Trevor’s POV

I lay on the couch in Maya’s house, or well not Maya’s but her boyfriends; Matt Sanders or famous M. Shadows. Nice house, no question about it, many rooms, three bathrooms, a huge kitchen, an always filled fridge… a garden, with pool and terrace, everything that you would desire, the best friends and band mates living close by, to be honest, close by was an understatement, just a couple of houses down the road.

Everything was disgustingly fitting, every-fucking-thing. I hated them, hated my sister for living the rich chick life, while she never worked, never had a bad day in her goddamn life, since our parents died. She was living the American dream, while I fought for my life, while I fucking struggled, day after day, night after night, but never again. No way!

I would get as much out of this, as possible. I would fucking take down what I could, slowly I would tear brick from brick and let my sister get a taste of what I had been through.
No happy life, no happy rich people problems.

I pushed myself of the couch, most of the press people had left, only a few came by the house checking if some of the Avenged people were back, or if even more important, the girls were back.

When a reporter knocked on the door the other day and I “accidentally” opened, I let him know that the girls were scared of the outcome and they needed to check on their “boyfriends” to kit their relationship. I said all this with as much double meaning as possible, giving the press something to write about, because sadly that was all I could be doing right now.

I had not the same possibility to mingle in the girls business with the distance between us and I still could curse these girls for heading towards the guys without me.
But what could I do?

I had no idea how I could get those girls to stop, I had to let them go in order to not get all the attention, and I mean wrong attention towards me. They would know I would want to stop them for a reason, and I couldn’t deliver a real reason that would be understandable for them.

All the hard work that I had put in the sabotage and the manipulation on the relationships was right now going down the drain. I knew that they would be right now talking everything through and all the missing messages and all the twisted information I presented them with was now being solved and I had to work up everything again.

I had to plant new seeds in their heads when the girls would finally come back, I hoped it wouldn’t take too long. The longer they shared time together with their “significant other” the more they slipped from my grip and I couldn’t accept that.

I needed the girls back under my wings, and then I knew I would be able to break them apart. To make my sister miserable while having Ave entirely for me. She would be mine, there was no way around it, I would just need more time. More time than I hoped, everything had worked out too perfectly right now and that was probably the main problem.

I walked around the couch and spied out of the window, no car, no visitors today. Well, that was okay, I would get my information from someone else.
I would check the internet for any more clues on what those guys and girls were up to, so I would be prepared to share fitting stories with the waiting paparazzi. Those guys didn’t want to know the truth, they bought everything you sold them, no matter how far-fetched it was or how delusional it sounded, they didn’t care as long as they could fill their tabloids and could get clicks on the internet.

I walked into Maya and Matt’s bedroom, I had wandered around almost every corner before, checking for some kind of information that I could need, and honestly I did discover certain things I didn’t want to know or see from my sister.

I opened drawers, searched in cupboards and when I found small little notes a grin came over my face, but when I read them, it vanished just as quick.

Have a good day, babe… I’m proud of you, Matt

I’ll miss you, see you at lunch, Matt

Many more of these notes I found in Maya’s drawer lying around her sketch books or sewing equipment, it was ridiculous really.

I picked up a picture of Matt and Maya, him in swimming shorts and her in a bikini. I frowned at the pic, they were kissing and glowing from happiness, god it was making me sick to watch this.

I let it fall to the floor and the glass of the frame shattered, oops my bad. I would tell her I heard a noise and it accidentally fell while I was checking for the noise. I pushed the glass together into the corner and pulled the picture from it and threw it in the trash.

I walked into Maya’s closet and searched under different kind of clothes to find any secret hiding places, so far no luck.
I searched deeper and found a box, which sounded promising. I took the box out and opened it, finding pictures of Ave and Maya alone. Well, that’s weird… something was wrong with those pictures, they didn’t look as happy as-

I looked further and my eyes widened, look what I found here, pictures of my sister with her second lover. Bruce of Asking Alexandria, well that would bring some money, wouldn’t it. I grinned and searched further.
Those pictures of Ave and Maya alone now made sense; it had been during their time alone in the UK, when they were parted from their boyfriends and then meeting up with their new potential lovers.

I found more pictures of Ave and Maya during some sightseeing, while serving in a bar, again with those Asking guys, and look at this, this one was freaking perfect, a picture of the couples, Ave and James and Ben and Maya. I quickly took a hold of that picture and put it in my pocket to the one of Maya and her lover alone, oh Matt wouldn’t like these pictures.

Next there was a picture of Maya and Ave, they smiled into the camera, Ave was so beautiful, I couldn’t help myself but rip my sister of the picture and place Ave’s gorgeous image into my wallet. Now I had her with me, wherever I was.

I put everything back inside that I didn’t need and went on with my search, I opened cupboards, but nothing of much interest could be found, until I walked into Matt’s music room.
I found notebooks from him, his handwriting lyrics or song ideas, sometimes some notes for guitar tracks as far as I could tell.

But something caught my eye and I scanned the page more closely.

I feel insane every single time I'm asked to compromise
Cause I'm afraid and stuck in my ways
And that's the way it stays

Some other words that didn’t make sense came next, all scribbled away or erased.
Then I could make out Maya’s name in those notes, a couple of times even.

Shame pulses through my heart From the things I've done to you
It's hard to face but the fact remains
That this is nothing new

Well, if that doesn’t sound interesting, that sounds like he did something, that could make up for a great story, don’t you think!?

Now that I've lost you It kills me to say
I've tried to hold on
As you've slowly slipped away
I'm losing the fight
I've treated you so wrong
Now let me make it right

What did he do wrong? Or was it her?! Where there any hints? Did he really live the rock star life? Or were those combined ideas from Brian and Matt, all of those guys… and that’s what came out?!
I read further could see another man’s handwriting as well

Come back to me It's almost easy
(But still you'll fall)
Come back again
It's almost easy

Well, well.. interesting things, maybe I would find some more headlines in these notebooks, ah ah Shads you shouldn’t let these private books lie around, with a curious houseguest.
I could totally make some stories out of that, or even convince my sister that there was more to it…

I think I should use a notebook to write down ideas soon!
I had a few things on Maya and Matt to break up the happy home again, I would place seeds into Matt and Maya’s head along with the proof in picture and writing, I just had to find the right way…

So now, let’s get back on track to find something about Ave and Brian, I really need something that I could use for them… beside the picture I had found… let me think about it…

Brian’s POV

Honestly, it still didn’t feel real that Ave was here with me. That we could be really spending time together, that we could forget everything around us and just have fun, just have time for us and not have a care in the world about the press or the rumors.

When Ave was at my side I knew right and wrong, I could see what the press made up and I also knew I could trust her entirely.

Just when we were apart and all those things came crashing down on us it would take its toll on me, cloud my thinking even though I knew it better I couldn’t really shut it off.

Mind fuck! That is what this was! I never gave a damn about the press or what anyone thought about me but fuck, at the moment there was no way around the press, about headlines, pictures it was a fucking nightmare nothing more and nothing less.

So tonight was exactly what we needed, we needed a time for us, we needed time together, away from all the stress, we needed to be us and celebrate that we were together.
I knew Ave had to leave again soon, but I wouldn’t think about that now, I wouldn’t think about the moment she would leave me as long as I still had time with her.

Ave was driving me wild, her moves, her body… just everything about her made me want her more and more. Those sexy glances over her shoulder, while she danced, god… I just had one thought in my mind and that was that I had to have her… soon!

I didn’t really care where we were, I just needed a taste of her, more than I needed air to breathe. I pulled Ave into my body, her arms immediately going around my neck as I pressed her as close as possible. We kept moving and Ave turned around, her ass pressed into my growing erection making my thinking even harder.

“Fuck Ave, you know you already drive me wild, do you?” I licked the shell of her ear while I whispered to her. Did she need me as much as I needed her?! I knew I couldn’t wait much longer!

“I don’t know how long I can wait…” I whispered again, and this time my lips wandered down Ave’s jawline, placing feather light kisses everywhere. Ave let out a light moan and leaned back into me, making me want her more with each kiss and moan.

“Do you feel what you are doing with me, love? Do you feel it?” I grabbed her hips and pressed her even more into my erection. “I could easily just pick you up and plunge into you right here on the dance floor,” I breathed in her ear, fuck I could already imagine her hot wet heat sheeting my length, but that had to wait a little longer, sadly!

After another round of shots at the table Ave moved back to the dance floor. I followed behind her, my eyes not leaving her. It didn’t matter to me how many girls were here, or how often I heard my name being whispered, I just had eyes for one woman, my fiancé.

I kept on watching how Ave moved, her arms over her head, her body banging to the beat, making my mouth run dry, the need almost overwhelming, god I had to have her, she was making my body ache, making my heart race.

When she presented me another seductive smile I stormed over to her and couldn’t help it. I grabbed her around the waist and pulled her off the dance floor and into the back hallway. I pushed Ave back into the wall, caged her in between my arms, and crashed my lips into hers without a moment’s hesitation.

“Ave, I need you! Now! I can’t wait!” I growled, pulling her back towards the 'staff only' sign on the back door. I pressed Ave’s back against the wall as I let my tongue trail down her throat, god she tasted so good, more I needed just more.

I pushed her top over her head, I needed more skin to lick, to kiss, to cherish. I needed skin to skin, feel her beneath me.
I turned Ave around and slowly pressed her to the wall, pushing her hair to the side and began kissing her neck.

I slid my hand to her hips and pulled her closer, I pushed her skirt up and pressed my erection more firmly into her core, Ave panted and moaned right away. I knew I wouldn’t make it much longer without her, I needed her now and all this teasing was fun, but I had to have her.

“Tell me what you want…” I breathed against her ear while picking her up, Ave’s leg moved around me, pressing her even closer. Just her panties were in the way and I had to open my zipper, than I would glide into her smoothly, I could already feel her heat.

“I want you to—” Ave started and I couldn’t wait for what she had to say but she didn’t get to that, because suddenly a bright flash illuminated the room.

“Fuck!!” I looked around and let Ave back on her feet and placed her behind me, another flash was blinding me and I couldn’t actually see what was before me.
“GET THE FUCK AWAY!” I heard a whimper from Ave behind me and saw how she tried to push her top back down and right her skirt, oh fuck!

I righted my clothes as well and looked at Ave “Stay here babe, I’ll try to get that guy” Even though I was sure he was already out and I didn’t even know how he looked like, so probably not standing any chances to find him.

“Goddamn it!” I raced out of the back room and ran into a mass of people standing before me, I looked wildly around trying to see for someone who was also running away, someone with a camera, but since nowadays the phones had cameras with great quality, I wasn’t lucky enough to make someone out.

I cursed under my breath and asked people standing around if they had seen anybody coming from the back room, but either the people didn’t care or didn’t hear me, it was in the end with the same result I wouldn’t be able to find the guy, and the picture of me and Ave were surely in the magazines and all over the internet by tomorrow.

“Gates, what’s wrong?” Matt stood only a couple of feet away from me, Maya not around. “Get Maya, we are fucking going! Quickly!” Matt frowned but probably heard the seriousness in my voice.
“Alright, tell me what happened asap, I’ll get Maya. We meet back here” Matt said and was already moving before I could reply.

I made my way back to the storage room and opened the door. I saw Ave cowering in one corner, her hands before her body and looking down shyly. Good, I hated myself for bringing her in this situation, but maybe there wasn’t even anything on the picture. Maybe no one saw her, I had been standing in front of her… I mean… fuck!

“Come here” I held my arms open and Ave went into them willingly. “I’m so sorry, babe… fuck.. so sorry” I whispered into her ear but she shook her head “It’s not your fault… but I just wanna leave” Ave said into my chest and I nodded, holding her as close as possible “I already informed Matt, they are waiting for us.”I said and guided Ave out, while holding her close.

She didn’t say anything or look anywhere until we were safely tugged into the cab. “What the fuck happened?!” Matt demanded while Maya pulled Ave close.
“Hey little Gnome, what’s wrong? It was a fun evening… We are concerned” She patted Ave’s head and I sighed.

I repeated, without getting into many details what happened and in which situation we were caught.
“Those fucking assholes! I swear the next time I get my fingers on such a guy, I will fucking rip him-” Matt started and Ave buried her face more firmly into my chest.

“You know, maybe there wasn’t anything on it, it was dark, right? Brian was there before you, maybe… you worry for nothing, so what a picture of Gates dressed… or mostly dressed… you two know what happened… Don’t worry too much, Ave” Maya tried to soothe her and I sighed, I just hoped she was right.

“Yeah, Maya is right, don’t worry now before we even know if something really is to worry about.” Matt suggested as well and Ave finally lifted her head from my chest “And what if? I mean, what if the picture is all over the internet, what if my Dad sees? The world sees?” Ave’s eyes filled with tears and Maya grabbed Ave into a firm hug, “Ssshhhh, don’t worry. We will find a way out of this, we always have… now don’t think about it anymore. We will figure something out, okay?”

We arrived back at the hotel and I guided Ave up into our room, I held her all night, I knew she didn’t sleep much, she tossed and turned and I felt fucking miserable. I hated my job and the world at the moment, but I had no chance to change it. We had to get through this and we would, only stronger, as long as we were together…

A thought formed in my head and I slowly moved out of the bed, Ave had just fallen back asleep and I wanted her to get some rest. The girls would be leaving today, I didn’t like to think about that and tried to push it away from me, knowing it was really the undeniable, but still… I had something to do and prepare for our last hours together.

I pulled a shirt on and made my way down to the breakfast area, I let the reception call all the guys, and even wake them if they were still asleep, me not giving a fuck about their beauty sleep right now.

About 30 minutes later I had all my band mates and friends, crew member surrounding me, some were muttering foul words, some were still half asleep but I knew if I would tell them the reason for my emergency meeting they would be all on board.

“So Haner, what the fuck is this about, and why couldn’t it wait a few more hours?” I heard MB asking and I looked at him anger in my expression.

“The reason is that yesterday we had a situation at the club… Some press people were following us and took a picture of Ave and me in a position that wasn’t funny and making Ave feel very uncomfortable. From now on, I want you guys to keep an eye on the girls. I think I can speak for Matt as well.” I looked at him and got a confirming nod.

“I don’t want out girls anywhere alone, I don’t want strangers being able to talk to them… I have no idea how we get to handle the situation when the girls leave again but-”
“Guys, they cannot leave again… the situation will only worsen” JB spoke up now and this was the first time in forever, I had to agree with Jason.

“I think so too, the worst idea is for the girls to go back home unprotected” Matt said and looked at me and it was my time to nod.

“How do we make the girls to see that?” I asked and Matt sighed and opened his mouth to reply when Jimmy spoke between it “I will make them see… don’t worry, I can be very convincing” He grinned evilly and I lifted my eyebrow, “Thanks for the offer but-”

“Shit…” I heard a few mutters and then someone poked me in the side, “Look at this” MB pointed to a TV above our heads with Gossip news on, and guess who made the headlines?!

First a video sequences, in yes bad quality but still you could clearly make out Matt and Maya, and they were having a fight, in our tour bus… and the name Bruce was mentioned.

“THAT FUCKING PRICK!” Matt slammed his fist down on the table and the new headlines were already made up. The triangle relationship was heated up, as well as the course of the break between Matt and Maya.

So that fucking press guy, had not only pictures on his camera, but made a video on his phone… fuck! We haven’t thought about that.
And if that wasn’t worse enough there was now a picture of Ave and me shown, Ave clearly on view, her skirt rode high exposing her tanned legs and thighs and her chest was only covered by her bright red bra.

I almost swallowed my tongue, that view right there, wasn’t meant for anyone’s eyes but mine, and now the whole world saw how my fiancé looked while crazy with lust and in her underwear.“Fucking hell, Gates” Zacky mumbled and my mouth ran dry, shit… if Ave saw that… I had to try and get that picture away from the internet, out of the gossip shows, before Ave could see it…fucking hell, how was I supposed to do that?!

Maya’s POV

I had no idea how all these fun times could turn out so bad. What did we do to the world, that everyone wanted a piece of us now? That we couldn’t have a fun night out, everything was being watched, kinda being monitored if you will, and then the media decided did she do right or wrong? Was she naughty or nice!?

No one should give a fuck of what Ave and I were doing! No fucking one beside us!
And then… here again, the press sneaking on the boss, the press taking pictures of us in the club, what the hell were those people thinking?!
Why did they have to go digging in on our life’s?!

I couldn’t even talk to my ex- boyfriend who was still a friend to me on the phone, without anyone making a big story out of it.. it was freaking ridiculous!
And Matt with his attitude wasn’t making it better, I mean… Why was he still thinking I would go pack my bags go running for Ben, when I chose him, would always choose him…

I didn’t get what was going on in that big guys head sometimes… he should accept that I would still be having contact to the Asking guys, and since Ben felt sorry for the way this leaked, of course we were speaking, he was concerned… which was still kind of nice knowing he cared, as a friend.

I rolled over in bed and realized that I was the only one in it, I frowned at the clock and saw it was still early in the morning. Where had that big guy run off to?!
Maybe his morning training? Taking a run, hmm… picturing Matt in the gym was doing funny things to me, and I couldn’t wait for him to come back, all sweaty and pumped.

I licked my lips and thought about sending him a naughty text to make him come home quicker, but then noticed his workout clothes were still here, so he was probably just down for breakfast, still I would want my morning kiss and a little more from him before we would part again today.

I couldn’t even think about getting back on a plane and leaving Matt. I didn’t want to, but we didn’t have much of a choice did we?!
I sighed and pulled the blanket away, I took my phone and shot Ave a quick text, the reply was shortly after.

Alone in my room, you coming over? U know where the boys are? Ave

So it seemed she knew just as much as I did. I quickly pulled a top over my head, and shorts on, brushed my teeth and hair quickly, pulled it in a ponytail and walked over to Ave’s room.
She opened up before I could finish my knocking routine properly.

“Hey you” I smiled at her, while Ave still looked miserable. “Not feeling better?” I asked and hugged her close to me.
“No… not really. I didn’t really sleep all night…” Ave sighed and we plopped together down on her bed.

“It’s gonna be okay, little Gnome… we still have a few hours with our boys, we should use them. How about we pack our stuff up, so that is done, then we head down have breakfast and take our boys somewhere on a nice double date? What you say? Just us four, some couple time?” I asked but Ave already started shaking her head.

“I really don’t want to get out in the-” She started and I took her hand in mine and waited for her to look at me.
“I didn’t say we have to go outside, just us together having fun, how about we pack in our bikinis and drive the guys wild on the indoor pool at the hotel? That could be fun, right? If you want to we could ask the others to come along…” I suggested and Ave’s eyes finally met mine, a small smile ghosting over her lips “I would like to take a swim…” She admitted and I grinned even wider.

“See, you have me for the best and brightest ideas… now go pack your things, jump into your bikini and we meet downstairs” I commanded and Ave rolled her eyes “How can Matt live with you like that?” She grumbled while I pulled her to her legs.

“You have lived with me longer this way, and you both love me to death, that’s just the way it is with me” I stuck my tongue out to her while she flipped me of. “And later to distract ourselves, when we are back home, you and I will make some wedding plans and finally finish my proposal idea. I mean, we still gotta put some work in it, I want it to be perfect, and yes I am talking about my proposal!” I grinned wildly and Ave threw a pillow at me but I quickly jumped out the door slamming it shut behind me.

I walked back to Matt and my room and began throwing things into my bag, leaving out my barely-there bikini, you never knew when you might need it, so I took it with me. I grabbed one of the hotel towels and placed it beside it.

I smiled, this might be a better start to the day than I thought. I wanted to finish packing quickly, and how do I do that best?! With music! I picked up the remote and put on MTV, the news flash came on and my jaw dropped open, seeing a video sequence of me and Matt in the back room of the bus.

“I just don’t get why you are still in contact with Bruce?! It would be so much easier-” Matt’s voice sounded muffled but still understandable, then the scene was cut off, but it didn’t take long for more to follow.

“Why the hell not, Matthew?! You don’t have a say in who I see and who I don’t see” My voice sounded and I appeared at the screen pacing a few feet away from Matt.

Like this the whole scene was completely out of context and I knew what they were playing at.

“Fuck! Maya, don’t you get it, this is ripping us apart!” Matt threw at me and I looked at him with anger, “NO, this is not! YOUR reaction is!” I spat and when Matt tried to pull me towards him I stepped away. The scene ended and the news reporter was shown.

What they didn’t show, was how Matt tried again and I let him, that he held me in his arms, and we made up, how we told each other that I was only his and he was only mine. That there was no more between me and Ben, and that we were just friends, but they didn’t show… then Matt had heard the reporter and thrown him out. We took his camera deleted his pictures, but we didn’t take his phone… and now… we got this.

“Here is the actual proof of M. Shadows and his “still” girlfriend Maya Brandon fighting in the tour bus about her secondary lover Ben Bruce of Asking Alexandria. She clearly hasn’t enough of the guy, while M. Shadows wants it to end… How long will M. Shadows tolerate this situation?! Why doesn’t he finish off with that woman, to find a woman who really loves him?! Posts like this are all over the internet …” The reporter kept talking but I couldn’t listen anymore.

I sat down on the bed, and not believing what they had done with an innocent argument that no one had any right to see or hear… my phone vibrated and I quickly took it to see who was calling.

**Ben calling** I sighed and put the phone away, he must have seen that snippet as well, wanting to know what this was about, but I couldn’t talk now. I was not able to tell him how they screwed this up, how weird they made me look, made us look… I felt sorry for him as well…

When I looked back up to the tv screen a picture of Ave and Brian was now shown, “Holy fuck!” Escaped me when I saw how they showed Ave on the picture. Ave was sideways to the camera, her bra on full display, her skirt rode high, Brian between her legs, not really hiding much of her, her cheeks were flushed her eyes looking up at Brian in lust.

I had to get to Ave, had to warn her, sooth her… we couldn’t leave like this, they would be ripping us apart like this! I just got up from the couch when my room door opened showing Matt in the doorway.

He came walking straight up to me and pulling me into his arms “Babe, I saw some shit about us in the news, you cannot leave… Fuck, I can’t let you leave like this!” He half whispered half demanded and I could only nod into his chest, while he just pulled me closer.

“I saw it too… I don’t want to go, Matt…” I was always the strong the independent woman but right now I just wanted to hide behind Matt, wanted to be held by his arms and let him protect me!

Notes

Soooo what the hell is going on now?!
How will they deal with all this?!

Comments, pretty please ;)