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2 months later Joella was in way better health. She didn't even need physical therapy anymore. She had even started getting her memory back. But there was still some stuff she still didn't remember.

The memories of her being friends with the guys of Avenged Sevenfold were there partly thanks to the photo album and dvd she had gotten. The guys had put some good photos and footage in there

One day as she was taking a walk she had looked down at her phone and accidentally bumped into someone.

Matt's POV

I had just gotten off the phone with Johnny and was staring at the picture I had as my phone background of Joella and me when all of a sudden someone bumped into me.

"Oh shit, I'm so sorry." She sighed.

"It's okay." I chuckled as I started turning around, my eyes instantly went wide when I seen who was standing there, "Joella?!" 

Holy shit, this has to be a sign, I was just staring at her picture and then she bumps into me. And she's wearing the necklace I gave her. So that means she did get the package I delivered to her. 

"Holy shit, you're." She snapped her fingers a couple of times.

"Matt." I answered for her.

"Yes! Matt, from Avenged Sevenfold!" She grinned, "Wait, we were friends at one time. I have photos and videos of you and I along with the other guys. They around here too?"

"Uh yeah we were." I rubbed the side of my neck. "I'm actually getting ready to meet up with them here soon to do a fitting. Brian and Michelle are getting married."

"Brian and Michelle? Oh! Synster Gates and his longtime girlfriend right?"

"Yes exactly." I nodded with a small smile.

"About time geesh they've been together forever."

Wait, she remembered that? Holy shit, what else does she remember? I have to find out, but fuck, I ain't got time to stand here and talk to her though.

"That's what we said." I laughed softly, "But it's better late than never."

"Definitely true." She nods with a giggle.

"Look, I'd love to stand here talking more but I've got to go meet up with them. Hey what are you doing later? Can we maybe get together for coffee or even dinner?"

I decided to suggest, this is a chance I needed to take to be around her again. She's definitely doing better physically, she looks so good compared to when I seen her months ago. 

She looks at me as if she's in thought then nods, "I'm sure we can do that. Almost every girls dream, to have dinner with the famous M.Shadows. How does 6 sound? Maybe there at that diner uhm." She rubbed her temple in thought, I almost wanted to suggest a place to go but she spoke again before I could. "Woody's Diner?"

"Um sure we can go there." I nodded with a smile. Anywhere with you is perfect.

"All right, I'll meet you there."

"Okay."

I was happy when she hugged me, and I instantly hugged back, fuck I've missed her. Missed everything about her, her beauty, her scent.

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Joella's POV

I had gotten to the diner before Matt, I kinda don't know why I agreed to have dinner with him. Him nor the rest of the guys seemed to make time to see me. I mean I know they have the band but they didn't have to abandoned our friendship, they could have taken at least an hour out of their day to see me. 

I sat there as  I watched the time go past 6pm. Seeing it was already 5 minutes past, I was starting to think he wasn't going to show. Once it came 10 minutes past 6, I decided to give up and leave, but right before I started to stand up, here he came rushing in.

"Hey, I'm so sorry I'm late. I got caught up talking to the guys."

"It's okay." I smiled softly, "Did you tell them you were meeting me?"

"No, because if I did than they'd probably want to join us." He then smiled.

"Probably, especially Jimmy." I then remembered the news I had learned about his passing and put my hands over my mouth, "I'm sorry for that." I don't know if talking about him would make him upset or not.

But he pulled my hands away from my face, "Hey it's okay. You have nothing to be sorry for. He was all of our best friend. Do not be embarrassed to mention him okay?" He rubbed his thumbs over my knuckles.

Man, feeling him hold my hands like this is sending tingles through my body.

"How did he pass away? Was it because of his enlarged heart?"

I've read some things about him passing away and some theories on how he died but I know you can't believe everything you read on the internet.

"Yeah, sorta. It was an accidental overdose of his pain meds that did it mainly. And it probably didn't help he had alcohol in his system cause we had been celebrating Matt Berry and his now wife's new marriage."

"I thought I seen something like that but I wasn't sure how true it was." I couldn't take this tingling sensation that was happening so I pulled my hands from his, "I don't want someone to get the wrong impression seeing you hold my hands like that." I lied, I don't care what people thought.

"Why does that matter?"

"Uh because you're with Val. Don't want people thinking you're cheating on her."

"Oh." He chuckled shaking his head, "We're not together. We haven't been in quite a while. Not in a relationship anyways. We're friends only."

"Oh, wait you're not? I could have swore you two gotten back together after a long break up." I stated and he just smiled at me so I looked at him confused although my heart skipped a beat seeing that dimpled smile of his, "What?"

I knew they hadn't got back together, I remember him telling me that before my accident.

"You've gotten your memory back haven't you?"

My cheeks went rosy as I nodded, "I have, most of it anyways."

I was wondering how long he'd figure it out, I didn't want to just come out and say that I had it back. I wanted to see if he'd catch on if I started throwing out hints. But it didn't take long for him figure it out.

"That's amazing Ells." He still wants to call me that, he had that nickname for me a while ago too, "What all do you remember?"

"Well I remember that I was friends with the band and their girls." I then told him about what I did remember, which wasn't in full detail. "I also remember something about we tried to do the relationship thing between us, but don't exactly remember why it didn't work out."

"Do you remember anything from the night of the accident?"

"Sorta, I remember us arguing, not about what exactly. And that I walked away from you. My mom explained that I was hit by a car, hard enough that it did major damage, but that I was lucky I wasn't paralyzed."

"Yeah." He sighed. "We were all worried about you."

"Then why didn't any of you visit me? Come see how I was?" If they were so worried, then they would have fought more to come see me.

I watched as he sighed and ran his hand through his hair, "When we found out you had memory loss, we didn't want to overwhelm you. That's why we made you that care package, to help you remember without us basically forcing you to remember by constantly being there you know? And then with what happened to Jimmy, we all thought you deserved to be there but wasn't sure if you'd want to. Or even recovered enough to come." 

"Even if I remembered at that point, I don't know if I would have been able to attend his funeral. I want to remember him how he was when he was around not how he looked in the casket you know?" I blinked back tears thinking about Jimmy.

"Hey I totally understand. That's the way some people are. That just because they don't go to someone's funeral they don't mean any disrespect."

"Yeah, some people don't understand that though." I sighed then started giggling at a memory I had about Jimmy, "Remember when he chased that damn goose and called it a stallion duck."

"Oh fuck yes." Matt chuckled, "And what's funny about that is our fans will joke how Jimmy will come back riding a stallion duck and be a knife master."

"Knife master? Oh wait, is that from when he was all, the greatest story I've ever heard is I'm going into the woods and never returning and when I do I'm going to be the knife master."

That video is everywhere on YouTube. It's an amusing story actually.

"Yes, exactly from that." Matt laughed.

"Oh my." I laughed with him, "As long as he doesn't come back as the knife master, ripping hearts out and fucking dead bodies." I couldn't help joke, thinking of a song Jimmy had written.

"Oh my God." He laughed.

Damn, I didn't realize how much I've missed Matt and his laugh until now.