Hush, be careful of what you say

Matt POV

“Do you think you’d be able to recognize this girl if you had to see her another time?”
“I don’t know”, Brenda asks, a bit lost.
“How old do you think she is?” I press her another time.
“I…I don’t know..I’m not sure, but most probably in her twenties. I don’t know” she replies, not a confident answer.
“Well, do you know something?” I ask her, a bit pissed, maybe it sounded more harsh than expected.
“Matt, she already said she doesn’t know. The girl was wearing a hoodie and a pair of sunglasses. Obviously it’s not easy to guess the person” Brian says as he comforts Brenda who is now resting her head on his chest. Something is definitely going on between these two.
“I’m sorry”, I say as I realise that Brian is right. It’s not Brenda’s fault. “I shouldn’t have raised my voice with you. But it worries me that there is someone after one of our friends. And I really want to confront her now!”
“I’m sorry Brian, Matt. Truly am. When the person was sitting at the bar, I never would have thought that she was expecting that from me. And as soon as I gave her importance, she vanished in thin air!”
“We appreciate that you have told us, told me, instead of actually drugging Arin’s drink” Brian tells Brenda, hugging her close.
“I couldn’t do that. I might look like a tough girl, but I’m not a bad person. I would never do such a thing. And especially to Arin” she replies, as I notice Brian narrowing his eyes at her.

“We need to keep an eye on Arin, Brian. And who is going to tell him, you or me?” I ask him.
“None of us. Not tonight. Come on look at him over there. He’s having a good time. We shouldn’t tell him for now. If we suspect something we will, but not before that. He already has the posts from the hacker and that photo to worry about, he shouldn’t worry about this as well!” Brian replies with a determined tone.
“Are you sure?” Brenda asks.
“Yes, I’m most definitely sure!”
I’m still not sure about this, so I look over at Brian and it seems like he had read my mind.
“Matt, I’m telling you what I think we should do. Now it’s up to you. But honestly, he deserves some good time, rather than just bad times”.
“Okay fine, we won’t tell him. But another post, picture, suspicious woman, whatever….I will be the first to go and tell him. Don’t care what you think!”
“Deal” Brian agrees. “Now, I think we should go back with the guys or else they’d suspect that something is wrong. And we don’t want that to happen now”.
“Yes I think we should. Thanks Brenda. If the girl comes here again, just let us know immediately” I tell her, with a reassuring smile.
“Yes I will Matt, you have my word on that” Brenda says as she smiles shyly at me.
Before we leave, I notice Brian whispers something in her ear, and she blushes lightly and nods her head. He then gets up and starts walking next to the guys.

“Just down it buddy!” Johnny yells at Zacky, as he hands him a shot with a black liquor.
“Ugh, absinthe?!” I tell them, hating its smell already.
“Look who decided to join us. Yes it’s absinthe, and yes, we continued playing without your ass. But we reserved your shots over here as you can see. 14 shots of Jack for you buddy, and 2 absinthe!” Johnny says with a huge grin on his sorry face.
“Damnit!” I say, as they bring the shots in front of me.
“Your bad for leaving us. You made a bet, and mind you, you still have to get your ass on that stage!” Zacky reminds me. Shit, I have forgot about that since we went to talk with Brenda. I look over at Arin and notice that he is really having a good time.
“Earth to Matt!” Brian yells in my face. He must have noticed what I was thinking about by his expression.
“Fine. I will down half of these, then go on stage. Will down the rest afterwards. I don’t want to make a fool of myself!” I tell Zacky as I start downing down the shots.

After downing 8 shots, I get up and walk to the stage. I signal the bar owner, who is practically my brother wince we spend a lot of time in this bar. I tell him which song I want to sing and in no time I find myself on stage. Even though I have sang in thousands of gigs in front of thousands of people, the nervousness never seems to escapes me. Plus the fact that I am alone on stage, it feels like I’m standing in front of these people bare-ass naked. I have got used to singing with the rest of the guys by my side. This is weird.
But a bet is a bet, and I definitely want to win it!
I start singing ‘Numb’ by Linkin Park. One of my favourite songs and it is a crowd favourite as well. In fact, as soon as I start blur out the notes, some people gathered on the front singing out loud and cheering me on.

As soon as I finish the song, I leave the microphone on stage and head back to the guys. Right now Zacky has his face in both of his hands.
“So, Matt should expect a whole week worth of alcohol, on you Baker!” Jason yells as the guys start cheering.
“”Fuck off”
“I told you it was an easy bet Vengeance!” I tell him with a huge grin on my face.
“Well, it seems like you forgot the other part of the bet” Arin tells me as he steps forward. “You have to get wasted, tonight!”
“So, my friend, while you were on stage, we kept playing our little game. And in this pint glass there are some of our drinks, as part of the game. You, Matt Sanders, how to down this shit down!” Zacky tells me with a chuckle and a hellish grin on his face.
“You son of a bitch!” I tell him as I sniff the drink, fucking gross! “What the hell is in here anyway?”
“Well, a bit of everything I guess. Beer, Jack, absinthe and some rum” Arin says while laughing hard.
“You have ten second to down it!”
“Wait…” I start but they start counting.
“10, 9, 8, 7”….
Shit, I have no choice but to down it.
And, I did. Fucking worst drink ever!
“Tomorrow I will kill you Baker!” I tell him, as I feel my stomach churning.
“You won’t if you’re already dead!” he laughs hard. “Don’t forget these shots from before. Down these as well bro!”


Brian POV

“You know what bitch, I just won the fucking bet woooooo!” Matt starts yelling in Zacky’s face. “I downed everything, and if it were you, you’d be dead!”
“I have to give it to him, he’s a party animal when he wants to!” Arin says, still surprised seeing this side of Matt.
“Oh you haven’t seen nothing yet!” Matt tells him, making him laugh hard. Well, we all are.

All of a sudden I feel someone touching me from my side. I look around and notice that it’s Brenda.
“Hey, something’s wrong?” I immediately greet her, giving my back to the guys.
“No, no nothing is wrong” she smiles at me. “I came to tell you that we are about to close”
I look around and notice that we’re the last people hanging there. Wow, I didn’t see the time going by, we were having a great time!
“Thanks for telling me. We were a bit…..”
“Lost?” she replies with a chuckle.
“Yes exactly”.
I noticed that her smile has fainted away as she is looking at Arin. I grab her face and make her look to my direction.
“He’s fine, and he will continue to be fine. Don’t worry about that Brenda”
“I know I know. Okay, I need to finish my last few things” she tells me.
“Don’t forget what I told you earlier on” I remind her. Smiling she nods her head and leaves.

I tell the guys that we need to leave the bar. Right now, everyone is helping Matt to stand up properly. The effect of alcohol is finally getting to him, and well, he’s a big guy and everyone needs to give a hand not to let him fall behind.
“Brian, a hand?” Zacky asks me as he looks exhausted already.
“Sorry guys but I’m not coming with you. Besides, your bet, your problem!” I wink at him.
“You son of a bitch!” he replies as he flips me off.
“I see you tomorrow guys” I tell them as I go out, realizing that Brenda is already waiting for me.

“You know you don’t have to!” Brenda tells me in a nervous tone.
“It’s not the first time I’ve walked you home! Besides, I want to make sure you’re okay after tonight!” I tell her with pure honesty.
“Okay…I guess” she tells me, still not looking in my eyes.
Throughout the walk we keep on talking about different things. Today, she told me that she has been working at the club for a couple of months, after Marissa suggesting the job for her. But she is saving money for a course on photography – that is her true passion and that what she wants to do in the future.

“You want to come in for a cup of tea or a bottle of beer?” Brenda asks me as we stand in front of her house.
“Bottle of beer sounds nice actually!” I tell her, a bit too eager.
Finally, fucking improvement!
Hesitantly, she opens the door.
“Welcome to my little nest. Nothing special but I love it!” she admits.
“It’s a nice home Brenda!” I tell her as I roam the place with my eyes. She has a lot of portraits with different photos, one could easily tell that she loves photography.
We walk towards the kitchen as she puts down her bag and brings me a beer.
“Let me go upstairs quick to change in more comfortable clothes” she tells me as I give her a nod.

As she is still upstairs, I get up to observe her home a bit better, it is a nice house actually. She’s a tidy and neat person, everything clean and in place. There are a lot of photos of her with her family and friends, guess she loves spending time with them.
“Shit!” I hiss, as I got scared by her cat. It actually gave me a small fright, bastard!
What the hell is taking her so long?! Damn, is it weird that now that I am actually in her house I want to kiss her even more?!

I start going upstairs, and I notice there are more rooms upstairs than downstairs. Every door is closed, which room should she be in?!
I try the first door, as I open it slowly…nothing.
As soon as I put my hand on the doorknob of the second door, it gets open and I see her standing in front of me her eyes wide open.
“What are you doing here?!?” she says nervously, as I look inside her room.

Notes

Another chapter, you lovely readers :) Hope you'll like it! Votes/comments <3

So, Matt decides not to tell Arin.....was that wise?!
And do you like this side of Matt? ;)
And what about Brenda and Brian?! And the ending?! ;)