Jimmy’s POV

I shook my head as I made my way back to my bunk, chuckling lightly at the array of appendages hanging from the beds. Oh, Gatesy-poo was good and if he wasn’t making the little one scream right now, then she didn’t like the D and I would loose all faith in mankind. I mean if Synyster Gates, expert sex ninja, couldn’t seal the deal, then there was no hope for the rest of us. Not that I wanted little Ave, but I wouldn’t be opposed if she wanted to go for a round…or a threesome.

Nah, what I was really interested in was why Maya was stilling hanging on me when I saw the way she looked at Shadz. Don’t get me wrong, I liked her and would gladly keep her on as my knife mistress, but something told me my high-risk lifestyle would be too much for her. I mean not ever woman could handle running through the wilderness, taking out ninjas and beasts with their knives and bare hands, so I didn’t blame her if she chose boring old Matthew Charles Sanders. Maya could be more like my sidekick, knife girl, or a best friend. Hell a best friend that was fucking gorgeous, rocked it between the sheets, calmed me down with her touch, and completely entertained me at the same time. Yeah, my knife master ways were undoubtedly too much for her and I knew better than to stand in the way of her happiness if she really wanted Shadz.

So did Matt and Maya think I was stupid and couldn’t see what was going on between them back there? I may have ADHD but I certainly wasn’t blind, though I had always wondered what it would be like. Imagine me as the Stevie Wonder of the drumming world, oh that shit would be so fucking epic! I’d like to see those mere mortals bring me down then, hell I would make them my own personal minions…cooking for me, making me drinks, bowing down to the blind god of the sticks. Hell, yeah!

“JB what the fuck are you doing in my bed!” I groaned when I opened the curtain to find a half naked Berry. “Get the hell out!” I pulled on his arm but he just grumbled in his sleep and rolled over. Fuck I wasn’t going to deal with this tonight, mainly because he was too heavy and I was drunk: two things that don’t mix well.

I stumbled down the aisle, opening curtain-after-curtain, looking for an empty bed but there weren’t any. Damn it, Gates really had cleaned out the roadie bus and that little piece of ass better be worth it. I made my way back to the living room area only to find Matt Berry passed out on the couch and Dan on the table. “Fucking hell! Don’t make me go crash Gates party…” I moaned, drunkenly making my way to the back of the bus. Eureka, the back bedroom was open.

“Oh sweet darkness take me captive,” I mumbled, stripping down to my boxers and climbing into bed. The sweet spinning of my head from the alcohol helped me drift right into dreamland. That was until the loud bang of the door jilted me awake.

“What the fuck? He is supposed to sleep in his bunk.”

I peeked one eye open to see a very pissed off Shadows standing in the door with Maya in his arm. As Zacky always told me, I was born to crash a party so why should this time be any different?

“I would, if Jason wouldn’t be already sleeping there…” I argued in a groggy tone, slightly irritated that I was awake again. I was still drunk and had ninjas to slay in my dreams. “Either you two get in here and sleep or go because it’s freaking late already, the suns about to get up, and we don’t have more sleeping places.” I held up the blanket before Maya joined me under the covers. Within moments of feeling her warmth next to me I drifted back off to sleep.

When I awoke the next morning, I was surprised to find Maya sleeping with her head on my chests and Matt’s arm loosely hung around her waist. She looked beautiful as the early morning sun hit her and I would be content watching her sleep for hours. There was just something about her touch that soothed me and took away all my anxiety. It was like I needed her comforting touch to function. No, I wasn’t looking for anything sexual, though that night had rocked my world. Her presence and touch just…I don’t even know how to describe it. I guess I didn’t suffer from my usual demons when she was around, which was a nice change.

“Jimmy?” I blinked a few times to see those brown eyes looking back at me. Shit, she caught me watching her. Eh, what did I care? I stared at everyone, ask Johnny, it freaked him out. “What are you doing?” her soft groggy voice asked. Oh, she was just too fucking cute like this.

I chuckled lightly, watching her head bounce on my chest. “Just getting ready to start my day. Though this was a nice change. A guy could get used to this,” I sighed, trying to be as quiet as possible. Who was I kidding quiet wasn’t in my vocabulary. “Beautiful girl in my—“

“Shh…”Maya giggled, pressing her fingers to my lips. Her eyes met mine and I couldn’t keep the mischievous grin from my face. I licked between the two fingers that pressed so carefully on my lips. “Jimmy! What time is it anyway?” We both slowly sat up as I shrugged.

“Morning…and time for coffee and a smoke. Wanna join?” I asked, wiggling my eyebrows as I got out of bed. I carefully managed my way through the dimly lit room, ready to pounce on anything that jumped out at me. Luckily the only things I found were my pants and zip-up hoodie. I quickly pulled them on, realizing that I must have lost my shirt somewhere in my drunken journey last night, if I had one on at all. It was questionable at best, especially since I thought shirts were overrated.

Over my shoulder I saw Maya glance at a sleeping Shadz and then back at me, trying to decide what she should do. I knew she would end up with Matt, it was only a matter of time before she realized that. How did I know that? Well…let’s just say that I had seen that look in a woman’s eye before. Or was that in Haner’s eye when he wanted to bone someone so bad it hurt? I forgot, either way, I could tell she had a thing for Shadz. Would that make me push her away if she wanted me? Fuck no, I’d play house with her if that’s what she wanted, but I had to be certain. I did like her after all and no one needed to get hurt.

I quietly made my way out to the hallway, hearing loud snores erupting from the baby making stations. Jesus it was like Mt. Vesuvius getting ready to erupt and with my mind already running wild, there was no way I could stay in here. And that smell, who died in here last night? I bet it was JB and his brother and there Taco Bell gas, that could make a groan man cry right there.

“Oh. My. God,” Maya gagged behind me, covering her nose with her hand. “What is that smell…”

“The roadies, Johnny, yesterday’s Taco Bell, and sex….” I shrugged, knowing that it wasn’t the first time I’d smelled this and it certainly wouldn’t be my last. “There is a reason you ladies got the back room,” I chuckled, quickly grabbing the coffee maker, bag of coffee, and heading outside. There had to be an outside outlet to plug this bad boy into.

“So why did you leave so early last night?” I turned to look at Maya with a raised brow. So she did notice? I thought maybe she was too busy trying to give Shadz the Heimlich maneuver with her tongue. Though it was hot, if I do say so myself.

I set up the coffee pot before I took a seat down on the steps of the bus, watching her closely. “I was tired,” I shrugged but she didn’t buy it. “…Plus I had to practice things for my secret adventure,” I shot Maya a wink and she just giggled at me before she came over and sat on my lap, my arms wrapping loosely around her waist. She didn’t even care that she was wearing one of Shadz’ old ratty t-shirts. I had to admit, Maya looked good in Pantera. I licked my lips and pushed the thought away as she played with my hair.

“Any chance you need some help on your adventures?” Maya’s eyes locked with mine and I gave her a half smile. “I can kick some major ass when need be.”

“It depends…” I chuckled.

“On what? You know we have fun together, Jimmy.”

“It depends what you want…” I sighed, receiving a frown. Maya bit her bottom lip as she twisted my hair between her fingers. “You know…to be a knife mistress or a shadow boxer babe…the choice is yours.” I smiled at her but she just continued to frown, obviously getting where I was going with this. “I mean you could always kick ass with me as my sidekick, knife girl, and be shadow boxer babe at night if that’s what you want. I’m here no matter what you choose,” I explain the best way I know how.

Maya giggled and carefully traced her fingers over my face, making me relax instantly. “I think I could be your knife girl,” she winked. “You’re a really great guy Jimmy and we have fun…it’s just I don’t know what’s going on but I owe it to myself to find out.”

“Hey, I don’t need an explanation of what you do on your off time,” I laughed, holding my hands up as the sun started to rise higher in the sky in front of us. “Just be careful and know I’ve got your back. I’ll fucking give Shadz the knife master special if he mistreats my knife girl!” I vow, squeezing Maya tight.

“You’re amazing, you know that?” Maya gently kisses my lips before moving next to me and cuddling into my side. Oh, I hope this didn’t stop once she and Matt became official.

“Only if we can still cuddle on the bus ride…” I said with a sly smirk, causing Maya to burst out laughing. That was like music to my ears. “Plus don’t you need help sneaking out for that date today?” I added.

Maya’s eyes and mouth grew wide with a smile before she playfully punched my shoulder. “So you did know! Did Matt talk to you?”

I shrugged with a chuckle. “A little but I wanted to make sure it was what you wanted before I called you knife girl,” I teased, looking up to see Brain coming back towards us with a shit eating grin on his face. “Ladies and Gentleman the man of the hour!” I announced, shading up before bowing down at his feet.

“Get off the ground, Rev,” Gate’s laughed, pulling me up. I raised my brow at him completely forgetting that Maya was behind me.

“Since when do you sleep over? Did the little one get to you?” I teased, patting his back as he pulled out his pack of smokes and handed me one.

“No it was a one time deal…you know the drill,” Gates said, blowing out a cloud of smoke. “Oh but it was totally worth the bating…”

“You fucking ass…” Maya scoffed, knocking his shoulder as she passed before heading toward the roadie bus.

Gates’ ran his hand over his face as he watched her go. “Shit…I didn’t know she was there. Fuck!” I watched as he moved over and took a seat on the ground next to the coffee pot, putting his head in his hands. I had never seen him so upset over what a girl’s best friend thought of him let alone a girl. Maybe little gnome had gotten to him.

“Wanna talk about it? How was it?”

Avery’s POV

I smiled as I rolled over in bed, just remembering the fun night I had with Brian. Oh, he made me feel so good and never had someone made me feel so special. I could still imagine his warm breath on my neck and I longed for that closeness again. My body craved to be held in those muscular arms and to feel those calloused fingers run down my naked back. Oh, I was getting wet again just thinking about. I reached out a hand to find him but was surprised to find only empty sheets next to me.

“Brian?” I slowly sat up and looked around the disaster of a room. There was chocolate, half eat strawberries, and an empty bottle of champagne littering the floor but no sign of that deliciously tattooed man. “Brian?” I called a little louder, hoping maybe he just went to the bathroom.

I smiled and quickly pulled on a t-shirt and short. I wanted to make Brian a special breakfast this morning since we didn’t actually get to eat dinner last night. I just hoped that there was something I could actually use in the refrigerator.

When I walked out of the backroom the rest of the bus was dead silent. “Brian? Are you out here?” I called, looking through the empty bunks and open bathroom door. He wasn’t anywhere to be seen.

I took in a shaky breath, trying to fight the feeling of regret and rejection that were starting to rise. However I didn’t have too much time to think about it because the door to the bus opened. “Brian?”

“Sorry, love it’s just me,” Maya said with a small frown on her face. There was something hiding in her dark eyes but she refused to make eye contact.

“Did you see Brian?” I asked, almost pleaded. Please let him just be outside smoking a cigarette and will be back in shortly. I was having a hard time believe that he would make me feel so special and then just up and leave without so much as a goodbye. That just didn’t seem possible, not after everything he did for me.

Maya sighed and looked down at the ground, shuffling her feet. “Come on, it’s a yes or no question!” I raged, moving around to pick up some of the mess Brian and I created last night.

“Yes…and boy it looks like you guys had a good time. I’m jealous…my party got crashed,” Maya said, still avoiding looking at me or actually answering my question.

I smiled lightly as I put the leftover food back in the fridge, looking around for something to make him for breakfast. “Good, so where is he?”

Maya sighed again and I turned to look at her with a patient look, even those patience was the last thing I felt at the moment. I wanted to see Brian again and thank him for last night and maybe even plan another. “He’s taking a smoke with Jimmy…”

“Perfect,” I chirped happily, moving to grab my UCLA sweatshirt and head for the door. “I’ll go join him.”

“Wait a minute, Ave…I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Maya grabbed my arm and turned me around to face her. When our eyes locked I noticed the look of sadness she was hiding there.

“What? Why not?” I asked. It wasn’t like I was expecting him to propose to me. I was just maybe hoping that he might want to go out sometime. Was that so wrong of me? Hell, he had been so wonderful to me, he had to like me, right?

“Ave…I don’t know how to say this…” Maya pulled me over to the couch and sat me down, a deep crease in her forehead. “I overheard Brian talking to Jimmy….” My mouth dropped at her words, not ready for what she was about to tell me. “And…I’m sorry sweetie but he said it was a one time thing…”

I shook my head in disbelieve. This had to be some kind of joke. No one kissed me like that without ever having any type of feeling before or went threw so much trouble to please me. “No…he-he must have been joking…there’s no way. You said it yourself, no guy would go through so much trouble unless he really liked me.”

“I don’t know what to tell you love,” Maya sighed, pulling me into her arms as I tried to fight the tears threatening to leave my eyes. No, I wasn’t going to cry over this. “That’s what he said…just forget about him…he’s a big dick. Was it fun at least?”

I pulled away and gapped at Maya. “Was it fun?” I hissed at her, my anger flaring. How could she ask me that after I broke every rule in my book for a fling. A fling that Maya talked me into, telling me to go for it and pushing me into this trap. “This is all your fault, Maya!” I said, suddenly standing and pointing at her. “You pushed me to him! You let him think that he could take control of me! You helped him with all this! I thought you were my best friend!” I raged, letting the tears fall freely now.

“How could you do this to me? You knew I had rules and that my dad had rules…oh god what is he going to think!? He’s going to be here soon…what if he finds out?” I was no pacing the room, anger and panic taking over.

“Ave relax, he’s not going to find out,” Maya assured me, standing up to stop me but I pulled away from her.

“Don’t call me Ave, you caused all of this, Maya!” I hissed at her, letting my anger get the better of me. “I’m so dead…I cant believe this…”

“Avery, just calm down.” Maya called after me but I was already running off the bus. I couldn’t be near her right now because I was so angry and upset with myself. Deep down I knew it wasn’t her fault—It was just easier to blame her right now. I knew that I wanted Brian just as much as he wanted me and I was just having a hard time with the idea that I was just an insignificant plaything. I was crushed by that thought and never before had I felt so low.

Suddenly I crashed into someone in my blurred teary state, and I would have fallen flat on my ass if a pair of arms hadn’t held onto me. “Avery? What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

I angrily whipped away my tears to see those familiar green eyes looking down at me with concern. “Come on, sweetheart, talk to me,” he said sweetly, leading me over towards the merch booth. The place was deserted and I was thankful for that.

Zack sat me down on the concrete barrier and put his arm around me while I cried into his side. “I’m such an idiot…” I said, shaking my head.

“You’re not an idiot, Ave. Talk to me, tell me what happened? What’s got such a beautiful girl so upset?”

Matt’s POV

This morning had been a hectic one and I had been running around like a fool every since I woke up this morning. I was both excited and nervous about my date with Maya, mainly because we would be dodging my manager and her adopted father. I wasn’t really sure what that was about but I hoped to find out. Either way, Jimmy had unknowingly thwarted my plans last night and I was surprised to find an empty bed when I woke up this morning. Had Maya changed her mind?

“Hey, have you seen Maya?” I asked Jimmy as I came outside late morning. He was standing with Gates drinking a cup of coffee and watching something over by the roadie trailer.

Jimmy turned towards me with a raised brow before he clapped my shoulder. “She is playing hookie right now from her play-date with Daddy by the looks of it,” Jimmy informed me, his eyes looking over toward our manager.

The tall middle-aged man was standing outside of the roadie bus talking with JB, Vengeance, and Avery. He looked down at the ground and shook his head before he put his arm around the little brunette and headed to the car. I was surprised to see the other two get into the car with them. Apparently they had been invited to go shopping with them.

“What the hell are they doing?” Gates snapped, a deep crease forming between his eyebrows as the car pulled away.

“Going shopping with your girl. You jealous?” I teased, putting my arm around his shoulder.

Gates gapped for a minute before he looked over to Jimmy and then back at me. “Fuck no…you know how it is. One and done…then you forget about her. “

I nodded, not believe him after all the work he put into that one night. I would bet fifty bucks that he would see her again before the end of the week. “How was your night.”

Gates looked at me out of the corner of his eyes with a huge mischievous grin on his face. “Best fucking night of my life…and daddy Larry will never know that I had a little piece of heaven from his daughter. Damn it was fucking amazing.”

“Are you going to see her again?” I raised my brow at him and he just shook his head. Yeah, like that answered my question. “Well, enough dicking around…I’ve got a date to get ready for.”

“Watch our for papa smurf,” Gates called after me and I flipped him the bird.

Within twenty minutes I was showered and ready to go with a cab waiting. The only thing left to do was to pick up Maya from the bus. I quickly made my way over to the roadie bus and knocked on the door, my mouth dropping at the sight in front of me.

“Wow…Maya…you look….stunning.”

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