Matt’s POV

“No…please….”

I groaned in my sleep, feeling someone pulling the covers off of me. The cool air sent goosebumps over my skin and was dragging me back towards the land of the conscious. No, I wasn’t ready to get up and who the fuck was shaking me? I rolled over on my side, refusing to believe that I needed to wake up already, not after that amazing sex Maya and I just shared.

“No….no…no! Don’t leave me…you promised,” I heard someone half moaning and half yelling. I pulled the pillow over my head, trying to drown out the sound. I willed myself to go back into that sweet darkness that I so desperately craved. I was not ready to face my demons yet today.

“You said you’d never leave…” a girl cried. Great now it sounded like one of the roadies lead one of their hook-ups along and now they were fighting. I was never going to get back to sleep if this shit kept up, and who the hell is shaking the bed?

“Matt… please…” Wait what? Someone was talking to me? I groaned and pinched my eyes shut. What did this person want?

“MATT NO!!” A female voice screamed, jolting me fully away as the bed shook rapidly. My body instantly sat up as I tried to find my baring in the darkness. Where the hell was I? I looked to my right and left, only seeing darkness and the faint glow of the moon. “Don’t leave me…don’t leave me….no like everyone else…”

I looked down to my left to see Maya thrashing about and sobbing in her sleep. “No…you-you promised…Ave…not you too! I-I can’t….” she sobbed as I pulled her into my arms and onto my lap. “Not you and Matt…I need you…” She woke up sobbing and instantly clung to my chest, her breaths coming in and out quickly. Mayas arms snaked around me and held on tight as she lost all control. I had never seen anyone like this before but it was breaking my heart. A girl like Maya should never feel this much pain and I just prayed that I wasn’t the one to cause it. That thought alone killed me.

“Maya,” I whispered into her ear, rocking her as I held her tight in my arms. I could feel her warm tears flooding down my bare chest. “Shh…I’m not going anywhere.” I placed a soft kiss on her forehead but it seemed to have no effect on her.

Maya shook he head in my chest, the tears still racking her body as she sobbed uncontrollably. I felt so helpless right now and I hated that feeling. I would do anything to see her smile—to make her happy. I was failing at comforting her and that wasn’t okay with me. I wanted, no I needed to be the one she could turn to in times of trouble—the one who could bring her down off the edge.

“Maya,” I whispered softly against her ear. “Maya, tell me about it…”

She took in a shaky breath but that didn’t stop her tears from flowing. “I-I…” she started, trying to control her sobs now. “I lost y-you…I-I…lost everyone,” she sobbed and slowly pulled out of my chest and put her head in her hands. “You all left me….and-and I had nothing…no one.” She shook her head, her cries starting to slow down. “It-it…crushed me…I had no reason to-to….no one thought I was worth it…I-I lost you!”

“Maya, look at me,” I urged, carefully taking her chin and pulling it up with my index finger so that she would look at me. Her tear stained eyes met mine as she blinked away the moisture. Just the sight of those brown beauties made it hard to breathe and she was shocking beautiful even when she was crying. “I’m here, you didn’t lose me. I’m not going anywhere.”

“Yeah right now you are, but who says you wont just up and leave me like everyone else in my life…besides Ave,” she said angrily, pulling away and whipping her tears away with the back of her hand. She looked a little embarrassed though I wasn’t sure why. “It’s bound to happen sometime…”

“Maya,” I pulled her back onto my lap and cupped her face in my hands. “I’m here and I’m not going anywhere. I’m in for the long haul as long as you’ll let me…” I breathed, feeling my heart race.

I had never been this honest with a woman about my feelings before and part of me was terrified. What if she still said no after I laid my heart out on the line? I knew we just met two weeks ago but I was heavily invested in her, more so than I had ever been in anyone, besides my band, in my whole life. It was probably too soon to feel this way, but there was no denying how I felt. I needed her in my life and Maya needed to know that this feeling inside of me wasn’t about to change: it was only getting stronger.

“I promise.”

“Everyone always promises…” those dark eyes looked so sad and I literally felt a stab in my heart. How could she not believe me? Had I done something to prove myself untrustworthy? “Besides, I’m just going to have to leave eventually and you’ll forget all about me…” she sighed and I couldn’t help but laugh.

“I couldn’t forget about you even if I tried, love,” I chuckled, looking down and whipping her tears away with my thumbs. Maya gave me weak smile and leaned down and gently kissed her lips. “You’ve grown on me and the thought of you leaving or hell, not even seeing you for a few hours really drives me crazy. I almost ripped that bastard’s head off tonight for dancing with you. Trust me, babe, I’m not going anywhere. I won’t leave you….as long as you’ll have me.”

Maya nervously bit down on her bottom lip, her eyes flashing with a million different emotions. “Matt…I-I don’t know if…” I carefully pressed my lips to hers, taking them captive in the most sensual and slow kiss that we had ever shared. I kissed her as though nothing else in the world existed except for her. She was all that mattered to me right now and I had to make he see that.

“Please,” I said breathlessly as I pulled away and placed my forehead to hers. “Just give us a chance…” I was almost begging and I had never begged for anything in my life, especially not a relationship.

My hands moved to the sides of her face, looking in those dark brown eyes as I kissed her gently again. “Tell me you don’t want this too.” Maya closed her eyes and slowly nodded her head.

“Okay…” Maya breathed, her eyes slowly opening and locking with mine. I couldn’t help but let the huge smile pull at my face at her words, my whole body feeling elated. She was finally mine without any confusion and that was the best feeling in the world. I wanted to scream it out to everyone but I knew we still had to keep our relationship under wraps. If Larry found out, the girls would never be able to stay and I had to keep that in mine.

I smiled and pulled her down on top of me with a kiss. “You. Just. Made. Me. The. Happiest. Man. In. The. World,” I said happily between kisses. God this felt so good.

“Matt,” Maya said, taking my face in her hands and looking down at me. I just couldn’t stop smiling. “I want to give us a try but…” she sighed, making my face fall slightly. She wasn’t going to go back now was she? “I-I…” Maya paused and bit her bottom lip, thinking about her words. “I just haven’t done this kind of thing before…so-so just don’t expect too much from me…but I want to try.”

I raised a brow at her as I propped myself up on my elbows. “You mean to tell me that I’m your first official boyfriend,” I asked with the biggest smile on my face. Somehow I really liked the sounds of that.

Even though it was dark, I could still see the blush on her face. God she was fucking beautiful and adorable. “I mean…I had a boyfriend in high school…but can you really count that?” she said and I threw my head back with a laugh. She was too damn cute.

“I will take whatever part of you that you give me,” I assured her. “We will figure all this out together…just promise me you won’t run if it gets hard. Relationships on the road aren’t easy but you have to trust me. Do you trust me?”

Maya ran her fingers through my hair with a small smile. “Of course I trust you.”

“Then we are all set,” I nodded before kissing her lips again. I didn’t think I’d ever get bored with that spark between us every time our lips touched. Maya was like a drug that I was very addicted to, so much so that I was to the point of overdosing. Was that even possible to over dose on a feeling or sensation? Was it love? Not yet, but it was certainly headed in that direction and fast. “Now to get you to stay…”

“Shadz, we’re about to roll, are you staying here?” A voice sounding very much like Matt Berry’s interrupted as he rapped on the door.

I looked over at Maya and she nodded with a smile. “Yeah, let roll,” I yelled back, hearing the bus roar to life underneath us. I pulled Maya’s naked body into my side and held her close, just enjoying the silence and her closeness.

“Jimmy told me about your plan” said after a few minutes. Fuck, no he didn’t. I told him that she wasn’t going to throw herself at another guy—that wasn’t a fucking option. I refused to sit and watch that, not when she was mine now. “I’m in. I want to stay and so does Ave.”

“Why don’t you just leave that to us, babe?” I suggested, not wanting to sound like an overbearing jerk just yet.

“So you’re going to seduce the new guy? I think he is supposed to meet us in Charlotte tomorrow…” Fuck the time was going too fast. That means we only had one more shows left with the girls. Two days…that’s all we had and that wasn’t anywhere near enough. I had to get ride of that dick so Larry had to keep them on. If we had to, we would play this game all summer.

“No, but we will be the worlds biggest dicks until he quiets,” I chuckled, trying to push away the thought of losing her. “Don’t worry, you wont be leaving us yet. Not if we have anything to do with it. And trust me, we can be stubborn motherfuckers when we want to be. We all want you to stay, and Avery. You guys are part of our dysfunctional family. Plus…” I added with a sly smirk. “You’re mine!” I tackled her backwards on the bed, tickling her while my lips roamed her body.

Avery’s POV

I felt so warm and comfortable right now it wasn’t even fun. Hell, I even felt like I was glowing I was so happy. There was an arm tightly wrapped around my waist and my back was pressed into a muscular figure. I wasn’t exactly sure what happened last night, but I did know two key things: I had amazing sex with a man with gorgeous brown eyes.

I bit my lip as I smiled to myself with my eyes still closed, just enjoying the moment. This could only be one person behind me and I was glad he finally came around. The last thing I remembered from last night was dancing with Zacky and staring across the room into Brian’s eyes. I don’t know what he must have said to make me forgive him and give in, but it must have been good to get me in his bunk. Oh, and the sex had been wonderful because I still felt satiated after last night, even though the details were very blurry.

I pinched my eyes shut, still trying to remember some more details from the evening. All I could remember where those dark brown eyes staring down at me as we danced up close, kissing ever once and a while. I couldn’t recall any other features, but those eyes were unforgettable. Oh, and then being pressed to the bus in that kiss. Man Brian was a god with his tongue…and with Mr. Gates junior downstairs. Our first time had been so good, but from what I could recall, last night was much more personal. He really did care, and I could tell by his every movement and how he stared into my eye. I know I didn’t remember exactly what happened, but I knew I saw those eyes the whole time and that he made me feel so good. I was so happy that he didn’t leave me this time.

Suddenly I felt a small trail of kisses being placed on my shoulder and I shivered under the touch. Brian’s lips felt amazing on my skin, like little pins shocking me. “Mmm…” I moaned lightly as I cuddled back into him more. I could honestly wake up like this every day.

“Dude, looks like your brother finally got some action last night,” I heard a voice chuckle as they passed the curtained bunk. “Look, here’s a bra….a dress…Damn looks like a warzone outside.”

Wait a minute? Did Brian have a brother and why did that voice sound like Dan? Wasn’t I on the Avenged bus with Brian?

“Way to go JB,” another voice hollered, making my eyes shoot open. JB as in Jason Berry? “Who’s the hottie?”

“Shut up and get the fuck out of here,” I heard a husky voice scold behind. That wasn’t Brian’s voice that was….

“Good morning, Beautiful,” Jason said softy, spinning me around to face him. I tried to hide the look of shock on my face when his eyes met mine. Those weren’t Brian’s stunning browns I had envisioned all night, but they were Jason’s kind brown eyes. Had I confused the two when I was drunk? Oh Christ…that means everything I remember was Jason? Was that such a bad thing? I mean I did like him. Fuck now I was even more confused than before!

“Did I scare you?” Jason frowned down at me as he propped himself up on his elbow. He must have seen the look I was trying to hide from my face.

“No…just surprised,” I admitted. Well at least I was being partially honest. If my night with Jason was so amazing, why was I envisioning it with Brian? What the hell was wrong with me? Here was this amazing man who understood me, made me feel special, made me laugh, and really cared about me, and here I was picturing him as someone else? I was fucking messed up. “I wasn’t sure where I was for a minute.”

“Well, I personally am glad you’re the first person I got to wake up today. I had a great time with you last night,” and there was that amazing smile that made me melt a little bit. He was so damn handsome and charming. How could I not like Jason? He was a great match for me and I knew it but why did I feel so caught up in someone else?

Our date last night had been a lot fun but it felt like something was missing. Was it because I was hung up on something that was never going to happen—a relationship with the elusive Synyster Gates? Fuck that was a wish on shooting star right there and I was just hurting myself in thinking it would happen. I just needed to kiss that pipedream goodbye because I was pushing away something that was really good for me. Jason was good for me, and I knew that. I needed to forget about Brian and give Jason a real chance, and last nights events proved it.

“Me too,” I said with a smile before he leaned down and kissed me in the most tender way possible. My toes curled under as his lips moved against mine, his hand tangling lightly in my hair. This felt good and right and it was okay to go with something familiar and easy right? That was it, I needed to forget about Brian and give Jason a real shot. He had done so much for me and I owed him a fair shot.

After a few minutes, Jason and I broke apart breathlessly. “God you’re fucking beautiful, Ave…” he rasped and I blushed. Yes, goodbye Brian…and you’re amazing brown eyes, amazing lips, and mouthwatering appearance. “Do you want to get breakfast with me when we stop? We’ll grab something outside and enjoy the morning sun? What do you say?”

I smiled at him and leaned in and brushed my lips against his, trying to forget about that certain someone. “That sounds perfect…and thanks for last night,” and I meant it. Even if my night hadn’t been with Brian, it was still an amazing night.

“I would love to do it every night,” Jason whispered against my ear, his fingers lacing through mine. “How does that sound?”

“You mean getting ice cream and partying?” I giggled with a raised brow. Come on Ave get those eyes out of your head, here is the man of your dreams in front of you.

“And…the sex…” he wiggled his eye brows at me before he propped himself back up onto his arm, the sun shining brightly through the window behind him. “You were so fucking hot…” And I could tell he was telling the truth because something was stabbing me in the thigh.

“Mmm…maybe we could do it again,” I teased, leaning in to kiss him just as the bus came to a stop. Our lips moved effortlessly together as our tongues danced. He tasted good, but nothing like Brian. He was most natural, with a little hint of smoke, and cinnamon instead of spearmint. I liked it just as well though I didn’t know why I was still thinking about Brian when I was kissing Jason.

“Ave? As anyone seen Ave?” I heard Maya’s voice call and I blushed deeply. I was about to be caught and the questions would never end.

“I think she’s a little busy, love. We’ll see her in a few minutes…” Was that Matt’s voice? Did that mean they had made up? They weren’t yelling or fighting so I took that as a good sign.

Suddenly Maya giggled I saw shadows outside Jason’s bunk. I looked up into his eyes to see an amused look on his face as he watched me. He chuckled and pulled me back in for another kiss just as the curtain was pulled open.

“Avery Marie Jacobson!” Maya squealed with delight as Jason and I broke apart. He pulled the blanket up over our naked bodies, as I turned crimson. “Oh my god! You dirty little girl you!” she said and I just hid in Jason’s muscular chest. “You two are so fucking cute! I just knew you’d end up together! I’m proud of you—“

“Come on, Maya,” Matt said, laughing as he grabbed her and pulled her down the hallway. “Give them some privacy.”

“Well that was…unexpected,” Jason laughed. He threw his head back as he laughed, my head bouncing on his chest.

“And mortifying…” I breathed, still turning darker and darker shades of red.

Jason leaned in and pecked my lips before sitting us both up. “You are too damn adorable for you own damn good, you know that, beautiful?” he just shook his head. “But let’s get dress and grab some breakfast. We probably wont stop again until we get there.”

I nodded and wrapped my body in the blanket before disappearing down the hall. I quickly pulled my hair up into a messy but elegant bun on top of my head, put on a pair of shorts, my UCLA hoodie, and quickly fixed my makeup. I was ready to go in minutes and I walked out to the living room to find Jason waiting for me with a smile.

“Ready Miss Jacobson?” He asked with a smile and I couldn’t help but return it as he interlaced our fingers and lead me off the bus.

“More than ready. I’m starving,” I proclaimed as we got off the bus.

“I bet I know why,” Jason laughed, leaning down towards me with a mischievous smirk on my face. He gave me a sweet and tender kiss and when he pulled away my heart plummeted to my feet at the sight in front of me. There was the man with the unforgettable brown eyes gapping at me with two coffees in his hands. Shit.

Notes

So Mattaya made up and are official together? Will that last with the girls leaving in two days? Or will Maya start to pull away again?

And Avery decided to give Jason a real chance? Can she get Brian off her mind? What is Brian going to do/say after seeing Ave kiss Jason?

Comments please! :)