Avery’s POV

It had been over two weeks since the boys had returned from Big Bear and life just seemed to be flying by. Maya and I were spending every day between the studio with the guys and trying to open our shop. Though the closer we go to our grand opening, the more and more anxious I got. What if people didn’t like our clothes? What if we couldn’t make a profit and this was all for nothing? God all the worries just kept knotting up in my stomach and it was starting to make me feel sick.

“Hey, babe,” I looked up from the patio to see Brian standing in front of me with a cup of coffee. I gave him a small smile and a quick kiss as he sat down next to me.

You see, ever since the boys got back from their trip, Brian and I had practically been glued together. I was grateful that the handsome devil had been by side, extremely supportive, and overly kind to me all week. Hell, Brian had barely let me out of his sight, not that I minded. Sure, I went to work at the shop but he was always close by and/or checking on me. I didn’t know if it was because he missed me or if he was afraid that he was going to lose me again, even though that would never happen. Either way, it was comforting to know that he was looking out for me and there for me every step of the way. God I loved that man.

"Hmm..." I asked, watching the sunrise over the pool with my coffee cup at my lips. I was trying to hide my anxiety about the grand opening, but I didn’t think I was being too successful.

"Are you okay, babe?” Brian asked, pulling me from my thoughts.

I shook my head and gave him a small smile. “Yeah, just a little tired,” I half lied. I didn’t want him to know my anxieties about the future. Not to mention that he had been acting a little weird lately. He had been on the phone at odd hours of the day and would frequently pull away from me to talk or go to meetings. I’m sure it was something to do with the record but it just seemed odd to me. Why couldn’t he talk to guys about the music in front of me? It wasn’t like I knew what they were talking about anyway.

“Do you want to come to the studio with me today? I could use your ears on a new riff I’ve been working on, not to mention that I would love to see that beautiful face all day.” Why did he have to be so sexy with that smirk? I smiled at him over top of my coffee mug, feeling butterflies bounce around in the pit of my stomach. I loved that after all our time together he still gave me that feeling.

I lightly shrugged my shoulders as I stood up and made my way over to him. I was wrapped only in a towel and a bikini since I had just gotten out of the pool from an early morning swim. Little did I know that the water relaxed me too. "I'd love to...but we open tomorrow and I have to make sure everything’s read," I sighed, moving to sit on his lap. "Unless there is another reason you want me to come?" I gave him a sexy smirk, causing him to lick his lower lip.

"Oh, I could think of about forty different things I could find for you to do at the studio," and each and every one involved him touching me in some way. Not that I was complaining. I fucking loved when he touched me. His fingers brushing my flesh alone made me feel alive and oh so turned on. Just like right now with his fingers coyly walking up my inner thigh. "So what do you say? Maybe just stop by for a little while and then take off for the shop?

I chewed my bottom lip as a blush fell over my lips, his fingers tracing small circles over my black swimsuit bottoms. A soft moan escaped my lips but I made myself pull away. "Well, we better get moving then," I said with a wink.

"I'll give you a reason to move," he growled lustfully as he reached out and pulled the towel away from me. I blushed again and tried to pull away, playing the game he loved so very much.

Brian's eyes met mine as a wicked little smirk fell over his lips. Oh, that look told me more than he would ever know. You see, I had gotten pretty good at reading Brian's facial expressions and I could tell just by that smirk that he wanted to play. "You're such a little fucking tease, you know that?" he breathed, standing up to catch me because I had pulled away from his grasp again.

"What's the matter?" I giggled lightly, giving him a sexy yet innocent look. "Something wrong...?" It was fun to play these little games with him.

"Oh, I'm about to do something wrong...to you," he growled, his brown eyes full of lust and love. He lunged at me and I dogged out of the way just in time for Brian to go head on into the pool. "You-you!" he laughed, spluttering as he appeared back above water. "Oh, you're going to get it!" he hissed as I doubled over with laughter. I wasn't ready when his hand reached up and grabbed my leg, pulling me into the pool on top of him. His talented fingers flew over my body, murderously tickling me. "I'll teach you to play these dirty little games!"

The next thing I knew, Brian had me pushed in the corner of the pool with his lips glued to mine. I felt like was walking on sunshine as he hands cupped my face in the most passionate kiss. The butterflies exploded in my stomach and chest as our tongues danced. God I was so in love with Brian Haner Jr. I could barely stay in my own skin.

After a moment, Brain pulled away and pressed his forehead to mine, staring into my blues intently. "What are you thinking?" he breathed and a blushed fell over my face at my dirty thoughts. We had made love multiple times in this very corner of the pool and I couldn’t get the memory out of my head.

"Just how perfect this all is,” I smiled in content running my fingers along his cheek. I had never been happier in my whole life then I was with Brian. I honestly couldn’t see myself anywhere else. "What about you?"

Brian smiled, leaning in and kissing my lips softly but passionately. I could feel his love for me with that one simple motion. “I couldn’t agree with you more, Ave…” he breathed against my lips, his member now stabbing me in the thigh. “God I fucking love you…”

“I love you too,” I smiled just before his lips captured mine again. Unfortunately our kiss was short lived because a few moments later my phone started screaming Maya’s ring tone. “Shit…” I hissed against Brian’s lips with a frown.

“Just ignore it, babe…we can get it later,” he practically begged, holding me close to his need. In a normal circumstance, I would have but today wasn’t a day that I could ignore Maya, not when our future was on the line. Damn, why was this so stressful!

I regrettably pulled away and sadly shook my head. “Sorry Bri, but I have to take this…it’s Maya,” I frowned and pulled my soaking wet body out of the pool, a waterfall of water cascading down my body.

I quickly dried off with my towel and pulled my phone to my ear before it switched over to voicemail. “Good morning, M,” I said, giving Brian a smile before turning to head back inside.

“Good morning to you, little gnome. What the hell took you so long to pick up? You occupied with Mr. Gates this morning?” she teased, earning a blush from me.

“Wouldn’t you like to know?” I shot back, shutting the glass door behind me. “But anyway, what’s up? I didn’t think I would hear from you this early. You’re usually the one occupied with Matt.”

“Oh, we did that earlier…” Matt chuckled in the background before he heard him take a sharp intake of breath. I would bet money that Maya hit him. “Shut up!”

“Good morning, Matt,” I called through the receiver, earning another chuckle. God those two seemed to complete each other and I had never seen either of them happier.

“Don’t encourage him,” Maya scolded with a laugh and I rolled my eyes. “But anyway, did you want to meet over at the studio? Matt wanted my help with something—Matt stooooppp!” she suddenly whined.

“Sounds like he wants your help now…” A pair of hands wrapped around my waist and I closed my eyes, feeling my back being pulled into a warm mass. “But yeah…we can meet you at the studio. Bri wanted to show me something too I guess…But we cant stay all day…not when we open tomorrow. ”

“Oh, I want to show you many things…” Brian’s hot breath tickled my ear and I closed my eyes, leaning back into him more. Man he had magical effects on my body.

“Okay…We’re already at the studio now—Matt don’t!”

“Yeah, we’ll see you soon,” I chuckled before hanging up and meeting those handsome brown eyes. Oh, and there was that handsome smirk that made me weak in the knees. His hands moved up and down my sides, leaving goosebumps in their wake.

“And what did you just sign us up for?” Brian’s voice purred in my ear. There was no doubt that he wanted me but we didn’t have time for that right now. We both had to get to work, as tempting as a good morning romp sounded.

“Just our wakeup call to get to the studio,” I smirked, pulling away and earning a light groan from Brian. “Come on, wild boy.” I grabbed his hand and pulled him up the stairs. “Duty calls.”

Matt’s POV
I smirked and leaned back in my chair as I watched Maya talk with Avery in the lounge area. The two of them laughed back and forth before looking back down at the computer screen. I just couldn’t get over how beautiful Maya looked in everything that she did, and even after all this time she still took my breath away. I mean damn, how could a woman look so good? So appetizing when I had her screaming my name not even an hour ago. I didn’t know, but I hoped that it would always be like this.

“Dude, what are these lyrics?” Zacky asked, reading over my shoulder as I worked in the recording studio. Johnny was in the booth recording the track for Critical Acclaim. It felt good to have the whole song mapped out before we even started recording.

“Huh?” I asked, shaking my head after Johnny yell some insanities. It was the same mistake he had made time after time.

“This one titled insanity?” I looked over my shoulder to see Zack with a raised brow, reading down the page. “Is this a new song?”

“No, these are the lyrics to go with Jimmy’s thrasher that he wrote in Big Bear,” I sighed, running my hands over my face. “He wrote most of them, I just came up with the chorus and the bridge,” and that was the truth. I showed him some lines I had written after Maya and I broke up and he just went crazy. He loved the idea and ran with it. I guess Maya inspired him too. “Did Brian lay down that riff yet?”

“I’m not play that shit!” he called from the doorway. “Its cheesy as fuck,” and he may be right but I’m sure he could make it sound better than Jimmy. The guy had a fucking gift. “I’m not playing it god damn it and you cant make me!” He said with a goofy voice that I hadn’t heard in a while. Well, I think someone was happy.

I rolled my eyes and turned back around, changing some levels on the soundboard for Johnny. “Can’t you just suck it up and take one for the team. You can stack the grooves, you know. Make it more contemporary.”

Brian groaned as Zacky walked out of the room. I hoped he was going to record his track in the guitar room since Brian obviously wasn’t. “Fine…but I’m not going to like it!” he joked, pointing at me as he back out of the room.

“Take Blondie with you, maybe she could inspire something,” I laughed, only for him to pop back around the corner and look at me with a raised brow.

“Oh, I would if she wasn’t leaving…” he sighed and I turned around to see Maya blowing me a kiss before she followed Avery out the door. Damn it, I forgot that she had to go to the shop. I would text her to remind her that I would pick her up later.

I leaned back in the chair and let out a long sigh, my thoughts wandering from Maya back to the song Johnny was recording. “Whoa, whoa whoa, what the hell is that?” I said, sitting up and pressing he button so Johnny could hear me.

“What?” he asked, looking up with a confused expression.

“What the hell are you playing?” What the hell else would I be talking about?

“What Jimmy told me to play last week,” Johnny said indignantly.

“He did? That doesn’t sound anything like what we talked about,” I mused leaning back again. “It sounds like shit!”

“I don’t fucking know, ask him!” Johnny groaned and stood up, leaving the recording room.

That was an excellent idea, except I hadn’t seen him in multiple days. Where had the guy been for the past three days? It wasn’t out of the question for him to up and disappear, but at least he would text us. There was no sign of him, no text, no calls, and no one appeared to be home when I drove past last night.

“Where the fuck is Jimmy?”


Jimmy’s POV

My eyes were glued to my phone as I willed a message from Knife Girl or the little one to come through. Come the fuck on! We had been home from Big Bear for almost two weeks now and they still hadn’t answered my secret message. Didn’t they see the urgency in the situation here? I squinted my eyes and I tried and tried…took a deep breath…and tried and tried a little bit more but nothing!

Why would they do something like this to me? Didn’t they love me anymore? Of course they still loved me, I was the fucking Rev for Christ’s sake, but come on! I needed to show them my new knife collection and the new song that I came up with over the past three days. Oh, those two beauties could make it come to life in ways they had no idea yet…but first…WE NEEDED AN ADVENTURE!!!

But where were they? Were they avoiding me? Never mind that I had been in hiding for the past three days, creating the most amazing musical masterpiece known to man, they should have contacted me! I mean how much clearer could my secret mission riddle have been? Sweets, treats, mysterious influences, and whirling tangos in the shadows on third night before high tide? What part of that didn’t they understand? I mean, I got it and I had a zombie bride and groom killing spree commencing in my brain! Come on! These girls needed to get with the program or we would loose our edge!

And speaking of losing our edge, I wonder how the guys were fairing in the studio? When I left at the beginning of the week, Gatesy-poo, Short-Shit, and Vee, had been in an ass slapping war…damn I wish I hadn’t missed out on that but I couldn’t stop writing. Brian said think of writing with a Pinkly Smooth style and the next night, the most spectacular music came to me in a dream…or in a Mary Jane induced high…I didn’t quite remember, but that’s beside the point.

Did they even miss me? I mean, I didn’t get even one message from…Oh, look at that? Fourteen missed text form Gatesy-poo, seven from Shads, and a handful of others from Short-Shit and Vee… Oops. I needed to show them my masterpiece but it would have to wait…a secret mission with Knife Girl and Little One was top priority. They were going to make my newest creation come to life!

“Still nothing?” Jess flunked down beside me on the couch, her touch instantly calming my raging anxiety. Her soft hand ran up and down my back before she rested her chin on my shoulder, her mesmerizing blues hypnotizing me with their magic.

I sighed and flung my head back, hitting the wall with a loud bang in the process. “Not a god damned word!” I bellowed, pinching my eyes shut in frustration. “Why wont they answer me?!”

Jess frowned as she gently stroked my chin with her thumb, sending shivers down my spine. If she was going to keep that up, there was no way we’d ever get to our secret mission! Time was running out! “They are supposed to open their shop tomorrow, so I bet they’ve been busy, love,” she said softly.

Busy? Too busy to spend a few hours with their good old buddy Jimmy? That was complete and utter bullshit and I wasn’t going to stand for it! The spies were closing in on us and we had to do some damage control…starting with the new clothing store. I’m sure they were being watched and they didn’t even know it! Fuck! We had to warn them!

“We have to go!” I shrieked, jumping to my feet.

“Why? What’s wrong,” my queen looked taken aback but stood with me nonetheless.

“The-the spies—“

“Shit! You’re right!” Her blue eyes were so wide that I could see my full reflection and the fear hiding there. “We’ve got to warn them! Let’s go! ” Jess grabbed my hand and we quickly sprinted to the door, the music on my piano flying to the floor with the wind from our sudden movement. Thank fucking god she understood the urgency of the situation! That’s why she was my queen.

Didn’t they know that I found Dan the Body’s spy equipment littering our bus? He was the spy, I was sure of it this time. Though, the equipment I found could have been just Vengeance’s ear buds, but I would never admit it. I just couldn’t let him turn his tricks on the girls! We had to check their shop for bugs and secret devices or all hope was lost! Then it was time for operation Break the Body…

“This is a life or death situation! We don’t have time for distractions! Grab the emergency spy mission bag! This is not a drill! Go! Go! Go!” I screamed as I headed to the garage, hood sliding over to the driver’s side. Jess grabbed the bag by the door and we were off within a matter of seconds. I just hoped for Knife Girl and Little One’s sakes that it wasn’t too late!

“Take a left!” Jess instructed as I flew down the boulevard, not caring what the speed limit was. Lives were at stake here and I couldn’t be slowed down by mortal laws! Dan could be there right now, pretending to be all-innocent! I couldn’t believe Knife Girl hadn’t caught onto his dastardly ways. It was a nightmare coming true! Okay, so maybe I still hadn’t found exact evidence but who else could it be? All the other roadies checked out!

Moments later I pulled into the parking space in front of the shop with a screeching halt. “Stay here until it’s safe, my queen,” I said, looking in Jess’ eyes as I pulled her pale hand to my lips and kissed it. If we were too late, this could be the last time that I saw her, but I couldn’t let her know. “I will be back.”

With that I quickly exited the car and dashed into the store, scanning the whole place for some sign of the little gnome or Knife Girl. Come on where were they?! I saw Ave’s car out front so she had to be here! “Hello?!” I screamed just as the little blonde came out of the back room with her arms full of clothing.

“Hey Jimmy,” Avery greeted me with a smile as she hung up the clothes. I saluted her in return, making her giggle. She looked genuinely happy, but it could all be over soon! Didn’t she know what potential danger she could be in?

“What are you doing here? Brian said you hadn’t been around the studio for a few days. Is everything okay?” She asked as I quickly moved around the store, ducking low and looking up high for anything that was out of place. Everything seemed to be perfect…too perfect. Was this part of Dan’s evil plan? “Jimmy?”

I held my hand up to silence her as I moved around, crawling on the floor and looking underneath the clothing rakes. There had to be something here! I could feel it in my blood! “Are you okay? Did you hit your head today?”

“No, just once, thanks for asking,” And it still hurt from when I reached down to get a piece of paper under the piano. That thing was out to get me and I should destroy each one of them, those little devil’s creations... Hurts me a lot more than it should!

“Jimmy? What are you doing? I don’t understand…do you need me to call Brian?” she asked following me around as I searched the rest of the store. Damn it, nothing was out of place! Maybe it was safe? Though one could never be too sure. “You’re starting to worry me…” she said as I turned around and pressed a finger to her lips.

“I’m fine…just checking your new place for bugs,” I whispered dramatically, trying to get her to see reason.

“Bugs? We-we don’t have any bugs,” little gnome shuttered, tilting her head to the side. Wait, did she think I meant real bugs? Ew! That would be gross and I would never shop here…and look at this shirt! Oh, Jimmy likey….I would have to—no stay on task Sullivan. The coast was not clear yet!

“Spy equipment…” I hissed back at her, going into the back storeroom. Was this her first day as a member of the secret knife society!? She knew how this worked!

Damn it, that looked clear too! So the spy hadn’t gotten there but something was missing…yes something very important from the equation. I stopped abruptly and quickly turned around, Avery walking right into my chest. “Where is Knife Girl?”

The little gnome stumbled backwards and caught her balance on the doorframe, shaking her head slowly. “She-she’s picking up a few last thing from Matt’s place….why?” Oh, this couldn’t get any more perfect.

“We have to go get her. Now!” I announced, matter-of-factly.

“Why? What’s wrong?” Why did something have to be wrong? Come on, Little Gnome you knew me better than that! Besides, I knew she loved our secret missions! It was one of the only time she really came out of her tight little shell…I wonder if Gates got in there more…not that it wasn’t my business….

“Oh, no reason besides I have this crazy idea,” I relaxed instantly and a wicked grin pulled over my features as I looked down at the little blonde. If I got both the girls, we could go on our secret mission AND they could make my baby idea be born! Oh that’s right... I remembered their art with VU and that’s what I needed right now. That’s what we all needed! A bit of humor in our lives and my goofiness didn’t seem to cut it anymore.

Avery shot me an apprehensive look before she started shaking her head, obviously picking up on what I was selling. “Oh, no Jimmy we cant go on a mission tonight…” she said shaking her head, her blue eyes wide. “We open the store tomorrow…we have to finish—“

I pressed a fingertip to her lips to silence her, shaking my head. “Come on, Ave I’m just talking about getting ice cream!” Well, that could be on the list of things to do tonight. “Besides I want to show you and Knife Girl what I came up with…”

“I don’t know…”

“Come on...” I whined, dropping on my knees in front of her and throwing myself around her leg, “Please, please, please, please, please... PLEEEEEEEAAAAASEEEEE!”

“But Brian wont—“

“Ave, PLEEEEEAAASEEEE!” I yelled on the top of my lunges, my throat starting to ache at one point resulting in a cough and me not being able to make another yell. Well, what now?

I fell backwards on my back, watching her pleadingly with a stretched out lip and my best puppy eyes. Well, if this doesn’t do the trick, then I don’t know what will!

“What the hell is going on here?” A familiar voice sounded behind me, stopping in her tracks only to see me laying on the floor. Well, at least now I could take both of them.

“You have to come with me tonight! Just for a little bit!” I screamed, grabbing Maya’s leg too as soon as she got close enough. “PLEEEEAAAASSSEEEE! PLEASSSSSEEEE! Make the little gnome agree!!!”

Avery looked nervously at Maya, rubbing her temples. Ooo, someone’s having a heady-achey... Good. Serves you right! Come with me and we will have the time of our lives!

“Jimmy I don’t know if we can…we have to open tomorrow,” Maya said looking apologetically and that’s when I snapped.

“NOO!” Oh look, my voice’s back.

“Jim—„

“NOOO!! YOOOOUUUU HAAAVVVE TO COME!” I put my hands behind my head as I kept screaming. This actually was more fun than I thought so and I couldn’t really stop anymore. “PLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE!!!”

By now both girls were either rubbing their temples, or pinching the bridge of their noses. What a good job you did Jimmy. I think I deserve a chocolate cake for that.

“YYOOOUUU HAVE TO COME!! YOU CAN’T LEAVE JESS AND I ALONE TONIGHT!!!!”

“Okay, okay, okay!” Avery stepped forward, her hands up in surrender. “We agree, just stop yelling!”

Oh yeah, they were back and all mine! Knife Master Society UNIT!!

Notes

So here is what you've all been waiting for! The start of another Jimmy adventure! How do you think the guys will respond, especially since Jimbo has been MIA for the past few days? Any predictions?

Comments please wonderful readers!