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Before He Cheats | Chapter 4 | A Duff Mckagan x Reader

Word Count: 2553

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A/N: I’m sorry that you guys had to wait 6 months for another chapter. I kept on losing motivation, I was dealing with college and other personal stuff. Now I’m back on my grind and I will be active.

Yesterday, at a grocery store, Steven's P.O.V

I just walked out of the grocery, holding two bags of groceries. Inside the bags were ice cream, popsicles, cold water and a lot of chips. It was really hot outside and inside, there was no air conditioning in that damn store except for opening the freezer in the freezer section. I was sweating like crazy. Sweat was dripping from my forehead, the sweat was slowly going to my eyes, I couldn't take it anymore.

I was about to go to my car until I saw Axl walking by. Of course Axl’s stupid ass is outside. He loves the heat. "Izzy!" Axl ran up to Izzy and hugged him. I didn’t even see Izzy until Axl yelled his name. What the hell? I might as well talk to them. They miss me anyways. I walked up to Axl and Izzy said, "Hey Axl. Hey Izzy." They both looked pretty mad at me. Probably because I haven’t talked to anyone in a long time. "Where have you been?" They both asked, I chuckled. God, it's so hot. "I have been pretty busy trying to get my life together," I said. It has been a rough couple of months. "Have you guys seen Slash’s new friend? Her name is Claire–”

"Who's Claire?" Axl interrupted me. Everytime we talk about a new girl, Axl wants to try to get with them. "Yeah, I just hung out with her. She's pretty nice." Izzy said. I didn’t know

"What does she look like?" Axl asked us. "Why you asked? You like her or something?" I asked him as Izzy laughed at him. "No I don't! Shut up!" Axl yelled at me. It's good to be back… sorta.

Present day, at a pet store, (Y/N)’s P.O.V.

Me and Slash were at a pet store, looking for more snakes to buy… again. At least I get to look at the other pets like the birds, fishes and turtles. Slash was staring at the boa constrictor with a big smile on his face. It looked like he was about to break the glass and grabbed the snake from there. I walked up to him and said, “You’re going to buy another boa constructor? We already have so many snakes.” I complained. I’m getting of Slash owning so many snakes. He looked at me and grabbed my chin. “They’re nonvenomous, sweetie.” He said as I blushed softly.

“Do you want me to buy a venomous snake?” He asked me in a low voice, he pushed his sunglasses up a bit. “N-No, honey.” I was getting scared. “I’m just playing with you.” Slash gave me a kiss on the forehead and let go of my chin. I chuckled a little.

I was standing next to Slash who was telling the worker to get him the boa constructor. As we were waiting for the worker to get the snake for him, Slash went on his phone while I just whistled to kill time. “Axl just texted me that we’re going to have some type of party at a bar tonight.” Slash said to me. I was shocked when told me that. Finally, take me anywhere else but this damn pet store. “Tonight?” I said. “Let’s get ready then!” I yelled and started to run out of the pet store to the car. “After we get the snake!” Slash yelled.

At the bar, Duff’s P.O.V

I’m at the bar with Axl, Steven, Izzy and Skylar. There were a lot of people here and it was pretty loud here and kinda cold. I’m glad Axl told us to come here. I was just sitting next to Skylar in silence while the others just pretty much argued with each other. It was clear that Skylar was still mad at me from earlier. Now we’re just waiting for Slash and (Y/N). When I came in here, I ordered some nachos and a Sprite soda can so right now, I’m just talking to the others while waiting for my food to be ready. After a moment, (Y/N) and Slash walked in the bar. Slash brought one of his pet snakes here, of course. I’m not afraid of snakes like Axl is, I like snakes but now, it's not the time to play with a snake. Finally, I saw (Y/N), she looked beautiful as always. She’s wearing baggy jeans, a small white shirt and white converse shoes. I couldn’t help but stare at her. She was holding hands with her boyfriend. “Everyone is finally here.” Izzy said sarcastically and rolled his eyes. Izzy only came here because he was forced to. “Hi everybody!” (Y/N) shouted. Everyone was looking at them. (Y/N) looked at me and waved at me. “Hi Duff.” She said, walking up to me while still holding hands with Slash. “H-Hi, (Y/N). You look great.” I told her as she said right next to me, next to Skylar. “Thanks.” Her joyful laughter filled the room. She looked like she was in a great mood, she looked happier than normal. Slash on the other hand didn’t look like he wanted to be here. Skylar put her hand on (Y/N)’s shoulder and said, “You forgot someone, you doofus.”

“Everybody listen up!” Axl shouted. We turned our heads to look at him. “The reason why I brought you guys here is because I miss Steven and all of us hanging out at this bar is a welcome back party for Steven.” Axl explained. No one thought that he was being genuine. Axl and Steven never got along, they always fought and argued. But I do think Axl was trying to be nice. I mean, Axl did make things worse for Steven and he’s really trying to change.

“Thanks for doing all of this for me, Axl. I appreciate it.” Steven smiled a bit but his smile slowly became a frown. “But I still hate you.” Steven sticks a raspberry at him. Axl rolled his eyes at him. One day, they will get along. Slash let go of (Y/N)’s hand and walked up to Axl. “Come on Axl and Steven. Get along for once.” Slash showed his pet snake to Axl. As soon as Axl saw the snake, Axl held onto Izzy in a panic. Izzy was used to this at this point. “Get that fucking thing away from me!” Axl yelled at Slash as Slash just laughed at him. He flinched when the snake hissed. “It doesn’t bite, Axl. Its nonvenomous–”

“I don’t care! Get it away!” Axl kept on shouting and yelling at Slash. At this point, Axl was causing a scene.

After Axl’s long speech and him freaking out over a stupid snake, Claire walked in the bar and stood next to Skylar who was still ignoring me. Claire was wearing a black caprice leather mini dress, with black mary jane shoes, white socks and a star pin in her hair. I could hear Steven, Izzy and Axl talk about Claire in the background, weird.

“Babe, can you get me some nachos please?” (Y/N) asked Slash who was looking at Claire. Slash ignored her and walked towards Claire. They started talking to each other.

“Babe?” (Y/N) raised her voice a little to try to get her boyfriend’s attention but to no luck. She looked pretty sad that Slash was ignoring her but still kept a smile on her face. I walked to get my nachos and beverage from the bar counter and I handed it to (Y/N). “Here, you can have mine.” I said. She looked at me and smiled. “Thanks Duff.” She said, I couldn’t help but to blush. I can just eat at home anyways. “No problem.” I rubbed my cheek a little. I tried to talk to Skylar again but she ignored me. I shouldn’t have lashed out on her, I didn’t mean to. Slash turned around and saw me giving my food to his girlfriend. He approached me with a slightly angry look in his eye. “I was going to buy her something to eat. You didn’t need to do that.” Slash said to me in an angry tone, he crossed his arms. “It’s fine, babe.” She said as she continued to eat her food. This is the second time I believe, where he looked at me in an angry manner. Claire just rolled her eyes at me and didn’t care that we were fighting. Axl walked up to Claire, he looked kinda nervous. “Hello, who are you?” He said in a flirty voice. It's clear that Axl likes Claire. He flirts with any woman that he sees and finds attractive. “Claire. Nice to meet you.” Claire held her hand out so that Axl could shake her hand but instead he held her hand. “Well then, Claire, you are one fine woman~” Axl winked at her. “And you’re going to be lucky to have me in your life.” Axl kissed her hand. Claire was genuinely confused by Axl flirting with her.

Later, Duff’s P.O.V

We all were playing pool in teams together while Careless Whisper by George Micheals on jukebox started playing. The teams were Skylar, (Y/N), Slash, and Axl and the other team was Izzy, Me, Claire and Steven. Steve’s team was winning by two points. We would have won by a few more points if my teammates weren’t so uncooperative and distracted. “I gotta use the bathroom.” (Y/N) told everybody and chuckled nervously. (Y/N) went to the bathroom and we continued the game without her. It was Slash’s turn. Slash’s eyes was fixated on the 6 ball

“Man, you guys really do suck. Try harder.” Slash mocked and teased us. I rolled my eyes in response and Axl gave him the middle finger. Claire went up to him and punched him in the shoulder.“Ow.” Slash rubbed his shoulder where Claire hit him at. Claire had a grin on his face and crossed her arms. “Maybe next time, keep your mouth shut.” Claire pointed at him. “Why don’t both of you guys just shut up?” Skylar yelled at them. We stopped playing and faced her. Claire had her hands on her hips, looked at Skylar and said, “Excuse me?” Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “I said, shut up! No one wants to hear you talk about pointless shit.” Skylar continued to yell at them. We all were getting tired of her attitude. She isn’t normally like this. “Why don’t you leave? No one asked you to be here–” Claire was interrupted by a hard punch in the face by Skylar, everyone was looking at us, wondering what was going to happen next. Claire’s fists were clenched, she looked pissed. “You bitch!” Claire launched right at Claire and punched her in the jaw. Claire and Skylar were attacking each other while Slash and the others try to break up the fight. Instead of descalating the situation, I slowly backed away from the fight, while watching in “Jesus Christ!” I yelled. The bathroom door opened and close, meaning that (Y/N) was out of the bathroom. “What’s going on–” (Y/N) flinched in shocked at the fight that was happening. She couldn’t believe what was happening. “L-Let’s get out of here.” (Y/N) grabbed my hand and we both went out of the bar.

(Y/N's P.O.V)

Me and Duff were outside of the barn, looking at the fight from the windows in silence. It was colder outside than it was in the bar. The fight made me in disbelief because Skylar is so nice and to see her act like this, genuinely shocked me. Skylar and Claire finally stopped fighting and stomped their way out of the bar. “Man, that fight was something.” I broke the silence.

“You c-can let go of my h-hand now.” Duff said shyly. I forgot that holding Duff’s hand, I guess I needed some type of comfort after witnessing that. His hand was starting to sweat so I had to let go. “Sorry.” I apologized and let go of his hand. I put my hand in my pocket. “It’s f-fine.” Duff chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of my head. I looked around and I looked back at Duff, "Duff, what did you want to ask me?" I asked him, curiously. He blushed. Before he went to the bar, he texted that he wanted to tell me something very important. Duff turned his head a bit and breathed in and out. "I want to say that..." I leaned in a bit to show him I was listening to whatever he was going to say to me. "That... t-that–'' He was stumbling with his words. What is Duff going to tell me? I’m not ready what’s going to tell me. He held onto my hips and pulled me closer to his face. We stared at each other for a bit, blushing like crazy. He leaned in a bit and kissed me on the lips. He broked up the kiss and smiled at me, I just froze in shock. Duff is in love with me? "I... I love you, (Y/N). I loved you for years now. You always made me happy, warm inside, and you made my days better. I want you to be my girlfriend." He held both of my hands, waiting for my response. My eyebrows furrowed in anger. "Duff, you know that I'm dating Slash. I can't do this to him." I immediately let go of his hands and turned around. I sighed and said, "I'm sorry but... I don't love you." Guilt was running through my head. I walked away from him, looking my head down in shame. I didn’t mean to hurt his feelings but he had to hear the truth.

Duff's P.O.V

Watching (Y/N) walking away from me, I looked down on the floor, trying not to shed a tear. Hearing her say that she doesn’t love me really hurts. Of course she was going to say no, she’s with Slash. I ruined our friendship over a stupid confession, thinking that she would leave her boyfriend and be with me. (Y/N) hates me now, so does Skylar.

Someone tapped me on the shoulder, it was Skylar. I couldn’t even look at her. "What's up with you? You look sad." Skylar asked me. I’m guessing she’s not mad at me anymore. “N-Nothing’s wrong. It's just that I made (Y/N) upset.” I told her. “Ow.” Skylar rubbed her jaw. “Man, you're making everyone hate you.” Skylar teased me and chuckled. I didn’t respond, just sigh.

She put her hand on my shoulder and looked at me, "Sorry. I'm always there for you if you need anything." She apologized. She sounded genuine. Thank you for trying to comfort me Skylar. I looked at her and said, "Skylar…"

"Since it's late at night, let's go to the movies together." I smiled at her. "Okay!" She grabbed my hand and was running. She was leading the way. I honestly don't know how to feel about this. Why am I doing this? I'm doing this to get over (Y/N). This is for my own good and her own good.

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