Say You'll Haunt Me *ON HOLD*
I Know That it's Gonna Take Some Time
-Emilia’s POV-
“Do you really think that low of us?” Veronika asked, folding her arms across her chest.
The whole room stayed quiet. No one really dared to say anything so I decided to take the matter into my own hands. I stood up and rested my hand on Veronika’s shoulder, giving her a light tap. “Hey,” I whispered. “Take a break. Zara and I got this.”
She nodded and took her seat back beside Zacky. I looked at Brian, Matt, and Johnny, motioning them to go to the kitchen. “Zara, c’mon,” I muttered, following the 3 men out of the room.
“Look, we’re not trying to cause anything but you’re making it fucking difficult,” Zara spoke, breaking the silence.
Brian looked up and shrugged. “And how the hell do we know that you won’t pull the same shit they did?”
I pinched the bridge of my nose and looked at him. “Like Veronika said we’re not stupid enough to destroy our careers for one and two, we don’t have anything against you. Sure, who knows, we’ll probably end up sleeping together after a few drunken nights but we aren’t the type of girls to take you down along with us. All we want to do is travel the world with some great bands and play our hearts out. We’re not looking for trouble.”
“You guys acted like assholes last night and you still are but we’re willing to let it go if you just give us a chance.”
“Okay and why exactly should we give you a chance?” Johnny verbalized. “We don’t even know what you sound like.”
I raised an eyebrow and sent Zara a wink. “Would you like us to prove it to you?”
“Yeah actually we do,” Matt replied with a smirk on his face.
“Alright, let’s go,” I answered, turning on my heel and walking out to the lounge room. “Hey Zacky, care to show us, girls, your music studio, please? Seems us girls have to show those 3 why we kick ass.”
Zacky smirked and nodded. “Sure, follow me.”
“Do you have any special requests?” I asked, grabbing the guitar that Brian held out for me.
He sent me a smug smirk and took his seat on a nearby chair. “Surprise us,” Matt said with a shrug.
I walked a few steps over to the girls and mouthed ‘Beast and The Harlot?’
They nodded in return and got in position. I took my place at the microphone next to Zara and signaled to go on my count.
“1! 2! 3!” I yelled before screaming into the microphone.
“This shining city built of gold, a far cry from innocence…” Zara sang, smirking her face off as we watched the boys’ facial expression change from ‘Yeah right, these girls aren’t shit’ to ‘What the fucking fuck!’
Soon enough, the guitar solo between Evie and I came and we shredded like we’ve never shredded before. It felt fucking great.
Finally, the song ended and we stood there, breathless from playing with huge grins on our faces. It always felt amazing after we played, even if it was just a band practice.
“So…what did you think?” Selena asked in a small voice.
Jimmy jumped up and ran around the room. “HOLY FUCKING STALLION DUCK….THAT WAS FUCKING AMAZING!” He screamed, stopping in front of the drum kit, staring down at Veronika. “WHO TAUGHT YOU TO PLAY LIKE THAT?!” He added.
“I’m looking at him,” she replied with a grin.
“W-what?!” He asked.
“I self-taught myself…I learned from you. I watched all the videos and learned all your songs.”
“What’s the hardest song you guys have learned to play of ours?” Zacky asked.
“Either Beast and the Harlot or Bat Country.”
“But Emilia says differently.”
“Is that so?” Brian asked me with a smile.
I nodded. “Yep, it’s Afterlife and Second Heartbeat for me. They’re so fucking hard. You’re a real cunt of a thing for that, you dick.”
Brian sent me a grin and stood up, moving closer over to where I was standing. Grasping the guitar between us, he pulls it off and puts it back on the stand before pressing his lips against my ear. “I’m happy to show you a thing or two…to help you get better.”
A shiver runs down my spine and I lightly push him away. “We’ll see, that is if you stop being a dick. I can promise you, Brian, I’m not like those other girls.”
“We’ll see,” he mumbled, moving away from me. I watched as he sent Matt a nod before he left the room.
“Okay, we’ll give you a go but one wrong move and you guys are gone. I don’t care what your dad and uncles say. This is our tour.”
I nodded and ran over and hugged him tightly. “Thanks, Matthew, you’re not so much of a dick at the moment.”
“Yeah, yeah,” he replied with a small smile.
“Alright, to celebrate, let’s grill and have some beers. Girls, did you bring any bikinis?”
“Nope, we didn’t think this meeting was gonna go well but I keep spare bikinis in the back of my car, just in case,” Evie replied with a shrug.
“Well, what are we waiting for, let’s go!” Tash spoke with a grin.
Evie threw her the car keys and told her to go get the bag from her car. Tasha nodded and raced out of the room and out the front door before returning a few minutes later. “Upstairs on the left is a spare room. You guys can get changed in there.”
We thanked him and walked back upstairs to the room, stripping ourselves of our everyday clothes and slipping into a bikini each.
-Brian’s POV-
After leaving the music room, I made my way outside to the back patio area and lit a cigarette. I felt heaps fucking better once I exhaled the frustration I was feeling. There was something about these girls. They were all hiding something but the main one that stuck out was Emilia. She was hiding something big and I was determined to find out what that was. I felt a presence sit down beside me and grab a cigarette. “Hey man, you okay?” Zacky asked.
“Hmm…yeah, just thinking, nothing to worry about.”
“You thinking? That’s scary,” said a voice behind me.
I turned in my seat and found Emilia standing there. I forgot all about the insult when I saw how she was dressed. Holy fuck did she look hot. I swear the material of her bikini barely covered her beautiful looking breasts. “Holy shit,” I muttered, staring at her body.
“Are you okay big boy?” She asked, leaning down to give me a better view of her breasts.
I pulled myself out of my thoughts and looked up at her. “I-I’m fine. It’s just y-you…in that bikini.”
She sent me a smirk and pressed a kiss to my cheek quickly. “Why thank you, honey,” she replied before making her way over to the pool area.
Zacky chuckled and motioned for me to follow her. “Go,” he mumbled. “You know you want to.”
Matt appeared with a few beers and passed two to me. “Be careful Brian,” he muttered, before walking back inside.
I knew what he meant by that comment. I knew to be careful. I wasn’t stupid but something about her made me want to get to know her; though I’m definitely going to have to make it up to her for acting like a complete cunt.
Pulling my shirt off my body, I grab the two beers from the table and make my way to the hot tub where Emilia was. “Is this seat taken?” I asked, staring down at her.
She opened up one eye and looked at me, shaking her head. I smile and pass her a beer, before climbing down into the hot tub, sitting across from her. “I’m really sorry for how I acted,” I spoke, breaking the silence between us.
She sent me a smile and nodded. “I understand. I mean it sucked really bad but after what Zacky told me, I understand but I can promise you, Brian, I’m not like those girls and I will never sink that low. No matter how much I hate you.”
I hung my head and nodded. “I hope so.”
She moved closer and rested a hand on my colorful arm. “Brian, I will prove to you that I’m not. I don’t understand how someone could sink that low to hurt another person.”
“Yeah, I know. I hadn’t dated since it happened, scared that it’d happen again.”
“Really? Wow, I heard that your ex left you. Will you tell me about her?”
I nodded. “Her name is Michelle and we had been together since 8th grade. I met her through her twin sister Val who dated Matt. When it happened, she and I weren’t in a good place as it was. We had a huge argument before I left for tour and I just wasn’t in any mood. The girls that were on tour with us were pretty hot but I just wasn’t interested. I just wanted the tour to be over with so I could go home and be with Michelle and try to get us back to a good place. Leah, one of the girls, became pretty interested in me and was always around. After a while, I got sick of it and told her to just leave me alone but that didn’t happen. One night we went out and for some reason, Matt, Johnny and I ended up more drunk than usual but we didn’t care. It wasn’t until the next morning when we realized what the fuck had happened. I felt so guilty and I rang Michelle and told her. After I said that, she told me to never contact her again and that we were over. I was heartbroken and it didn’t help that after she broke up with me, that we were hit with the sexual assault charges. I promised myself that I’d just stay single for the rest of my life and never let another girl close to me again.”
I watched Emilia’s expression turn from sadness to heartbroken in a matter of seconds. Wrapping her arms around my neck, she pulled me into a tight hug and pressed a kiss to my forehead. “Don’t worry Brian, I’ll change that for you,” she replied with a whisper.
I felt a small smile appear on my face as I wrapped my arms around her lower back and hugged her closer to me.
All I could do was hope that she stayed true to her word.
“Do you really think that low of us?” Veronika asked, folding her arms across her chest.
The whole room stayed quiet. No one really dared to say anything so I decided to take the matter into my own hands. I stood up and rested my hand on Veronika’s shoulder, giving her a light tap. “Hey,” I whispered. “Take a break. Zara and I got this.”
She nodded and took her seat back beside Zacky. I looked at Brian, Matt, and Johnny, motioning them to go to the kitchen. “Zara, c’mon,” I muttered, following the 3 men out of the room.
“Look, we’re not trying to cause anything but you’re making it fucking difficult,” Zara spoke, breaking the silence.
Brian looked up and shrugged. “And how the hell do we know that you won’t pull the same shit they did?”
I pinched the bridge of my nose and looked at him. “Like Veronika said we’re not stupid enough to destroy our careers for one and two, we don’t have anything against you. Sure, who knows, we’ll probably end up sleeping together after a few drunken nights but we aren’t the type of girls to take you down along with us. All we want to do is travel the world with some great bands and play our hearts out. We’re not looking for trouble.”
“You guys acted like assholes last night and you still are but we’re willing to let it go if you just give us a chance.”
“Okay and why exactly should we give you a chance?” Johnny verbalized. “We don’t even know what you sound like.”
I raised an eyebrow and sent Zara a wink. “Would you like us to prove it to you?”
“Yeah actually we do,” Matt replied with a smirk on his face.
“Alright, let’s go,” I answered, turning on my heel and walking out to the lounge room. “Hey Zacky, care to show us, girls, your music studio, please? Seems us girls have to show those 3 why we kick ass.”
Zacky smirked and nodded. “Sure, follow me.”
“Do you have any special requests?” I asked, grabbing the guitar that Brian held out for me.
He sent me a smug smirk and took his seat on a nearby chair. “Surprise us,” Matt said with a shrug.
I walked a few steps over to the girls and mouthed ‘Beast and The Harlot?’
They nodded in return and got in position. I took my place at the microphone next to Zara and signaled to go on my count.
“1! 2! 3!” I yelled before screaming into the microphone.
“This shining city built of gold, a far cry from innocence…” Zara sang, smirking her face off as we watched the boys’ facial expression change from ‘Yeah right, these girls aren’t shit’ to ‘What the fucking fuck!’
Soon enough, the guitar solo between Evie and I came and we shredded like we’ve never shredded before. It felt fucking great.
Finally, the song ended and we stood there, breathless from playing with huge grins on our faces. It always felt amazing after we played, even if it was just a band practice.
“So…what did you think?” Selena asked in a small voice.
Jimmy jumped up and ran around the room. “HOLY FUCKING STALLION DUCK….THAT WAS FUCKING AMAZING!” He screamed, stopping in front of the drum kit, staring down at Veronika. “WHO TAUGHT YOU TO PLAY LIKE THAT?!” He added.
“I’m looking at him,” she replied with a grin.
“W-what?!” He asked.
“I self-taught myself…I learned from you. I watched all the videos and learned all your songs.”
“What’s the hardest song you guys have learned to play of ours?” Zacky asked.
“Either Beast and the Harlot or Bat Country.”
“But Emilia says differently.”
“Is that so?” Brian asked me with a smile.
I nodded. “Yep, it’s Afterlife and Second Heartbeat for me. They’re so fucking hard. You’re a real cunt of a thing for that, you dick.”
Brian sent me a grin and stood up, moving closer over to where I was standing. Grasping the guitar between us, he pulls it off and puts it back on the stand before pressing his lips against my ear. “I’m happy to show you a thing or two…to help you get better.”
A shiver runs down my spine and I lightly push him away. “We’ll see, that is if you stop being a dick. I can promise you, Brian, I’m not like those other girls.”
“We’ll see,” he mumbled, moving away from me. I watched as he sent Matt a nod before he left the room.
“Okay, we’ll give you a go but one wrong move and you guys are gone. I don’t care what your dad and uncles say. This is our tour.”
I nodded and ran over and hugged him tightly. “Thanks, Matthew, you’re not so much of a dick at the moment.”
“Yeah, yeah,” he replied with a small smile.
“Alright, to celebrate, let’s grill and have some beers. Girls, did you bring any bikinis?”
“Nope, we didn’t think this meeting was gonna go well but I keep spare bikinis in the back of my car, just in case,” Evie replied with a shrug.
“Well, what are we waiting for, let’s go!” Tash spoke with a grin.
Evie threw her the car keys and told her to go get the bag from her car. Tasha nodded and raced out of the room and out the front door before returning a few minutes later. “Upstairs on the left is a spare room. You guys can get changed in there.”
We thanked him and walked back upstairs to the room, stripping ourselves of our everyday clothes and slipping into a bikini each.
-Brian’s POV-
After leaving the music room, I made my way outside to the back patio area and lit a cigarette. I felt heaps fucking better once I exhaled the frustration I was feeling. There was something about these girls. They were all hiding something but the main one that stuck out was Emilia. She was hiding something big and I was determined to find out what that was. I felt a presence sit down beside me and grab a cigarette. “Hey man, you okay?” Zacky asked.
“Hmm…yeah, just thinking, nothing to worry about.”
“You thinking? That’s scary,” said a voice behind me.
I turned in my seat and found Emilia standing there. I forgot all about the insult when I saw how she was dressed. Holy fuck did she look hot. I swear the material of her bikini barely covered her beautiful looking breasts. “Holy shit,” I muttered, staring at her body.
“Are you okay big boy?” She asked, leaning down to give me a better view of her breasts.
I pulled myself out of my thoughts and looked up at her. “I-I’m fine. It’s just y-you…in that bikini.”
She sent me a smirk and pressed a kiss to my cheek quickly. “Why thank you, honey,” she replied before making her way over to the pool area.
Zacky chuckled and motioned for me to follow her. “Go,” he mumbled. “You know you want to.”
Matt appeared with a few beers and passed two to me. “Be careful Brian,” he muttered, before walking back inside.
I knew what he meant by that comment. I knew to be careful. I wasn’t stupid but something about her made me want to get to know her; though I’m definitely going to have to make it up to her for acting like a complete cunt.
Pulling my shirt off my body, I grab the two beers from the table and make my way to the hot tub where Emilia was. “Is this seat taken?” I asked, staring down at her.
She opened up one eye and looked at me, shaking her head. I smile and pass her a beer, before climbing down into the hot tub, sitting across from her. “I’m really sorry for how I acted,” I spoke, breaking the silence between us.
She sent me a smile and nodded. “I understand. I mean it sucked really bad but after what Zacky told me, I understand but I can promise you, Brian, I’m not like those girls and I will never sink that low. No matter how much I hate you.”
I hung my head and nodded. “I hope so.”
She moved closer and rested a hand on my colorful arm. “Brian, I will prove to you that I’m not. I don’t understand how someone could sink that low to hurt another person.”
“Yeah, I know. I hadn’t dated since it happened, scared that it’d happen again.”
“Really? Wow, I heard that your ex left you. Will you tell me about her?”
I nodded. “Her name is Michelle and we had been together since 8th grade. I met her through her twin sister Val who dated Matt. When it happened, she and I weren’t in a good place as it was. We had a huge argument before I left for tour and I just wasn’t in any mood. The girls that were on tour with us were pretty hot but I just wasn’t interested. I just wanted the tour to be over with so I could go home and be with Michelle and try to get us back to a good place. Leah, one of the girls, became pretty interested in me and was always around. After a while, I got sick of it and told her to just leave me alone but that didn’t happen. One night we went out and for some reason, Matt, Johnny and I ended up more drunk than usual but we didn’t care. It wasn’t until the next morning when we realized what the fuck had happened. I felt so guilty and I rang Michelle and told her. After I said that, she told me to never contact her again and that we were over. I was heartbroken and it didn’t help that after she broke up with me, that we were hit with the sexual assault charges. I promised myself that I’d just stay single for the rest of my life and never let another girl close to me again.”
I watched Emilia’s expression turn from sadness to heartbroken in a matter of seconds. Wrapping her arms around my neck, she pulled me into a tight hug and pressed a kiss to my forehead. “Don’t worry Brian, I’ll change that for you,” she replied with a whisper.
I felt a small smile appear on my face as I wrapped my arms around her lower back and hugged her closer to me.
All I could do was hope that she stayed true to her word.
Notes
Chapter Title Credit: Start of Something Good - Daughtry
So two chapters in the space of 5 hours. Jeez, I'm on a roll tonight!!! :D So we just witnessed a moment between Emilia and Brian. What are your thoughts on it? What do you want to see happen between them? Some drama? Friendship? Romance? Also, what did you think of the little Brian POV?
I'm gonna start writing chapter 6 and maybe post another chapter, I haven't made my decision yet. I'm gonna be away this weekend again. I'll be back Sunday afternoon, though. I'm entering a fishing competition with my parents but we have a little cabin room thingy. If I do post a chapter while I'm away, then I'll be using my phone as my wifi connection or maybe I'll just let you guy suffer and built up the anticipation ;)
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the second chapter. I don't think it's my best but everyone has an off chapter here and there right?
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