“Babe? Wake up…” Lily spoke softly to the sleeping mop of black hair that was sitting next to her and she was growing frustrated. They had been at the small club for almost ten minutes and Andy still refused to get up.

“ANDY!” Ashley yelled from the seat in front of them, where he had poked his head in through the open door, but still the half Demon remained curled on his side, his head resting gently on one arm as he slumbered.

“Dude…let me.” CC said as he moved past Ashley and Lily’s eyes grew wide as she noticed that he held two of his drum cymbals in his hands and was moving to hover them over Andy’s head. Lily squinted her eyes closed, her hands held on either side of her head covering her ears. She still jumped at the loud noise echoed off of the van walls and Andy jumped up, his hair hanging in his eyes and he was looking around wildly.

“What the-“Andy growled as he glared at the drummer and CC only shrugged his shoulders as he disappeared through the open van door and Ashley make a quick retreat behind him. Andy turned to Lily, who was only sitting there with a small smile on her lips.

“We’re here…” Lily laughed, tucking a loose strand of her light blonde hair behind her ear and Andy only groaned as he let his head fall back against the seat. He had been having such a good dream which had consisted of him, Lily, an empty apartment and candles.


Lily only smiled at him as she took his hand in hers and tried to pull him up. Andy only smirked as he gave her a bit of resistance and soon Lily found herself being pulled to rest against his chest, her cheek against his shirt and Andy began to run his fingers through her hair. They could have stayed like that for hours, but Lily knew that the guys had to get inside and get all of their stuff set up. Jon-their semi manager and friend was already in there and handling the business side of things. Lily pulled herself up and away from Andy, kissing his chin as she scooted to the edge of the seat and began to climb over the bench infront of them. Andy followed suit and soon enough both of them were standing outside the van and looking at their surroundings.

They had parked in a small alleyway that ran between and the club and the building next to it and Andy sighed. He had known that things would not be glamorous at first, but he just knew that there was so much more for him and this band than this dump. Lily squeezed his hand enthusiastically and both of them smiled at one another before walking towards a metal door and Andy reached out a hand to pull it open. The room before them was dimly lit and Andy could see his four bandmates getting ready and setting things up around the room, their instruments in one corner and their makeup kits in the other. Andy entered, his hand holding on to Lily’s tightly and he sighed. This wasn’t what he had thought it was going to be, but it sure was a start.



“You’re shaking babe…I can’t get these lines straight if you keep shaking…” Lily mumbled through the pencil that was clenched between her teeth and Andy tried to stop jiggling his knees as much as he could.

“S-sorry…I’m just anxious to get out there. Jon said a lot of people showed up tonight…” Andy said, his palms together as his hands rested on his still bouncing knees and Lily only smiled down at him as she tried in vain to drag the eyeliner over his face in a straight line.

Andy noticed that she seemed irritated and he knew it was because he was being difficult. To stop his jittering, Andy focused on the girl in front of him and as he took in the site of her, his smile grew wider and wider. Lily had painted her own face-she had long black tears running down her cheeks and her eyes were thickly lined. She also had a stitch line going from one ear to the other and crossing over the bridge of her delicate nose. Her lips were blood red and perfect and the more he stared at them the more Andy wanted to reach out and kiss them.

She was dressed in a white BVB tee that she had ripped to shreds and he smirked as he noticed that he could see her black and red bra through some of the holes. She had on skinny leather leggings, two belts that hung low on her hips and her feet were clad in a black pair of Doc Martens. Andy let his gaze drift up to her face and then he smirked as he noticed that she had teased her hair in the back,spraying it so much that it almost was sticking straight up.


“You look really awesome tonight baby…” Andy said, that cute smirk on his lips and Lily only smiled at him as she tried to concentrate. It was almost like Andy had A.D.D-it was almost impossible for him to sit still long enough in order for her to do his makeup. All of the other guys had been able to get their own hair and makeup done-but Andy liked to be babied and honestly Lily loved to do things for him.

“So will you if you would fucking sit still.” She laughed, bending down slightly to kiss his nose and then she went back to work.


Lily looked down at Andy-his light blue eyes were heavily lined, the jagged points going out from his eyelids up towards his eyebrows. She had covered his entire neck and chest in black paint-he could take care of his own arms-and she was now trying to get the stitching on his mouth right. His lips were bright red and his smirk grew wide as Andy noticed Lily sticking her tongue out the side of her mouth in concentration.

Suddenly he had reached out, his skinny arms wrapping around her waist and Lily squealed as she found herself sitting in his lap. Andy smirked at her, his arms still wrapped around her tightly and Lily said nothing as she placed her arms around his neck and leaned her forehead up against his. His black hair was teased almost to death, sticking out at odd angles and Lily couldn’t help but smirk at him.

“I love you…” She whispered and Andy’s smile grew wider as he leaned in and placed his lips softly against hers.

“I love you too…more than I think I could ever scream.” He replied and they both knew that Andy could scream…he could scream a lot.



“What’s going on guys?!” Andy yelled into the microphone and all of the girls in attendance screeched at him in return. Lily was watching from the side of the very small stage and Andy felt more confident knowing that she was standing there.

“Good! Well we are the Black Veil Brides and we are here to play some songs for you guys!” The small crowd roared back at him and Andy only smirked at them all as Jake and Jinxx moved into playing a few licks on their guitars.

“This first song I had help writing from a girl in my life who suffers from not believing in herself. This is Knives and Pens!” Andy smirked at her as he looked over his shoulder and Lily only smiled as she watched Andy jiggle his tiny butt to the beat that was coming from the speakers.


Alone at last we can sin and fight.
And I've lost all faith in this blurring light,
(Stay right here we can change our plight.
Storming through this despite what's right.)

One final fight for this tonight.
Whoa-oh-oh
With knives and pens we made our plight.


Lily felt herself get chills as Andy screamed into the mic, bending low towards the girls in the front row, his naked torso shining in the dim stage lighting and she couldn’t help but smile. He had been born to do this-whether he was a Demon or not…Andy had always meant to be on that stage. She watched as the guys played a few more songs, ending with a new one that was slower called Carolyn and Lily knew it was for her.

Andy sang lowly, sitting down on a bar stool as Jake stood near him, playing acoustically and Lily felt the tears come to her eyes. She didn’t know that he had written this song-it was something that he had said to her after her attack. Something about braving storms and always being there. Slowly the song came to an end and Lily felt herself whooping and cheering right along with the crowd in front of her.


“Thank you so much guys! Again we are the Black Veil Brides and we love you all for your support!” Andy said into the mic before placing it back in it’s cradle. He was covered in sweat, but smiling as he approached her and threw a sweaty arm around her shoulders.

“That was amazing…” Lily said, her voice breathless as they all headed to the small backstage area and Andy looked down at her through his messy bangs.

“What about the last song…Carolyn?” He asked, his voice low and shy. Lily only smiled as she placed a hand on either side of his face and brought his lips down against hers.

“Amazing…you are amazing Andy.” Her voice was soft and they both smiled at one another as the other around them cheered and cracked open beers to their first successful paying gig.



Andy leaned up against the brick wall behind him, his boot scuffing against the rough stone but he didn’t care. He was out in the alleyway, smoking one last cigarette before they all hit the road and headed North for Washington and Oregon. Lily was inside with everyone else, trying to desperately get the merch table under control as the others finished their drinking and began packing up their stuff. Andy stared off at their van, smirking at he noticed that even in his picture that was plastered on the side of the vehicle-he still had that smart ass smirk on his lips.

He sighed loudly as Andy looked up towards the sky and noticed that the stars seemed to be shining more brightly that night. He had become fascinated with the stars and their constellations-Lily made fun of him for it, but Andy didn’t care. He inhaled a deep puff off of his cigarette and suddenly his Demon hearing picked up a distant pitter patter of sneakers against the pavement.

He looked left-no one. He looked right-no one. Andy growled lowly as he reached in his vest pocket, his fingers curving around the handle of his dagger and his blue eyes were dangerous as he took in his surroundings. They hadn’t been attacked in weeks, but Andy couldn’t chance it this time-he couldn’t lose Lily again.


“Whoever you are…this is your one and only warning.” Andy said as he pulled the dagger from its sheath and held it in front of him. His eyes were wild as he looked around, but no one seemed to be rushing at him. Suddenly from his right Andy noticed a small figure approaching and he tried to give off a less defensive stance in case it was just a human. Quickly he shoved the dagger back in his vest and moved to take another puff from his dying cigarette.

“Hi-um…” It was a small girl, shorter than Lily and Andy had never thought that was possible.


He said nothing as Andy just looked down at the human girl stopped in front of him and he tried to keep his face neutral. Brown hair, long and hanging in front of her brown eyes and he smiled as Andy noticed her newly purchased Black Veil Brides shirt. He couldn’t see her ears, but everything about this girl was giving off the sense that she was pure human.

She was standing in front of him, her bracelet covered arms held in front of her with her hands clasped and she was looking down at her sneaker clad feet. Andy cleared his throat, smiling as the girl looked up at him shyly through her straightened bangs and suddenly his heart stopped. She looked so sad-so lost standing there and all Andy wanted to do was give her a hug.


“Hi-I’m Andy. What’s your name?” He asked, snubbing out his cigarette and he tried to smile at the obviously very nervous girl.

“M-my name? Oh! I’m Sarah…I hope I’m not bothering you, but I just wanted to thank you…” The girl muttered as she moved a piece of hair behind her ear and Andy noticed two things-her ears were not pointed, but her arm was covered in scars that looked identical to Lily’s.

“What for?” He asked and Andy wanted the girl to look up so that he could look her in the eyes. She was obviously a very sad person and Andy wanted to make her smile.

“For saving my life…” With that Andy felt like he had been punched in the gut and for once found himself speechless.

How had he saved the life of someone whom he had only just met?

Notes

With that our Savior was born...sort of. Haha-anyways, I hope you guys liked this one...there was a bit of jumping around, but hey we're coming to the end here people and I want to get as much in for you guys as I can.

Please read and review and if you haven't already please check out my other series, which can be found on my profile page and it starts with Love By Mistake.

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