My Missing Piece (A Mavin Fan Fiction)

Excuses, Excuses

I acted like I didn't see what Jeremy did and let them talk amongst themselves while I checked Twitter. A couple people did some fan art or tweeted pictures of them in their Off Topic shirts that I liked or retweeted. The majority wanted to know what happened with me. Gavin reached for my arm and pulled up my jacket sleeve for me. I looked at him. "It was falling," he whispered. I gave him a small smile. Gavin started telling some random story about something I didn't really pay attention to. They all started laughing so I looked up. Gavin had spilled his beer. "Dammit Gavin," I sighed, "Go get a napkin or something, idiot." Gavin got up and rushed off to get a napkin. I picked up the glass and sat it upright. Gavin came back and threw a bunch of napkins on the table. He didn't even try and wipe up the beer. I rolled my eyes. "Is this what he does at home?" Trevor asked with a laugh. I started to clean it up while I answered Trevor, "It actually is." Once I cleaned up all the beer, I tossed all the wet napkins in Gavin's hands. He frowned and went to throw them away before he freaked out.

We spent the next two and a half hours talking about random things. Now we were going in to the last thirty minutes of this episode. I didn't notice that my jacket sleeves were starting to fall down again. Apparently neither did Gavin or Jeremy. Trevor sure did. He really tried not to mention it, I could see it in his face. He taped his arms and made me get really confused. "What the fuck are you doing with your arms?" I raised my eyebrow. Gavin realized what Trevor was trying to say and pulled up my sleeves for me. I stuck my arms in my lap. My phone buzzed so I checked it. A lot of people were asking me about my arms, asking if it was because of the shark. I needed to come up with an excuse fast or the fans would probably find out. I didn't want any of the fans to see me as weak and stop looking up to me. I didn't want them to think they could give up just because I was starting to. I rolled up my sleeves and showed the gauze wrapped around my arms to the camera. "So some of you are asking what this is for," Gavin elbowed me, but I ignored him and kept talking.

"While we were in Hawaii, I got a REALLY bad sunburn on my arms and had to put medicine on them. The bandages are supposed to keep my arms from getting more burnt, I guess." I rolled my sleeves back up and heard Gavin sigh in relief. I guess he didn't want me telling the fans either. "Well, thanks for tuning in to Off Topic, guys! We'll see you again next week," I closed out the show and we all stayed seated for a couple of minutes until the credits started rolling. Trevor and Jeremy went back to their offices and started doing whatever they needed to. Gavin brought me back to the Achievement Hunter office so we could go home early. Geoff approached me in the hallway and told Gavin to leave. "Geoff, I really just want to go home. I-" "No, not yet. I want to apologize. I was a real dick yesterday and shouldn't have outed you in front of everyone in the office like that," Geoff's hand rested lightly on my shoulder, as if he were to press any harder I might crumble. I patted his arm. I didn't really forgive him yet because you just don't fucking do that to someone, but I didn't want to stay mad. "It's okay Geoff. I just- I did something childish and I made you worry." "Don't hurt yourself anymore okay? For me?" Geoff looked at me and I could tell how worried he was for me. I nodded, crossing my fingers behind my back like a child. "You can have the rest of the day off with pay," Geoff gave me a half-hearted smile and removed his hand from my shoulder.

I walked back into the office with Geoff. I saw Gavin talking to Lindsay and I felt a bit of jealousy. Lindsay handed him something that looked like keys before smiling and walking towards me. She looked me dead in the eye, "Michael. I heard about yesterday. I'm always here for you," She patted my shoulder before walking out the door. Gavin now walked up to me and jingled the keys in front of me, "Got your car back, boi!" I smiled and snatched the keys from him. He slid his hand into mine and we walked out of the office, out of the building. I spotted my car and we both got in. "Do you mind driving us around for a bit?" Gavin asked, peeking over at me. I shrugged, "Sure. Do you want to grab a bite to eat?" Gavin nodded and I started heading off for the cheapest pizza place. It took me a couple of minutes to find a good, cheap pizza place, but I eventually found one. I pulled into the parking lot and Gavin and I both got out. We walked into the building holding hands. Some of the costumers and even some employees have us dirty looks.