“So it seems you and Matt are on-again,” Zach began, slurping up his second helping of noodles. Apparently, I hadn’t made enough for them, so the guys made me make another batch of spaghetti. Luckily Matt had a box of noodles, along with more sauce, so we both complied with their wants and whipped up another helping of spaghetti. I had gotten pretty full from my one dish, and so had Matt, so we sat on the couch and watched as the other three ate their food as though they haven’t even in a week. I nodded and Zach smirked, narrowing his eyes at me. “What’d you do to manage that?”
“Make-up sex.” I replied flatly, staring at them with all the seriousness I could muster. “On the counter.” At that, all the guys dropped their forks and stared at me in fear, their mouths full of spaghetti.
“Are you being serious?” Brian asked, his eyes wide. I nodded and he gagged. Jimmy spit his food out and pushed his plate away, as did Brian. I smirked and watched in anticipation at Zach, who was just staring between Matt and I. He suddenly smiled wickedly and raised his eyebrows. My serious look faltered and I held myself back from chewing on my lip so it wasn’t an obvious give away. Zach stared at me intently for a whole minute before bursting out laughing, causing everyone’s eyes to shoot to him.
“Matt wishes she were serious!” Zach howled, laughing so hard he was nearly in the fetal position. Jimmy and Brian looked back at us and narrowed their eyes. I smiled guiltily and they laughed. I glanced at Matt and he was grimacing.
“Dude, have you even tapped that yet?” Brian asked, once again picking up his plate. I watched Matt as his grimaced turned to a full-on scowl. Brian laughed loudly and gave him a crazy look. “Dude. She’s a fan. Even Johnny’s gotten it in, and he’s known Emma for less time.”
“Shut up.” Matt mumbled, crossing his arms across his chest. He began pouting and I pursed my lips, trying not to smile.
“You must take into consideration that I’m not as, for lack of a better word, easy as Emma is when it comes to sex with guys,” I pointed out, trying to defend Matt’s manhood. The guys all smirked and I shrugged. “Like I mean, I would have sex with Matt in a minute. Not just because he’s the lead freaking singer of Avenged Sevenfold, but because we’ve been in this… thing for about a month so I actually know more about him than just that he sings and has, as Jimmy described, luscious muscles.”
“Well then, why haven’t you guys?” Jimmy asked, sounding generally curious. All the guys stared in curiosity, including Matt.
“He hasn’t asked yet.” I explained simply. Everyone stopped. They all just stared for a moment, not moving. As though a switch went off in their minds, Brian, Jimmy, and Zach all roared into laughter, nearly dropping their food. They laid on the floor and were almost in tears. Matt just stared at me, confusion and irritation crossing his face.
“He hasn’t asked?” Zach screamed, holding onto his stomach. I blushed a little and sunk into the couch, feeling slightly uncomfortable by the conversation. Zach looked at Matt and laughed even harder. Matt scowled and sighed angrily. I glanced at him and his face was red with embarrassment.
“Has he even kissed you?” Brian asked through his laughs. I blinked, caught off guard by his question. I just realized that we haven’t even kissed yet. The boys on the floor saw the look on my face and laughed even harder; if that was even physically possible. I groaned and looked at Matt. He looked just as irritated as I felt.
“Are they always this annoying?” I mumbled in a quiet voice. Matt smiled a little and stared at me.
“I’ve known them for over ten years… you never get used to it.” Matt replied. I smiled and he returned it. I sighed and looked back at the guys, who were still laughing like the hyenas off Lion King.
“Since you guys are trying to be hyenas,” I started, trying to joke. Their laughing lessened and I smirked. “I’m guessing Brian is Shenzi, Zach is Bonzai, and Jimmy is Ed?”
“Wait, why do I have to be Ed?” Jimmy whined. I laughed and smiled.
“Because you’re special in your own little way, Jimbo.” I answered, laughing. He pouted but immediately smiled back.
“So you guys have been in this… thing for over a month. How have you not kissed yet?” Brian interjected, immediately going back to the old conversation.
“It’s because Matt’s been be a huge asshole and-“ Zach began, sitting up.
“It could be because we’ve never spent much time alone and if we kissed in front of you guys you’d give us hell and we’d never want to kiss again.” I interrupted, shooting Zach a glare. He gave me a questioning look and I rolled my eyes.
“I just don’t understand how you guys could look at each other so lovingly yet haven’t even gotten, like, intimate in any way.” Jimmy said, confusion wiping across his face. Zach and Brian nodded in agreement and I smirked. I glanced at Matt and he smiled wickedly.
“Actually,” Matt intervened, throwing a smug look at them. “Things got pretty heated while we were making lunch today.”
“EW. OVER OUR FOOD?” Jimmy screamed, giving us a horrified look. I laughed loudly and leaned against Matt. They all just stared with disgusted faces and I rolled my eyes.
“Don’t cry, you babies.” I chuckled, running a hand through my hair. “He was just being a tease.”
“Let me guess,” Brian stated sarcastically, snickering. “He didn’t get it in today because he didn’t ask.”
“For one, he has to ask otherwise he’d be as sleazy as the guy at the concert,” I snapped defensively, getting irritated at their remarks on my ask first policy. I mean, without asking it’s rape, they should know that.
“And second, I was cock-blocked by vegetables,” Matt continued, grimacing playfully. He looked at me and I smiled. Brian sighed and shook his head.
“Those damn peppers. Just getting in the way of dropping panties.” Brian sighed. Matt nodded jokingly and I scowled.
“I’m not a feminist or anything, but I feel slightly offended that you guys are acting like he’s not a man because he hasn’t jumped me yet.” I said, crossing my arms over my chest. They all stared at me blankly and I chewed on the inside of my mouth. “I mean, I think it’s nice that he hasn’t been pressuring me to do shit with him. My ex-boyfriend did that to me all the time and I don’t like it. Matty-bear will get somewhere. I mean, I am a fan, and he is M. Shadows. Who wouldn’t have sex with him?”
“I would.” Zach joked, winking at Matt. Matt smiled and made the ‘call me’ sign, causing all of us to laugh. Jimmy looked at me apologetically and smiled.
“Sorry for giving you shit, Kid. We do that a lot to one another.” Jimmy explained.
“Yeah, I mean, Matt is usually the giving us shit for not getting it in with some girls we bring home.” Brian added, playfully glaring at Matt.
“We usually wait until the girls are out of the house before we give shit.” Zach continued, also giving me an apologetic look.
“We didn’t know you’d be hurt by this,” Jimmy stated, his smile faltering.
“And we surely didn’t know about your ex-boyfriend.” Brian said, frowning a little.
“We’re sorry.” They all said in sync. I smiled and crawled onto the floor and pulled them all into a hug.
“It’s okay guys, really. I thought the joking was hilarious. And forget about that asshole.” I said, my arms wrapped around Brian’s and Jimmy’s waist. They hugged me tightly before letting go, allowing me to crawl back onto the couch next to Matt. He hugged me tightly as the guys all scowled at their food.
“Now our food is cold,” Zach pouted. In sync, they all looked at us with puppy eyes.
“No, no. Hell no. I refuse to cook again for you guys.” I snapped, shaking my head furiously.
“Yeah. What do I look like, your housewife?” Matt retorted, smirking. Jimmy smiled wickedly and winked at him.
“Well, without your manhood you might as well be.” Jimmy replied. They all laughed loudly as they brought their food to the kitchen, making fun of Matt. I pursed my lips and tried not to smile as I turned back to Matt. He grimaced and looked at me.
“My poor sex life.” Matt muttered, his lips twitching; he was trying not to smile. “Ridiculed by guys who have a worse sex life than me.”
“Then why do they make fun of you?” I asked, slightly taken back. He sighed and looked at me forlornly.
“Because I have a beautiful girl I have a, err, thing with and I’ve been giving you cold shoulder. Therefore not getting a chance to…” Matt replied quietly, guilt filling his eyes. I looked at him sadly and hugged him, wonder once again filling my thoughts. What did I do to get him to give me cold shoulder?


(A/N: I’m not saying Emma is easy. Not in real life and not in the story. I just had a loss of words when writing that part. She is not a slut. Carry on.)