After All That We've Been Through

Kady's POV

"Enough, Caleb!" I yelled, pulling him down by the back of his shirt. I was sick of his impulsive, cocky, and aggressive personality since we got signed. "Chill the fuck out before you get us fired!

With one swift yank from Marley and I, he was back seated on the couch. "Knock off your shit! I'm serious! We are not quitting or getting fired from this tour! Sit down, cool off, and pull yourself back together. Jesus Christ!"

"He started it! When did you turn into mom?"

I took a step back, feeling like I had been slapped in the face. Are you fucking kidding me? You're going to make that low of a blow over this?

I hated to be compared to our overbearing worthless mother. I hated her. She had tried to control my life for so long and forbid me from being who I actually was. A debutant was not something I ever wanted but that was all my mother thought I could do. There was no denying that Caleb and I had a messed up childhood, but it definitely inspired our music.

"Ax that was low, dude," I heard Marley say as I flipped him off and walked towards the door.

"You can go to hell," muttered. "Fucking ass....keep it up and we'll replace you." I added under my breath. I was fed up.

As I walked out the backstage door, I shielded my eyes from the sun. My hangover from the night before was still powering on. I needed something to calm me down. It was then that I smelled cigaret smoke...perfect.

"Fuck..."

I looked down to see the browned Avenged Sevenfold guitar player sitting on the ground enjoying his drag. His hair was spiked up and his closed eyes were lighly lined with black eyeliner. Fuck...I can't forget about the bet. One smoke wasn't going to break me. Hell I was Violet fucking Rouge:bad ass rockstar! Synyster Gates would not be my Achilles Heel. Fuck no.

"You can say that again....can I join you?" I asked, knowing that I honestly didn't give a fuck if he said no.

He opened his eyes slowly and looked up with me with a cocky sideways smirk. "Finally taking me up on that smoke? I knew you couldn't resist."

I wanted knock that smile right off his face. The cockiness in his voice immediately made me take back any question of liking him. "Don't flatter yourself, I've got my own." I said, watching one side of his smirk fall when I took out my pack. Justice.

"Suit yourself....what's with you guys anyway?" Gates asked, as I pulled out a Marlboro. "I can see that it's not because you have bad taste." He smirked again holding up his matching pack. "So what is it?"
"Your cocky attitude," I said bluntly. His face fell again. "And that you think that you can have whatever you want. Well guess what, buddy. You can't, asshole!" I watched as Syn raised a brow at me. I must have hit a nerve.

"You know me so well," Gates replied with a small frown as he stood up. "What a shame that I'm such an asshole that I was about to invite your band to a tour kick off party at my place. But I can see that you've already formed your opinion of us...awesome."

I gapped at him, not expecting that response at all. So he wasn't hitting on me?

"I-I...."

"Kady are you okay?" I turned around to see Marley standing behind me in the door. Great timing Mar. Now I'm the asshole. "We are getting ready to go back on the air."

"Yeah, I'll be back inside in a minute," I said as I put out my cigaret.

"Okay, babe," he said with a wink.

I turned back around just in time to see Gates walking back towards the door. "Gates Wait," I said, grabbing his biceps.

I smiled lightly as I felt his muscles flex under my hand. My mind instantly wandered to the monsters tattooed on his arm. Damn that was sexy....no Kady, snap out of it. He's not that sexy!

Gates stopped and turned to look at me with his brown eyes. "It's Brian and don't worry about it, Violet."
"It's Kady, and I'm sorry." I looked down at my feet.

"Forget about it. See you tonight." He threw his cocky smirk at me and left me stand outside with my mouth open.

That fucker just played me!

Zacky's POV

I sat on the couch drumming my finger on the arm of the couch. It was taking everything in my power to stay in my seat and not say anything. I knew that my actions were not professional, but everything about Caleb just fucking pissed me off. He was always a pompous ass who wanted something that didn't belong to him. In my opinion he was about five years due for me to beat his ass. Ever since Amy...

"Zack? Earth to Zacky?"

I blinked and was drawn away from my thought by Jimmy singing and jumping into my lap.
"A soon full of Jimmy helps the world go round!"

"What the fuck, dude?"

"I called your name like fifty fucking times!" He sang and I cracked a smile.

"Sorry, what's up?"

"Do you want me to get anything 'special' for the party tonight?" He asked, wagging his eyebrows at me. "Johnny wants brownies."

"I want something a little harder after today..."I mused, knowing that Matt would kill me if he knew what I was requesting. We had promised to avoid hard drugs once Jimmy had been diagnosed with a heart problem. "Brownies would be fine. Just make them strong."

"Haha oh Zachary, I don't make them!" Jimmy laughed. "I'd fucking burn the house down."

"You got your head back on, Baker?" Matt cut in and I answered with a nod. I knew he had spent the last couple of minutes apologizing to the Mayhem staff for our outburst. "I promised the tour manager that their would be no more issues. You better keep it to yourself man and then vent later."

Shut the fuck up, Matt. You don't know the half of it. Sure he screwed you over but you don't even know about Amy...

"Yeah," I said as a song started blaring in the studio. I listened to the female voice both scream and sing in such a unique way. The tune was damn catchy too.

I feel it deep within,
It's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I hate what I've become
The nightmare's just begun
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster

I had to admit, this was a good song.

"Girl can sing," Brian said, taking a seat nested of me. He smelled like smoke and gave his 'I have the best news ever' smile.

"What did you do?" I asked suspiciously. I usually wasn't the biggest fan of Brian and Jimmy surprises. They were usually insane or pissed me off.

"I invited Kady to the party tonight." He looked so proud of himself. However, I knew that wherever the lead singer went the rest were sure to go. I would definitely have to keep my distance or get some hard drugs to keep from pummeling Axel.

"Kady huh? I though she was more of an Julianna...."Jimmy mused. Gates and the Rev were peas in a pod. "She bringing any lady friends."

"I don't even know if she is coming," Brian muttered as the host started his introduction again.

"And that was Fatal Facade and their hit Monster."

This was going to be a long day....

Notes

The words to Monster is by Skillet.

So what do you think? Is Fatal Facde going to the party? I would really love to read your comments! What's this Amy story? Thank you for your comments and votes and please keep them coming! Makes my day! Thank you for reading!