Never Opened Myself This Way- Zacky Vengeance

Orion

After going back home, I found out that my parents were getting a divorce. My step-dad made me and my sisters choose between him and my mom. My sisters moved in with my mom but I stayed with my dad because he had a hard time with the divorce. I sold my house in Malibu once I found out that Jax wasn't living there anymore. I stopped doing makeup, I didn't see my friends, I stopped living. Jax was the only thing that I knew but now that he was gone, I didn't know what to do. My best friend Ashleigh finally made me realize that it was time to move on. I started seeing a therapist and I moved out of my dad's house and moved in with Ashleigh in Atlantic City. That all happened in January. It was now June and I was back to being my normal self. Today was June 24th, 2012. My friends Tess, Roxxi, and Leighton flew in from California, we were going to the Orion fesitival that Metallica was throwing for 20 years of the "Black Album". I met the guys from Metallica through Rob Zombie. Kirk Hammett is a big fan of all things horror so when I met the guys him and I hit off automatically. The guys invited me to have my own little presentation on special effects makeup yesterday and they gave me backstage passes for tonights show. Did I mention that Avenged Sevenfold was playing before Metallica? We watched the guys from A7X put on hell of a show and then went to find our way backstage. While on our way there some guy bumped into Roxxi and spilled his beer all over her.

"Oh shit!! I'm sorry, are you alright?", the guy asked Roxxi.

"Oh I don't know. Let's spill beer on you and ask you the same question.", Roxxi said while wringing out the bottom of her shirt. Ashleigh, Tess, Leighton, and I watched as we tried to muffle our laughs. The guy ran back to the beer tent.

Roxxi turned to us, "Shut up... This isn't funny.", she said and put her hair in a high pony tail.The guy came back with napkins.

"Here. I'm really sorry.", he said handing Roxxi the napkins. She snatched them out of his hands and started walking away. The guy looked pretty hurt.

"Don't pay her any mind. She's a bitch to everyone.", I said trying to put a smile on his face. It worked and that's when I finally got a good look at his face.

"Hey! You're Jason Berry!", I yelled out of excitement. The rest of the girls gathered around him and stared at him in awe. He just chuckled.

"Yes I am. And you lovely ladies are?"

"I'm Briley, this is Ashleigh, Leighton, and Tess. That over there is Roxxi.", I said pointing at each of the girls. Roxxi finally walked back over to us.

"Well, how about I buy you girls a round of beer?"

"I think Roxxi's had enough beer for tonight, but I'll take one.", Ashleigh said wrapping her arm around my shoulder. We all laughed but Roxxi.

"Alright let's go.", Jason said and he put his arms around Tess and Leighton's shoulders and we walked back to the beer tent.

Zacky's POV

After we performed, we all went back to the bus to change into new clothes. Metallica was going on soon so we all went to the stage where we would be watching the show. Val, Michelle, Kim, and Gena were already there waiting. I walked up to Gena and wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her neck.

"Great show babe.", she said and turned around so that she was face to face with me. I kissed her. Man, I can't believe that I'm marrying this woman in less than a month.

"Did you expect something less?", Brian said wrapping his arm around Val and Michelle.

Gena gave him the finger. She turned back around to face the stage, still in my embrace.

"Where the hell is JB Diz with our beers?", Matt said.

"He should be back by now. He's been gone for at least a half hour now.", Val said and stood next to Gena. The show was going to start soon so our ladies stood in front of us so they could see the show.

"Did anyone ask for beer?", Jason said as if right on cue. We all turned around and there was Jason standing with a group of girls behind him. There was a girl with bright red hair (Roxxi), two brunettes, one looked like she could be a model just by her height and the other one was somewhat shorter (Tess and Leighton). Then there was a short blonde (Ashleigh). Finally there was another girl, she was far more beautiful than the rest. She must've been about 5 foot 2, she had dirty blonde hair, and she had a pair of the most beautiful hazel eyes that I have ever seen. I couldn't look away from her, she was gorgeous, and her smile made my heart melt.

"And this is Zack.", Gena said while nudging my side. I smiled and waved. The rest of the guys continued to introduce themselves. I didn't take my eyes off her and when she locked eyes with me, it was as if the world had disappeared and it was only me and her. She smiled that gorgeous smile at me and went over to talk to Johnny. I had to admit that I was a bit jealous that she was talking to Johnny. I wanted to talk to her, I wanted to know everything about her. EARTH TO ZACHARY!!! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED IN LESS THAN A MONTH!! Shit, I forgot about that. I shook the thoughts from my head and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong dude?", Brian asked noticing that something was wrong. Damn it Zack! Get yourself together man.

"Nothing. I'm fine.", I said reassuringly and smiled.

"Alright man, if you say so.", he said shrugging it off.

All the sudden Metallica was on stage and they hit the first note and we all cheered. I looked over at Briley who was now standing in front of Jason. She had the biggest smile on her face as she sang along to "Hit The Lights". Not only was she gorgeous but she had great taste in music. This girl was perfect.

Briley's POV

I was having an awesome time with the guys and their wives. Johnny and Jason kept fucking with me, like messing with my hair. I shouldn't have told them that I hated that. We were all drinking, joking around, and singing and head banging to the music. This was the most fun I've had in a while. When Metallica started "Nothing Else Matters", everyone went to get more beers except for Matt, Val, Michelle, Gena, and Zack. I stood next to Matt and Val. They were the perfect couple, I wanted a relationship like theirs. I looked over at Zack to see him looking back at me, I smiled and turned my attention back to Metallica. He's awfully quiet, I've talked to pretty much everyone. I even talked to Gena about their wedding. She wanted me to do the makeup for her and her bridal party. I said I would think about. She was lucky to have such an awesome guy. He was extremely good looking and he seemed pretty awesome from what I've gathered. The only thing was that he kept staring at me, it made me feel awkward but I brushed the feeling off.By the time that Metallica did "Enter Sandman", I was pretty wasted. Jason and I danced around like idiots while everyone laughed at us. I don't get why Roxxi would hate him, he really liked her. I don't remember much after that. All that I remember was that I was too drunk to walk so Val told Matt to carry me to the car. Ashleigh invited everyone to sleep at her house that night and everyone agreed.

I woke up the next morning with a killer headache and someone's tattooed arms wrapped around me. What happened last night?