I Know It's Hurting You, But It's Killing Me (A7X Fan Fiction)

Chapter Seven: Have You Ever Heard of the Band Avenged Sevenfold?

            “Zacky gave it to me the day he came over to your house. He gave it to me incase something happened,” Brian’s voice boomed over the phone. “So seriously, what’s up? Why so grouchy?” Brian asked.

            “When my phone rang it woke me up and my laptop fell off the end of my bed. Now the screen is cracked and I’m sure it’s probably broken. Fucking thing,” Lyric cursed, walking over to her laptop to inspect the damage more closely.

            “Don’t fret, Baby Vengeance, it’s my fault it’s broken, so I will get you a new one and get all of your important documents, and whatever else you authors keep on your precious little laptops, transferred on to the new one,” Syn told her, working this brilliant plan out in his head to get Lyric a custom made Avenged Sevenfold laptop. It’s the perfect way to repay her for being such a devoted fan. He also felt bad because if he hadn’t called her, she wouldn’t have woken up and knocked her laptop to the floor.

            “Two things. One, where did ‘Baby Vengeance’ come from? And two, I could never accept something like that from you; laptops aren’t cheap. But I appreciate the offer,” Lyric said, holding her phone between her ear and shoulder while she carefully picked up her laptop and set it on her desk.

            Syn chuckled loudly. “I honestly don’t know where it came from. I just thought it fit. And I’m Synyster Gates; no laptop is too expensive for me. If I can afford my fancy guitars, I can afford a laptop.”

            “I still can’t accept something that expensive from you! Then I’d owe you,” Lyric argued, now inspecting the damage done to her laptop. The screen was completely ruined. And even though she couldn’t see the inside, she knew there was internal damage. She just hoped everything could be transferred on to a new one. The new one that I am buying for myself.

            Brian laughed at loud at the thought that Lyric could ever owe him anything. With everything that she’s done for A7X as a fan, we could never repay her enough. “I am the one who owes you! All five of us owe you! You are probably the most dedicated fan. Let me get one for you, please! You’ve done so much for me, done so much for us, and you haven’t even realized it.” He pleaded.

            Lyric thought for a moment. She could easily afford to buy a new one herself, but if it made Syn feel better, I guess I can let him buy it for me… “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but sure. Knock yourself out,” she told him.

            Brian’s hearty laugh rang through Lyric’s ears. “So I’ll come pick you and your laptop up in an hour?”

            “And why would you do that?” Lyric questioned.

            “So we can take your laptop to Best Buy and order you a new one,” he told her.

            “Oh, right,” she answered softly. “Guess I’ll see you in an hour then,” she continued, and was about to hang up when Brian spoke.

            “Wait… I don’t have your address,” he said.

            Just like he promised, an hour later Syn showed up at Lyric’s house. He came dressed in his “House of Syn” shirt underneath his worn leather jacket and half of his unstraightened hair was covered by his white bandana and black fedora.

            Lyric, not having much time to get ready, had put her wavy auburn hair pulled into a high ponytail, putting her various ear piercings on full display. Her purple industrial bar matched her purple “Free Hugs” t-shirt.