She's a Little Bit Country, He's a Little Bit Rock N' Roll

As we pulled into the hotel parking lot, we saw all of the guys along with Pixie hanging out around the pool. Matt and I walked up to the gate only to be met by a water gun pointed in our faces.

"You're officially under arrest for not being a part of the pre-show pool party." Jimmy lowered his sunglasses on his nose.

"Hey dipshit nobody told us you were out here. We didn't get the invite." Matt chuckled.

"Fucking Christ I told you to text them over an hour ago, asshole!" Jimmy screamed at Johnny.

"Oh shit, man! I'm sorry! I meant to but I got sidetracked!" Johnny smirked chugging some whiskey from a bottle that was near empty.

"Go put your suits on guys, it feels great in here!" Pixie smiled splashing some water towards us.

"Do you want to rest? I know it was a rough morning." Matt frowned concerned.

"Actually I think this is exactly what I need to unwind." I grinned.

"If you're sure, angel."

"We'll be back, guys!" I smiled.

We made the trek up to our hotel room which had a gorgeous view of the city. I threw my bag onto the bed and started digging around for one of the multiple swim suits I brought for occasions such as this and began to undress. I felt warmth press against my back.

"Oh baby...are you sure you want to go out there with them? We could always stay in." Matt whispered against my neck placing soft kisses along it.

I chuckled and turned around, pressing my chest into his and kissing him passionately. I could have stayed there forever.

"If we don't go out there and this escalates, eventually one of them is going to come looking for us. You know they don't knock." I chuckled running my hands along his arms.

He let out a sigh of slight frustration.

"Yeah I know...fuckin' assholes."

I quickly threw on the suit as Matt slid into some swim trunks and we made our way back downstairs to the pool area. As soon as we walked out I heard wolf whistles and cat calls.

"Damn Ivy, looking good as shit!" Jimmy smirked eyeing me.

"Back off Sullivan don't think I won't kick your ass!" Matt growled pulling me closer.

Jimmy raised his hands in surrender and slid back into the water.

I walked over to the hot tub where Pixie was relaxing to join her.

"Well hello my gorgeous best friend. Where have you guys been all morning?"

"We went to explore a little but it cut off kind of short." I shrugged letting the hot water relax every inch of me.

"Oh God you couldn't stop the sex for five minutes?" She laughed.

"Not exactly. We went to this really cute coffee shop and it was covered in amazing artwork. Matt started saying that mine should be displayed there and he brought up a piece I had been working on in my apartment...of Avery." I sighed.

"Oh sweetheart...did you tell him?"

"I did. Every part of it. It all just came out like word vomit. I suppose because I never really talked about it with anyone except you briefly. I never wanted to let it all out with you because I knew you were grieving just as much as I was at the time."

"Ivy you know you can talk to me about anything, anytime. Avery was your brother. I loved him dearly, but you guys had one of the strongest connections I've ever seen. I know it was a terrible time for you."

"I know Pix..and thank you for keeping me sane through it all. I don't think I'd be here if you hadn't."

"Yeah well, it's a good thing you're here because look at us now baby doll. We're living the life." She smiled admiring Zacky at the other end of the pool.

"I know, I still can't believe it. Something amazing did happen through the rough day, though. Matt ended up showing the owner of the shop some of my artwork and she wants to fucking to buy it Pix. She wrote me a check and told me to ship the pieces she picked to her so she can set them up in the shop." I grinned.

"Holy shit Ivy that's amazing! Oh my God!" Pixie squealed.

"It's was all Matt's fault. That loving asshole." I laughed.

I looked across the pool and saw Matt staring over at us with the largest smile on his face. It made my heart stop every damn time.

"HEY!"

We were startled by Jimmy's face pushing itself between ours.

"Yes Jimmy, how can we help you?"

"I was just wondering if you girls would like to accompany Johnny and myself to a game of chicken. Short shit thinks he can actually beat me." He huffed.

"Shotgun on Johnny!" Pixie shouted and jumped out of the hot tub, running directly into the pool and complaining how freezing the water was.

"Looks like you're stuck with me, Sullivan." I smiled.

"I wanted you anyway." He smirked and led me out and into the pool with him.

"We playing normal rules or street rules?" Johnny raised an eyebrow.

"There's street rules to chicken?"

"Only one. Nothing physical move is off limits!" Jimmy's fist collided between Johnny's legs as everyone erupted in laughter.

"That's it Sullivan I'm kicking your ass!"

"Oh I would just love to see you try." Jimmy swayed away flamboyantly.

I managed to climb myself onto Jimmy despite how tall he was, and Pixie jumped onto Johnny as they walked towards each other in the water. As my eyes met with Pixie's I realized that the guys didn't know what they started. We were both highly competitive...and we were out for blood.

"I've mentally just gone back in time to our senior year being on the field hockey team." Pixie grinned.

"Yeah I kicked your ass then, I'm gonna kick your ass now." I chuckled.

The guys gave us the go ahead and automatically my hands clenched around Pixie's shoulders as I used all of my force to attempt to knock her off of Johnny's shoulders. She was holding up better than I expected, but I could tell Johnny was struggling.

"Did Zacky just get naked?" I gasped.

"What where!?" She looked towards him and I pushed her off swiftly.

Zacky, Matt, Brian, and Michelle started cheering from the sidelines.

"Thank you, thank you." I bowed.

Jimmy dipped back letting me fall into the water as Pixie swam up to me.

"You're a real asshole you know that?"

"And you're too gullible to have fallen for that." I laughed.

Pixie growled and dunked me under the water holding me down as I kicked at her from under the water. She had some sort of mutant super strength on the count of her being a sore loser.

I opened my eyes under the water and saw a blurry pair of legs rushing towards us, followed by muffled screams. I felt her hands release and I shot up to catch my breath to see Zacky holding her back.

"Babe what the fuck are you doing?"

"Getting revenge!" She was trying hard to squirm out of his tight grip.

"I'm fine Zacky, this isn't even the worst thing she's done." I laughed hopping out of the pool and walking to Matt.

"Are you okay?" He looked concerned.

"Baby I'm totally fine, she's just a sore loser. She would have let me go eventually." I shrugged.

"Anyone got the time?" Brian yawned.

"Shit guys, it's almost five we have to be at the venue for rehearsal in an hour!" Zacky panicked running to get his towel to dry off.

We all hurried and grabbed our belongings running up to our rooms.

"Sorry sweetheart, we're definitely going to have to save the fun for later tonight." Matt winked.

"That's fine, I like my men sweaty." I chuckled.

Both of us took a quick shower and rushed to get ready. I pulled myself together as quickly as I could in about twenty minutes before heading down to meet everyone to drive to the venue.

The drive was only about 15 minutes but I saw so many amazing sights along the way. I absolutely loved this city.

As we pulled into the back lot of the arena there were already tons of people lined up waiting to get inside, and some waiting for the bus to pull into the back. All I heard was hundreds of people screaming at the top of their lungs from a blocked off area covered by security.

"Just hold my hand tightly, okay?" Matt smiled.

He led me off the bus and the screams were louder than before. I tried to block them out and focus on making it inside. The walk that was only a few feet felt like miles before we actually got into the quiet and empty venue. Pixie and I looked around in awe.

The rehearsal time flew by in no time, and before I knew it we were backstage watching the opening band.

"I can't believe we are going to watch you guys play from the side of the stage. This is unreal." Pixie smiled relaxing into Zacky's arms.

"I can't wait to hear your voice. I love it so much." I grinned and kissed Matt's chest, which was the only thing I could reach without him bending down.

"Okay guys, this is it. It's been a while but let's show this crowd that we've still fucking got it." Brian smirked.

They did their pre-show ritual chant and exchanged hugs. Pixie and I awarded kisses for good luck.

"Knock 'em dead, baby." I smiled.

Matt kissed my hand before walking with the guys onto the stage. The crowd was absolutely insane.

"How you fuckin' doing tonight, Portland?" Matt roared into the microphone. More cheers erupted before the intro to Scream started.

"Oh I fucking love this song! Zacky and I fucked to it two days ago." Pixie laughed grabbing me and putting her arm around my waist.

We watched as our new life started to unfold right before our eyes, and I couldn't say I hated it.

Notes

I just realized I never transferred this over from Mibba. My bad. This was written like...six months ago. The NEW chapter is now up that I just finished :)