Animosity In The Ranks
Chapter 62
“Alright I’m headin out back Cherise. Thanks again,” you said as you jumped out and around the back of the table.
You saw her wave at you and you began your way to the side entrance to the stage, passes around your neck. You were thankful that your brother had introduced you to all the security guards on the tour, but each venue had some of it’s own so you made sure your passes were visible. And you even made sure to mentally go over the list of the names of the tour guards so if there was a problem you could have them called over. But you didn’t think there would be. Making sure none of the few straggler kids saw you and where you were going, you made your way to the door.
As you got to the door you saw that it was one of the guys from the tour you had been introduced to earlier. Smiling at the guy as he held open the heavy door for you, the same one the guys had gone through earlier, you skipped your way in. When the door closed behind you you stood still for a moment to get your eyes readjusted to the dark, especially since you hadn’t toured the stage when you first got to the venue since you had been sleeping. You really didn’t want to run into something and let fly a string of colorful language at the wrong moment, like say when it was dead quiet.
Finally your eyes readjusted and you even saw the small pieces of glow in the dark tape on the floor making out the path way to the side stage. Thank you techies! Following the eerie glowing yellow green pathway, trying not to hum “We’re Off To See The Wizard” you made it to the side stage just as the lights went on and the kids screamed. There in front of you, in all their godly glory was The Used, Bert’s arms up in the airs as he egged the kids on and getting a bigger reaction. You couldn’t help but grin, kids really loved these guys, ate up whatever Bert gave them with a giant proverbial spoon. You caught Jeph’s eye across the stage and saw him wink at you before blowing you a quick kiss. The guys immediately erupted into their first song after Bert’s little welcome to the fans ended and you proceeded to go nuts.
After their second song ended you felt a presence around you and figured either your brother, Katie, or one of the other guys had joined you. When you turned you startled at bit at the face you saw in the dim light standing next to you. The last person you had expected to see was Zacky, but then again he had an odd knack of popping up when you least expected it. Not that you liked it any.
“What Baker?” you asked, holding the spite in your tone down.
He hadn’t done anything wrong so far but it was just a natural reaction at this point, but he had been civil earlier so you were trying not to be the one who spoiled it.
“Nothing Sanders, I’m just watching the set,” Zacky said and you could tell he was doing the same as you.
Though for some reason you got the notion that it wasn’t as hard for him as it was for you to not be nasty. At least not at this point in time.
“Where’s everybody else?” you asked after a moment of watching The Used bounce around on stage.
“Their coming don’t get your panties in a twist. I wouldn’t do anything to you, especially with your boyfriend so near. I may hate you, but I don’t feel like hurting my friendship with Jeph more than I already have,” Zacky replied, the last bit coming out quieter than the rest.
You simply nodded your head and went back to watching the stage antics in front of you. It didn’t take long for Bert to get your smile back on your face, the one Zacky’s presence had killed a moment ago, but that was part of Bert’s charm. He was one of the few that could always make you smile, regardless of the situation at hand. You watched them finish their song and were about to whistle shrilly for them when you heard Zacky clear his throat behind you.
“Hey Kales, I’m,” Zacky started to say but was cut off by Bert yelling, yes just plain old yelling, into the mic.
Followed by...
“Shut up!”
The house went silent as all the kids stopped everything they were doing at Bert’s command. No one could ever say that Bert couldn’t get a venue full of thousands of screaming kids to do whatever he wanted.
“That’s more like it. Now Jepha is going to take over for a moment,” Bert stated rather matter of factually.
You felt your stomach drop as Jeph walked up to Bert’s mic and Bert step back. But it wasn’t only that that made your stomach turn to stone, it was Bert’s evil impish smirk that he sent your direction, and the way he drummed his fingers together evilly that really did it.
“How are you all tonight?” Jeph hollered out over the mic.
The kids went wild till he held his hand up and motioned them to quiet down a bit.
“Alright so all of you know that after us is Avenged Sevenfold,” Jeph said, pausing for the noise the mention of Avenged would generate.
And generate it did and you flinched when you realized that you had forgotten your ear plugs.
“Oh yeah, once again the two of us have teamed up to bring the best tour of the year this country will ever see. And I’m being modest,” Jeph said with a wicked grin as the kids hooted and hollered in response.
“But what all of you may not know is who we brought along as a special treat on this here tour. A certain famous someone I am going to introduce to you here in a second,” Jeph said as he cast a quick smirk your direction.
Yup. Your stomach dropped through the floor as you realized what he was doing, the same thing he had done on SURS. At least this time people knew you were dating for the most part. But still a shock was a shock.
“But before they are brought out I wanted to give a little intro, to properly get you ready for the gloriousness that is this person. So now I’d like to introduce you to the best tattoo artist on the west coast, if not in the entire world. The sexiest woman you will ever masturbate about at night, the meanest cook besides myself to grace a kitchen. The woman who currently holds the rarely given keys to my heart. Kales Mae,” Jeph finished.
And as his words ended the crowd went wild. You cringed again at the sheer volume the kids created, and as it reverberated off the walls of the venue you put your first foot towards the stage. Leaving Zacky behind you you walked out onto the stage and into Jeph’s arms. Once in his grasp Jeph leaned you over and engulfed your lips in a kiss akin to the one he had given you at the merch booth before the night had started. And it did it’s job of taking your breath away.
As you were finally allowed to stand straight, and on your own, again and waving to the cheering crowd you caught movement out of the corner of your eye. Looking without breaking your waving and smiling to the crowd you looked to the side and saw Zacky walking away, shoulders down slightly. Brushing it off as nothing you went back to looking ahead but not before catching Katie looking at you strangely.
You saw her wave at you and you began your way to the side entrance to the stage, passes around your neck. You were thankful that your brother had introduced you to all the security guards on the tour, but each venue had some of it’s own so you made sure your passes were visible. And you even made sure to mentally go over the list of the names of the tour guards so if there was a problem you could have them called over. But you didn’t think there would be. Making sure none of the few straggler kids saw you and where you were going, you made your way to the door.
As you got to the door you saw that it was one of the guys from the tour you had been introduced to earlier. Smiling at the guy as he held open the heavy door for you, the same one the guys had gone through earlier, you skipped your way in. When the door closed behind you you stood still for a moment to get your eyes readjusted to the dark, especially since you hadn’t toured the stage when you first got to the venue since you had been sleeping. You really didn’t want to run into something and let fly a string of colorful language at the wrong moment, like say when it was dead quiet.
Finally your eyes readjusted and you even saw the small pieces of glow in the dark tape on the floor making out the path way to the side stage. Thank you techies! Following the eerie glowing yellow green pathway, trying not to hum “We’re Off To See The Wizard” you made it to the side stage just as the lights went on and the kids screamed. There in front of you, in all their godly glory was The Used, Bert’s arms up in the airs as he egged the kids on and getting a bigger reaction. You couldn’t help but grin, kids really loved these guys, ate up whatever Bert gave them with a giant proverbial spoon. You caught Jeph’s eye across the stage and saw him wink at you before blowing you a quick kiss. The guys immediately erupted into their first song after Bert’s little welcome to the fans ended and you proceeded to go nuts.
After their second song ended you felt a presence around you and figured either your brother, Katie, or one of the other guys had joined you. When you turned you startled at bit at the face you saw in the dim light standing next to you. The last person you had expected to see was Zacky, but then again he had an odd knack of popping up when you least expected it. Not that you liked it any.
“What Baker?” you asked, holding the spite in your tone down.
He hadn’t done anything wrong so far but it was just a natural reaction at this point, but he had been civil earlier so you were trying not to be the one who spoiled it.
“Nothing Sanders, I’m just watching the set,” Zacky said and you could tell he was doing the same as you.
Though for some reason you got the notion that it wasn’t as hard for him as it was for you to not be nasty. At least not at this point in time.
“Where’s everybody else?” you asked after a moment of watching The Used bounce around on stage.
“Their coming don’t get your panties in a twist. I wouldn’t do anything to you, especially with your boyfriend so near. I may hate you, but I don’t feel like hurting my friendship with Jeph more than I already have,” Zacky replied, the last bit coming out quieter than the rest.
You simply nodded your head and went back to watching the stage antics in front of you. It didn’t take long for Bert to get your smile back on your face, the one Zacky’s presence had killed a moment ago, but that was part of Bert’s charm. He was one of the few that could always make you smile, regardless of the situation at hand. You watched them finish their song and were about to whistle shrilly for them when you heard Zacky clear his throat behind you.
“Hey Kales, I’m,” Zacky started to say but was cut off by Bert yelling, yes just plain old yelling, into the mic.
Followed by...
“Shut up!”
The house went silent as all the kids stopped everything they were doing at Bert’s command. No one could ever say that Bert couldn’t get a venue full of thousands of screaming kids to do whatever he wanted.
“That’s more like it. Now Jepha is going to take over for a moment,” Bert stated rather matter of factually.
You felt your stomach drop as Jeph walked up to Bert’s mic and Bert step back. But it wasn’t only that that made your stomach turn to stone, it was Bert’s evil impish smirk that he sent your direction, and the way he drummed his fingers together evilly that really did it.
“How are you all tonight?” Jeph hollered out over the mic.
The kids went wild till he held his hand up and motioned them to quiet down a bit.
“Alright so all of you know that after us is Avenged Sevenfold,” Jeph said, pausing for the noise the mention of Avenged would generate.
And generate it did and you flinched when you realized that you had forgotten your ear plugs.
“Oh yeah, once again the two of us have teamed up to bring the best tour of the year this country will ever see. And I’m being modest,” Jeph said with a wicked grin as the kids hooted and hollered in response.
“But what all of you may not know is who we brought along as a special treat on this here tour. A certain famous someone I am going to introduce to you here in a second,” Jeph said as he cast a quick smirk your direction.
Yup. Your stomach dropped through the floor as you realized what he was doing, the same thing he had done on SURS. At least this time people knew you were dating for the most part. But still a shock was a shock.
“But before they are brought out I wanted to give a little intro, to properly get you ready for the gloriousness that is this person. So now I’d like to introduce you to the best tattoo artist on the west coast, if not in the entire world. The sexiest woman you will ever masturbate about at night, the meanest cook besides myself to grace a kitchen. The woman who currently holds the rarely given keys to my heart. Kales Mae,” Jeph finished.
And as his words ended the crowd went wild. You cringed again at the sheer volume the kids created, and as it reverberated off the walls of the venue you put your first foot towards the stage. Leaving Zacky behind you you walked out onto the stage and into Jeph’s arms. Once in his grasp Jeph leaned you over and engulfed your lips in a kiss akin to the one he had given you at the merch booth before the night had started. And it did it’s job of taking your breath away.
As you were finally allowed to stand straight, and on your own, again and waving to the cheering crowd you caught movement out of the corner of your eye. Looking without breaking your waving and smiling to the crowd you looked to the side and saw Zacky walking away, shoulders down slightly. Brushing it off as nothing you went back to looking ahead but not before catching Katie looking at you strangely.
Notes
Katie sees all!Beware! BEWARE!!!
Out of all the fanfics this is the one I've read through 3 times through all 108 chapters. This is one of the best Zacky fics I've read and I still hope it'll be continued one day ; v; a very good read for any Zacky fan.
5/3/18