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Fates Warning	By : TheFairyWithBoots Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > Iron Maiden Views: 206 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: l obviously do not own any of the characters in this story. No disrespect is intended towards any of the real people mentioned, it is simply a fictional story based off their public personas.

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1992
The past few months Janick had spent with Dave made him grow even closer to him. The island was warm and beautiful even in the winter months, and Janick was almost sad to leave it when it was time to go back to England to record the band’s ninth studio album. On their time off, he and Dave did everything together; going to pubs and watching live music every weekend, and staying up late into the night coming up with riffs and melodies together. He had even gone golfing with him, even though he knew next to nothing about the sport. The entire atmosphere was so much more welcoming and warm than when they were touring.
Dave and Janick planned on flying back together, and Janick was grateful to have these few hours together alone with Dave before he inevitably had to face Bruce again for the first time in months. He wondered if he really had got back together with Jane, and if he did, if he would be bold enough to bring her into the studio. Steve wouldn’t allow it, he knew that much. Bruce had not even attempted to call him during the entire time that he had been away.
The flight back to England seemed to go by fast for him. He was dreading having to face his old lover again, and the warm welcoming feeling he had felt when he was with Dave would wash away as soon as he was in a room with Bruce. He knew that it would.
Their manager was waiting for them at the airport, much to their surprise. “Hello!” Rod said, smiling at them once they retrieved their luggage. “Did you have a good time off?”
Dave smiled and nodded. “We did, thanks! Where’s Steve?”
“He and Martin are at his house. They’ve moved the studio from the barn, and will be recording the album from there,” he said while leading Dave and Janick outside to his convertible, “He told me to come and pick everyone up from the airport and drive them to his house. Bruce arrived earlier this morning. And Nicko, of course, never left.”
Janick felt his stomach drop at the mention of Bruce’s name, but tried not to let it show that it upset him. He got into the backseat of Rod’s car with Dave; the smell of fast food and cigarettes permeated the car but he made no comment.
The sky was grey and cloudy today as they were driven out into the countryside, and Janick stared out the window as he watched it roll past him. He could hear Dave and Rod talking, but his mind was on what he was going to have to face when he reached Steve’s house, and inevitably had to face Bruce. Would Bruce be angry when he saw him and Dave arrive together?
Steve’s house eventually came into view as Rod pulled into the driveway. Bruce, Nicko, and Martin’s cars were parked next to each other, so everyone was already inside. Janick stayed seated for a few moments as Dave got out to get his guitar case out of the boot of the car. His nerves were already in a mess, and he was doing his best to delay going inside. He glanced out the window towards the front door, expecting Bruce to be watching for him to come in with Dave, and accuse him of sleeping with him. It didn’t matter that he had already announced that he was going back to his cheating ex.
Dave stuck his head back in the window. “You comin’, mate?”
Janick looked up at Dave’s round, jolly face. He forced a smile and nodded, getting out of the car. Dave had already got his guitar out of the boot for him, and they both made their way through Steve’s garden.
Bruce was sitting alone in Steve’s living room when Janick came in through the front door, holding a scotch glass in his hand. He looked up at him when he entered, smiling sheepishly. Janick averted his eyes, unable to meet Bruce’s.
“Hey,” Bruce said awkwardly, moving his glass around in his hand. “How was your time off?”
“It was nice,” Janick said, afraid to elaborate further, for fear that Bruce might jump to conclusions. “How was yours?”
Bruce shrugged, still staring down at his scotch glass. “Alright, I guess. It was lonely.”
Dave entered the house, stopping when he saw Bruce in the living room. Janick was expecting a look of anger to come across Bruce’s face, but it didn’t. Bruce seemed able to read Dave’s inscrutable expression to know that Janick had told him what had happened between them. He sighed and got to his feet.
“I think I owe both of you an apology.” he said as if he was embarrassed to meet their eyes. Janick blinked. He had expected Bruce to start yelling at him or make some sort of snide comment. But he looked genuinely apologetic. “Janick, I’m sorry for accusing you of cheating on me. And for telling you I would go back to Jane. I didn’t, in case you’re wondering. I just…wanted to make you stay and that was a shitty way to go about it.” He sighed and looked at Dave. “And I’m sorry for thinking you would be going behind my back with Jan. We’ve been friends for years and know that you would never do anything like that. I’m sorry. To both of you.”
Janick looked down at his feet, hesitant to meet Bruce’s eyes. Bruce seemed genuine in his apology and these past few months must have been enough time to think about his petty behaviour.
“It’s okay,” Janick said after a while as he looked up into Bruce’s pleading brown eyes. Bruce’s face lit up at these words.
“Yeah,” Dave said beside him, though he sounded hesitant. “No hard feelings, mate.”
Bruce smiled and stepped forward to wrap his arms around Janick. Janick hesitated before hugging him back.
“I’ve missed you so much,” Bruce whispered softly in his ear. He kissed him firmly on the lips, and that was when Dave walked away to go into the kitchen, and Janick felt a slight ache in his heart. He kissed Bruce back for a few moments, glad that he had finally come back to his senses, before Steve came into the room and cleared his throat.
The two of them pulled away, a light flush on Janick’s cheeks. Martin came in shortly afterwards.
“‘Ello, Dave. Janick,” he nodded towards the two of them but seemed to deliberately avoid looking at Bruce. “We’ve moved the studio,” Steve told them, “We won’t be recordin’ in the barn anymore.” He turned around and made his way back down the hallway without saying another word. Janick looked after him curiously before the rest of them followed him down the hall to where the new studio was.
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They spent the next couple of weeks writing songs for the new album. Dave, Janick, and Bruce seemed to be on good terms again. So much so that they had even co-written some songs together. This would be the first album in which Janick was to contribute to the songwriting since everything on No Prayer For The Dying was already pre-written when he joined the band.
Everything went well until Bruce and Steve were in a room together. That always seemed to result in an argument and a screaming match. Steve still seemed to be upset about Bruce embarrassing him and Nicko during the last tour, but didn’t come right out and say it. It got to the point where they were not even talking to each other, let alone writing songs together for the album. Bruce began to outright avoid Steve altogether and spent his free time with Dave and Janick.
When Steve was finally happy enough with the progress of the album to allow them to take a break, Dave happily hit the pub with Janick. They went back to the same Irish pub that they went to two years ago. It was in the evening and a live band was playing, and Dave felt the stress that he had felt for the past couple of weeks wash away from him as they drank and laughed together.
Bruce seemed to appear out of nowhere, startling Dave. He had forgotten that he was going to meet with them there. He placed an arm around Janick’s waist and smiled at the two of them.
“Hey, guys!” he said. Bruce had been accompanying them almost every time they went out drinking because Steve apparently couldn’t stand to be around him anymore. They had been getting along fine lately, so it didn’t really bother Dave much. But he still couldn’t help but feel mad at him for how he treated Janick months before. The memory of him crying in his car as they both sat in the airport parking lot came back to him.
After they finished another round of beers, Bruce led Janick away from the bar and towards the dance floor. Dave watched him wrap his arms around him and start to sway slowly to the music that was playing. He couldn’t stop himself from frowning as an unusual ache formed in his heart as he sat alone at the bar. He didn’t understand why he was so upset about this. Was he becoming… jealous?
Dave forced his eyes away from the dancing pair, staring down at his beer. This was wrong, very wrong. Janick was his best friend, he shouldn’t be feeling this way about him. He wanted to feel happy for him that things were going well with Bruce again - and hopefully stayed that way, and that Bruce didn’t say or do something to make him cry again - but he was unable to get rid of the feeling that he had felt on the island.
You can’t be in love with Janick, Dave told himself as he refused to look behind him at the dance floor. You can’t be in love with him because you’re still in love with Adrian.
Though he knew that was a lie as he was thinking it. Adrian had left him over two years ago now, and he had finally accepted that he was never coming back. This fact didn’t stop the guilt from consuming him as he sat at the bar clutching his beer bottle, the loud music seemed to become a droning sound to him as he became more and more conflicted with his own thoughts.
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