DJ’s POV

I rolled my eyes and hit the back of my head multiple times against the back of the merchandise trailer, listening to Nancy talk to me like I was the dumbest newbie bitch on the face of the earth. Oh, and did I mention that while was talking she was also re-counting every piece of clothing that I had already inventoried and pack up? Well if that wasn’t a waste of our time right now, I didn’t know what was.

I didn’t know what her deal was and why she didn’t trust my count, but whatever made her happy I guess. Maybe she didn’t believe that I had sold almost half of our stock tonight with some of my best selling tricks and flirting? It wasn’t like I had worked in retail or had a business degree or anything, though maybe I should mention my background to her? Nah, it was more fun to watch her squirm. That could be my payback for this useless lecture I was receiving right now.

“And when you count the cashbox you count each stack of bills and rubber band them in stacks of $100. Then they all get put together in the safe deposit bag,” Nancy yammered, with a small frown on her face as she closed the shirt tote she had re-counted and re-wrote the count on the inventory sheet on the top of the tote. “Your counts have been spot on so far,” she muttered with a slight frown.

What did she want them to be wrong? I could do that for her if it made her feel better about herself. Did she think I was some kind of threat to her? That thought almost made me laugh out loud. I was mostly harmless and all I wanted was for her to loosen up and have fun. That was goal number one for the night!

“This one is correct too,” she mused before going to re-count my cashbox. Fuck this was going to take all night. We’d never get to the stage to see the end of the show! I wanted to see what all this Avenged hype was about, though what I was hearing from the venue right now was pretty fucking impressive.

“I promise I know how to fucking count,” I finally sighed, running my hands over my face. “It’s not like I haven’t done this before…” I muttered under my breath but she didn’t hear me.

“I know, but I’d rather be safe then sorry, seeing as it is your first day at a new job.” Nancy gave me a sickly sweet fake smile and I almost gagged. What kind of game was she playing right now? Did she really want to find a fuck up that badly?

I shook my head and leaned back against the trailer again, watching her meticulously count every fucking thing. I didn’t know what it was about Nancy something seemed off about her. One minute she would be laughing and having a good time and then the next she had a stick up her ass. What made her so up tight about her work and why did she freak out every time I mentioned hanging out with the guys? Did something happen before I got here? I didn’t know but I planned on finding out.

I mean, I grew up with those assholes and went to high school with them! They were all a bunch of loveable pushovers that just wanted to have fun, and yes even Sanders and Haner. Though I never saw much of them after I started college. They didn’t come over as much as the others. I guess I didn’t understand what Nancy’s deal was with them or why they seemed to scare her. It wasn’t like they were going to fire her! Just look at the way Jimbo fucking looked at her!

Speaking of Jimbo, there was definitely something going on between my gangly best friend and Miss Stick-in-the-mud. In true Berry fashion, I was going to stick my nose where it didn’t belong and get all of the dirty details. I could play matchmaker and fuck with them both at the same time, which seemed like the most fun out of anything I’d experienced on tour yet. And this was only day two!

“So Nancy, what are your plans tonight?” I asked nonchalantly as I pulled out my vibrating phone for the hundredth time tonight.

I looked down to see yet another text and a missed call from my ex-boyfriend Max. He was a stage five clinger and I wished he would just take a fucking hint. We were done and I wasn’t coming back to his sorry ass, not after the way he treated me. But that was a story for another time and another place.

“My plans for tonight?” Nancy replied, looking at me with a skeptical expression. “I was just gonna go back to our hotel room and read or—”

I snorted with laughter and stood up shaking my head. “Nope, we’re not doing that,” I interrupted loudly. “You and I are going to go celebrate.”

Nancy’s left eyebrow sprung up as she looked back at me. I could see the interest in her eyes before she shook her head vehemently. “No, we are not celebrating we don’t have anything to celebrate—holy shit!” she said finishing her count and looking down at the calculator with wide eyes. “Your count was right! We sold more merch tonight then I have in the past six months!” she beamed, the world’s biggest smile coming over her face. Now that was what I wanted to see! “How-how did we—”

“They don’t call me a retail monster for nothing,” I shrugged, looking bored down at my nail beds. I really needed another manicure and fast. Maybe we would have time at the next venue…wherever the hell that was. “This isn’t my first rodeo.”

Nancy opened and closed her mouth as she tried to figure out what to say. “You’ve done this before? Why didn’t you tell me! I wouldn’t have spent all that time rechecking your work if I knew that… which by the way was spot on.”

“I know,” I smirked, feeling my phone vibrate in my pocket again. Fuck, Max really needed to stop, it was getting childish now. No amount of his threats was going to make me come back. “But anyway, back to the main point. You and I are going to celebrate tonight, and what better way to start the evening then watching the fucking concert!”

“I don’t know, DJ…” Nancy replied apprehensively. She bit down on her bottom lip as she looked toward the arena. She looked both scared and hurt and I didn’t understand that look at all. That was definitely something to investigate later, but for now I had to get her pretty little ass to the stage. I knew my brothers could hook us up.

I quickly pushed away from the merchandise trailer and made my way over to Nancy. “Come on, Nanc, live a little! Have you ever even seen their show?”

Nancy bit down on her bottom lip even more and slowly shook her head, looking a little bit guilty now. “Perfect, then we are going. Then we are going to go raise some hell at the after party. And before you say anything,” I said, pointing my finger at her as she opened her mouth to argue. “I promise I wont leave your side. It will be us girls against the world,” I said, though I didn’t know if I could actually promise that. I still needed to do some investigative work to find out what was going on with her and Jimmy.

“You promise?” she asked again and I let out a loud sigh. “Of course! Now let’s go get changed on the bus and head over to catch the last few songs!”

Without missing a beat, I grabbled Nancy’s hand and dragged her back toward the buses. I knew just the thing to wear tonight and I bet I could find something for Nancy to wear that would make Jimmy drool. All I had to do was get her to put it on… and that ladies and gentlemen was the hardest part of all!

Within fifteen minutes, I was standing dressed and ready to go in the living room area of the bus. I was wearing a pair of black skinny leg jeans, purple stilettos, and a low cut top that showed off all of my curves and my assets. I looked damn good, especially with the curls at bottom of dark hair and a new layer of makeup. Oh, if Haner liked what he saw before, he would be drooling now. I smirked at the thought as I looked at myself in the mirror above the couch.

If truth be told, I had had a little crush on Brian in high school, though I knew I could never act on it. He was my brothers’ friend and they would kill him and me if anything ever happen. But now that we were all adults, I could do whatever the fuck I wanted. My brothers had no hold on me and I could fuck whomever I pleased. Besides, this little game of cat and mouse we had going excited in me ways that I couldn’t explain. I like the attention he gave me and how he responded when I gave him a cold shoulder. It was fun and arousing all at the same time.

I smiled at myself in the mirror as I thought about his perfect jawline, those gorgeous chocolate brown eyes, the hair, and that smile that could make any woman’s panties drop. Haner was definitely hot but I was going to make him work to get what we both wanted. I wasn’t the typical girl that would sleep with the first guy that came around… well unless I was drunk, then I had no control over the cougar in my pants. But for now, I was going to continue my little game with Haner to see how far I could push him. This was my game, and we were going to play until I was ready to let him win.

“Nanc, are you about ready? We are going to miss the whole damn show if you don’t hurry up!” I called down the hallway to the bedroom. What was taking that girl so long?!

Seconds later the door opened and revealed a very stunning version of my new partner in crime. She was wearing a short black dress with red heels and her hair fell down her back. “You look fucking hot, Nanc,” I commented, crossing my arms over my chest with a wicked smirk. “Mr. Sullivan isn’t going to know what to do with himself…”

Nancy’s face turned bright red as she opened and closed her mouth. “What-what?” she stammered and I threw my head back with a laugh. Oh it was so fucking obvious it wasn’t even funny!

“Oh come on, anyone with eyes can see that you have a thing for a certain drummer…” I teased, elbowing her in the side after fixing her hair.

“I do not!” she snapped, though her bright red face told me everything I needed to know. “Now come on before we miss the show that you had to see.

I chuckled to myself as we made our way across the parking lot to the back stage entrance. Nancy could deny it all she wanted to but something about Jimmy excited her. I could see it in her eyes. It would only be a matter of time and take a little help from some friends before those two crazy kids were together. I smirked at the thought as we made our way to the side of the stage, this time without any hitches.

“Whoa… what are you girls doing here looking like that?” Jason breathed as we walked towards the side of the stage. His eyes were practically glued to Nancy and I had to fight the laugh that was building inside of me.

“What?” my brother Matt asked, coming over to us with his headset on. His eyes nearly bulged out of his head when he saw how hot we looked. “No, DJ you need to go change. Now.” He ordered but I just flipped him off and pulled Nancy away from them.

“Do we look that bad?” She yelled over the loud guitar riff blaring from the speaker to our left. By that time my eyes were now watching Brian. “Nah, they just don’t know how to handle it when we look like bangable women,” I chuckled, watching in awe as Brain moved across the stage playing a solo.

It was amazing how effortlessly Brain moved on the stage and how easily his fingers flew across the frets. He was the guitar god everyone said he was and just watching his fingers was making me squirm. All I could do was imagine how they felt earlier today when he had me cornered against the bus. It was like his every touch made my nerve endings burst with excitement, though I wasn’t about to openly admit that yet. Within seconds I could feel myself becoming wet and I shook my head. Come on, DJ, get a hold of yourself. You’ve got games to play with this guy.

Suddenly our eyes met and I felt like I was the only person in the world. Brian bit down on his knuckle as he looked at me, controlling his whammy bar with the other hand. God, was there anything that man didn’t look good doing? Seconds later he recovered and licked his lips as he nodded at me, his eyes never leaving mine. I smirked back at him and raised a brow back. I wasn’t about to let him know he was getting a rise out of me, no matter how hypnotizing those eyes were.

I crossed my arms over my chest as I watched him with a light smirk on my lips. He was fucking hot and damn good, I would give him that, but now it was time for my game to begin. “They sound good, don’t they?” I asked, leaning over toward Nancy, pretending I wasn’t watching Brian or even interested in the slightest. With that motion alone, I saw his jaw lock as he narrowed his eyes at me. Aww was someone butt hurt cause they thought I wasn’t paying attention? How fucking cute.

“Yeah…” Nancy practically moaned in my ear as she watched Jimmy behind the drum set. I could tell she was getting all worked up too, she just had that look on her face. Oh, Miss Nancy… she was in this so deep she didn’t even realize it yet…

“How about we go over to the other side of the stage?” I said, noticing both Zack and Brian looking our way. I couldn’t help but blush and squirm under his gaze. God just watching Brian play was turning me on.

Thankfully when we moved to Zacky’s side of the stage I could relax a little bit more and get my game face back on. I needed a break from the pure sex on the stage in front of me. That man made me weak in the knees, literally. I was having a hard time controlling myself and that had never happened before. I was always in control but in that moment, I had lost it. Thankfully no one saw it except for me.

“Welcome to the good side of the stage,” Zacky chuckled as he quickly exchanged guitars with his guitar tech, Pete, for the last song.

“You got that right, Zacky V,” I giggled, placing a kiss on his cheek. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the pissed off look on Brian’s face. Oh, his ego was definitely hurting now, especially since I pretended to not even look at him on his last epic solo. I could feel his gaze but I wasn’t about to give him the satisfaction. This was my game and he played by my rules.

“Wow…” Nancy said sometime later as the lights were going on in the backstage area. She had been dancing and moving to every song they played while I toyed with Haner. He looked pissed as he walked off the other side of the stage but I knew it wouldn’t last. He would start right back up at the after party and I honestly couldn’t wait. This was my favorite game. “They were so good…”

“We should come more often,” I said, just before Zack and Jimmy appeared at our side. “Great show guys.”

“Thanks, we’re glad you liked it. Was that your first time, Dani?” Zack asked while Jimmy stared at Nancy with an unreadable expression. To me it looked like he was ready to eat her alive but what did I know.

Zack and I looked between the two before I continued. “Yep, Nancy and I were both Avenged virgins. You’ve popped our cherries now!” I said, watching Nancy’s face redden and Jimmy’s eyes grow wide. “Though I think we’d both be willing for another round in the future.” Teasing her was too much fun.

“Well, I’d love to give you your own private concert,” Zack teased, wigging his eyebrows at me. I knew he was just kidding, considering we were good friends, just like Jimmy and I. “Well Mr. Vengeance, if you play your cards right maybe what my brother’s don’t know wont hurt them”

“Heard that,” Jason said as he walked by. “Keep your hands off my sister,” he warned, though the smirk on his face told me he knew it was all a joke.

“What a buzz kill. I need a drink… so let’s get this fucking party started!” I said, grabbing Nancy’s hand and guiding her toward the party. As we walked I leaned in to her and whispered in her ear. “I think you should go for Jimmy. He obviously likes you.”

“What are you talking about?” Nancy hissed back though the smile was evident on her face. “He is my boss.”

“Boss… boyfriend… however you want to look at it,” I teased again, only for Nancy to pull away from me shaking her head in a disapproving way. She quickly made her way over to the drink table as Jimmy grabbed my arm and pulled me toward the corner. “What’s up, Jimbo?” I asked, feeling more than jealous of the drink in Nancy’s hand

“What did she say to you?” He asked, his eyes wildly darting around the room. “What do you know?”

I smirked and looked up at him, seeing Brian watching us out of the corner of my eye. Ah, Mr. Haner was back in the game and over his little pout-fest, eh? “What do you mean?” I asked playing dumb as I crossed my arms over my chest and pressed my cleavage up, knowing Brian was watching.

“Who is she seeing? You heard her the other night… she wanted a dick taco!” Jimmy hissed, though it came out more as a yell. He quickly looked around to make sure no one was watching or had heard him, like he was on some kind of secret mission. God I loved that about him.

“I don’t know who she’s seeing,” I mused, watching his eyes grow wide. “Not anyone from what I’ve seen but she does seem to be harboring some kind of secret…”

“ A secret?!” Jimmy practically shrieked. He looked around again before he moved in closer. “You are on secret assignment, Knife Master Dani… are you ready for your duty?”

I smirked and put on a fake salute, still watching Haner out of the corner of my eye. I shot him a wink before looking back into Jimmy’s crazed blues. “Yes sir, what do you need?”

“I want you to do some undercover detective work,” he said in my ear, his eye landing on Nancy. “Find out who she is seeing and why… that is all. No one must know,” and with that he dived onto the floor and vanished into the crowd. That guy was really something else, especially since he thought Nancy was seeing someone. I didn’t know what kind of drugs he was doing to think that but it must be a good hallucinogen.

I shook my head and moved over toward the bar, leaving Nancy and Zacky talking. I needed a good stiff drink and this Jack on the rocks would do just the thing. Taking a long sip, I enjoyed the burn of the alcohol down my throat. Oh yeah, that’s what I was talking about. Now all I needed was a smoke and I would be all set.

I quickly made my way to the loading dock area, pulled out my pack, and lit up a cigarette. With one long inhale I was feeling its affects and with my exhale I was craving more. I closed my eyes and leaned back against the concrete wall just as a voice sounded to my left.

“When are we going to stop playing this game?” The husky voice asked, but all I could see was the glowing tip of a cigarette.


Jimmy’s POV

From the moment I saw Nancy on the side of the stage, I couldn’t take my eyes away from her. She looked so fucking gorgeous in that dress and was making it hard to concentrate on anything besides her. As she moved, I couldn’t help but think about all the things I wanted to do to her. Oh fuck, she was driving me crazy and she was a good thirty feet away. How was that possible? Did she learn some form of mind control? Fuck, was she reading my thoughts right now?

I quickly tried to think of something else, but every time I tried to focus on the show, my thoughts drifted back to her. I just couldn’t get over the way she looked at me earlier or how close we had been. I mean, she was fucking prefect! She was everything I ever wanted but how could I make her see that?

“What the hell are you doing, Rev?” Johnny hissed at me, his voice breaking my thoughts about Nancy. Fucking hell, we were in the middle of a show and I needed to play.

The only problem was, I couldn’t concentrate on anything my friends were doing right now. I mean did they always sing and play so slowly and open their mouths at such a weird angle? It was almost like they were performing in fucking slow motion and I was losing my mind.

Not that there was much in there right now besides a running drum track, a secret master plan for later, my starvation, and of course, those stunning brown eyes. What was Nancy doing right now anyway? Was she just as anxious to see me later as I was to see her? Hell, just standing next to her was more intoxicating than any drink I had ever consumed. Did she feel the same connection that I did? I didn’t know but I was willing to go through the steps to make her see that this wasn’t a bad idea. I needed her like a drug and I wasn’t going to let her go because of some rule.

Speaking of the rule, there had to be some way around it, someway to have a secret relationship without anyone knowing. I understood Matt's reasoning but everyone had to admit that what we felt wasn’t normal. Fucking nothing I did was normal so why should I conform to these rules? I never did before, so why should I start now?

I just had to prove that we were meant to be together, even if that meant spending my evening find out everything I could about her. Fucking hell it would be some kind of sick and twisted form of torture not to!

So as soon as the show was over, I quickly sped over to her and little Dani Berry. She had to know what was going on with Nanny since she spent so much time with her. Maybe she could even find out who she was seeing. Yes, that was it—we’ll call it operation Dick Taco. Yes, that would suit the issue at hand.

The only problem was that after I talked to DJ, she disappeared in the crowd, leaving my Nanny alone with Zack. Just seeing him dance with her and laugh with her was making me feel things I didn’t want to feel. I shouldn’t want to cut off my best friend’s head, right? I had to do something, and fast before I lost her!

Thankfully she pulled away and headed towards the ladies room, and I wasn’t far behind. I wasn’t going to let her get away from me so easily. I just had to wait for her to come out of the bathroom…

As soon as the door opened, I quickly reached out and pulled her into my hiding place, pressing her small frame against the wall. She let out a small shriek as I covered her mouth with my hand, her eyes growing wide with panic and anxiety. “Relax it’s just me,” I whispered in her, watching her fear disappear in an instant. I slowly moved my hand away from her mouth, feeling the spark of electricity ignite between us.

“What are you doing here?” she hissed, looking back at me incredulously.

“I’ve come to take you away on our secret mission,” I explained simply. Shouldn’t she have known that already with her mind reading powers? I mean, come on, she was staring me right in the eyes. Her powers were definitely working because I couldn’t look away. “And don’t say no.”

“Jimmy I—”

“Don’t tell me you’re afraid of a little adventure,” I teased, gently brushing a lock of dark hair behind her ear.

“No it’s just—”

“Then it’s settled, we’re—”

“Jimmy, I can’t!” Nancy said, pushing away from me with red cheeks. “I need to find DJ. She was supposed to stay with me and she just up and disappeared.”

I raised a questioning brow at her before looking around. She was right, we had to keep an eye on little Miss Berry. She was new here and god knows what kind of trouble she would get in without our supervision. “Where did you see her last?” I asked, my eyes darting around the room. She was small and hard to spot, but not for the Knife Master!

“She was talking to you,” Nancy said, putting her hands on her hips as she gnawed on her bottom lip. If that wasn’t the sexiest thing I’d ever seen, I didn’t know what was, and don’t even get me started on her little black dress. Why had she never dressed like this before?

I shook the thought away and let me brain process her words. What was she doing with me? Oh yeah, she was on operation Dick Taco, but I couldn’t tell my Nanny that… no at least not yet. I still had to prove to her that there was something between us, though I was pretty sure she felt it too.

“Then let’s go find her,” I said, instinctively taking Nancy’s hand. The moment our hands touched, a spark of electricity shot through us, making me gasp out loud.

“Did you feel that?” I whispered, looking back at her as she opened her mouth to reply, though it wasn’t her voice that I heard.

“And were are you two love birds off to?”

Notes

Here is a chapter for you lovely readers! Sorry for the long delay! Work has been crazy for me but hopefully with a schedule change coming up at the end of the week I'll have some more time to write when it's my turn to update!

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