Hush, be careful of what you say

Brian POV

One week had passed since Arin has received the photo and the article was written about us.
One week of ups and downs, where a lot had happened.
No more articles were written about us, at least not that we know of. But some of the fans had really took the article to heart and got the wrong message out of it. Some hardcore fans have been sliding towards my side, although in reality we did not fight. They kept saying how Arin should play by the rules of the band, since he’s the newbie.
Little did they know was that the picture was just showing pure jealousy from my side, and Arin was trying to explain what a good friend he is.
But we decided to let this go, we listened to Larry and decided not to say anything about it in the media.
Something else…you remember Matt taking the picture and envelope to the police, no?! Well, all was for nothing. Apparently, this hacker person is quite wise and did not leave a single trace on either the envelope or the photo. The person must have worn gloves while posting the photo.
Matt was so pissed about this, but we could do nothing else.

And until now, everything seems quiet with no action from the hacker.
But as a band we have been far from quiet.
We got back into the studio and we started planning some tours and we are at the early stages of recording. It has been a while, so we are letting Arin experimenting a bit and trying out different sounds to match those songs which we have already recorded before he became part of our band.
And as usual it has been a blast, especially while on break.

“Fucking hell!!!” Johnny starts screaming as Zacky is laughing hard.
“What the fuck is wrong now?” Matt says, as he looks at Zacky with an unusual look.
“Hot! So hot!!” Johnny is screaming behind us as he starts searching for something to drink.
“I….can’t fucking breathe!” Zacky says as he is wiping tears from his eyes, still looking at Johnny, whom right now has downed a whole bottle of water.
“Baker you will pay for this! It’s still hot!” Johnny yells at Zacky.
“Let just say that in his salad I might have thrown a piece or 4 whole red hot peppers” Zacky tells us under his breath.
“What?!” I laugh out loud.
“Are you trying to kill him?” Arin says with a concerned look on his face,
“One day you’ll be the death of Johnny, I’m telling you” Matt says as he continues eating his lunch.
“Rest assure I will make the rest of your like a miserable hell!” Johnny quietly says as he sits back with us around the table. “I will haunt you down…whenever you’d look at the mirror, you’d see me behind you, whenever you’d be having sex with a pretty girl, you’d see me in front of you…I will destroy you!”
“I am actually scared. I mean….wow” Zacky replies in a sarcastic tone.

“Where is Jason everyone?” I ask them, as I start looking around but still eating.
“Most probably sleeping, since he has been the bodyguard of us lately!” Matt replies. “It’s a shame, we sort of forgot his birthday is tomorrow”
“Johnny was supposed to organise a week-long birthday bash for him!” Zacky reminds us.
“Fuck I forgot! But after that shit with the photo and everything, it slipped my mind!” Johnny says in a disappointing tone.
“Short shit!” I tell him as I hit his head.
“Tonight we should go out, and have a little break!” Johnny says, trying to cheer up the mood.
“I don’t know guys….” Matt replies, not looking too convinced.
“Oh come on! Are you going to bail on us?!” I tell him. Seriously he needs to light up, maybe find a girl or something.
“I dare you to get wasted and to sing a fucking song in the bar!” Zacky tells him with a huge grin on his face.
“That is one shit dare, Baker! I expected better from you!” Matt replies. “It’s so on. If I win, you have to pay me drinks for a whole week, if you lose I have to pay you drinks for a whole week!”
“Deal!” Zacky replies, as they shake each other’s hands, looking at each other like small children making deals.


*later that evening*

Obviously we had to choose to go to Rock Ambition. First of all we all liked this club and bar, and both me and Arin know some great company over there.
I have already been feeling awful that I haven’t seen Brenda in the last couple of days. I kept thinking about the kiss, kept replaying those kissable, soft lips approaching to mine, her hands interlocked in my hair, when I pushed her to the wall. And when she moaned at that moment I had bitten her lower lip…..yepp, I kept replaying those moments and I want more!

As soon as we enter the club, I notice both her and Marissa at the first bar. Unlike the other night, this time she looks at me and shyly she flashes her sweet smile at me while serving couple of drinks to the customers at her bar. I smirk back, but continue walking after the others as they have opted for the second bar. ‘Less people’ – that is Matt’s excuse.
We order the usual, couple of beer and a bottle of Jack. We have also asked for a tray of empty shooter glasses so that later on we pour ourselves some shots.
“Let’s get fucked up!!” Johnny yells. “All thanks to Jason!”
“Jason for the win!” Zacky yells as he pours himself a shot of whiskey.
“Already?!” Matt tells Zacky as he sees him downing his shot.
“Hell yeah. Maybe I’ll find some company for later on. Want to join the hunt team, Matt?” Zacky asks him with a huge grin on his face.
“No thanks”, Matt replies as he sits quietly drinking some beer.
At that moment I see Johnny face palming himself, Matt needs to let lose.
“Don’t forget, you have to drink hard and sing for us over here!” I remind him.
“Oh I haven’t forgot don’t worry. I’m so going to beat Zacky’s ass!!” Matt says with a grin.

I look by the side at the first bar to look at Brenda, but at that moment I see her getting out of the bar in a hurry. What is up with that?
Obviously, and without thinking about it twice, I go after her. I go out and I notice that she’s by the side, looking angry and smoking a cigarette.
“Hey beautiful”, I tell her. Weirdly, she jumps a little bit as soon as I laid my hands on her shoulders. “What’s got into you tonight, huh?”
“Nothing” she replies in a low voice, as she nervously puffs from the cigarette.
“Like I’m going to believe you” I say as I sit down on a bench and I pat the empty space beside me, hinting for her to sit down next to me.
“Actually I don’t feel like sitting down”, she says as she starts looking at the road.
“Okay”. I sit down comfortable, putting one leg on the other, cross my arms and look at her. After a while she looks back at me and stops at her place.
“What are you staring at Brian?”
“I’m waiting for you to tell me what’s wrong” but I do not force her so I continue, “Whenever you’re ready!”

She sighs, looks at every angle of the street and then looks at me again, still not looking convinced.
“What is bothering you? You’re starting to freak me out! Just come sit down next to me” I almost beg for her to do so, and finally she gives in.
“Okay, but you have to promise me not to tell and especially not to freak out or get mad!” she tells me, looking at me with pleading, green bright eyes. How can I not agree with whatever she has just told me right now?
“Fine”, I rest my hand on her thigh to reassure her, “I promise”.

She swallows thickly, and opens her mouth, “Earlier on today, after a couple of minutes that my shift has started, some people came in. I was going mad as Marissa wasn’t in yet, don’t know why cos usually she’s always on time, or even before. But anyways. And in my bar there was this person wearing a dark hoodie, and dark clothes. I couldn’t really tell who she was, but I could tell that she was a female. Anyways, she didn’t order anything, she kept staring at me, or at least I think so cos I couldn’t really tell because of the big sunglasses she was wearing”
She pauses for a while, and looks back at me, “Please Brian….” she tells me with a worried expression.
I put her face in my hands, caressing her cheeks with both of my thumbs and get closer to her face, “I am here, you can tell me Brenda, I won’t over react”.
For the thousandth time, she looks around to check if anyone is around and decides to continue. “Anyway, at some point I was feeling weird about this person. So I told her to either have something or else to get the fuck out. At that moment she passes me a written note, where she asked me that she needed a favour from me. I didn’t like such deal, so I told her to go fuck herself and leave me the hell alone!”
I had to smile at that response from her, “Typical you” I tease her. But she still looks at me with a concerned look, so I don’t continue.
“Fuck off Brian! Well, after telling her that, she grabbed me from my collar and told me…” she paused for yet another moment.
“What did she tell you?” I ask her. Now even I am getting worried.
“She asked me to drug Arin’s drink, tonight” she says in a low voice.

“WHAT?!” I yell a little bit too much that Brenda actually covers my mouth with her hands.
“You told me you weren’t going to over react Brian!” she says, with tears in her eyes.
“Yes I know, but I didn’t know that it was this serious. Wait, drug Arin’s drink? But why?!” I ask her.
“I have no idea Brian, honestly! All I know is that she changed her voice so that I would not recognize her, I realized that from the little conversation…her voice kept cracking up”
“Did she tell you anything else?” I ask her again, this time I am holding her hands in mine, and it’s me looking at her with pleading eyes, and not the other way round.
“No, she just told me to drug his drink” I notice her expression falling down.
“What are you not telling me Brenda?”
“Well, before she left she said ‘or else’ and she even left me a 100 dollar bill. And then she left, without any other explanation or something. I couldn’t believe my eyes or ears at that moment, kept staring at the money. The next thing I know, Marissa is next to me in the bar, asking me to serve some drinks”.

“Did you tell this to anyone else? Marissa?” I ask her.
“No, no-one. Only you!” she reassures me. “What are we going to do?”
“I have no idea, but it’s best if I tell Matt, my friend, big brother!”

Notes

Another update is here :)

Well, is this girl the hacker? :O If so, it's a SHE!
And she wanted to drug Arin's drink...that's messed up :/ What should Brian do? Is Brenda in danger? Does she know this girl or not?

Hope you'll like this :) Votes/comments please <3
Have a great weekend :D