Maya’s POV

One moment I was thinking about how perfect life was right now and how awesome it felt to be me and then everything was ripped away from me in just one other second.
And in a way I have never expected or could have foreseen in anyway.

I had been dancing and drinking with Ben, we had fun, I was already having a slight buzz, but why the hell not… I mean it was my freaking party, and it was my task to taste all those drinks, right?!
Ben was not so far behind as I could tell, and why not? It was a party, we were here to have enjoy it!

When suddenly a hand had pulled me away from Ben’s embrace I was about to lash out to anyone except Ave or one of our friends, but when I had seen who it was my heart stopped beating and my brain refused to work.

The only word that escaped my mouth was the one name, exactly the one name I didn’t want to think about in months, “Matt?”

He stood there before me, he looked… damn he looked even better than ever, better then I remembered, if that was even possible.
His hair was a little longer then the last time I had seen him, he wore a black shirt it was stretched over his broad chest and on the arms, his biceps showing off nicely.
I had to say he looked in general perfect, like right out of a fucking magazine perfect, which pissed me off, for an unknown reason.

And the way he acted right now made me even more furious, I was torn back and forth between Ben and Matt like I had nothing to say in all this?!

What was Matt doing here? And who invited him? Was he telling the truth? Was he here with that blonde chick? With some of the other chicks he had been hanging out lately?
Should I care? Did I care?!
Fucking hell, I shouldn’t… but damn it I still did, and I was getting angry at him and at myself for feeling this way!

But still I knew this would end badly if Matt and Ben would be staying in the same space for much longer, I didn’t know why Matt was acting this way now, but he had to leave… and I had no idea what would happen if he didn’t! I was afraid that the whole situation would escalate and either of them would get hurt, hurt because of me…

So when Zack suddenly appeared at Matt’s side I was glad when he pulled him away and left me and Ben alone for a moment.

“What the hell was that?! What the fuck is he doing there!?” Ben sounded furious and dragged me off to the side.
“I have no idea… I-I…” I stuttered not really knowing what to say, I was as stunned as he was.
“He is invited… he said… invited!” Ben spat the last word and began to pace and then stopped right before me.

“Did you-” Ben began the sentence but then shook his head and my eyes narrowed on him, was he really about to ask if I invited him?
“Shit, sorry… I didn’t mean…” Ben took my hands in his, his lips landed gently on mine as if to make up for the little slip but somehow I didn’t want that now, I had to think… and I couldn’t think that way.

I turned my head and looked into the direction Matt and Zack had vanished, were they all here?
Johnny and Jimmy? And Brian? Maybe the Berry’s too? And Jess?
Did Ave know already? Could I warn her? She shouldn’t be running into Brian, she would break apart!

“Where is Ave?” I asked Ben and he swallowed “Oh fuck… they are all here, right?” Ben looked around and I nodded “I guess so… we need to warn her, she doesn’t want to meet Brian, or run into him accidentally…” I said and Ben nodded, but his eyes stayed then on me and he didn’t turn away.

“Love, I could totally kick them out… I mean that way we would get rid of them all” Ben asked and I shook my head, I really wanted to at least see Jimmy and Jess once… and I had to think, what does Matt had to talk to me about?!

Why was he behaving like I still belonged to him, when everything between us had ended more than 6 months ago now?

“Fuck, why would you want them to stay? And why the hell is that fucker still acting like you belong to him? Didn’t he get the message? Fucking prick! You and I are together, if he fucking likes it or not!” Ben began to curse again and paced before my feet and I felt crowded like I couldn’t get air into my lungs, my mind being completely torn.

It had felt good to see Zack, and only thinking that Jess and Jimmy were here made my heart pound faster, but who invited them? And how should I react towards Matt? I had no idea?! Should I listen to the things he had to say? But would they change anything?! Could I let them change?! I looked up to meet Ben’s concerned face and I sighed, feeling sorry for this whole mess.

“Babe, would you mind searching for Ave, tell her that they are here, just give her a small warning? I need some fresh air… I’ll be right back then, okay?” I asked Ben and he grabbed me around the waist, his lips crashing down on mine, he kissed me long and hard and then stared at me for a long moment before nodding and turning to find Ave.

I took the chance and slipped out the side door, the cold fresh air hitting my lungs and making me feel a lot better right away.
I had to think about what was going on how should I handle the situation.

“Maya?” I heard exactly the voice I had been trying to get away from, damn it.
I looked around in the dark, and then Matt stepped out of the shadows so I could see his towering from.

I took a small step back towards the side door but Matt held up his hands in surrender, making me halt with his next words, “Wait…please just hear me out”

I sighed and when Matt took another step towards me I didn’t back away. I stepped away from the door to sign him I would listen. So we both stood in the small light that illuminating the backyard, he wouldn’t back off if I didn’t talked to him, I knew that. He was stubborn like that, ever been, and it nearly gave me a small smile, but I pushed that away.

“What Matt? What do you want to talk about?” I finally got out, my eyes wouldn’t meet his, afraid of what I would see in them, what I would feel afterwards.

“About us! About this?!” He motioned towards the house but before I could reply he continued “What is this all about? What are you doing here, babe? Why did you break up with us? Why did you lie to me? ” Matt stepped towards me again and I really wanted to step away, his unique scent wavered over to me, making me inhale deeply, memories wanted to surface, my hands itched to touch him but I refused.

“There is no us.” I finally got out even thought it was hard and when I looked up I saw the vein in Matt’s neck pulsate, he was getting angry, but I knew I didn’t need to be afraid of him, never was.

“That’s a lie!” He said loudly and I swallowed thickly “It’s not Matt. We broke up 6 months ago, that means there is no us… and this is… my Graduation Party, Matt. Ave and I are done with school… Ben and the guys gave this party for us.” I knew there was no need to really explain what this party was about but somehow it slipped out and Matt’s eyes widened, another step towards me followed.
“You are done? Already?” He took one of my hands in his, his calloused thumb stroking over my palm, his expression softened and it seemed to show like he was proud.

I nodded and looked down on our hands, the way he caressed me, was rousing so many memories, memories I tried to forget and push away, I couldn’t take this much more, much longer.
I took a step back, Matt’s hands falling away.

“Why didn’t you talk to me again? Why did you break up all contact, babe?” Matt asked his voice sounding desperate now and I closed my eyes, trying to shut all the emotions out, bury them where they belonged, how could I tell him why I did it, when it was hard enough to do so on the phone. That I wanted to save him, to make him feel better? That it was for the best?!

“I told you everything on the phone, Matthew” I got out, eyes still closed but then I felt Matt’s hand grab my shoulders, hard.
“That was a fucking lie and you know it! Tell me why!” He demanded and my eyes snapped open, meeting his hazel eyes in the dim light, making me regret it right away.

“I-I didn’t…” I began but he shook his head “Don’t lie to me again, like you did 6 months ago, Maya. Don’t! I still love you, never stopped, I was going crazy after that call, I tried to reach you, I went to your old apartment, M. Brian and I went to Larry, but no one wanted to give us any information or I would have been standing at your door a fucking day later!” He said and his eyes burned into mine.

“It was for the best” I got out finally and Matt laughed, but it was without humor and then shook his head.
“For the best?! How could you even say that! You still love me, right? Maya, tell me that you also still love me!” He demanded and I could only swallow, how could he say that, demand something like that?!

“You replaced me!” I said and cringed inwardly, and Matt’s head snapped back like I had slapped him.
I knew I couldn’t hold against him that he moved on, I broke up, but it didn’t change anything about the way I felt when I saw all those pictures of him and the blonde woman, their co-worker or any of the other women that followed.

“I? I what?” Matt looked at me hurt, then moved in close, so close that his face was only mere inches from mine.

“I could never replace you” He said and his lips were almost brushing mine “But you did” I got out and Matt closed his eyes, a hand running over his face in frustration.

“I tried to shut away the pain… that’s what I did… distraction from what I wanted the most… and isn’t that the right word… what are you doing with Bruce?! Fuck, Maya of all men you chose to have an affair with him? Or whatever it is you have...” Matt looked disgusted but beneath that I saw hurt, so much hurt it nearly made me choke, I had to get away from him, he made me confused. He said he didn’t replace me but what had all this women been? He said he still loved me, could I believe him?

“We are together… it’s not an affair or a fling” I finally said and hoped that would make Matt back off a little but instead he just seemed to get more angry and determined to change the situation.
“WHAT?! YOU AND HIM?! Fuck, you are! You are mine, Maya!” Matt grabbed my shoulders and shook me lightly.

“You moved on and so did I, Matt…” I said those words and Matt narrowed his eyes “I didn’t fucking move on! I missed you like crazy, you were my only thought… I don’t know what you mean about moving on!” He said and his face again only inches from mine, making me inhale his cologne, the one I used to love and it still made me feel certain emotions I tried to bury away.

“But then you fucked with other women! I would call that moving on, Matt!” I spat and he shook his head in regret and that was answer I didn’t wanna see, even though I knew it already.

“Let’s go somewhere else so we can talk about this for real, it’s not all how you think it is… and you are freezing” Matt finally said and laid his arm around my shoulder pulling me into his strong body, his body heat seeping into me making me way too aware of his closeness.

“I can’t” I shook my head, I couldn’t do that to Ben, he had been the one person beside Ave, that helped me stay sane, we were good together, I wouldn’t just throw it away because Matt saw me and now thought everything could go back to how it was-

“Because of him?” Matt asked and I nodded. “Fuck Maya!” Matt turned so fast I couldn’t even register what happened, but then, Matt grabbed my ass and held me up against his hard body, like I weighed nothing, his lips crashed hard down on mine making me gasp in surprise when Matt’s tongue demanded entrance.

He tasted so good, his hands were holding me up, while his cologne and unique smell was clogging my mind, this was wrong… but why was this wrong?

And when I finally knew why this was so wrong I pushed away with all my might and Matt sat me reluctantly down on my feet, he blinked at me, a small smile on his lips “God, babe…” He said so quietly that I barely heard him… but I shook my head “You shouldn’t have done that, Matt… I need to… go.” I stumbled away from him, my lips were still tingling from his kiss and I touched them with the tips of my fingers.

I opened the side door and quickly got inside before Matt could hold me back, I had to sort through my thoughts, what had just happened?

Brian’s POV

Ave turned slowly back around, her tears were breaking my heart, this whole freaking conversation was one big disaster happening.
I thought when I would see her again, this would turn out completely different, I didn’t know what I was thinking but definitely not like!

"And why should I do that?" Ave asked when she fully turned towards me again and I said the only thing that I knew I was certain off, the only thing that I knew would tell her how much she always meant to me, still meant to me, would always do:

“Because I love you, Ave,” I said and Ave’s eyes widened for a split second in utter surprise but then they narrowed down on me and she gave out a bitter laugh.

“Really Brian?” She asked and shook her head at me.
“What?” I asked dumbfounded, she knew she was the only woman I ever said those words to, she must know how much they meant?! Right?
What could have changed??

I got up from my crouching position and met her eyes “I love you, Avery. I never stopped, you and I we-” I was about to say more but Ave shook her head again, tears streaming down her cheeks making me halt.

“If you loved me you wouldn't have ever kissed another girl, let alone a dozen" She spat at me and I flinched, it felt like she slapped me.

“I didn’t… I mean… I told you it was a mistake… that girl… it had been right after Maya broke up with Matt, I missed you so bad, he got wasted and I didn’t want to leave him alone… we drank and I don’t remember everything, but I swear it was just a kiss… nothing more, Ave. I will fix it… I will make it up to you!” I said but Ave had just a sad smile on her face and turned away.

“Goodnight Brian.” With that she opened the door, and vanished inside, gone from my line of vision and my only chance to talk to her, to make it right.
I had to follow her, go after her and drag her back out, we weren’t done, this was not over! We were not fucking over!

I nearly ran inside, bumped into a few people on my way but didn’t give a fuck, I didn’t apologize or even notice their presence the only coherent thought in my mind was, going after Ave and getting to her before she was really gone, before she was back with that guy!

Then I saw her blonde mane, I still had to get used to her being a blonde now, but it suited her, she looked amazing, blonde or brunette, she always did to me.
Maybe that was why she had been like a magnet pulling me in, when she even sat with her back to me on the bar…

I pushed harder through the crowd and finally caught her arm “Ave!” I stopped her and she turned to me, “Damn it, Brian. Let me go!”

She pulled from my grip, but I kept on following her and she met my eyes again, “Go away!”
“We still need to talk, Avery!” I said and she narrowed her eyes, when I used her full name.

“No, we don’t!” She quickly turned and I nearly lost her in the crowd of people, but then I got hold of her again, we were directly next to the front door, so I just opened it and pushed her out, she stumbled and I caught her in my arms.

For just a split second she melted against me but then pushed me away “Don’t do that!”
“We need to fucking talk!” I told her and if she wouldn’t cooperate it wasn’t beneath me to just grab her and throw her over my shoulder and carry her away from here.
Everything, just to get her finally to talk and not run away from me again!

“What? You thought I didn’t see all the pictures of you and all those women?! You wanna tell me you didn’t go home with one… or all?! You were thinking about me when you were with them? When your hands were all over them, your lips on theirs? You really wanna tell me that, Brian?!” Ave asked and pushed against my chest.

“After you refused to fucking call me, not answer any of my messages or voicemails, I couldn’t get a hold on you, fuck… I lost it okay? I did kiss those women, but that’s it… after I knew you had a new… distraction as you called it, I fucking wanted revenge! I wanted to hurt your feelings like you did with mine… I have been to party’s drank as much as I could, to forget, to finally be able to forget and I kissed those women, but I never… fucking hell I couldn’t bring myself to go with any of them, Avery! Because I know I loved you, still love you…! We were planning to go after you, don’t you get that! Matt and I were searching for you all the freaking time, while you had your fun with Asking!” I spat the last part, couldn’t believe she started something new while I was still hoping for us to be together again!

“I don’t believe you, you would have never kissed someone else, when you still loved me! This is all bullshit! And how did you know about James?” Avery asked and I narrowed my eyes, my anger at the boiling point again, reminding me about that guy, which had been all over her nearly sent me over the edge. He was behaving like he owned her, like she was his! But to hell with it, she wasn’t his… never would, not as long as I had a say in this!

“Believe it or not, it’s the truth! We heard about your distractions… and how was it?! Did it feel good, having someone to replace me? Was he worth it?!” I asked and I knew I was shooting low now, Ave’s face turned from pale to red in a split second, hitting a nerve apparently.

“Fuck you, Brian!” She turned away again, but no no no, not again! We still weren’t done!

I grabbed her shoulders and turned her around, her right hand was up in the air in an attempt to slap me, but I caught it, then I caged her against the wall near the entrance and I couldn’t hold back anymore, no one else was supposed to kiss her, to have her… she was mine!

With that thought in mind I crashed my lips down on hers, she opened up on a gasp and I took that chance to slip inside her mouth. I held her hands up against the wall, with one of mine, while my other hand began to move over her curves, the curves I had missed so bad, was afraid of never touching, never seeing and never feeling again but now she was here… with me and I wouldn’t let her go!

James’ POV

I had no idea what was happening right now, one moment I had to follow Worsnop for I knew that it would be about some bullshit, but he was still one of my closest friends so I did follow him, until I heard a loud sound coming from the bar area.

So after I did my friends duty I quickly returned to Ave at the bar, she looked totally confused and had dropped the two glasses in her hands.
I kissed her and told her everything was fine and that we would be okay, but then I followed her eyes and found the reason for her distress.

The reason for all the distress as I could see, there he stood, the reason for Ave’s hurt, the reason for everything bad that had happened to Avery lately.
He stood there and looked like he owned the world, and owned Ave… my girl by the way.

But instead to give me any chance, he vanished together with Avery out of the door. I was debating with myself to go out there and break it apart, she didn’t want to talk to him, that was pretty clear, right?

What does he have to say anyway? That he was sorry? Sorry for betraying her a dozen of times and wants another shot now?
Sorry, for being absent and not caring at all?
Or was he just here to steal her away from me?
Steal away what I had built with Ave for all this time! Because we had built something!

I mean look at the evening before he came in and disturbed everything, look at us! Ave and I had been perfect together and I had seen the change in her, she wanted to trust me, wanted to be with me, I fucking knew it!

I put my hand on the handle when I heard a voice beside me “Let her do that alone, James” Sam stood beside me and I frowned, taking my hand away from the handle again.
“What do you mean?” I asked turning away from the door that I had been staring at for quite a while now.
How much time could this talk really take them?! I thought it was easy, “I hate you, leave me alone” That’s what Ave should say, in my opinion at least.

“I mean, she needs to talk to him, he hurt her and she needs to tell him that without you. It’s a thing between them… you shouldn’t get between it. She will come back to you, don’t worry.” Sam gave me an encouraging smile and I looked at the door again longing.

“Fuck… maybe you are right. She needs to do that herself” I nodded and took a step away.
“Come on, let’s get you a drink” Sam laid his arm around my shoulder with much effort, cause he was so much shorter than me.
“Yeah, a drink… I could fucking need that” I nodded and finally left the place near the door where Ave and Brian had vanished.

About 3 shots, 2 beers and one tequila later… which meant in my time about 3 hours of waiting but was probably just 30 to 45 minutes there was still no Ave to be seen.
I had waited at the bar, returned to the door now, and looked outside, no sign of Ave or Brian.

I began to wander around the party, taking a drink here and there, just to be sure I checked all of the rooms upstairs, maybe Ave got tired and laid down?
But nothing… I was distracted when I met Ben a moment later, he ran a hand through his hair, making it stand up on all ends.“You saw Ave?” He asked and I shook my head “They are here… you met them already?” Ben asked and I nodded.
“Yeah… Ave talked to Brian” I said my voice slurring a little now, shit maybe it had been more drinks than I thought.

“I know… Maya sent me to warn her, but too late for that already, huh?” Ben shrugged and he really looked concerned.
“Yeah, too late.” I nodded and looked around “Where’s Maya?” Probably doing the same as Ave, getting rid of the past?
At least that’s what I hoped they were doing, and I hoped it for Ben as well, I have never seen him this crazy about a woman before… and if Maya know would just go back, it would destroy him.

“She went out to get some air, we got rid of them for a moment… she should be back any moment” Ben said and looked a little uncertain.
“Yo Ben?! Can I ask you something?” I saw Zacky from Avenged calling him over and Ben sighed “Fuck, as if I have a nerve to talk to any of them now” He gritted out but turned around and followed Zack anyway.

I decided to return to my task of finding Ave, I pulled my phone out and called her, but after a few rings it went to voicemail instead.

“Hey babe, it’s me… I’m searching for you on the party, but can’t find you. If you hear this just give me a call…” I hung up and wandered through Ben’s house again.

When I sat down at the bar and drank my next beer Sam sat down beside me, “And?” He asked and I shrugged “Nothing new”
“Don’t worry, man. Maybe she got overwhelmed by all this, she is sensitive right? She will come back.” Sam said and gave my hope a little push and I nodded, sure she would.
And yeah, of course she would be coming back, Brian had hurt her so bad, she wouldn’t go running back to him…

Maybe Sam was right, maybe she went home to clear her head, to get away from all this trouble that could be the reason I couldn’t find her, totally made sense.

“Thanks man, but if you see her… you tell her I’m searching for her, alright?” I asked and Sam nodded “No doubt about it, Cass. But you shouldn’t worry too much” He clapped my back and grabbed his beer and wandered off.

I sipped on my beer again and looked around the mass of people, the party wasn’t the same when the woman I did all this for wasn’t with me anymore… I just hope I could find her later on, or at least get a message that she was safely home, or I would be worried all night…

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