The airplane skidded across the runway and we were home. I stood from my seat and stretched, my stomach peeking through. Brian stood up in front of me and kissed my lips. I smirked and pushed him backwards to get out of the way. We walked out of the plane and down to the pavement.

"It feels so great to be back in America!" I yelled and ran around, suddenly I had a lot of energy.

"It does feel nice." I heard Matt comment as he had his arm wrapped around Val's waist and they were walking towards the building. Brian appeared at my side and intertwined his hand in mine and we walked into the airport to collect our things. I immediately spotted my luggage and walked over to grab it. After we all had our things we stood outside the airport in a private area waiting for the cars to come get us.

"Once we get to where the bus is station we bid farewell to our lovely ladies." Matt said to Brian and they smiled. The cars pulled up shortly after and we all squeezed in. I laid my head on Brian's shoulder and watched outside at the passing scenery.

"I think that when we drive back to Huntington, I'm gonna take you with me to get Owen, and then I can take you home." Val told me. I nodded and yawned. A short while later the car stopped and we all got out and walked over by the bus.

"I'm gonna miss you Ever." Brian said to me quietly.

"Oh stop it you. You have two more shows to go before you are done. After that you can meet my friends and family and life will be normal." I smiled at him and pecked his cheek.

"Ok fine, go deal with Eric, tell him I said hi and Kyle is a loser for breaking up with him." He said. I laughed and nodded.

"Ok, I'll make sure of it. Val! Let's go." I yelled and saw she was lip-locked with Matt. I walked over and pulled them apart.

"You two are married and have seen each other all day, every day for the last five months, you can cool it for two days." I said to both of them. They smiled and me and Val walked back to an SUV and got in.

"Ok Owen is at my parents house and they are like twenty minutes away from here." Val said as she started the car and got onto the road. We drove for a short while in silence before pulling into a driveway and stopping.

"You can come in too." She said and we got out and walked up to the door. Val knocked and a lady answered.

"Valary." She said and held her arms out to Val.

"Hey mom. Where's my little man?" Val asked walking into the house. I followed her silently and then saw Owen. He looked almost exactly like Matt, but has his mom's eyes. I smiled and Val grabbed Owen and hugged him.

"Mommy missed you!" She exclaimed as she tickled him. He laughed a classic baby laugh and everyone in the room chuckled a little.

"Alright well, he's been a good little boy. Here's his bag." Val's mom handed her a large dufflebag.

"Well thanks for watching him mom. Me and Matt are thankful." Val said and we left. I figured she would have stayed a little, but I guess not.

"Alright, where do you live?" She asked. Then it hit me, I don't know where Eric's apartment is.

"Um, that's a good question." I said and pulled my phone out to call Eric.

"Hello." I heard a very groggy Eric say.

"Hey, it's Ever, I kinda need to know where your apartment is." I said, a little embarrassed.

"Oh yeah, it's 369 Oceanview Ave Apt 8A." He grumbled into the phone.

"Ok, did I wake you by chance?" I asked.

"No shit. And my head hurts and you talk too loud, I'll unlock the door, but I'm going back to sleep." He said.

"Ok, I'll see ya later." I said and hung up. Val drove a little while before pulling up in front of this really large apartment building. I got out and grabbed my luggage and waved at her as she drove off. My feet made their way into the building and onto the elevator. My finger hit the 8 button and I waited. After the doors opened, I made my way down the hall and found the door I was looking for. I walked in and saw this rather large apartment. My foot pushed the door closed and I walked around to explore the place. The kitchen was huge and the dining room and living room were connected as one room.


Five hours later Eric woke up and made his way out into the living room and saw me curled up on the couch watching Silver Linings Playbook.

"Hey. When did you get here?" He asked. I paused the movie and looked at him.

"About five hours ago." I smiled and he blinked and sat down next to me.

"Wanna talk about it?" I asked and looked over at him. He sighed and laid his head back.

"He said it was because I was spending too much time at the bar and not enough with him." Eric rubbed his face and I rubbed his leg.

"You are the main bartender at the bar, he thought you weren't gonna spend a lot of your time there?" I looked at him and sat up.

"Apparently. It's whatever though. I haven't had luck with relationships since I discovered I was gay." He laid his head on my shoulder and looked at the TV. My phone lit up off to the side and it caught my attention, it's like nine, Brian is on stage. I grabbed it and unlocked it.

hey do you wanna meet up tomorrow to discuss the designs and beginning to create them? - Chelle

sure, why not. i'm not gonna have anything to do until the guys get done with their show at 11 tomorrow night.

I set my phone off to the side and looked at the TV.

"Wanna go out to the bar with me?" Eric asked. I looked at him and rolled my eyes.

"What?" He asked.

"You are turning into Mel, and I don't like it." I said and stood.

"Ok, so is there at least a bed in the room I'm staying in?" I asked.

"Yes, there is, I moved your big stuff and most of the small stuff, the only things that are in storage are things that wouldn't fit into your room and the stuff that was yours in the basement of the house." He explained to me and I nodded.

"Let's go out to the boardwalk." I walked back out to the living room and he just looked at me.

"We can go on a man hunt and find someone new for you." I skipped over to him and pulled him off the couch and we left the house. We got to my car and I put the keys in the ignition and heard it rev and purr.

"God damn I missed this car." I muttered and pulled out my cell phone. Let's see if Val and Michelle wanna go to the boardwalk. I dialed Val first and waited.

"Hello." I heard her say.

"Hey Val, are you doing anything special right now?" I asked as I pulled out onto the road and drove down.

"No not really, why?" She asked, curiosity in her voice. A smile found its way to my face and I shift my hand.

"I'm taking Eric down to the boardwalk instead of the bar to look for a guy, wanna come with so they don't think I'm his girlfriend?" I asked and she chuckled.

"I would love to, but I have Owen dear." She sounded disappointed.

"Bring him with." I smirked and she laughed.

"It's almost 9:30, he's in bed already." She shifted the phone.

"Party pooper. Fine, I'll call Michelle." I said.

"Ok, maybe tomorrow we can take our lovely men out there when they get home." Val suggested.

"That sounds like a perfect idea. Ok, see you tomorrow then." I said and hung up.

"Who was that?" Eric asked. I looked over at him then back down at my phone and dialed Michelle.

"It was Val." I answered him.

"Yes?" Michelle asked.

"Hey you, friend. Um I have a question, if you aren't too busy." My car purred and I smiled.

"I'm not that busy, what's up?" She asked. I stopped my car in a spot by the boardwalk and got out.

"Wanna come down to the boardwalk and hang out with me and my friend Eric?" I asked. She made a noise and then sighed.

"Sure. I'm bored anyways. You're at the one on North Beach, right?" She asked. I linked my arm with Eric and we walked up the little staircase and down the walkway.

"Yep. We'll be by the funnel cake stand." I answered her and she laughed.

"Ok. I'll be there in like 20 minutes." She said and hung up. I hit END and shoved my phone in my pocket and walked over to the funnel cake stand line.

"Want a funnel cake?" I asked Eric. He shrugged and I gave him a look.

"You don't have any squishy parts! You need fat! I am buying you the biggest funnel cake they have and you are gonna eat the whole thing." I said and he rolled his eyes.

"Everleigh, I don't need fat, I am fine the way I am." He tried to stop me from getting my money.

"Eric, I suggest you move your hand before I bite it. You need to stop being such a baby and eat." I warned him and pulled out my money from my bra. We got to the window and I smiled at the clerk.

"Can I get one of your biggest funnel cake and then the vanilla hot fudge funnel cake?" I asked.

"One of our biggest? We don't have sizes, do you want me to make a larger one? It will cost more." The clerk said and I shrugged.

"Yeah, make a large funnel cake and then the hot fudge one a normal size." I smiled and he rang it up.

"$15.22." He said and I handed him a 20. I got the change and me and Eric sat on a table and watched for the food and Michelle. A few minutes later Eric walked over and grabbed the food and came back as Michelle appeared.

"Hey you." She said and sat next to me and side hugged me.

"Hey, Eric this is Michelle, Michelle, Eric." I introduced them and the funnel cake was calling my name.

"This kid here keeps trying to say he's not too skinny." I said after a few minutes.

"What? Hun, you are super skinny, eat something." Michelle said and then her face changed as if she got an idea.

"How busy are you most of the time?" She asked Eric.

"Like me by myself or how busy the bar is?" He asked.

"You, how busy are you?" She asked. I raised my eyebrow and looked at her.

"Not that busy, why?" He asked, slightly scared.

"Me, Val and Ever here are working on the House of Syn clothing line and we need models for the fashion show we are gonna do, how would you like to be an offical Avenged Sevenfold Fashion Model?" She asked. His face lit up and I smiled.

"That would be awesome, I've always wanted to do something with fashion, but I never got the motivation for it, so I got into being a bartender." He spilled.

After we finished our food we all started walking down the boardwalk and I found a game that I wanted to play.

"Oh my god it's Spin The Wheel!" I yelped and ran over and held out three dollars.

"Alright, here are the rules, you get one spin, every spin is a winner, unless you his this spot here, then you get nothing. But if you his this spot here you get an extra spin. Good luck." The game host said and I grabbed the handle and pushed down as hard as I could and watched it spin. It was going around and around and around for a good minute before it slowed down. Once it got really slow and stopped I jumped up and down in excitement.

"Alright, you win an choice of either three of the little stuffed animals, two of the medium, or one of the large. Pick wisely." He said. I looked and spotted this little dog and then pointed.

"I want that." I said and he grabbed it.

"Alright, you get one more choice." He said and got a bored look on his face. I pointed at the little cat and he grabbed it.

"Ok, have a good evening." He said. We walked away and I held onto my new stuffed animals, one is for me and one if for Brian. Gosh I can't wait to see him again.

Notes

New chapter!! Whoo, after four/five days you get a new one! I went camping and didn't have my computer, sorry..... But this one is new and I hope you like it. It's kinda slow at first and towards the middle but whatever, it's not my best. Have fun.