Odessa smiled as she looked out the window, the smell of the turkey cooking drifting under her nose as she watched Andy out in the yard. He was bundled up, his hat low over his ears and a fluffy scarf was wrapped around his neck as he raked at the never ending amount of leaves that littered their yard. It was the night before Thanksgiving and Dess felt nervous-everyone, including Andy’s parents and bandmates, were flying out to stay at their house for the holiday and Dess needed everything to be perfect. As she turned from the window, Dess noticed that the work on the garage was almost done and she was grateful for that. Andy had wanted a home studio and practice space and so they had begun converting the garage, but it was taking a long time and Dess was tired of hearing nail guns going off early in the morning.

The kitchen was a mess, Dess noticed this as she turned full circle, her arms coming to rest on the counter as she took everything in. They had gotten everything moved in, finally, just a little over a week ago and Dess was just thankful that it had happened before the holidays. As she took in everything, Dess couldn’t help but smile as she remembered some of the past holidays that this house had seen. She still couldn’t believe that this was her house now and she could do whatever she wanted with it.
Andy’s first order of business-other than getting everything moved-was to redo the garage into his studio, but Dess was more concerned with the inside of the house.

She and Andy had taken up the master bedroom, which Dess was planning on painting sometime between now and Christmas- a stormy blue and chocolate brown was what she had decided upon. Her old room , Moira’s old room, and her father’s study were all going to be turned into guest rooms, but right now they each held blow up mattresses for their coming guests. Dess hadn’t wanted to do anything with Moira’s room at first, it felt wrong and it made her sad to remember all of the posters that used to line those walls. Andy however told Dess that she would never be able to move on if she held on to the past in such an obvious way. So Moira’s room would be converted, but Dess had decided to keep the colors in there dark, to honor Moira in a small way.

Dess looked around the room, taking inventory as she tried to remember everything that she had already done and the things that would have to wait until tomorrow. The turkey was in the oven, it would roast for the rest of the night and be ready by noon the next day. She had made up the huge amount of Mac and cheese, which was sitting in a tin foil baking pan to be baked tomorrow, along with corn casserole, broccoli casserole and the stuffing. The mashed potatoes she would have to do tomorrow, but Andy had already told her he would help by peeling everything when he got up in the morning. She had also baked four pies-two pumpkin, one chocolate cream and one coconut custard. Dess had also planned on making rolls tomorrow, from scratch and she knew she would have to be up early to start the dough.


“Going over your checklist again?” A voice laughed from the doorway and Dess turned, biting down on her lip as she saw Andy standing there, still all bundled up and adorable looking.

“You’ll thank me tomorrow when your stomach is full of deliciousness.”She smirked over at him before moving towards a small pot on the stove. Andy loved her hot chocolate so much that Dess just constantly kept a pot of it on for him. Slowly she poured him a cup, filling the mug up half way and then filling it the rest of the way up with marshmallows.

“I really can’t wait. Thanks babe…” Andy had removed his jacket and took the mug from Dess gratefully as he moved to sit at the small kitchen table and she took a seat across from him. Andy’s cheeks and nose were bright red, his blue eyes shining as he smiled over at her, his empty hand reaching across the table to hold one of hers.

“No problem…thank you for raking all of those stupid leaves. I always hated doing that when I was a kid and Moira always weaseled her way out of helping me.” Both of them laughed softly as they were taken back to the previous Thanksgiving.

“Well you’re helping with the snow this year young lady…” He smirked over at her, but they both looked down as Andy’s phone buzzed against the wood loudly. Andy picked it up, a soft smile coming to his face as he typed something in quickly and then placed the phone back down on the table.

“Someone on their way?” Dess asked as Andy nodded, the mug covering his face as he greedily finished off his drink and smirked over at her. Dess burst out laughing as she looked at him; his upper lip was covered in melted marshmallow foam and he looked absolutely absurd.

“Yeah. Mom and dad are coming-they were on the same flight as CC and Ash so they all are riding together.” Andy squeezed her hand as Dess inhaled a deep breath and smiled at him. This wasn’t the first time she would be meeting his parents-it was the second and the first time it was only for a loud few seconds at one of their LA shows.

“It’s going to be fine babe…” Andy reached across the table, his lips pressing lightly against hers and Dess immediately felt calm. If his parents were anything like Andy, then Dess knew that she would love them and they her.

“What about Jinxx and Jake?” She asked, wiping her lips as Andy had gotten some of his foam mustache on her in their embrace.

“Jinxx and Sammi said they were coming in late tonight and Jake and Ella are supposed to be coming in right around the same time I think. What about your best friend Kat?” Andy said her name with such disdain but all Dess could do was shake her head. Andy and Kat did not get a long-they probably never would.

“Kit should be showing up soon. Her plane from Florida got in a few hours ago I think.” Dess just smirked over at Andy, his arms were crossed over his chest and he was obviously pouting. Dess never understood why the two of them didn’t get a long and she hoped that they could keep things under control, at least for the next two days.

“…or she could just not come at all.” He grumbled and Dess frowned as she stood, moving over to stand next to him as Andy looked up at her, his bottom lip sticking out adorably.

“Be nice. Please? For me?” She moved to sit on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck as Dess leaned her head in so that her forehead rested against his.

“Fine. She’s the one who doesn’t-“ She cut him off by placing her lips against his and Andy melted against her touch.


His fingers found the back of her head and Andy tangled them in her hair softly as Odessa moved against him. She bit down on his lip ring playfully but Andy growled as his hands left the back of her hair and moved to rest right above her butt. Dess moved so that she was straddling him and she smirked against his lips as Andy moved his hips up to meet her. They were so lost in one another that neither Dess nor Andy heard the front door open and shut and Dess nearly jumped out of her skin as she heard someone shout into the room from behind them.


“Bitch! Damn get you some!” Kit stood there, her arms crossed over her considerable chest as she watched the two bunnies go at it. Dess’ head shot up, making Kit laugh, and the blonde’s eyes grew wide as she saw her best friend standing there.

“Kit Kat!” Dess was up and out of Andy’s lap, her arms wrapping around her best friends neck as the two girls giggled. Andy groaned, running his hand through the front of his hair as Kit’s voice made him wince.

“Sorry to interrupt the party. Andrew, how’s thangs?” Kit asked as she pulled away from Dess and noticed that Andy was looking up at the both of them, his eyes mere slits as he took in the buxom red head.

“Fine Kat…until now…” Dess shot him a glare but thankfully Kit didn’t seem to notice his rude remark and Andy just shrugged.

“I can’t believe you own this place now D. Where am I sleeping?” Kit asked as she bent down and picked up her bags and Dess just smiled. Andy hated Kat’s nick name for Dess-it sounded so rough and didn’t fit his Odessa.

“Well Andy and I own it…oh. I hope you don’t mind sharing a room with Andy’s bandmate. His name is Ashley…” Kit’s face dropped slightly but she cleared her throat and began to walk towards the stairs, Dess hot on her heels.

“Is he cute?” Kit asked and Dess just smirked as the two girls began to walk up the stairs.


Kit and Dess had been friends since seventh grade and they had been through everything together. They both loved music, although Kit wasn’t a huge Black Veil Brides fan and Dess was pretty sure that was one reason why she and Andy didn’t get along. Kit was the complete opposite of Dess-very loud, very impulsive and she could be very very flirtatious. That was one reason why Dess had paired Kit and Ashley up to share a room-she knew Kit could put him in his place if she needed to. They giggled and joked as Dess led Kit to her old bedroom and the two girls lugged the two very large suitcases into the room and piled them into one corner.


“So…lets see it.” Kit turned to face Dess, her Pierce The Veil shirt tight against her chest as she raised her eyebrows and Dess could only look at her with a confused look.

“…the ring.” Kit held her hand out and blushing Dess moved her left hand so that it rested against Kit’s upturned palm. The diamond sparkled in the light, the emeralds a dark contrast against the pure white of the middle gem.

“Jesus. Are you serious about this guy D?” Kit lowered her face towards her fingers and Dess was sorely tempted to lift her hand up and smack Kit right in her perfect button nose.

“Will the two of you stop? Good lord you’ve only met one another one time and you have somehow become mortal enemies…it’s driving me crazy Kit Kat.” Dess groaned as Kit only smirked down at her best friend and shrugged her shoulders.

“He started it…” She grumbled as the two girls exited the room and began to head back down stairs.

“Okay well I’m finishing it. Enough Kit.” Dess turned to her on the stairs and Kit could see that she was serious this time.


Katrina Bethany Evans did not like Andrew Dennis Biersack-not one little bit and she knew from the moment that she met him that she would probably never like him. They had met at Dess’ request when Kit was in LA last winter and Dess begged her to stop by. Kit had met Andy and immediately they got in to it when she said she had never heard of his band and that the name sounded kind of lame. He went in to this huge explanation of what the name meant and so on and so forth but Kit couldn’t have cared less. She gave him shit the entire time that they were together and Andy seemed to grow more and more agitated as the day wore on. Really Kit liked Andy, for the most part, but his anger towards her just made Kit want to give him shit even more.


“Fine. When is this hottie bandmate that I’m bunking with going to show up?” The red head asked and as they turned the corner Dess could only laugh. While the girls had been upstairs, Andy’s parents, CC and Ash had all shown up and at the mere mention of a ‘hottie bandmate’ Ashley had spun around in his seat and was staring open mouthed at the two girls.

“Why hello there…” Ashley was up in a flash as he took Kit in and the red head just looked to Dess, her eyebrows raised as Dess just nodded her head softly and held out a hand towards Ash.

“Ashley Purdy…this is my best friend Katrina. Kit for short.” Dess giggled as Ashley moved close enough to Kit to where their chests were almost touching. He smirked down at the red head, his hand held out as she placed her small hand in his.

“You can call me Kat…or Kitty.” Her smile was devilish as Kit smirked up at Ashley and all he could do was swallow loudly and wink at Dess before turning back to Kit.

“I’m Ashley…I play bass…” His voice was smooth and Dess could only shake her head as she moved away from the two flirts and suddenly Andy’s arms were around her and Dess found herself face to face with the two people she was most nervous to see.

“Mom, Dad…you remember Odessa…” Andy held her there, his hands resting on her shoulders as he stood behind her and Dess cursed him for taking away her escape route. He knew she was nervous about meeting them and she also knew that he wasn’t going to let her disappear so she couldn’t meet them.

“Mr. and Mrs. Biersack…it’s so nice to see you again. I hope you didn’t have any trouble finding the house.” Her voice was small as Dess made eye contact with Andy’s mom and suddenly she realized where Andy got his beautiful eyes from.

“Please call me Amy…it’s so nice to see you again Odessa.” The older woman smiled as she leaned in and hugged Dess and once the two women broke apart Dess felt better.


The small group hung around the kitchen as the day faded and soon Dess had passed out mugs filled to the brim with hot chocolate and everyone had moved into the living room. They all laughed as Andy tried to start a fire and Dess only shook her head at his horrible attempts and moved in to take his place. Within minutes a roaring fire was going, Andy had his back up against the couch, Dess sitting in between his legs as his father told them stories of Andy when he was a kid. Dess laughed loudly and Andy could only groan and roll his eyes as his father got going on yet another story.


“He used to love getting all dressed up-the makeup and the clothes and then he would walk into the kitchen for dinner, but he wouldn’t sit down or eat until I announced him…” Dess laughed, the tears rolling down her cheeks as Andy’s hands just rubbed at her neck and shoulders.

“Yeah-yeah…we all know I was a huge ham even then…” Andy felt his cheeks turn crimson and then he noticed that Ashley and Kit were sitting across the room together. Kit was sitting on Ash’s knee and the bass player seemed to be wooing the wild child best friend.

“Hey D!” Kit yelled at Dess from across the room and every one became quiet as Dess just looked to her best friend. Seeing Kit smirk like that Dess felt her stomach tighten-they were sharing stories and Kit had plenty of ammo to throw Dess’ way.

“…oh God.” Dess groaned, her head in her hand covering her eyes as Kit just laughed loudly and got down from Ash’s lap to come and sit next to Dess and Andy.

“So when Dess and I were, what-fifteen? We went to Warped Tour that summer-“ Kit was cut off my Dess’ hand, which was now covering the red heads mouth until Andy, who wanted to hear this, grasped for her hand and placed it in his lap.

“Thank you. Anyways-We desperately wanted to meet this band-New Found Glory I think- and Dess was frantic because we had missed the signing time. So we came up with this plan-I was to pretend like I was related to one of the members and we were going to sneak backstage and wait for them right by their bus.” Dess just placed her head in her hands, shaking her head slightly as everyone listened to Kit’s story in silence.

“Well it actually worked-probably because the security guy was too busy staring at my chest to really use his brain. Anyways-we got backstage and after searching forever we found NFG’s bus and we were just going to wait outside…until little Miss Rebel over there decided to try and open the door, which turned out to be unlocked…”Kit stopped and everyone looked down at Dess and Andy kissed her beet red cheek as Kit continued.

“…so we hid, of course, and the only place to hide was in two of the bunks. We stayed there for hours, but it was probably only around an hour and finally someone came on the bus. Well no one came back to the bunks so we just stayed there…we ended up in Virginia Beach before we even realized that they had left the venue earlier than everyone else…” Everyone in the room erupted into laughter and even Dess had a small smile on her face as she remembered having to call her dad.

“How did you guys get home?!” CC asked loudly from the recliner and Dess finally looked up at him, an embarrassed smile on her lips as Kit just smirked devilishly beside her.

“Well they finally stopped and came back to go to bed and found us-Kit had wussed out on me and fell asleep but I was just sitting there, staring at the ceiling-they all kind of awkwardly got a kick out of it and let us off once the bus got to the venue and then let me use a phone to call my dad. I was grounded for almost four months!” Everyone laughed harder at that and Andy just bent down, his lips brushing over her forehead as Dess just shook her head at the memory.


Soon the group broke apart, Andy’s parents headed upstairs to go to bed, CC walked off towards the den to crash on the couch in there and finally it was just Andy, Dess, Kit and Ash. Dess noticed that Ash and Kit seemed to be hitting it off, which could either be a bad thing or a good thing. Right around midnight Jinxx, Sammi, Jake and Ella all showed up, exhausted and wanting to get to sleep. Andy showed them where they would be sleeping and soon it was just the four of them once again. Dess added another log to the fire, watching the sparks fly up the chimney as Andy ran his fingers down her arm slowly.


“So Kit-you ready for all of those Maid of Honor duties?” Dess asked and Kit just smirked over at her and Dess felt Andy stiffen beneath her.

“Fucking right. Andrew-who’s the Best Man gonna be for this lil’ shin dig?” Kit asked and she felt Ashley chuckle beneath her and Andy just rolled his eyes.

“You’re sitting on him…” Andy’s voice was low and Kit just squinted her Kelly green eyes at him nastily.

“Well ya know that’s if Dess even goes through with this whole stupid idea of marriage…” With those words the room erupted and Dess could only sit there, her mouth hanging open as her best friend and the love her life went at one another’s throats.

Notes

Hello! Welcome to What It Is To Burn! Be make yourself comfortable and enjoy the continuing saga that is Dess and Andy.

Haha, but no really I hope you guys enjoy everything that is about to happen and please read and review because I <3 you all.
May not update tomorrow since I'm going to see BVB tomorrow night, but we'll see how much time I have before I head out. Enjoy!

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