Maya’s POV

After Matt had left me and Ben so abruptly I felt like crying. I wasn’t really a woman who cried a lot but in that moment, I felt my world falling apart.

I hadn’t done anything wrong, but Matt took everything he saw the wrong way. He accused me of doing god knows what with Ben, when everything I did in here with him was trying to get out and get to him.

I couldn’t believe he didn’t even let me speak, he just saw what he thought was right. I pushed away from the room hearing footsteps behind me.

“Maya! M! Wait!” Ben’s voice sounded while he jogged after me, but wasn’t he the reason that caused all this in the first place?!

He grabbed my arm and pulled me to a stop “Please, Ben… Don’t” I tried to loosen his grip but he wouldn’t budge.

“Listen to me, I’ll make this right. Don’t worry!” And with that he kissed my cheek and ran off, leaving me even more confused and standing alone in the hallway.

I trembled, not sure how to right this wrong, how I could make Matt listen to me, how Ben would probably make everything even worse, especially if he wants to try and talk to Matt alone.

I sighed heavily and walked back to the bus, trying to at least hold my tears until I was alone, problem was I ran into MB on the way.

“Maya” He says softly and I closed my eyes briefly, how bad I wished that I could confide in him right now, but we weren’t on the best terms at the moment and I didn’t want to stir more trouble right now.

“I have to go” I brushed past him and at least this time he wouldn’t follow, when I turned around a final time I saw him look at me, his shoulders slumped down, his head low. And I felt like a bitch.

What had happened to our friendship? When had this become so fucking complicated, and what if Matt wouldn’t believe me and end all that we had? What would I do?!

I typed in the code and the bus door swung open revealing a sobbing Ave on the couch. She lifted her head up to look at me with her big blue eyes “Maya?” Her voice was cracking and I closed the door and then quickly moved over to her, falling into my best friends arms, knowing she was the only one who would understand me now, when not even Matt was at my side anymore.

“What the hell happened?!” I asked as Ave sobbed on and she told me about the note, about meeting James and Brian being a complete ass to her. I listened and soothed her and tried to make her feel better while she cried on my shoulder, but right now I didn’t feel much hope… even though I knew Ave and Brian would always find back together, they are like to magnets not able to stay away.

“And what happened with you? Where have you been all day?” Ave asked with another sob and I felt tears in my eyes, when Ave realized them tickling down my cheeks, she sobbed even harder “Oh god, M. Don’t cry! What is going on?”

After a good round of sobbing and me and Ave burying ourselves in blankets and ice-cream on the couch, we decided we still couldn’t stay away from our men and put the tv on. The show had a live stream and my fingers were pulled like magic to the channel.

When Matt’s voice sounded my heart did a flip but then I saw his angry expression and heard the missing beats of the drums and frowned. Oh shit, this was their big gig and it sounded like they just began playing their instruments.

“Where is Brian?” Ave beside me asked sobbing still and then the camera did a turn and we saw Brian lying on his back with his guitar in hand and a bottle beside him playing and drinking, it still sounded okay for a guitarist playing, but it didn’t sound anything like Brian normally would play.

Matt kicked away a mic stand and Dan ran onto the stage to right it up again. I sighed, shit this all happened just because of the fight. It was a stupid idea to be here, maybe it would have been better if Ave and I stayed at home… What if the paparazzi had found out about Ave and James meeting, about me and Ben in the storage room?!

I could already picture the nasty headlines and felt again like crying, when I just had stopped a minute ago.

I hugged Ave closer to me and she curled into me, it was really hard to watch the show, Avenged was nothing like their normal save, Matt was forgetting his lyrics, sometimes just yelling random things, or cursing and then holding his mic to the crowd in hopes that the fans singing along.

Jimmy missed almost every beginning of the song which made me frown, only Zack and Johnny were the ones playing on point and I felt so awful for this. It had only to do with us that this happened, and I couldn’t stand it.

We let the TV running even though Avenged had long run of the stage and I closed my eyes, more tears escaping me. Ave and I stayed silent and just held each other for a while, when the bus door opened and then closed again.

Before we saw Matt and Brian, we heard their announcement “Maya… Ave… listen,” Matt said and I frowned. His voice sounded soft, not angry.

“Gates and I wanted to apologize for what happened earlier today… we flew off the handle and we know that you didn’t plan any of that to happen,” Matt was just before me a heavy sigh escaping his lips, and his hazel eyes meeting mine head on.

“We were dicks and we should have listened to you from the beginning,” Gates continued, kneeling down in front of Ave. “We talked everything over with Asking and we are sorry. We should have trusted what you were telling us…hell it shouldn’t have even been a question.”

Matt was kneeling down in front of me and handed me flowers. I frowned at this sudden change of events. He carefully took my face in his hand, staring into my eyes. He was honest, I saw it in his eyes, but still I felt hurt and it couldn’t always start like this, this wouldn’t work out that way.

“I need to listen to you more… I know that. Just seeing Bruce makes me fly off the handle,” Matt told me his eyes pleading. “So I had a talk with him and we settled everything. There will be no more fighting… today was an accident set in motion by someone else. It wasn’t either of you and I should have listened. I’m sorry, M. Will you forgive me?” He let his thumb gently caress my cheek and I couldn’t help but melt into him.

“But how could you think I would do something like that, especially after what we talked about last night?” I whispered, still feeling a little hurt.

“You have to understand how it all looked walking in, Babe. You and Bruce on the floor, half dressed? It drove me made and I just snapped. You know how I get when I see you with other men, especially Bruce,” Matt sighed, shaking his head. And I imagined it the other way around, I probably would have reacted just the same way. If I had found Matt and his old roadie fuck buddy in there with him, god knows what I had done. “But once I calmed down and talk to Bruce, I realized I made a mistake and I’m sorry. I should have trusted you. None of this was yours or his fault.”

“You really talked to Ben?” I asked and frowned, that was a huge step on both accounts, and it meant also that Ben held truth to his words on righting the wrong and it impressed me, from both men.

“We need to tell the girls about the new…situation we have,” Matt sighed, when he announced these words and I frowned, what did he mean? What new situation? Had something leaked to the press? Had it happened so fast? “After talking to the Asking guys, it was brought to our attention that today’s mix-ups weren’t an accident… but rather antagonized and set up by someone…”

Both Ave and I turned to look at each other with a confused expression. “You mean to say that someone set us up with Asking guys?” I asked, really fucking confused “Like had Ben and I locked in that sauna of a closet for hours on purpose?”

“Yes,” Matt nodded, meeting my eyes.

“Who would set us up like that? We didn’t even know that Asking was going to be here today,” Ave continued and Gates nodded. “We know, and we also know that this person gave you, James, and I all notes to meet at that restaurant to set us up,” he said and Ave’s jaw dropped.

“Wait? So you’re saying someone locked Ben and I in the room and set up Ave, James, and Brian?” I gapped, looking incredulously around the room as both Gates and Matt nodded.

“Who would do something like that?” Ave asked, looking hurt.

“Trevor.” Both say at the same time and I couldn’t help but burst out a laugh.

“Trevor as in my brother Trevor?” I chuckled loudly and both Matt and Brian looked confused.

“What is so funny, babe?” Matt looked completely serious and I shook my head, touching his cheek with my hand. “That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! Why would my brother do that? Why would he try to break us apart? Or Brian and Ave? What would he get out of this?”

Both Brian and Matt opened their mouth but they didn’t really say anything “Well, we are not yet behind it all, but that’s what James and Ben told us. They gave us the description, told us exactly how it happened, and it all fits together! He gave you the note, he sent you to the wrong dressing room, Maya… this makes sense!” Matt’s eyes drilled into mine and I rolled my eyes.

“This makes absolutely no sense. Ave tell them…” I looked over to Ave who looked completely confused, looking back and forth between me and the guys. “I can’t believe that either. I mean… that must be a mistake, maybe Trevor wanted to do us a favor and James got just mixed up… Have you talked to him about it? I don’t think he would be able to do something like that… and like Maya said, what would he get out of this…” Ave’s voice still sounded uncertain and when Matt and Brian began talking about it again I shook my head.

“I don’t wanna hear anything about this anymore, please! This is just bullshit… there must have been a mistake. Trevor wouldn’t do anything like that, period.” I stood up from the couch and walked to the back room being followed by Matt.

When I sat on the bed he looked at me, opening his mouth again, but I stopped him “If you start talking about my brother again now, you can sleep in the bunk, because I am not hearing any of that bullshit again.” I stated and Matt sighed then nodded “Fine” He said and then mumbled something about “Showing me proof” But I let that slip.

“Are you finished now with the false accusations and are able to make up with me?” I looked at him with a shy smile and Matt’s dimples were on full display, even if he hesitated a little, then he leaned down and his lips brushed mine, making me forget the talk, and all the stress, when I was held in Matt’s strong arms, his body covering mine, his kisses raining over my face, I felt safe and whole and nothing could ever make me feel this good then him.

Trevor’s POV

I felt sweat tickling down my face when I heard the talk of Brian, Matt, Maya and Ave. I hadn’t expected those guys to figure out I was behind their mix up.

Had to give them that, they were cleverer than I thought. It had all started so good, they were out of their minds, they fucked up the show, but then I hadn’t paid attention and had only realized too late that suddenly the two bands were talking after Avenged show was done.

That must have been the moment and the fucking only moment where they come on to my plan. I might have not done them right, thinking they were too dumb and too busy finding out it was me…

Touché my friends… are rather foes… I give you credit for that, which meant now. I had to work hidden, and have to make everything so the girls would be staying on my side. My sister… that stupid bitch was so convinced that I had nothing to do with the whole situation that she blocked every talk about it, which in return pissed Sanders off like hell, which in my case made the work easier again.

With Ave and Gates though, it was harder… He was trying to convince her, was pointing out things I did, had done… trying to give her the negative view on me, so I was laying back now.

We were on our last stop before California home territory was on the plan, before the fucking wedding took place. Only two weeks, everyone was busy as hell, Brian and Ave were glued together which made all this even harder for me.

I still talked to the Berry brother and even got to convince Dan or Body or whatever the fuck they called them, that something wasn’t right… Brian and Matt hadn’t gotten that deep into all my evil plans, meaning I could still ruin some friendships in the meantime.

We had arrived in Michigan yesterday, they had these three more days off. And I had a feeling something was going on behind the curtain… I wasn’t involved but I knew that both Sanders and Haner had something to do with it.

The day we arrived and I was commanded to do some setting up and shit I walked around to get me a drink. I was doing the shit tone of work here or at least they were thinking I did, and they were all hanging around having fun… my ass I would be doing that.

I grabbed a coke and took a big gulp hearing voices behind me. “I think I set everything up… It’s hard to do all the planning with Maya so close… I am constantly afraid that she will find something or hear me talking to someone.” Sanders hushed voice sounded.

I stopped in my tracks, my interest peaked, what is he talking about now?! What was he planning that Maya wasn’t allowed to hear?!

“Hey, calm down, Matt. You are doing just fine, you know what a wreck I have been just days before. It’s gonna be fine, and it will work out…” Haner’s voice sounded next and made me frown. I quickly looked around the corner, to see both men standing alone hiding in a corner, looking nervously around.

Sure, this was the only time that he left Ave alone, and that was when I was seeing those guys together, and the girls were nowhere near.

“I know, but… my nerves, I’m just afraid I get busted…” Sanders was rubbing his hand over his neck and looked really uncertain. “And what if it’s not the right time? What if… fuck I don’t know.” Sanders groaned loudly and I saw Haner clap his shoulder.

“It will be fucking perfect, you got everything planned and settled, just two more days and it will be done, and she will be yours… I will help you with the set up, and the only thing that needs to be done then is Maya showing up in time, that’s it.”

They talked quieter and it was hard for me to understand but I at least understood that it was in two days, and it had something to do with Sanders and my sister, and from the words I heard… I would figure it was something huge, which in return meant, this was my fucking chance, to ruin this relationship for fucking good.

“Hey! Trevor! Where are you? I was waiting for you!” MB’s voice sounded behind me and I sighed, not one dull minute for me.

I plastered a smile on my face and turned around, lifting my coke “Just had a drink… what did you want?” I asked shrugging and he nodded, grabbing a coke of his own.

“Well, as I told you earlier, since we are staying here the next three days, I need your help with all the luggage. We can’t let that all stay in the trunks…” MB said and I sighed, fucking hell, work never stops for these guys, huh?

“Ah sure, sorry… Can’t believe where my heads at, at the moment” I tried to look apologetic and he nodded “Yeah it’s a lot to take in at first, I know.” He leaned against the wall, when Matt and Brian walked past us, their eyes narrowed at me, and I waved back with a smirk, while MB looked a little confused between us.

“Something wrong with you?” MB asked and I shook my head “Nah, there was just a little misunderstanding, dont tell me the guys haven’t talked to you about that before?!” I gaped and MB looked a little confused.

“Talked about what?” He frowned and that was when his brother joined in on the talk “Where are you guys? I have been waiting for you!” He joined in, but instead of getting back to work, he also grabbed a drink, I guess I was slowly rubbing up on those guys.

“Trevor just said there was some misunderstanding with Shads and Gates, and something we should know about…” MB looked at his brother “Do you know about anything?” He asked and Jason shrugged, “No… haven’t talked to the guys all day… only just saw the walk past the busses.”

“Well, you might have noticed there was some tension between us. And I really thought the guys had talked to you about all this, I mean, you are their best friends, right? Not just roadies, or?” I asked and the guys immediately reacted “Yeah, sure we are best friends, for years”I grinned to myself, because the guys looked really hurt and confused making me smirk even more.

And that was when I dished them a complete different story about all the false information from the RoR, about me being mistaken for someone else, about the girls having to defend me, because the guys were so angry…

It was hilarious how they were eating out of my fucking palm… and they didn’t even notice how I easily skipped away now too, leaving them alone for their work. I now had another plan, I needed to find something more out about Sanders secret mission, and I had to keep Ave away from Brian, as best as I could at least.

Brian’s POV

I was really glad that we had some time for ourselves for two more days. Okay, fine, maybe those two days weren’t really for me, of for ourselves, because Ave and I were stressing over the last and final touches to our wedding, but all in all, we didn’t have a show to attend at these days, which took a huge weight of our shoulders.

Ave and Maya were out making some final phone calls for the wedding arrangements, and where Ave wanted to have the flowers in which order, which was fine with me let the girls have their ways.

So I had some time to adjust my speech, which was hard enough, whenever I had written a paragraph I scrubbed it again and started over.

I wanted to find the right words, I wanted to just have the right words to show Ave just how much I loved her and she meant to me, but how could words describe what I was feeling.
I let out a long and heavy sigh and looked at the page where I had now started three times over again.

Had Ave already written her speech? What was she going to say? I closed my eyes briefly and pulled my phone out of my pants.

I knew Maya was with Ave but maybe I could get a hint out of her. It rang and then I heard Ave’s voice in the background.

“Brown eyes?” Maya’s voice sounded and I grinned “Can you talk without Ave listening in?” I asked quietly and Maya hesitated for a second “Yeah, what is it?”

“Do you know if Ave has her speech written? Can you give me… like… a hint…?” I cringed inwardly and heard a soft laugh. “You really think I would tell you anything about that, brown eyes? Then you should get up earlier… dut dut dut” She had hung up on me and I sighed, should have fucking known.

Fine… back to work.

My lovely Ave…
My dearest Ave

Ave,
I love you… I would… I…

Shit!
I breathed deeply in and out and still nothing came flowing out of my pen.
A loud knock sounded on the door and I shoved my papers back underneath the mattress.

“Hey man” Matt walked in and I sighed, “Hey” I greeted and he looked around. “You okay?” He frowned and I nodded than started shaking my head, when an idea popped into my head.

“I was just trying to write the wedding speech for Ave… but it’s not really flowing. It’s weird how easily notes come to me, but words mostly got stuck.” I sighed and Matt grinned.

“Ass” I commented his stupid grin and he just showed his dimples more.

“There just came an idea popped into my head… you remember this song you wrote… which was too soft to play live but… you know… For Maya?” I asked and Matt’s eyes lit up “Sure, what is with that… would you sing that at our wedding? For Ave’s and my dance?” I asked and Matt was silent for a moment and then smiled “Sure, man.”
I grinned, “Don’t tell Ave or Maya anything about it. Warmness will be our secret surprise, I bet they both will love hearing it than, dancing to it, it will be awesome” I nodded to myself. Fucking perfect idea, and the words would still come to me, they had to, maybe not now, but soon.

Around noon I sat with Ave in the restaurant, we decided to have a lunch for two and discuss some open topics.

“My cousin Susanna cancelled yesterday” Ave announced reading over the guest list again, we were still rearranging some tables, it was just two weeks and we now had to finish off the last tasks so everything would be perfect and nothing would be to worry about anymore.

“Oh why?” I looked over her shoulder to the list, but couldn’t help kissing her throat while I leaned over. “Brian…” Ave moaned silently.

“She-She…” Ave stuttered a little, when I let my tongue glide over her throat, caressing her.
“Yeah?” I whispered back.

“The food” A waiter stood at our table a lifted brow and I chuckled, moving back to my place. “Thank you” He placed the dishes before us and I behaved, a little better from then on, even though, Ave’s sexy little dress was riding high on her thigh, revealing much skin.

I placed my hand on her thigh, when Ave was already moving on from the topic to the next, we would never finish our planning’s, I just couldn’t concentrate with her looking so eatable.

“We are not done yet” Ave pushed my hand away, looking at me with a stern look, just turning me on more.

“Brian, please” She pleaded and I sighed, “Fine, I’m listening… what else?” I asked grinning and Ave nodded approvingly.

“The drinks, we need to inform the catering, which drinks should be served after the ceremony, and what drinks should be available all evening etc. Here is the list, mark the ones you think are most important.” Ave handed me a list and a pen and I started x-ing.

“Done” I grinned pecking her lips when I handed everything back, making Ave blush and grin… After our lunch Ave had another phone call and I sat outside waiting for her to join me so we could have a walk around town. We enjoyed spending our time together and the weather was mighty fine today, and since we had some productive lunch today, we allowed us some free time in the afternoon.

Ave took longer and longer, and I decided to have a look what was taking her so long. I walked into the hotel again, and saw Maya, Ave together with the Berry brothers standing at the bar area.

I walked closer frowning and saw just how Trevor walked away with just a little distance. I narrowed my eyes, what had he been doing here again, and why was he always around the girls?

I was avoiding the topic of Trevor since yesterday, because every time I started it again, Ave would say that she couldn’t believe Trevor would do something like that and that it must have been a mistake, while Matt told me Maya completely blocked every discussion he started concerning her brother, leaving Matt standing and not reacting towards him again.

I had no idea how we would make the girls see what an asshole Maya’s brother was and that he was trying, to whatever reason to sabotage us.

I stood only a couple of feet away, when Matt approached me. “Hey, I was searching for Maya, have you seen-”
Matt stopped talking, when he spotted Maya and Ave with MB and Jason as well.

“I just saw Trevor walking away too, I think something is up.” I told him more in a whisper.
“Shit” Matt muttered back.

“So if you girls have no other plans, maybe we could take you to a city tour?” Jason asked and I lifted my brows. “What?” I gapped.

“Sorry, Brian and I already-” Ave started and I sighed “Yeah, I heard that he couldn’t-” Jason started and I walked in between it “Babe, you ready?” I asked and heard Maya and MB discuss something when Matt went between it.

“I know you guys wanna leave. But Brian, do you have a second to talk?” Matt asked and pulled MB and Jason along with him.
“We will be right back, and you will be all mine than, babe” Matt pecked Maya’s lips, longer than necessary, before pulling away.

I shrugged and let Matt pull me a long, lifting my shoulders apologetic at Ave who chuckled. “We will finish our drinks, and then you boys better be back, or Ave and I will go out alone” Maya stuck her tongue out and I chuckled “You wouldn’t dare, steal my fiancé” I pointed at her and Maya laid her arms around Ave acting like she was kissing her, when a door fell shut before my face, MAN!

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