The End Of All Things // B.U

The Time Brendon Kicked Kenny Out Of Panic

We got home and I ran up to my room while Harley and Frank spoke to Brendon. I sat on my beanbag chair and put Panic's discography on. I sat there in silence listening to the sound of Brendon's voice until Frank, Brendon and Harley came up. "Ava it's okay. I'm not mad at you." Brendon reassured. "I just wanna make sure you're okay."

"I'm not okay." I replied quietly. "I'm just confused and scared."

"Do you wanna talk about it?"

"No. Not really."

"Okay. Well Kayla and Jack are coming back tomorrow since they both have family here and the annual FBR Christmas party is tomorrow."

"Okay."

"Harley do you wanna stay over tonight?"

"Sure." Harley added.

"I'm gonna go. I need to get back to the kids." Frank said walking over to me. "Please stay safe and don't do that again." We hugged and he left.

"Harley can I just have a quick talk with Ava for a second?" Brendon asked.

"Yeah. Sure. I'll be downstairs." He replied leaving.

Brendon sat down on the floor next to me and just sorta stared at me. "Dad can you please stop staring at me!" I shouted after a while. His look changed from confused to annoyed then softened. "Sorry."

"Princess it's fine." He said softly. "I'm just trying to understand why a girl as perfect as you would do this to herself. When did you do it?"

"When Damien broke up with me."

"Why?"

"It's a short ish story. Everyone I've ever dated has cheated on me. The first time wasn't that bad. Then it kept going on and on and every time it got worse. I then realised that I wasn't enough. Then Damien cheated and it sorta knocked me off guard. I knew that he would. It was my own fault. I liked two other people while I was dating him."

He paused before answering. "Every single person you've ever dated?" I nodded. "I want you to know that maybe you just haven't found the right person. Have you dated people that don't look or act like Damien?"

"Nope." I realised my mistake. "I always go for the douches. That's smart."

"You realised your own mistake."

"Whenever I like a nice guy they always date someone else. Sometimes even my best friend."

"Okay so you liked Jack?"

"Yes. Past tense."

"Okay. Just promise you won't do that again."

"I promise."

"I love you. Please don't do that again." He kissed my forehead and left the room.

I changed into some comfier clothes then got some of Harley's that he had from the last time he stayed. I went back downstairs and dropped the clothes in his lap. I sat in my spot on the couch and Penny jumped into my lap. Harley went and got changed then came back and sat next to me.

The next day
Harley, Brendon and I went to pick up Jack, Kayla and Mike so we had to wake up early. I got bored and had my camera so I decided to vlog. "Hi guys." I started. "So I was bored and found my camera so I decided to vlog. It is currently 6:45am and we're going to pick up Kayla, Mike and Jack soon. I'm here with Harley and Brendon. Guys say I." I turned the camera towards them and they both replied with some form of hi. "We're gonna leave for the airport since their plane lands in like an hour so we're gonna get there a bit early let's go."

When we got to the airport Harley stole my camera and started vlogging. "Hi guys. If you didn't know already I'm Harley Miller-Iero. I'm Ava's best friend and the rhythm guitarist for Dead Roses. We're currently waiting for Mike, Jack and Kayla to arrive. They should be coming out over there." He turned the camera around and pointed to where people started coming out. "There they are." I ran over and tackle hugged Kayla. While Harley started running over still filming. I took my camera from him and Jack and Harley hugged.

"Guys. If you don't know already this is Kayla Easterlin and this is Jack Hartman." They said hi and we started walking to the car. "So yeah. We've got a band rehearsal in like an hour. And by we've I mean Dead Roses. Kayla and Jack are gonna watch." Jack coughed and Kayla and I looked at each other and started singing Dear Maria, Count Me In. Jack and Harley just looked at us really confused so we started laughing. "These two aren't as big ATL fans as us so like they don't get it. The only ATL song they've both heard is birthday. Which is a really good song by the way. Anyway yeah. That's it really. I'll be back when we're at rehearsal." I turned the camera off and put it in my backpack.

"Since when were you a vlogger?" Kayla asked hugging me again.

"Since an hour ago." I replied hugging her back. We laughed and drove to the studio.

Time skip
After about an hour of rehearsal it was time for Hurts Like Hell. I started playing and it wasn't that hard. I managed not to cry but it was the last song. I saw Brendon's eyes widen at his phone and he stood up. "Ava. Can I talk to you for a second? You too Kayla." He asked walking out the door. I followed him out and he showed me the twitter thread. "Did you know anything about this?"

"Kayla. Show him the Instagram messages." I said quietly. She took her phone out, unlocked it and handed it to me. I went into her Instagram, into her dm's with Kenny and showed Brendon.

"Oh my god." He took his glasses off and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Ava?" I stayed silent. "No please don't tell me he." Slowly, I took my phone out, unlocked it and opened my old messages from Kenny. I handed him my phone with the conversation and he stared at it for a second before handing us out phones back. "Ava. Girls stay here." He walked in and sent Harley, Jake, Dan and Nicole out.

They looked at us confused then went on their phones, that had just started blowing up. I watched their faces change as they read the twitter thread. I leaned against the wall and waited. Kayla was already crying in Jack's arms and Harley put his arms around me. Then I started hearing Brendon shout which made me flinch and Harley hold on tighter. "Did he?" Nicole asked. I nodded and she walked over, engulfing me in a bear hug. "I'm sorry. When did it stop?"

"It didn't. He was harassing me but threatened to say something to Brendon if I told him." I replied. "I guess he used my vulnerability against me."

"What was he gonna tell Brendon. That is if you don't mind me asking."

"I don't really wanna say it."

"That's fine." Brendon opened the door and came over to us.

"Come on guys." He said walking towards the exit. I held onto Harley's hand and we left.