Odessa felt the exhaustion creep into her bones as she parked her car in the garage and silently walked towards the elevator. It had been a long day and she was upset because today was also Moira’s last day before she was to fly home. Sighing Odessa stepped into the elevator, pulling out her phone she noticed that Andy had texted her while she was at work. She looked down, confusion clouding her features as she read.


Andy: So I think you look really hot with pink hair ; )


What the hell did that mean? She hadn’t had pink hair since high school and Odessa reread the text, thinking that maybe something else would pop back out at her. Sighing she ran a hand through her hair. Her head hurt and she was flustered by things that were happening at work and she was sort of regretting getting the HI position. She loved that she was able to live in LA and be mobile, but being in charge was giving her one major headache. Finally Odessa reached her and Andy’s apartment and as she pushed open the door she was met with laughter.


“Dess! I can’t believe how much of a hottie you were in high school!” She heard Andy call out to her and as Odessa looked towards the couch she felt her blood run cold. Moira was sitting near Andy, an old book in her lap and Odessa was sure she had burned everything in that book a long time ago.

“How would you know what I looked like back then? Unless someone told you…”She cocked an eyebrow at her sister and Moira just rolled her eyes.

“Come on Dess…I love this one!” He laughed his mouth opening wide and Odessa moved over to see what he was talking about. Oh God. Her hair was bright green and she had hot pink and black eye shadow rimming her eyes. She remembered that day-it had been the second time she would attend Warped Tour and she was going through a serious punk pop phase at that point. She cringed as she took in her black painted nails and Good Charlotte t-shirt.

“Okay-Ha. Ha. Now give me the book.” She said as she reached out for it but Andy was too fast.

“Oh baby…we’re just teasing you. Remember the other night? Remember Fetus Andy? Well now I know what you looked like when you were just a little thing.” He smirked up at her, his eyes wide with happiness and she couldn’t help but smile.

“You two are impossible. But since you’re so mean to me I won’t share in the surprise that I set up for Moira.” She said, crossing her arms as she walked silently back to their bedroom to change. Andy and Moira just looked at one another, smiles slowly creeping back onto their faces as Andy flipped through the book some more.


Andy continued his journey through the book, finally coming to a back page, but he couldn’t focus. He hoped she wasn’t too pissed at him. He was only joking around and he really did love the way she used to look, but to be honest he loved her no matter what color her hair was or how many piercings she had. Still he silently wished he had known the old Odessa…it seemed like they would have really hit it off.

Looking down at the picture Andy smiled. Dess looked older, probably about 18 and she looked like she was enjoying herself at a house party. She held a cup in her lace gloved hand and her hair was that bright pink that he found so attractive. Looking closer, his eyes squinting, Andy pulled his head back and looked over to Moira.


“When was this picture taken?” He asked as he held up the book for her to see. Moira thought about it for a moment.

“Uh I think that was while she was in LA doing her internship. Yeah see she has her belly button pierced…dad would never let her get that piercing and I remember that she went ahead and did it anyways right before she left. Why?” She asked and Andy felt tears come to his eyes as he looked down at the picture once again.

“Because I’m in it too…”He said as he removed the picture from the page and held it up. There, off in the background was a tall skinny kid, his body covered in black streaks and while his hair was much shorter, it still stuck up in the back and Moira knew that it was in fact Andy.

“Holy shit…”She muttered taking the photo in her hands she noticed that it seemed that while Dess was smiling at the camera, Andy seemed to be in the background his eyes scanning over the wild girl who seemed to be the life of the party.

“I remember that night-sort of. It was a house party that we played at, of course that was before we got the band officially together. I think…I think I remember seeing this girl there. I thought her hair looked really cool and she was always laughing.” He rubbed his thumb across the picture and looked up as Odessa walked into the room, still wearing a scowl on her face.

“Baby…come here for a minute. Please?” He looked up at her, his bottom lip sticking out as she rolled her eyes and relented. Coming to sit on his knee she looked down, a groan coming to her lips.

“Ugh…that was such a terrible night. I drank way too much, but I remember the band that played was pretty good.” She said as she felt Andy’s lips kiss her shoulder gently as he pointed to something in the back ground.

“Do you know who that is?” He asked her softly, his lips coming to rest against her shoulder. Moira looked over at the both of them, her heart felt light seeing how much these two truly loved one another.

“Uh…I think that was the singer of the band that was playing. I remember thinking he was pretty cute and he had this really low gravelly voice. Why?” She asked , looking back at him and laughing at his wide eyed stare.

“Dess…that’s me.” He said softly as he felt her body stiffen against his. She grabbed the photo from his hands and pressed it closely to her face.

“Oh my God…that IS you…”She laughed then, smacking herself in the forehead she looked over to her sister and smiled.

“Looks like I was a fan of BVB before you after all sis.” Moira just laughed and tossed a pillow over at them.

“You know what I remember about that night?” He asked, his fingers trailing down her arms slowly as she looked at him.

“I remember seeing this loud and funny girl walking around. Her bright ass pink hair made her the center of attention and all I could think was that she seemed really happy to be there. Oh and I was thinking about trying to get in to her pants.” He smirked at her as she leaned in and placed a soft kiss against his lips.

“I love you babe…”She said softly, her head coming to rest against his cheek as he smiled over at Moira.

“I love you too Dess…”He kissed her then, soft and slow as he felt his heart grow in his love for her.


It was crazy the way things happened in their lives. Odessa knew that things would keep getting thrown their way and she knew now more than ever that Andy was the one for her. He was the one that she was supposed to stick things out for because in the end they were meant to be together.

Notes

Life is funny sometimes. You never know when you'll come across your soul mate, but sometimes fate steps in makes you wait for it-sometimes you have earn it.

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