Matt's POV

I stood looking at my reflection in the mirror while my mind swirled through an array of thoughts. Sure I looked good in my dark dress pants and a blue button-down shirt, but I felt like absolute shit. Not only had I fucked up in almost every song during the show but I had also walked away from the one person I couldn't get out of my mind. Those dark brown eyes were all that I could think about and I was pretty sure I was slowly going insane. Did she have any idea the kind of effect she had on me? And she just wanted to throw all this away and leave without a fight? That was complete and utter bullshit and we both knew it.

What the hell was she thinking all this was between us? Just some kind of game with no other intentions? Fuck, I didn't think of it that way at all. Was there something wrong with me where I actually wanted this girl for myself as my girlfriend? I don't think I'd ever really wanted it more in my life. Usually I was in a relationship through some stipulation and they never lasted. But this thing between Maya and I, now that was completely different.

At this moment, after not seeing her or touching her for five hours, I knew that I needed her in my life. But did Maya feel the same way? I guess I would have to wait for her to come to me, as much as I hated that idea. She’d come back to me right?

"Hey Shadz, are you about done in there? We're ready to roll."

“Yeah, I still need to do my hair.”

I sighed and ran my hands over my face. How the hell was I going to go out to dinner with my friends and the woman I was crazy about and pretend everything was okay? Shit, I didn't even know what to say to her right now, let alone how to act. I wanted to just pull her into my arms and feel that electric spark when our lips touched, but after our last encounter I don't think it would be a good idea. She had made it pretty clear that she was set on leaving us and that she wasn't interested in changing that. So did she just expect me to give up on her? Fuck, I couldn't do that. Matt Sanders doesn't back down and sure as hell doesn't give up without a fight.

"Dude we really have to go, you look fine!" Jimmy rapped on the door. "Come on the girls are waiting!" Of course he was thinking about the girls. Particularly MY girl, some friend he was.

"I'm almost ready," I said just as the door flew open. "Hey!"

"I’ll throw a dollar if I see something I haven't seen before," Zack chuckled as he pushed past me to get his hair gel.

"Fuck you, Baker." I said, shaking my head as I tucked in my shirt. "Whatever happened to privacy? That was a fucking Rev move, not something I’d expect from you, Vee."

"We lost all privacy when we played Warped Tour and lived together in a van for almost a year," he laughed and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Wasn't that the truth? "Besides, you look fine to me, so what's the hold up?" He asked, quickly running the comb through his freshly gelled hair, to get his signature look—minus the makeup.

I pinched the bridge of my nose and leaned against the door. "Maya?" He guessed and I nodded. "Well, what I've learned is that women are always talking. So if you want to know about the girl, you talk to her best friend..." Zack explained slowly like he was talking to a child. He was right, Avery would know what Maya was thinking, specially since they worked the booth together tonight, they had to talk.

"I know, I'm a motherfucking genius," those green eyes met mine in the mirror and I flipped him off. He just laughed and turned around, patting my shoulder. "So don't say I never helped you. Now let's go before Jimmy had a fucking heart attack he’s jumping around like a fucking puppy."

Before I could even take a breath, Jimmy came into the bathroom and dragged both Zack and I out the door. "Come on. Come on. Come on!" He whined, practically dragging me. "Knife Girl and Little One are waiting and Haner fucking disappeared so we need to move!"

"Give you three guesses where Gates is," I chuckled to Zack and Johnny who both nodded.

"Let me guess, she’s short, brunette, has killer blue eyes, a nice rack, a bangin’ body, and is supposedly off limits?" Johnny said as he wiggled his eyebrows. Zacky rolled his eyes.

"Ding ding ding! We have a winner," I joked, pointing toward the group standing by the roadie bus. I really needed to talk to her and maybe the ride there would be the perfect opportunity.

"Gates doesn't like her my ass..." I continued. He was standing with his arm around her, laughing and telling some story. Avery looked back and forth between him and Jason with a half smile. What was going on there? And if I noticed it, then there was definitely something going on.

"Well maybe he should back off cause she's not even sure if she even likes him," Zack said, causing Johnny and I to turn and look at him. How the hell did Vengeance know information we didn’t? I guess I could ask the same question about Jimmy, but I think I already knew the answer—they were both always up the girls’ asses.

"How the hell do you know that?" Johnny gapped, causing Zacky to smile and shake his head.

"Because I'm in and you're not short shit," he teased, punching his shoulder. “Got to be a little taller to get on that ride.”

Johnny stopped, looking at Zacky with a dropped jaw. “You slept with her too? Does Gates know? I thought he only had to worry about Jason.”

“No, I didn’t sleep with her,” Zacky sighed. “She’s a friend and a good one, so back the fuck off,” he teased, causing Johnny to flip him off and walk in front of us. “And you still look a kid stomping away…grow a few more inches will ya?”

"Speaking of Gates and Jason, what’s going on there?" I asked curiously, slowing our pace slightly. Jimmy had long since disappeared from our side, undoubtedly to find Maya. That thought alone made me jealous and my blood stared to boil.

Zack shrugged his shoulder as he watched her pull away from Gates and move towards Maya and Jimmy. "Not my business to tell...but if it was, I think she doesn't know what to make of Gates. He keeps playing his usual game instead actually telling someone what's going on. Nothing out of the ordinary—he thinks we’re all fucking dumb and blind."

I nodded, knowing that he was right. When was he finally going to admit, at least himself, that he liked the girl? Would it be the end of the world for him to actual care about a woman? We all saw it, no matter how much he denied it.

"Alright, so the cabs are here, let's go," Gates said, motioning towards the cars and following Avery. I looked over at Maya who quickly climbed in the cab behind Jimmy, Zacky, and Johnny and shut the door. She didn't even look at me. What the hell? I clenched my fists and took a deep breath, now I really had to talk to Avery.

"Hey, Ave, can I talk to you?" The little brunette turned around to face me with an odd expression on her face when I grabbed her arm before she could get in the car. She looked from left to right with a shocked look on her face.

"Who? Me?" She basically chirped, drawing the attention of Jason and Brian inside the cab. They eyed me with a raised brow but I just shut the door. This was a private conversation.

"Your name’s Avery isn't it?" I chuckled as she nodded and bit her bottom lip nervously. She was cute and funny, but not my type. “I wanted to ask you about Maya…”

“Oh,” Avery sighed, looking almost sad.

I ran my hand over the back of my head, not exactly sure how to do this. I guess I should have asked Zack to check on the situation for me since I sucked at this. “Well…” I started. “I’m sure she told you about what happened—“

“She did,” Avery nodded curtly, her long hair bouncing slightly with the curls at the bottom.

“I don’t know how to say this but has she said—“

“Look, there is something you need to know about Maya,” she interrupted with a sighed as I crossed my arms over my chest with a frown. “She…isn’t really the relationship type.” My face fell even more but she quickly continued, picking up on my distress. “But she definitely likes you. Just give her time to process everything and she will come around. Don’t tell her I told you, but she’s never had anything like what you two have before…I-I think it scares her. And I like you and think you are good for her. Just give her some time.”

“But we don’t have time…” I sighed exasperatedly. “You guys are leaving unless we can come up with some way to make you stay.”

Avery frowned and looked down at the ground. “I know. We don’t want to go but we can’t stay with you guys if my dad wont let us, you know?” I knew she was right, but that didn’t make it any better. “How about just give her until tomorrow to process things? You don’t want to come too strong or she will shut you out completely,” she explained. “I’ll try and talk to her as well…”

I nodded my head and pulled Avery into a hug. “Thanks, Ave.”

“Matt…you’re squishing me…” Avery gasped and I quickly let her go. I guess I didn’t realize how small she was.

Before I knew it, I was sitting at the end of the table, watching Maya laugh and have a good time with my friends. She hadn’t even glanced my way once and I was really starting to lose my mind. Was she going to ignore me all night and just pretend nothing happened between us? Fuck no, I wasn’t going to let her forget how it felt to be together, that was for damned sure.

“Maya would you like a glass of wine?” I asked her, but she just shook her head, not even giving me the time of day. So this was the game we were going to play? “Really, you’re going to fucking ignore me?” I finally snapped, dropping my silverware down on my plate. All eyes turned on me but I didn’t notice, I was looking at one set in particular and the rest didn’t matter.

“I’m not ignoring you, I’m having a nice time with my friends,” Maya said with a casual shrug and turned back to Ave. You’ve got to be fucking me? I knew everyone’s eyes were staring at me but I didn’t care.

Avery looked down the table and gave me a pointed look. Fuck, I couldn’t stand this and I was seeing red. I crossed my arms and leaned back in my chair, shaking my head and clenching my jaw. How could Maya just pretend that we never had anything? It was fucking infuriating!

“Dude, relax,” Jimmy hissed at me.

Only I couldn’t relax. Not through the rest of dinner, and not back to the after party. I stood in the corner with Gates, drinking and watching everyone else have a good time around us. He was pouting because Avery disappeared with Jason after dinner and he was left with the group.

“I just can’t believe she’s acting like this,” I hissed to Gates, watching her dance with Jimmy and have a good time. “It’s like she played me the whole fucking time…”

“I don’t know what to tell you, Shadz,” Gates sighed. “What’s going on anyway?”

“What’s going on with Avery?” I snapped back, not wanting to talk about, specially since I just saw her start dancing with a new guy. I clenched my fist so tightly around the cup that it literally broke in my hand. “Shit…” I wiped the spilled Jack off my shirt, but didn’t move my eyes away from Maya.

“Nothing is going on with Avery. I just want to have some more fun with her, if you know what I mean,” he said, but I could tell he was lying. There was something more there and we all fucking knew it. “Where the fuck are they? Where the hell did Jason take her anyway? I could—“

“You’ve got to be fucking me!” I suddenly interrupted, watching the guy pull her close. I suddenly saw red and I couldn’t control myself anymore. No one could touch her like that besides me.

I stormed across the room and grabbed the guy by the collar of his shirt. “Back the fuck off,” I growled through clenched teeth and gave him a shove backwards. “She’s taken!”

The guy looked back at me and held his hands up before fleeing away. “Matt, what the fuck is your problem?” Maya snapped at me. “I was just having—“ I couldn’t take it anymore. I leaned in and stopped her words with my lips. I kisser her hard, my hands snaking up and pulling her towards me by the hair. God she tasted so damned good and I was glad to see that she didn’t pull away. For a moment our tongues battled for dominance in sheer bliss, but it was short lived.

“What are you doing?” Maya breathed as she pulled away from me but I could see the lust and a little bit of something else in her eyes. I took a step forward and pressed my forehead to hers.

“Tell me that you honestly don’t feel anything when I kiss you. That this is all some kind of game,” I dared her, looking straight into her eyes before pulling her lips to me again. This time Maya moaned right away, melting into me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her towards me.

“No!” she gasped, suddenly breaking the kiss. “I don’t feel anything and I can’t do this with you.” Maya quickly turned around and started to head through the crowd.

There was no fucking way she was telling the truth, not after that kiss. “I don’t fucking believe you.” I hissed, pulling her back towards me.

“Well, then you’re an idiot. We cant do this, it was nothing more than a hook up,” Maya shot back and I had to admit that hurt, even though I knew it wasn’t true.

“Bullshit!” I raged following her. “You’re a fucking liar!”

“And you’re an ass. Drop it!” Maya snapped before pushing the door open and heading towards the bus. I was starting to see red again. “I don’t want anything to do with you!”

“Come say that to my face then instead of running away!” She just kept walking and didn’t acknowledge my existence. Yeah, like that was going to stop me. I was beyond pissed right now.

My raising blood pressure caused a pounding sound to erupt in my ears and my vision to turn red. I clenched my fists as I walked, ready to pound anyone who stopped me from going after Maya. She wasn’t going to walk away from this! I wasn’t going to let her, that kiss had to have meant something by the way moaned. She was shitting herself.

"Don't you fucking walk away from me!" I yelled after her as I stormed after her.

Maya held up her middle finger as she walked towards the bus. Oh, like that was really going to deter me from following her. If she was hoping that I would get the hint and forget about her, she was sadly mistaken.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!" I shouted, closing in as she looked over her shoulder, flipping her hair at me. Oh, please, that only made me want her more. I wanted to get my fingers tangled in that mane and pull—hard.

"Don't you understand what ‘we can’t do this’ means?" she hissed, not looking back.

I grabbed Maya by the shoulders and forced her look at me. Those stunning brown eyes met mine and my heart started to race, feeling flutter in my chest. Maya shook her head, obviously feeling the same thing. She was a bad liar, at least to me. She couldn’t deny that there was something between us other than sexual chemistry. We were good for each other and we both knew that.

"What the hell is your problem? Why won’t you just fucking admit how you feel?" I demanded, staring back into her eyes. Was that sorrow and fear in her eyes? My breath caught in my throat at the thought.

Maya scoffed and swallowed thickly as she tried to move away from me. I just put my arms up and took a step forward, caging her to the bus. I could feel our bodies responding to our close proximity, each passing second with her body touching mine turned me on. I needed her in so many ways and by that moan when my erection pressed into her thigh, she felt the same way.

"You're my fucking problem," she growled, my eyes filling with the lust as I looked down at her. Maya gave my chest a firm shove but I refused to let her walk away from this. “Leave me alone…”

"What the hell does that mean?" I snapped back, seeing her chest rise and fall rapidly.

“This isn’t my choice Matt!” she screamed back at me. “I can’t pick and choose if I want to stay or not. You’re just going to leave me in the end so this,” she motioned between us. “Can’t happen. So just go back to your party and LEAVE. ME. THE. FUCK. ALONE!"

“I can’t do that, okay?!” I raged. “I can’t let you walk away from this knowing that you feel the same fucking way I do. You can stop lying to yourself!”

Maya ducked under my arm and headed up the steps of the bus. “You don’t know what the hell your talking about!” she snapped. “So go find someone else to harass.”

“Oh, I’m not even close to being done here,” I followed her up the steps of the bus and to the back room.

Maya stopped and crossed her arms in front of the master bedroom door that was shut behind her. “I’ve seen all you have to offer and I’m not playing this game anymore. Goodbye, Matt!” she hissed.

"You haven't seen anything!" I growled before pushing her back against the door and pinning my lips to hers. Maya gasped when my lips touched hers and I took the opportunity to let our tongues dance.

Our lips angrily moved together as I pinned her hard against the door. I could feel my hard member stabbing her in the hip and I knew I was done for. There was no turning back now. I moaned into our kiss as our tongues feverishly danced, making me want to rip off that dress right here.

With one swift motion, I scooped her up into my arms and carried her into the bedroom, kicking the door shut behind me. The room was pitch black but that didn’t matter. Our hands roamed each other’s body’s pulling off articles of clothing without missing a beat. I ground my hips against hers as we crashed into every object in the room.

"I want you so fucking bad, Maya," I breathed into her ear, my lips and teeth teasing her ear lobe.

I pulled off her dress and leather jack, massaging my hands down her newly exposed ribcage, causing her to moan against my mouth. Fuck she tasted so sweet right now, like Jack and Coke and I fucking missed this. Even it had only been a few hours since we last kissed, it was too long.

Maya rocker her hips against my strained erection as a growl escaped me. I was now only in my boxers and her stripped her completely naked. I propped myself up on one elbow and laid her back in the bed, sucking on those tender hardened nipples. Fuck she drove me wild and I couldn’t stand it.

“I want you…” Maya said for the first time and I lost my head.

“You want me?” I growled, teasing her with the tip of my erection. I slowly rubbed my erection of her pussy, making her moan loudly.

“Please…” she begged, those eyes looking up at in the darkness. I could only see them because of the little bit of light shining through the window.

“Say it!” I growled, slowly and agonizingly pushing myself into her. It was just as much of a tease for me as it was for her.

“Matt…please I want you so fucking bad.” I grabbed her hands and put them over top of her head and held them in place as I slammed into her deeply, making both of us moan.

“You like feeling my cock in your pussy, don’t you?” I growled. Maya turned her head and buried her face in the pillow, biting her bottom lip. I slid out and slammed into her again. “Answer me.”

“Y-yes…” she quavered in a shaky breath.

“What else do you want?” I asked, moving my lips down to suck her nipples as I slammed in and out of her a few more times. She looked like she was about ready to lose her mind and I loved that image.

“I want you deep inside of me,” she rasped, as I gripped her hips tightly. I pounded into her for a few moments before stopping. Maya let out a cry mixed with pleasure and frustration.

“You love it don’t you? You want more?” Maya nodded her head as I moved quickly in and out before stopping again. “What else do you want?”

Maya gasped as I moved, slamming into her dangerously hard. I wanted her to admit her feelings to me so that she couldn’t hide from them anymore. I quickly started my pace against as she arched her back to me, her hips rocking with me.

“I want you…Matt…” she groaned, biting on the pillow. “All of you…”

I suddenly stopped inches from her face, now panting myself. “Say that again,” I coaxed with the worlds biggest smile on my face.

“I want you Matt…all of you,” she said before I couldn’t stand it anymore.

"Oh my fucking god, Matt," she screamed as I pounded in her most tender area. My hands grip her hips even tighter as I felt her walls starting to tense up. She wrapped her legs around me and began to meet my thrusts. I moved my fingers down and began to rub her swollen clit. Maya cried my name loudly as I pushed her closer and closer to the edge. Suddenly her inner walls vice down on my dick and I couldn’t help myself. I spilled my seed deep inside her and collapsed down next to her.

“I’m here for you, Maya…I’m yours and only yours,” I told her as we both drifted off to sleep.

Notes

So Mattaya had some angry sex...but did they make up? Did they figure out what is going on between them?

What have Ave, Brian, and Jason been up to during all of this? Did Ave decided on one of the guys? Did she go on her date with Jason?