A Gift or A Curse

Chapter 9

Michelle stared at the blue eyed girl. She didn’t look like an Avenged Sevenfold fan at all. She was a plain Jane. She wore knitted sweater over her dull colored knee-length skirt and flats. Her burgundy hair was tied to a simple ponytail and she wore no makeup at all.

But how did she know about ‘Brian Pickled Liver Hane-Dog’? That was Jimmy’s custom voicemail in Brian’s phone. Only someone really close would know about something like that.

“Who do you think she is? Ex girlfriend of Jimmy?” Valerie asked, whispering. They were now in the dressing room of Metal Hammer studio, waiting for the band to finish their interview out front.

“Doubt it. Jimmy would never go for a girl like her. I think. Besides, Jimmy met Lea when he was still single.”

Blake sat on the couch and shook her leg nervously. The twins had been watching her for a while and she felt uncomfortable with their stares. Jimmy wasn’t here with her. He went to watch the interview at the front. For the first time, she wished that Jimmy was here, holding her hands and tell her that it’s gonna be okay.

They brought her here after she shouted that sentence, the one that Jimmy told her to. She didn’t even know what it means. But nevertheless, it got their attention. That guy named Matthew was furious as hell towards her. He still thought that she had insulted Jimmy’s memory while the others were just as curious.

“Hey, girl. Um, you seem like a good person. But then again, we don’t know you.” Valerie approached her with a smile. Blake scooted in her seat without knowing.

“How did you know Jimmy, actually? Are you his fan?”

Blake shook her head slowly.

“Did you…go to school with him?”

Again, she denied it.

“So then, how? Did Jimmy even know you, at all?”

Blake stared at her own fingers and nodded. She opened her mouth to speak but then the band suddenly barged in, chattering and laughing even from the outside. As soon as they stepped into the room and saw her, they went silent.

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“Hi there loyal viewers of Metal Hammer! We’re here in the studio with none other than the legendary Avenged Sevenfold.” the interviewer spoke to the camera with a microphone in his hand.

Jimmy peeked through the camera lens. He’d always wanted to do that when he was alive.

“Hey, Ron. That’s quite a compliment. Legendary.” Matthew replied to him, as he too was holding a microphone.

“It’s true though. It’s true. You guys are legendary.”

“Nah we’re not. Come on.”

“Well, if you don’t believe me, we’ll see the ratings for this show after this, how bout that?”

Matthew laughed, so did the rest of the band. “Sounds like a plan.”

“Well anyway, these guys are here to talk about their upcoming album, as well as their current released album called Nightmare.”

The band nodded their heads. Jimmy was done making a fool out of himself in front of the camera and now was standing behind them.

“I don’t get no microphone?” he mumbled to no one. As the band took the interview session, he teased them. He touched Brian’s ears, he cupped Johnny’s mouth when it was his turn to answer and so on. But his touch just went through them like the wind.