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Burn It Down

Laughs and tears

I woke up the next morning next to Brian and smiled, cuddling closer to him satisfied with the safe feeling I felt. He slightly shifted but didn’t wake up, just pulled me tighter to him, my head buried in his chest, our legs entwined. I laid there for a while trying to go back to sleep but couldn’t then smelled coffee and knew it had to have been well past noon. I gently untwined myself Brian making sure I didn’t wake him and watched him sleep for a few seconds before closing the curtain behind me.
I stretched and figured I should put on some actual clothes for the day and went to the backroom and came face to face with a naked Matt, “OH MY GOD!” I screamed and slammed the door shut waking up all the guys who were currently halfway falling out of their bunks from being startled awake.
I heard muttering from the other side of the door and I hurriedly walked to the front of the bus past all the awkward looks I was getting from the guys. I blushed bright red as I walked into the kitchen area and fixed my coffee and sat at the table trying to focus on anything but what I had just seen. Brian came out and sat across from me, “You okay Em?”
I shook my head, “Not really. I’m pretty much scarred for life.” I replied drinking my coffee distractedly.
Matt came running out from the backroom, “Em, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean for you to see that.”
Brian threw back his head laughing seeing the hickeys on Matt’s neck and noticed him shirtless. “She caught you naked sneaking out of Simone’s room didn’t she?”
I blushed and groaned laying my head down in my arms that were crossed on the table, “SHUT UP HANER!” Matt yelled at him blushing more than I was.
Brian laughed and then there were a chorus of laughter that followed as the guys made their way out to the front room. “Why wouldn’t you lock the door!?” I asked him frustrated and looked up at him. “I really didn’t want or need to see that Matthew.”
“I didn’t exactly mean for you to see that either Ember,” Matt scowled back at me as his friends made fun of us.
“This is priceless,” the guys laughed as Simone tiredly joined the group.
“What’s with all the commotion?” She asked then yawned and I blushed even more.
“Uh, I was getting up to get us some coffee and Ember walked in on me getting dressed…” Matt replied sheepishly and Simone’s face looked completely horrified and she looked at Ember apologetically.
“Why didn’t you lock the door?!” Simone cried out blushing furiously.
Matt blushed darker looking between Simone and Ember, “I didn’t expect anyone to come to the back room and I figured I’d hear them before they got there.”
Simone threw her hands up and retreated to the backroom completely embarrassed. Matt went after her trying to apologize as I sat at the table completely creeped out and shook my head as Brian sat next to me and hugged me tightly. “I’m sorry sweetheart.”
I shook my head, “Why wouldn’t he lock the damn door?”
“I don’t know hon,” Brian kissed my shoulder gently as the guys grabbed their coffee and sat down. Zacky sat down across from us as Jimmy and Johnny sat on the couches.
“Well that’s one hell of a wake up call, atleast it was funny,” Zacky said as he took a drink.
I groaned and dropped my head back to my arms, “I can’t believe you just said that Zee.”
I heard Brian chuckle softly at Zacky before he got up to get his coffee, “What were you going back there to get anyways?”
“Clothes to get dressed for the day,” I replied as Jimmy and Johnny turned on the xbox and grabbed the controllers to play some sort of racing game.
Zacky gave me one of his rare full smiles, “instead you got a face full of your brother huh?”
“AHHHH!” I yelled covering my ears and closing my eyes tight. Brian came over and punched Zacky in the shoulder.
“Knock it off Vengeance,” He wrapped his arms around me trying to comfort me. I cuddled into him as we heard screaming coming from Jimmy as he cursed Johnny out. I couldn’t help but chuckle at them. “Would you like me to go get you some clothes?” Brian whispered against my ear and kissed my forehead.
I nodded, “Please?” I gave him a pout and he chuckled.
“Be right back,” he placed a soft kiss against my lips then got up and went to the back.
“So you and Gates huh?” Zacky asked me eyeing us closely.
I smiled taking another drink of my coffee, “Yeah, it just sort of happened.”
Zack laughed, “I figured it would after that night we all snuck out.”
“When did you guys sneak out?” Johnny asked from the couch as he tried to multitask and failed horribly.
“Simone’s first day here…coincidentally, the first day Scott was here,” I sighed and looked out the window, my hands wrapped around my coffee mug.
Zacky gently took my hands in his, “He can’t hurt you anymore. We won’t let him. I’m sorry we weren’t faster last night.”
I shook my head, “It wasn’t your fault, Zacky. It was mine, I didn’t do anything to stop him.” I closed my eyes trying to keep myself from crying. “I’m gonna go lay back down,” I mumbled just as Brian came out with clothes and I knew he saw the tears in my eyes.
“Em?” He asked me but I just passed him, then he asked Zacky, “What the hell happened? I was gone for 2 minutes.”
“Scott…” Was all Zacky had to say and then Brian was following me to the bunk just as I crawled in. I curled up in a ball under his covers and he laid down beside me pulling me close to him.
“Hey baby, what’s wrong?” Brian asked brushing my hair from my face.
“Scott…everything that happened was my fault…even last night. If I would have been faster…if I would have fought back harder…it wouldn’t have happened,” I mumbled as a tear leaked out.
“Shhh….baby,” Brian sat up and pulled me into his lap hugging me to his chest and rocked us. “None of that was your fault. Not one bit.”
“I pissed him off Bri, I deserved to be hit,” I whispered squeezing my eyes shut as more tears came down my face.
Brian held me tighter, “Ember, look at me.” I shook my head burying my face deeper in his chest and sobbing harder.
Brian gently lifted my chin looking me straight in the eyes, cupping my face in his palms and wiping away my tears, his eyes filled with pain. “No matter who you piss off…man or woman…you never deserve to have that happen to you. Do you understand me? No woman deserves to be hit by a man. No woman deserves to be raped. Especially you. You’re so good, you’re kind, loving, beautiful; any man would have to be out of his mind to hurt you. To even think about hurting you. You are safe. I will never hurt you,” Brian hugged me to him and I wrapped my legs and arms around him latching onto him as tight as I could.
“I love you Brian,” I whispered against his neck, taking in his smell, loving the manly smell of his bodywash mixed with the cologne and Marlboro smell that hung off him. That smell was one of the most comforting smells I’ve ever smelled, and it’s one of the only smells I’ve become so accustomed to in the last 8 years that can settle me down even in the worst panic attacks.
It was then that I heard the creaking of a bed and moans coming from the back of the bus and I jumped looking at Brian, “We gotta go…Now.”
Brian laughed looking completely disturbed, I wasn’t even in there but maybe 5 minutes ago.”
I scrambled getting off Brian and fell out of the bunk, scraping my knee as I scrambled up and ran out to the front room with a limp. Brian came out after me with my clothes laughing softly then caught sight of my leg. “Shit, you okay?”
“It fucking hurts but it’s not as bad as hearing my brother have sex!” I yelled shaking off any possible heebie jeebies that attached to me.
All the guys laughed as Johnny and Jimmy yelled, “SEX ON THE BUS!?!?!” and ran to the back of the bus.
“Ah shit, I’m gonna get killed for that one,” I said and looked down at my knee that was bleeding slightly.
Brian picked me up and sat me on the table, “You know, personally I thought it was kind of hot but I’m not related to either of them.” He chuckled and I swatted his arm. He kissed my lips then looked over at Zacky who was just laughing and shaking his head at Jimmy and Johnny. “Zacky do you know where the first aid kit is?”
“GET THE FUCK OUT!” We heard from the back of the bus then Jimmy and Johnny coming back out running for their lives.
“He really needs to start locking that door,” I mumbled unamused.
“Yeah, just a sec,” Zacky said getting up and going down the hall to the bathroom and returning a few seconds later with the first aid kit.
“Bri, this isn’t necessary, it’s just a scrape,” I told him, but loved that he was so caring and looked into his eyes with a smile.
He smiled back at me, “Now, what kind of prince charming would I be if I didn’t insist that we make sure it doesn’t get infected?”
I laughed and shook my head, “Very true.”
He took the peroxide spray out and sprayed some on the scrape before blowing on it, “It doesn’t burn does it?” I shook my head smiling at him resting my hands on his shoulders, I gotta admit it was turning me on with how caring he was. “Good,” he kissed me gently then opened a band-aid and placed it over the scrape. He then leaned over and kissed the band aid, then teased tracing his tongue up my thigh.
“Brian,” I moaned pulling his head away not wanting to give the guys a show.
“SEX ON THE BUS!” Jimmy yelled again and I blushed burying my face into Brian’s chest who chuckled and flipped Jimmy up.
“You know what I don’t get? How come Matt gets to have sex on the bus and I have to listen to him having sex but we’re not allowed to?” I asked Brian looking up into his eyes.
He shrugged, “Cuz he’s your big brother?” He asked, “I don’t know. It seems like a double standard,” he antagonized the situation.
“Don’t fuel the fire Haner! We don’t need a World War Shads going on,” Zacky chastised sitting at the table working on his laptop, probably for Vengeance U.
“Speaking of World War Shads, Jimbo, we need to get Jason on board for prank wars,” I replied knowing that Jimmy would be the only one to know what I was talking about.
“Oh Jesus Christ, Jimmy you’re not starting prank wars!” Brian scolded his friend.
“Why not!? It’s fun!” Jimmy yelled back at him crossing his arms.
“Because last time we had to end up getting a new bus the middle of tour because the last one smelt like the bog of eternal stench from those stink bombs,” Zacky replied shaking his head at the memory.
I made a face, “Jesus Jimmy, why would you do stink bombs on the bus? Do it at the venue where we can leave after a few hours.”
Jimmy crossed his arms, “Well it wouldn’t have been an issue had BRIAN set them off correctly,” he huffed. My gaze went up to Brian who was rubbing the back of his neck. “Its not my fault he set them off on the back of the bus instead of in back of the bus,” Jimmy scoffed.
“It was an easy mistake! I got confused by his words!” Brian defended himself. I couldn’t help but throw my head back and laugh shaking my head.
“Oh my, this tour just keeps getting better and better, now we definitely have to have a prank war,” I said with a mischievous smirk and Brian smirked back at me and nodded kissing my lips wrapping his arms around my waist.

Notes

Comments

I loved this! I'm getting stuck into the sequel now! <3

@AGirlIKnowNamedLarisa
Good! I was hoping I did, just get a little cookoo in the head every now and then.

ShadowSkye ShadowSkye
12/4/16

@ShadowSkye
so I totally meant to respond to you before work this morning but forgot. You did capture it, for sure. And I can't wait to see what you have in store for the cross over!

@AGirlIKnowNamedLarisa
Well...I do, but you'll just have to wait and see what I have planned XD Did I capture the feeling of sorrow enough in this story?? The final chapters?

ShadowSkye ShadowSkye
12/3/16

@ShadowSkye
Ohhh that might be fun! I'd be interested in reading that. Any ideas how you'd do it?