Inside These Arms Of Yours

Chapter 38

"Girl let me see that rock!" Val exclaimed as she threw open the door to her and Matt's house. We were having a girl's day in while the guys had a guy's day out at the studio. It was now a few days after our vacation and I had yet to see any of them. She grabbed my hand and looked at the ring on my finger.

"You bitch! You knew all about it!" I pointed my finger at her accusingly. She tried to nip at my outstretched finger but I yanked it back.

"Of course I knew about it! We all did. But I wasn't allowed to see the ring. Only the guys saw it." She scrunched up her face as we made our way through the house. The other girls jumped up off the sofa and engulfed me in a hug. Wow I never knew this was such a big deal.

"Katie!!! It's like you're getting married! Only not yet!" Leana squealed as she released me from her grasp. I couldn’t help but laugh. That was truly a Leana statement.

"So how was your night?" Michelle asked with a smirk as we all sat back down on the sofas.

"Umm hot and steamy?" I could feel the heat returning to my face as I answered. I knew there was no fooling them so why try?

"Ahhh you guys had sex! I knew you would!" I raised my eyebrow at Val as she spoke. How exactly did she know? "Oh come on Katie, this is Zacky we're talking about here."

"Very true. Yeah we had sex. And it was great." I teased as I stuck my tongue out.

"Bella!" Thankfully my story was cut short by Val yelling at her dog. Bella was wandering through the living room with one of Val's bra's in her mouth. She abruptly stood up and chased Bella for a minute before retrieving the bra.

"I swear she is sooo Matt's dog." She gave Bella one final glare before she trotted off and we all just laughed.

"Thats alright Val, the other day Ichabod had one of my thongs from the clean pile I was sorting through. I think Zacky has him trained or something because he snagged it and ran straight to him." I rolled my eyes while thinking back to that incident. Zacky had howled with laughter at the sight of his dog with my panties in his mouth. I didn’t find it very funny but he sure did.

"Johnny's been talking about wanting a dog but after all these stories I'm not so sure anymore."

"Lacey just say no. It'll become attached to Johnny and then do all these favors for him!" Val flung her arms up in the air as she kept an eye on Bella who had returned and was now lying peacefully in her bed by the tv.

"So my family is going to be in town in a few weeks." Everyone turned their attention to me as I spoke, each of them had grins on. They all knew how much I missed my family.

"They'll be stopping by for a day. I guess my mom called the other day but Zacky answered since I had gone to the store. I've tried to call them back but with the time change there isn't really a good time that I can reach them. But I'm excited." I couldn’t help but grin at the thought of my family finally getting to meet Zacky. My mom's talked to him on the phone quite a bit. She likes him I can already tell. And they've seen pictures of the two of us so appearance isn't an issue. At first they didn't like all the tattoos and piercings but they got over it, thankfully.

"Aww how exciting! Are your brother and sister coming too?" Leana asked as she smiled. I had told her a lot about my siblings and the type of relationship we have.

"Yeah. My sister is still amazed I'm dating Zacky. I got her into their music when she was younger. And my brother will like him I bet. My brother isn’t exactly the wildest guy out there. He's actually far from it. But I think they will get along fine."

"That’s so awesome hun. I'm happy for you both. Now I have to ask, is anyone up for some early booze before the guys crash our party later on?" Grins spread across each of our faces as we all got up and followed Val into the kitchen.

Zacky's Pov

"So man, still on cloud nine?" Brian was lounging on the couch in the recording studio as I walked through the door. I tossed my backpack onto the ground in the pile where the others were.

"Yeah man. I'm so fucking happy she liked everything." I picked up my guitar before sitting down opposite him.

"And how was she in bed?" Jimmy poked his head out from the other room and smirked at me.

"For her first time, she was great." I was trying not to give out too much information. If it made it back to Katie she'd be pissed. Jimmy seemed pleased enough because his head nodded before disappearing back into the room.

"And she liked the ring?" Brian asked. He and Matt had gone with me to get it the day Katie went to the spa. We had gone out looking before but I had to have it ordered for her.

"She loved it. I can't wait to marry her someday. Hopefully someday soon after I meet her parents." Brian's eyes lit up at the mention of her parents.

"Oh that's right! They're coming soon aren't they?" I nodded in reply as I absentmindedly strummed the chords to Dear God.

"Yeah. I sure hope things go well."

"They will dude. I'm sure of it. You already said her mom seems to like you and so does her sister."

"Yeah but those aren't the two I'm worried about." I muttered. Matt was making his way into the room and he must have picked up my last comment.

"Chill man. They'll love you and if not, I highly doubt Katie's going to stop dating you. That girl is head over heels for you."

"Lacey's parents were never fond of me to start with. But over time I guess I grew on them. We're cool now. If all else fails, just give it time man." Johnny was right. I shouldn’t be so nervous. Katie was close to her family so they couldn’t be too bad right?

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We left the studio around five. I had gotten my guitar parts finished for Lost and Afterlife. That left me with only two songs to go. If you ask me, that's two songs too many. I would have been finished sooner but Matt and Syn kept switching things up on me. I missed having Katie in the studio and would be extremely glad when I dragged her ass back in there. She would have told them to shove it and that it was fine the way I played it the first time.
We finally pulled up into Matt's driveway and all climbed out.

"Well at least the house isn’t burnt down yet." Matt chuckled as he unlocked the door only to be greeted with a round of hysterical laughter. "I may have spoken too fucking soon." He muttered as we all filed in. "Val?" He yelled but we just followed the noise to the living room.
All five girls were seated in the couches or on the floor pillows with beers in hand. They started without us. They all looked a little bit tipsy but still looked somewhat sober. I saw Katie's eyes light up as she looked up at me from her spot on the floor. Matt had disappeared and returned with an armful of beers. I took the one he had outstretched to me and made my way over to my girl.

She sat up slightly and smiled at me. She had a little bed of pillows that she had made and was leaned up against the wall. I popped the top of my beer and sat down next to her. She cuddled up next to me and I wrapped my arm around her waist. She leaned up and gave me a kiss. I could taste the alcohol on her breath as she pulled away.

"How much have you had to drink?" I questioned in a quiet voice.

"Not too much. This is only my third, but certainly not my last." She let a slight smirk cross her lips as she let her hand rest on my thigh. I had never seen her drink more than one before so this was a new side of her I was getting to see. But I was enjoying it so far.

"Ever been drunk before?" My question caused her to chuckle lightly.

"Once. I lasted awhile. Didn't get too sick the next day. I think I'll be alright tonight." I leaned down and kissed her forehead before taking a drink of my beer.

"You two aren’t going to start fucking over there are you?" Brian was looking at Katie and me with a questioning glance. She let out a laugh as she smirked at him.

"Why do you ask Brian? Would you like to watch us?" My eyes widened somewhat as did Brian's. We looked at eachother and shrugged. She was definitely more outgoing when she had knocked back a few.

"Afraid there'll be no watching on my part." He paused for a moment before winking at me. "But hey I'd love to join in." I smiled as I looked down to see Katie nearly choke on her beer. Her eyes widened as she looked at Michelle who was smirking as well. I noticed Brian had given her thigh a quick squeeze to let her know to play along.

"Michelle. Did you hear your man?" She just shrugged at Katie before turning to Brian and giving him a kiss.

"If you want to babe go right ahead." Katie's eyes nearly doubled in size as I watched Brian get up and move toward us. He plopped down on the other side of Katie and gave me a wink before wrapping his arm around her waist as well. This was going to be fun and I could tell she was going to be uncomfortable. She already was. We loved messing with the girls and she hadn't had a good dose yet. Add that to teasing her when she was drunk and it was going to be interesting. Everyone else caught our drift and slowly made excuses to vacate the room.

"Hey guys wait up!" Katie tried to get out of our grasp but it was no use. We practically had her pinned to the floor.

"Now we can enjoy our sex." I said huskily in her ear. I felt goosebumps make their way up her arms and Brian noticed as well.

"Are you freaking serious Zacky? What is wrong with you? I mean no offense Syn but I can't do that to Michelle." She was shaking her head frantically but I grasped a hold of it and kept it in place. She was staring into my eyes but they soon snapped shut as I saw Brian start sucking on her neck.

"No no no." She was muttering very quietly. She looked like she was trying not to enjoy herself but her body was telling her otherwise. "Oh yes."

"How does it feel knowing my best friend is giving you a fucking hickey?" Brian and I were so close that in all honesty I didn’t mind. We had messed around with Michelle like this a few years ago. She hadn’t found it funny afterwards, but now that the tables had turned on Katie she looked rather amused before she left.

"Do… do you want the truth?" She stuttered out as I saw Brian bite down on her neck.

"I sure do." I leaned closer since she was speaking so softly.

"It feels amazing. But it's not the same as you." She let out another moan as I moved down to the opposite side of her neck. Might as well give her a matching one on the other side.

"Oh fuck." At that word both Brian and I stopped and retreated. We looked at eachother and had identical smirks.

"Maybe another time hun." Brian said as he moved away from her while we both laughed.

"What the hell!" She reached up to her neck and stood abruptly, causing her to stumble a little. I joined her and steadied her but she shook me off and ran toward the bathroom. I followed being the good boyfriend I am. She was standing facing the mirror. Her neck was red and her eyes were threatening tears. Her hands were gripping the counter so hard it looked like she could rip a hole in the marble.

"Do you have any idea how that felt knowing that your best friend was giving me a hickey? It may have felt good physically but now I feel like a whore Zack! I may be a little tipsy but that was not ok." She turned and slid down the side of the counter and onto the floor.

"If it makes you feel any better, they played the same sick game on me a few years ago." I looked over to see Michelle and Brian standing in the doorway. I watched as Katie just grumbled and crossed her arms over her chest. I shooed the other couple out of the room and kneeled down in front of her.

"You're cute when you pout."

"And you're a jerk." She looked into my eyes and I gave her my infamous puppy dog eyes that I had to pull every now and then.

"Zacky stop." I shook my head before holding her head in place as she tried to turn to the side.

"But I don't like you being mad at me." She groaned as I pressed my lips to hers. I slipped my tongue in her mouth causing her to bring her hands up and wrap in my hair.

Our moment was ruined by Jimmy's loud voice yelling throughout the house. "Come on fuckers! I need more to drink!"

I pulled away before staring into her blue eyes. "You're not off the hook yet Vengeance." She growled as I smirked at her.

"Well then I think you need more alcohol in your system." My reply caused her to smack my arm lightly. I helped her up and we headed back downstairs to where there were several large bottles of alcohol on a table.

Instead of snagging a few shot glasses and filling them, I just took the whole damn bottle of Jack Daniels back to the spot Katie and I were occupying earlier. I didn't plan on drinking all of it. Hell I wasn’t even planning on getting wasted. I was leaving that up to my girlfriend tonight. Katie looked at me skeptically as I patted the spot beside me. She made her way over and settled back into my arms once more. Unbeknownst to her, I kept offering her some JD and eventually, after many drinks, she looked up at me.

"Are you trying to get me drunk Zack?" I couldn't help but smirk. She was already drunk, as were the other girls.

"Babe I believe you're already gone." She groaned.

"Then stop giving me more!" I leaned down and kissed her forehead before placing the cap back on the bottle and setting it aside.

"So Katie." I looked over to see Jimmy giving her an evil look. "How was Zacky in bed?" Ahh so now the fun starts. I've never seen her drunk but I'm pretty sure she would start spilling things quickly.

"He was greeeeat. The best, and well only sex I've had. He can fuck me any day." At this the guys snickered and I raised my eyebrow at her last comment.

"Oh really?" She grinned up at me.

"Yep! I looove you Zacky." I shook my head and turned to look at Val who was giggling uncontrollably. Matt had this scared look on his face.

"What's so funny Val?" He asked. She pointed at Katie before talking.

"She's just so funny. And you two are too cute! You two should just go upstairs and fuck. Katie all I've heard from you is how you want to do it again."

"Val shut up!" Val's hand shot up to her mouth as if she just spilled a deep dark secret. Katie's face was blushing like mad. She hid her face in her hands as everyone laughed. The guys all gave me a thumbs up as she cringed against me.

"Leana I hate your boyfriend for starting this." She mumbled. Looking around I noticed Leana was off in her own little world in Jimmy's lap, Lacey was passed out against Johnny, Michelle was clinging to Brian but looked like she was almost out, and Val was in the same state as Katie, drunk, but not out yet.

"Looks like we all are staying the night. You mind Matt?" Brian asked Matt as he was stroking Val's arm to try and keep her awake. They had so many extra bedrooms in this place I knew it was not going to be an issue. We each had our own room we usually stayed in when we were too drunk to drive home.

"Naw you guys know we don't mind. I think I'm gonna take her up though. She's about to pass out." Val's eyes were closing slowly. The other guys nodded and shifted slightly trying to figure out the best way to pick up their girl.

"I need some water." Katie mumbled from beside me. I helped her stand.

"I can do it. I can do it." She mumbled to herself but as soon as she took a step she almost fell flat. I wrapped my arms around her to keep her upright.

"Yeah right. You can do it my ass." I grinned as her eyes lit up.

"Really? Your ass can do it?" This statement caused both Brian, who was holding Michelle up, and myself to howl with laughter. She was so far gone right now.

"Why don't I get you upstairs and then I'll get you some water alright?" She just nodded and looked up at the ceiling. I picked her up bridal style and headed toward the stairs.

"Night Brian." She said in mid yawn. "Thanks for the hickey." We both chucked at that.

"No problem hun. Get some sleep." She just nodded and rested her head in the crook of my neck. I reached our room upstairs and laid her down on the bed. She shuffled slightly so that I could pull the covers back under her. I watched as she fumbled with the button to her jeans but she wasn't getting anywhere with it. I leaned over and helped her unbutton her pants before pulling them off. She then raised her arms slightly and I pulled her shirt over her head. I walked over to the closet and pulled out one of my spare shirts I kept here for nights like these. When I turned around I couldn’t help but let out a chuckle. Katie was leaning up and trying to get her arms around her back to undo her bra but she was failing miserably. She looked so helpless when she was drunk. I made my way over and helped her undo it before she slid it off. She tried to cover herself up with her arms but I held them away.

"Do you want the shirt?" She paused for a moment before looking down to her bare chest then back up to me.

"No. That's ok." She said in a quiet voice. I helped her get under the covers before standing up once again.

"I'll go get you that water alright? Don't fall asleep on me." I made my way back downstairs to see that Brian was back down, this time without Michelle.

"Katie's poor neck is still so red." He laughed as he set his beer down on the counter.

"She's so awesome though man. You've got yourself a good catch." I reached into the cupboard and pulled out a glass before filling it with water.

"Ain't that the fucking truth. And she's a kick when she's drunk."

"They all are. We've got our hands full. I can't imagine what would have happened if we all got hammered tonight." I nodded at the thought. It would have been a nightmare and we probably would have had the cops called on us. Wouldn’t be the first time it happened.

"Yeah well I'm gonna get this up to her. She's so out of it." Brian laughed before setting his empty beer bottle in the sink. He followed me up the stairs and glanced into our room to see Katie lying up against the headrest.

"Hey Kate. Don't let him torture you too much tonight." He winked as she groaned. I gave her the glass of water and she drank it down while holding the sheet up against her chest.

"Hate to say it man but she's going to be the one torturing me. She's got no shirt on." Brian high fived me before smirking at Katie.

"Zackyyyy. Shut up." She flopped down and buried her head in the pillows.

"Night man." Brian said as he turned and headed down the hall.

"Night."

"Are you coming or not?" It was interesting how her one little sentence could be twisted into such a perverted one but hey, it happens when I've had a few drinks.

"Oh babe I'll come alright if you want me too." I stripped down to my boxers and climbed in bed beside her.

"Mmm maybe later. I'm way too tired and way too drunk for sex now." I chuckled before pulling her into my arms. She turned so she was facing me and scooted closer so our bare chests were touching. Please don't let me get a hard on now.

"Don't even think about it Vengeance." She growled. I pulled her so she was lying on top of me, her head sideways on my chest.

"I can't help it. Your nipples feel so good against my skin." Her head popped up and glared at me. She tapped my arm lightly and laid back down.

"I love you Zacky." I squeezed her lightly and kissed the top of her head in reply.

A few silent seconds passed. "Hey Zacky?"

"Yeah babe?" She paused for a minute as if she was fighting herself on whether she wanted to continue her question.

"Can we have sex again soon?" I chuckled lightly. I bet she wouldn’t remember any of this when she was sober but I was sure going to hold it against her.

"Yeah babe. We can have it anytime you want." She smiled at me before her eyes drifted closed. She was something else. I'd have to make sure and get her drunk more often.
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