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As we pull out of the parking lot, I say, I m Amanda, by the way. He smiles. I m Andy, as you know. I smile at him. Wow. I m actually in Andrew Dennis Biersack s car. I hear him chuckle. I said Andy for a reason. Or were you trying to get on my nerves? he asks. Take it any way you want. He looks over at me for a second and smiles; then looks back at the road. We sit in silence for a while. I start to drift off. All of a sudden, I hear Andy calling my name and feel him shaking my shoulder. Amanda Wake up We re home. I look at him, and then out the window. It s a beautiful house. It s nice, Andy He smiles at me as he helps me out of the car. "It's home," he says, "And now it's your home too." He leads me inside. I see Jinxx passed out on the couch with a book on his chest, Jake not far from him on the floor playing what appears to be a first-person shooter game, Christian with his head in the fridge, and Ashley is nowhere to be found. "You're one man short of Black Veil Brides," I comment to Andy. "Ashley? He's... He's... Guys, where is Ashley?" Andy asks them. "On a date," Christian says after swallowing a handful of what I can assume are Goldfish. "Who's the chick?" Jake asks after a split-second glance at us. "The 'chick,' as you have so called her, has no family, was nearly raped ealier by a sleazy tattoo artist in a mall, and is a major fan. I saved her and now she's staying here so that she won't be alone," Andy says placing an arm around my shoulder. I hug him and say, "My Hero." He laughs. "Come on! I'm blushing! Don't say that!" he says, smiling. "Well, you are," I say. He hugs me. "Come with me. You still tired?" he asks. I nod, feeling a bit exhausted from today's adventure. We head upstairs and he asks, "Do you want your own room or do you mind sharing one with me?" he asks. "Same bed?" I ask. He nods. "That's perfect." He smiles. "You really weren't kidding about being the 'Property of Andy Six,' were you?" he asks with a goofy grin on his face. "You have no idea, Andy," I answer as we enter the attic. It's all black. Walls, ceiling, floor, curtains, bed, pillows, dresser, doors; you name it, it's black. "Andy, wait a minute... I left all my clothes at the house," I say. He shrugs. "You can borrow some of my old clothes. Granted they'll be a little big; seeing as how I'm 6'2" and you're, what, 5'7", 5'8"? They'll be a bit big but they'll do for the time being-if that's okay with you, that is," he says. "That's fine. Actually, I'd love it," I say. He smiles and goes over to the dresser. He pulls out, not surprisingly, a black band t-shirt and black sleepwear pants. He hands them to me. "Will those do?" he asks. I nod. "Where's the bathroom?" I ask. "Oh, right there," he says, pointing to a door that I hadn't noticed until now because it was exactly the same color as the rest of the pitch black wall-that includes the doorknob, by the way. "Thank you," I say and go in to change. "I'm gonna go downstairs and lay the ground rules to the guys. I'll be right back." Once I step out, he's not back yet. I take the opportunity to look around. I find a picture of what seems to be his family. I would guess that they're his parents. It's recent. They look a lot like him; I notice as I pick the picture frame up. "Mom and Dad," Andy says, startling me. I jump as I turn towards him; setting the picture frame down. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go through your stuff, I just..." He holds up his hand as he smiles. "It's fine. You live here, now. You have a right to look around. Anything not meant for eyes other than my own are kept out of sight," he explains. "They look a lot like you," I tell him. He smiles broader. "You know, I couldn't ask for any better parents," he says. Parents... I look down. Andy picks up on what just brought me down. "Hey, it's okay," he says, hugging me. "I'm sorry. It's just... I shouldn't have said anything. I should've left it alone," I say. He sort of pets me in an attempt to calm me as tears threaten to fall. "Shhhhh... It's alright... You had every right to ask. And you don't have to be sad that your parents aren't here. You should show them that you love them and they've made you a strong woman. You shouldn't shed any tears. I'm sure your parents wouldn't want to see you cry..." His voice is soothing and calming but all I can think about is them, and that makes me cry harder. He walks me over to the bed and sits with me on his lap. He rubs my back and keeps my head on his shoulder. Jinxx opens the door looking half-asleep. "Andy, what girl did you-OH! Wait, why is she crying? Andy, what'd you do?" he says. I choke out a laugh through my tears. "Nothing! It's a long story, I'm sure, and explaining now would make her feel worse," Andy says, defending himself. Jinxx comes over and tries to help by wiping away my tears. He shouts down to the others to bring up a box of tissue. They do, but come in confused until they see me and freak out the same way Jinxx had. Eventually, they start to quietly argue about what would comfort me better and I start to laugh at Christian, Jake, and Jinxx's silly dispute and the banter that continues to make me cheer up more than what they'd been suggesting would. After a while, they've moved about three feet from the bed, and argue loudly. Finally, I crack up almost to the point of falling off Andy's lap at this little portion:
Jake: (to Christian) That would make a whole NEW set of tears fall! Do you know ANYTHING about girl's feelings?
Jinxx: (to Jake) Oh, and YOU'RE SOOOO FEMININE!
Christian: (to Jinxx) Why don't YOU solve this then? Make her stop crying since we're too ROUGH!
Jake: (to Jinxx) Oh, yes, PLEASE show us how, Jinxxy. We forgot, you're really just a LESBIAN trying to ACT like a GUY!
It was too much. Even Andy's chuckling quietly. When this bit's over he notices that I'm nowhere NEAR crying anymore... Except maybe because I'm laughing so hard. "Hey, you guys did it. She stopped crying. You guys are good." They turn and look at us. "HEY!" they yell in unison. "We did it!" Jake adds. Andy has to hold onto me after that so I don't fall on the floor laughing. "Well, our work here is done," Jinxx says, "Come on, guys. Let's go find something to eat. I'm starved." They turn to the door and walk out. Jinxx stops for a second at the door and turns sideways to say, "You guys should eat, too. I'd be willing to bet that you haven't eaten, Andy. We're starting to worry that you're trying to starve yourself. And you. You just don't look like you eat at all, ya stick." Andy drops his head and I laugh. "I do eat. Just not very much," I say. "We'll be down in a minute, Jinxx," Andy says. Jinxx nods and leaves. "Oh, man," I say noticing the wet spot on Andy's shirt, "I'm sorry. I got you're shirt wet." He looks at his shoulder. "Ah, don't worry about it," he says. I stand up and he goes to the dresser. He pulls out another t-shirt and takes off the one I got wet with tears. I notice how skinny he is. It's impossible not to stare. But then I think about it and realize. He looks scrawnier than what is typical for him. Wait... Jinxx said he didn't eat much anymore. He puts the other shirt on and turns back to me. "What's wrong?" he asks. I snap out of the wandering-mind state. "Nothing. I was just thinking about something Jinxx said," I tell him. He tenses up. "Oh... You mean... The... Not... Eating... Thing... Don't you..." I nod. He sighs. "It was because I was depressed and felt no real reason to live. BUT! I don't feel that way. Not anymore," he says coming up and hugging me. He steps behind me and I see our reflection in the vanity mirror. I meet the eyes of his reflection. "Thanks to you. You gave me a reason to live," he says. He kisses my cheek. "And I want to ask you something. Now, I know that I literally JUST MET YOU. As in TODAY. And if you think that I'm moving too fast, tell me. But... I... Want you to be around forever. I want you to always be at my side. What I'm trying to ask is... Will be my girlfriend?" I'm shocked. I stare at him in the mirror for a second but he moves away and says, "I knew it. I'm sorry. I should've never asked you that. It was way too soon." I go to him and hug him. He starts apologizing again. "I'm really sorry. I just-" I put my finger on his lips to silence him. "Andy, I love you. Of course I'll be your girlfriend. Now, shut up and kiss me for real already." He does and it feels good. When we break the kiss we see Jinxx in the doorway. "Damn, you work quick, Andy. I was wondering what was taking you guys. Anyway. Come on down. We need suggestions. You two can make out after we figure out what we're doing for dinner." He turns and leaves and we start laughing. "Come on. He's gonna keep bugging us until go down there," Andy says. He takes my hand and leads me down the stairs. As we walk down them, he leans over to me and whispers in my ear, "I love you, too. And welcome home."