Brian’s POV

“Come on, Gates, you can throw better than that!” Zacky teased as I threw carrot after carrot at the target we made out of coffee stirs and a guitar stand on the bus. I was getting pissed off because everyone, including fucking Johnny, had made a shot.This is fucking bullshit and the main reason why I didn’t get involved with their stupid ass games.

“Be smarter than the carrot!” Johnny taunted, pissing me off even more. Someone please tell me why I decided to go after short shit? God, I fucking hate these games! “Be one with your inner dickhead and aim, shoot, and just fucking throw it!”

“You’re the one with a carrot dick, so shut your fucking mouth, Short Shit,” I mumbled, as I squinted my eyes and threw another orange demon.

Now thoroughly pissed, I pointed to the target, let out a Jimmy worthy scream, and aimed my carrot directly at the coffee stir. That little orange fucker soared through the air and went directly over my new arch nemesis. “Fuck, fuck, fuck!” I raged, shooting a new carrot with each word. None of them hit the damn target. “I give up!” I sighed angrily just as Jimmy came up and hit it on his first try. I yelled again in frustration and pinched the bridge of my nose with a furred brow. Why was it so fucking easy for all of them?

“I am a carrot wielding ninja!” He screamed, inches from my face before jumping around and punching and kicking shit.

“I’m fucking done!” I said and threw my hands up in the air. “Guess I might as well fucking eat one of these before they’re all gone.” I put the last two carrots sticks in my mouth and pulled a beer out of the fridge. “You assholes can pick up this mess!”

“Oh, come on, Gates. Don’t be a bitch because you lost,” Zacky laughed. He was getting way to much enjoyment out of this and was about to get punched in the face if he didn’t drop it. “You were the one who started the game!”

Okay, so maybe I did start the whole thing by trying to throw carrot sticks in Jimmy’s mouth but I didn’t turn it into a competition. Jimmy had been perfectly content getting pelted with the sticks and moving to catch them with his mouth. Not to mention the screams and shrieks he produced when pretending he had been shot. I fucking loved my friends and being able to act like complete assholes at any given moment.

“Where the fuck are you going?” Zacky asked, now standing as I flipped him off and walked back towards the bunks. “Don’t tell me you’re going to go pout in you bunk.” Out of the corner of my eye I could see him take out each of the coffee stirs with a baseball bat. Figures Vengeance is a fucking cheater.

“Nah, he’s got a hot date with Parker,” I heard Ryn say from behind me and I couldn’t help but smirk. It had been three weeks since Kady had left the hospital and we were finally back on the right track. The first few shows back, had been pretty rough. Kady had to sit and take multiple breaks in the set, though she would never actually admit that she was tired or in pain. Red was a fighter and now she was fully back to kicking asses and taking names.“And speaking of which, do you want to go grab something to eat?”

“You can’t leave me here! I’ll STARVE!” Jimmy yelled and I peeked my head around the corner from the bathroom to see him clutching Zacky’s ankle for dear life. I loved Jimmy’s inner child, it was one of the main reason we were best friends. He always made things seem so easy and carefree and it was hard not to love the gangly giant.

“Just take him and get him a happy meal and he’ll be the happiest fucking bastard on the face of the earth,” I called from the bathroom, pulling out my spike gel to manage the mess underneath my beanie. “Oh, wait…that’s Johnny with his small fries…my bad.”

Suddenly, my spike gel is ripped out of my hand, leaving me gaping out the door. “Give it back short shit! I’m sorry I told that you have small fries but the when the shoe fits!”I dive after the little blond gnome as he darts between Zacky, Ryn, and Jimmy. Grabbing the back of his Guns’N’Roses t-shirt, I tackle the little shit to the floor and wrestle his hand free. “Johnny fucking Christ, where the hell is it!” I say in a loud high-pitched voice but all he does is burst out laughing.

I looked up to see Jimmy holding it up above his head. “Come on guys, you know what Kady is like when I’m fucking late! It’s like trying to get laid by a fucking grizzly bear!” I laughed, launching myself off the floor and towards Jimmy’s knees. If there was one thing that I learned in all my time with Jimmy was that if you take out the knees, you take out the beast. As soon as I clamped down on his goose legs, Jimmy went toppling to the floor, knocking both Zacky and Ryn down when trying to prevent his fall.

“NO I’M MELTING!” Jimmy cried, his limbs flailing about with all of us on top of him. “I’m going to kill you all!”

“Please, you’re not going to kill me,” I laughed, grabbing the tube of spike gel that fell to the ground above my head. “You’d be bored out of your mind without me.”

“And don’t try and pull a Caleb, we’ve all been there done that,” Johnny chuckled, causing all of us to throw one of the hundreds of carrots on the floor at him.

Jimmy wiggled his way to his feet and plopped down on the couch. “But I’m fucking psychotic…what if I just snap and like rip of Johnny’s head like a stuffed animal or something?” he laughed, totally joking about the whole thing.

I chuckled, as I squirted the cum-like substance into my hands and then scrubbed it into the mop on my head. “Hey, I would pay money to see that shit, so when you get on the edge, make sure I’m there,” I joked, receiving a middle finger from Johnny as I pulled my hair upward into spikes.“What time is it?”

Zacky pulled his phone from the table, not even disturbing Ryn who was wrapped around his torso, and said, “Its about five, why?”

“I’m fucking late!” I groaned, grabbing my leather jacket and moving to check my hair in the mirror quickly. “Kad is going to fucking kill me—Val?” As I come back out of the bathroom, my eyes focus on the blond standing in front of me on the bus with a small smirk playing on her lips. “What are you doing here?”

Val smiled at me and leaned back against the small door frame by the stares. “Hey Brian, where are you speeding off to? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you run in all the time that I’ve known you.” She was still as cheeky as ever.

I smirked and shook my head, running my hands over my jacket. “I’ve got a date and I’m late.”
“Well I guess some things never change,” Val chuckled as Jimmy pulled her into a rib-smashing hug. “Jimmy-Jimmy…I…cant…. Beathe…..” she gasped before he released her.

“Gatesypoo has a girlfriend,“ Jimmy sang and I rolled my eyes. “She’ll beat his ass if he’s late, you may have seen her before…Violet Rouge….aka Kady Parker.” Val smirked and raised her brows at me with an approving look.

“Whoever can keep him in line is a good one,” she said with a shrug. “Have you guys seen Matt?”

“He’s at an interview but he should be back anytime now,” I said, checking my hair one more time. “Are you two back together?” I turned around to see all the guys staring at Val with a raised brow, hoping that she forgave Sanders for his stupid mistake.

Val let out a small sigh before she looked down at the floor. “I don’t know yet. Since you guys have a few days of a break, I came down to see if we could sort things out…”

“JUST KISS AND MAKE UP!”Jimmy yelled, making her laugh lightly. “Come on, Vally-Val, you know he is nothing but a big teddy bear who always tries to make everyone happy. Come on…Uncle Jimmy wants some babies!”

I coughed in surprise and to keep myself from laughing at the look on Val’s face. “Rev…they aren’t even fucking married,” Zacky said slowly, trying to get him to see.

“I don’t fucking care! They belong together and I’m tired of waiting. Fucking just make up already.” Jimmy plopped down on the floor with a small frown on his face, his attention turning to whatever game Johnny hand turned on the tv.

“Good luck with that,” I said, planting a small kiss on Val’s forehead before heading off the bus. She had always been like a little sister to me, specially when I was dating her sister.

I quickly made my way toward the Fatal Façade bus but was surprised to hear music coming from the open door. It had been a long time since I heard any music coming from this bus, let alone more than one voice and other instruments. I stood outside the door and pulled out a cigarette as I listened to Kady’s hauntingly beautiful voice sing. Underneath her voice, I could hear an acoustic driving guitar and bass part.

So here we go again
The same fight were always in
I don't care so why pretend
Wake me when your lecture ends
You tried to make me small
Make me fall and it's all your fault
With the pain you put me through
And now I know that it's not me it's you

It's not me it's you
Always has been you
All the lies and stupid things you say and do
It's you
It's not me it's you
All the lies and pain you put me through
I know that it's not me it's you

After a few seconds of listening, I recognized the lyrics from my book. Kady had written them in the middle of the night at the hospital when she was trying to deal with everything that had happened. There was a lot of anger between the Parker siblings but I was glad to hear that they were using it in a productive way. I mean, they still had their problems and fought, but nothing like the beginning of the tour. The air had also been cleared between Matt, Zacky, and Caleb and they were slowly building their friendship back up. I still didn’t like the guys but at least he was taking the necessary steps to get over his issues.

“Honey, I’m home!” I sang in a high-pitched voice as I walked up the steps. I looked to my right to see Kady, Caleb, Marley, and Gunnar are smiling and talking about what they had just played. “That sounded great,” I said, catching Kady’s eye. She smiled at me before narrowing her sky blues at me.

“You’re late,” she said curtly, pulling her gun off and putting it back in its case. “You better have a good excuse.”

“If I told you Matt’s girlfriend showed up as I was trying to leave, would you believe me?” I asked. I watched as she ran her hands through her long red locks and pulled on a leather jacket. She had decided to keep her hair shaved on one side and long on the other. It suited her and gave her the edgy look Ryn was trying to get for her. To me, she looked just as beautiful as ever.

“Oh, I would believe you but its not an excuse.” She stabbed me in the middle of the chest with her finger before planting a small kiss on the edge of my lips. She was such a fucking tease sometimes. “See you later, guys.” Red pushed past me and down the steps off the bus and pulled out her cigarette.

“Be home by nine,” Caleb called after us. “Or I’ll be waiting with my gun. Got it Haner?”

“Yes sir,” I chuckled, knowing that if things turned out my way that she would not make it back to her bed tonight. Oh, that’s right, I had plans for us while we were on our short two day break. “So I saw your little note in my book.” I laced my fingers with hers as I walked towards the waiting cab.

Kady snorted with laughter as she climbed inside. “You mean the nice pair of tits I drew you? You’re welcome.”

It was my turn to smirk now, “No I mean the part about boning you with my morning wood poking through my tight little jeans,” I chuckled. “You have such a way with words.”

“I thought you’d like that.” My eyes wandered down Kady’s exposed legs, wanting nothing more than to run my hands all over her flesh. She crossed her legs, giving me a little glimpse of the curve of her ass peeking out from underneath her short denim shorts. I swallowed thickly, put my arm around her, and pulled her into my side. “Though I’m surprised it took you this long to find it,” she chuckled, extending her chest. I closed my eyes and bit the inside of my cheek after seeing those perfect nipples poking out of her shirt. She wasn’t wearing a bra…perfect. I could feel my dick raging against the fabric of my jeans, waiting for his release.

I looked up to see her blue eyes watching me closely with a small smirk on her lips. Oh, she knew exactly what she was doing to me and was going to continue to torture me throughout the entire. “What’s the matter? Is something wrong?” she asked I a cocky tone with a smirk.

I swallowed thickly and pursed my lips at her. “You are going to get it, Kady. Mark my words,” I rasp out as her hands wanders along my inner thigh. I bite my knuckle to suppress a groan.

“I accept your challenge, Haner. You’ll crack first,” she smirks again.

Oh, it is game on.

Notes

Maybe a Matt POV next? Any POV requests? Who is going to crack first?

song credits to 'It's Not You It's Me' by Skillet.