On Tour

Karma was ripped out of her sleep by a blinding light in the middle of the night. She opened her eyes slowly, needing a moment to sort out where she was. And more specifically, with who.
Matt had switched on the light in the entire room. He was sitting upright in his bed, a panicked expression on his face.

She yawned, but then felt so awake. "Matt? What the hell's going on?" He looked at her. Shock was clearly visible in his eyes. Without saying a word he turned his phone so Karma could see what site he was browsing. Twitter.

"-- BREAKING --", a user named @facelesslondoner91 wrote as he posted some pictures. Karma also saw he had tagged her official profile which was run by Trey's secretary and the official Avenged Sevenfold site.

Oh no. This could be really fucking bad, she cussed silently as she arched closer to where her boyfriend was sitting. The singer looked at her worriedly. "You're not gonna like that," he warned.

Shut up and tell me what the fuck this is about, Karma scoffed to herself without actually saying it out loud. She ripped the phone out of his hands.
Shit.

The post contained three pictures. The first one was Matt and her from behind, holding hands as they walked back to the hotel. Alright, she thought, could still be someone else. A lot of guys have a shape and hair like Matt, and there are tons of girls that are petite and blond. Right?

The next picture crushed all her hopes. It was a close up shot of their faces, illuminated by a street lamp. Matt was laughing at something she said. He looked great in the picture, like he always did. Karma was looking at him with an adoring expression.

Karma thought, can't get any worse, can it? The next picture proved her wrong. It was her opening the rear door to the hotel for him.
Shit shit shit shit shit.

"Are they a thing? THEY SO ARE!!!" a person who named themselves @jackietaco commented as they shared the pic.

"F*kin knew it since this!" @revengeful_sevenX, who had Karma as her profile picture, wrote along with the picture of their very first make out session.

Shit. Suddenly feeling very nauseous, Karma run to the bathroom, reaching the toilet just in time before emptying the contents of her stomach into it. "Karma, are you alright?" She heard Matt's concerned voice from outside the door. "Yeah, that just... overwhelmed me."

She looked at herself in the mirror as she wiped her mouth clean. She looked sick. Her eyes were hollow and her jawbones were starting to be more prominent from her intense diet.

She hated that she still didn’t like what she saw, even after following all these orders Elsa van Goodenberg had given her so many weeks ago. She was as thin as all the models now. She had a large gap between her thighs and her collarbones stood out.

She'd done a lot of shootings, and while she'd been smiled at with a pitiful expression in the beginning, now all the girls had started to look at her impressedly. No-one had the right to look at her like that bitch at the very first shooting did. No-one.

That all for what? Nothing, she sighed to herself. She’d had her hair dyed lighter so it fit with the conventional standard of beauty. She wore all the trendy brands. Still. Don’t like it.

Suddenly, she was very angry. Her world was breaking down. It was out, their little secret. On top of it all. People would be talking. Constantly. The media wouldn't leave them alone, as well as the photographers.

"Fuuuuuck!" She screamed as she ripped down the mirror and threw it to the floor, watching it break into a thousand little pieces, just like her life was doing now. There was blood on her fingers and she noticed that she'd broken all her expensive gel nails in the process. Still, it felt freeing in a way.

„Karma,“ Matt exclaimed. He stood in the door, looking at her with a shocked expression from across the lake of broken mirror. "What’s wrong with you?“ The tears started falling quickly. She watched as he put on socks and bravely walked over to her. His white socks turned red quickly, but he put on his poker face.

With almost no effort, he scooped her up into his arms. Her head collided with his musky chest, and an „oomph,“ escaped her lips. He still smelled like sex. "Shh,“ he whispered, "it’s okay. I’m here now. You’ll be fine.“ His fingers ran through her hair soothingly as he carried her into the bedroom again, placing her on the bed.

Karma's finger pointed towards the mess in the bathroom. Leave me alone. I have to clean this, she thought, knowing that if she didn't, the press would go crazy again and write about some drug addiction or whatever. It wouldn't be good. That she knew.

Matt seemed to sense her thoughts. "I’ll take care of it. You get some rest again, alright?“
"You don’t get it,“ Karma whispered, "we’re fucking out now, Matt. Our entire relationship is gonna be discussed publicly. Every single fucking thing you say or do.“

"I know,“ he said, abandoning his plan of cleaning the mess in the bathroom and getting back into bed with her. He switched off the light. Darkness engulfed her, and it calmed her down a little. She sniffed as he held her close and soothingly rubbed her back. "I’m sure Trey or Larry can come up with something.“

Trey. He must have a plan, right? "I’m gonna check my phone,“ Karma said with a sigh. "Are you really sure? It’s the middle of the night,“ he tried to reason with her. I need to…
Her phone’s screen was bright as she pressed the red button to turn it on. It illuminated almost the entire room.

You have 142 new notifications, the shiny thing told her.
„Tomorrow, I’ll deal with that tomorrow,“ she decided, then only opened the chat that said TREY and started typing.

Mayday! M and I are dating and now photos got out. Any ideas on how to solve this? -K
The response came seconds later.

Go public and soon. Amazing opportunity. Any way to keep you in the headlines for a while is good. -Trey

Wait, what? Really? But… what if I don’t want my relationship to go public? "He texted back immediately,“ Matt said excitedly, referring to Larry. "Saw them already. Did some damage control. You could have told me about that issue earlier. You’ll understand that taken band members are not as interesting to the fans as singles, right?“ He read out the text.

"Alright, so no going public?“ Karma asked. "Why, do you want that all of a sudden?“ He laughed nervously. "I don’t know. Seemed like a reasonable option to me,“ she said. "After all? You’ve been so convinced that it’s not right,“ he said, "I think you just had a breakdown minutes earlier because you didn’t want that.“

She remained silent, knowing he was right. "Karma, does that have anything to do with what Trey wrote to you?“ "No,“ she said quickly. Maybe too quickly.

"Show me that text,“ he demanded. It’s only fair, he read his out to me, too, she thought. "No.“
"Then I know what he said. Go public, right? It’ll make you more famous and your CD’s gonna sell more,“ he spat.

"Yeah,“ she heard herself answer.
"Well, then you’re gonna have to think. Help Avenged or focus on your solo career. There is no in between. I won't go public. I'm not some shiny accessory to keep you in the limelight. Come on, not even Michelle and Bri are out,“ he said. Who knows if they even are Michelle and Bri now? With all that he told me... Karma thought, but she didn't say anything. Matt then turned around to sleep again.

Karma’s body felt cold without having him around her. She listened to his breathing for a few minutes, then finally answered. "I choose Avenged, Matt. You know I always will.“ Why does it feel like I’m lying? I just thought about going public just for my solo career’s sake, she scoffed at herself.

"Good.“ He turned around again and pulled her into him. She deeply inhaled his musky scent. With all that worrying about my intentions and about myself, there’s only one thing I’ve been absolutely sure of, she thought, that I love this man.

She closed her eyes, hoping to get some rest.
"Are you still awake?“ His voice ended all her hopes some minutes later.
"Yeah,“ she just replied.
"There’s something else I’ve been wanting to ask you.“

Notes

Hey guys hope you're all doing good. Did some catch up on the stories I'm following today :)

What do you think Matt is going to ask her? What are your opinions on them being out? Are they gonna be able to keep it up?

Thanks so much for the comments you are all so amazing :)