afterglow.

"Wait, what, Max? Are you kidding me?!" Autumn jumped up, freaking out at her friend's words. Apparently, while she had been sleeping, 'someone' has leaked private pictures that she's sent to her ex, Ronnie, a few months before they broke up. The mint haired beauty wouldn't put it past her ex to leak the pictures himself. "Oh, god, this can't be happening. This is bad. I thought we were past leaking nudes! Didn't that die out in like 2013?" She ran a hand through her hair, taking a deep breath so she didn't panic. "Thanks for letting me know, dude... I'll try and handle this. Thank you."

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Hey, you! You up? Alex fired off a quick text to Christyn, curious as to what she was doing. It had been a few days since he'd heard from her, so he just wanted to check and make sure that she was okay. If you're not doing something, do you wanna go bowling or see a movie later? Just get out of the house. The vocalist put his phone down on the kitchen counter before setting about making himself a cup of tea. He put the kettle on the stove to boil before letting the dogs outside.

@ saraya-jade.

Zack rolled over in bed as he heard Autumn on the phone. He didn't catch much of the conversation but she sounded upset. "Babe, what's wrong?" He yawned as he sat up and rubbed his face.

--

Christyn rolled over when her phone vibrated. She smiled, seeing a text from Alex. hey! Bowling sounds great, what time were you thinking? she sent back to him before standing up to stretch. She and Alex had been seeing each other for a while now, she wouldn't say they were official, because she just got out of a bad relationship with another famous band guy and she needed time, but hanging out with Alex beat sitting at home sulking.

"I'll talk to you later, Max. Thanks for letting me know. Love you too, Bro. Don't be a stranger." Autumn hung up the phone before turning to face Zack, running a hand through her hair. "Apparently, someone leaked some 'pictures' that I'd sent Ronnie before he and I split." She spoke, making finger quotes when she said pictures.

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About maybe six? Seven? Alex texted Christyn back. He put his phone down on the kitchen table before going to let the dogs in. Once he'd closed the door behind them, he set about preparing his cup of tea.

@ saraya-jade.

"It was probably that fucker Ronnie." Zack said. He hated the dude, he wished Autumn had never fucked with him but he didn't belittle her for it. He sighed and got out of bed. "It'll be okay." He told her.

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What about 6:30? Christyn texted back to Alex. She placed her phone on the counter before jumping in the shower. When she got out, she had a text from Alex and also a text from Mike. She sighed as she looked at Mike's text. He was asking her to hang out today too. She quickly responded that she couldn't before going to get dressed.

(Decided she's going to have been messing around with Mike from Pierce the Veil before she started with Alex and Mike's still trying to get her back but she broke up with him because he was drinking too much and their relationship became abusive lol so yay drama)

"It probably was," Autumn spoke, running a hand through her hair. She took a deep breath and tried to relax, but it really wasn't doing much. "It's not even noon and I already need a damn drink. It's been six fucking months and he still can't let go."

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6:30 sounds good to me! Gives me enough time to get the house together for when you come back, Alex made sure the text to Christyn went through before sitting down at the kitchen table, sipping his tea s he went through his social media.

@ saraya-jade.

Zack nodded and crawled over to where she was and began to massage her shoulders. "Don't let it bother you, babe." He said. "Maybe I'll text Alex and see what he and Christyn are doing today and we'll go bother them." He chuckled.

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sounds good haha Christyn sent back to Alex. She headed downstairs to get some breakfast started. She sighed as she saw Mike's name pop up on her phone, saying he was calling her. She ignored it though and went back to cooking.

Autumn immediately relaxed at the feel of Zack's hands on her shoulders. "That sounds like a good idea-- I should probably get out of the house." She mused, turning to face her man and pulling him in for a hug.

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Alex was scrolling through twitter when he was greeted with a picture of Autumn, although it was a picture he never expected to see. "Fuck," he spoke, shaking his head. He fired off a quick text to Zack. Hey, you and Autumn been on twitter yet today? Might wanna tell her to stay off.

@ saraya-jade.

Zack smiled and kissed her softly. He looked at his phone, seeing a text from Alex. She already knows. Max called her. Hey, what are you and Christyn doing today? he replied. "Looks like Alex caught sight of your photos...I swear the next time I see Radke, I'm kicking his ass." He mumbled.

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Christyn sat down to eat her breakfast and browse through Twitter. She frowned when she saw Autumn's pictures and shook her head. Ronnie was such a dick, of course, she had no room to talk and Mike wasn't any better than Radke. She was surprised her own nudes hadn't made it onto the internet yet. She decided to call Alex.

Autumn blushed bright red and put her head in her hands. "Babe, don't, he's not even worth it." She ran a hand through her hair and exhaled softly. "Max said he's gonna handle it."

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We were gonna go bowling at about 6:30. You two wanna come with? Alex sent the text and finished his cup of tea before heading upstairs to get dressed.

@ saraya-jade.

Zack sighed. "Okay. Alex said he and Christyn are going to go bowling about 6:30 if we wanna go with." He said, looking at his girlfriend.

Autumn smiled softly, nodding her head. "Yeah, that sounds like fun. I could use an excuse to get out of the house today." She spoke gently.

Zack smiled and texted Alex back, letting him know they'd meet them at the bowling alley at 6:30. "I'm glad you're handling this as well as you are."

"Honestly, I'm just trying not to break down or commit murder. I just want to relax and try and have fun." Autumn spoke, going to grab some clothes to change into.

@ saraya-jade.

"Well I have a list of people you can murder if it comes to that." Zack chuckled. He was trying to make light of a shitty situation.

Autumn shook her head. "I'm pretty sure our lists are almost identical." She joked, throwing her hair up in a ponytail.

"Does yours start with Ronnie too?" Zack chuckled as he headed into the bathroom to wash up and shave.

"Babe, Ronnie's been on my list since 2011." Autumn laughed, looking through her drawers to try and find something to wear.

Zack laughed. "True." He said as he slapped some shaving cream on his face. "You ready to kick Alex and Christyn's ass in bowling?" He chuckled.

"I'm always ready to kick ass at bowling." Autumn smirked, changing into a fresh set of leggings and a crop top.