Amy’s POV
What the hell was happening to me when Brian was around?! Whenever he came close my brain shut down completely and my body made decisions on its own.
When his lips touched mine or just neared my body, I wanted to whimper and melt under his touch and beg for more…

God, what was wrong with me?! I knew I shouldn’t and I knew it would end even worse if I would let myself in on this, but then again… How could I stay away from this man?
HOW?!

And I came to think that Sara had a sense for interrupting just in the worst I mean - right moment?! First in the kitchen and then again in my bedroom, when Brian was already this close in succeeding with his flirtatious and seducing ways, because honestly, it was nothing else.

He wanted me, and if Sara hadn’t interrupted he would have had me… probably twice already.
What was wrong with me? Why couldn’t I say no to this man? Why?!

When I met up with Sara in her room she looked at me with a lifted eyebrow and tapping foot.
“What the hell was that?” She asked and I knew that tone and that look on her face, she knew exactly what I had been doing, so I couldn’t hide the blush on my face even if I wanted to.

“What?” I tried with playing dumb but she just lifted her eyebrow higher, probably meaning I should quit the bullshit.
I sighed and let myself fall down on her guest bed “I don’t know… God, Sara… I have no idea.” I closed my eyes and felt the bed sink next to me, when I turned my head to the side I saw Sara lying beside me.

“I thought we were clear? Get this over with and be done… without any more heartbreak?” Sara said softly and I frowned, was she talking about me or herself?
“Are you-” I started to form the questions when Sara interrupted me “Don’t even ask that question. I was the one going through with our plan, you were the one going all in when Matt and I were just a few feet away in the kitchen, god Ames… Do you really want to continue how the holidays went?” Sara asked and a small smirk came over my face, I wouldn’t mind continuing what happened there.

“Forget that question and let me rephrase it, do you really want to continue it and then go back and forget about all of it, because he will fucking do that Ames, they both will… It’s another fling time, and afterwards divorced, done and forgotten, that’s what we will be.. what you will be” Sara corrected herself at the end and I sighed, shit… She was right.

“I know, Sara… But you know… When he is around my brain refuses to work and my body demands more… I don’t know… I’m not immune to him and he fucking knows that.” I whined and Sara chuckled, “Then push him away…” Sara said but I heard something in her voice that told me it wasn’t as easy as it seemed.

“Matt left without a word?” I asked and Sara’s head snapped to me. “Well, not without a word, but I made it clear that I’m staying here and that I won’t be up for the things he planned to do.” Sara said and now her voice really sounded strange.
“Oh Sara… you will so break. I can hear it in your voice… your resolve may be stronger than mine, but in the end… we will both be too weak” I chuckled and after a short moment I heard Sara chuckle beside me.
“That’s why we have to stay together and be strong together, so it will hurt less in the end, okay?” Sara said after we both calmed down and I nodded.

“You are right… I will try my best, but tomorrow will be really hard, I will need you. And if you want to hear it or not, I will probably need Brian as well.” I said quietly and heard Sara’s sigh “I will be there for you, don’t worry.”

The night was short, I lay awake mostly, tossing and turning, my body and probably my heart wished that my door would open at some point and Brian made his way in to finish what we started earlier, but that never happened.
And my brain was overloaded with thoughts of what would happen tomorrow, of the talk with Larry, the mysterious manager and how everything would change from then on…

Before I really knew it and could muster any coherent thought, we stood in the huge building with everyone surrounding me. I felt like a deer caught in the headlights, my heart was racing a mile a minute and my hands were sweaty, honestly I was near the breaking point.

Brian wasn’t as much of a help as I hoped, he dragged me along with him, sure he was never leaving my side but he wasn’t very supportive or calm either, he seemed annoyed and I didn’t know if I was the reason or the general situation was.

And added to all that, when we were waiting for our appointment I saw the woman Brian had his longest relationship with, and she was dressed like I could and probably would (but that was beside the point) never dress myself. Her outfit showed off her perfect figure while her hair was hidden underneath a beanie, her eyes were shooting daggers at me and when she asked if I was pregnant because else Brian would never marry me, I was too stunned to answer.

I knew I shouldn’t feel hurt about her words, but deep down… wasn’t that what everybody thought, the grey mouse at Brian’s side, that he married because he was drunk and didn’t have his mind set right?!
I swallowed thickly and felt a hand on my hip, when I turned around I saw Sara narrowing her eyes at Michelle, she was about to say something when Brian and Larry interrupted her.

Sara was scanning Brian’s ex and I knew if Sara would be seeing her anywhere again, she would get a pretty nasty best friend to bitch talk from her, which made me give Sara a small smile, she nodded at me as if she knew what I was thinking and that I was damn right.

Afterwards Larry introduced himself and led me and Brian into his office, the other were waiting outside.
My heart was pounding even harder now because I still had no idea what Larry would want from Brian and me, would he find a way to get this divorce quickly but silently done? Did he have some special lawyer connection for this? PR ideas how we could get out of this?!

“Amy, I’m glad Brian could convince you to meet.” Larry sat down in the leather seat while Brian and I sat before his desk.
“Well… He didn’t give me much of a choice” I shrugged with a small smile and Larry chuckled “He can be really convincing if he wants to be”
“Can we talk like I am here, because I am here” Brian cut in and I looked at him from the side.

“Fine… Let’s cut right to the case, shall we?” Larry looked between me and Brian back and forth and I nodded.
“That’s why we are here” Brian said and I frowned, he really was in a bad mood, wasn’t he?!

“Okay Amy, why don’t you give me a summarizing of all the events since you met Brian up to now? I have already heard Brian’s version now I want yours.” Larry looked only at me and I frowned a little, why did he want my opinion when he already had Brian’s? Wasn’t Brian his number one partner in information, he was his manager, right?!

I shrugged and told him in short words, from the night I met Brian, waking up, spending the holidays and agreeing on the quick divorce, giving him some details but mostly letting out any emotions or details about Brian’s and my get together. Larry listened and nodded every now and then, then leaned back in his chair and gave me a small smile after I finished.

“Thank you, Amy. You might understand now that this little… detail of Brian being married was running high in the press and social media. I guess after being attacked at the airport and people waiting for you at your work you got the extend of what this news did to the social media, right?” Larry asked me and I nodded.

“It’s pretty scary to be honest. I honestly had no idea…” I shook my head and I felt Brian grab my hand squeezing it lightly.
“I know, sweetie. And that’s why we are here, here to solve it and help you deal with the situation.” Larry said and gave me a warm smile.

“And what is the solution?” I asked and Larry breathed deeply in and out “You have to trust me on this, both of you and you have to agree on it... If you want to get this as easily and quietly as possible done, you gotta do as I tell you.” Larry looked at Brian mostly and I nodded, this sounded good, he seemed to have a plan.

“I want you to stay together, you are the happy married couple, you will live with Brian for the time being and you will show yourself in the open, you will be the happy newlyweds family Haner that we saw on the pictures.” Larry said with a smile and Brian and I looked at each other than at Larry and my mouth hung open, he wanted what?!

Matt’s POV
How could she be acting like there was nothing between us? How could she treat me like fucking air?! When all I wanted to do is to throw her over my fucking shoulder caveman style and carry her to my home, open the bedroom and throw her on my bed and have my wicked way with her until we were both sweaty and satisfied.

I stared at Sara the entire time, saw how she was chatting with Johnny, how she was laughing at his jokes, how Arin went over to them and was included into their conversation, but not me, never me. Not even once did she fucking glance into my direction!

She couldn’t deny what we had, she just couldn’t, I mean… what the fuck was this?! Why playing games when we all knew that this was inevitable.
But no Ms. Downing had to play the shy one, the distanced one… I was getting pissed off and that was never a good sign, my temper rising quickly and it wouldn’t take long before I would snap.

Zack stood next to me his eyes going between me and Sara back and forth and I hoped for his sake he wouldn’t start talking to me again, but apparently he got the message this time because his eyes turned towards Larry’s office door where Amy and Brian had disappeared in quite a while ago.

“What do you think Larry will suggest?” Zack asked after a while and I shrugged “No idea, he will know what’s best in the situation, I trust him.” I said easily, wasn’t my ass on the line anyway and I had other problem.

“Do you think he will get them a quick divorce? I mean… shouldn’t they see where it gets them, have you seen Gates with Amy… He is different, in a good way I mean…” Zack mused but I wasn’t in for his analyzing talk to be honest. I knew Brian had more feelings for Amy, and Amy had more for Brian, if Sara spoke true, but if they wouldn’t tell that to each other, this marriage and even try for a relationship was doomed.

But I couldn’t try and help them, because the person that could assist me with it, was taking a minimum 10 feet distance from me at every occasion. I really had to keep my temper in check, especially as the door opened and Larry motioned us all to come in.

I breathed deeply in and out and walked into the room, I saw Amy and Brian stare at each other, Brian whispering to her, they looked confused and Amy even a little shocked. I frowned what could have Larry said to make her look like that?!

Sara immediately moved in behind Amy’s chair laying her hands on her shoulders as support and I took the chance, shoving Johnny out of my way and placed myself behind her. Sara looked to me surprise on her features when she felt my body close in behind hers and she closed her eyes briefly, yeah… You think you can stay away, but I know you can’t… I had a small smirk on my face when Larry sat behind his desk again and looked at the group one by one.

“I already talked to Brian and Amy about the situation, and even though they are… let’s say not too fond of my solution, there is no other way.” He looked pointedly at Amy and then looked back up and continued “I told them to play the part, act the married couple… And I need you as a group to help them and to act along. We need the media off our backs and the best way is to make this boring. If everybody thinks it’s all nice and lovey dovey, they will soon find another topic to talk about and when that is done, we will get the easy divorce as wanted from Brian and Amy done in no time, without much attention, but this first wave of attention needs to subside at first.” Larry explained and honestly, that does make sense as far as I was concerned, and wasn’t it good that they would be spending time together, maybe they would indeed figure something out and realize there was more?!

“Which in return means, you will integrate the girls into your group, but-” Larry’s head turned up to meet Sara’s and I frowned, no Larry don’t send her away, no no no! I wasn’t done with her, not by a long shot!

“Ms. Downing, I get that Amy needs you as a friend, but if we want this to work and be quickly done, you need to pack your bags and move out of Brian’s house or the whole charade will crumble before it started.” Larry said and I saw Amy and Sara look at each other and a smile spread over my and Brian’s face, that sounded like a plan to me.

“She can-” I started and was interrupted by Sara “I really don’t think it’s that weird that a friend lives in the same house. I mean-”
“Ms. Downing” Larry started
“Sara”
“Sara, they are newlyweds, after their honeymoon, moving into his house together, they don’t need the best friend, at least not in the same house.” Larry insisted and my smile only grew.

“Like I said, I offered already my-” I stared again but was interrupted from Johnny this time “You can move in with me and Lacey, I bet she has nothing against- ouch.. what the hell?” Johnny finished and I saw Zack elbow him while his eyes turned to me, at least I had one clever band mate.

“That is for you to figure out, maybe Amy and Sara need a final day together, but please consider afterwards to move on, okay?!” Larry finished up and I saw how Sara tensed up before me, she didn’t like this at all and probably would question it all again, but she would have to see that you won’t go against Larry’s demands and decision, it will lead you to nothing, and it would lead me to finally having my wicked way with her, because as soon as she would be out of Brian’s house, I would make sure to settle her into mine, and when that happened, she wouldn’t find a way to sneaking out from me… She would be with me and surrender to me that much was clear.

Larry gave us some more rules and guidelines on how to handle press and fans but honestly I didn’t really listen to it. I looked at Sara and her perfume filled my nose, images of her and me during our vacation were flooding my mind and if I wouldn’t stop that soon, I would embarrass myself with a pretty obvious boner when we walked out of Larry’s office.

When Larry send us on our way about 20 minutes later I saw how Amy lingered a little longer in Larry’s office and Brian stayed with her.
It was way past noon and my stomach growled, I grinned to myself thinking maybe I could convince Sara to have lunch with me and afterwards settling into my home?!

We all gathered outside and waited for Brian and Amy to appear “What about all of us having lunch together? Later we could go bar hopping? Show the girls around?” Johnny asked and I rolled my eyes, could that fucker shut his big mouth just one fucking time.

“Good idea, Larry said we should show Brian and Amy together. So…” Zack nodded and I had to take back thinking he was a clever guy, because he was fucking not.

Amy and Brian appeared beside us and seemed to hear just the end of the sentence “What’s going on with us?” Brian asked a little absent and his eyes met mine, he looked over to Sara and back at me, like saying do something and I narrowed my eyes, as if I didn’t know I should do something, asshole… She was the one pushing me away!

“We wanted to head out for lunch together… and afterwards show the girls off during bar hopping… Larry said to show them, and keep it together so… we should start right away?” Zack said and moved in beside Amy making Brian frown.

“I think we should head home first I mean, Amy didn’t really have time to settle in and all-” Brian started but Amy shook her head with a small smile “I think I could use some food first but afterwards I would be glad if I had a little time to settle in?” She looked from Zack to Brian and both men nodded giving us the go.

We ended up in a little restaurant not far from Larry’s office building, they knew us here, we had eaten here with Larry and business partners a couple of times and this time before Johnny could weasel his way between me and Sara, I made sure I took the place beside her. I shot Johnny and Arin a warning look and they both backed off knowing I wasn’t joking and I would deck one of them if they even thought about coming too close to Sara now.

Sara looked a little helpless around but without finding any help… I smiled because I hoped she would realize now that just as I planned there was no escaping from me, even though she tried… I would succeed in the end!

Notes

Uh Oh, Larry was very clear in what he wants from all of them.
Amy and Brian needs to pretend a little longer, Sara needs to leave the house...

Let's see what this will all bring us, huh? :-)