The Great Pretenders

Chapter 29

Matt's POV

I should have gone over there and kicked that dude's ass. I wanted to. I probably needed to. I was damn tired of losing girls to this fucker. Where the hell did this ass hole come from? And what did that whole scene with Lucy mean for Val? Should I tell her? Should I let him tell her? What did this mean for me and Lucy? Why didn't she tell me she was going to go back to him? I mean I knew she wanted to...that was the reason behind her and me getting together. But I assumed...yeah, you dumbass, you assumed but you never saw the truth. She only wanted you till the real love of her life came back to his senses.  Damn, damn, damn. I felt sick. I felt like a hole had been blown in my stomach.

Walking away and to the quad where the guys were waiting was one of the hardest things in my life that I had to do.

The guys were already sitting around talking when I got there. I plopped myself next to Jimmy and tried to tune out the conversation. I could hear my heartbeat in my ears.

"What's wrong?" Jimmy asked curiously "You look like someone ran over your cat."

"I don't have a cat," I replied hoarsely.

"Exactly," he said "Probably because someone just ran over it."

I shook my head, trying to clear out the bad vibes I was feeling. "Did you guys come up with anything?"

The all looked at each other stupidly. "Seriously?" I blurted, even more pissed "Am I the only one that did this assignment?"

 "I was kind of okay with keeping Lips of Deceit," Zacky shrugged

"We could just keep playing under the name Pinkly Smooth," Jimmy suggested "We already have a small fan base."

I shook my head angrily "No, we aren't Pinkly Smooth...we're our own new band."

Brian frowned at me "Well what did your dumbass come up with then?"

I pulled out my paper from my pocket and unfolded it. "I've got a couple." I passed it around to Brian who read them and gave me a 'not half bad' look.  The rest of the guys read the suggestions but no one agreed to any one name.

"So?" I asked annoyed as hell.

Jimmy looked at me calmly "Avenged Sevenfold. That's my favorite."

"Mine too," Brian agreed and Zacky nodded as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it.

"You know they are going to bust you for smoking," Brian reminded him.

"Yeah well, let 'em," Zacky said confidently as he inhaled and then offered Brian one.

"Get that shit away from me," I growled.

"Okay what crawled up your penis and died?" Brian asked inhaling and blowing smoke in my face.

"What the fuck are you talking about?"

"You've been in a pissy ass mood sense you came out here. What gives?" he replied.

"Nothing," I pouted.

"Don't give me that pussy ass bullshit," he insisted "What happened?"

I looked at all the guys and their eyes were on me, waiting. "I just saw Lucy with her dickhead ex-boyfriend in the hallway."

"And?" Zacky said tapping the ashes of his cigarette on the ground, then looking at me waiting for more details.

"She was crying. He was hugging her," I explained.

"Did you ask her what was wrong?" Zacky pressed.

"Fuck no," I cursed

"So what did it mean?" Zacky asked.