Brian's POV

The Tour Bus was packed, by not only our band and crew, but the guys from Asking Alexandria. We'd toured with them once or twice before, having them open our set, and I couldn't argue against the fact that they were fun to party with. Motley Crue's "Shout At The Devil" was playing and Jimmy was playing drums in the air whilst I rocked about, trying not to spill my beer in my intoxicated state.



As I turned around, I saw Ruby perched in Danny's lap on the couch at the back of the bus, the two of them in the middle of a heated makeout session. Danny's hand slid between her thighs and I had to force myself to look away, taking a deep swig from my bottle. I needed a distraction, and fast.

"I'm going out for a smoke." I said, placing a cigarette between my lips.
"Dude, just fuckin' smoke in here, what're you doin?" Jimmy replied, a chunky cigar hanging out of his mouth.
"I need some air."

I left the bus and stepped out into the night. The sun might not have been burning into my skin anymore, but the air was still humid. The moon glowed in the night sky as I puffed at my cigarette, lost in thought. Ruby hadn't even come to watch our set this evening and had spent the entire day glued at the hip with Danny.

That shit had come out of nowhere. I'd been happily dancing with Clara; a perky little Goth I met at the Warped Tour Kick-Off Party, when I glanced over and saw the two of them basically dry-humping across the room. I'd been keeping my distance since the night I'd slept with April, but had been trying to salvage our friendship.

Ruby didn't seem very keen on meeting me halfway, unfortunately. Ever since we'd left for the tour, all I'd gotten from her were snide remarks and bitchiness. I knew she was hurting, but so was I. I'd never meant to hurt her. So I'd slept with April, so what? We weren't dating, Jimmy had made damn sure of that. What the fuck else was I supposed to do? I'd tried, clearly, the universe had other plans for us. We obviously weren't meant to be.

"Are you sure that's him?" A voice hissed from nearby.
"Dude!" a second voice replied. "I'm pretty sure I fucking know the members of Avenged Sevenfold."

I glanced across the lot to two girls who looked to be in their early twenties. They both had mid-length hair; one had faded pastel pink whilst her friend was a dark-brunette. The both of them were surveying me up and down with smirks on their faces as they approached me.



"Hi." the taller one with the pink hair said, holding her hand out to me. "I'm Becky."
"How'd you get back here?" I chuckled, shaking her hand.
"Snuck past security." she snorted.
"And I'm Cassie." the brunette introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you." I nodded, shaking her hand.
"Can I bum a smoke?" she giggled. "Sorry, I left mine at home."
"Yeah, sure." I smiled, pulling one out of the packet in my pocket.
"Thank you sooo much." Cassie sighed, placing it between her lips and lighting it. "You're a Saint."
"So you guys having a party?" Becky asked.
"Every night's a party when you're on tour." I laughed.
"Fair point." Becky shrugged.
"Don't suppose there's room for two more?" Cassie smirked. "Security might catch us if we don't hide out real soon."
"Yeah sure." I smiled. "Come on in."

They followed me back onto the bus and slid in on either side of me on the couch. Jimmy glared at me from across the bus and shook his head in disapproval. I rolled my eyes and slid my arms around the two girls. It was his own fucking fault I had to do this. I could have been in the back of the bus with Ruby right now instead of Danny if not for him and his big fucking mouth.

"Looks like you're back to doing what you do best." Ruby snorted. Speak of the Devil, and she doth appear.
"You can't exactly talk, here." I replied. "You had your chance."
"You had yours!" she snapped. "You blew it!"
"You don't exactly seem affected by it." I said, nodding at Danny, who was standing behind her.
"I wouldn't have to hook up with Danny if you'd just kept your fucking dick in your pants."
"Dude, get over it, he doesn't want you." Becky laughed.
"I wouldn't have to find other girls if Jimmy had kept his fucking mouth shut." I snarled.
"You probably would have anyway, you're just repeating what you did last year." Ruby spat.
"The fuck does that mean?"
"Ruby-" Jimmy tried to cut in.
Ruby held up her hand to silence him. "All those fucking groupies you fucked last year."
"I didn't fuck anyone last year." I said, truthfully. "I had Jenna."
"Yeah right." she scoffed. "Jimmy told me about all the girls you brought back to the bus during last year's tour."
"You fucking said that?!" I snapped at Jimmy. "What the fuck?!"
"I was trying to protect her..." Jimmy frowned.
"So you fucking fed her bullshit?!"
"You've hurt her enough times already." he defended, then, turning to Ruby, he said; "And no offense, Ruby, but, you couldn't have resisted him if you tried." he sighed. "I just didn't want you to get hurt any more than you already have been."
Ruby was stumped, and didn't respond.
"Dude..." I breathed. "You're my brother, and I love you, but you are really testing my fucking patience, lately."
"Speak for yourself, Brian." Jimmy scowled. "You can blame me all you want, all I did was protect her, and your actions only further justified that."
"You fucking lied to her." I snarled. "And you fucking back-stabbed me."
"Nobody made you fuck those other girls, Brian." he replied, rising from his seat. "That was all you." he left the bus, Ben and Demi following close behind him.
"Ruby..."
"Shut it!" she snapped. Danny had been listening from behind her during the entire argument but had remained silent. "C'mon, I need some air." she said, grabbing his hand as they too, left the bus...

***

Ruby's POV

I left the bus with haste, dragging Danny behind me into the night. Warped Tour was over in LA, but the bands were yet to get back on the road and off to the next destination. Danny jogged along behind me as I weaved through the backstage crew as they packed up for the night.

"Ruby!" he panted. "Where are you going?"
"I don't know." I admitted, coming to a stop. "I just... I needed to get out of there."
"Come with me." he said.

I followed him until we reached his backstage trailer, which was yet to be loaded up for the road. He opened the door and stepped aside to let me in, flicking on the lights. I slumped down onto the sofa and he came to sit beside me, snaking his arm around my shoulders.

"From high to low in less than 24 hours..." I sighed. "I knew I shouldn't have come on this tour."
"Don't say that."
"Look how quickly things blew up." I shook my head. "And now that I know Jimmy was lying, I don't know how to feel..."
"He was looking out for you." Danny cooed, rubbing my arm in comfort. "Because he loves you."
"But he's right about me and Brian..." I frowned, fumbling with my hands in my lap. "I've never been able to resist him, I forgive him too easily and I-"
"Shh." Danny silenced me. "Rev loves you like his little sister, he only wants what's best for you. And fuck Brian, he had his chance."
"I kinda did." I snorted. "Fuck Brian, I mean."
"And now, you're gonna fuck me." Danny purred, nibbling on my ear.

I giggled as he pushed me onto my back on the couch, capturing my lips with his own. I laced my fingers into his hair as his lips grazed along my jaw, working his way down to bite my neck. I bucked my hips in response, a low cry escaping my lips, and Danny's hand trailed down between my legs and slipped beneath my shorts, massaging my core.

Heat flared up within me instantly, and I bit his lip as I fumbled with the buttons of his shirt, slipping it off over his shoulders. I unbuckled his belt and he rolled off me for a moment to take off his pants, before removing my shorts. He lifted the bottom of my t-shirt, kissing my stomach as he slowly hiked it higher until I tugged it off. Danny laid over me again, resuming teasing me through the thin fabric of my underwear as I reached down and began to rub his crotch, feeling him growing harder beneath his boxers.

"You sure you wanna do this?" he asked.
"God yes." I moaned. "I need it."
"As long as you're sure."
"I am." I smirked, reaching down beside the couch to retrieve the condom packet I'd kept in my shorts all day. "And I came prepared."
"Thank fuck for that." he chuckled.

He smiled down at me as he removed my panties, wasting no time in discarding his own, before leaning down to capture my lips once more. He grinded against me, making me moan as his hardness sparked jolts of pleasure each time he rubbed against my clit. I pressed harder into his kiss, rolling my hips against his as my anticipation grew.

"You want it?" he murmured.

The same words Brian said the first time he touched me-
No, don't think about that...

"Please." I whispered.

Danny reached down between us, lining himself up with my entrance. I hadn't looked until now, but was internally slightly disappointed when I realized he was a few inches smaller than Brian had been. - Smallest I'd had so far, actually. But as he slowly eased into me, I figured the difference in size couldn't make too much of a difference, right? Until he began thrusting into me in much shorter strokes than I was used to. I tried not to let it bother me too much; everyone's bodies were different, after all.

My pleasure gradually increased and I cried out as Danny increased his force, slamming himself into me harder as he scooted me along the couch until my back hit the armrest. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he held my legs apart, picking up the pace and grinning when I began to moan louder.

"What a fucking beautiful sound." he chuckled.

His hands cupped my breasts and began to knead them as he slowed down a little, penetrating me on a slight angle in smooth strokes. I sucked in a deep breath and my eyes rolled back a little, enjoying the change in position and pace.

"Fuck." I breathed.
"You like that?"
I bit my lip and nodded in response.
"I bet you'd like this more, though." he chuckled.

Danny flipped me onto my stomach and pulled me up on all fours before sinking back into me. He wasted no time in picking up the pace, entangling his fingers in my hair whilst his free hand grasped my shoulder. Supporting myself with one hand upon the armrest, I reached down to tease my clit as he kept going, crying as the pressure began to build. I felt him stiffen inside me, and knew he was close.

"I'm sorry, I thought I'd last longer but-" Danny's words failed him as he came.

He thrust into me for a few more moments, just long enough to aid me in finding my own release - with the added help of my self-stimulation. Panting, he pulled himself out of me and disposed of the used condom before collapsing on the couch beside me.

"I hope you're not too disappointed." he chuckled.
"I've had worse." I shrugged, retrieving my underwear from the floor and sliding it back on. "And you'd have to be a lot worse than that to even come close."
"I kinda let you down though, huh?" he asked, zipping up his jeans and lighting a smoke.
"You've got the rest of the Summer to make it up to me." I giggled, shimmying back into my shorts.
"Saw that hidden ink, at least." he smirked, blowing out a puff of smoke. "Figured it'd be a fucking Deathbat."
"Hey." I defended. "The boys mean a lot to me."
"I'm not judging!" he laughed, throwing his hands up. "Groupie."
"They wish." I snorted, cocking my head to the side as I thought about it. "Actually, maybe a little, in the beginning."
"Knew it."
"Shut your face!" I snapped. "I was Sixteen years old, new to Huntington, and Demi and I had a pack of darkly-inclined, tattooed metalheads giving us attention."
"And the Hormones were a-raging." he finished for me.
"More or less." I shrugged.
"But now you've got Me." he winked.
"Yeah, I guess so." I smiled...

Notes

Sorry I made Danny blow his load so fast, haha. I wasn't going to originally, it was just one of those moments where your story kinda takes on a life of its own. Besides, we all know after Brian, Ruby's probably got pretty high standards, right?? I couldn't make Danny overshadow him.

Not gonna lie, slightly disheartened at the lackluster response to the previous chapter
C'mon guys, you know I need your help to stay on track :(
I know Danny and Ruby might not be the ideal pairing, but just go with it, at least for now ;)
Few more comments this time? Pretty please?

Until next time xx