Jimmy’s POV

I narrowed my eyes as I scanned the crowed. Now where was he? Oh yes, there he was in the corner futzing around with short shit and Vengeance. Dan the body looked so innocent, talking and laughing with my band mates. But little did he know that I knew his secret and found his secret stash of spy equipment in the compartment under his bunk! Ha and he thought he could hide from the knife master? Think again! But what to do with the mysterious spy weights and multiple headsets? Hmm…

As I continued to think about my plan and how to proceed with the case, I stopped dead in my tracks. My eyes shifted around the room trying to find the source of my sudden discomfort. There was a disturbance in the friend force, and I didn’t mean the booming fart JB just let out behind me. No, something wasn’t right and I could taste in the air. Not to mention smell it, but that might be the joint in the back room. Which I would have to have, but right now there was something I needed to do. The balance in my inner circle was off and I needed to fix it fast and I had just the plan.

My eyes moved over all the familiar faces in the room until I landed on the two beautiful ladies in the corner. Little One had her arms around my Knife Girl and I saw the pain in her eyes before she dropped her head to her hands. I felt a little piece of me crumble inside, fearing the worst. No…that wasn’t right! My Knife Girl should never look like that, ever! The only time that look was acceptable was when we ran out of pizza but that wasn’t happening here tonight, oh no, the Knife Master made sure of that.

Did that English bloke break up with her? Nah…Shads would have been all over her by now, so it had to be something else. Speaking of that muscular blockhead, where was he? I hadn’t seen the two of them together all day and he had been acting really odd. Was he responsible for that heart wrenching look on Knife Girl’s face? But when I finally spotted him, I was even more confused.

Shads was sitting in the corner on the opposite side of the room, taking lonely slow swig of Jack. Why wasn’t he sharing that very tasty beverage with Maya? And why did he look like someone stole his puppy? Not that he had a puppy—that was more Gates’ thing. But I wonder if now that he’s having the knife twins, if Uncle Jimmy could take full custody of Miss Pinkly? No, not right now, Jimmy! Focus! We’re thinking about Shads and Knife Girl, not that adorable ball of fluff!

Well, I wasn’t sure what was going on between my best friends but I was going to figure it out. And damn it, I was going to wipe that look off Knife Girl’s face. She was going to smile and like it! Even if I had to get her drunk off her ass, she was going to have fun tonight! It was time for operation: Hide and Seek.

I laughed to myself as I made my way across the room to two of my Knife Angels, giddy with excitement. It had been ages since I’d concocted a group secret mission and I really needed to keep myself together so I didn’t blow it. This was our one shot to sneak out and if we didn’t move just right, we’d be ruined. We had to act fast!

“Knife Girl! Little Gnome! Come on, up! I need you,” I announced, appearing behind them. They jumped but Knife Girl looked relived to see me. That’s right, M, come to the dark side, I have cookies and burritos!

“What do you need us for, Jimbo?” Ave asked with a smile and I just winked at her. Oh she had no idea what her and Knife Twins were in for but tonight was mostly about Maya.

“I got you guys back, and my Knife girl here looks like, she needs some fun, so I will put a smile back on her face, and yours as well, and I’m already on it,” I said, looking around the room with narrow eyes. There was one person that would stand in the way of our escape and I knew I had to plan accordingly.

“Where is Haner?” I asked in a low voice, my eyes scanning the room again. Though I didn’t miss the little smile on the gnomes face when she talked about him. Okay, fine I couldn’t just leave him hanging but maybe I could tell him where we were in fun way… I’d make him come find her and join the fun instead of being a party pooper. Yes, send Haner on a little game of hide and seek and the gnome would be his prize. I smirked at the thought and started to plan all the details and clues in my head.

“He was with Zack, getting something to drink he had hidden somewhere in the bus. Should be back any minute,” Ave said and I nodded. It was the perfect time to escape so we would leave in t-minus two minutes.

“Good… That’s perfect. I told you I had a mission planned for us, right?” I asked, looking Maya dead in the eye. She nodded sadly and I knew that I was doing the right thing. Not to mention, I had a sneaking suspicion that her disappearance would rouse someone else’s curiosity…

“Don’t worry, M. I will make you laugh and have fun, even though you don’t want to, I’ll take care of that!” I winked at her just as Little One started with the questions.

“What mission?”

“The fun mission, Jimmy and his three Knife Angles, together with the Knife Twins,” I said waving my hands in the air like it was on a big screen in front of us. “God this will be epic. But we gotta time this right, you and Maya, will head to the restroom… do your business, don’t be suspicious about anything, I will manage the rest… and GO!” I screamed and darted away from them. People would start to get suspicious if anyone saw us together for too long and I didn’t want to give them the right idea.

I quickly flew through the crowd until I found my queen sitting in the back room with the joint in her hand. Oh, there were reasons I loved that girl, and this was surely one of them. “Is it time?” she asked with a peaceful look in her eyes as soon as she saw me. I nodded. That was another and I quickly kissed her lips. “So it’s still the same as we planned last night?” I could feel her warm breath tickling my ear as we walked down the dark alley to the side door. It took everything in my power not to turn and kiss her right there. God she turned me on…

“Yes with a few amendments but we’ll improvise,” I said, grabbing the backpack I previously stored by the back entrance. You always needed to be prepared for an escape at all times, especially when one of your roadies was a spy. I didn’t know who Body was reporting to, but that was next on my list.

As if right on cue, I opened the side door and grabbed Maya and Avery by the arm. “SShhhh… it’s me,” I said in Maya’s ear, feeling her instantly relax. That’s right, relax and let the Knife Girl come out to play.

“Are you ready? Did anyone see you?” I demanded, letting go of Little One and Knife Girl, and pulling them into huddle. I quickly looked over my shoulder to make sure that Body wasn’t following us, or worse Haner. I hadn’t even given him his first clue yet, so he wasn’t allowed to start! That was breaking the rules and I didn’t play with cheaters…Unless, I was the one cheating, then it was a totally different game!

“Jason saw us go to the restroom, no one else,” Maya said, put on her game face. I gave her an approving nod, now there was my girl. We’d turn that frown upside down in no time!

“Perfect. Then let’s go,” I announced. We didn’t have a lot of time before the others started to look for us. We couldn’t have that, not when I hadn’t succeeded in putting a smile on Maya’s face yet.

“I need to tell Brian or he will freak out if—” Little Gnome said but I already that taken care of.

“He knows… well he will know, I promise, don’t worry…” I shrugged and pulled Ave forward with me down the street. Once we got out front of the venue, I took three different pictures while Jess distracted the girls with taking secret mission pictures. I quickly sent them to Haner with a riddle and hightailed it down the street with my Knife Angels. This was going to be fucking epic!

“So what is the first stop?” Maya asked, keeping up with my strides as Jess kept look out around us. I looked to the left and right before I met Maya’s eyes with a wicked smirk.

“Wait for it…” Oh, I knew exactly how all of this was going to play out. Hell, Jess and I mapped out the whole thing last night on our walk around town and I knew my girls. I tried to hold my laughter back as Little Gnome moaned on cue. I gestured to her at the exact moment and Maya laughed lightly.

“Oh…gelato…Mmm…Rocky Road…” she moaned, pointing at the little ice cream cart down the road. “I haven’t had ice cream in forever…” We all turned to look as Ave put her hands on her stomach, acting like she hadn’t eating in days. Yes, Little Gnome fall right into my evil clutches.

“The Knife Twins have spoken!” I screamed and grabbed Maya’s arm, dragging her toward the gelato stand as she giggled for the first time all day, a smile lighting up her face. Now we were getting somewhere!

But just before we reached the gelato stand, I stopped the group, staring them down with narrow eyes. “No one is working for the enemy are they?” I asked, looking between their guilty faces and landing on Little Gnome. She gapped and then bowed her head. She was working for Gates and Body wasn’t she? I knew it! He was trying to recruit the Knife Twins before I even had a chance to stake my claim, though I had talked to them first!

“W-what?” Little One asked nervously and I stepped closer to her.

“Did you tell Haner where we are and compromise the mission?” I accused, feeling like our time was getting shorter and shorter.

“No-No! I didn’t…you said you told him…I swear I haven’t!” Avery gasped and I smiled down at her. “Why? Did he text you?”

With a smirk I glanced down at my phone, seeing one missed called from him. He would just have to follow the clues to find us, and that was final! I wasn’t done playing my game and he was just going to have to live with that. “No…but if you want that sweet delicious frozen cream you better get it quick…they are hot on our tails. I can smell them!”

Within a few minutes, the four of us were making our way down the street with gelato in our hands, but not before I left a message with the merchant. Oh, I knew exactly what kind of ice cream Gasty-poo liked and I hoped it would slow him down a little bit.

“Oh my god…this is the best ice cream I’ve ever had,” Little One moaned, lounging on a bench in the middle of the park while eating her ice. Well, I guess this was a fine place for stage two. The ice cream obstacle and hint should slow Haner down a little bit, so we should have time for Operation: Hide and Seek Part II: Make Knife Girl Smile.

As the girls finished their ice cream, I pulled my provisions out of my bag and set them on the ground, announcing stage two. “Now prepare to release your inhibitions and fully commit to the ways of the Knife-hood!” I declared, bowing down with a bottle of tequila in front of Maya and my queen.

The girls looked at each other with a smile, while Ave looked uncertain. Did she really think I would let her harm my newest ninja soldiers with the senorita? “Never fear, Little One, your sacrificial blood is still in the bag,” I said, but I didn’t understand why she still looked so shocked. Didn’t she know I had to re-indoctrinate them into our secret society after they were gallivanting with the Englishmen? I had to make sure they weren’t working for the dark side, duh!

“Relax, Ave, he’s just kidding, loosen up a bit will you,” Knife girl laughed, taking the bottle from my and taking a long sip. That’s it, let the burn help you relax and find you’re way back home. I was positive I would have her and Shads together by the end of the evening, just you wait, because not only was I the Knife Master, but I was also El Revero, the matchmaker! They couldn’t keep up these silly little games they’d been playing. They would be back to doing the most sacred thing a man and woman could do together…besides ordering a pizza. But we would work up to the pizza stuff, after this kind of delicate work took time!

While we passed around the bottle of tequila, I pulled out a bottle of water and gummy bears and passed them to the Little Gnome. I knew they were her favorite so she could at least have something to enjoy while the rest of us were relaxing. “And we also have our good friend Mary Jane!” I announced as Jess pulled out a joint.

By the time Jess, Maya, and I had smoked half of the joint, I noticed some figures headed our way in the distance. I squinted in their direction only to recognize the forms of Haner and Baker. “Shit…we need to move…they’ve brought reinforcements,” I said to Jess who nodded, her beautiful blue orbs following my gaze. I guess we would be moving to stage three quicker then I thought. “Quick to your feet! Stay low! We’ve been spotted! This is life or death…move, move, move!” I hissed as quietly as I could, helping Knife Girl and Little One and texting Haner at the same time. He as getting too close too fast, and if we weren’t careful, our secret mission would be over before we reached our final destination.

“One second,” Maya said, and I smiled proudly as she downed the rest of the bottle and stumbled to her feet with a triumphant smile. “Read for action, sir!” she said with a salute and I had never been more proud! My knife girl was back and at ‘em, but we didn’t have time to celebrate now. We had to move before we were caught!

Avery’s POV

I gapped at Jimmy as he dragged us through the brush, my arms getting scraped against the shrubbery. I didn’t understand what was going on or why Jimmy was dragging us through the wooded area when there was a perfectly good path to our right. And what did he mean that we’d been spotted? Who the hell was following us?

“Come on, Little Gnome, keep up!” Maya called behind me with a drunken laugh. She grabbed my hand and dragged me along with Jimmy and Jess. God, I wished I had been blessed with long limbs like the rest of them, but I just wasn’t and keeping up with their long strides was difficult. Not to mention that I was exhausted. Brian had kept me up for the past two nights, not that I was complaining. I enjoyed it a lot, but my lack of sleep was starting to catch up with me.

“Ouch!” I gasped after I stumbled forward into a stump and hitting my knee. I winced as the group continued to pull me along, not noticing that I almost lost my leg back there. Man, these missions were a lot more fun when I could have alcohol too, and not just water any gummy bears. Though, they were good and that gelato…mmm.

“Quick! Duck down! Dive, Dive, Dive!” Jimmy hissed, all four of us dropping to the ground. He carefully shimmied on his stomach towards us in the dirt, his blue eyes sparkling as he looked through the brush. I followed his gaze but didn’t see anything. “We’ve almost arrived,” his eyes were suddenly on me and I nodded. Where was that exactly? “And we need your lock picking expertise to get us in, Little Gnome. Are you up for the challenge?”

I nervously chewed my bottom lip as I looked between my friends’ faces. “Come on, Little Gnome, do this for us! You know you want to! Remember the last time you did it? How much of a badass you were!” Maya said, her voice really starting to slur now. But she looked happy for the first time all day and I was happy about that.

Maya was right, I did feel like a badass that night and I couldn’t help but smile at the memory. That was such a fun night and tonight should be too. I needed to stop worrying about getting in trouble just have fun because who knows when I’d be able to do it again if I really were pregnant.

“I’m in!” I said and Jimmy let out a joyful yell. “But do you have a bobby pin?” I looked around between the three girls, knowing that I had my hair down tonight so I didn’t have one.

“Shit!” Jess hissed, patting her head and her pockets. “I thought I brought one…or at least had one in my hair but I must have lost it.”

Jimmy’s eyes grew wide as he looked between us, knowing that we were missing a crucial part of picking a lock. He slowly stood up and peeked down the road and then looked back the other way. “We’re just going to have to make a detour,” he announced confidently as he pulled out his phone. I had no idea who he kept texting but it was starting to distract from the mission if you asked me. Was it Brian? Was he trying to get Jimmy to tell him where we were? I suddenly felt guilty about not telling him myself, but there just wasn’t time.

“What do we need?” Maya slurred ungracefully making her way to her feet. The tequila must have really been starting to kick in. “I’m up for the task!”

“See that little shop right there,” Jimmy said, leaning between Maya and I with his hands on our shoulders. “You and my queen are going to go in. Get a six pack of Heineken and a pack of bobby pins. You have two minutes before we’re caught! Go go go!” and with that I watched them stumble out of the brush and fly across the street. “So that means we have to set up the next obstacle, Little One, come on!”

Suddenly I was jerked to the left and back onto the path on the other side of the brush that we had so purposefully avoided before. “This way!” he hissed, leading me toward a small picnic area next to a pond. “We need to do this fast!”

“Do what?” I gapped, looking around at the scenery. It was beautiful and I would be happy just sitting and watching the sunrise of the pond in a few hours. That is if I could stay awake that long, though the breeze blowing through my hair was energizing. “And how will Maya and Jess know where we are?”

“Don’t worry so much, Little One, they have their instructions,” Jimmy explained as he pulled out a piece of paper and a sharpie and handed it to me. “I want you to write six questions about you,” he smirked. “And quickly!” and with that he raced down by the ponds edge, picking up something out of the dirt. What was he doing and whey did I need to write out questions?

I shook my head and quickly got to work. What is Ave’s favorite color? Where does Ave live? What is Ave’s favorite kind of candy? What does Ave like to do for fun? Where is Ave’s favorite place to eat? What is Ave’s favorite kind of ice cream? I finished just as Jimmy stopped and dropped a handful of rocks in front of me.

“Now write the answer on one side and spell out Hilton with one letter on each rock!” he said just as Jess and Maya appeared through the brush laughing wildly. I smiled at my best friends, loving how happy they looked. It had been a long time since I had seen her look like this and I think she was starting to realize that we were finally home where we belonged. Now we just had to straighten up the Matt situation.

“Break off the beers and put a question with each and the rock with the answer across from it in the pavilion,” Jimmy said and we all quickly scrambled to get to work. Just as we finished, however, I could hear footsteps approaching and a low mummer of voices.

“Shit!” Jimmy said, all of us looking in the direction of the sound with panicked expressions. “The spies are coming, RUN!” Without another word, the four of us dashed through the brush, following Jimmy’s lead. We ran down the path and down the street until we stopped in the back ally way behind the Hilton Garden Suites hotel.

“What are we-we…doing here?” I panted, holding onto my knees as I bent over to catch my breath. The others were doing the same, but I didn’t miss the spark of excitement in Jimmy’s eyes. Oh, he lived for this stuff and I had to admit that it was fun.

“No time for questions, Little One, it’s time for you to go to work,” Jimmy said, pointing to a door behind him. I gapped at him as he passed me the screwdriver and the bobby pins. Wasn’t this breaking and entering? Shit! The last thing I needed was to be arrested in Italy when my dad thought I was in the UK. God, there would be all kinds of questions and I really wasn’t ready to do that. “Do it! Do it! Do it!” the group started chanting.

“Relax, love…” Maya slurred in my ear and man I could smell the alcohol on her now. No wonder she was feeling so good. “Jimmy has this all planned out. Just trust him.” She was right. Jimmy had never gotten us into trouble or in danger before—there had always been an escaped planned into our missions. Just look at the time the cops did come. Jimmy had a plan B and we all made it out without a scratch.

With a sigh, I kneeled down in front of the door and got to work. About a minute later, I hear the lock click open and I jumped up and down with delight. “I did it! I did it!” I laughed, diving in for a group hug. Though it didn’t last long because Jimmy quickly dragged us into the hotel and propped the back door open with a pack of Marlboros. Did he take those from Brian?

“This way,” he whispered as softly as he could. It wasn’t long before we turned a corner and he opened a door, dragging us all inside the dark room. The room was warm and smelled like chlorine.

“Are we at the pool?” I asked Maya with a little giggle just as the lights burst on. And indeed we were.

“I hope you’re ready for a nice dip in the pool!” Jimmy yelled excitedly as he started to strip down. Wait, we didn’t pack any swimsuits so how were we supposed to go swimming? We couldn’t exactly jump in wearing our dirty ridden clothes or just our underwear. So did that mean we were….

My eyes widened as a stark naked Jimmy and Jess raced past me and jumped into the pool with a loud splash. Well, I guess that’s exactly what it meant. We were skinny dipping in a hotel pool that we weren’t staying at after hours.

“Come on, Ave let’s go!” Maya said, as she pulled off her clothes. She was in for this too? What if someone walked in and we got caught? “Don’t worry, no one is coming in here! Its two or five in the morning or something!” Maya drunkenly giggled before jumping in the pool too.

Soon Jimmy, Jess, and Maya were all staring at me from the pool, waiting for me to join them. “Come on, don’t be a party pooper or we’ll have to start calling you Gates,” Jimmy laughed loudly, the sound echoing through the room.

“But what if—“

“No buts, Little Gnome! Get your ass in this pool! You love swimming!” Maya said and I sighed. Damn it, I hated whens he was right.

With a sigh, I turned my back to them and slowly pulled my shirt up over my head and dropped my pants. As I removed my undergarments, I heard hoots and whistles coming from behind me and I blushed. Okay, so that made this process even worse. “You guys are so going to get it!” I said, stepping to the edge of the pool ready to jump in just as the door opened.

“What the hell are you guys doing?” I gasped as I quickly spun around to see Brian and Zacky standing in the door. They both were gapping at my naked form and as I took another step backwards to try and shield myself, I fell into the pool.

“Ave! Fuck Ave!” I heard Brian saying over and over again as I surfaced. He was down on the side of the pool on his knees reaching for me. I smiled when our eyes met and I suddenly felt like we were the only ones in the pool area. “Get a towel, Zee,” he ordered, grabbing my hands and pulling me back out.

Brian quickly wrapped me in a towel and looked me up and down, noticing the scratches and scrapes all over my body. “What were you thinking? Are you okay?” he continued, looking extremely worried and I just smiled. His hands felt so warm and comforting over my body and just his aroma made me relax.

“I’m fine…really,” I told Brian, looking between him and a shocked looking Zacky. “We were just having some fun. How did you find us?”

“The Rev thought it would be cute to leave us clues like a scavenger hunt,” Brian scoffed, his eyes still running over me to make sure I wasn’t broken. He still looked so panicked and I slowly moved to put my hands on his face. “And why the fuck are you guys skinny dipping in another hotel! We have a fucking pool in ours!”

“Love, I’m okay. I promise…I maybe a little tired, but I’m not hurt in anyway. It was actually fun,” I said but Brian wasn’t buying it.

“Come on, let’s get you out of here before we are all fucking arrested for trespassing,” Brian grumbled as I started to get dress. “And you guys should probably head back too! We have to head to the new venue tomorrow!”

“Oh, don’t-don’t be a paaaarty poooooper, Gates! Stay and have some fuuun with us!” Maya laughed as Jimmy held her up. There was no question that she was completely wasted now and maybe Brian didn’t have the worst idea.

“No, we’re going back to our hotel where it’s safe and no one will arrest us,” Brian snapped and lightly rolled my eyes. Maybe next time we would have to bring him on the adventure with us. Did he and Jimmy used to do this?

“Zee…will you make sure she gets back, okay?” I asked him after I was dressed again.

“No problem, Ave,” he agreed just before Brian scooped me up into his arms and carried me out the door.

“You know I am capable of walking,” I wrapped my arms around his neck and cuddled into his chest. “You don’t have to carry me all the way back,” I let out a yawn and Brian chuckled.

“And let you try an escape from me again? That’s not happening,” when I looked up he had a smirk on his face so I knew he wasn’t angry anymore. “You’re stuck with me, babe.”

“It’s the only place I want to be.”

Matt’s POV

I let out a groan as I took a seat at the hotel bar, my hands running over my face. I just couldn’t take sitting at the party anymore when everyone kept asking me what was wrong. Couldn’t they see what was wrong? The freaking love of my life was in the room but she was with someone else. She was with someone that obviously made her a lot happier than I ever could. And hell, let’s not forget to mention that she friend zoned me and then used me to have some kind of skype sex with him. That though made me feel sick. How could she not see what we had together?!

“What can I get you, Sir?” the barmaid asked in tick Italian accent. I didn’t even notice that she was eyeing me. I didn’t notice anyone but Maya anymore and that made this whole thing suck even more. The girl was engrained in my mind and avoiding her and staying away from her was the hardest thing I had ever done in my life.

“The largest glass of patron that you’ve got,” I sighed.

All I wanted to do was pull Maya into my arms and kiss the ever-living shit out of her so that she would finally realize what we had together. But life was never that easy. I promised her that I would be her friend but I couldn’t do that anymore. I selfishly wanted her all to myself and I knew if I took that drastic step that I could lose her forever. Maya was stubborn and if she wasn’t ready for something she would push it away completely, just like she did in the beginning of our relationship. So I was going to do the same thing back to her. If I couldn’t have all of her, I was going to completely push her away and give her a taste of her one medicine. We’d see how long she’d like that.

God I was so fucking angry with her. How could she think that just apologizing about yesterday would make everything better? She was the one pushing me away yet a-fucking-gain so that she could ‘try things out’ with Bruce as Ave put it. Well, fuck where did that leave us? Did she feel how right it was when we were dancing earlier today?

I quickly took a long sip of the Patron that was set in front of me, the burn feeling good all the way down. It helped to numb the pain that I was feeling from all this. It was stupid of me to dance with her tonight because it brought all the memories and emotions I was trying suppress back to the surface.

Just having Maya in my arms, her body pressed firmly to mine was like being in heaven. As we silently dance, I had closed my eyes, thinking back to when we were together. It still felt the same but yet there was still a huge wedge between us. I just wanted to hold onto her and never let go because it felt so right. And she had to feel that too right? That buzz of excitement that flared up every time we touched or how she fit so perfectly into me. There was no denying that feeling of love that was between us in that moment…and then she opened her mouth and ruined it all.

“Fuck,” I hissed, shooting back the rest of my drink in frustration. Why couldn’t she have just let us have that one moment without bringing everything back to the surface about her and Bruce? Though I guess it was my fault because I couldn’t say no to her. Well now I was going to put my foot down. I wasn’t going to let her get to me. No, she was going to have to make the first move because I couldn’t stand there and pretend to be best friend of the year. Fuck that, that was Avery’s job. My job was to hold her and night, make her laugh, protect her, and make her scream my name. But while she was with Bruce she wasn’t going to get any of my attention.

“Will you fucking stop that, Maya! You’re going to make me drop you!” I heard Zacky’s frustrated voice ring through the lobby followed by Jimmy’s laughter.

Without even thinking, I stood up and walked out of the bar area to see Zack carrying a giggling wet Maya in his arms with Jimmy and Jess behind him. What the hell was going on?

“I mean it, your ass is going to be on the floor if you tickle me one more time,” Zack said and I just about lost it. Why the fuck was he carrying her in the first place and why was she soaking wet? It wasn't raining outside.

“What the hell is going on here?” I raged, storming out in front of them. My eyes scanned my friends' faces before they landed on Maya. Her eyes were fluttering open and shut and she looked like she was wasted out of her mind.

“Relax, Shads we were just having some fun,” Jimmy said, pulling Jess into his side. They both were wet but looked dry in comparison to Maya. What the hell were they doing and why did Maya look like she was ready to pass out drunk?

“Why the fuck is she soaking wet?” I continued, not missing the smirk that came over my friends’ faces. God they were really starting to piss me off. And then it hit me. I was supposed to avoiding her, not caring what state she was in right now. Damn it! Why did I fucking care?!

“We went for a swim…” Jimmy smirked and I narrowed my eyes at him.

“In a bottle of fucking tequila,” Zack chuckled and I turned on him just as he teetered with her in his arms. Fuck, that was it. Maya looked like she was finally sleeping and there was no way I was going to risk Zack dropping her on the floor on the way to her room.

“And a Mary Jane!” Jimmy giggled and that was it. I was done and the anger was rising inside of me. Fuck these stupid missions that he took them on, I was going to ban them.

“Give her here and go to fucking bed. We’ve got a long day tomorrow,” I snapped, taking what I thought to be Maya’s sleeping form away from Zack. I mental cursed myself for breaking the rules that I just laid down. I wasn’t supposed to give her any attention and avoid her, but here she was in my arms. I couldn’t exactly leave her in this state, though she wouldn’t remember this in the morning anyway. So everything would just go back to the original plan…

As I climbed in the elevator I couldn’t help but smile when I felt her little arms snake around my waist. Maya felt so good in my arms and I pulled her closer, enjoying the moment that I had with her. I wanted to hold her like this for so long but under completely different circumstances. I wanted her awake and cognoscente but it was better right now that she wasn’t, even though it was going to be even harder to ignore her again tomorrow. But I had to be strong and had to make her realize what she was missing.

The trip to her room went by entirely too fast and before I knew it, I was laying her down in her bed. She was reluctant to let go so I sat laid down next to her until she relaxed. I couldn’t keep the smile off of my face as I watched her sleep in my arms. God she looked so fucking beautiful and I could easily sit all night and watch her sleep. But I knew I couldn’t do that because she would flee if she found me here in the morning. Not having her here at all was the last thing that I wanted.

I carefully pulled away and moved around the room to find her clothes. To my surprise, I found one of my old t-shirt tucked into her bag as a sleep shirt and I smiled. So we weren’t completely over. That gave me some hope. Gently I changed her out of her wet clothes and into my old t-shirt from her bag, only getting a few mumbles and grumbles out of her. She was funny like that.

I smiled down at her once I had her safely tucked back in bed, my heart throbbing wildly in my chest. I wanted nothing more than to stay the night with her but I knew that wasn’t an option. So I quickly moved over, placed a soft kiss on her lips and headed out the door, leaving my heart with her as I had done time and time before.

Notes

So what did you think of Jimmy's adventure? Sounds fun right? I know I'd go on a secret mission with him wherever he'd take me! ;) I LOVE Jimbo! RIP

What about Matt trying to keep his cool and ending up taking Maya to bed away from Zacky? So his avoidance plan isn't working to well, eh? Maybe he and Maya will come around soon?