I never agreed to this

Matt's P.O.V.

I woke with Skylar in my arms, her arms were blue.black from Brian's fingers from last night. Anger bloomed in my heart all over again, I wanted to hurt Brian like he hurt Skylar.
I looked down at Skylar's beautiful face, her eyelashes laid lightly upon her flushed cheeks and her lips were pale but full and kissable. Her skin was soft under my fingers as I caressed her face and arms.
Her eyelids flickered, she was having a dream. Her eyebrows furrowed as she began to whisper in her sleep, "No, please, I promise I won't do it again!" She hissed as though she were in pain as she pulled me closer to her.
I kissed her forehead, lightly, before untangling myself from her grasp and heading to the living room.
I couldn't find Brian anywhere on the bus. He was gone. I woke Johnny up who was sleeping on the couch, "Hm, what?" Johnny asked, annoyed.
"Where's Brian?" I asked, shaking him to keep him awake.
"Uh...I think Jimmy checked him into a hotel down the street." He answer as he slowly started to fall back asleep.

I made my way to the hotel down the street and asked the receptionist which room was Brian's. Once I found his room I was thinking back to what Skylar had asked me last night, 'Just talk to him.' He small smile made me and want to kiss her, 'Nicely.' she had finished, placing a small hand on my shoulder.
I knocked on Brian's door lightly, trying to decide what I was going to say.
I heard shuffling from within and then Brian peeked through the crack, "Matt." He opened the door wider to let me in, "Bro, I am so sorry, I was drunk last night, I didn't know what I was doing."
He began to continue but I held up my hand to stop him, "I'm not giving her up, Brian," I said, putting my hands on my hips, "There's no way I will ever give that woman up, I love her too much to do that." I swallowed the lump in my throat.
"I know, and I love her too much to take her away from you." He whispered, standing awkwardly away from me.
"So you do love her." I stated, running a hand over my face.
"Yes, but she loves you, so I'm not going to stand in between you two." He said, sitting down on the bed.
"How can I believe you, Brian?" I asked, looking at him, his head in his hands.
"I don't know, I guess you'll just have to see." He looked up at me, "Matt you're one of my best friends, I promise, I will just be friends with Skylar." There was pain in his pleading eye as he waited for my answer.
"I swear to God, Brian, even if I think you're doing something, I will call you out." I threatened, walking back towards the door, "I mean it."
Brian nodded his head before getting up and shutting the door behind me.

When I reached the bus I found Skylar frantically looking for me. Her face relaxed once she saw me climb onto the bus, "I almost had a heart attack!" She exclaimed, laughing, "You didn't kill him did you" She asked.
I chuckled, "No, but we've come to an agreement."
She smiled, happy nobody got hurt. "Good, that's great, I'm so glad this is all taken care of."
"Me too, babe, me too." I mumbled into her hair, hugging her to me tightly.


Skylar P.O.V.

Brian finally came back onto the bus but he didn't make any eye contact with anybody. He just made his way to the back bunks and made himself at home.
I sighed and left the bus with other guys to go eat out.

We ate at a small diner a few blocks down the street, "Where are we?" I asked Matt as we chose a spot to sit.
"Illinois," He answered, patting the seat beside him. I scooted in and made room for Jimmy to sit down, "Next is Kentucky."
Jimmy sat down and began to drum on the table with his drumsticks, "Yeah, and then to New York."
I bopped my head to the beat of Jimmy's drums, "Cool, I like New York." Jimmy laughed at my head bopping and started a grand ending, which ended up him accidentally throwing the drumstick and hitting the person who sat in front of us.
I tried to hold back the laugh that escaped my throat, failing to do so. Matt laughed loudly as the man turned around to glare at us, "We are so sorry!" I gasped, still laughing.
Jimmy sat beside me with an amused look on his face as the man tossed the drumstick back at him.
"Jimmy!" I hissed playfully, slapping him on the arm.
He mocked being hurt and clutched his arm in 'pain', "Ow, Skylar, you don't realize how strong you are!"
I rolled my eyes and smiled at Kari as she slipped into the booth in the seat across from me with Zacky and Johnny.
Nobody spoke about Brian, it was awkward. What happened last night should not have happened. I felt ashamed that I couldn't do anything to keep Brian from doing such a thing. I rubbed the marks on my arms absentmindedly, wincing from the pain.
Matt smiled down at me and kissed the side of my head as he and Zacky began to talk about new songs they could do.
I looked out the window and prayed that the band hasn't broken up because of me.

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