This I Love

Broken, Beat & Scarred

"Tay?" Izzy popped his head into my room

"Yeah?" 

"The guys want you to come to lunch with us." 

"By guys, who do you mean exactly?" I rose an eyebrow

"Everyone except Duff, because he doesn't know you're here, and he's sulking in his room." Izzy said

"Okay, I guess I'll go then." I sighed

"Me too!"  Theo shouted

"Yes, you too." I laughed

"Great, let's go!" Izzy said and pulled me out the door

We walked down the strip, it'd been so long since I had roamed down these streets. It all looks the same, which made me smile. I could see the boys sitting at a table under an umbrella and a large stupid grin crossed over my face. I hadn't talked, or seen the boys in what felt like four hundred years. 

Slash looked over at me and did a double take, gaping up at me, "Taylor!" 

Slash quickly stood up, knocking his chair over, and falling over Axl in the process to come up and hug me.

I buried my face into his hair, he hugged me so tightly that he lifted me up from the ground. 

"Holy fuck I missed you so much!" Slash gave me a toothy smile

"I missed you too, Slashy." I grinned up at him and he planted a kiss onto my cheek 

"Stop hogging her, Slash." Axl whined

I smiled and embraced the red head in a hug. "It's been so long, little one." Axl said and kissed the top of my head

"Look at this little dude. You're not so little now are ya?" Axl said to Theo 

Theo shyly smiled up at Axl. 

"Damn, he looks so much like Duff." Axl said quietly

"Yeah, I know." I mumbled

"Sorry, you probably don't want to talk about him, and I don't blame ya." Axl said and sat back down; I looked over at Matt and smiled.

"So great to see you again." He said softly and hugged me

"You too." I grinned

I plopped down next to Slash, who had Theo on his lap. 

"How have you been? My god I missed you so much!" Slash said again

I laughed, boy did I miss these dudes. 

"I've been - okay."I said and looked up at him

"Yeah me too. Pretty lame without ya here. Plus Duff's been a pile of shit ever since you left." Slash said and looked down at Theo, coloring on a menu

I furrowed my eyebrows, "What do you mean?" 

"It's just that, ever since you left, Duff's been a complete mess. Worse than before." Slash explained

"But, I thought he'd be better off without me." I said quietly

Slash snorted, "No, he needed you. He doesn't eat or drink, or do anything, except play some sucky shows with us." 

"Oh." I said, "Anyways, how have you all been?" I asked, changing the subject

"Oh y'anno, it's been okay." Axl said

I nodded, "Also, I almost died." Slash said 

"No, you didn't." Axl rolled his eyes

"Yes I almost did!" Slash shouted