*Carry On*

****Brian's POV****

"So you did the impossible, you soothed the savaged beast known as Barbara Rizzo and lived to tell about it! Maybe one day you will tell me your secrets," Tempest laughs as we head back toward Kaylyn's room.

I smirk and sling my arm around her shoulders, trying to get how attractive she was out of my brain. I have a girlfriend now and I have to control my alter egos urge to bang ever pretty face. Though I'm pretty sure, just from her personality, that Tempest is an animal between the sheets. I will have to ask Jimmy about that later, that lucky bastard.

"Ha, maybe one day," I chuckle, feeling a new friendship blossoming with my best friends soon to be girl. Well, if Jimmy isn't sure about her, I sure as hell am. I've seen the way he looks at her and how he fought off Zacky: the guy really likes her. "Honestly though, I'm pretty damn impressed with myself for actually doing it..I-I never felt the need to try to prove myself to anyone before. I just want to make Kaylyn happy," I admit, wondering who the hell is using my mouth to speak. I never fucking talk about my emotions or try to prove myself, not even to the guys. I am a take me or leave me kind of guy. Seriously, what the hell is Kaylyn doing to me?

"Trust me, you make her beyond happy," Tempest laughs again, pulling my attention back towards her. Suddenly, the little blond spins around in my arms, her blue eyes locking with mine.

"Brian do you think-" Tempest starts before looking over her shoulder. Who is she looking for and why are her arms moving around the back of my neck? Does she not realize I'm dating her best friend? Please don't make me an offer I would have loved to take in any other circumstance!

I swallow thickly as I try not to think about how fucking hot she is. The blonde takes another small step towards me and whispers, "Do you think Jimmy would ever feel the way about me that you do about Kay?"

My eyebrows instantly shoot up in surprise and I throw my head back laughing. "Are you kidding me?" I laugh, pulling her at arms length to see the look of doubt and fear in her eyes. "Jimmy is fucking crazy about you and I don't even have to ask him to know. You've been claimed, baby," I laugh, watching a smile engulf her face as I continue. "The thing with him is that he either loves you completely or he hates you with a passion. There is a fine line, but I've know him long enough to know he really likes you...but don't tell him I said so. He'll beat my ass...and he's stronger than her looks." I whisper the last part at her.

Before I can even take a breath, Tempest jumps into my arms, pulling me into a boa constrictor hug."Thanks, Bri...can I call you Bri? That just made my whole year!" She squeaks in my ear, kissing my cheek as I put my arms around her waist. It's then that I see Kaylyn standing outside of her room watching the scene between Tempest and I.

"Shit," I hiss, pulling away from Tempest as Kaylyn's face noticeably falls.

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Kaylyn shakes her head at me before flying back into her room, a look of hurt plastered all over her face. Fuck, she thinks I'm hitting on her best friend! No, no, no! She's hot but I'm not...fuck! "He's fucking my best friend!" She screams once she's in the room. Great, she thinks I'm back to being Synyster Gates. Just fucking awesome!

Tempest pinches her eyes shut and grimaces when she hears her best friends voice, knowing that we were both on the shit list. "Fuck..." She sighs. We both know what our actions look like: Kaylyn thinks we're hooking up behind her back.

I quickly drop my arms off of Tempest and fly down the hall after Kaylyn. This is all a big misunderstanding, she has to believe me! I really wasn't trying to fuck your best friend...well, Synyster Gates wants to but I don't! I tear into the room to see her pacing angrily as both Jimmy and Zacky look at me and shake their heads. Wait a minute, did Jimmy just snarl at me?! Oh, great, she's turned my friends against me... I didn't fucking do anything!

"Kaylyn--" I start as Tempest appears in the doorway behind me. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Jimmy give her the saddest look I have ever seen. Really Jimmy? You honestly think I would steal your girl right from underneath your nose? How long have you known me?

"You have some fucking nerve!" Kaylyn cuts me off, shooting me daggers with her dark eyes. "You promised me that you're weren't fucking around behind my back and that you "love" me," she rages, quoting the word 'love' with her fingers. "And here I find you trying to pick up my best friend?! You don't fucking know what love is and here I thought I could finally trust you! You can go to hell because you make me sick!" She spat as my stomach plummets to the floor.

She thinks my love for her a lie? Oh, no, no, no! I just cornered her fucking mother to make her go to a dinner date that I don't really want to go on. Who the hell do I need to prove myself to anyway? I open my mouth to speak but Kaylyn turns her daggers on Tempest.

"And you!" She roars, pointing a pale thin finger dangerously at Tempest. "You're supposed to be my fucking best friend! How could you let him do that to you?! I thought you were smarter than that?! I thought of you as a sister--"

"No, it wasn't like that at all!" Tempest cries, her eyes pleading toward both Kaylyn and Jimmy.

"I don't want to hear your excuses, I know what I saw!" Kaylyn eyes glare so hard at me that I can feel them burning a whole in my head. "You're both--"

"Now hold up!" I yell, taking my turn to cut off Kaylyn. "First of all, I was not fucking your best friend!" My eyes glance around to see a tears forming in Tempest's eyes.

"Well it sure as hell looked that way to the rest of us!" Kaylyn interrupts. "I should have never trusted you!" She cries, her eyes now filling with tears too. Oh fucking Christ, please don't let this turn into a fucking water show! "There really is no difference between you and Synyster Gates, you're both just selfish bastards looking for their next fuck!"

"Do you want to know where the hell I went?" I raged, pushing the tray stand out of the way as I move toward Kaylyn. She stands up to her full height and stares me square in the eyes, not budging for a second. "I went to go track down your mother and fucking beg her to let me take you both out for dinner!!" I yell, only to be shoved backwards by Kaylyn.

"YOU WHAT?! What the hell did you do that for?!" Kaylyn shoots me a dirty look before sinking down onto the bed and running her hands over her tired face. "I despise that woman!"

I scoff and throw my arms up in the air. "Well, I don't know, maybe because I wanted her to fucking give me a chance to prove that I was worthy enough for her darling princess," I say, spitting the last word. Kaylyn moves to take a step toward me and raises her hand but I catch it before she can slap me. "I fucking begged her for it! I don't beg for fucking anything! And I did it all for what?! To show you that I care about you and fucking love you?! What more do you want me to do, Kaylyn, jump through fuckin' flaming hula hoops and sign a blood contract?!"

"Brian I-I," Kaylyn stammers but I look away from her. I'm to pissed to even think straight right now.

"What, you're sorry for treating me like the worthless piece of shit your mother thought me to be?" I laugh cynically. "I didn't make a move on Tempest either. She asked me if Jimmy fucking liked her and I told her the truth! So if that makes me a cheating bastard, so be it!" I say before turning and pushing past Tempest out of the room. Now I really need a smoke.

***Jimmy's POV***

My jaw drops as I watch Kaylyn and brain scream at each other across the room. It is so intense and reminds me of some tennis match gone wrong where you want to look away and you just can't. My head moves from one player to the next, watching the volley of foul words fly from their mouths. This is fucking awesome.

After a few minutes of the constant screaming, I'm bored and look over towards Tempest. Do I really think she messed around with Brian after I rocked her world in the elevator, fuck no. But I do know that she looks miserable. As a tears falls down her cheek, I bite my lips and slowly make my way towards her and gently whip away her tear.

"I don't think you did anything....I've seen them fight like this at least three times now," I whisper in her ear and wrap my arms around her. "Brian would never try and take my girl from me!"

Tempest turns in my arms and wraps her arms around me looking up into my eyes. Just then Brian says Tempest was questioning him about my feelings toward her before he storms out of the room. Oh, Riz you better go after him or else he won't come back...

I shift my attention back to Tempty and a small frown falls over my face. "Do you really question my intentions toward you, Tempty?" I ask with a deep frown and a knit brow, feeling hurt. In the past three hours I've known her, I've already given her all of me. Wasn't that proof enough?

Notes

Trouble in paradise! ;) will Kaylyn go after Brian? Did she fly too far off the handle at Tempest and Brian?

What will Tempest say to Jim Jam?

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