Odessa and Andy made it back to his apartment and Odessa felt a dilemma rise in her heart. She wanted Andy and he most definitely wanted her, but she knew that if they took it there they could never go back. Walking through the door Odessa tossed her mask on the coffee table and turned to look at Andy. He was quietly standing on one leg, removing a shoe and then switching legs to remove the other. She cleared her throat and he looked up at her, his eyes wide and a smirk playing on his lips.


“Could you…uh…unlace this for me?” She asked, pointing over her shoulder and turned around so he had access to her back.


Andy walked over to her slowly, his fingers coming to rest in either one of the bows towards the bottom of her back and slowly he pulled. The knot came untied but nothing up top seemed to loosen and he furrowed his brow in aggravation. Slowly he ran a single finger underneath the silky white ribbon, pulling out gently every so often and slowly the corset began to loosen until finally Odessa had to hold her hand against her chest to keep her dress from falling down. She turned to him and smiled.


“Thank you…”She leaned up, placing a soft kiss on his cheek as she turned to walk back to go change.


Andy watched her go, staring at her creamy looking back and he wanted to chase after her. He knew he couldn’t because once he caught her there would be no going back. He knew that Odessa had agreed to a temporary arrangement while she was here, but even he didn’t want to take it to that level just yet. Sighing he sat down on the couch, his head in his hands as felt his phone vibrate against his leg. Pulling his phone out he looked at the screen where a message from Sammi awaited.

SammiDoll: You guys are so perfect for each other! I took tons of pictures but here’s one to tide you over until I get the others printed out : )

Andy opened the attached picture and his breath caught in his throat as he gazed down. The picture was a side view of him and Odessa during their first dance. His hand was on her waist, tightly holding her as his other held hers and was raised in the air. Her dress spilled out around them, the feathers almost translucent and giving her an ethereal glow. He smiled down at her, their eyes meeting and they both looked so happy. She truly was the shining beacon in his life and he knew he was lucky to have her even if things didn’t go the way he wanted he knew that they would be best friends for the rest of their lives.


“Whatcha lookin’ at?” Andy heard Odessa walk up behind him and as he turned his mouth dropped open. She was standing in front of him clad only in an old torn Batman shirt that came down to her navel and a pair of blue and yellow Batman boy shorts. He felt himself gulp loudly as he handed over his phone for her to look at.

“Aww that is a really good picture…” She smiled down at him as she handed his phone back and cocked her head to one side.

“Are you going to go change? Andy? Honey?” She asked him, but all he could do was continue to stare at her and nod his head dumbly before getting up to go change.


Odessa sat down on the couch, curious as to how strange Andy was acting and she quickly wondered if it had anything to do with how she was dressed. They were friends right? This is how she slept when she was at home and she didn’t feel like it should matter. Besides Andy wanted to try out a small relationship while she was here and so she wasn’t going to hold back. Odessa laughed and ran a hand through her hair, pulling out a feather she held it in her palm and tried to remember the night. It had been wonderful being so open and affectionate with Andy and Odessa wondered if they should keep this going even after she went home.


“So I have something I want to do with you tomorrow…”Andy said from behind her as she jumped slightly at the sound of his voice.

“Oh, like what?” She asked softly as he came to join her on the couch.

“It’s a surprise. Are you getting tired babe? I know it was a really long day for you…” He asked as he smiled at her yawning in response.

“Lets go to bed then…come on no arguments.” He smiled down at her, reaching out a hand for her to grab.


They both left the livingroom, Andy shutting all of the lights off as he followed Dess back to the bedroom where she had quickly sunk below the covers, even her head was covered. Andy looked over at her strangely and removed his clothes quickly before getting underneath the covers himself. Odessa looked over at him, her eyes wide and happy. He silently raised an eyebrow at her and laughed as she crossed her eyes and leaned in to kiss him. They both laughed for a while and then finally feeling exhausted Dess moved to curl up into his arms and Andy kissed the top of her head gently as he reached over and shut the light off.

“Good night babe.”

“Andy?”

“Yeah?”

“I really love hearing you call me babe.” He smiled over at her in the darkness, his heart at peace as they both drifted off to sleep.




“Biersack come on! I swear with this new haircut you take even longer in the bathroom than you did before!” Odessa called out towards the back of the apartment where Andy was still in the bathroom fixing his hair.

“I’m just not used to it and I can’t remember how the guy styled it yesterday so I was experimenting…”He sighed loudly as he appeared and Odessa looked over at him.


His hair was in his face, his blue eyes shining beneath and he still had a hint of eyeliner around his eyes from the night before. He was wearing his usual skinny jeans with a black short sleeved shirt underneath his leather jacket. His black vans were sitting by the door and Odessa threw them at him impatiently, a smile on her face.


“You take longer to get ready than I do and I’m the girl!” She laughed as he tugged one shoe on and then the other.


Andy looked over at Odessa and smirked. She was dressed in a pale grey sweater and a pair of black leggings. Her feet were clad in a pair of tall black boots and her hair was up and out of her face except for her bangs. He laughed softly as she made fun of him and he loved the fact that she could make fun of him and still sound so stinking adorable.


“I’m ready your highness…” He smirked over at her as he grabbed her hand and led her out the door.


They drove about twenty minutes away, the car filled with silence as Odessa wondered where they were going. She had pestered him all morning, but Andy never gave in and she knew this was pay back for the whole dress thing. She looked out the window as Andy parked the car and saw that they were in front of a tattoo parlor. Odessa felt a ball of nerves fall into her stomach as she felt him reach for her hand reassuringly. They walked together into the building and she waited as Andy had a quiet conversation with the girl at the front desk and then disappeared. Suddenly a small girl came up to Odessa and smiled at her.


“I’m Krista. Andy said to take you back and let you pick out whatever you wanted, piercing or tattoo. Follow me.” Odessa cocked her head and looked around but couldn’t find Andy anywhere and so she followed Krista to a back room.


Odessa thought about it for a moment and finally she had come to a decision and smiling over at Krista she explained what she wanted done. The small girl smiled and prepared her tattoo gun as Odessa removed her shirt. She knew this was going to hurt because the last tattoo she had gotten on her ribs had made her cry. She was in for a long session and Odessa hoped that Andy was in the mood to wait around for her.


She felt relaxed as Krista worked on her and finally after about four hours she was free to move around. Krista placed some ointment over her new tattoo and Odessa hissed in pain as she glanced at her new piece of art in the mirror and smiled. Suddenly she got an idea into her head and smiled over at Krista as she explained what she wanted. Getting back in the chair, Odessa pushed her hair back and cringed as the needle pierced her head right behind her right ear. It hurt but like the old saying goes-beauty is pain.


“All done! God you’re a trooper. I remember when I did some of Andy’s tattoos we had to stop so he could smoke, like, a whole pack of cigarettes to calm down.“ Krista laughed as Odessa smirked at her and pulled her shirt down before heading to the front.


“Hey.” Odessa said as she came across Andy, who was waiting patiently on one of the couches up front, his phone in his hands. Odessa looked at him and smirked as she noticed the small silver loop that now adorned his nose. It was cute…shit it was sexy as hell and she inhaled deeply as she approached him.

“Hey babe. Everything done that you wanted?” He asked as he came over and wrapped an arm around her and felt her cringe at his touch.

“Yeah…sorry. Ribs are kind of tender right now.” She sighed as he looked down at her and squinted his eyes.

“Can I see?” He asked as she smirked and moved to pull her hair back, showing him the small tattoo behind her ear. He leaned in closely and a smile spread on his lips as he saw the old school BVB symbol forever inked behind her right ear.

He reached down, kissing the top of her head as she moved to turn so he could see her side. Lifting up her shirt was hard, but Odessa sighed in triumph as she finally managed it. She smiled as she heard Andy gasp and knew that he was in awe.


Andy saw her struggling, but finally Odessa was able to lift up her shirt and what Andy saw on her ribs made his mouth drop open. A crow, almost life sized, sat there on her side right below her bra line. He took in the detail, noting the delicate line work in the wings and he smirked as he noticed that the crow, which was done in profile, had a light blue eye staring back at him. He brushed his fingers lightly over her raw skin, reaching out he placed his lips lightly over her new ink and then stood up, staring down at Odessa.


“My turn…” He smirked down at her as he first pointed to his nose and then turned so that his left side was to her and struggled with his shirt.


Odessa reached out, helping Andy pull first his jacket and then his shirt up, she felt tears come to her eyes as she took in his new ink. The tattoo was small, about the size of a softball, but there on his side was a Camellia flower, white against his pale skin, it had the lightest shading in pink towards the middle and then faded out towards the ends of petals to a pure white. She couldn’t hold them back and soon Odessa felt her tears falling on her cheeks. Andy said nothing as he took her in his arms, careful to not put too much pressure on her side as he hugged her.


“Well you’re stuck with me now Biersack…” Odessa laughed as he led her out to the car and smiled up as Andy opened her door before moving to get in himself.

“Likewise babe. I don’t know how you managed to get that done in four hours without a break. I always have to take a break…”He smiled over at her and saw her smirking triumphantly back at him.

“Yeah Krista told me you could be a baby when you got ink done. I’m shocked.” She held a hand to her chest and felt him glaring at her from the driver’s seat.

“Yeah well how does it feel to be a part of the BVB Army?” He asked, referring to the tattoo that she now had behind her right ear.

“It feels good. How does it feel knowing that you’re band holds a place in my heart the way the Used does?” She raised an eyebrow at him and he smirked over at her.

“Pretty good…but you have to admit I’m way hotter than Bert McCracken…” Her eyes got wide as she looked offended.

“Don’t you dare compare yourself to my teenage crush Andrew…” She grumbled halfheartedly as he looked over at her and stuck his tongue out.


They arrived back at Andy’s apartment and with the day almost gone Odessa spent her time quickly packing everything, but she had decided to leave her gown at Andy’s more because she didn’t want to have the extra luggage to worry about. It made her giggle to think about him pulling the dress out, waltzing around his apartment with it because he missed her so much. It broke her heart to leave but Odessa had to get back to work and Black Veil Brides was getting ready to open up on a tour for Avenged Sevenfold in a few days. Odessa sighed as she walked back out towards the livingroom.


“What’s wrong babe?” Andy asked from the couch, looking up from his Kindle at her as she came over to join him.

“I’m leaving tomorrow and I don’t know when I’ll see you again. You’re touring with Avenged until January and I’ll be busy until Christmas…it makes me sad.” She pouted over at him as he reached out to her and ran a hand through her hair.

“Well at least we’ll be in the country this time and we can text and Skype as much as you want. I can get you tickets to the show that’s in Richmond…Moira would love that.” He smiled down at her, trying to get her to smile but to no avail.

“I know. It’s just going to be so hard. These past two days have been amazing…”She sighed, leaning her head against his shoulder as he rubbed her back.

“Well keep an eye on stuff online. Any time you see me in pictures or in interviews wearing anything Batman related…that’s me telling you how much I miss you.” He kissed the top of her forehead and brought his tour schedule up on his phone, careful to not let her see.

“Of course. Well it’s time for me to get to bed. I have to be at the airport by ten tomorrow.” She sighed as she got up and looked down at him.


Andy wasn’t tired, but he wanted to spend their last night together and so he followed her back to the bedroom. Odessa got under the covers and turned towards him, her eyes big and full of tears. He held her to his chest as she cried, the sobs racking her body and he felt the guilt sink in his stomach. She had told him she didn’t want to take things too far and now he understood why. Because of their closeness over the past two days their goodbye tomorrow would probably be the hardest that either of them would experience.

Finally he felt Odessa settle down, her fingers resting gently on his collarbone and Andy felt his eyes growing heavy. They both slept well that night, but they both slept not knowing when they would see eachother again.

Notes

Uh-oh. I dunno if Andy can hold out much longer with Dess being such a smexy tease ; ).
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