afterglow.

"Don't worry about all this shit with Ronnie, Max will fix it or I will if he can't." Zack told her, rubbing her back.

--

"Oh I know." Christyn laughed as she sat at Alex's kitchen island and slid his food to him. "Enjoy." She smiled.

Autumn nodded, Zack's words bringing her comfort. "I know. It's just I wish Max didn't have to keep fighting my battles for me. He's got his own life and his own problems to deal with." She sighed.

--

Alex gave Christyn a grin before opening the container. "Oh, believe me, I will." He spoke, winking at her before taking a bite of his food.

"He's a good friend though and he really cares about you, Autumn." Zack said as he held her close to him.

--

Christyn smirked before opening hers and beginning to eat. "So I know you saw the news all over Twitter, with Autumn." She said.

Autumn nodded her head. Zack was right. She and Max had been through hell and back together-- they were more than friends. They were family. He was the older brother that she never had. "I know, babe," she spoke, rolling over so she was on her back.

--

Alex nodded his head. "Yeah... That was the first thing I saw when I opened the app. I couldn't fuckin' believe it."

@ saraya-jade.

"I was talking to him one night shortly after you broke up with Ronnie and Max told me Ronnie accused him of you two sleeping together. I told Max he should have just laid him out right then and there." Zack said.

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Christyn nodded, "just wait, Mike will be posting mine next." She sighed. She hoped he wouldn't, but with how obsessive he's been lately, trying to get back with her, she wouldn't be surprised. "He keeps calling me, he called me this morning, trying to beg me to come back, I blew him off and then he sent me a threatening text." She said.

Autumn nodded her head. "I remember that. Max called me to let me know I left my hoodie at his place, Ronnie picked up my phone.... that whole day was a shit show." She sighed, running a hand over her face. That had been one of the many times that Ronnie had broken her phone, as well as one of her ribs. "I didn't know that you two talked, though." She mused.

--

"Not if he doesn't want his ass whooped, he won't." Alex spoke, sipping his iced coffee. He wasn't the strongest man on earth, but when it came to protecting Christyn, as cheesy as it sounded, he would do his damndest. "Let me see this text. We might be able to take it to the police."

"Oh yeah, we've talked about you quite a few times, babe." Zack chuckled. "All good things, of horse." He said, kissing her cheek.

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Christyn pulled her phone out, seeing more texts from Mike. She kept her phone on silent so she never heard it go off. "He's been texting me all day." She said, looking at them. Most of them were him name calling, calling her a slut and a whore, a bitch, and her most hated word, a cunt. The last text though, which was sent about thirty minutes ago, he threatened to kill her and Alex if he should try to stop him, it ended with: if I can't have you, no one can. She slid her phone over to Alex so he could see.

Autumn rolled her eyes. "God, all guys in bands do is gossip." She joked, giving Zack a gentle nudge before returning his kiss.

--

Alex read the texts, growing angrier by the word. "Okay, yeah, we're going to the police. Screenshot that, send it to me, tell Vic, too. He might be able to talk some sense into his shithead kid brother before I knock it into him." He spoke, his voice low.

@ saraya-jade.

"That's not true. We also like to whip our dicks out and see who has the biggest one, but yeah, next to that we do talk about our ladies a lot." Zack laughed.

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Christyn nodded. She screenshoted the text and sent it to Alex before calling Vic. "Yooo Christyn, I was just about to call you." Vic said. "Hi Vic, what's up?" She asked. He was silent for a moment and then sighed. "Besides my idiot brother deciding to take revenge on you for breaking up with him? He trashed your place dude, and that's not all...your nudes are on Twitter.." he sighed.

Autumn rolled her eyes before facepalming. "You know, knowing you guys the way I do, I wouldn't be surprised." She joked.

--

Alex raised a brow, straining to hear Vic as he wasn't on speaker. "What the fuck is he saying?" He spoke rather impatiently.

Zack chuckled, "I usually always win." He smirked, "not trying to brag of course but you know what I'm saying." He chuckled.

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Christyn sighed before putting Vic on speaker. "How did he get into my place?" She asked. "I'm assuming he kicked the door in. He was hanging out with us and then he got mad because you weren't answering his texts so he left to go find you," Vic was saying, "I'm just glad you weren't home.." he added. Besides Alex and Autumn, Vic was the only other one who knew exactly how Mike treated her. "He threatened to kill me and Alex if he tried to stop him." She told him.

"Yes, babe. Trust me, I know that you always-- wait, usually? I don't even wanna know." Autumn spoke, busting out laughing.

--

"Tell your brother I'm gonna fucking kill him. I'm sorry, Vic, you know I have a lot of respect for you and your family. But Mike's a piece of shit and I'm gonna kick his ass. That's all there is to it." Alex spoke, doing his best to not flip out. It was getting harder by the second.

@ saraya-jade.

"Are you sure?" Zack laughed. "I should have clarified, when it comes to my band, I win. But when it comes to other band members, I usually win, but not all the time." He laughed.

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"Well good luck finding him. He ran off after the rest of us showed up to ask him what the fuck happened and none of us have seen or heard from him since." Vic said. "Christyn, let me talk to Alex real quick." He added. She sighed but turned her phone off speaker and handed it to Alex.

"I've seen enough dicks in my lifetime. I'm good, babe." Autumn spoke. She'd arrived on the band scene around the same time as Lexus, a friend she no longer talked to. "But trust me, I know you're the winner."

--

Alex took Christyn's phone, giving her a quick kiss as he did so. "Hey, man. What's up?" He spoke, exhaling. Keeping calm wasn't working as well as he'd hoped.

@ saraya-jade.

Zack smiled. "Well at least you know the truth." He said and sighed, "is it 6:30 yet?" He asked. He figured it wasn't.

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"I just wanted to tell you to keep an eye on her. I know you know what my brother did to her, he almost killed her once and if he's threatening her life, I know he'll follow through with it." Vic sighed. Christyn was curious as to what they were talking about but she kept quiet.

Autumn rolled over so she could check the time on the little clock she kept on her side of the bed. "No, it's just about five." She mumbled.

--

Alex nodded his head, his hand that wasn't holding the phone balled tightly into a fist. "You know I will. She's not going to be leaving my side." He spoke solemnly.

@ saraya-jade.

Zack groaned. "Hour and a half still. You hungry?" He asked her. "Maybe we can go grab some dinner before heading to the bowling alley?"

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"Alright man, I'll keep you guys updated if i hear from my idiot brother again." Vic said. He said goodbye before hanging up. "What'd he say?" Christyn asked.

"I'm always hungry-- what, are you new here?" Autumn laughed before sitting up. "That sounds good to me... just gotta grab my jacket." She spoke, getting out of bed.

--

Alex put the phone down before looking at Christyn. "You're staying here tonight. Everywhere you go, I go. We're filing a police report-- hell, we're gonna see if Zack and Autumn want to stay over tonight so we aren't alone. Mike's a fucking nutcase."

Zack chuckled and got up. "Sure thing." He said and slipped his shoes on before grabbing his car keys.

---

Christyn nodded. She grabbed her phone to text Autumn. Sos call me. she sent the text and sighed.

Autumn threw on her jacket, raising a brow when she saw the text from Christyn. She immediately called her friend, giving Zack the one second gesture. "Hey... what's up? Is everything okay?"

--

Alex looked over at Christyn, biting his bottom lip. Just the thought of Mike getting his hands on her made his fucking blood boil.