Lily was panting heavily, her lips forming into a slight frown as she felt a grunt escape from her lips. Her legs were sore, her arms hurt and she had sweat pouring down her face and neck. She blew a puff of breath out, watching as her bangs floated up and out of her face. She looked at the blue eyes that were staring her down and Lily only smirked as she crouched lower and held her sword up. Andy didn’t even look fazed as he smiled at her and let his sword come down and he felt proud as Lily spun around and raised her own sword to block his attack.

She looked tired and he knew that he was pushing her to the limit, but they had to be prepared for anything. Her legs were clad in a tight pair of work out pants, her feet were bare as she found it easier to fight and move around without shoes on to trip her up. Her messy blonde hair was pulled up and out of her face and her lavender eyes were vicious looking as she ran at him, slashing her sword around his abdomen and Andy was barely able to dodge out of the way. They were in a private room in some gym in Arizona and although Andy was supposed to be focusing on writing new songs for their upcoming first album he couldn’t concentrate.


“Come on Lily-you can do better than that…” He teased and Andy knew he was getting to her because Lily straightened up and flared her nostrils at him angrily as she glared. She was tired-they had been at this for over two hours and she still couldn’t best him.

“Andy!” Lily shouted as she dropped her sword and bent over so that the palms of her hands were resting on her knees. She was breathing heavily and she was dripping sweat, but Andy was not going to let her quit when she was this close to getting where she needed to be.

“What?! It’s fucking true ‘Lil! I know you have more in you than that and I need you to bring it out…you won’t survive otherwise.” He smirked at her, placing his sword tip down as he rested his elbow on it and looked down at her. Smug bastard…who did he think he was telling her she needed more practice?

“…maybe I don’t want to survive…” She said sadly and there was a loud clatter as Andy moved towards her and his sword fell against the floor. He reached out, his arms wrapping around her as he pulled her close and rested his lips against the top of her head.

“Don’t say that Lily-you’ve been doing so well…” He said against her hair and Andy felt her lips creep into a soft smile against the skin of his arm as she placed her hands on his back and gripped at his shirt tightly.


He held her there and Andy could feel her tears hitting his skin as Lily cried softly. They had been through so much-they were constantly being attacked at this point, almost every night as Andy was outside smoking after a show someone would come up to him, sneering in his face and then there would be a scuffle. It was a good thing the guys were getting really good at getting rid of bodies, but they were all growing tired of fighting.

Lily would always have to be locked in the van if a fight broke out with her present-Andy was terrified that she would be taken from him and she always seemed to freeze up when fighting broke out. Andy knew she was still dealing with things that had happened with Lattie and he only wished he could erase that time from her memory. He wanted his Lily back-the Lily who didn’t have a care in the world, the Lily who laughed at his stupid thoughts or jokes…the Lily who taught him everything there was to know about music. He held her tightly and Andy smiled as her crying ceased and now all he heard was her soft sniffing as she tried to get rid of her tears.


“I-I know, but I just feel so helpless. I mean you’re this badass Demon fighter and Ashley is as well. Shit even Jake, Jinxx and CC are better fighters than me and CC is scared of fucking spiders…yet he’ll run towards a Demon with his fists held high. Maybe it would be best to just give me up and then you guys can move on with the band…” Andy felt his heart stop beating as he listened to Lily and he moved so that he was holding her face in his hands and his eyes were locked on her own.

“Don’t worry about them. I don’t want you to be able to fight with your fists-I want you to be able to pick up a sword or a dagger and slice some fucker in half if you need to. I love you and I’m not going to just give you up and walk away-that’s not what people do. Right?” Andy asked and Lily only smirked up at him as she pressed her lips against his neck and then nuzzled her head against his chest.

“You’re right. How did you get so smart all of a sudden?” Lily asked as she kept her head against his chest, smiling as she felt his lips graze her hair and she knew that he had that boyish grin on his face.

“I had a really good teacher…” He smirked against the top of her and Lily said nothing as she pulled away and looked up at him. Her lavender eyes were bright with the remains of her tears and Andy said nothing as he reached out his thumbs and wiped under her eyes gently.


Lily placed her hands over his own, bringing them slowly down to her lips as she kissed his palms and she smiled as she felt his lips press against her forehead. She lifted her face up, smiling as his lips captured her own and instinctively Lily reached out her teeth and gently tugged on his lip ring. Andy groaned loudly, it drove him crazy when she did that and he was barely able to hold on to his self control as they stood there in the empty gym, their swords and argument forgotten.

His fingers fumbled with the hem of her white shirt and soon his skin was against hers and he felt Lily shiver under his touch. Her tiny fingers were in his hair, running through the soft locks as she tugged and pulled softly. His fingers were on the soft fabric of her bra and Lily smirked as she ran her hands slowly down the sides of his face, his neck, the front of his chest until he gasped and then smirked as her nimble fingers rubbed against the front of his work out pants.


“I want you. So. Badly. Right. Now.” He said in between kisses and Lily smirked against his mouth, her teeth reaching out and biting down on his lip and then she sucked it in to her mouth and Andy felt his eyes roll back in his head.

“We should get back to working out. You guys have to be at the club in two hours…” Lily mumbled against his lips and she smirked as Andy pushed her up against one of the mat covered walls and kissed her harder.

“I’m not thinking about that right now…” He said, breaking their kiss as his forehead rested against hers and Lily only smiled as she placed a hand against his chest, her fingers reaching out to play with the necklace that he wore around his neck. It was a star with a rounded edge detail and as she looked at it Lily noticed that the rounded edges and the sharp lines of the star made back to back BVB's all the way around.

“What are you thinking about?” She asked with a wicked smile on her face, but Lily already knew the answer to that question. Andy was pressed up against her with her back against the wall and Lily could feel his reaction to her and their heated sword fighting session against her leg.

“You…naked…with…me.” He mumbled between kisses against her neck and Lily only shivered as his cold lip ring pressed against her heated and flushed skin.

“Well that’s not gonna happen right now. Come on cowboy-lets head back to the van so you and the guys can get some work done…” Lily laughed as Andy groaned, throwing his head back so that his hair was falling down behind him and she only kissed his exposed throat and placed a hand against his chest as she pushed him away.

“You are so mean to me…” Andy said as he backed up and bent down to reach for Lily’s sword and then he headed across the room where his own laid on the floor, forgotten just like their training session.


The two of them packed up their things in silence, Lily hummed to herself quietly and she smiled as Andy picked up the tune and began to hum with her. She packed up her gym bag, zipping up everything as she turned and watched Andy silently. He was over by a small bench, the two swords laying on a towel as he wrapped them up and moved to place them in his long black duffle bag. It had been his idea to start her on sword training again and even though Lily had been all for it at first, now she felt the doubt begin to creep in to her bones.

Maybe it would just be easier if she gave herself up? Andy would get over her-eventually and sooner or later he would all but forget her…people always did. Lily looked down, her right hand grasping at her left wrist and she bit down on her lip. Should she? She had been clean for four months and while she knew that Andy would be disappointed in her he really would never have to know. Lily jumped as Andy cleared his throat, smirking at her as he held out a hand for her to take and she smiled nervously as she moved towards him and placed her small hand in his.


“You guys are getting really close to having everything done for the record right? All of the songs are written…” Lily said as they hit the street, the dry heat hitting them in the face and Lily wished they could be back home. They only had a week left on tour and then they would get back to LA and the band would enter the studio to start recording.

“Yeah Jake and I just have to finish up some things and then we’re all set.” He smiled down at her, his blue eyes shining in the sun light and Lily instantly felt guilty. Her previous thoughts of cutting bounced around in her brain and she felt terrible.

“That’s great! I can’t wait to hear everything…I know there are some songs you guys have been holding out on which is mean by the way!” Lily laughed as they continued down the street and Andy only shook his head as he threw an arm around her shoulders and guided them left down the sidewalk where the club they were playing in later that night stood off in the distance.

“Oh you are so impatient…” Andy said as they got closer to the alleyway where their van was parked but Andy held out an arm for her to stop and as she looked where his eyes were staring, Lily felt her own lavender eyes grow wide.


There was a line of girls and some guys coming from the alley and Andy felt his heart speed up in his chest as he and Lily approached cautiously. All of the kids looked like they were dressed for a show and some even had black paint going up and down their arms and chests. As they got closer, some of the kids looked towards them and Andy was taken back as he saw his own makeup staring back at him with wide eyes. As they wove around the line, Andy and Lily both noticed that all of the kids seemed to be smiling and waving to them as they passed.

Finally the couple made it to the front of the line where all four of his band mates were sitting at a long table, Andy’s tattered spiral notebook opened in front of them and Andy only raised an eye brow as he let go of Lily and moved to the opposite side of the van to place their gym bags inside. What was going on? Where had all of these kids come from and why were they all lining up in an alleyway two hours before the show was supposed to start?


“What’s going on guys?” Andy asked as he rounded the side of the van and smirked down at his four best friends.

“Recruiting.” Ashley said simply as he smiled at the girl in front of him and handed her a small patch that had their BVB logo and their name near the bottom. It was the same patch that they all had on their leather jackets and vests and Andy said nothing as he only cocked an eyebrow and leaned up against the side of their van.

“For?” Andy asked, making eye contact with Lily, who only shrugged and looked out over the small crowd.

“Well you said there was a war coming…” Ashley explained simply and Andy found himself getting frustrated. Why were none of the guys looking at him?

“Yeah, so?” Andy said, watching as a tiny girl with green and black hair approached the table and took her patch willingly with a soft smile.

“So…we needed an army and here they are…” Ashley said simply and Andy only felt his eyes grow wide as he looked out over the crowd and then his smile widened.


They did need an army and it seemed like they were going to get one. Maybe there was hope for them after all…

Notes

So there was some sword fighting, some making out and now the guys are forming an army-I'd say that's a pretty productive day.

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