The Cost of Freedom Is High

4 Days Later -

I was lying down on Chris’ bed, enthralled with the book I had only started an hour and a half ago and was now reaching its end.

A knock on the door made me jump, but as soon as I saw the smiling face behind it, I became much less shocked.

“CC!” I exclaimed, an unhelpable smile popping onto my face as well.

Before I even had the chance to get up and hug him, he was already scooping me up from the bed to crush me in one of his bear hugs. Which despite my not seeing him and BVB as much as the other bands, I’d gotten very used to.

“What are you doing all alone up here?” He asked, putting me back down on the bed.

“Reading.” I said, sliding over Chris’ copy of The Crucible that he’d just lent me.

“You do know that they’re watching that movie downstairs, right?” CC wondered.

“Yeah, but I tend to do the whole read first and then watch the movie thing.” I explained.

“I should’ve known.” CC stated, coming down and lying right next to me.

“So is everyone else here?” I asked.

“Yep, Andy, Ashley, Jinxx, and Jake, oh and Bless The Fall actually made it here as well.” CC informed me.

“Ah, I see. So still no Brandon, Ghost and Angelo.” I wondered.

“Nope, they ended up getting caught up in really bad traffic and weather, which caused Brandon’s band to wait a day and then play a show in that same city that they couldn’t the day before. So they’re a bit behind schedule.” CC explained.

When nothing else was said between the two of us I grabbed the book once again, and continued to read.

That proved to be hard though as CC practically loomed over me and practically was on top of me.

I put the book down, and just stared at him.

“You’re making this very hard.” I sighed.

“You’re making me hard.” He whispered.

Really, now he just went and made things really fucking awkward.

“I’ll be downstairs.” I stated, getting up from the bed and exiting the room.

Making my way down to the kitchen I could hear some voices in the living room one floor below, but I was going to drink some more coffee before I could function again.

Just as my coffee mug was filled to the brim, I heard someone enter in behind me.

“Really, coffee at this time of night?” They scoffed.

“Absolutely, is there anything wrong with that?” I asked him, turning around to face him.

“Yeah, you’ll never actually go to bed.” Beau laughed, coming over and taking the mug away from me.

“I struggle enough with that without caffeine.” I admitted.

“Really?” He asked.

“Yeah, of course it might be because some psycho driver rammed my car from behind.” I pointed out, bringing up the first time I’d met Beau.

“My dear, you had issues before that.” Beau chuckled lightly.

“Oh, whatever.” I said.

“Come on, let’s go down.” He said, offering me his hand.

I took it, and walked side by side with him down to the basement where the theatre is. However, I was a little confused when we passed straight by in.

“Wait.” I said, and gave his hand a little tug.

“They’re in here Bella, the movie’s done.” He explained.

Beau quickly walked us both to the large lounge room at the end of the hall that basically only served the purpose of lounging. The whole room was practically lined with many couches, the large closet right next door was filled with all types of pillows, blankets, and even quilts, and there was one huge flat screen that hung up above the door so that anywhere you were in the room you could easily see the screen.

I could only wonder what I was about to walk in on.

Beau opened the door in front of me, and allowed me to walk in first.

“What’s going on?” I slightly laughed, walking into a mix of band members all in pajamas and surrounded by blankets, quilts, and all types of pillows.

“Slumber party, now get your ass in here.” Ronnie commanded, staring me down.

“I’m coming.” I stated, walking over to the over side of the room and taking a seat right next to Chris.

“So, what’d you think of The Crucible?” He whispered in my ear, pulling me onto his lap.

“Abigail’s a bitch.” I scoffed, looking back up at him with a slight smile on my face.

He just smiled, and looked down at me with a look of something that resembled love.

“As much fun as this all could be right now, we’ve got to get to bed.” Andy declared walking into the room.

In the room everyone from BVB,BTF, FIR, MIW, AA, ETF were there along with Kuza, Max, and Tyler.

“It’s only 9.” I exclaimed.

“Don’t whine.” Chris growled, giving my ass a firm slap.

I reached behind me, firmly grabbed his hand, and annoyingly pushed off of him leaving him on that part of the couch by himself.

I’ve still been behaving for them, but I can’t say that getting slapped on the ass, or bossed around like a 3 year old was part of the pleasure that they could still upon me. To be honest it just pissed me off, but I had to be their perfect little girl and just suck it up.

“I’ll be right back down, I just have to use the bathroom.” I stated.

“5 minutes.” Robert stated.

I quickly walked out of the room, and ran to the closest bathroom, despite me not having to go.

I just went there to clear my mind for a few seconds, and change my clothes.

Slipping off my tank top and hot pants, I stood in front of the mirror and sink in only my skimpy and see through bra and underwear. Turning on the cold water I ran one of our face towels under the water and washed my face and neck down with the freezing water.

It felt like heaven.

I realized that I was running out of time so as fast as possible, I tossed the towel in the wash and made my way back to the lounge where now everyone was getting settled.

I had to laugh though at one little couple near one of the corners of the room.

Thrasher and Max were lying right next to each other under a brown quilt with their heads incredibly close.

It was pretty cute.

However, I made my way over to one of the couches with a sleeping Ben and Danny who scooted over once he locked eyes with me.

“Come here.” He stated, patting the space in between him and Ben.

“Yes, sir.” I said.

“Wait a second though, that isn’t what you’re supposed to wear to bed.” Danny replied.

“I know, but I’ll take it off when the lights turn off.” I explained, slipping under the quilt that the two of them were sharing.

“Bella, just do it.” He urged me.

“Fine.” I sighed.

Moving as fast as possible so as few people as possible saw it I disrobed myself fully and crawled next to Danny completely naked.

“Much better.” He complimented me, placing a kiss on my forehead.

Through the next few minutes everyone else got settled in their own places and eventually Kuza went over and shut the lights off.

“Night.” I mumbled, snuggling into the blanket for more warmth.

Getting no response I quickly realized that Danny and just about everyone else was fast asleep.

Too tired at this point to really care I just fell asleep, unaware of what was to come in the morning.

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10 hours Later - 7:00 am

“Danny?” I mumbled, realizing he was no longer where he was last night.

After a few minutes and no response I actually got up, opened my eyes and came to a weird conclusion.

No one was there.

What the hell?

“Chris...Tyler….Craig……...TJ?” I screamed walking out of the lounge room.

Nothing.

What is going on?

Making my way up the stairs In continued to scream out names, hoping that I’d finally get a response. Around my twentieth try after screaming “Kuza!” I finally got a response.

“I’m in the kitchen!” He called.

“Where is everyone?” I asked, entering the kitchen.

“I’ll just let you read this.” Kuza stated shirtless in mesh shorts.

Kuza grabbed a piece of paper from on the fridge, and handed it to me.

“Thanks.” I mumbled.


It read ~

Bella,
Sorry to leave you without an explanation previous to this. We felt that was the best way to go. As of now we’ve all gone out to start multiple tours between us that will be taking place in the U.S and other countries. We won’t be making stops back and forth to the house for multiple reasons, some which may come as common sense. Most times, especially during the first month there will be someone with you such as Kuza, Angelo, or even Brandon. However, there will be times where you will be left alone. You are expected to be on the utmost behavior. We will have eyes on you 24/7 when you aren’t accompanied by anyone so don’t get any ideas, despite the fact that you have been behaving incredibly well lately. We all love you, and we’ll see you in three months. Don’t worry, the time will fly.


Behave and we’ll see you soon enough,

Chris, Craig, and Danny

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