Isis POV

We arrived at the venue and headed straight to the gates where Ben said he’d meet us and take us back stage.
“Alright you two?” he said as he waved to the security guards to let us in. We headed backstage to where all the bands were hanging out. Ben opened the door and showed us in. Gemma froze next to me. I looked at her to see her stood there open mouthed looking at this one guy sat on the sofa with a beer. He had a bandana on and aviator sunglasses.
“What?” I asked her.
“That’s M Shadows!” she gasped.
“Who?” I asked, she looked at me as if I was stupid.
“Matt Shadows,” she said, “Lead singer of Avenged Sevenfold duh.” I shook my head at her still not a clue.
“I need to educate you woman!” she said shaking her head. Ben finally introduced us to all the guys around the room. Gemma and I was passed a soda as we made ourselves comfortable and got to know everyone a bit better, before their respective meet and greet and set times. After a while I saw Ben glance at the time.
“Shit.” he said, “As much as I would love to stay here, I’ve gotta go down to the Coldcock tent for a signing.” He got up and left after saying his goodbyes. Gemma and I decided that it’d be a good idea to follow him, but not be obvious about it, knowing that there was still a chance that Ashley would be at the tent too.
"Oh bugger." Gemma said. I looked at her funny.
"What?" I said looking back at the direction she was looking at and found a sign that had Ashley's name in it. Apparently our suspicions had been right, he was also doing a meet and greet.
"Are you serious?" I said frustrated. We continued to watch Asking's signing until I saw a familiar silhouette approach us from the corner of my eye.
"Hey Gemma, shocking to see you guys here." Ashley said with obvious sarcasm. I glared at him.
“Well I’m here supporting my friend.” she replied, “I don’t get to see him often so I wanted to see him while he's in town.”
"What the hell are you doing here?" I mumbled.
"Well as you can see, my name is on that board." He said coldly without looking at me.
"No need to be an ass about it." I glared again.
"Also CC told me to look after you." He said to Gemma trying his best to not acknowledge me.
“I don’t need a babysitter.” Gemma glared at him, “Anyway, Ben will make sure that nothing happens, I trust him.” I saw his jaw clench at that comment.
“How can you trust him?” he asked. I rolled my eyes.
“Easy,” She said, “He’s a friend, and never given me a reason to not trust him.” I couldn't take being near him anymore. I still never forgave him for anything that he has done. I walked towards the tent where Ben was at as Gemma followed. We stayed back and watch the meet and greet happen and when it was Ashley's turn, we left and headed towards the backstage. I sat next to Ben.
“So, um, what happened with you and Ashley just now?” Ben asked me, I shrugged, “come on, something must have happened. You didn't tell him did you? He’s never this cold to you.”
"No I haven't." I said, "But apparently it wouldn't have mattered much, he still thinks I’m a slut, and has it in his head that we did cheat."
"But we did.” he replied quietly.
“Yeah I know," I replied, "But he thinks its been this whole time he and I were together, judging by what he was saying.”
“Shit,” he said, “I’m sorry.” He hugged me. Just at that moment Ashley came into the room, saw us hugging and pulled Ben off me and went to punch him. Danny and James held him back, as I stood in front of Ben. Ashley somehow freed himself and pushed me out of the way and punched Ben on the jaw.
"You piece of shit, I said to stay away from her!" He yelled.
"You dumped her," he said, "She's not your worry anymore!"
"Yeah because of you!" Ashley said, "this is all your fault!"
“You remember a few weeks ago that threat about putting you both in hospital, well it still stands.” I shouted as I stood in between Ben and Ashley, my hands on both their chests. Just then Gemma walked over eating a tub of ice cream.
“Um,” she said with the spoon in her mouth, “What did I walk in on? If it’s yet another cock fight I’m out.” She held her hands up in surrender. I smiled.
“No I’m being serious,” she said, “I’ve had enough of you two fighting over Isis now, sort yourselves out! It’s embarrassing to see two grown men fighting over someone, I thought only hormonal teenagers done that.”
"Look whether you're here to watch Gemma or that's just an excuse to keep an eye on me, you need to behave yourself. I don't want to put either of you guys in the hospital by the end of today." I threatened again. "That also means enough of the bickering. With all of us. Let's just have fun today."
“Seconded.” said Gemma. I looked between Ashley and Ben.
“Fine.” Ashley said.
“If he can keep his mouth shut about you then yeah.” said Ben. I sighed and looked to Gemma.
"Well it's a start.." I smiled. Silence fell on our group, and you could cut the tension with a knife.
"I'm hungry!" Gemma said, after a little while. I gave her a funny look.
"Right now?? You just ate Ice Cream!" I laughed, knowing it's probably one of her cravings talking.
"I’m eating for two, well that's my excuse anyway." She said.
"We're gonna go to the snack bar! I'll be back." I said as I turned to the guys.
"Alright, let's go." Ashley said. I rolled my eyes as he ignored me and lead the way.
We made our way over to the snack bar and stood in line. As we were waiting, a few fans that had Asking Alexandria shirts recognized Ashley and asked for a few photos. We were now at the window and Gemma was ordering when suddenly a few people passed behind us. One of the guys who passed by, wrapped his arms around me from behind.
"Dude your hair is hot!" He said with his face near my ear and neck, referring to my Cruella hair.
"Thanks!" I laughed as I looked over to see Ashley glaring at the guy.
"What's your problem dude?" The guy asked Ashley.
"Get off of her." Ashley growled.
"I was joking," he said backing away from me, "there's no need to overreact."
"I'll show you what's overreacting..." He snapped as he lunged forward. I quickly grabbed his arm, pulling him back.
"That's enough!" I shouted at Ashley. The other guy took this opportunity to walk away and I'm about to do the same. "You're being ridiculous now especially since we aren't together anymore! This is your final warning. Gemma and I are going out into the crowd."
"Wait.. What huh?" Gemma asked as she came up to us with her plate of nachos.
"Let's go." I said as I started walking off with Gemma following me. Ashley tried to grab my arm but I pulled it away. We walked towards the audience area.
"Dude lets get in the pit!" I told her. One of the upsides to having an all access pass meant we could literally go anywhere we wanted. Gemma gave me a funny look.
"Did you forget about this?" She asked as she gently bumped her belly against me. I laughed.
"Oh yeah.." Crap.. I looked around and noticed the empty handicap section and pointed it out. "We can go there! That way were still close and you can sit if you want!" She nodded as we walked towards the security. We flashed our passes and they let us through just in time for Korn to begin their set.
We were really having a good time watching the set when suddenly I hear someone call out my name in between songs. I look over to where the voice was coming and recognized a face. I did a double take and noticed it was my half brother, Jacob! I haven't seem him since I was 13! I began to feel excited as I told the security to let him pass by and into our area. He did so and Jacob immediately embraced me. I was so excited to see him, that any past feeling I had of him were gone and right away things just got more fun for me. After I introduced my half brother to Gemma, we all enjoyed the rest of the set together. As the set ended, Jacob suggested we go to the snack bar for some food, so I followed leaving Gemma behind. We stood in the long line waiting.
"So what have you been up to?" He asked me. I shrugged.
"Not much. Just living here in LA trying to make it out alive." I laughed as I think back to my near death experiences. Thank goodness I've got past all of that.
"How are things going for you?" I asked. I knew things were hard on him the last time we spoke since his mother always tried to use him as a pawn to try to get closer with my dad, but it never worked. Hopefully he has moved on from that.
"Decent," he responded, "could be better. My business is going downhill, and I owe a lot of money to people."
"Why do you owe money?" I asked concerned.
"Dont worry about it!" he smiled, waving his hand around, "it's all getting taken care of. So do you have a boyfriend?" He asked, surprising me, "who's that one Pretty guy I see you with online?"
"Purdy?" I corrected, he nodded, "Yeah he's just... A friend," I sighed. I'll never get used to calling him that.
"He's in a band right? Black Veil Brides?" He continued to ask. I nodded.
"Yeah" I said.
"Where is he?" he asked as he started looking around, "I would've thought he would be smart enough to never leave your side. I guess it's time to give him the big brother chat and teach him a lesson."
I looked at him funny. Who does he think he is, thinking he has that right? I mean yeah I missed him, but he can't be gone for 7 years and suddenly try to act all brotherly. Not even my own brothers gave Ashley the talk. I noticed the line moving quicker as we near the window.
"Oh! We're almost to the window, have you decided on what you're going to get?" I asked, changing the subject. He glanced at the large menu that were right above the windows.
"Nothing looks good." He said looking back at me, "let's go somewhere else?"
"Where else? This is the only food stand, and the other one has the same food," I said looking back at the menu.
"No.. I meant let's go to a near by restaurant?" He said. Oh! Hmm.. That would mean I would miss A7X. Ah well.. I barely knew a few of their songs anyways. "Come on! I'll bring you back!" I nodded and we headed out towards the gate. I continued to walk out into the parking lot and we got near Jacob's car, he stopped and looked at me with a sad look on his face.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I've been getting into a lot trouble. I need help." He said looking at me.
"What kind of help? I'll try to help however I can." I said as smiled.
"I need money." He said. My smile faded and I froze. There was no way I could help him out with that.
"I don't have that kind of money.." I spoke softly, feeling bad. He glared at me sending a chill down my spine.
"Liar." He said. My eyes widen. I took a step back. Wait.. What?
"Look I would love to help you, but I can't!" I said, getting worried. I take a step back from him as I notice he's getting impatient with me.
"Call up your little Purdy boyfriend! I need that money! I can't go back!" He said slamming his fist into the car, the sound making me jump.
"I'm not going to do that!" I said, "What are you talking about going back?"
"Thats none of your business," he looked at me with darkness in his eyes, making me feel more uneasy, "If you're not going to help, then we're just going to have to try something else!" He swiftly came over to me, grabbing me by my waist. I began to thrash and kick around, trying to escape from his grip, but unfortunately, that did nothing. He threw me into the backseat, making sure he had the childproof lock on, so I couldn't get out. And in a flash, he drove out of the parking lot. I began to panic as I looked around trying to find away to escape. I stare at the wire fencing that was blocking me from doing anything to while while he drove. Was this preplanned? There's no way my own brother could've planned this and would've known I was going to be here...could he?
"Where are you taking me??" I cried. I've never felt so scared before. This wasn't like my other two near death experiences when I was passed out or too drugged to remember. In this case I'm neither. I'm wide awake and fully aware of what was going on.
"Somewhere your Purdy boyfriend won't find you till he coughs up some cash," he said. I gasped as I realized that I had butt dialed someone and hoped to god that whoever it was listening to this and getting help.

Notes

Dun dun dunnnn... haha
So out of curiosity, who was at this Mayhem date?? I wasn't at this one, but I was at the one in Phoenix, Arizona! It was awesome and really fun!

Anyways.. you know what to do!

<3, IsisChaos