“Glad you could make it today,” Jimmy greeted as he opened the door for me. I laughed and rolled my eyes as I walked over to his couch.
“Jimmy, I’ve been at your house everyday for almost a week.” I informed him, plopping myself down on his couch. He sat next to me and I took the chance to lay my head on his lap and sprawl myself out on his couch.
“I noticed,” Jimmy chuckled. I tried not to smile as I looked up at him. “Why is that exactly?”
“I don’t know. I don’t feel like watching Johnny and Emma suck face, Zach would probably lock me in a cell so I’m safe, and Brian would go ape-shit over Gayle.” I stated. He looked down at me and I shrugged. “So you’re just the best option to hang around with at the present moment.”
“At the present moment?” Jimmy sneered, making a face. A sly smirk appeared on his lips as he crossed his arms over his chest. “Please, I’m the best option to hang around all the time.”
“True that.” I agreed, smiling up at him. He grinned and I stood up, walking to his kitchen. “What do you want to drink?”
“You choose.” He called. I scoffed and turned to look at him.
“You’ve been saying that an awful lot since I’ve been hanging out here,” I pointed out. Jimmy gave me an innocent smile and I narrowed my eyes. “Are you doing that because you don’t know what you want or are you too lazy to tell me what you want?”
“Let’s just go with the first one,” Jimmy snickered. I rolled my eyes at him and grabbed him a beer while grabbing myself a Pepsi. I opened my can and took a sip as I walked back and handed him his beer.
“I’m going to be honest and say I’m really surprised that you guys own non-alcoholic drinks.” I admitted as I laid myself down again. I set my Pepsi on the floor and watched as Jimmy took a drink of his beer.
“Hey, even for a bunch of rock stars, beer doesn’t taste like God all the time.” Jimmy smirked. I giggled and pinched his chin.
“Wait, you guys are rock stars?” I asked jokingly.
“You watched us play a few days ago, didn’t you?” Jimmy retorted.
“That couldn’t have been you guys, those players were pretty sexy.” I snickered. Jimmy gave me a dirty look and took another drink from his beer, purposefully letting a few drips fall from his chin onto my face. I shot up and screamed. “Ew! What the fuck, Jimmy!”
“You just implied I was not sexy,” Jimmy answered simply. I wiped the beer off my face and rubbed it on his arm.
“And you think letting your spit-filled beer run on my face is sexy?” I asked, scrunching my face up. Jimmy just shrugged and I shivered a little.
“Some girls are into that.” Jimmy said bluntly. I choked out a laugh and laid myself back down.
“Yeah, some girls.” I pointed out. He raised his eyebrow and had a smug smirk stretched across his face. “I am not one of those girls.”
“Well that sucks.” Jimmy said, pretending to pout. I knitted my eyebrows together and gave him a look.
“You were hoping I’d be a girl that likes getting beer dripped on my face?” I asked, disgust tinting my voice. Jimmy laughed and shook his head.
“I was kidding, Kid. Lighten up.” Jimmy exclaimed, shoving my arm a little. I chuckled and grinned at him. “What are you into, then?”
“Band members.” I told him bluntly. Jimmy burst out laughing, making my head shake with the movement of his legs.
“Well that’s not very hard for you now, is it?” Jimmy questioned, still laughing. I shook my head and Jimmy pretended to wipe a tear from his eye.
“Speaking of the concert a few days ago, you guys did awesome.” I complimented. Jimmy smiled proudly and I playfully pulled on a strand of his hair. “So when are you guys supposed to be working on your new album?”
“Well we already began playing around with a few songs, but we’re supposed to be getting into the studio in about two months, I think.”
“I can’t wait,” I clapped excitedly. Jimmy laughed and I looked up at him. “I’ll be getting to hear it first, won’t I?”
“Well, you are family now.” Jimmy grinned. I returned it and sighed, looking up at the ceiling.
“So what do you want to do today?” I asked, staring blankly at his ceiling.
“Wow, your mood changed quickly.” Jimmy said. I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
“What do you mean? I just asked what you wanted to do today,” I stated, giving him a confused look. Jimmy sighed and rolled his eyes.
“You got that glossy look over your eyes, which happens when something’s bothering you.” Jimmy informed me. I face palmed.
“How does Avenged Sevenfold know more about me than my family?” I groaned. Jimmy just shrugged and I sighed. “I don’t know what’s wrong, Jimbo.”
“I do.” Jimmy stated. I looked up at him and a sad smile crossed his face. “This whole Matt thing is getting to you.”
“I’m not so much upset as I am angry.” I mumbled.
“So why don’t you get back at him some how?” Jimmy suggested. I looked up at him with wonder in my eyes.
“How would I get back at him?” I questioned.
“Make him jealous.” Jimmy offered. I raised an eyebrow.
“But that’s kind of odd, you know?” I stated. Jimmy gave me a weird look and I sat up. “He got back together with Gayle to give her another chance, why would getting a new guy be pay back?”
“Do you seriously believe that he got back together with Gayle because he believed her?” Jimmy asked incredulously. I shrugged and Jimmy sighed. “His motivation was probably to piss you off and make you jealous.”
“Why would he try to make me jealous?” I wondered.
“Because he’s always thought you and Zach had something going on.” Jimmy pointed out. My mouth dropped.
“Seriously?” I questioned. Jimmy rolled his eyes.
“It was pretty fucking obvious.” Jimmy scoffed. I huffed, it wasn’t obvious to me. Although when I looked back on it, it really couldn’t have been more obvious. I can’t believe I was stupid enough not to notice that he was jealous of Zach, although I couldn’t quite put my finger on what started his jealousy.
“I’m not one to see things right in front of me.” I exclaimed, mumbling a little.
“I’ve noticed.” Jimmy snickered. I stuck my tongue out at him and he laughed. “Anyway, I think you should find someone to be kind of a decoy just to piss Matt off so that he realizes how stupid he’s being.”
“You mean I need to get myself a friend with benefits?” I questioned.
“Precisely.” Jimmy nodded.
“How am I supposed to find a guy that’s okay with being a friend with benefits? I only have you guys and my two other guy friends, who are both flaming and would never dream of kissing me.” I complained, ready to give up Jimmy’s weird idea.
“Why don’t you ask Brian?” Jimmy asked suddenly. I looked at him with wide eyes. He smirked a little and let out a small laugh. “I mean, I’d love to help you out, Kid, but I get attached easily.”
“What makes you think Brian would want to be a friend with benefits?” I asked doubtfully. I knew Brian was a player, but why would he want to try to screw his best friend over?
“Did you see how pissed off he was at Matt for dating Gayle?” Jimmy questioned. “I think he’s more for you and Matt than Matt and Gayle.”
“Do you think he’d do it?” I asked worriedly. I did overall like the idea of making Matt jealous, but using his best friend worried me. What if things were never the same between Matt and Brian? I pretty much almost ruined Zach and Matt’s friendship when I was unintentionally making it seem like Zach and I were dating, but purposefully having sexual relations with another one of his best friends?
“There’s only one way to find out,” Jimmy said as he pulled out his phone. He texted something to Brian before putting his phone away. He looked at me, and as though he were reading my mind, he put his arm around my shoulders. “Don’t worry about how this will affect Matt and Brian, okay? They’ll be perfectly fine.”
“Won’t Matt be pissed off that Brian is ‘with me’ when Brian knows that Matt liked me?” I wondered.
“Likes, Kid. He’s still head over heels for you.” Jimmy corrected. I raised an eyebrow and Jimmy shook his head. “Jesus, you really can’t see what’s in front of you. Did you not notice he was practically eye-fucking you the whole concert?”
“I noticed him glance over a few times,” I muttered. Throughout the concert, Matt would look over to backstage and either smile or wink. I convinced myself it was for Gayle, although I knew deep down that his eyes were on me.
“Kid, he still likes you,” Jimmy repeated. “So if he’s angry at Brian, so be it. When it all comes out, you can admit to him Brian and you were pretending to date just to make him jealous.”
“That is if Brian agrees,” I stated.
“Agrees to what?” Brian’s voice called from the door. I jumped and looked over at the door to see Brian standing there with his eyebrows raised.
“How much of that did you hear?” I asked as I motioned for Brian to come over to the couch. He shut the door and sauntered over, his eyes narrowed.
“The last thing you said about me agreeing to something.” Brian answered. I nodded and looked over to Jimmy, who was giving me an encouraging look.
“I have a proposition for you.” I started. His average smirk ran across Brian’s face as he leaned back against the couch with his arms crossed over his chest.
“I’m listening.” Brian said, nodding for me to proceed.
“So obviously you don’t like Gayle, and-“
“I hate her fucking guts.” Brian interrupted, scowling as he did so.
“Okay, so you hate Gayle, and you can probably tell that Matt still likes me but is being a total prick and is dating that walking STD for some reason,” I began. Brian nodded and I let out a breath. “So I was thinking you could help me make Matt jealous by being my friend with benefits, even though we’d be pretending to date around Matt.”
“Sounds like a plan.” Brian stated simply.
“Wow, Bri, you agreed to that pretty quickly,” Jimmy chuckled from behind me. “Do you have a secret crush on Kid or something?”
“No, but like she said, I hate Gayle and Matt’s being a fuckwad. So why not help her get the guy she likes by making out with her in front of him?” Brian explained. I smirked at him and he eyed me. “And anyways, Kid is hot. Why would I pass up a chance to be friends with benefits?”
“You make a good point.” Jimmy agreed. “So pretty much you guys pretend to be dating, and when Matt confronts Kid about it, because we all know he will, she can just explain that you guys were only doing it to make him jealous.”
“Sounds fun.” Brian said, flashing a heart-stopping smile.
“So you’ll do it?” I asked hopefully. Brian smirked and licked his lips.
“I will, but not with a horrible presentation like that,” Brian said, his voice sassy. I laughed and stood up. I noticed that Jimmy had a single rose in a vase under his TV, so I grabbed it before sliding on my knees in front of Brian.
“Brian Elwin Haner Jr.” I whispered, grabbing his hand. Brian jokingly put his hand over his mouth to act surprised. “Would you do the honor of being my friend with benefits?”
“Of course!” Brian yelled in a girlish tone. I smiled and immediately Brian crashed his lips on mine, bringing me into a surprising and intoxicating kiss.