Not a bad thing

Matt’s POV
I was nervous as hell. Not about the concert. Of course not about the concert. That was a Sunday ice cream with sprinkles and a cherry on top. We were lucky to attach our name to such a good cause and it was nice to get on stage again. Doing a live show was always great.

Izzie told me she wanted to talk. She said it was a good thing, but I hadn’t be able to get to her the past few days and it got me worried. What if she didn’t want to be with me? What if she decided she wasn’t ready for something new? What if I had scared her away when I asked her to be exclusive? I felt like a teenage boy, asking her, but I just couldn’t stand the thought of her being with someone else while she was in New York.

This day was crazy busy and we were all getting restless. Zacky walked around with a big smile. “What’s up with you Z? Should I kick your ass?” I tried to joke, but we both knew that wasn’t working out very well. He smiled at me and looked around, no one was there except for us, “Don’t worry Matt, I know Izzie is yours. She was a great help last night, I owe her big time. Anyways she’s got a surprise for you” I looked at him “Well, tell me then?!” Zacky laughed “Then it wouldn’t be a surprise anymore, would it?” He walked away. Damn, how was I ever going to survive this night? I hated myself for being so nervous, what the hell was wrong with me?

I walked back into the backstage area, just as the girls came in. I did a double take on Izzie, wow, she looked amazing. She turned in to a right rock chick. High neon coloured heels, tight grey jeans, Avenged tee and a black leather jacket. Damn, could she be this woman too? She looked around and found my gaze quickly. An amazing smile graced her face as she looked me in my eyes. I wanted to throw her over my shoulder, take her away and just ravish her body. She got me turned on, only by looking at me. I saw Brian snatch Lynn away and Zack was walking towards them, to take Lizzy’s hand a walk to the side with her, talking to her agitated.

That left Izzie alone. I walked over to her and pulled her against my body. “Wow” I sighed. She giggled. “I was hoping you would like it”. Our 10 minute call sounded through the room. “I have to go, are you going to watch from the backstage area or are you going into the crowd?” She looked at me “Lizzy is taking us, so I don’t know yet, but I want to make sure I see everything” She smiled “I want to ask you something first, you have a minute still, right?” I had to remove myself from her, since Brian was coming back into the room. I nodded “Tell me”. “Okay, you can only react with “yes” or “no” because I want it to be our little secret. Just for tonight” I hesitated “Okay....” “Matt Sanders, will you please be my boyfriend?” I looked at her, my eyes wide open. I didn’t expect that one. “How can you ask me to just answer this by “yes” or “no”?!” An evil grin crossed her face. She pulled me closer and whispered in my ear “Because, if you say “yes” I want to have you in my bed tonight and not in a police cell because you and Brian got into a fight”. I took a step back and looked her in her eyes “Yes” I said. Her smile got even wider. “Great, then kick some ass out there, bóyfriend and remember I’m waiting for you when you get off stage. No groupies for you tonight, only this special one” I smiled at her. I wanted to kiss her sooooo bad, but Brian was looking at us. “Shadows! What are you and Izzie doing? We need to get ready. We are going on in 5!” Izzie kissed my cheek, did the same with Brian and the other guys and walked over to the other two women. Vanessa and Elise came in too, and the five of them left together. Apparently all the girls were watching from the crowd. Look at us, all grown up and in relationships and all. Yeah sure, Zacky wasn’t, but from the look on his face I doubted that would take long.

“What was that all about?” Brian asked me as soon as I joined them. “If I wasn’t sure I warned you about trying something with Izzie, I most certainly would have thought you were hitting on her” I looked at him. “Don’t be stupid Brian. We were just talking, nothing more, nothing less” I shot Zacky a look. He furrowed his brows. Apparently he knew about Izzie, so I nodded. His smile grew wider. He was looking awfully pleased with his self, I was wondering what that was about. But I had no time to ask, the stage manager hushed us to the stage. Arin took place behind the drums and Johnny, Zack and Brian walked on too. They played the intro of Sheperd of Fire and I jumped on stage “HOW ARE YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE DOING TONIGHT?! LET’S RAISE SOME MONEY!”. I looked into the crowd and saw the women in front of the barriers, all 5 of them smiling like crazy. This was going to be an epic show!

Izzie’s POV
Fucking hell, Matt was so damn hot when he was on stage. I just wanted him to take me, right there, right now. The sexual tension between us had been there from the beginning, and me fighting my feelings for Matt had cooled them down a tiny bit, but now I knew he was mine, I couldn’t wait for him to have his way with me. Him being all rock star on stage was certainly not helping being cool about it. I sighed. Lizzy was next to me “Did you ask him?” I nodded and smiled widely. Lizzy chuckled “I don’t have to guess what he said” I blushed. “Sooo we are watching your boyfriend with an almost full on boner on stage right now?” Lynn mocked next to me and we all watched Matt. Yeah, there was definitely something going on in his pants. I started laughing “Oh my god! Poor Matt, everyone can see” Lizzy shrugged “It’s not the first time, there are complete photo galleries online” I looked at her wide eyed “Are you serious?!” She nodded. I shook my head, those crazy fans of them.

Matt was talking to the audience “Damn! You guys are looking fucking amazing! Who of you guys have been to one of our shows before?” A lot a screaming surrounded us. Matt laughed “Welcome back then! For the ones who are new, I would like to welcome you to the family!!” At the last words he pointed at me, looking me straight in my eyes. I smiled like crazy as they started their song.

Lynn turned me towards her “Izzie, you have to tell Brian now. You can’t have a secret relationship with Matt, that just won’t work and I kept your secret for far more than 3 dates”
“I will tell him, or we will, but not tonight. Tonight I want Matt and me to enjoy this, I don’t want him getting in to a fight with Brian.” She stared me down. “Okay, Okay, I will tell him tomorrow. Maybe we should hang on the beach at my house tomorrow, with all of us. Lizzy, you down?”
“Yeah sure, I think so. I don’t know. Zack asked me to come over to his house tonight after the show. I don’t know. He said it was urgent, but didn’t say what it was about”
I smiled, she will be there tomorrow and she will be happy as hell. I was wondering what Zacky had planned.
“Nessa, will you and Johnny be there?”
“Of course, I never stay out of a good beach day. But only if you promise that there will be ninjas!” She winked. That girl was fucking crazy, but I loved it, she made me smile every single time.
“Elise?”
“Sure” She was staring at Arin behind the drums, the front of the stage didn’t even interest her.

The front of the stage was exactly where I was looking at now. Looking at Brian who made a funny face towards us, at Zacky who was playing his guitar with a goofy happy smile, at Johnny who was watching the crowd go crazy and once in a while glancing over at Vanessa. Every time they locked eyes I saw her put her tongue out to him. As I said... crazy…. And then Matt. He was singing, groaning, screaming, laughing, I noticed they do that a lot in their songs,.... and watching me. I was mesmerised by him, by his voice, by his movements, and he was mine. His stare at the crowd and then me, during “Fiction” made me blush. I felt Lizzy’s hand in mine and Lynn’s arm around me on my other side, this was one of the best nights of my life!

Lizzy’s POV
The show had been amazing. They most certainly had found a new source of energy this night. I can’t believe how much had changed since they were last on tour. Almost all of them were in happy relationships now, and it showed on stage. They took it to a whole new level. Brian even smiled during “Fiction”, maybe he finally got to enjoying the fact that he was sorta on the same stage as Jimmy instead of dreading the song every show. After the show we toasted to the great performance and the huge amount of money that was raised tonight. We made plans for our beach day tomorrow and after that, everyone had scattered. Arin and Elise had left together with Brian and Lynn. Johnny and Nessa decided to party a little more. I looked around, I was alone in a room with Matt and Izzie, the tension was almost tangible and I felt that they wanted to leave too. Where the hell was Zacky?

Izzie came to me and handed me her car keys “Liz, I will drive with Matt, take my car and go over to Zacky’s” She smiled at me. What the hell? “Izzie, what do you know? What is going on?” She walked away from me, Matt was waiting for her, she grabbed his hand. “Just go Liz, I’ll see you tomorrow” and off they were. Leaving me all alone. “IZZIE!!! Tell me! What do you know?!” I sighed and started walking for the parking lot. Here goes nothing.

When I arrived at Zack’s home, everything was dark, but his door was ajar. Strange. There was note stuck on it. “Meet me in the entertainment room” What the hell was this? A treasure hunt? I closed the door behind me and went through Zack’s house slowly. There was a shimmer of light, but not enough to see clearly. I walked down the stairs to where Zacky’s basement was. His entertainment room consisted of a pool table, a fuss ball table, all the game consoles available and a big movie screen. As I walked in, I heard Izzie say “Tell me something about Lizzy?” On the big screen, I saw the camera move to Zacky, who started to talk: “She is amazing, she is funny, she is strong and she is damn hot.” I chuckled ”She always confronts me with my unfit behaviour, she comforts me when I feel bad and she hangs out with me when I want to have fun. When Lizzy is in the room, there is nowhere else I want to be besides next to her. She made my world a little brighter after Jimmy died and she never stopped.” I felt tears well up in my eyes, why is he doing this? “I can’t stop thinking about her, I need to be with her, but I’m so scared I will hurt her”. He looked at the camera. A surprised look crossed his face as the camera was shut down. He didn’t know he was filmed apparently, but why would he say such things when he didn’t want to be with me? I didn’t understand. Why was he so determined to hurt me?

Notes

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