Andy awoke on Monday, seeing that it was already 9:00 and he had to get to the studio. Although the band was only tracking drums today, he was needed in twenty minutes, something almost impossible for Andy. He ends up throwing on a white v-neck, a vest and a pair of black skinny jeans that were a little big in the waist and kept falling down. His apartment was such a mess that his belts were no where to be found- only one from the pre-we stitch these wounds era that may not even fit him. Fortunately, the belt fit well enough but he was sure to get teased for the plastic black and white studded belt he had not worn since he was a teenager.
"Really? A studded belt?" Arielle laughs as he walks out of his apartment at the same time as she does. Andy groans, pulling up his pants that are still falling a little bit. "It's from when I was seventeen. I couldn't find any belts."
"So you were a scene kid then?" She giggles as they wait for an elevator. "I remember them from my school, everyone always gave them shit."
Andy sighs, trying to force the terrible memories from his high school years out of his mind.
"Yeah, I was. And people gave me a lot of shit as well." Andy feels a hot blush creep up his neck while he ruffles his drying hair, he didn't have time to dry it or straighten it so later his hair will be a mess of short waves.
"Oh, that sucks." Arielle mumbles, thinking about those times where she was a by-stander to the bullying that went on with the kids everyone called 'emo'. One time she went home and decided to research why the kids took offense to being called 'emo', she always corrected her classmates from then on, knowing it was the most she could do.
"What exactly do you do at your job?" Andy asks while following her on the elevator. She shrugs, pushing the button to the ground floor. "I research stuff to write articles on for the magazine, then write the articles. I usually write this section in the back that is about non-fashion related issues.."
Andy nods, trying to be subtle about moving a bit closer to her. He smirks as she looks up at him with the look on her face that she knows what he's up to. Arielle chuckles, taking his hand in hers as they arrive at the bottom floor.
"What about you? How exactly do you write an album?" She asks as they step out of the building. He bites his lip, trying to think of a short way of explaining it. "How about I explain it over dinner tonight at my place?"
He smirks, thinking his question was pretty clever.
"So a date then?" She says smugly, "sure."
"Alright." He chuckles, shaking his head slightly in embarrassment. "I'll see you at 7:00 then?"
"Yep." They head to their separate cars, both thinking about their date tonight.
Andy arrives at the studio, immediately having Jake flip his shit about him not being there to help him remember what tracks go together.
"Andy, we are trying to put together Wretched and Divine and you have the list for the track numbers that go together." Jake complains, Andy purposely slows down while grabbing his lyric book and coffee from the car. "I'm sorry, I woke up late."
"Whatever man, just hurry up." Jake rushes Andy through the doors to the studio, sitting him down in a chair next to John Fogarty who is trying to find the tracks for the first song they are working on.
"Sorry I'm here late... I just woke up late and my place is a mess."
"I can tell by your belt!" Cc laughs from the couch behind them. "What'd ya do? Missing high school Andy sixx MySpace king?"
"Haha. Very original." Andy huffs while pulling up the track numbers from the notes page on his phone. He hands it to John who starts editing right away. "It's fine, we're all stressed Andy."
"Looks like Andy's going through a mid-life crisis!" Jinxx jokes from the couch, tuning his guitar.
"I'm younger than all of you." He rolls his eyes. "Plus I've been getting over Juliet, but then theres Arielle..."
He trails off at that, leaving the five other men in the room to wonder why their friend's eyes glazed over and who Arielle was. Jinxx comes to the realization that he was talking about the girl he took out on Friday, maybe she would get him out of his rut over Juliet. Ashley snickered, "Is she some chick you slept with?"
"No." Andy snaps, annoyed. His defenses actions turn Jinxx's expression smug as he asks, "so I'm assuming that date went well?"
Andy blushes, a small smile playing at his lips as he nods, "yeah, she's coming over again tonight..."
"You're inviting a chick over for the second time!" Ashley gasps, "dude! It's Fuck 'em once and forget about them. That's the point of a one night stand!"
Andy rolls his eyes, "no man, she's not that type of girl..."
"What'd you do on your date then?" Jake asks.
"Uh- we umm we went out to dinner and then back to our apartments.. Later she came back over to my place and watched that batman marathon on abcfamily. She ended up falling asleep so I took her back to her place." Andy remembers how adorable she looks while peacefully sleeping on his lap for those few minutes until Jinxx speaks again, "she lives across the hall from you, right?"
"Yeah." He nods, "I'm going to go outside and write, I'll see you later guys."
Andy heads out by a large tree in the lush yard in front of the studio, the grass is always green in front of the building. No wonder so many artists want to record here.

Arielle walks into her office building wearing a pair of loose Levi high-waisted shorts and an faded muscle tee that says 'I'm not sorry' in the outline of a heart. She makes her way to the small office she has finally been able to gain, passing her secretary, Isis, on the way in.
"Someone looks happy." Isis teases as she walks behind Arielle into her office, holding a folder. "Basically, you need to present the draft of the article for August today as it is- June 18th."
"Alright, I'll be right on it." She pulls out her MacBook, placing it on the 'wooden' desk and opening up the document.
"So who's the guy?" Isis asks while they walk to the elevator for their lunch break.
"How did you know it was a guy?" Arielle raises her eyebrows, giggling. Isis smirks, "You have that smug look on your face!"
She rolls her eyes, "ya, it's this guy I went on a date with on Friday. He lives across the hall from me."
"Is he hot?" The secretary jokes, winking.
Arielle chuckles, "Yes."
"What's his name?" Isis asks as they sit down in the cafe downstairs, pulling out her phone to look him up on Facebook.
"Andy Biersack and he doesn't have a Facebook. I already checked." The writer blushes, tucking a hair behind her ear. "He has twitter and Instagram though."
She pulls up the Instagram that has only eight pictures, all this week. "He's in a band? And are those tattoos? Piercings too?"
"Yeah, he's really sweet though." Arielle mumbles, pulling up Andy's Instagram on her own phone to follow him. His first picture is of him shirtless, how nice.
"He's verified on twitter, must be a good band?"
"I've never really listened to them."
"He would actually be a great model for the magazine, he has a good facial structure and- those eyes. I'm assuming none of these are photoshopped... You might want to show him to Jennifer, she may just want to put him in the magazine. It may open up a new group of buyers?"
"I don't think that would be his type of thing. Not the mainstream type." She shrugs, knowing Andy would not fit well with the image teen vogue has for models. "Isis, I really need to go finish that article so I'll see you later."
An article later, Arielle is ready to hand it over as she receives a call from Andy. "Hey Arielle, so the guys in my band are over at my place right now-"
"Oh, well I'm still at work." She giggles, hearing something break in the background.
"Yeah, I just wanted to warn you that they might be a little invasive and tease you when you come up. Jake is literally waiting by the door for you to come. Delaney has told us to shut up a few times as well." He laughs through the phone, picking up the broken plate that someone thought was plastic. "I'm going to get them out of here before you come over though, don't worry."
"Okay, I'll be back in twenty minutes so don't tell them that." She places the paper in her boss' mailbox and grabs her purse, walking out the door while talking to Andy on the phone. He retreats into his bedroom of the apartment, not wanting to be bothered by the boys ruckus outside. "What should I make you for dinner?"
"It honestly doesn't matter, I don't want to be a trouble." She turns on the car sitting there for a few more minutes before she left so that she could talk to Andy before actually driving off.
"I'll see you later then?"
"Yep."
Cc perks up as soon as Jake announces that Arielle has entered the building. He rushes to where Jake is spying out the window, tapping the guitarist's shoulder and pulling him to the door. Andy just shakes his head, chuckling until he realizes how much they are going to embarrass him- or freak her out, most likely both. He grumbles, "fucking leave already."
Ashley hears this and laughs, "you know that's never going to happen man! We need to approve before you can date her!"
"Shut up ash, you just want to look at her tits." Andy chucks a pillow at his bassist and proceeds to shove the eager band members away from the door, squeezing out to warn Arielle of the on coming attack.
"Why are you holding your door shut?" She laughs after the elevator doors close. He simply scratches the back of his neck and laughs nervously. "The guys... Uh, they wouldn't leave."
A small smile plays on her lips as she rolls her eyes. The writer holds her arms out for a hug, knowing what will come next, she hides her smirk as Andy leans off the door, embracing her in a tight hug while the door bursts open to show four curious faces in the doorway. She giggles into Andy's shoulder, placing a small kiss on his cheek before letting go. "Hey, so I'm going to warn Delaney not to come out here for a while.."
Andy nods, laughing a bit, entranced by the girl in front of him and not seeming to notice his band's presence. "Sure, that would be a good idea. And I like your hair by the way."
"Thanks, Delaney flipped out when I told her I was going to do this, I've been contemplating it for a while.. The actual vogue has been thinking of variations for the next few magazines." She giggles, turning to knock on her own apartment door. Delaney opens it seconds later, noticing her hair right away, "so you actually did it?"
"Ya..." She mumbles, setting her purse down on the counter by the door. "Andy's band is here and I'm just warning you now."
Delaney scoffs while turning back to the salad she was making, leaving Arielle to exit.
"She seems like a bitch." Ashley whispers to Jinxx who simply nods. "The friend?"
"Mhmm..." Ashley mutters, letting his eyes roam down Arielle's body. Andy sends him a glare which the bassist ignores. "I'm Ashley." He holds out a hand for Arielle to shake, forgetting about his tattoos of women for a second.
Arielle shakes his hand, not failing to notice the bare chested women on his arms. Andy places an arm around her waist protectively as the rest of black veil brides introduce themselves. He sighs as Jake asks if they could have a double date with him and Ella, receiving a shrug. "that depends on if we even get to have a second date." Andy mutters to himself, sending a harsh look to the guys. Arielle giggles, smiling slightly at his comment. Jinxx just chuckles and walks back into Andy's apartment, sitting on the couch and turning on the tv, "I have to pick up Sammi in an hour from the airport so there is no use to leave. Sorry man."
"Dude, she was in Germany right?" Cc asks, taking a seat on the couch beside Jinxx. "You are getting laid tonight!" He nudges Jinxx who chuckles and high fives cc. Andy looks over at Arielle and rolls his eyes at the band members, "so maybe we should go out again, because these dumbasses clearly aren't leaving anytime soon."
He pats the two men on the couch's heads, getting whacked with two pillows soon after.
"Man, where the hell do you keep your hustlers?" Ashley shouts from Andy's bedroom.
He says through gritted teeth, a blush creeping into his cheeks, "I don't have any."
"It's not like I care. I probably have some in my apartment from when my ex lived with me." Arielle laughs, Andy joins in with nervous laughter.
"OH! They're in the closet!" The bassist shouts from the bedroom, followed by a crash.
"Ok, seriously, get out guys." Andy grumbles taking the magazine from Ashley's hands and whacking him on the back of the head with it as he comes out of the room. "Have you ever heard the term, 'over-stayed your welcome?'"
Jinxx stands, looking at his watch, "I've got to go anyways. Jake, you're coming too right?"
"Yes.." Jake turns the Xbox he was hooking up back off, following Jinxx obediently. Andy keeps hitting ashley every time he tries to get the magazine and CC puts his phone away and walks out the door, "I'll see you later, Lauren wants me back home to fix something."
Andy keeps hitting ashley with the magazine until they make their way to over by the door. "You can keep this if you leave?" Andy offers, holding the magazine- that Arielle did not want to see the back to- high above his head so that he couldn't grab it.
"Fine, oh by the way," ashley points at Arielle who is giggling in the center of the room, "call me if things with Andy don't work out?"
With that, the perverted bassist finally walks out with a new magazine in hand and a smug look gracing his features.
"Sorry about that." Andy sighs when he walks back into the apartment, embracing Arielle into a soft hug. She sighs contently in his grasp, wanting to stay there forever- what? She had never even thought something like that about Dean so quickly!
"It's alright, although that Ashley is quite a character." She giggles, accidentally grazing her lips over Andy's neck in the process. He smirks, feeling a shiver go through his body at her touch, "I obviously didn't have time to make anything for dinner and because of some fat-ass named CC, I have no food except ramen noodles and popcorn."
"I'm good with that." Arielle laughs, looking up into Andy's bright eyes, "you don't have to go out of your way for me."
"I feel bad that I couldn't have done something nicer." He mumbles, she giggles, "you took me out somewhere I assume was very expensive on Friday, I think I'm content for a while."
"Okay then, lets make some ramen noodles!" Andy pulls out a pot from under his stove, filling it with water as she sits down on a stool by the little bar like counter top. "How was your day?"
"It was good, I got a lot done." Andy grins up at her, "I wish I could show you but... The label is being very strict about so called 'top-secret' information regarding this record so.."
She smiles slightly, "I understand, I actually did a draft of an article today that you would probably find interesting- or boring, I don't know... But, I will be fired if I show it to anyone."
"What's it about?" Andy asks out of curiosity as the water comes to a boil. He adds in the two packs of noodles while she speaks. "It's about how girls body-bash and how it can lead to eating disorders like bulimia or anorexia. It's just a draft of ideas so far, I still have to interview people."
"I would like to read that when it comes out." He nods, thinking of himself- all in black with his rock band look, reading a teen girl's fashion magazine. That would be quite something. "I would have to take a picture." Arielle giggles, imagining the same thing. "That would be a great advertisement, 'lead singer of up and coming rock band, black veil brides, reads teen vogue!'"
Andy laughs, looking over to the smiling girl sitting on the barstool with her hair slightly frizzing, but in an adorable way. He notices his gaze travel to her lips as he bites his own, getting turned on by simply talking to the girl. He runs a hand through his short hair, stirring the noodles around while still watching the stunning woman. She twirls her hair without realizing and smiles at Andy. His eyes can't seem to stop resting on her lips as he finishes the noodles, mixing in the flavor and putting them in to two bowls.
"Oh, my secretary thought you would be a good model and I should show a picture of you to my boss." She giggles, hopping off the stool to stand beside Andy.
"Well I have modeled for band photo shoots before." He jokes, handing her a bowl of noodles and leading Arielle to the couch. "I think my style would match perfectly with teen vogue."
"So well." Sarcasm drips off her voice before Arielle bursts into giggles. "You said you would tell me how you write an album if I came over tonight... And here I am."
"The first thing you do is get the funding. Then you have to begin writing songs by creating the individual instruments sounds around a common theme, it includes the pedals and effects for guitar, the melodies, lead parts, beats, tempo, and lyrics. Then you combine it together to create a song, create about twelve of those and you've got an album... To put it simply." Andy chuckles, eating some of his noodles.
"I don't really get what you mean by that but alright." Andy shrugs, Arielle had been explaining the format of the magazine, which although he found interesting, it made absolutely no sense. He could not seem to get the thought of kissing her out of his head.
'Kiss her, it's the second date, it's alright now.' Screams a voice in his head. He wants to wait for the perfect moment, not rush into it too soon.
Without realizing, Arielle scoots a tiny bit closer to the singer on the couch, she catches herself looking at his lips and forces the thought of kissing him from her mind. Andy can't contain himself any longer, he feels the strong urge to feel those lips on his.
He places his fingertips under her chin, Arielle looks into Andy's eyes with sudden panic running through her mind she has never felt before with anyone-
'What if I mess up?'
'What if Andy thinks I'm a bad kisser?'
'Is this moving too quickly?'
'Fuck this.' With that final thought, she tangles her fingers in the hair on the nape of Andy's neck, not hesitating to initiate the kiss and smash her lips down on his. Andy freezes for a moment, surprised at Arielle's sudden confidence to kiss him first. He shuts his eyes, remembering that a girl who he has wanted to kiss for a while is finally doing so. Arielle is about to pull away when he begins to finally kiss back, pulling her the slightest bit closer while their lips move together in sync, slowly, soft. They pull away after a few seconds, Arielle realizing how hot his lip ring really was and that she wanted to mess with it as much as she could.
A sheepish smile makes it's way upon Andy's lips, his mind finally processing what just happened. Arielle's grin is undeniable, Delaney will hate this.
"So uh... I-" Andy gets cut off by Arielle's lips against his again, this time melting onto his own. Soon, Arielle has moved to straddle his lap without realizing, pressing her hands into his chest while they kiss. She takes his lip ring between her teeth, hearing a moan come from him. Andy goes to pull away, only to have her bite his lip lightly as he does.
"Woah."

Notes

Oooh Arielle's not the girl to wait around for her man to make the first move. But, they kissed!! yay!
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