Love Thy Vengeance

I took a deep breath as I walked in behind Zack into Matt and Val’s house, there was loud laughing in the living room so that’s where we went ‘hey guys’ Zack said happily as we walked in, everyone looked over at him then looked at me. I put my head down at little and started playing with the ends of my hair ‘you must be Electra’ I heard and I looked up to see twins in front of me, I just nodded ‘I'm Val’ the blond one said as she held out her hand, I shook it and then looked at the dark haired one ‘I'm Michelle’ she said and we also shook hands. ‘I'm Lacey’ a red head that was planted on Johnny’s lap said, I nodded to her with a little smile then looked back up at Val and Michelle

‘well, do you wanna help me set the table? No one else will’ Val laughed and I just nodded a little as I followed her into the kitchen. She started handing me plates as she got glasses and we walked into the dining room ‘you're not much of a talker huh?’ she said and I shrugged ‘I haven’t opened up yet’ she nodded as we finished then walked back into the kitchen and carried the food back into the dining room putting it on the table with some wine. ‘food!’ Val yelled and everyone stampeded into the room making me giggle a little as I sat in a chair at the end of the table.

I was just listening to everyone talk, they were talking about making the album and then going on tour for about 4 or 5 months ‘when’s Gina coming home Zack?’ Michelle asked as she took a sip of her wine ‘few days I think, I haven’t talked to her yet today’ he said and she nodded. I had to go through my brain to remember who Gina was then I remembered that she was Zack’s girlfriend and I got a little upset but I didn’t know why. I hope I didn’t have to leave when she came back

‘what about you Electra?’ ‘hmm?’ I hummed and looked up at one of the guys, ‘do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend?’ Brian asked and I blushed a little ‘no, I had a boyfriend but he cheated on me and I was too stupid to realize it’ I said softly and they just kinda looked at me a little sadly ‘it’s whatever though; first boyfriends are always the ones that break your heart right?’ I said with a little laugh then stood up and excused myself ‘way to go Gates’ I heard someone say then I heard someone get up and walk up behind me as I walked out the front door and sat on the step.

‘I'm sorry, I didn’t know’ I heard and I looked to see Brian sitting down next to me on the step ‘it’s ok really, not anything anyone can do so I just don’t worry about it’ I said and he nodded ‘well, if it makes you feel any better I've had girlfriends cheat on me to’ ‘yeah?’ ‘yeah’ ‘but, you're so handsome, and sweet enough to come out here and say sorry even though you didn’t really do anything’ I said and he smiled at me and kissed my forehead ‘you're the sweet one. Come on, let’s go back and finish eating’ he said as he stood up and helped me up, we walked back into the dining room and sat in our respective seats and finished up dinner.

So it’s been a few days since dinner and we had started working on the new album but right now I was in the kitchen making Zack, me and the guys breakfast because we were all riding together to the studio afterwards. I was wearing one of Zack’s shirts with just some black lace cheeky shorts under it because I ran out of clothes and was currently doing wash. ‘I wish you would just go shopping with Val already’ I heard Matt say as he walked into the kitchen with Brian behind him, I sighed and looked over at them

‘I want to, I just can’t’ I said as I turned around and reached for the plates in the cabinet ‘why can’t you?’ Brian asked as he helped me so all the plates didn’t come crashing down ‘because I don’t have any money’ ‘well Val will just use our money’ ‘no I couldn’t do that’ ‘why not?’ Matt said and I looked over at him with a raised eyebrow ‘I don’t like taking money from people’ ‘but you need clothes, it’s not like you're gonna go crazy and by the whole damn mall’ ‘yeah well even if I did take your money I wouldn’t be going to the mall to buy clothes, just underwear at Victoria’s secret. I’d rather by my clothes at like Wal-Mart’ ‘why’s that?’ ‘I don’t know, you don’t like Wal-Mart?’ ‘I do, I've just never met a girl that didn’t want to go to the mall for new clothes’ Matt said and I started putting the food on plates.

I looked over at him and he looked down into my eyes ‘please let Val take you shopping. You need clothes and you know it’ he said and I sighed softly then looked over at Brian for help but he just shrugged ‘can I think about it?’ ‘sure, just let me know’ he said and I nodded as I finished putting all the food on all the plates. I made sure the stove was off then grabbed Zack and Johnny’s plates and told Matt and Brian to grab theirs. I walked into the living room with the boys behind me and handed over the others food then went and got my plate.

When I walked back into the living room all the spots were taken so I just stood next to the couch and started nibbling on my eggs. ‘come here Lex’ I heard Brian say but I shook my head ‘I'm ok really’ ‘come here’ he said again and I shuffled over to him and he pulled me down to sit on his knee ‘what am I three?’ I laughed and everyone else did to ‘no, but I don’t want you to be uncomfortable’ he said and I nodded then scooted back a little so I was actually sitting on his lap and we all talked and finished our breakfast.

As I was walking back into the living room the doorbell rang ‘I’ll get it’ I called out and walked over and opened the door, I saw a blond woman standing there but it wasn’t Val ‘hi, can I help you?’ I asked nicely, she didn’t say anything but she looked mad as hell. Next thing I know I'm getting slapped in the face ‘what the fuck!’ I yelled and I heard the guys come into the entrance way ‘what happened?’ Matt asked as he walked over to me, I went to him and grabbed onto his shirt ‘I didn’t do anything, she just hit me’ I said softly as I looked over at the blond ‘Gina? What the fuck, what’s wrong with you?’ Zack said as he walked over to her ‘who’s the slut!?’ ‘what? She’s not a slut’ ‘then why is she in your shirt Zack!?’ she yelled and pushed him a little, I looked up at Matt and he motioned Brian over ‘take her up to her room’ Matt said and Brian nodded as he wrapped an arm around me and walked with me upstairs.

We walked into my bathroom and Brian lifted me up onto the sink then pulled my hand away from my face ‘well, she cut your lip’ ‘great’ I said as I rolled my eyes ‘what did I do?’ ‘nothing, she’s just jealous and jumps to conclusions and since you're wearing Zack’s shirt with just panties under she probably thought you fucked him’ ‘but I'm a virgin’ I whispered and he looked at me wide eyed ‘you're kidding?’

‘well, I don’t know. I mean, I still think of myself as one but I guess I'm not’ I whispered and looked down at the floor ‘what do you mean?’ ‘my stepdad used to rape me’ I whispered as my eyes started to water ‘god I am so sorry’ he whispered and wrapped his arms around me, I gripped his shirt and just let everything go as he held onto me even tighter ‘hey how’s – what happened?’ I heard Matt say and I just cried harder ‘can I tell him?’ Brian whispered in my ear, I nodded ‘her stepdad used to rape her’ he whispered and I felt another pair of strong arms wrap around my shaking body

‘I wish I could take it back’ Matt whispered in my ear, I nodded and pulled back to look at both of the sweetest men I've ever met. Brian wiped my tears away and kissed my forehead, Matt kissed my temple then they looked at each other ‘I’ll go call Mike’ ‘alright, bring Johnny up if he’s still here’ ‘I will’ Matt said then walked back downstairs, I looked up in Brian’s eyes and he smiled down at me, I smiled back and hugged him around the waist, he hugged my shoulders and just held me for a minute.

‘I swear no one will ever touch you like that again’ he whispered and I nodded then pulled back and slid off the counter. I turned around and turned on the sink and washed my face off a little ‘will you go put my clothes in the dryer?’ I asked as I looked at Brian through the mirror, he nodded and walked out of my bathroom just as Johnny was walking in. His arms wrapped around my shoulders from behind and he rested his chin on the top of my head, I leaned back against him a little and we just looked into each other’s eyes not saying anything because there wasn’t really anything he could say.

Brian walked back with my clothes all warm and dry and I just slipped into some black jeans, I turned my back to them and slipped a bra on then pulled Zack’s shirt back on and turned around so see Brian and Johnny sitting on my bed ‘so, do we have to go to the studio today?’ ‘no, you're going shopping with Val, Brian and I’ Matt said as he walked back into my room and leaned against my door frame, I just nodded because I wasn’t in the mood to argue.

Brain and Johnny stood up and everyone let me walk out of the room first, we walked into the living room and Zack rushed over and hugged me tight, I hugged back and rested my head on the lower part of his shoulder ‘I'm so sorry about what she said, I don’t know why any of that happened. Please forgive me?’ he whispered in my ear, I nodded ‘Brian, Val and I are taking her shopping. Johnny’s gonna stay with you’ Matt said and Zack nodded then pulled back and looked down at me, he kissed my forehead softly and looked into my eyes ‘have fun’ he whispered and I nodded again then walked out with the guys.

‘we have to go get Val but I’ll just call her when were in the driveway so I don’t get sucked into her seductiveness’ Matt said and I giggled a little ‘was that a laugh?’ Brian gasped from beside me and I went wide eyed and looked away ‘pfff no, I don’t laugh’ ‘mhm, we’ll see about that’ he said then he leaned over and started to tickle me causing me to squeal and start laughing harder than I ever had. ‘say that I'm the sexiest man alive!’ ‘never!’ ‘ok your funeral’

‘nooooooooo!!!!!!!!! Matt h-helpppp!!!’ ‘sorry babe no can do’ he said just as Val got into the car ‘what the fuck Bri’ she laughed as she looked back at us. It was quite a sight, I was lying on the back seat trying to get him off and Brian was lying on top of me tickling me ‘ok ok! You're the sexiest man alive!’ I yelled and he finally stopped and looked down at me with his signature Syn Gates smirk ‘eh, maybe Syn’s sexier’ I chuckled and he raised his eyebrow at me ‘oh really? Well we’ll just see how sexy he is when he starts tickling you’ ‘no no! Brian Haner Jr is the sexiest man alive!’ I yelled as I put my arms out in defense

‘that’s better’ he said then sat up right in his seat, I stayed where I was and Matt and Val were laughing at us from the front. ‘Oh sure laugh at the baby of the group’ I said with a little giggle and sat up and leaned against Brian, he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer. I rested my arm on his leg and started picking at the lose strings on his pants where his knee was. ‘here we are’ Matt said after a little more talking from everyone, I looked up at the mall and groaned on the inside, I hated the mall but regardless, we all got out and Brian made sure to keep me close to him by keeping his arm around me.

We walked around for a bit until Val said that she had to go into Victoria’s Secret and she pulled me along with her ‘you guys can come or wait’ she called back and I looked back at them with pleading eyes, they laughed then walked over to the little Starbucks store to sit. ‘Vaaallllllll’ I whined after she shoved the like tenth bra into my arms then shoved me into a dressing room ‘you said you need more bras and underwear and that’s what you're getting!’ she said and I just sighed and tried on the bras she gave me, I only picked out two bras that I wanted and then came out, Val was pouting at me ‘oh stop, I'm gonna get two sets then some underwear.

When we go to Wal-Mart I’ll get some more bras’ I said and she nodded happy with me then grabbed me and pulled me over to the sets that hung on the wall. I picked out the two sets that I liked then went over to the panties bin and picked out about 7 pairs then I was finished ‘done?’ Val asked, I nodded and we walked over to the counter and just as I set my stuff down I got a call on my cell so I walked away a bit to answer it ‘hello?’ ‘are you guys done yet?’ I heard Brian whine on the other end ‘yeah, were checking out now, are you guys still in Starbucks?’ ‘nah were waiting outside the store for you’ ‘ok, we’ll be there in a few’ ‘ok bye’ ‘bye’ I said and hung up then put my phone back in my pocket, as I turned around Val was walking towards me with our bags, I took mine and thanked her and told her where the guys were and we did a bit more shopping before we left because I needed a new back pack but then we headed over to Wal-Mart.

When we got there I went over to the clothes and picked out three pairs of pants, two pairs of shorts, a cute black romper, a pair of sleep shorts and a sleep set. I went over to the tanks and picked out three plane black ones and three plane grey ones, I then went over to the bra and panties section and picked out four more bras but they were in sets of two so it was ok.

While I was looking through the bras Val put a hat on my head and I giggled when I looked in the mirror at it ‘I love it’ I smiled and she wrapped an arm around me ‘I thought you might, the boys went to get a cart because Matt and I have to do some food shopping anyways’ ‘alright’ I nodded then took the hat off and laid it on top of the clothes in my arms. And by the way, everything I had was 50% on sale, I think they were getting new inventory or something ‘there you are’ I heard and we turned to see Matt and Brian standing there with a cart, Val took the things in my arms and put them in the cart ‘thanks’ I smiled and she smiled back and nodded.

Brian wrapped his arm around my waist as I did to him and we walked behind Matt and Val as they went off in search for food they needed. ‘wanna go have a smoke?’ Brian whispered in my ear as we trailed behind the love birds, I nodded and we told them we were going out to the car, Matt handed over the keys and we left. When we got there Brian opened the car and I sat in the passenger seat sideways and he stood in front of me as we talked ‘Bri that guy keeps looking at us’ I whispered as I let my eyes wonder over to the guy that was leaning up against the side of the store, he looked over casually and then looked back at me

‘well, then let’s give him something to look at’ he said and I raised an eyebrow at him as he leaned in and kissed me gently, I kissed back and gripped the front of his shirt pulling him closer, he grunted and pushed more into the kiss and he licked my lower lip slowly, I opened up and we started making out as his hand went to the back of my neck pulling me more into the kiss and making me let out a little moan. I felt him smile a little then he pulled away slowly and looked into my eyes ‘wow’ I whispered and he smiled at me then pecked my lips softly once more.

I bit my lower lip and looked down at the half gone smoke in my hand, I flicked it then took a long drag and let it out slowly. When I looked back up at Brian he was looking over at someone ‘Bri?’ I asked tugging on his shirt a little, he looked down at me and I raised an eyebrow ‘what’s wrong?’ ‘he keeps looking at us’ he whispered and I looked over and saw that the creepy guy was still looking at us, I pulled out my phone and called Matt ‘yeah?’ ‘hey are you guys almost done?’ ‘yeah were about to pay, something wrong?’ ‘yeah there’s really creepy guy that keeps looking at us’ ‘ok we’ll be there in a second’ ‘ok’ I said and hung up then looked up at Brian ‘they should be here any second’ I said and he nodded then stepped away as I got out of the car, we walked over to the trunk and opened it when we saw Matt and Val coming over to us, we helped them load up the car then I went and took the cart back

‘hey’ I heard and I turned to see the creepy guy standing there ‘yes?’ ‘how about you come with me back to my place’ ‘uh I don’t think so’ ‘aww come on baby-‘ ‘hey!’ I heard and I turned to see Matt and Brian walking towards us ‘get your hand off her before you lose it’ Matt growled and the guy did what he was told and Brian pushed me behind him ‘get the fuck outta here’ Matt said again and the guy glared at him then walked back over to where he was standing ‘are you ok? Did he hurt you?’ ‘no I'm ok’ ‘ok come on’ Matt said as we walked back over to the car where Val was waiting for us, she hugged me then we all climbed in and took off for Zack’s house so I could be dropped off and Johnny could be picked up.

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