And you will never be forgotten with me by your side

Zacky was shocked when Meghan told him that Eleanor had changed her mind, he hadn't expected that to happen as she seemed to want to spend the night with just her friend. But he wouldn't be complaining because it meant that he got to be around Meghan more now, "I'll tell Brian but you have nothing to worry about, man." He assured Jimmy.

He really wouldn't let any drunk sleazy men get anywhere near Meghan, he was positive that Brian would feel the same way with Eleanor.

He heard Larry yelling at Brian to get ready for the show, "I guess we should get going before Larry catches us. Enjoy the show, darling." He grinned at Meghan as he did want her to watch the show, he also wanted her to watch him preform even though the thought of that did make him slightly nervous.

---

Eleanor nodded as she listened to Brian, "We'll give you enough time to shower and get changed." She looked at him as she tried to ignore the butterflies that were in her stomach, just from having him call her baby. It sounded incredibly smooth in his deep voice, something that Eleanor wouldn't mind hearing over and over again.

She raised a brow at him after Larry had walked away, "The master at work? Then I'll be sure to watch Johnny for the entire show," She smiled as she was pretty certain Johnny was the bass guitarist but she couldn't be positive, but by the look that crossed Brian's face she knew she got the name right.

"I should go get Meghan and find a good spot to stand," She told him as she turned around and walked back over to her friend, "Good luck on the show." She called out to Brian as she still wanted the show to be good.

@ sugarplum.
Darling. Did Zacky Vengeance really just call her darling? Surely Meghan was hearing things. After Zacky left to finish getting ready for the show, Meghan hurried off to find Eleanor. Her friend was standing nearby, obviously having just finished talking to Brian. "So Zacky he was going to come with us," Meghan informed her. She grinned to herself, still replaying his last sentence to her in her head. Still, she didn't want to get her hopes up about anything. She had a habit of doing that and being disappointed.

"Hey Long Beach, how the fuck are you doing tonight?" Matt's voice rang out through the venue, signaling the start of the show. Meghan bounced excitedly. Even if she wasn't watching from the pit this time, Sevenfold shows were always amazing.

"You're gonna love this," she whispered to Eleanor. Meghan's eyes went to Jimmy as the song started; she watched how his drumming just seemed to flow and she thought about how badly she'd wanted to see him perform up close.

Of course, it wasn't long before her eyes drifted to Zacky, who was shoulder to shoulder with Brian in their typical dueling guitars pose. She smiled at him and waved when she thought he was looking and almost thought that he'd smiled. But it was so dark, she couldn't really tell.

---

"Johnny is far from a master," Brian retorted. Eleanor was obviously joking with him. She had to be. "After all, you can't spell bass without ass." Eleanor excused herself at this point and Brian smiled involuntarily when she wished him good luck on the show. He hoped she was serious about sticking around to see it; he felt most confident when he was performing and he wanted Eleanor to see that.

After the show, Brian rushed off stage, tossing his guitar to his waiting tech. He ran up to Zacky and clapped him on the shoulder. "Better hurry up and get your shower, buddy," he said. "'Cause we've got ourselves a date."

"A date?" Johnny laughed. "Who the hell would wanna go out with you?"

Brian frowned. He almost stuck his tongue out at the bassist, but that would be childish. "For your information, Zack and I are going out with the two techs," he told Johnny, smiling smugly. He purposefully omitted the fact that they were just tagging along on Meghan and Eleanor's girls' date. What Johnny didn't know wouldn't hurt him.

"I don't know if Zacky told you this already or not, but be nice to them!" Jimmy shouted. "I'd hate to have to hurt you."

"Jim, you couldn't hurt a fly."

"That's not the point!" Jimmy shouted again to his friends, "They're sweet girls, you better not corrupt them." He warned before he drank a whole bottle of water, he was sweaty like after every show.

Zacky shook his head, "The girls will be fine. We'll behave and bring them back safely, okay man." He chuckled softly as he watched Jimmy only slightly agree with him, he had attached himself to the girls already although that was common for him to do especially while on tour.

He grabbed a pair of clean clothes and his toiletry bag, he rushed into the bathroom where he took a shower and made sure that he was nice and clean. He dried off and pulled his clothes back on, he fixed his dark hair before applying his cologne that he hoped Meghan would really like.

It was a bit musky and overall, very manly. "Brian, hurry up dude. The girls are waiting for us," He called out to his friend as he put his dirty clothes and toiletry bag back onto the bus.

It never took them long to get ready for anything, but this time was different because he really did want to impress Meghan.

---

Eleanor rolled her eyes at Brian's comment about Johnny, but she still stood there beside Meghan so they could watch the show. Her eyes moved over all the members as she watched them each individually, but her eyes continued to fall back onto Brian every time.

She wouldn't admit this out aloud, but he was amazingly talented. His fingers moved over the strings with grace and he played a lot of hard parts, that really surprised Eleanor as she hadn't expected him to be so good.

After the show she walked away with Meghan so they wouldn't be in anyone's way, "The show was pretty good." She told her friend as she took her hair down from the ponytail it was it, she ran her fingers through her curly hair as she wasn't going to get changed.

She looked good enough to go out, she wore black tight jeans with a nice shirt and converses. She still wanted to be comfortable and she hadn't packed anything that wasn't, she hadn't been expecting to have a need to dress up although she did love to.

Eleanor waited outside near the buses for Brian and Zacky, it was obvious that Meghan was still excited about this. "Just don't get drunk and have your way with him, alright." She teased her friend with a smile on her face.

@ sugarplum.
After the show was over, Meghan and Eleanor hurried away so they wouldn't be in the way of the stage crew as they tore down. Meghan took her hair down, loving how it was curly since it had dried in the bun, and quickly changed clothes. She normally didn't care what she looked like when she was going out, but this was an exception.

Meghan rolled her eyes playfully at Eleanor's statement. "I'm not going to get drunk," she said. She said that, but sometimes she got a little crazy when there was alcohol involved. "And I'm not going to have anything with Zacky, not that he wants to anyway." Meghan was distracted as she noticed the guys approaching and so she didn't hear if Eleanor said anything else in response.

"Hi!" Meghan squeaked. She instantly felt her face heat up. How embarrassing. The strong scent of cologne hit her nostrils as Zacky and Brian stopped in front of them. "You smell nice," she told him, looking shyly to her feet.

---

When he and Zacky found the girls waiting outside near the buses, the other guitarist made a beeline for Meghan. Brian was fine with this; he'd be even more fine with it if Zacky and Meghan happened to get accidentally separated from them tonight, which would give him ample alone time with Eleanor. Besides, Brian could tell Zacky had a thing for the pink-haired girl and maybe he'd finally grow a pair and make a move.

"You look nice," Brian commented, his eyes scanning Eleanor. He tried to keep his gaze innocent, just taking in the outfit she wore and trying not to linger on her curves. Gotta be a gentleman. "Beautiful, in fact." He smiled at her before turning his gaze to their two companions. "You two about done flirting over there? I'm starving."

The four of them headed to a separate parking lot, where a rental car was waiting for them. Brian opened the front passenger door for Eleanor, carefully closing it behind her before walking around and climbing in the driver's seat. "So what are you girls hungry for?"

Zacky smiled when Meghan commented him on how he smelt, "Thank you. You look amazing," He told her before Brian rudely interrupted them, he walked over to the car with Meghan and opened a door for her. "In you hop," He told her and shut the door was she was inside, he rushed around to the other side and climbed in beside her.

"You're always starving, man." He chuckled softly, "I'm fine with whatever you two girls want," He commented as he would let them decide on where they wanted to go for a bite to eat, he was pretty damn hungry as well. He was always hungry when he finished playing a show, in fact he was hungry a lot of the time.

He grabbed his seat belt and placed it across his body, "How did you like the show?" He asked Meghan as he looked over at her, he really wanted to know what she thought.

---

Eleanor smiled as she looked at him, "Thank you" She felt her cheeks become warm as a blush settled across her cheeks, she walked over to the car and climbed into the passenger seat when Brian held the door open for her. She never had a guy hold a door open for her before, the guys that she has dated have always turned out to be jerks. She really did think that Brian was going to be another cocky jerk, but so far he was proving her wrong.

"I feel like a good burger and fries," She said and glanced back at Meghan to see if she wanted to eat something else, she was honestly easy with wherever they went to eat. But that's what she was feeling like so she wanted them to know, in case no one else said anything. "But only if that's fine with everyone else, I really don't mind. I'm just hungry so I want to eat, Meghan knows how I get when I'm hungry." She smiled at her friend.

Eleanor got grumpy and sometimes angry when she was hungry, she had always been that way and Meghan knew that first hand.

@ sugarplum.
"I'm fine with burger and fries," Meghan said, seconding Eleanor. That did sound good right now, especially if there was also a milkshake involved. Now Meghan turned her attention back to Zacky, intent on actually having a conversation with him.

"I really liked it!" she exclaimed, answering his question. "Although I wished I could've watched it from the pit, that's more my scene. But getting to watch Jimmy up close was awesome as well. And you were pretty fun to watch, too." She gave Zacky a nudge.

When they arrived at the burger joint, Meghan fell into step beside Zacky, the two of them lingering a bit behind Eleanor and Brian. She looked up at the green-eyed man. "So does the offer to hang out on your bus still stand?" Meghan asked. She hoped Zacky wouldn't get the wrong idea from her question.

---

"Burger and fries it is, then," Brian said. He searched for a nice burger joint nearby and headed in that direction. When they arrived, his hand naturally went to the small of Eleanor's back, guiding her towards the door.

"I think Zacky's got the hots for your friend," Brian joked, jerking his thumb back at their two companions. He grinned at the blonde as he opened the restaurant door for her. "Although, I can't really talk."

Inside the restaurant, Brian specifically asked for a more private booth so that they wouldn't be interrupted. Because fuck what Johnny said, this was a date. And even though this date wouldn't end in sex - like most of Brian's dates tended to do - he still wanted to make a good impression on Eleanor.

"Dinner's on us ladies, so order whatever you want," Brian announced, smiling.

Zacky smiled as Meghan stayed beside him once they were out of the car, "You should go into the pit tomorrow then. I'm sure Eleanor won't mind," He told her as her friend didn't seem like the type that would want to be any where near the pit, "But if you do. Then you have to be careful," He knew how dangerous the pit could get, especially with all the guys that tend to be there enjoying themselves and the music.

"Jimmy would love to hear that, you should show him what you can do on the drums. He'd love that," He smiled as Jimmy loved anything to do with drums, so if Meghan played the drums than Jimmy would be in heaven.

"Well, I'm glad that you even had time to watch me." Zacky looked at the beautiful girl beside him, he also held the door open for her as they walked into the burger joint. He walked behind her as they followed Brian to the table, "Yeah. Of course, you can come hang out on the bus whenever you want." He actually really did when Meghan to feel welcome on the bus.

He wanted to know more about Meghan and spend time with her, he didn't care what any of the guys said to him. Meghan was not only beautiful but she was a beautiful person, who wouldn't want someone like her around them? He knew that he did.

---

Eleanor's heart increased in speed when she felt Brian's hand resting on her lower back, she had glanced over her shoulder to see that Zacky and Meghan did seem to be getting pretty close. "Well if he hurts her then he'll have me to deal with," She spoke as the girls always looked after each other, they needed to as not all guys were nice.

But then Brian admitted that he did in fact have the hots for her, she tried her hardest to stop from blushing but she failed miserably. She didn't say anything to him as she had no idea what she could say to that, she sat down at the table beside Brian and looked at him.

"You might regret saying that," She smiled as she and Meghan could eat a lot of food, they weren't the type of girls who ordered salads and only ate half of it.

Eleanor looked through the menu and all the burgers sounded delicious but she picked out her burger within seconds, it was a chicken burger with the usual toppings with a mayo and bbq dressing. "What's everyone having?" She asked as she always liked knowing what her friends were going to order, she asked Meghan every time they went out for a meal.

@ sugarplum.
"Well then maybe we can hang out on the bus, just the two of us," Meghan suggested shyly, looking down at her menu. She normally wasn't so shy around guys, but this was Zacky Vengeance. Meghan had had one of those fangirl-type crushes on him since she'd discovered Avenged Sevenfold. And now that she had the chance to get to know him, she didn't want to screw it up.

Meghan looked up when she heard Eleanor ask what everyone was ordering. "I think I'll just have a cheeseburger with no onions," she answered. "Ooh, and fries and a milkshake."

She closed her menu and pushed it to the end of the table. Taking a deep breath to steady her nerves, Meghan scooted closer to Zacky, close enough that their legs touched practically from hip to knee. In doing so, she accidently bumped his elbow. "Sorry," she mumbled. She wanted to kick herself, she was really messing this up.

---

"So how long have you and Meghan known each other?" Brian asked after they'd placed their orders. The two girls seemed very close, and Brian wondered if they'd known each other as long as Brian and his friends had. Not to mention, Eleanor seemed very protective of Meghan.

If Meghan was as protective of Eleanor, Brian's goal of getting close to her would be harder than he'd anticipated. He'd just have to count on Zacky to distract Meghan long enough for Brian to have some alone time with Eleanor.

"So uh, you should let me get your phone number," Brian said to the blonde, brandishing his phone in front of her. He smirked. "You know, just in case."

Zacky hadn't been expecting Meghan to actually want to hang out with him alone, so it was just the two of them. He would never complain about that, he wasn't stupid. "Just tell me when you want to hang out and I'll be there," He told her with a shy smile, it had been her idea although he still didn't want things to move to fast and have her regret things.

He ordered his beef burger with fries and a coke after Meghan had ordered her meal, he noticed how close she had moved to him so he reached his arm back and let it rest against the back of her chair. His finger tips gently rubbing her upper arm, he knew this wasn't a date but he could still think it was.

"You don't have to apologize, I really like being this close to you." He whispered to her as he didn't want Brian to hear, although he seemed to focused on Eleanor to notice anything besides her.

---

Eleanor made her order before she looked at Brian, "We first met in high school. I was moved to another school when I was fifteen, I used to get bullied." She told him before she realised what she was doing, she never liked talking about that time in her life. She had been so shy when she transferred to a different school, but Meghan had been the first person to talk to her and they've been friends ever since.

She looked at him and couldn't help but smile at how he was trying to get her number, "In case of what? We get separated? I highly doubt you'd let that happen, but I guess I could give you my number." She took his phone into her hands and saved her number for him.

She handed his phone back to him, he had been cocky with her already but he was still a really nice guy once you get passed that. "But I hope that we don't get separated tonight," She decided she might as well try to flirt with him a little, he did deserve it.

@ sugarplum.
"I would say after this, but I'm sure it'll be too late," Meghan said. She took a sip of the milkshake that had been placed in front of her. "But I think we'll be at a hotel in a few days, maybe we could do it then?"

Meghan realized how bad that sounded after she said it. She might like Zacky and she did want to hang out with him, but she didn't want to get him into bed. At least not this soon. She didn't want to rush into anything. But if things went that direction a little further down the road, she wouldn't be complaining.

She smirked, nudging Eleanor with her foot when she saw her friend giving Brian her phone number. She was glad Eleanor was opening up to Brian, she just hoped he wouldn't do anything to hurt her.

---

Brian's eyes widened when Eleanor said that she hoped they wouldn't get separated. And here he'd thought she wasn't interested. He smirked. "I'll make sure we don't," he replied. He slipped his arm behind her, resting it on the top of the booth.

Brian wanted to invite Eleanor back to their bus tonight, but he didn't think his bandmates would appreciate that. And besides, he was trying to prove that he could be a gentleman. And who knew? Maybe he'd like taking things slow?

Brian glanced at the time on his phone once it looked like everyone was done eating. Since it was still relatively early he decided to suggest a second outing, maybe one that would help him get to know Eleanor a little better. "Who's up for a little bar hoping?" Brian asked. "I could use a drink."

Zacky chuckled softly at how Meghan's comment sounded, although he hadn't been taking it in that way. "Knowing how Brian is, this will end late. But whenever we have time, we can hang out. I knew what you were trying to say, darling." He assured her as he didn't want her to get embarrassed, he ate his food when the waitress brought the meals to the table.

"You can always use a drink, man." He grinned and looked at Meghan, "Are you up for some bar hoping?" He asked her as he liked the idea of that, so once the bill was paid they headed out of the burger joint. "There's some bars down the street," He said after checking his phone to see where the closest bars were.

He automatically placed his hand on the small of Meghan's back as they walked along the street, it didn't take them long until they were walking into the first bar. He ordered a round of drinks first for the four of them, "Here you go" He smiled as he handed Meghan a drink.

---

Eleanor had glanced at her friend when Meghan nudged her foot, she was got told by Meghan that she should give guys more of a chance. So when Brian suggested that they go bar hoping, she agreed and left with him so they could go to the first bar. She took a drink and sipped it, she wasn't the best when it came to going out to bars or clubs.

She usually got herself a drink and sat at a table for the whole night, she looked around the bar and noticed there were still a few people inside. She found a table and sat down with Brian, "I don't usually do this. I'm not the best when it comes to dates or anything," She admitted to him, in case he wanted to go find another girl to spend time with.

It wouldn't be the first time that a guy had done something like that to Eleanor, but this time she hoped that Brian did want to be around her. However she wouldn't admit that just yet.

@ sugarplum.
"You're not trying to get me drunk, are you?" Meghan teased, looking up at Zacky. She wanted to at least get a little tipsy, so maybe she could flirt with Zacky without being awkward. Unfortunately, she knew these drinks wouldn't cut it, not unless she had a lot of them.

Meghan moved closer to Zacky, laying her hand on his tattooed forearm. "Maybe we could do some shots next?" she suggested. "I'll buy some of them, since I know they're a little pricey."

Meghan called out for the bartender and ordered two shots of whiskey. She slid one to Zacky and lifted her own to her mouth. "Cheers," she said. Feeling a short surge of confidence, she gave Zacky a wink and downed the shot, shaking her head as the alcohol burned its way down to her stomach.

---

"So this is a date," Brian said, wiggling his eyebrows. He took a big gulp of the drink Zacky had been nice enough to buy for their little group.

Brian could tell Eleanor had something on her mind by the look on her face. He didn't like that, he wanted to see her pretty smile again. He moved closer to the blonde, sliding his arm around her waist and resting his hand on her hip. He moved his mouth close to her ear and whispered, "I bet every guy in this place is jealous 'cause I've got the prettiest girl here with me."

Right now, Brian wanted nothing more than to leave Zacky here with Meghan and take Eleanor back to his bed. Or at the very least, he wanted to kiss her. But he couldn't, not yet at least.

@ ZackyEffingVengeance
Zacky shrugged his shoulders lightly as he grinned, "A guy can try right?" He teased as he wasn't trying to get her drunk, but he still wanted her to have fun so if she wanted to drink then he wouldn't stop her.

He took the shot and grinned at Meghan, "Cheers" He downed the shot of whiskey and felt the familiar burn, "But that is all you'll be buying. Like Brian said, tonight is on us." He told her as he pointed to their shot glasses, he watched as the bartender passed over two more for them.

"Although, I'm not sure if you can hold your liquor." He teased Meghan as he didn't hand the shot over to her, he found it easy to tease her and joke around which made him all that much more comfortable. If she took the shot then he'd let her, but he wanted to see her reaction.

---

Eleanor looked at Brian and shrugged her shoulders a little, "Well this doesn't have to be date." She looked at him as he moved closer to her, she tried not to smile when he whispered in her ear but she failed miserably. His hot breath brushed over her skin and having his arm around her waist, was causing her heart beat to sped up in her chest.

"Is that so? Even though the guys here are much older than us?" She smiled and she didn't care how old the other guys were, she was warming up to Brian and she knew that.

She took another drink and unlike Meghan, she couldn't hold her liquor very well because she wasn't a big drinker. "My dad warned me to stay away from rock stars, said I'd get my heart broken." She looked at Brian and noticed how close they were, she glanced at his lips but knew she couldn't kiss him. It would wreck all the 'hard to get' work she had done, but she did lean into his side.

@ sugarplum.
Meghan let out a gasp of false hurt. "I can hold my alcohol pretty well, thank you very much," she replied. She took the second shot and downed it quickly, smirking as she placed the shot glass back on the bar. Zacky had no idea what he was getting himself into if he thought he could outdrink her.

Meghan ordered another round of shots, on Zacky's tab of course. If he was paying, she wasn't complaining. She slid one of the shot glasses over to Zacky, leaning into his side. "Maybe we could go shot for shot, make things a little more interesting?" Meghan looked up at Zacky, bringing her shot to her lips. "If you think you can handle it, of course."

The drink and first shot she'd had were starting to get to Meghan, and she could practically feel her confidence level skyrocketing. She just hoped she didn't end up regretting anything she did.

---

Brian pulled Eleanor closer, so close that when he spoke again, his lips brushed the shell of her ear. "I won't break your heart," he whispered. "I promise."

Now he was more determined than ever to prove that he could be a gentleman. He truly felt a connection to Eleanor and he would do whatever it took to show her that. But if he was going to do that, he couldn't be this close to her, not for very long. Being this close to Eleanor was driving him crazy and he was afraid of what he might do if they stayed like this for too long.

"I really want to kiss you," he said suddenly. He paused, waiting for Eleanor's reaction.

@ ZackyEffingVengeance
Zacky grinned as he watched Meghan take the shot glass from his hand, "Of course I can handle my alcohol. Who do you think you're talking to," He looked at her as he continued to take shots even where she did, he was beginning to feel the buzz from the alcohol in his system but he was still fine.

Confidence filled his body and he wrapped his tattooed arm around Meghan's small waist, "But if you get drunk then you aren't going to blame me. Whatever happens won't be my fault," He told her knowing the guys, especially Jimmy, would give him an ear full if he brought a drunk Meghan back to the buses.

"Can you drink another shot or should I get you to sit down?" He chuckled softly to himself as he continued to tease her, she was small and he was curious as to how much she could drink. But he was really liking how confident she was becoming.

---

Eleanor bit down onto her bottom lip as Brian once again whispered into her ear, she had always been someone who trusted and believed in promises. She looked at him and slowly leaned in closer to him, but instead of kissing his lips she pressed a kiss to his cheek.

"You can kiss me if you show me how to play pool," She smiled at him as she moved out of his arms and walked across the room, to where a pool table was. She had never learnt how to play the game, but she always wanted to learn.

She picked up a pool table cue and looked back at Brian, she waited for him to follow her. She noticed another man was heading her way, so she took the other cue and offered it to Brian in hopes that the guy wouldn't ask to join them.

@ sugarplum.
"And what's going to happen, hmm?" Meghan hummed. She had a half-formed idea in her mind about what he meant, but she was getting too drunk to fully process it. "I won't blame you for anything, I promise."

Meghan looked around at all the shot glasses. There were so many. When had they taken that many shots? "I can...take more," Meghan hiccuped. She smiled at Zacky. She could handle her alcohol just as well as he could and besides that, the alcohol had immensely boosted her confidence.

Meghan took a few more shots before her body decides it had had enough. She pushed the final shot glass away and fell into Zacky's chest, giggling. "You're really cute, you know that?" she asked, looking up at him.

---

Brian was slightly disappointed that he'd only gotten a kiss on the cheek, but he was going to take what he could get. And if all he had to do to get a kiss on the lips was teach Eleanor to play pool, then he wasn't going to pass that up, either. He took the cue stick Eleanor offered to him and set up the balls.

"I'll go first, just to show you how it's done," Brian said. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a man watching Eleanor and he pulled her closer by the hand. No way was he letting anyone else move in on his girl.

Brian took his shot, knocking a striped ball into a pocket. After he'd finished his turn he beckoned Eleanor over. "So basically all you're gonna do is line up the cue ball with any solid ball and hit into a pocket." As a way to help her, Brian wrapped his arms around Eleanor's waist, resting his hands on top of hers.

@ ZackyEffingVengeance
"A lot of things can happen, you are a very beautiful girl after all." Zacky blurted out but this time he wasn't embarrassed and he didn't get shy afterwards, which would normally happen. He wasn't sure if it was because of how much he liked Meghan already or if it was the alcohol, it was probably a mixture of both.

He also drank a few more shots before he finished off his last one, he wouldn't say that he was drunk because he had been worst then what he was now. But he still didn't need to drink as much as he had, but he still wanted to impress Meghan so he drank a shot whenever she did.

He smiled as he wrapped both his arms tightly around her body as he looked at her, "I am? I'm not cute, I'm handsome." He told her as he brushed some of her pink hair away from her face and behind her ear.

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Eleanor tried not to pay attention to the stranger that was watching her, she stayed close to Brian and watched as he took his first shot. He made it look a lot easier than it would be for her, "I doubt it will be that easy." She looked at him before she copied him.

She leaned over a little as she lined up her pool cue stick with the cue ball, she picked out the solid ball that she wanted to hit into a pocket. It was a comfort having Brian so close to her and to have him helping her, however when she hit the cue ball she didn't pocket the solid ball.

"See, I knew I wouldn't be good at this game." She commented as she'd have to practice a lot if she wanted to be even slightly good at the game, but she wanted to continue even if she knew that Brian would win.

@ sugarplum.
"Noooo, just cute," Meghan teased, giggling again. She leaned her forehead against Zacky's chest, listening to his heartbeat. She loved the feeling of his arms wrapped around her waist. It had been a long time since she'd been held, and it made her feel strangely protected. If she was sober, Meghan was sure she'd have butterflies in her stomach.

Suddenly Meghan yawned. She knew it was probably late and after having so much to drink, she was getting tired. "I'm sleepy," she mumbled against Zacky's shirt. She stumbled over to Eleanor, telling her friend that she was leaving with Zacky.

Once she returned to Zacky at the bar, she leaned heavily against him. "I want to sleep on your bus with you tonight," she said softly.

---

"It just takes a little bit of practice," Brian replied, smiling. He surveyed the table, noticing that there was now almost a straight shot to get the solid three ball into the corner pocket. "Say, why you don't you take another shot? I'll even let it count if you hit the pocket."

Brian watched as Eleanor stepped up to take her second shot. As she lined up her stick, he moved closer to her, leaning in close to her ear. "Aim a little lower on the cue ball," he whispered. "Otherwise it'll just spin out." He reached out, laying his hand on top of hers again and guiding the cue stick lower. "There, try it now."

Brian moved away to let Eleanor take her shot and noticed that same guy still standing nearby, staring at Eleanor. Brian frowned. "Hey," he shouted. "Is there a reason you're staring at us?"

@ ZackyEffingVengeance
Zacky had wanted to hear Meghan call him handsome, but she didn't so he'd just have to wait a little longer. He watched as she stumbled her way over to their friends before he again wrapped his arm securely around her waist, "If that's what you want, love." He said as he guided her back towards the front door of the bar, they could easily walk back to where the bus was.

He made sure to keep her close to him, partly so she wouldn't trip or fall over in her state but he also didn't want any guys getting close to Meghan. His hand rested on her hip as they walked in step together, "Did you have a good night? Maybe we could do this again, just the two of us." He suggested as he wanted Meghan all to himself.

"We could make a date of it next time," He grinned as it was his way of asking her out and he hoped that she'd still agree to it the next morning.

---

Eleanor concentrated on aiming as she did want to pocket as least one ball, she glanced over when Meghan left with Zacky before she hit the cue ball with the pool stick. She smiled when she watched the solid three ball roll until it fell into the pocket, but she little inner celebration was short lived when she heard Brian call out to the guy that was staring at them.

The guy was in his mid fifties and had a beer gut on him, he looked Eleanor up and down as he checked her out. His eyes lingering on her curves, "Just wondering why she's here with you. She's fucking sexy, I could have her screaming all night long." He smirked which made Eleanor's skin crawl with disgust, she really didn't know why guys thought girls would fall for that.

"No thanks, come on Brian." Eleanor rested her hands on his tattooed forearm and tried to pull him away, she didn't want a fight to start and she wanted to get far away from the sleazy guy. "Come on, I owe you that kiss." She leaned up and whispered to him.

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"I had a greeeeeeaaaaat time," Meghan replied, laughing. She reached down and pulled Zacky's hand away from her waist, threading their fingers together. She liked that being drunk made her confident enough to hold his hand. She still needed a bit of help to walk though, so she leaned on him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Are you asking me out?" Meghan asked. She giggled. Zacky Vengeance just asked her out on a date. She'd been dreaming of that since she was sixteen and now it was actually happening. She smiled at Zacky. "I would love to go out on a date with you," she said.

"Will the other guys be mad that I'm here?" Meghan whispered loudly as Zacky led her onto the bus. She hoped not, because she would hate to be kicked out. Meghan went ahead of Zacky and climbed into one of the empty bunks. She snuggled up in the blanket, wondering what was taking Zacky so long.

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"Watch how you fucking talk about her," Brian growled. He took a step towards the man, clenching his fists. "She's a lady, not an object for your pleasure. So fuck off before I beat your ass."

Brian was ready to start a fight. He didn't like men who disrespected women. However, he was more than willing to walk away when Eleanor mentioned the kiss. He was still really pissed, so he yanked Eleanor close and kissed her hard, in full view of the man who was harassing them.

"Sorry about that," Brian apologized as they walked down the street. "That guy just really rubbed me the wrong way. He shouldn't talk to you like that."

Since Brian had a few drinks, he decided to walk Eleanor back to the buses. It gave him a little alone time with her as well. "So uh, you headed back to your bus?" Brian asked. He hoped she would want to come back to the Sevenfold bus, but he wasn't going to push things.