Lil’s POV

I guessed already that this would be some though work I mean, I only saw men around here, that had to mean something, right?! And I wasn’t wrong, but still Jason was helping a lot and I think we - as in Jen and I, could actually manage this.

I mean setting some drinks on stage and doing the refill, and before the show being at the merch booth, that was something I could do, right?

I was a little embarrassed and flustered by Matt and Brian, if I recalled their names correctly. First I had mistaken Matt, who is apparently the lead singer, for another roadie and I could see that comment had stung a little.

And both of them were flirting pretty openly with me, but that was probably something all women around them had to live with, I mean, they were rock stars… it wasn’t anything serious behind all this, and that was good.
I had felt Matt’s eyes on me several times and I couldn’t say I didn’t like it. When he had gone on stage I had secretly watched him and Brian. I had laughed out loud seeing how they shoved each other around and joked. And… well they both weren’t hard on the eye, either. I smiled to myself thinking of that and went back to folding the shirts.

I was wondering how Jen was handling all this. She had been more skeptical than me and she seemed to be not too thrilled by all this, I just hoped she hadn’t gotten us both fired already.

We could really use the money and the place to stay, as long as none of the guys found out who we really were.

“Everything working out?” Jason stuck his head in and I smiled “I’m good so far, I checked all inventory, put the price label on the missing pieces and set it out for the opening. So I’m good to go.” I grinned, it was even kind of fun I had to admit.

“Awesome, you saved our ass a lot of time.” He walked in further, but he had been a little more distant to me since the time we met, probably because he was now somehow my boss and not just some guy who was attracted to me.

“I wanted to get you for the lunch break, another crew member organized some take-out food, you coming along?” He asked and I smiled “I’m starving” And I wasn’t even lying, I was really hungry.

I closed up everything back up that I had pulled out of the trunk while Jason carried the heavier boxes, when we were done we fell in step beside each other.

“Kind of weird, right?” He took his basecap down and ran his hands through his long brown hair and I smiled at him from the side “What exactly?” I asked and he looked at me sheepishly. “I thought that we would see us again under other circumstances to be honest.. and not working together.”
I looked up at him and saw he was eyeing me from the side, I bit my lip “Me too” I admitted but I wouldn’t give him more, for now.

“And how am I doing so far, you think we could make this permanent?” I asked to distract him from the topic and he nodded “From my side totally, I had to speak to my brother and the band again, but you have my vote” He winked and I nodded “Good to know”

We arrived at the parking lot for the busses and Jason pointed out which bus belonged to the band and which was for the crew members.

“Hey beautiful, I haven’t seen you in a while” Brian’s arm slung around my shoulder pulling me into his side “Don’t occupy all her time, Berry. I have some work for her, too” He pulled me along with him and I turned around to see Jason look after us with a frown “What you mean as work isn’t job related, Haner” He yelled and Brian chuckled “He might be right with that”

“So Lil-” He started talking when I spotted Jen and her team members, as they called it arrive for the lunch break as well.

“Lil! I need to talk to you” And with that Jen had pulled me away from Brian before he could say anything more. She took a hold of my wrist and pulled me away from the busses and out of earshot from anyone.
“What’s going on? Please tell me you didn’t get us fired yet!” I begged her and she just looked at me annoyed “No.. not yet” She grinned a little “But I don’t thinks this is a good idea, I mean really… We should leave while we can, what if they do a background check, what if we are already in too deep…” She looked at me almost begging and I frowned.

“What? No… Did something happen or why are you suddenly so anxious?” I frowned at her and she shook her head “I am not anxious… I just… I don’t trust them.” And I breathed deeply in and out “You didn’t trust me either, Jenny… and now look at us” I grinned and she flipped me off. I should have seen that one coming.

“How did the work go?” I asked and she shrugged “Okay, this one guy… he is an ass. Letting me carry his stupid guitars and pushing my buttons and… argh… maybe Jimmy is right and I should smack him” Jen said and I stared at her “What? NO! You can’t slap our boss… or one of them, or anyone for that matter! He is probably just checking your limits, be nice and he will be nice, too”

“As nice as you already seem to be with them?” She grinned and motioned with her head to the side and I couldn’t hide the grin either “Well… I do what I can…” I told Jen a little more about the work that I had been doing and she told me her side, we agreed that it could work out, but Jen wanted to have the rest of the day to see if we shouldn’t back out still, I agreed but hoped she wouldn’t change her mind about our stay. I guess she always needed a little push and confirmation and then she would see reason, and I was totally the woman for that job.

“Ladies?! You coming? Or there will not be any food left?!” Matt and Jimmy stood over us suddenly and I hadn’t even seen them approach.

Jen and I sat on the pavement and I saw how Matt held his hand out to me, I laid mine into it and he pulled me up with such force that I was thrown against his chest.

I sucked in air and put my hands at his chest to steady myself while his hands took position on my hip holding me still against him.

I looked up at him and licked my lips, I wasn’t wrong, he really was handsome, his hazel eyes were on me, roaming over my face from meeting my eyes going down to my lips and staying there for a moment, making heat rush into my cheeks.

“Love birds, you ready? I need food! Come on, Jen. Let’s go and let them starve!” Jimmy sang and I was finally ripped from the trance and took a small step back.

Matt frowned a little like he wasn’t sure why I was interrupting the moment but finally shook his head and a boyish grin came over his face “May I bring you to lunch?” He held his arm out to me and I hooked mine into it after a little hesitation with a smile, I felt a small shiver when I touched the bare skin on his arm and tried not to show that he affected me.
We followed behind the other couple and saw that the crew had set up some little tables and chairs so we could all sit together. After another round of introduction was made I saw how Jen and the black haired guitarist were glaring at each other, what was their problem?
I was really afraid that Jen would smack him, I should probably talk to her again soon.

The guys joked around and the crew members told us some more of their current work. Tonight there was another show, so everything had to be set up quickly. I listened to the description and hoped that I could remember all the useful stuff later on.

“Alright, then let’s get back to work and let the fine band members have some rest” MB announced with a shove towards Johnny who flipped him off.

“Can Lil and I work together again now?” Jen’s voice sounded behind me and she looked hopeful at MB who looked at his brother for advice.

“Yeah, why don’t you come along and we prepare the stage set up, afterwards you can go to the merch booth, I will then come and get you both before the show starts. I think the guys wanted you by the stage to bring the drinks and guitar changes.” Jason answered and we followed behind him.

I felt eyes on me and turned around just before disappearing behind the bus I saw how Matt stared at me and I couldn’t hide the grin this time.

Zacky’s POV
I had no idea what dreadlocks problem was, I had been nice and fine I might have made a comment or two towards her. I just wanted to see how much shit she would be able to take, before she would snap.

I saw her glaring at me while eating and I had a ton of fun with that. I mean I was kind of attracted to her, but her attitude was a major turn-off again.
And that’s why she would have a hard time with me.

I had watched how she struggled carrying all my guitars, I even felt a little sorry with her, but when I then saw how Jimmy ran to rescue her I shrugged it off.

I had to admit that I was a little excited to see if those two girls were showing up on our after show party, maybe with a little alcohol they would loosen up, I would really enjoy seeing that.

“So what do you think about those girls?! And could you stop being such a dick to them, they are helping us out, man” Jimmy said and I looked up to meet his eyes “Don’t be a pussy, they should be able to take that. They are roadies, for god sake… and I don’t know, I guess we will really see how it’s working out during the show in a bit.” We were supposed to get going now anyway.

I set the acoustic guitar aside and followed Jimmy and the rest out of the bus and walked towards the backstage area “I’ll get the girls” Jason yelled and I saw Matt looking after him “I want Lil on the right side” He shouted back and I frowned “Dreadl- I mean the other one on mine” I added as well and saw Jason roll his eyes at us.

What? It would only fit each girl on one side, and I wanted to keep an eye on the girl, and make her responsible for my guitars.

I handed my phone to MB as did the other guys, I slung my guitar over my body and began stretching my fingers, soon we would get on stage, just a couple of seconds really. “Alright, Jen, you gonna stay here and Lil you go around the back and find your place there. You will have a look at Brian and Matt if they need anything it’s your job to get it. And Jen you will do the same for Jimmy, Zack and Johnny, alright?” And with that Jason shoved Jen forward while he brought Lil around to the other side.

“You know, it often happens that I accidentally kick over my mic stand… you do realize it’s your job then to come on stage and set it right again, right?” I didn’t look at her while talking, but I knew she stood behind me.

“What?” Her annoyed reply and I tried to hide the grin “You heard me, watch out”

“AVENGED SEVENFOLD!” We walked on stage and it had been quite a while I had so much fun even before the show, and this was making it even better, to try it out, I walked up we started to play and at the first break I downed my beer.

I looked at Dreadlock and she stared at me with a hard glare, while I just mouthed “More”
She closed her eyes a brief second, put a way too sarcastic smile on her face, turned around grabbed a beer and set it just before her on the edge of the stage.

I had to laugh out loud at the smug look she had on her face “Closer” I mouthed again and she shook her head motioning down.

The next song began and I concentrated on playing, while every now and then I looked over at her. She was now in a talk with MB and he was motioning to the empty bottles, I saw her narrow her eyes but then she suddenly ran into the back of the stage, grabbed empty bottles and damn if I had known that I would have crossed her way, just for fun of course.

I went back to concentrating on the show, but then let my eyes wander to the other side, seeing that Lil was positioned just as Jen was. I saw Matt walking to the side of the stage, as my and Brian solo part begin, her grabbing a bottle of water from her and leaning in to talk to her, oh Shads… way too obvious my friend.

I was sweaty and exhausted by the end of the show, but damn I had a blast, and that wasn’t only related to the amazing Las Vegas crowd, that also had to do with the blonde babe with the angry look on her face.

I threw my guitar at her and she awkwardly caught it before it hit the floor “Are you fucking crazy?” She hissed at me and set the guitar aside.

“What? Ask around that’s how we normally do it… I wonder how you normally work for your roadies…” I shook my head and her eyes widened a little but then she shrugged “I told Matt already that I normally work the merch booth and there I am save from flying guitars or assh-”

“JEN!” Lil came flying around the corner interrupting the insult that Jen was hurtling at me, but I would let her get away with it, I teased her a lot during the show, but I had some more things up my sleeve.

“We heading to the after party, you have to come?” Jimmy stood behind me, all sweaty and shirtless, hanging his arm around Jen who didn’t really seem to mind, which made me lift and eyebrow at them.

“No, I don’t think-” Jen started to get an elbow in the side form Lil and then Jimmy interrupted throwing them over both girls now “YOU HAVE TO COME!” He almost whined and the rest of the band had arrived and looked at the scene before us.

“What’s going on? Another meltdown?” Matt asked looking at Jimmy and I shook my head “He wants the girls to come along to the party, but they refused” I summed it up and Matt frowned “You said you would go” He looked at Lil and she stared a hole into Jen’s head now.
“See, it’s a ritual, all roadies have to proof they can take us… and the parties… It’s really part of the job description” Johnny spoke up and Jen looked annoyed again “But we didn’t take the job yet” She shot back and we all looked a little dumbfounded.

We all thought it was our decision to take them or not, but they wanted the trial day, because what did Jason say, they were on vacation really, and we were worth blowing off the vacation for?! Shit, I hadn’t thought about that, just when it started to be fun!

“We will go to the party, and after that we decide” Lil spoke up and Jen rolled her eyes at her “Fine… but where do we sleep then?” She asked looking at anyone but me.

“In our bus, two bunks are free, since we have two missing band members that should work out fine, I’ll show you then.” Jason spoke up and the girls nodded looking a little relieved.

“Alright, then lets get freshened up real quick and then we meet at the after party” Brian announced and walked off together with the rest of us, “Where do we know where to go and how do we-”

“Don’t worry, we will come and get you.” Jimmy said and I rolled my eyes, they were fucking roadies, he didn’t have to baby them, my god!
Still I was really excited to see when the girls would come to the party, I could already think about a few things to bring Jen to a whole new level of annoyance. I grinned to myself, damn this would be fun!

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