Escaping this Nightmare

"Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air, 'cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal.
So stand in line while they ink numbers in your head, you're now a slave until the end of time.
Nothing stops the madness.
Turning, haunting, yearning, Pull the trigger."

M Shadows' voice grated through the microphone in his famous deep tone as he absolutely slayed 'Nightmare'. I screamed along (obviously knowing the lyrics off by heart perfectly) and jumped up and down maniacally. My heart was slamming against my ribs and droplets of sweat beaded on my forehead. I looked messy, dishevelled and slightly insane, but I had never felt more alive.

I turned to my best friend Elinor and gave her my cheesiest grin to try and make her feel better. She was swaying awkwardly to the music and nervously tapping her foot. She had zero interest in Avenged Sevenfold but had agreed to come to Glasgow in the Hydro to see them with me so that I wouldn't be alone. Plus she had been an integral part of my escape plan that I had needed to get away from my parents. They didn't even know that their angelic, perfect daughter listened to Avenged Sevenfold, let alone was at one of their concerts 400 miles away. They thought I was at a sleepover at El's house. Idiots.

"Lola, I'm going to go and get a drink! I'll be back in a minute," El yelled at me over the wailing riff of the guitar solo. I pointed at my chest as a sign to say that I wanted one too. I knew she would get me signiture drink of orange juice, no alcohol. I chuckled as she pushed her way through the seething mass of people, elbowing a couple of guys that got too close. We were both underage, at 17, but she would flirt to get what she wanted. That slag.

I turned my attention back to the stage and felt my muscles clench with excitement. My Brian was shredding his solo and damn, if those arms didn't look amazing when he was doing it. He had styled his hair just the way I like it: with it loose and covering his eyes slightly. It's glossy back colour just tempted me more; I had never desired a man as much as I did him.

My feet moved magnetically towards the stage, as if I was getting pulled by a rope to it. I twisted and manoeuvred my small body through the tiniest of gaps. My long blonde hair got caught in people's fingers hands a couple of times and I got elbowed in the boob way too many times than what's healthy. I finally reached near the front of the stage where I got an amazing view of of Syn's butt. Damn, that butt looked tasty. His back skinny jeans were so cute and reminded me of my older brother who would refuse to wear anything but skinny jeans.

"SYN!" I hollered at him, in the vain hope he would even a notice my existence. Unfortunately that was at the exact moment that Matt decided to do a killer scream into his mic. Not that it wasn't brilliant but my voice was getting raw and I didn't have enough power to get Syn's attention . Also El burst through in between two men and handed me half a glass of orange juice whilst fiercely hugging her own vodka and raspberry juice to her chest.

"Dude, you have no many times I got felt up there. Also why the fuck did you move? It took me ages to find you!" El ranted at me. I mumbled an apology and sipped my OJ.

I looked back at Syn and swooned. He was singing back up to Matt and his voice nearly made me collapse. Did this man have any faults? Zacky V moved up beside him and they rocked out together. I compared the two; Zacky was handsome in his own way and had great green eyes but it was Syn that made my pulse sprint and my heart warm.

El turned to me and shouted in my ear "Who's the short funny looking one playing guitar?!"

I laughed and replied, " He plays bass guitar and his name is Johnny Christ."

She nodded thoughtfully then said, "I think he's funny. But the drummer is hot as fuck! He can come visit me any night he wants."

I grimaced at the thought but was secretly glad she was showing an interest. At least she had spotted something she liked.

"Alright guys this is our last song so let's fuck shit up! I want to see some circle pits happening here in the front! This song is called 'Burn it Down.'" Matt shouted out.

The crowd went mental. At least four circle pits were formed and I steered El and I safely out of their path. Syn and Zacky started up the quirky riff and Arin let out a torrent of funky drum beats. I adjusted my 'Avenged Sevenfold' tank top as it was sticking to me a bit and began to move mine and El's bodies to the beat. We twisted rhythmically all the while watching the band.

I ran my eyes over Syn for what seemed like the first time ever; he took my breath away exactly like he did the first time I set my eyes on him. I kept my eyes on him as he played the last riff.

He sauntered up to his microphone and drawled lazily into it, "Johnny Christ sucks off dudes."

I giggled like an idiot at his immature humour and all of a sudden his eyes snapped to mine.
His brow furrowed in confusion and all I could do was drop my jaw and stare as he looked at me. He ran his hazel eyes lazily down my black clad body, lingering on my butt and boobs (typical guy) and I felt like I had just been undressed. No guy had ever looked at me, let alone practically having eye sex with me! His eyes finally reached mine again and a small smile twitched at the corners of his mouth.

Before I had a chance to cry with happiness or even smile back at him, I felt my top being hooked onto something and my body being yanked roughly away. I briefly noticed Brian 's face tightening with concern and anger as he strode across the stage towards me, but then I was pulled into a mosh pit. I realised that some guy's jeans had caught on my top but before I could politely ask him to untangle us, he leaped to the side and joined in the mosh pit. I was flung to the ground, smashing my body off the floor. I felt the air whoosh out of me and something in my chest snapped. Red hot pain flooded my body and I tried to gasp in agony. Tears welled in my eyes and I clawed at people, desperately trying to escape the pit. Feet moved frantically around me and I was kicked in the head, making me dizzy. I struggled hard but one last stomp to my head finally made me black out.

Notes

So my first chapter of my first story!!! Mostly just setting the scene but I promise the next chapter will be a lot more interesting!;)
I would love for you guys to comment your thoughts as I plan on doing the same on other people's stories.
Thanks for reading guys!:)
L xxx