Brian’s POV

I should have never listened to Zack, I should have never left her alone, or she wouldn’t have been gone, wouldn’t have just took the next cab to the airport and flown away from us, no - us wasn’t correct, she had flown away from me and no one else.

I was to blame and maybe a little Zack, even though I couldn’t really say when it all went down the drain, when Ave had left I went back to Michelle and demanded that she told me the full story, I took her at the elbow, a little rough and demanded answer.

She was beginning to realize that I wasn’t joking, that I was serious and after I finally got that into her thick skull she told me what she said to Ave and that she stretched the truth a little too far.
Which in her case was as far as anyhow possible and I asked her what the kiss had been about and she told me she missed me, what we had and she was jealous of how I finally found what I had been searching for to finally call mine and it wasn’t her, in the end, I felt sorry for Michelle… which didn’t change the fact that I told her our “friendship” was done and she better leave before I forget myself.

When that was done I went back to the bus, trying to get a hold on Ave but only ran into Jimmy and Jess who told me that Ave had left hours ago already.
I was so frustrated I could pull my hair out and then to make it all worse Maya had come storming towards me, she was the one who got a message from Ave, only saying she couldn’t do this anymore and that she went back to Huntington Beach, back home, and out of reach for me.

We still had two weeks of shows and had not one day of free time in it, so I couldn’t hop into a plane and talk to her, face to face.
“What the fuck!” Maya stopped only inches from me and I sighed, I loved her as a friend, but I really couldn’t deal with the out of control mother hen right now.

“DAMN IT! Talk to me!” She shoved against my chest and I didn’t spare her a glance, not knowing what to say anyway.
“GATES, don’t fucking walk away, what did you do to Ave!” Maya grabbed my wrist and I pulled free, Matt now walking towards us “Matt, get a grip on your girl and leave me the fuck alone!” I told him and he lifted an eyebrow at me.
“Watch your mouth, Brian” Matt gave me a narrow eyed look but I couldn’t care less right now.

During the first week since Ave left, I didn’t really talk to anyone, I showed up to meetings, done my part in being there, I drank a lot and tried to numb me, didn’t really work out either.
I debated with myself on calling Avery a couple of times, but I didn’t want to talk to her while I wasn’t sober so when I finally sobered up and found the right words, I gave it one shot.

One call and then it was Ave’s turn to come back to me, I knew in one call I couldn’t make everything right, but I had to give it a try.

I held the phone to my ear and waited and waited, of course she didn’t pick up but still I had to get rid of the words, of my thoughts, of the emotions that I felt for her, she was still my girl and I wouldn’t accept her to leave me just like that.

“Please leave a message-” I sighed and waited until I could start talking.

“Ave, it’s me. I know you probably don’t want to hear me right now, but you must listen to what I have to say. I love you from the bottom of my heart, I miss you like crazy and I can’t stand the thought of you not coming back to me. I am sorry for the words I said, I do trust you Ave, but you have to trust me, too. I can explain what happened, I didn’t call Michelle… I mean I never talked to her and invited her, she just wanted to make trouble between us, cause she had to realize that you, Ave, are the woman I love and that she never had a chance like that with me. She kissed me to push you away from me, and you didn’t see that I ended it right away. She was jealous of my feelings for you, babe. I should have told you before about my past, but we just got back together and I didn’t want to ruin that right away again… I’m sorry. I won’t keep anything from you, if you just come back to me, I can explain everything if you would just call me… I won’t bother you with any more calls, the ball is in your court, Ave. I love you, and wait for you…” With that said I hung up, I never talked so long on a voicemail before and just hoped that Ave would soon listen and call me back, just call me so I could hear her voice and know she is fine.

So the first week I didn’t participate in any party’s or band meetings, at least not really. My head was somewhere else and another problem was that whenever Maya and I were in the same room or bus, we got into a fight, so the common routine was that the others kept Maya and me in good distance to each other. Which didn’t always work, but Maya was being a complete bitch and I wasn’t far from being an asshole.

I couldn’t help it, she was rubbing me the wrong way, and when I saw how happy she and Matt were together the jealousy added to that.
I wanted what they had, I wanted Ave by my side, cuddle, make love, show her just how much she meant to me but, she didn’t call… nothing after the message I left.

So I was even more afraid that during the second week on one evening I sat alone at the table in our bus, drinking my beer and Maya appeared from the back room.
She sat down beside me and didn’t curse or insult me right away, so that was something new.

“No insults?” I mumbled and Maya shook her head.
“Too late for that… tell me what really happened.” Maya looked at me her dark eyes meeting mine, she stunned me with that, where did that come from and why now?
“How come?” I asked cause I didn’t know how else to reply.
“Let’s say your best friend Zack convinced me to give you the benefit of doubt, now tell me before I regret it… and I saw you suffer… you piss me off with your mood and so does Ave, now tell me the truth, then I’ll decide if I should curse and insult you further.” Maya winked and I sighed, I haven’t realized how much I missed this and missed talking to Zack too, I kind of blamed him that I didn’t stop Avery and that made me take a distance to him…

I started to tell her what I told Ave on the voicemail, in an even more extended version, she nodded and at some points, then wrinkled her nose in this cute way, or her eyebrows were drawn together in confusion.

When I was done she sighed “You love my little gnome, right?” She asked and I nodded, she pulled me into her side and I rested my head on her shoulder, not really sure if she was fooling me or believing me for real… would she help me to convince Ave?
“More than anything.” I answered her question and she sighed even louder.
“Good night, Brian” She kissed my cheek and left me alone confused and even more hurting then before.

One day before our two week break Zack came running to me. Like I already mentioned we hadn’t been talking much but he was still my friend. I had been starting to write down new song ideas when he interrupted me, still nothing new from Ave and I kind of lost the hope that she would ever talk to me… or that I would ever see her again.

“You are my friend, right?” Zack sounded out of breathe and I frowned up to him.
“Well.. depends.. what do you want, Vee?” I asked and let my fingers run over the fret board again, not wanting to forget what I had just discovered.

“I need a favor from you, I mean it. It’s important, can I count on you? And I know that I fucked up, Bri, I never meant for this to happen and you know that.” Zack asked and he sounded desperate.
“I know… What is it, Zack?” I asked again and Zack sighed “The photo shoot… the day after tomorrow.. my male models cancelled, I need you and Shads to replace them.” Zack said and I started to shake my head.
“No way.”

“Brian, I need you there, they cancelled and I can’t get replacements so fast… Maya and Jess are still in but… fuck I need someone for the male parts, please.” Zack began to beg and I frowned, shouldn’t Ave have be doing the female model parts, too?

“Ave?” I got out, only saying her name kind of hurt.
“Haven’t heard from her, so…I guess just Maya and Jess” Zack said and looked a little uncertain, probably because I was staring him down with hope to see Ave, but that crushed after his words.

“Had Shads anything to do with the male models cancelling?” I asked to lighten the mood a little.
“I could bet he had… he was fucking me up with none of them getting near Maya since weeks.” Zack grumbled but a small smile spread over his lips “So actually it’s Matt’s fault you gotta cover that part...”

“I got nothing else to do anyway, so… yeah fine, I’ll do it.” I finally gave in, not that I had plans for the time being home, besides thinking about going to Ave’s house and crashing the door in and dragging her over my shoulder out of there so she would finally talk and listen to me…

So when I showed up at the photo shoot that day, Zacky handed me clothes and gave me instructions and I was glad that Matt and Maya were there and already knew what to do. As it seemed they would start with their shooting and then some alone and then it was my time for me and Jess, even though I haven’t seen Jess around here…

And then before I even knew it Avery appeared from the side, and if I said she looked stunning that was an understatement of the year, she looked more beautiful than ever.
I wished that I could just run to her and grab her in my arms, kiss those beautiful lips of hers and explain finally everything to her… did she finally hear my voicemail?
Did she come here so we could talk?! Then my eyes moved quickly to Zack and he had a stupid grin on his face… He knew… of course he knew.

The closer she came the more uncertain she looked, so she didn’t know that I would be here, and now I got that my friends had apparently fooled both of us into coming here, and fucking hell I loved those assholes for that…

The photographer gave us instructions and I whispered to Ave and as I already thought, she didn’t hear the message I left her and the last instruction I registered was

“And act like you’re in love…”

“I couldn’t act any other way and never stopped to be in love…” I whispered so only Ave could hear me, she gasped her eyes moved up to finally meet mine, I laid my hand on her cheek.

“I missed you, love and I love you, please just listen to me and let me explain, that’s all I am asking for…” I whispered and Ave’s lips opened but nothing came out so I just took the chance and captured her lips with mine, showing her just how much she meant to me and how much I still loved her, even though I didn’t know if her feelings were the same.

Maya’s POV

“Didn’t I tell you just to cancel one of the male models?” I asked Matt and he gave me a mischievous grin back.
“You did, babe.”
“And why didn’t the second one show up?” I asked and couldn’t hide the smile that was coming over my face, seeing Matt just in the new swim pants that Zack had created, his upper body free and making me drool.

“Well, I don’t know… maybe he couldn’t come… for real… or maybe, he got intimidated when someone told him that he would rip his balls of if he just dared to look at my girl wrong… ah the female model wrong.” Matt showed me his dimples and I chucked.
“You are so bad!” I jumped into his arms and Matt crashed his lips down on mine, while he carried me of the scene to a nearby sitting area.

We could watch the shoot before us, how pictures of Brian and Avery would be taken, at first they both acted like they were in shock, but I could see in Ave’s face that her façade was already crumbling, she loved Brian and if she would just let him get the chance to explain, I think they could figure it out and we all could have some amazing weeks before they had to go back to tour and Ave and I would start college again.

“They will figure it out, babe” Matt nuzzled my neck and a shiver ran down my spine.
“I know, they have to.” I cuddled closer into Matt’s body.
“Hey, you! Don’t ruin the makeup on my model” Zack’s voice cut into our moment when he went chuckling past us “I am not joking, don’t… get her all messed up before the shoot is done.”

“Oh I will get you messed up, babe. As soon as this whole thing is over I am so gonna get you down and dirty, you won’t know where is up and down.” Matt growled in my ear.
“I hope so… and what are your plans for the next days off? Do I live in your home? Or should I go back to Larry?” I whispered near his lips and Matt groaned.

“I won’t let you farther away than 5 feet from me, babe… so that leaves only my bed for you, cause that is what I am planning to do. Stay in bed for about three days, just you and me and catch up on any time we wasted, how does that sound?”
“Like Heaven” I laid my arms around Matt neck and pulled him closer, whenever I was near him it felt like heaven so there wasn’t any other option anyway.

“Your turn” Zack announced a couple of minutes later, so Matt and I had to redress for our next outfit shoot, the makeup was freshened up and I saw how Brian guided Ave towards the secluded area where Matt and I had been sitting, they were talking, that was a good sign, I just hoped he didn’t say something stupid and they would soon figure it out again, as I told Ave already we planned to party tonight, and since we said the same to Brian, meant they were both coming along… or if they were really smart, they would cancel on us but stay together in Brian’s home and officially make up and not waste any time further…
That’s at least what I would do if the big guy and I wouldn’t have seen us for more than two weeks.

“Maya! Now” Zack yelled and have I said that Zack really was a dictator when it came to his VU Shoots, damn… you really gotta be on spot with him here.
“Coming” I yelled back and walked towards where Matt was standing.
“Alright, now we want a fighting scene, some drama in the pictures, can you do that?” The guy behind the camera said and I heard Zack chuckle “You got the right one for that”
“Shut up!” Both Matt and I yelled back when an idea hit me, he wanted drama, he could have drama, with the designer of the collection.

“You ready, buddy?” I asked the photographer and he nodded. “Then follow me” He frowned but when I moved his camera followed and I grabbed Zack’s shirt dragging him to me, “Maya, don’t. I’m not supposed, that’s not-” He tried to fight me off but I wouldn’t let him, we both tried to push the other way and neared the pool, I tried to push Zack in but he grabbed my hand in the last instance and pulled me into the cold water with him, I had heard the camera clicking the entire time, so I hoped the guy was doing his job good and he made some nice shots, because it had been a hell of a fun, and when both Zack and I got out of the pool I ran right into Matt’s arm splashing him wet all the same and he just grabbed me in a tight hug and chuckled.

Next again was Brian and Avery’s turn they were already touching more and more and I think they were actually making progress, as soon as this shoot was officially over I had to get them somewhere alone so we knew what was really going on.

“Babe” A deep voice growled behind me. “Tell me you don’t wear anything beneath that towel” Another growl making my nipple pucker and my stomach flutter.
I couldn’t answer just nod “Perfect”

Suddenly I was grabbed around the waist and up in Matt’s arms, he ran into Zack’s house and slammed a door shut, I haven’t been here before so I had no idea where he was taking me, but I knew he would be taking me soon.

He let me down and the towel dropped to the floor and I hadn’t been lying, I stood before Matt in my naked glory and he groaned out loud, “Fucking hell.. yes”
His pants were open and around his knees before I could even say something, and he pressed me against the door “We don’t have much time, but hell woman… I need you”
He pushed into me with one deep thrust and I moaned his name out loud, the lust burning deep in my guts.

“Yes Matt! YES!” I moaned by each of his movement, in and out and back in and back out, god he made me crazed.
“More, babe… I love you…more” Whenever he heard those words from me now, Matt was going utterly crazy and I knew that, and still meant them, he was the one I loved and probably always would.

“Maya.. god, love you, too…” Matt got out between groans and his speed increased, he was grabbing me even firmer, my back flat against the wooden door and my orgasm nearing.
“Fuck Matt!” I yelled when he changed the angle and hit me just the right way and he did sent me over the edge yelling his name again.
Afterwards his movements became sloppier and I felt his seed spill into me when he moaned my name and that he would always love me.

After we regained our breath he slowly let me down and those dimples showed “Zack will hate us for that…” He smiled even more “I know”
“But I love you for that” I told Matt.
“I know” He chuckled and pulled his pants back up and helped me wrap myself in the towel.
“So let’s go back and see what we missed so far…”

Notes

Sooo will they figure it out?!
Or will it all go down the drain again? What do u think?

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