This Means War

Hell Just Broke Loose

Had a great time last night. Hope I can see you again real soon.

Brian looked at what he typed and debated if he should send more. Say something different? Say something more? Not be so guarded with his feelings like Michelle had always accused him of. Fuck...there he went mentioning Michelle again. If he was ever going to win this bet, he had to stop comparing everything to Michelle. He took a deep breath before hitting send.

It took about ten minutes before his phone vibrated and he found a return text.

I'll be at Harvelles on Friday night. See you soon.

Harvelles? How did she know about that? It was a secret warm up show before they started touring for Brooks to get a feel for the job that he'd just assumed from Arin. God damned Arin and his creative differences. It was reserved mostly for industry folks and a few friends. So the only way she knew would be if...but she was with him last night and she didn't mention it...did that mean Zacky called her late last night or even worse...did they see each other?

God damn it...now he had to get to the bottom of that shit. But how could he do that? It's not like he could called Zacky up and start a pleasant conversation of their shared girlfriend. Hell, he didn't know if Zacky was even going to talk to him. And its not like anyone else was going to know if Zacky chose not to tell them.Hmm...think Brian...think.....how could he get everyone together....

He picked up his phone and dialed Matt quickly. He picked up on the first ring.

"What do you want, fuckface?" He asked in his deep baritone.

"What makes you think I want something?" Brian replied innocently.

"Eh cause your calling me so early in the day. And Val and I are on our way to have lunch with Nik and Debbie...and you know how pissed she'll get if I make her late. So if you want something make it fast."

Brian laughed "So glad I don't have to worry about that shit anymore."

"Fuck you,"Matt growled "what do you want?"

"We rehearsing tomorrow?"

"Why the hell would we do that? If we don't know the songs by fucking now, we've got bigger problems," Matt said. "Besides Zacky is still pissed at you..

"Zacky can get happy in the same fucking pants he got pissed in."

"I'm hanging up now," Matt said in reply.

"Don't hang up this fucking- Don't you dare..."

"Goodbye Brian."

Before he say more, the call was lost.

"Fuck."

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Marley was lucky that work kept her busy for the next two days. She exchanged texts with both guys trying to keep things as neutral as possible without either suspecting the nervous wreck they had made her. Well Brian made her a nervous wreck with guilt. Zacky made her a warm pile of goo on the inside.

She and Lisa had spent a long evening dissecting the situation upon her return to their place. Not that they'd reached any conclusions that were helpful but at least it felt good to talk about it. It was enough to sustain her through the work day without a break down. She dressed carefully in a deep red flowy blouse and some black skinny jeans. She had blown more than a month's salary on some beautiful black strappy Jimmy Choo sandals. She was ready for the evening.

However arriving at Harvelles was a different story. Once Marley VB gave her name, the door staff told her to stay put and that someone named Dan Abell would be out shortly.