Not The Life I Expected

Chapter One

You would think being married to the lead guitarist of a great heavy metal band would be awesome, but it's not what you think. You see, I fell in love with Brian my Freshman year of High School. He was in his Junior year. After a year of dating, him and his friends started a band called "Avenged Sevenfold."

There's Matt, we call him M. Shadows, he's the lead singer of the band. He has a great voice, and can scream like the devil himself. There's Zack, we call him Zacky, and he's the rhythm guitarist. He's one of the best guitarists I know, and he's a sweetheart. Then there's Johnny, we don't call him anything different, really... but he's known as Johnny Christ, and he's a great bass player. There's Richard, but he likes to be called by his middle name... Arin. He took their previous drummer's place. Jimmy, who we called The Rev or just "Rev". Jimmy died four years ago. Arin is a great drummer, and a total goof ball. 
Then finally, there's Brian... he's known as Synyster Gates, but we just call him Syn. He's probably the greatest guitarist I know. Plus, he's my husband. You would think that I would be the happiest girl alive, but it's not always the greatest. 

Like I said, Brian and I met in High School. He was the sweetest man alive, and of course... very handsome. Every girl wanted him... every girl between the metal-heads, cheerleaders, nerds, any type of girl you could think of. But I was the envy of all those girls, and I was with Brian. In 1999, when the band was formed, all the guys went out to tour and I was stuck in school for another year. 
After I graduated, Brian and I quickly moved in with each other. It was great for the first couple weeks, but then things started to go "sour", "downhill", however you want to put it. Brian started to become abusive, not just mentally. But also physically. No one else knew, but us. None of the guys knew, all they know is that I'm "clumsy" and I bruise easily. 

It's almost like Brian is bipolar... one minute, he's the sweetest man alive and then the next minute... he's causing me pain, inside and out.