Kady's POV

"No I swear I—haha—didn't rearrange—haha—the order of your guns," I squealed as I tried to squirm out of Brian's murderous tickling fingers. He had me pinned on my back as he sat on top of me, mercilessly ticking my sides with his magic fingers. "It was Jimmy!" I gasped, kicking him off me and scrambling for the door. Oh I was going to make him work for it after that brutal ticking! I made my way around the bed only to be grabbed around the waist and pushed against the wall.

"Oh...don't blame it on my best friend," he breathed in my ear, causing shivers of delight to run down my spine. I could feel his erection poking into my hip and I knew that he was about done with the games. "When your dirty little ways need to be punished..." I bit my lip as his lips and teeth grazes my earlobes...damn this man knew how to turn me into putty in matter of seconds.

I spun around in his arms so that I could look into those dark brown eyes. I gave him a flirtatious smile before running my hands down his chest. "You know if I had known doing something as brilliant as rearranging your precious guitars, I would have done it weeks ago. You're cute when you’re flustered," I giggled, wrapping my arms around his neck.

"I'll give you cute," he muttered before picking me up and throwing me onto the bed. I let out a scream of surprise as I bounced on the small bed. Brian jumped on top of me and seconds later his lips were glued to mine. His erection was now stabbing my thigh and I knew I wouldn't be able to hold out much longer as his lips moved to my neck.

"Mmm..." I said, closing my eyes and enjoying the small burst of electricity that erupted on my skin with his every touch.

Suddenly the door burst open and Brian and I look to see two sets of amused eyes watching us. "I have to say, after all the noise we just heard, I'm very disappointed that your not even naked," Ryn chuckled, leaning back into Zacky's arms. I blushed and hid my face in Brian’s chest, feeling a little caught.

"Yeah, what the fuck, Gates? You going soft on us?" Zacky teased as Brian moved off of me and pulled me onto his lap. "We were hoping for a little bit of a peep show."

"What do you want, you sick bastards? And come in and shut the door. The last thing we need is short shit snooping around," Brian snapped, his eyes still glowing with lust. I watched him with a small smile as his chest moved up and down at a fast pace as he tried to regain his composure. I knew he wouldn’t be able to wait long and I welcomed his new challenge.

"I actually just need Kady...we've got a little issue we need to attend to," Ryn said, her eyes met mine and I instantly knew my brother did something really stupid. It was the same thing for the past three weeks—he had gone off the deep end. No amount of lecturing or telling him off did any good. Caleb was just a loose cannon.

I sighed and pulled away from Brian, "What did my dick wad of a brother do now?" I swear dick wad was my new favorite phrase lately...it was so fun to say.

I watched as Zacky pinched the bridge of his nose and Ryn opened and closed her mouth a few times, trying to come up with the right way to tell me something awful. I narrowed my eyes, knowing that whatever the news was, it wasn’t good. Damn it, what the hell had Caleb done now?! I swear if he got us kicked off the tour, I would kill him with bare hands.

"Just spit it out," I demanded, now standing with clenched fists. I fucking hate it when people beat around the bush.

"Well, Kad, I don't know how to tell you this but..." Ryn started. Oh god... I really didn’t like the look on her face…

"Caleb's in jail for a DUI and Marley is in the hospital with a broken wrist and a concussion from a car crash," Zacky blurted out for her.

“They what?” I asked, throwing my head back with a loud laugh. Oh they were funny! I thought they were serious for a minute! Those bastards trying to play a trick on me! "That's a good one really! Best joke all tour," I said, grabbing my sides as I laughed. Only, why was I the only one laughing? "Come on guys why did you really come in here?"

Ryn sighed before taking my hands and forcing me to sit on the bed. She kneeled down in front of me and took my hands as my whole world crashed down around me. "We're serious, Kay," she said with a sad expression. No, no… she couldn’t be serious! My brother really couldn’t be stupid enough to do something that could end our careers before they even started. I refused to believe it!

"You can't be! Where the hell would, Cal get a car?" I breathed, my body starting to hyperventilate. My world was crashing down around me...every thing that I had worked so hard for was over in this instant. There was no way we could continue the tour with a drummer with a broken wrist and my brother in jail.

"He stole a car..." Zacky answered softly and I fucking lost it!

"Perfect, just FUCKING PERFECT!" I raged, standing up and heading off the bus. I knew that Caleb would now be facing jail time with grand theft auto and his second DUI charge. "Fuck!" I hissed, kicking over the garbage can once I was off the bus.

I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think. I felt like I was going to throw up but even that wouldn’t make me feel better. Fuck! Everything that I'd ever cared about and worked so hard to achieve was flushed down the fucking toilet. Our tour would be gone...any sign of producing another record was gone... Fuck! How could they do this to me? To us? We worked our whole lives for this and now they just threw it away for a night of fun?

I sank to the ground as the tears started to flow down my cheeks. I felt so lost and confused and I had no idea what to do or how to fix anything. Part of me wanted to kill Caleb and Marley while the other part just wanted to wake up from this fucking nightmare. The only problem was that it wasn’t a dream… everything was ruined.

"Kady...shh, it will be okay," Brian said some time later, his arms encircling me and scooping me up into his arms. He placed a soft kiss on my temple and carried me over to the cab where Ryn and Zacky were waiting.

"Everything is over...we’re done!" I sobbed into Brian's chest as we climbed into the car.

He ran his fingers through my hair before he spoke. "Don't say that," he breathed in my ear. "Ryn has already contacted Mason to get Caleb a really good lawyer. They usually don't put rock stars in jail for a DUI or grand theft auto....they usually get probation...." He assured me.

"But you can't tour on probation and our fans are going to flip shit when this gets out in the news!" I hissed, receiving an angry glare from Ryn who was already making PR phone calls. "And what about Marley?"

"Jimmy played the for months with a broken wrist...he didn't know it until we finally made him go to the doctor. He just stayed drunk most of the time to fight the pain. I'm sure he would fill in for a show or two until Fitz is back in his feet. Lucky we only have two shows this week." Zacky said with a small smile.

"Let's just focus on getting Caleb out of jail and Marley home safely before we worry about that," Ryn said covering the speaker of her phone. That was easy for her to say, here dream had been crushed by their idiocy.

"That's easy for you to say when your career isn't flushed down the toilet," I hissed darkly as she rolled her eyes at me.

"News flash, lady. I'm connected to your band and if you go down in this PR disaster, so do I!" Ryn snapped, hanging up the phone.

"Well what happens if we distract the publics eyes with something else?" Zacky interrupted as I opened my mouth to fight back.

"What do you mean? What else could possibly go wrong or be more drama filled than this?" I said, rolling my eyes and looking back at Brian. A small smirk came over his face and I didn't like the looks of it.

"The scandal of two rival band members dating..." Zacky said, his eyes lighting up and he pretended to see the headline.

"Oh no...we are not selling our relationship to the press when our bands member don’t even know about it!" I argued, shaking my head. This sounded like another disaster waiting to happen. Yeah, let’s just thrown our private life details into the public and see how that crashed and burned with my career. That sounded fucking perfect—not.

"But that would be a huge scandal to get the presses eyes off Marley and Caleb, babe," Zack said as I looked back at Brain. He shrugged before he placed a light kiss on my forehead. Would he really go along with this?

“How would we make it work?” I grumbled, crossing my arms and watching Brian’s expression.

To my surprised he was the one who answered with a sigh. "All we’d have to do is get caught kissing in public...and where is a better place than at the hospital where the press will soon be."

I bit my lip and closed my eyes. "I don’t know," I sigh, knowing that I'm not only throwing away my career, but my love life too. “Do we really want to do this?” I asked Brian, squeezing his hand for dear life.

“If it keeps you on the road with me, I’ll do anything, babe,” he replied and I couldn’t help but press a light kiss to his lips. Why was he always so wonderful?

Brian's POV

Someone please tell me why we decided to sell our private lives to the press? Really what were we fucking thinking? Here we go, breaking our number one rule two save two of the worlds biggest douche bags. And for what? We all know what inevitably happens when the press gets ahold of your life. We've seen it countless times before. It sucks the fucking life out of you, you lose yourself, and everything crashes and burns. So why did I agree to release my new relationship to the world? Because I suddenly realized I would do anything to give that girl some comfort and peace.

"Brian?" Kady asked, pulling me from my train of thought. Her eyes had dark circles under them from crying but it only seemed to make her eyes bluer. "Are you sure we should do this?"

No I don't really think we should do this! Only a bunch of nut jobs would really want to sell themselves out! Ugh this fucking sucked! I fought the frown coming over my face as we pulled up to the jail. Fuck, fuck, fuck!

Pulling Kady close into my chest, I breathed in the scent of her hair. It was a mix between cigarette smoke, vanilla, and wild flowers. The scent helped to calm me because I knew if I opened my mouth right now, I would blow up. I took in another deep breath before I could actually speak.

"Do you want to do this?" I asked, staring into those beautiful baby blues.

Kady sighed and closed her eyes, obviously trying to calm the raging beast inside her. I was thankful for that, considering I had been at the receiving end of that monster only a few short weeks ago. She let out a ragged breath before she opened her eyes again and looked away from me.

"What other choice do I have?" Kady chocked out, her eyes staring to well with tears again. "People always told us the key to success was doing what you love, laying low, and keeping an air of mystery about yourself. But my asshole band mates blew all that out of the water! So my choices are," she held up her hands as she continued. "Let Caleb and Marley take the fall, watch our career go down in flames, and get kicked of the tour...OR," she laughed bitterly. "Give the press something else to distract them and maybe save our careers. All the while destroying both of our lives and our relationship! It's not a winning situation in any regard..."

Kady put her head in her hands and pulled at her hair, taking in ragged breaths. I honestly didn't know what I would do in her situation. I felt awful. If my best friends pulled some shit like this and ruined us, I would be angry but I would always have those guys to fall back on. Somehow I didn't think that was the case with Kady and her band. Yes they were friends but they had been drifting apart on tour. The dreaded tour always brought out the worst in people.

"We don't have to if you don't want to, Kad," I whispered, putting a comforting hand on her back.

"I don't know what I fucking want, okay Brian?" Kady hissed, suddenly standing and climbing out of the car after Ryn.

I pinched the bridge of my nose as Zacky moved to take the seat next to me in the large town car. "Fuck what am I going to do? I don't want to take this to the fucking press!" I sighed, my head finding its way to my hands. "It's already tearing her apart to make the decision...what's it going to be like when they are chasing us everywhere we go?"

"Shit man...I guess I didn't think of that," Zacky said as he put a Marlboro between his lips. "What else could we do? Would it really be so bad to let this whole thing go to the press? I mean the fuckers are already called, 'the bad boys of metal'. More like your regular ass wipes if you ask me, " he chuckled.

I suddenly sit up as an idea hits me. "That's it, Zee!" I shout with a smile coming over my face. "Ryn could play it off as the bad boys of metal and use it as a ploy for that new single they want to drop! Kady's been telling me about this song they've been working on and it would be perfect..."

"But how are they going to record it?" Shit, I guess I didn't think of that. Then it hit me.

"Live show cut...They could release it as a live cut! The fans would go ape shit," I said, finally finding a better solution. I felt a wave of relief come over me as I pull out a cigarette. "There now we don't have to worry about the press."

"That just might be crazy enough to work," Zacky said with a small smile pulling at his lips as he looked out the window. "And there you go, Haner, now you can go tell her." My eyes follow Zacky's gaze to the little red headed rock star that stepped outside of the jail for a smoke break.

I quickly threw my cigarette and raced out of the car toward Kady. She had a cigarette between her lips and a frown, which I was all to tired of seeing. Before she could even process that I was there, I picked her up into my arms and spun her around in a circle.

"We've got a new plan that involves no press and releasing that new single you've been talking about!" I said as I set her back down on the ground. "We use your brother and Fitz's current bad boy image to and press to launch that single."

Kady stared back at me, her eyes dancing with excitement as she tried to decide if my plan would work. "And no press?" I could see the smile starting in her eyes before it pulled at her lips.

"No press, baby!"

The next thing I knew, Kady was in my arms and our lips were pressed together in a deep kiss. I carefully set her back on the ground as she pulled away and looked at me. "Thank you," she smiles, her lips inches away from mine. “I—”

Suddenly a flash erupted to our right, interrupting Kady. We both turned to see a woman with a camera phone watching us with the world’s biggest smile on her face.

"Fuck!"

Ryn's POV

I put my hands on my forehead as I lean on the tall counter, staring down the bailiff. "What do you mean you can't release Caleb Parker? I just paid the bail the lawyer said he would need," I said, trying to control my rising temper. I had been standing at this desk for over an hour now and if I wouldn't get arrested, I'd go get Caleb myself. I was finding it really hard to stay profession when I want strangle each and ever person involved in this situation.

"I'm sorry ma'am, it's our policy that prisoners brought in with multiple charges need to stay over night. Since you paid bail, he will be free to go at 9 a.m." The man yawned and then picked up his cup of coffee. Sure flaunt the fact that you have coffee in my face to, asshole. It's not like it's 2 a.m. and I've been up since six playing babysitter to the man children of Fatal Facade.

I laughed and stood up to my full height, my hands flying as I speak. "Sir, you don't understand. He is not a regular prisoner. You are holding Axel Fire of the band Fatal Facade and we have to get back on the road for tour in three hours. We will miss our show if we have to wait until nine!" Okay, so we didn't have a show for two more days, but the bailiff didn't need to know that.

The bailiff gave me an amused chuckle and leaned back in his chair with the newspaper. "Please...I've heard that excuse a million times. Plus, it doesn't really mater who is in there, they are not above the law."

"I wasn't saying that at all, Sir," I sighed. "Is there someone I can talk to about maybe paying a higher bail to get him out sooner? You can't ruin the show for the fans." I give him a pleading look but he just ran his tongue over his dry cracking lips and shook his head. "See you at nine, sweetheart."

Urgh, why did this man have to be so thick headed? I guess we could go get Marley first, though he needed to be under observation for 24 hrs. This day had gone from bad to worse and all I wanted to do was cuddle up with Zacky and fall asleep.

As I walked towards the exit, my phone started buzzing wildly in my pocket. I wasn’t quite prepared for what I saw next.

"What the hell?" I said as I pull up my email to see multiple press notifications with Kady's name tagged in them. I clicked on the first one and my jaw dropped to the ground. There in front of me was a picture of Brian and Kady standing awfully close outside of the police station in an intimate moment. The headline reads: Rock 'n' Roll Lovers Bailed Out.

"What?" I raged, scrolling down to read the story. "No. No. NO!"

Suspected Rock 'n Roll sweethearts, Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates and Fatal Facade's Violet Rouge were spotted this evening outside of the Knox County Jail in an intimate embrace. It is suspected that Gates bailed out his new girlfriend after being arrested earlier in the evening for a DUI and Grand Theft Auto after sending band mate and Fatal Facade drummer Marley Steal to the hospital. Rouge apparently crashed the stolen vehicle and police were called to the scene off the through way in Knox County. The status of Steals condition is unknown at this time.

"Fuck!" I yelled as soon as I was outside, opening all the emails to see similar stories. How could they have mixed up Caleb and Kady in this huge disaster? Whatever the two idiots were doing outside of the car when this picture was taken was digging them an even deeper grave. This wasn't going to be an easy or clean situation to get out of.

I looked out toward the parked town car to see a few people standing around the car banging on the windows and taking pictures. Damn it, this is exactly what I wanted to avoid!

"Excuse me! Please step away from the vehicle or we will press charges for harassment," I said while squeezing past a rather large man into the car. I quickly climbed in and yelled for the driver to take us to the hospital.

"Where is Caleb?" Kady asked, looking up from Brian's shoulder. I couldn’t help but notice their interlocked fingers and the mascara running down her face.

"They won't release him until nine and what the hell is this?" I hissed, passing my phone to Brian.

"Oh fuck!" He raged, his eyes scanning through the article. "How did they come up with that? It's not true at all!"

"Come up with what?" Kady looked between Brian and me with a terrified look on her face before pulling the phone out of Brian's hands.

"What the hell were you thinking doing something like that out in the open?" I raged, my eyes meeting Zacky's for a moment. He looked stressed and tired and I hated that he was in the middle of all this. Why couldn't we be back in his bed? Oh how I longed for those snakebites to be on my skin again...but I couldn't think about that now.

"How can they get away with something like this?!" Kady gasped, her head in her hands for the second time this evening. "Now everything is out and none if it is in the right order! What the hell are we going to do?"

"Yeah, we can't just let this shit fester and peoples mind to think the worst about Kady!" Brian cut in. "What can we do, Ryn?"

Now that's the question isn't it?

Notes

So much for the press not finding out Brian and Kady, huh? Do you think Ryn can fix it?