Dancing Girl

Matt POV

“Matt, I’m here! Where are you?” Nina yells as she enters my home.
“I’m in the kitchen” I reply.
She hurriedly comes to the kitchen and covers the kitchen counter with all the bags, since she has been to the grocery buying as some food.
“Damn woman, don’t you think this is a lot?” I ask her all confused, thinking where to put everything.
“It’s fine. I’m going to the bathroom babe”, she tells me and before she leaves she gives me a light kiss on my lips.

3 months have passed since the death of Katelyn. And boy, a lot happened since that tragic day.

To start off with, Nina is living with me, here in my home.
After Katelyn’s death she couldn’t stay in her house for long. She kept remembering her time she spent together with Katelyn at her house. Also, she kept having lots of nightmares about that event. Sometimes she used to wake up screaming that the men were after Nina, sometimes she used to wake up because she would have seen and talked to Katelyn in her dreams. This kept going for quite a while. So we decided it’s best for her to come and live her with me. She brought all of her belongings and within a couple of days she settled down quite well. Honestly this had helped me as well as I didn’t have to spend much alone time after that horrible day. Sometimes we spend some time together simple sharing some of Katelyn’s best and funniest experiences. We both love doing this: we want to celebrate her life and not just mourn her death. Something else? Oh yeah, she quit ‘Scream’ and the stripping job, just days after Katelyn’s death. Right now she is looking for some jobs, but honestly I don’t mind her if she stays here at home.

Danny and Sam have been caught by the police and were sent to jail. HELL MOTHERFUCKER YEAH!! All of us went to court as part of the trial. All of us shared everything that happened: from the beating Katelyn had to suffer from that asshole Rick, to the letters, to the police working for Rick, to the spying, to the brawl they had with Zacky and the actual murder of our dear friend. Everything! And let me tell you this with a huge grin on my face, we won’t be seeing them for quite a long time. Even that son of a bitch Rick: the police have extended Rick’s jail sentence by years, not months but years!

I guess now you’re curious to know more about us Avenged guys, right?

Well, Johnny and Laura had broken up since that day. Laura went to live in New York, since she has some relatives living there. She told Johnny she wasn’t feeling safe here after all that has happened and she needed to go abroad. She asked Johnny to go with her but he didn’t want to, so they decided to call it quits.

Kim and Arin are officially a couple. Since that day Kim was being around more often and looking for support. And the gentleman that Arin is, he was always there for Kim and so they decided to take it to the next level and be an official item. Those two, I like them together.

But I think the guys that had took this tragic accident the worst were Zacky and Brian. Both of them were quite distant after Katelyn’s funeral. We haven’t heard from them for days! We used to call them, but nothing! One day I decided to drop by at Zacky’s. I found him lying on the floor, looking at the roof. I asked him what was he doing but he said nothing. He didn’t even realise I was standing there next to him. I remember I had sat down, looking at him and after an hour he rose up and noticed that I was there. I tried to convince him to come and stay with us, and when he finally did he broke down.

*flashback*
“What is wrong Zacky?” I ask him but it was all for nothing. “You need to speak, say something. Share what is on your mind, or else you’ll destroy yourself!”
“I used to tease her a lot, and I hope she didn’t die with the thought that I used to make fun of her or hate her! That was all joking, she was like a little sister to me, Matt! I never got to tell her that” he finally expresses.
I smile at him, “Zacky, trust me, she knew! I’m sure she only had positive thoughts about you! You remember she was the mastermind behind the ‘Welcome back’ party? Why do you think she prepared all of that?! Because she saw you like her big brother!”


That leaves me to Brian. Damn, that was a tough case. The day of the funeral he kept by the side, away from us. And after that, we haven’t heard from him! Zacky managed to get hold of him and I went to his house together with Zacky. House full of alcohol bottles and drugs. I never seen Brian doing drugs before, but there were paper rolls, white powder, spoons...and damn they were scattered everywhere so I tried to get rid of everything. Obviously he wasn’t too damn pleased about it and we had a fight about this issue. His reason for drugs was “I want to see Katelyn again”. Damn, that fucking broke me down, I didn’t want to lose my best friend as well. And this made him quit drugs by time. Also he used to tell us that he will get his revenge on what had happened because of Rick. Up to this date I have no idea what he means.
Lately he has been doing better. He is living with Zacky for the time being, they are helping each other getting over it. And Zacky even told me that Brian is writing songs again, so that is always a good thing. Time heals.

3 months have passed, 3 long and difficult months. But after our own struggles, dark moments and angriness we are finally starting to get on with our lives. We are helping each other and making sure not to take any day for granted.
Another thing we are doing? Every Sunday we meet at someone’s house to have lunch together and spend the rest of the day just having fun. This is helping us getting stronger day by day.
And rest assure, that when we are sitting around the table there is ALWAYS an empty chair for Katelyn’s presence, next to Brian of course. We will never forget that precious girl.
Never.

We miss you Katelyn. Each and every day.

“MATT!!!” Nina screams loud from the bathroom. I can hear her jumping up and down and laughing hard. What the hell?
“What?!” I reply.
“COME OVER HERE! NOW!!” she replies excitedly.
Well I better get to it.


Brian POV

I get out of the car and start walking towards the building, with a cigarette in my mouth. As I place my foot in I throw the cigarette to the ground and keep walking on. I write my information down and tell them who I want to see.
They tell me to go to this particular room and they should give me more information from there. I do as I’m told and the policeman tells me to wait in cabin 4.
I make myself comfortable on the metal chair. Then I look at him coming, smiling that stupid grin. He grabs the telephone and I do the same.

“Well, well. Never in a million years would I have expected you to come and visit me here” he says with all stupidity over the phone.
“Well, I did not come here to see how is your well-being Rick” I say coldly.
“Woshhh…so cold with me huh?! What is it? She forgot to kiss you good morning this morning? Ohhh shit I forgot. I’m sorry man. It was not supposed to go down like that. But apparently Katelyn gave them a hard time…she did not even listen to you. Now do you understand why I used to do all of that with her?! She needed to fucking learn a goddamn lesson”
I hit the plastic that is separating the both of us right now. And damn, how I wish that there is nothing between us so I could just kill him, slowly and painfully.
“Don’t you even dare to talk about her. Not like that. And not ever” I hiss at him.
“Fine. Then, what do you want to talk about Mr Haner?” he asks mocking me.

I smile. “What is your most precious possession that you have Rick?!”
“Hmm. I have a lot. But what do you mean exactly? What are you talking about?” he asks me, looking confused.
“I want you to think about that one thing that you truly love that you own. That one thing that makes you feel in control, and above all others around you. Come on Rick use your head, what is that one thing?” I ask him, as I approach the plastic, to look better at him.
“Well, I am sure as hell proud to own Scream if you ask me. Jesus, best decision ever!” he proudly says through the telephone.
BINGO!
I start laughing loudly at his answer, making him even more confused than before.
“Why the hell are you laughing? What is so funny?” he asks me.
“No I am just thinking about the club as well. Haven’t they told you?! Here, let me show you something, instead of me doing all the explanations over here”.

I bring out 1 photo from the collection that I have in my pocket. I look at the photo first, laugh hard and then I look at Rick.
“Look carefully at this picture Rick. Look closely”. I spit at the center of the photo and I press it with the plastic divider between us. I look at Rick, waiting for his priceless expression to bursts within seconds. At first he starts struggling to recognize what is in the picture, but than once he notices everything he glares me an angry look.
“WHAT THE FUCK?! NO IT CAN’T BE!!!” he speaks through the telephone.
“What can’t be?! Oh yes, that is your club. Well, was your strip-club. It was burnt down a couple of weeks ago. Wait, you don’t believe me?! Shh don’t struggle, I have more proof. Here”
I bring the rest of the photos and press them to the plastic as Rick starts getting red from all the anger.
“And if you ask me how I got these photos I only have one thing to tell you. It was me who did that. Yes, I was the one who burnt down your damn stupid club. I thought about your most precious possession that you hold and my mind clicked. It has to be this club. I wanted you to pay for what you did to me, my friends and Katelyn. I know that doing all of this is not going to bring Katelyn back or make me forget about the pain I’m feeling right now. But honestly I feel better already, knowing that you are hurting on the inside and cannot do anything about it. So, adios motherfucker, and enjoy the rest of your time in jail you asshole!”
I slam the telephone back to its place without giving him any time to reply. I turn around and leave, leaving the photos there for Rick to enjoy.

Satisfied I go to my car, start the engine and drive to my next destination I have in mind. I turn on the music, roll down the window and just enjoy the breeze that I can feel on my face.
Within a couple of minutes I have arrived. I grab my packet of cigarettes, bag, guitar and notepad and get out of the car. As I am walking by I stop to buy some red roses, and continue walking.

Then I stop at my usual spot, my usual spot for the past three months: the tomb of Katelyn. I sit down, make myself comfortable and put down my stuff. I get rid of the old flowers, tulips they were and put the fresh and new red roses in the vase. I look at the picture frame that is situated next to the vase of flower: damn she’s gorgeous. In the picture she is laughing at the distant, her red, curly locks falling on her shoulders, and she’s wearing my favourite shirt. That is how I want to remember her: her true self.

“Hey there beautiful. How’s it going? I stopped by as usual, and damn I have a lot to tell you. Well, today, finally I had quite a good day. I stopped at the prison and visited Rick. I showed him the pictures of his club burnt down. He was flipping crazy! And that is how I wanted him to react! Serves him right. Honestly the pain he’s feeling right now it’s not even close to the pain I have been suffering these past 3 months but at least I took something away from him. I shall not see his face in a very long time, I’m glad they have extended his prison sentence.
Anyways, I don’t want to spend my time here talking about him. I want to talk about us. So lately you know I have been telling you that I have been trying to write something again. And finally I managed to do so! The lyrics are done, even the guitar riffs. But first I want you to listen to the song, then I will go to the guys and play the song to them. But you have to be the one who hears it first of course”.

I bring out my guitar and place it on my lap. I open the notepad and find the lyrics of the song as I chuckle to myself.
“You must be thinking, ‘wow he’s such a dumbass of needing the notepad to play the song’. Well it’s a new one, I can be excused” I wink at the photo frame. “Okay, so you’re ready babe?! Here it goes!”
I start playing the guitar and singing to the songs. The lyrics are still hard for me to sing to, as they express what I’m feeling now.

A final song, a last request
A perfect chapter laid to rest
Now and then I try to find
A place in my mind
Where you can stay, You can stay away forever

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place and time always on my mind
I have so much to say but you're so far away

But I do my best, sing my best play my best cos I am playing for her. She deserves the best, nothing else.

Once I finish from the song I put the guitar down and look at the photo frame.
“Did you like it? Hope you did! I worked my ass off trying my best on this one. And honestly I can finally say I’m quite satisfied with the end result. You know Katelyn, you’re a really, really lucky girl. You know why? Because you do not have one, but two songs dedicated to you. Yes, I have written this song for you. I have named it ‘So Far Away’, because fuck, I miss your pretty face, I miss your relaxing voice, I miss everything about you. I know you are looking over me from up there, with a bottle of beer in your hands while wearing my favourite shirt and your hair in a messy ponytail. So I wanted to voice my thoughts and tell you how much I miss you and cannot wait to see you again. But of course, when the time is right. You’ll always have a special place in my heart Katelyn. As you know of course, as I have been telling you this for the past 3 months”.

All of a sudden I hear my phone ringing. Quickly I search through my pockets of the bag.
“Foolish me, forgot to turn it off. Let me get this quickly Katie.”
I look at the caller ID and notice that is Matt.
“Hey Matt” I say over to the phone, still staring at Katelyn’s picture.
“Where are you Brian?” he yells, as I can hear Nina shouting at the background.
“I…hum….I am next to Katelyn now. Why? What happened Matt? Something wrong?” I ask him all worried. I can’t stand another bad news, so I’m just hoping that everything is fine.
“No, no everything is fine! Listen, can you come home, soon?! Everyone is coming over!” he tells me.
“Matt, can you please tell me what happened? I’m coming soon, I promise!”
“Fine, let me tell you over the phone. Nina is pregnant, I am going to be a father Brian! Can you believe it?!” he says excited.
“Are you for real?! Congrats man!! Yeah soon I’ll be home, okay? Let me finish first”
“Okay man, I’ll see you soon!” and he hangs up.

Laughing I put the phone away and looking at the picture again.
“Well, what do you know?! Matt and Nina are going to be parents! Can you believe it?! Ha….I wanted that to happen with you, but anyways. What’s done is done. Sweetie, I am going to leave for today as they need me at their house, I think they’re going to celebrate or something. You know how we roll. I miss you every fucking minute babe. I swear. But I love you even more. I’ll be coming over tomorrow beautiful. I’m sure you’ll be waiting here for me, and you’ll see me running towards you. Until tomorrow”
As usual, I kiss the photo frame and head back to my car, driving over to Matt’s house.

Notes

So, that is it for this story! The final chapter is up (And I am very sorry it took so long!!) :O

Do you like the ending?! I sure hope you do! :D And which moments you liked most from this chapter?! There are some sad, happy, excited moments....a little bit of everything! :)

It has been a great journey..seriously I never expected to write this much..I mean hey, this has been my first Fan-Fic EVER!!! :D I hope you liked it!! :D I sure did..hell yeah :D
I am considering to write another story...as I truly enjoyed this process ;) Nothing concrete for now...but stay tuned cos you never know ;)
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