Last Resort

Behind the Scenes

*Jacoby’s POV*

I listened as Ashleigh’s car tires squealed as she sped away. I guess I should’ve expected this sooner or later, but I never thought she would’ve had it in her. She needed me, I know that much. So I don’t understand why she suddenly decided to crack and runaway. It doesn’t matter, really because she will be sorry for choosing them over me.

The next morning, I realized that I had more important things to worry about, such as who the hell was better than Papa Roach to perform at the 2009 MTV Spring Break Week opening ceremony. Ryan Seacrest was this year’s host. And I was going to make sure that I had a word with him.

The studio area, conveniently located next to the beach where all the action would be taking place, was bustling with camera crew men and beachgoers. A portion of the show was already being filmed as I wondered around. As I searched through the entire studio, I grew more and more frustrated. Where the hell could he be? Just as I was about to turn around and go home, I saw him, ending a phone call and lounging on a nearby couch.

“Are you Ryan Seacrest?” I asked, just making sure…you’d be surprised how many times I’ve assumed a person was someone, when they ended up being someone else.

“Yep, that would be me. And you are…?”

“Jacoby Shaddix, singer of Papa Roach,” I replied, sitting down next to him.

“Oh that’s right. Hey dude sorry that your band didn’t get on the show. We had a vote online to pick and it was really close. But I guess the crowd just preferred the guys of A7X.” Did he seriously just say that of all the bands that shitty one was the one to beat ours?!

“You’re kidding,” I said, trying to contain my anger.

There has to be some way I can get them all back for what they’ve done to me. Isn’t there some way I could just get rid of them while humiliating them all at once? In the briefest amount of seconds, a brilliant idea hatched in my mind.

“Hey Ryan can I interest you in a new reality TV proposition?” I asked, suddenly changing the subject.

He seemed instantly interested. “Well, sure I don’t see why not. And by the way, are you sure you’re ok with not being picked to perform?”

“Yeah, no hard feelings. Besides, this new idea of mine might just make up for all of this.”

“Oh, well in that case I’m definitely interested now. Do tell,” he said, clearly wanting the details.

“Picture this: a popular band and some guests are destined for a vacation of a lifetime – but their plane crashes before they can reach said destination. They land on a deserted island that is covered with hidden cameras and danger. The entire country will watch as they fight for their lives.”

“That’s amazing! And ratings will blow through the roof for whatever channel chooses to broadcast that. America is so into that kind of thing these days, everyone will want to watch it! But, how will we pick the band and guests to put there? It has to be people who at least stand a chance of survival.”

“Well, why not America’s 'favorite' band – Avenged Sevenfold?”

“Perfect, we can hint at the new show once they are done playing. The band itself will have no clue. I can get this through to production easily, especially right here on MTV. We can even be co-hosts, if you want.”

“That sounds good to me, dude. I’ll leave all that technical stuff up to you. But I can handle sending out the letters, picking the guests, and dealing with the airline.”

“Fair enough, but hey I have to get out there and do some hosting stuff so we’ll finalize this later, alright?”

“Sounds good.” I couldn’t believe how perfectly all this was working out, and in just a matter of an hour too.

The minute I got back home I pulled out a notebook nearby and began constructing the letter telling everyone that they would be going on their seamlessly innocent free vacation. I couldn’t help but laugh to myself – this is just all too perfect.

As it turns out, by the time I was done, I had ten letters – M. Shadows, his girlfriend Emily, Synyster Gates, The Rev, his girlfriend Sabrina, Johnny Christ, his girlfriend Amy, Zacky Vengeance, his girlfriend Natalie, and last but not least, Ashleigh.

I typed them up, put on the MTV logo, and sent them out in the mail. Since it was still early in the morning, these letters should get there sometime today…which means we’ll need a camera crew standing by. I dialed up Ryan and told him what was going on, and apparently it would work out so that the crew could follow the band home after their performance at 3 PM. Now all I have to do is sit back and watch it all happen according to plan…

*Normal POV*

After an exhausting welcoming party last night, I ended up passing out in Brian’s room. Now let me tell you something, ever since I was ‘adopted’ into the Sullivan family, I had always had my eye on Brian. There was just something about him, aside from his evident hotness that made me want him so badly. Well, before anything like that could happen, I met Jacoby and he distracted me in a sense from Brian, so I thought I had moved on.

As the sunlight flooded into the room from between the blinds, I opened my eyes at the new light. I blinked a few times before seeing Brian lying next to me, sound asleep and looking as adorable as ever as he cuddled with his purple stuffed monkey named Gatesy (which I bought him for Christmas six years ago).

I felt as if I was in some sort of dream…being in the same bed and his face being the first thing I get to wake up to – apparently I haven’t moved on from him just yet.

“WAKEY, WAKEY!” Jimmy shouted running into the room and leaping onto the bed, landing right on Brian.

He moved around a little and rubbed some sleep from his eyes. “Ashleigh it’s too early to get up…,” he mumbled, reaching up and pulling and unsuspecting Jimmy down into a hug. “Damn, girl you must’ve gotten super skinny since the last time I saw you.”

I nearly rolled off the bed laughing at the fact that Brian was holding Jimmy, thinking he was me, and that Jimmy was totally shocked. He gasped loudly, trying to get out of Brian’s bear hug. “I do not sound like a girl!” he said talking in his normal non-shouting voice.

Brian’s eyes instantly flew open as they both screamed when he saw that he wasn’t holding me… Jimmy ended up rolling off the bed and Brian looked at me, sitting next to him and laughing my ass off.

“That is so not the way I want to wake up in the morning!” he pouted, throwing a pillow at me.

Jimmy popped back up off the floor saying, “Oh please, we all know you have a secret attraction to me.”

Brian rolled his eyes then threw a pillow at him as well, which resulted in an all out war. It’s times like these that really make me wonder what was wrong with me – why had I chosen to stay with Jacoby so long when I could’ve gotten to live like this everyday?

We all went downstairs to see that everyone else was already up and eating all the cinnamon rolls. “There had better be one left for me!” I shouted running into the kitchen and searching for the tray. Natalie was reaching for the last one, and I dramatically ran forward snatching it from her hand.

“Hey you just stole my roll, bitch!” she laughed.

“Oh, if you want I can give it back,” I said sticking out my tongue, showing the chewed up roll.

“Ahhh disgusting!” she said covering her eyes with the nearby frying pan.

“So what’s on the schedule for today?” Emily asked, reclining on Matt’s lap.

“We’ve gotta head down to the beach to do a performance for some MTV spring break show,” Matt said.

“Whoo hoo the beach!” Amy shouted excitedly, chowing down on a handful of Captain Crunch right out of the box.

“What’s the big deal? We live on a beach…,” Sabrina pointed out.

Amy rolled her eyes, “So? Don’t persecute me for my excitement.”

She then became distracted when she noticed Johnny try and steal her cereal box. She proceeded to tackle him down to the ground and wrestle for the box.

The room suddenly went quiet as Zacky unleashed a humongous belch. We all instantly exploded into fits of laughter. “Aw, that’s my Double Chin Man!” Natalie cooed as she hugged Zacky, who rolled his eyes at the unfavorable nickname.

“I am not a double chin man!” he protested, while eating another donut.

By the time we were done eating breakfast and fooling around, it was already time to head out to the stage. There was a pretty large crowd lining up for a chance to see the band. Me and the rest of the girls lined up on the sides with Jason and Matt Berry, enjoying the show. The guys played a few songs from Diamonds in the Rough in addition to their latest album and older tracks. It was a pretty good show, if I do say so myself.

We were chased off the stage by a group of rabid fan-girls, all the way to the parking lot where we landed in our safe Escalade. But, the whole ride back home, I couldn’t help but feel like we were being followed. Occasionally, I would glance behind us and find a different car there each time, but I still couldn’t shake this feeling.

“I’ll get the mail,” I said randomly as we pulled up into the driveway, seeing that the box was full. At first, there was nothing but a catalog, bills, and stuff like that.

But the final things that were in there were ten envelops addressed to each of us, from MTV. I opened mine first and was shocked at what I read.

Dear Miss Ashleigh Sullivan,

You along with the bandmates and friends of Avenged Sevenfold have been awarded a free vacation to Bermuda. You are receiving this as a form of gratitude for performing an amazing set for our show and earning us quite a good turnout for this year’s spring break special. The plane leaves in two days at the LA airport. It will be an exclusive private jet, so it shouldn’t be hard to miss. We hope that you enjoy your week long stay in paradise!

-MTV


I couldn’t believe what I was reading! Excitedly, I ran back inside and gave everyone else their letters which said the same thing, only with a different name at the top. “Can you believe this?! I mean, really what are the chances that we’d get to win something as sweet as this?” Emily said.

“It just goes to show how amazing we are,” Matt said smugly.

“Damn, I gotta start packing all my shit!” Natalie exclaimed, dragging Zacky upstairs with her to help.

This is totally the best news we’ve gotten all day, obviously. Life couldn’t get much better than this, that’s for sure. And now, I’ll get to spend an entire week on vacation with all my favorite people and, dare I say it, who knows what could happen with me and Brian!
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alright all the fun will begin in the next chapter as the reality show starts being filmed. it will definitely be something you wont want to miss ;)

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