Hannah
“Finally,” I smiled proudly in the mirror, having finally gotten my hair pinned up to perfection in a neat and tidy bun on the back of my head “Maybe he won’t complain tonight,”
Matthew Sanders was the one person who insisted on being a constant pain in my ass, sure, sometimes he’d give me a job to do and he paid me for it, ‘cause whenever I was involved they always got the guy and killed him or whatever it is they do with their guys, but he was never, ever, happy with the way I did things, there was always some kind of problem.

Tonight though, everyone, and I mean everyone, is going to the Sanders’ mansion to celebrate Kimberly and Gary Sanders’ 30th wedding anniversary, and I was not going to give Matt the satisfaction of finding something wrong with my appearance.
I wore a gorgeous blue dress that fit me perfectly, and my blonde hair was pinned to perfection, my makeup remained natural and my shoes were an appropriate height and comfortable to walk in.

I picked up my phone off of my bed and typed a quick message to Erin, who, now lived with the guys of Avenged, now that her and Zack aka Zacky Vengeance had become an official couple after she started working for the guys.

I’m ready, want me to drive over there? – H

It only took her a few moments to text me back.

Matt sent a car, it should be there in a few minutes – E

Of course.
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The buzzer in my apartment sounded through the rooms, I grabbed my clutch and rushed out to the door.

“Hello?” I called into the speaker, pushing my finger to the button.

“Miss Hetfield?” A male voice asked “Your car is waiting for you,”

“Okay, thank you,” I smiled “I’ll be right down,”

On my way down the old, dingy stairwell, I successfully avoided my ‘neighbours’ who I always liked to avoid, but I had something for someone, so I stopped at her door and knocked softly a few times.

“Comin’!” She whispered loudly from inside, a few seconds later the door opened “Hannah,” She smiled “You look gorgeous, where you goin’?”

“Sanders’ anniversary,” I chuckled “But I have something for you guys,”

My neighbour and friend, Andrea, she lived here with her three kids, her twin boys were the oldest at the ripe age of twelve, her daughter Bailie was six and she was expecting another baby boy.

“You do?” She asked, shifting on her feet, guessing by the size of her bump, she was getting uncomfortable.

“Here,” I pulled a slip of paper out of my clutch and handed it to her. Watching her smile and then seeing it fade as tears filled her eyes “Oh shit, no, I didn’t mean to make you cry, it’s just that I-“

I was cut off by her wrapping her arms around me and pulling me into a bone crushing hug.

“You stupid girl,” She scolded softly “You didn’t have to do this,”

“I know, but I wanted to, I’m not good with babies and baby stuff, so I have no idea what to buy you, what you might need, bottles, diapers, whatever, but I can give you this to buy everything you need and offer my services to baby sit the new one or take the other three out for the day so you two can sleep,”

“I already know the first thing I’m gonna get,” She smiled, holding the paper to her heart.

“What’s that?” I asked.

“One of those 4D scans, the one where you can see the baby’s features, like from inside,”

“Get me a copy,”
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Matt’s P.O.V
I was waiting outside the large front door of my parent’s house when Hannah finally arrived. My anger briefly subsided when she stepped out of the car and I soaked in her appearance, she looked amazing; her dress fitted her gorgeous figure perfectly and her hair was pinned up to perfection.

“Where the fuck have you been?” I growled, grabbing her wrist and dragging her away from the vehicle towards the house “You’re late,”

“I was ready on time,” She snapped, yanking herself out of my grip “But I had to drop something in at my friend’s apartment, I got caught up talking,”

“You do too much of that,” I told her with a smirk “A woman’s mouth is only good for one thing, and it isn’t talking,” The anger that burned behind her eyes satisfied me, I knew how much she hated me, but I also knew that she not-so-secretly wanted me, too.

“You’re disgusting,” She spat, storming past me, but as she grabbed the door handle, she turned around to face me “Do me a favour tonight though, and stay the fuck away from me,”

“Hold on,” I said as she turned away from me and opened the door, she didn’t walk inside, but she didn’t turn around to face me either “Take your hair down,” I pulled the one visible bobby pin out of her hair and all of her hair unravelled from itself and fell down her back in long, blonde waves.

“You dick,” She growled “That took me an hour to get perfect,”
With that, she stormed inside.

She was bitter, she never used to be like this. I’ve known her for years, since we were both young and our father’s did some work together, Hell, I helped her through some tough times when her mother died, but then she met Sam, we remained friends, but she didn’t need me as much as she used to, but since her wedding day two years ago, she’s become cold and bitter and I just love to make her angry, it’s the only emotion she has.
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The party was finally in full swing, and I did as Hannah asked and stayed away from her all night, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t watching her. The house was a freaking mansion and the back yard was enormous, so wherever I was, I could see her wherever she was.

She did look gorgeous, her pale blue dress contrasting with her tanned skin but matching her eyes and her blonde hair perfectly. She was standing across the back yard, under the tree that was filled with fairy lights, talking to my mother with Erin, all three of them looked gorgeous, and the way they were laughing and smiling together with glasses of champagne in their hands, they looked like they should be on the cover of a magazine.

“Son,” My dad’s voice broke me from my trance “You haven’t taken your eyes off of young Miss Hetfield all evening,” I looked at him to see him smirk over his beer bottle “Is there something going on here?”

“No,” I said quickly “She just looks better tonight than I’ve ever seen her,” I shrugged.

“Let me ask you something, Son.” I glanced at Hannah again before turning back to my father “How do you think I got to where I am today?” He asked.

“You married mom thirty years ago today?” I chuckled.

“That’s not what I mean,” He chortled “I mean, I’ve passed the family business down to you, but, look at how respected I am although I’m not exactly as involved as you are, are you this respected by others?” He asked, that’s when I realised what he was talking about.

“No,” I sighed “Everyone sees us as young, immature little boys because we screw around a lot, all of us – except Zack – have different women on our arms every time we go out,” I admitted, but, could our rep really have anything to do with women in our lives?

“Exactly!” He exclaimed “And I was the same as you, son, until I took a wife,” He sighed contentedly, his eyes landing on my mother who was still conversing with the girls.

“What are you getting at here, Dad?” I asked, cocking my eyebrow at him.

“Your mother wasn’t exactly keen on marrying me at first, Matt,” He told me, shocking me slightly “I mean, it was a little easier since she had a soft spot for me, but we married for business reasons, so your uncles and I could be seen as more serious, since I was the leader, I had to settle down; get married, have a couple of kids… grow up,” He looked back to me and smiled “Your mother and I did fall in love, madly in love, just before you were conceived, I don’t know what it was, but something happened and we got that final push that we needed, nobody outside of the gang knew that we weren’t in love before we married,”

“So…” I trailed off “What you’re telling me is,” I sipped my beer “For us to be taken more seriously, I have to marry someone? That’s all it takes?”

“Precisely,” He smiled “Do you know anyone who could fill the role of your beloved wife?” He asked slyly.

“I know just the woman,” I smiked back at him, taking another drink, my eyes finally meeting Hannah’s over the bottom of the bottle. She smiled slightly at me and gave a small wave, I just twiddled my fingers in a wave back to her and turned away again.

Tomorrow, I would put my plan into action, Hannah would become my fiancée, whether she liked it or not. Thank you, Dad, you sly bastard.

Notes

I know Matt's half of this chapter is almost EXACTLY the same as in the original, but I wanted to show the difference between the Hannah that he sees and thinks he knows, compared with how she really is.

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