Nothing else matters

Ana's POV

"Go alone, I will stay here, I must unpack my cartons and suitcases." I replied to Brian.
"Okay, I'll be back as soon as I can" He hugged me tight.
"Don't rush it, Brian." He kissed my lips and went out to meet with Matt and rest of the guys. They must decide when the tour should be continued.
When I finished putting my clothes in the wardrobe, I opened my laptop and decided to look for a new job.
But for first I have to check my e-mails, I didn't do that for months.
When I opened a newspaper I could see a lot of photos from shows in US, Spain and England, fans greeting Matt, but one photo especially attracts my attention. Damn it! That's me! It's after one of the shows in England. My first show and this photo was from the backstage area, when Brian kissed me. The title was 'Synyster Gates new girlfriend?' The next photo was me on stage singing "Dear God” standing next to Brian holding his hand, and there was also a video link. Oh my God, I didn’t want to see this. I wasn’t prepared that anything like this could happen. I opened another page, but there are so many photos of me alone or with Brian. I felt like someone was stalking us. It was pictures from us in the park, in the club, me alone going jogging.
I didn't know that someone was there taking photos. But it's not the most important thing. The comments were the worst.
'Who's that girl? She is ugly’ – ‘Gates has another again’ – ‘She doesn't fit’ – ‘He doesn’t look happy’ – ‘I'm convinced that he is just playing with her, poor girl'
Fuck fuck fuck.. I didn't expect that. The Fans hate me and laugh about me. That was the last thing I want to experience again. It will remind me too much of my past of my high school days. I had tears in my eyes.
My phone buzzed it’s Kate.
"Hi Kate" I tried to sound normal.
"Ana, finally! I called to you but you never answered" Kate sounded relieved.
"I was in Europe"
"Yeah, I know. I saw the pictures in the newspapers, is it true?!"
"What?"
"There are a lot of photos from you and this guy. Are you two together, I mean really together? Why didn't you tell me!?"
"Yes, well since 5 months now."
Oh yeah what a friend am I that I didn’t tell Kate anything. Damn it, Ana!

"Did you see what they write about you?” Kate asked.
"Not, really just a few photos. We just came back yesterday so I didn’t have much time…”
"Maybe you should check the online newspaper, you will see. I didn't know that you're.. Never mind, I hope that is just not true." What is Kate talking about?!
"Okay, I will check it, thanks.“
I read the newspaper:
‘Who's the new Synyster Gates girl? As reported by our sources, she is a 24 year old girl named Anastasia and she comes from poor circumstances. She just graduated from the University of California. What does this girl have that interested Gates to get involved with such an average girl?
Is she another one of his toy? Maybe she got him with her innocent look. But we also could see her craziness at stage at one of Avenged Sevenfold’s concerts, as reported she was drunkenly kissing with random people afterwards. Does Gates also know about this not so innocent behavior?

Fans around the world are ruthless because you could see at first sight that this girl is only wants money and fame. We'll see how quickly Haner got tired of this girl.’
I don't know how long I sat there with tears in my eyes. I don't want to be the bull’s eye of the hate again. I can’t handle that again.
"Baby, I'm back, sorry that it took me so long but we… are you crying? What happened?!"
He took my cheeks in his hands and looked deeply into my eyes.
"Did you see it?", I asked and turned the laptop in front of him. He read all the open pages.
"Fuck.. Ana, I'm really sorry, that they are writing this bullshit. You and I know that it’s not the truth."
I didn't know what I should answer so I just kept my mouth shut.
"Hey, you don't believe this, do you?! Baby, I love you, no matter what they say, I love you listen, to me?!"
"I know, but it's not that alone. What will the people say? Brian, they already..." I wanted to say more but he shut my mouth with his and he kissed me deeply.
"We're together! So, don't worry what they say. They will always do that. You will get used to it, like me! It’s just a matter of time…"
He was right. I know that he loved me and I know my feelings for him. That is what’s important, nothing else.

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