Never Opened Myself This Way- Zacky Vengeance

Sober

Briley didn't get any sleep that night. She hated herself for what she did. The next day Matt and Val invited everyone over for a pool party because the beach was still crowded. Briley decided not to go. Instead she decided to take a drive to clear her mind. Tess let Briley borrow her dad's black 1970 GTO convertible. Briley took a shower then put her hair into braids. She did her makeup and then got dressed into a pair of shorts, an AC/DC tank top, and some black converse. She took the braids out of her hair, which gave her beach waves in her hair without going to the beach. She got her sunglasses and messenger bag and then left. She drove to Long Beach and decided that she wasn't far enough from her problems. Where could she go that was far but not too far? Anaheim!! It was a half hour drive and by the time she got there, she was feeling hungry, so she grabbed a bite to eat. She then decided to walk around downtown. She visited all the shops and for once in the last 24 hours she didn't think of anyone or anything. It was around 6pm when she decided that she didn't want to go back to Huntington yet. So she went to the liquor store, bought a bottle of Rumple Minz, then rented a hotel room for the night. She sat there drinking and thinking about how much she looked like her dad right now. He always turned to alcohol when he had problems he didn't want to face. Briley didn't want to end up like that but after the last 3 days she had, she didn't care. She passed out before she could finish the bottle.

The next day back at Tess's house the girls started to get scared. They hadn't heard from Briley since yesterday morning and she didn't answer her phone. They called the guys to see if they had heard from her. No luck... Zack was worried. He also felt guilty because she probably didn't want to be found after last night but he wasn't going to give up. After he got a phone call from Ashleigh, he got up off the couch and grabbed his keys.

"I'm heading out for a bit.", he said peeking his head into the kitchen. Gena was sitting at the table looking through wedding magazines.

"Where are you going? Do you want me to come?", Gena asked looking up from her magazine.

"No one's heard from Briley since yesterday morning. I'm going to go look for her.", Zack said.

"No!! Is she alright? What am I going to do for a makeup artist if we can't find her?", Gena asked worried.

"Are you serious right now?! She could be hurt or lost or worse...", he didn't want to think about the worse part. It sent shivers up his spine and not good ones.

"And all you can think about is the damn wedding! I'm leaving. No, you can't come.", Zack said pissed off and stormed out of the house.

He drove all around Huntington looking for her, they all did. After for looking for what seemed like hours everyone met up at Tess's house. Tess's made everyone coffee. They all sat in the living room.

"Maybe she went back to Malibu", Leighton suggested.

"Why would she go there?", Arin questioned.

"Jax still lives there right?", Tess questioned.

"I swear to God if she went there to find him, I'm killing her.", Roxxi butted in.

"Who's Jax?", Johnny asked.

"Briley's ex boyfriend. She left him about a year ago after he ra-", Leighton was going to say but Roxxi elbowed her.

"Ouch! You bitch, that hurt.", Leighton said rubbing her side.

"Finish what you were going to say.", Zack encouraged Leighton to continue.

"Don't you dare. It's not our place to tell you. If she wants you to know, she'll tell you and let's be honest, it's probably your fault that she doesn't want to be here.", Roxxi said standing up pointing her finger at Zack.