Chelsea’s P.O.V “Do you have to be such a jerk right now, Jimmy?” Matt said through a hiss. I felt my face start to heat.

“I didn’t mean it to sound like that.” He tried to defend himself. “It just came out sounding harsh.”
“Why don’t you apologize to her then?”

Oh god, I really didn’t want to be the cause of an argument between these two right now. It made me want to run straight out the door.

“Why should I apologize if it wasn’t meant to sound mean?” Jimmy started to raise his voice.
“The name is cool, alright? Just unusual is all.”

“Just fucking apologize and get it over with damn it!”

Uh-oh, I think it’s about to become a shouting match, and I'm right here, stuck in the middle of it all.

I had to try to intervene and stop it. “Look, it’s fine. No need to apologize. He said he didn’t mean it that way. Can we just…drop it please?” I sighed in exasperation.

Jimmy crossed his arms and responded without looking away from Matt’s glare. “I can if he can.”

Matt huffed and did the same. “Don’t be so damn immature Jimmy.”

Jimmy threw his arms down in frustration. “Ugh, why can’t you just drop it, damn it?!”

“Okay! Enough you two!” I interrupted before Matt could respond. “Just, shut the fuck up for a second. I’m starting to get a migraine.” I said, rubbing my temples.

“Whatever, I’m going to the bathroom. We can finish the ‘Tour’ when I get back.” He said sarcastically, before mumbling a remark. “Not like she doesn’t know what a fucking tour bus looks like even though she lives in one.” He went and shut the door of the bathroom.

I turned to Matt and tried to whisper quietly so Jimmy couldn’t hear. “What did I do to have him hate me so much?”

He sighed and unfolded his arms. “It’s kind of a long story, and quite personal. It actually has nothing to do with you at all.”

I shook my head. “I don’t understand. Why is he taking his anger out on me then?”

“He’s not. He’s pissed at me.” Matt ran a hand through his hair underneath his hat. “You just happened to be around to see it, is all.”

“So he’s always like this or, have you given a reason for him to act this way towards you?”

I saw a quick flash of anger in his eyes, but it had disappeared all too quickly behind a fake smile. “Look, perhaps we can talk about this some other time, okay? Like I said, it’s a long story.”

“Will there be some other time? Am I going to see you again after tonight?” I had to ask, had to know if I’d ever see him, or even the rest of his crazy ass friends again.

He smiled, whole-heartedly as his dimples began to show again. “I hope so.”
Well that wasn’t a definite, reassuring yes.

I couldn’t help but smile back. “Me too.”

“So, shall I give you the rest of the tour?” He asked, taking my arm like a gentleman.

I chuckled. “Why the hell not.”

“This way, Madam.” He replied, leading me to the back room, same as ours though their bus was much nicer than.

I giggled that time as I followed. He opened the door. “And this is where we- What the fuck?”

He opened the door all the way to reveal the rest of the guys all passed out, Zack and Brian each on one side of the room on couches. Johnny however, lay butt-naked on the floor, ass facing up as drool poured from his mouth and around his face.

I gasped and covered my eyes in shock and horror before Matt could even close the door.

“I-I’m sorry you had to see that…”

I couldn’t help but laugh as he quickly shut the door. “I think I’m blind.”

He chuckled. “Yeah, and I would be too if I didn’t see this kind of shit every single day.”

My eyes widened. “I feel so bad for you right now.”

He laughed along. “Thanks.”

“What did I miss?”

Matt and I both spun around, surprised to hear Jimmy standing behind us.

“Uhh,” Was that really all that would come out of my mouth right now? It probably makes me sound guilty as hell for doing something wrong, which I hadn’t.

“Yeah, trust me dude, you don’t want to go in there right- I said don’t!”

But before Matt could finish his sentence, Jimmy swung open the door and shut it just as quickly. “What. The. Fuck.”

Matt smirked. “I tried to warn you.”

Jimmy gave him a sarcastic smirk in return and walked off towards the front room.

And then the phone rang. Matt pulled out his cell phone and answered the unfamiliar number, assuming it was one of my band mates. He listened for a moment before handing me the phone.

“Hello?” I asked so that I could know which of the guys had called. Only two names popped up into my head that might be concerned about me, but as a flashback of the night I kissed Brian, my manager, came back to me, Blake didn’t seem as much of a close friend anymore.

“Thank God, Chelsea. Are you okay? Where are you? And whose number is this?”

I sighed in relief to hear his familiar, friendly voice. “It’s alright Will, I’m fine. I’m on the bus of a new friend and he let me borrow his cell. I couldn’t find you guys anywhere, but luckily I bumped into him.”

“Who is he? How do you know he’s not dangerous?” Will continued to question, but it wasn’t what any of the other guys would say, such as “Why are you with some guy? How do we know you’re not making out with him right now?”

Kyle entered my mind at the thought of who would be asking those things. I knew he still didn’t trust me, and because he was so close to Cody, he had him believing the same things about me.

Will seemed to be the only one I could completely trust to be on my side these days. He was still my best friend and I hoped he would always be.

I explained to him about Matt and the others as I met them while trying to find him and the rest of our band mates, and how lucky I was to run into Avenged, otherwise I’d still be out there searching for them. Will sounded grateful and said to thank them for him.

He’s such a sweetheart and I hoped he’d never change.

I hung up after we agreed to meet at the board of flyers and posters this location had and told Matt everything that Will said.

“Tell ‘em no problem. So can I walk you there? I don’t want you getting lost again.” He winked.

Did my stomach do a little flip just now?

“Uh, yeah, of course.”

We walked back into the living room where Jimmy was now standing by the door. “K, let’s go.”

Matt rolled his eyes as Jimmy hopped of the bus. “I guess Jimmy’s tagging along.”

I hugged Will tightly around the neck as I saw his smiling face. “It’s so good to see you again.”

He chuckled. “It’s only been a few hours apart.”

“Too long.” I said, squeezing him one last time.

Matt reached out his hand for Will. “I’m Matt, nice to meet you officially.”

Will, friendly as always, took Matt’s hand in return. “Likewise. Thanks for finding Chels’ and helping her out.”

“Like I said, no problem. Happy to do it anytime.” And before I knew it, Matt leaned down and kissed me on the cheek.

I couldn’t help but to gleam at that as my face was glowing red from blushing.

I noticed Jimmy didn’t seem to like that very much.

“Avenged Sevenfold. Holy crap, this is so awesome.” Apparently Cody was gleaming too. “I didn’t recognize you guys last time, being a little drunk and all that night.”

Matt chuckled and gave a small shrug. “It’s cool. So were we.”

“M. Shadows, The Rev. This is just freakin’ awesome.” He really couldn’t help his excitement as he began ranting on and on about how much he loved their music.

I smiled and shook my head at him. And that’s when I looked up at Kyle. He was steaming.

I crossed my arms like his after I walked over to pull him away from the others so they couldn’t hear.

“Don’t give me that look Kyle. Nothing happened.”

“And how am I supposed to believe that’s true? You’ve been lying to us too much for me to believe anything you say.” He fired.

I bristled at that. “What the fuck are you talking about?” I couldn’t keep my voice quite any longer. “When did I ever lie to you guys?”

“The day you went to the hospital. You lied about how you were feeling.”

“What does that have to do with this?!”

“What are you two shouting about?” Blake hissed.

“Nothing,” I seethed. “This conversation is over.”

“Did I say I was done talking?” Kyle spat.

“And did I say I gave a shit?” I retorted and grabbed Will before taking off to find our bus. I was done with him right now, and didn’t give a damn about what he thought of me anymore.


“I HATE him!” I screamed, pacing back and forth.”

“No you don’t, you’re just really upset right now.” Will tried to comfort me. “Why don’t you sit down while I make you some tea?”

“I don’t want tea. I want to punch Kyle in the face.” I said, ready to pull out my hair with how exasperated he has made me.

Will sighed. “Honestly child, I don’t know what to do with you.”

That got me to smile. A little.

I picked up Shadow as he rubbed against my legs now that I stood still and held him close. He was a heavy thing, fat and fluffy but it felt nice to rub my cheek against his fur before setting him back down. He hopped on Will’s lap and began to purr.

“Uh, yeah, I’m more of a dog person.” He told Shadow.

I laughed before going back to frowning.

“Come here,” He told me, putting Shadow back on his feet.

I lay down, resting my head on a pillow on Will’s lap and he began to run his fingers through my hair as he hummed.

This was something we often did in private when I was upset, especially about Kyle. Will was always good at comforting me.

We were so close, that I was the only one he’s told his secret to. Will wasn’t attracted to girls ever since high school, but he wasn’t comfortable in his own skin until he finally got to tell someone. Me.

I made my promise to never tell and to always be by his side through everything, and he
promised the same to always be there for me.

“Share with me
Cause I need it right now
Let me see your insides
Or write me off
Cause I'd rather stop now
If you won't open up
You won’t open up”

I began to sing along softly with Will’s humming. It was one of my favorite songs that Bert had ever written. For some reason, no matter that we ended so badly, his voice had always soothed me.

Notes

I'm sorry about my disappearance, if anyone even reads and likes my stories anymore, but alas, here I am with another chapter that I hope will soon lead to the actual interesting part of the story that drew me in to write this in the beginning. I'm struggling to find inspiration other than to get to the best part of the story in my mind, and until then I feel a little stuck. I'll I can say is that I'll keep trying.

~ Peace & Love,
Elena...