I Found You, Something Told Me To Stay - (Jason/Zacky) Version Two.

Chapter Forty-Three.

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Jimmy and Leana were the first to arrive.

It was on a rare occasion that that happened. They usually were the ones to bound in late, apologising with humour and gaining a reaction of the same manner, so hearing their voices upon the first knock on the door that evening caused me to raise my eyebrows to myself as I sprawled out on my bed.

I tried to keep myself occupied in any way I could – reading, listening to music, picking at the snacks that I’d brought up to my bedroom as I flicked through the channels on my TV. It was hard to concentrate on anything around me, even with my bedroom door shut, as the noise grew such a considerable amount with each couple that arrived. I could just about make out each of their voices; Johnny and Lacey had arrived soon after Jimmy and Leana, which had boosted the noise quite a bit, as Jimmy’s loud teasing carried through the hallways at a surprising volume. Not long after that, Brian, Michelle, Matt and Val had all arrived together. I could tell, from how much more excited Jimmy grew upon their entrance, that it was going to be like this all night.

Adult’s night or not, I knew I was entirely welcome to join them if I wanted to, even if my dad hadn’t spent the rest of the day, after I’d returned home from Zacky’s, reminding me of that. My relationship with the members of the Avenged family was an odd one, in which I was very much treated differently to both Charlotte and Linds. I knew that it wasn’t in a negative way, and that my absence in the family as a child had greatly contributed to how they viewed me since I’d turned up. It was merely that they’d only adapted to what they’d known of me since being reunited with my dad, and I had obviously never been the baby that had grown up with them, whose character and thought process had been influenced by the stable family around her. And it could easily be argued that Linds hadn’t, either, yet she’d still been a child when Brian and Michelle had adopted her, and it was with their help that she was now moulded into a respectable and intelligent sixteen year old. I, on the other hand, had been taken in by the family as I came; perhaps mature beyond my years from tough life experience, a little too candid for my own good and with the uncanny tendency to screw things up beyond repair. Whatever it was, I was certainly never treated like a child, and for that, I was grateful.

I groaned to myself as the noise from downstairs travelled upwards, a loud echo of laughter causing a grimace to pull at my face. It seemed I couldn’t bury my face far enough into my pillow to block out the noise, but it seemed pointless, anyway, when a pair of footsteps loudly came charging up the stairs. I bit down on my lip, waiting for the familiar sight – that I’d seen plenty of times since I’d been living here – of my bedroom door being practically kicked in and Jimmy energetically bounding in. He didn’t fail to do so, entering at such a speed that he was unable to stop himself in time, and fell right on top of me.

“Jimmy!” Another loud groan emitted from my lips, and I pushed at his shoulder, attempting to remove his body from mine. Though I felt like he was crushing every single bone in my body, I couldn’t stop myself from choking out a laugh. “Get off.”

He complied immediately, hoisting himself up and towering over my bed. “What on earth are you cooping yourself up here for, Little Berry? Hmm?”

“I’m tired,” I answered, burying into the pillow again. “And I’m going to sleep, so you all better keep it down.”

I shouldn’t have been surprised when he suddenly grasped hold of my arm and yanked me up with ease, but a slight yelp still slipped past my lips, and I narrowed my eyes up at him.