"Have fun at Jimmy's house sweetie! And don't forget to call when you get there!" I watched as my mom sped off towards the exit ramp, not bothering to help with my luggage or anything.

"Thanks mom, love ya too." I laughed under my breath and lugged my suitcases into airport.

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"Get your sweet ass in here baby!" Jimmy exclaimed.

"Damn Jimmy, you have a cool car." His jet black mustang sparkled in the sunlight. I glared at him in fake jealousy and he chuckled then opened the door.

We drove away from the airport, catching up and singing songs from their City of Evil album. After we arrived at his house, he swooped me out of his car and carried me firefighter style all the way to the front door.

We couldn't stop laughing as he let us both inside, and the second he set me down, Matt, Johhny, and Brian surrounded up me. Surprisingly though, I noticed Zacky wasn't there.

While I was focused on Zacky's absence, the four of them had each grabbed one of my limbs, flipped me over, and started pulling.

"Guys, unless you plan on ripping me into small bits, LET GO!" They instantly dropped me, but smiled evilly amongst themselves.

"What are you planning?" Right after I finished my sentence, Matt picked me up and ran out the back door.

"Matt! Where are you-" My voice caught in my throat however when I noticed he was carrying me to a pool.

No escape....

"No no, oh no guys don't!" My pleas didn't reach him and he only ran faster.

Never ending, never going back....

When he reached the edge of the pool, Brian grabbed my legs again while Matt held my arms, and they started swinging me back and forth. After picking up enough speed, they let go and I went flying towards the pool.

It's a living hell all in itself....

As I hit the pool's surface, blackness ripped through my sight, and I no longer saw the guys nor a pool.

I see a blue sky disappear into darkness, the achingly familiar water swallows me whole.
I can't move nor talk. I can't do anything but float down. The cold darkness engulfs me, and the blue sky fades away as I sink deeper and deeper into nothingness.

My eyes suddenly blinked open and Johhny was staring down at me.

"Jesus, Mari are you alright?" I gently pushed him away, taking deep breaths of air, and noticed the guys standing around me.

"Give her some space Johhny!" Jimmy knelt beside me and grabbed my hand, fear planted on his face.

"Mari, what happened? Can you not swim or something?"

"No I can swim. I just.... Have a fear of water." He nodded, still looking scared and carried me inside. As soon as he laid me down on the couch, I fell into a deep sleep, the nightmare feeling 10 times worse than ever before.

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I woke up hours later to someone shaking my shoulder.

"Hey, wake up." His gentle voice resonated through my ears and I opened my eyes to see Zacky leaning over me, a smile on his face.

"Hey, Zacky." I sat up and looked around, noticing that someone had moved me into Jimmy's bedroom.

"I heard about what happened with you and the pool. Since when are you scared of water?" I shrugged him off and stood up shakily.

"Why weren't you here earlier?" I reprimanded.

"I was taking care of business at the studio." He shrugged and moved closer to me.

"Where's Jimmy?"

"Downstairs with Matt. Johhny and Brian went home, I got here an hour ago." I walked to the door, about to leave when Zacky leapt in front of me and pushed me back onto the bed.

"We still need to talk."

"No, not here. Unless you want Jimmy to overhear..." He sighed and helped me back to my feet.

"Fine. Tomorrow, I'll pick you up and we'll go somewhere ok?" I told him yes then left the room, headed back downstairs.

"Hey guys! I'm awake." Matt and Jimmy were playing Call of Duty on an Xbox, but as soon as I spoke up, they paused the game and pulled me into a crushing hug.

"I'm so happy you're ok. I thought you were going to drown when you didn't come up from the pool!" Jimmy covered my face kisses, and I happily kissed him too.

"I'm sorry for scaring you guys, I just sorta have thing about water." This smile found its way onto their faces and Matt ruffled my hair.

"Silly ol' goat! Why didn't you say that before we threw you into the pool?" I laughed and hugged them, then sent them to their game while I left to make a sandwich. While I spread jelly onto my second sandwich, Zacky's voice sounded in the living room, then he appeared in the kitchen.

"Jimmy wants one too." He grunted, acting like his usual self. I nodded, made two more then walked back into the living room, handing the extras to Jimmy.

"Cool babe, I love PBJ!" We laughed and wolfed down our sandwiches as Zacky and Matt played the Xbox, and I tried my best to put the terrible nightmare out of my head.

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I closed the door quietly and walked out to Zacky's car. He came to pick me up as he promised so we could talk.

After I climbed in, he picked up some McDonalds for breakfast, then drove us to his place.

"Thanks for breakfast Zacky!"

"No problem, but now onto business."

I sighed and nodded, "Alright, what do you want to know?"

*Jimmy's Point if View*

I subtly pulled back the window blinds, watching as Mari jumped into Zacky's car. I was already dressed, so all I needed was to get my keys then I could follow them. Of course I felt bad about stalking my girlfriend and best friend, but I needed to know exactly what they were hiding.

I grabbed my keys and quickly started my car. I followed them all the way to McDonalds, then after they ordered, I trailed behind them as they went to Zacky's house. I parked my car about two blocks away, then walked to Zacky's house, expecting the worse.

It took about 10 minutes to get there, since the blocks were so long. When I did finally get there, I stopped halfway up the porch steps to think about what I was going to do. Before I took another step though, Mari suddenly charged out of the house, tears streaming down her face.

"Mari!!" She stared in utter shock at the sight of me, and collapsed into my arms crying horribly.

"Shh baby girl. Everything'll be ok now, I'm here for you." Rubbing her back and stroking her head, I waited in fury for Zacky to come through the door.

*Zacky's Point of View*

"Alright, what do you want to know?" I stared at her in wonder. How could she be so calm and collected, when I was being torn up on the inside after what we had done. It had been the one thing I wanted, but I had gotten it under all the wrong circumstances.

"Do you.... still love Jimmy?"

"Yes I do. To be honest, I feel like what we did was a mistake, a spur of the moment. Had I not stepped up to you and kissed you, it never would have happened."

"Are you joking? Even after we made love you still think that this was all a mistake?" She glared at me, her eyes full of poison.

"Zacky.... Why are you doing this? I want to forget about what happened but I never will if you keep dwelling on it. We aren't meant to be together!"

"You said you loved me...." My voice had fallen to a whisper, and my face had fallen to the floor.

"GET OVER IT," she screamed then sighed, "I'm telling you this for your own good Zack; I was thinking of Jimmy while I was fucking you."

Notes

How will Zacky react? What will Jimmy do to Zacky? How will Mari cope with what happens next? Stay tuned :D