my hat, and handed both to him.
“Sign anywhere.”
“Okay.”
I watched as he signed my hat.
“Here you go.”
“Thanks so much!”
“Anything for a fan.”
I smiled wide at him.
“Hey can you sign something for my friend?”
“Yeah sure.”
“You’re awesome.”
Brian just laughed. Yeah I made him laugh. ME!
I dug around in my bag for a piece of paper which he then signed.
“How old are you?”
“23…why?”
“Just curious. Where you headed today?”
“The always wonderful Starbucks.”
“Nice.”
“What brings you to this area Mr. Haner?”
“Just getting out of sight.”
“Ah…guess I spoiled that huh?”
“Nah it’s all good. I love meeting fans.”
“Awesome.”
“So how long have you been a fan?”
“Years.”
“That’s really cool.”
“Yeah.”
“Seen any of our shows?”
“Back at Warped Tour.”
“Wow that was a while ago.”
“Yeah. I don’t have a lot of money now.”
“But you can go get Starbucks?”
“Guilty Pleasure.”
“I see.”
“Yeah.”
“Hey we’re doing a concert here soon. You should come.”
“I don’t have the money.”
“Free of charge.”
My eyes went wide.
“I couldn’t.”
“Sure you could.”
“Don’t you have to check with the guys?”
“Nah it’s all good.”
“Um…okay.”
“Awesome. Let me just get your information.”
“Okay.”
My mind was racing. I just couldn’t believe this. It was all so surreal. Brian pulled out his iPhone and fiddled with it.
“Okay name.”
“Paige Leann McNeils.”
“Paige huh?”
I couldn’t help but blush.
“Yeah.”
“I like it.”
I just smiled at him.
Brian finished getting all of my information into his phone. When he was done he slid his phone back into his pocket.
“I’ll get your tickets soon.”
“Thank you soooo much!”
“No problem.”
“This is so amazing.”
“I’m glad. So what you getting at Starbucks?”
“My favorite.”
“Which is?”
I smiled wide. I couldn’t believe this. I was talking to a member of one of my favorite bands.
Today is the best day ever!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Damnit they’re STILL talking!”
“Calm down Michael.”
“We need to get him.”
“I know.”
“She needs to leave.”
“Michael stay calm.”
“Why don’t we grab her too?”
“What James?”
“Take her too. More money.”
“Unless she’s poor as shit.”
“More incentive for his band to pay up.”
“Still. We’re not prepared for two.”
“Well…we could just have fun with her.”
“That’s awesome!”
“No.”
“Come on Sam. Live a little. I mean look at her.”
……
“I guess it wouldn’t hurt to have some fun with her.”
“Yeah.”
“Okay James you grab her.”
“My pleasure.”
“Michael…we got him.”
“It’ll be tough.”
“That or we ditch the girl.”
“Let’s go get the Gates!”
“On 3.”
“1.”
“2.”
“3!”
~~~~ Brian’s POV ~~~~
“Well I should let you get your coffee.”
“Oh shit I forgot about that.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. This Paige girl was hysterical. The guys are going to love her.
“Nice.”
“Oh hush I’ve been star struck.”
I just laughed again.
“Well I’ll let you go.”
“Okay.”
“Tickets and passes should be ready in a few days.”
“Thanks so much!”
“No problem.”
“See you at the concert!”
“Definitely!”
We started to walk away from each other when I heard Paige scream. I turned around to see a tall guy grab her and put a cloth over her mouth and nose.
“Shit!”
I started to run over to save Paige when I was tackled to the ground by two guys. Both of them landed on top of me knocking the wind out of me. I didn’t have time to process anything before they both punched me…hard.
One punched me in the stomach, the other in the groin. I quickly received a couple blows to the head.
I couldn’t think straight. Everything was happening so fast.
I vaguely felt them pick me up and start to carry me.
Oh my God what is going on?
We reached a black van that I was lugged into by them. Once they were both in with me one of them slammed the door shut and the car sped away.
One of them bound my wrists together with duct tape. The other guy grabbed a fistful of my hair and pulled my head to the side so that I was looking over at Paige.
She was lying there unconscious. Her fedora that I had signed was gone and her brown hair was splayed out around her. Her wrists were also bound in duct tape and a gun was being held to her head.
“Try anything and she dies.”
“What’d you do to her?”
“A little chlorofone to knock her out.”
“Why…what is going on?”
“M…”
“On it.”
“What?”
“We can’t have you knowing where we’re going can we?”
“Why’d you take us?”
“So many questions.”
“Let her go!”
“Afraid not.”
“Please...”
The guy just laughed at me and clicked the safety off of the gun.
“Where’s your phone?”
“My…my pocket.”
His finger went on the trigger.
“Which pocket?”
I gulped.
“Back right.”
He just nodded to someone behind me and a cloth was placed over my mouth and nose.
My last thought before passing out…
This can’t be happening to me…
It was about 2pm and I was taking the shortcut through my neighborhood.
Yes I was walking there. My car was in the shop and my best friend/roommate Lily was at work. And I needed this coffee to get through all the editing I had to do on my most recent batch of photos.
I was humming along to my iPod and enjoying the heat of the sun on my face. I was rummaging through my Jack Daniels messenger bag/purse when I collided with someone.
Seriously we collided.
“Oh my God I’m soooo sorry!”
“Hey no worries.”
I looked up at who I had run into and just about started freaking out. I was staring at Brian Haner Jr. a.k.a. Synyster Gates from one of my all-time favorite bands, Avenged Sevenfold.
“Oh my God you’re…you’re…oh my God.”
“Are you okay?”
“You’re Synyster fucking Gates!”
“What? Oh yeah I am.”
“I love your band!”
“Thanks.”
“Oh my God can you sign my hat?”
“Haha yeah sure.”
I dug into my bag and pulled out a metallic sharpie, took off my hat, and handed both to him.
“Sign anywhere.”
“Okay.”
I watched as he signed my hat.
“Here you go.”
“Thanks so much!”
“Anything for a fan.”
I smiled wide at him.
“Hey can you sign something for my friend?”
“Yeah sure.”
“You’re awesome.”
Brian just laughed. Yeah I made him laugh. ME!
I dug around in my bag for a piece of paper which he then signed.
“How old are you?”
“23…why?”
“Just curious. Where you headed today?”
“The always wonderful Starbucks.”
“Nice.”
“What brings you to this area Mr. Haner?”
“Just getting out of sight.”
“Ah…guess I spoiled that huh?”
“Nah it’s all good. I love meeting fans.”
“Awesome.”
“So how long have you been a fan?”
“Years.”
“That’s really cool.”
“Yeah.”
“Seen any of our shows?”
“Back at Warped Tour.”
“Wow that was a while ago.”
“Yeah. I don’t have a lot of money now.”
“But you can go get Starbucks?”
“Guilty Pleasure.”
“I see.”
“Yeah.”
“Hey we’re doing a concert here soon. You should come.”
“I don’t have the money.”
“Free of charge.”
My eyes went wide.
“I couldn’t.”
“Sure you could.”
“Don’t you have to check with the guys?”
“Nah it’s all good.”
“Um…okay.”
“Awesome. Let me just get your information.”
“Okay.”
My mind was racing. I just couldn’t believe this. It was all so surreal. Brian pulled out his iPhone and fiddled with it.
“Okay name.”
“Paige Leann McNeils.”
“Paige huh?”
I couldn’t help but blush.
“Yeah.”
“I like it.”
I just smiled at him.
Brian finished getting all of my information into his phone. When he was done he slid his phone back into his pocket.
“I’ll get your tickets soon.”
“Thank you soooo much!”
“No problem.”
“This is so amazing.”
“I’m glad. So what you getting at Starbucks?”
“My favorite.”
“Which is?”
I smiled wide. I couldn’t believe this. I was talking to a member of one of my favorite bands.
Today is the best day ever!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Damnit they’re STILL talking!”
“Calm down Michael.”
“We need to get him.”
“I know.”
“She needs to leave.”
“Michael stay calm.”
“Why don’t we grab her too?”
“What James?”
“Take her too. More money.”
“Unless she’s poor as shit.”
“More incentive for his band to pay up.”
“Still. We’re not prepared for two.”
“Well…we could just have fun with her.”
“That’s awesome!”
“No.”
“Come on Sam. Live a little. I mean look at her.”
……
“I guess it wouldn’t hurt to have some fun with her.”
“Yeah.”
“Okay James you grab her.”
“My pleasure.”
“Michael…we got him.”
“It’ll be tough.”
“That or we ditch the girl.”
“Let’s go get the Gates!”
“On 3.”
“1.”
“2.”
“3!”
~~~~ Brian’s POV ~~~~
“Well I should let you get your coffee.”
“Oh shit I forgot about that.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. This Paige girl was hysterical. The guys are going to love her.
“Nice.”
“Oh hush I’ve been star struck.”
I just laughed again.
“Well I’ll let you go.”
“Okay.”
“Tickets and passes should be ready in a few days.”
“Thanks so much!”
“No problem.”
“See you at the concert!”
“Definitely!”
We started to walk away from each other when I heard Paige scream. I turned around to see a tall guy grab her and put a cloth over her mouth and nose.
“Shit!”
I started to run over to save Paige when I was tackled to the ground by two guys. Both of them landed on top of me knocking the wind out of me. I didn’t have time to process anything before they both punched me…hard.
One punched me in the stomach, the other in the groin. I quickly received a couple blows to the head.
I couldn’t think straight. Everything was happening so fast.
I vaguely felt them pick me up and start to carry me.
Oh my God what is going on?
We reached a black van that I was lugged into by them. Once they were both in with me one of them slammed the door shut and the car sped away.
One of them bound my wrists together with duct tape. The other guy grabbed a fistful of my hair and pulled my head to the side so that I was looking over at Paige.
She was lying there unconscious. Her fedora that I had signed was gone and her brown hair was splayed out around her. Her wrists were also bound in duct tape and a gun was being held to her head.
“Try anything and she dies.”
“What’d you do to her?”
“A little chlorofone to knock her out.”
“Why…what is going on?”
“M…”
“On it.”
“What?”
“We can’t have you knowing where we’re going can we?”
“Why’d you take us?”
“So many questions.”
“Let her go!”
“Afraid not.”
“Please...”
The guy just laughed at me and clicked the safety off of the gun.
“Where’s your phone?”
“My…my pocket.”
His finger went on the trigger.
“Which pocket?”
I gulped.
“Back right.”
He just nodded to someone behind me and a cloth was placed over my mouth and nose.
My last thought before passing out…
This can’t be happening to me…
Notes
Chapter Tittle courtesy of 'Heaven Help Us' by My Chemical Romance.Paige's Outfit
Soooo this is a story I completed on Mibba that I decided to go ahead and post on here chapter at a time. I'm working on getting the sequel for this started up on Mibba. I will prolly add more of my stories later on down the line but for now i'm going to be trying this out. Don't know how its all going to work out in the end. Um...comment and such if you like it. Enjoy!
Hope that link works...
OH! I know this first chapter seems really crappy but it gets better I promise!!!!!
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6/25/14