Gunslinger (A Synyster Gates Love Story)

Nightmare

We were all sitting around a coffee table.

“So, you’re in the military?” Zacky asked me.

“Yeah.” I answered.

“How is it? Is it fun?” he asked.

“Well, I guess. I mean, you have to go away for long periods of time. Months, sometimes even a year. You have to be away from friends and family.” I said.

“Yea, that must suck. Is it lonely?” he asked.

“No, not really. Although you’re away from your friends and family, you kind of are with your friends and family. That’s what it feels like. I mean, your partners are your family.” I answered.

“Cool.” Zacky said. They all took turns asking us questions about ourselves. I looked at my watch. It read 10:47.

“We should be getting home. It’s getting late and you guys probably have things to do.” I said, getting up to walk out. “Thanks for letting us stay a while.” I said.

“Wait, you saved our lives. You can’t just leave like nothing ever happened.” Matt said.

“Tomorrow you probably won’t even care about us. You guys are big rockstars, you have better things to do.” I said. “Let’s go, Scar.” I grabbed her hand and we started towards the door.

“At least let me give you my number. I don’t want to just forget this ever happened because, it did happen.” Matt said.

“How about this, I’ll give you my number and if you still remember me tomorrow, you can call.” I said. “Give me your phone” I said. Matt gave me his phone and I entered my info. “Just don’t expect me to answer.” I said as I handed his phone back. And with that, I got up and walked out.

Matt’s P.O.V

I watched as April walked out.

“Sorry, I don’t know what’s gotten into her. She’s probably still shaken up about today. I’ll see ya later.” Scar said to me and the guys. She turned around and ran after April.

“I can’t believe she just left.” I said, shocked.

“Well, believe it cause she did.” Brian said. I sat back down on the couch next to Johnny.

“Well, I think we should go get some sleep. It’s been a long, weird day.” Jimmy suggested. Everyone agreed to go to bed. We all walked out to the tour bus. We drove to the hotel we were staying at while we where in the area. We all went to our separate rooms. I checked my phone. 10 missed calls. All from Val. Valary is my girlfriend, she probably heard about what happened and was calling to make sure I was alright. Right now, she was back home. She was sick when we left for tour and insisted she stayed home so she could fully heal. I missed her so much. I dialed her number. Then, I realized it was almost 12 o’ clock in the morning and she was probably asleep. It went to voicemail and I left a message.

“Hey Val, it’s Matt. Sorry I didn’t answer any of your calls and that I’m calling you so late. I’m okay and so is everyone else. Call me back when you get this message and I’ll explain further. Bye, I love you.” I hung up and laid my phone on the nightstand.

I decided to take a quick shower before going to sleep.

After I got out, I crawled into bed and turned on the TV. I knew what happened would probably be on the news so I put on Fuse. It was the top 20 countdown. Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance was playing. I tried to fall asleep but couldn’t. I watched TV until I was tired.

That night, I had a terrible nightmare.

I was back in the room where we had the meet and greet. Everyone was there. April, Scar me, and the band. The door swung open and in came the man with the gun. Everything seemed the same except one thing. April didn’t fight the man, instead she stood there, next to Scar, looking scared. The man ended up shooting everyone in the room but me. I woke up after the last shot was fired. I was sweating and my heart was racing.