“What the fuck Kat?!” Andy yelled, moving Dess to the side as he stood and made his way over to where Kit was sitting.

“Uh-Night guys!” Ashley was quick on his feet as he moved Kit off of his knee and dashed up the stairs. Andy was his bandmate, but he liked Kit and didn’t want to get in the middle of things-so he peaced out early.

“Kit!” Dess felt her jaw drop as Kit just sat there, arms crossed over her chest with that smug smirk resting on her lips.

“What?! God…is she supposed to just be so fucking in love with you Biersack that she isn’t allowed to question things?! Have you fucking brain washed her that fucking much?!” Kit stood then, coming up to Andy and Dess couldn’t help but smirk. Kit was even shorter than Dess and she barely came up to the middle of Andy’s chest and he had to look down to glare at her.

“I would never ‘brain wash’ Dess, Kit and you fucking know it…” He growled, his voice low as Andy tried in vain to leave his hands at his sides. Kit was a girl-a bitch-but a girl none the less and he couldn’t hit a girl.

“Oh really?! So she just fucking left her sister here to fucking die to be with you because she fucking felt like it?! You haven’t been together a fucking year and look-You’re fucking engaged! Your dick must be fucking magic because Dess is fucking under some spell…” Odessa could only sit there as her best friend and the love of her life went at it. Where was all of this coming from?

“Kit!” Dess was standing now, but she had yet to move any closer to the two dueling hot heads.

“Where were you Kat?! Huh?! I didn’t see your fucking ass here when Moira was on her deathbed…No-you were running around after some band all across the fucking country so don’t even stand here and judge Dess for doing something that her own fucking sister told her to do!” They were nose to chest now and Dess could hear Andy hissing his breath through his clenched teeth.

“That’s my fucking job Andrew! I wanted to fucking be here so don’t you dare make it out that I didn’t try to be! Asshole!” Kit was on her tip toes now, the top of her head only coming to reach right underneath Andy’s chin.

“Bitch.” He spat back at her and Dess just stood there, her eyes closed as she tried to breathe slowly.

“Whiney talentless motherfucker…” Dess felt her eyes shoot open and she rushed towards Andy, her skinny arms wrapping around his waist as he moved towards Kit.

“Enough!” She shouted, not caring if she woke up the entire house and silently they all stood there, Kit breathing heavily as Dess pulled Andy towards the couch.


Kit huffed out a breath of air and stalked off towards the kitchen and Dess heard the sliding glass door open and then slam shut. She sat down next to Andy, her head in her hands as Dess tried to calm her frazzled nerves. She should have known that something like this was going to happen with the two of them, but stupidly she had hoped that they would keep things civil for the whole forty-eight hours that they would be around one another. Slowly Dess lifted her head up and looked towards Andy-he looked guilty, but there was still an anger that burned behind his eyes.


“Go upstairs babe…” She said to him, her words quiet and tired as Andy just looked at her wide eyed.

“Why am I the one in trouble?!” He reached out, his hand searching out hers until he had found it and Andy tried to remain calm.

“You both are! I want to talk to Kit but I can’t do that with you in the fucking room. Go. Up. Stairs.” She hissed the last part through her teeth-Dess was fed up with all of this hard-headed arguing.

“But I’m supposed to sleep down here with you…” He was pouting now and Dess could only groan, her head coming to rest against his hard shoulder.

“And now you’re sleeping upstairs with Ash. There’s more to all of this babe and I need to talk to my best friend…” She looked to him then, her eyes pleading and Andy felt a stone land in his stomach. He was supposed to be her best friend.

“You still love me?” His lip stuck out and she couldn’t help but smile as Dess moved in and kissed his lower lip gently.

“Always. G’night.” She kissed his whole mouth this time and smirked as she pulled away.

“Night babe…” Andy didn’t feel right about any of this but he knew that Dess always meant what she said and he didn’t want to make things worse.


Dess kissed Andy one last time and watched as he retreated towards the stairs, his tail between his legs-for now. She knew she couldn’t pick sides and Dess also knew that all of this wasn’t just about her and Andy getting married. No, Kit had disliked Andy from day one and Dess had no idea why. In theory they should be getting a long perfectly since the two hot heads could be so much alike. Dess didn’t get it, but as she got up and headed towards the kitchen she was determined to get to the bottom of things. Reaching the kitchen, Kit was nowhere and suddenly Dess remembered hearing the sliding glass door open and close.


“It’s too fucking cold out here for this shit Kit Kat…” Dess grumbled as she poked her head out of the door and saw that Kit was sitting in one of the deck chairs, her ankles crossed as she rested her legs up on the glass topped table in front of her.

“Put on a sweater and suck it up buttercup.” Kit exhaled a puff of smoke and flicked the ashes of her cigarette into the ashtray in front of her.

“Dammit Kit…” Dess mumbled as she grabbed her sweater off of the counter and stepped outside, pulling it over her head as she closed the door behind her. Fuck-freezing deck on bare feet was a bitch.


The two girls sat there in silence, Dess jiggling her knees up and down to try and keep warm while Kit just continued to chain smoke. Dess looked over at her best friend of ten years and sighed. The red head had been through a lot, Dess knew this and she knew that Kit’s outside demeanor was hardened because of all the things she had gone through. Kit had worked really hard to get where she was with being a band manager and Dess was always proud of her. Huffing out a cloud of air, Dess watched as Kit just raised an eyebrow and turned to the blonde, her lips pursed and ready to strike.


“Get it out D.” Kit rolled her eyes as Dess opened her mouth and then closed it again. Kit could be rough around the edges and Dess needed to think a minute before approaching the hard headed red head.

“What the fuck is wrong with you Katrina?” Okay-not so gentle or tactful but fuck…Dess was running out of ideas.

“I’m tired of Biersack’s bullshit and I wish you’d stop drinking his fucking Kool-Aid.” There was no hesitation or apologies in Kit’s tone and Dess just rolled her eyes.

“This isn’t just about him Kit-you’re madder at me than you are at Andy…admit it.” Dess tried to keep her voice gentle but she could feel the frustration begging to come out.

“Ugh-fine.” Kit just rolled her eyes and flicked her cigarette over the railing and Dess watched the small light in the air until it landed. Kit stood and moved to go inside and Dess just followed, wide eyed as the two girls shivered and entered the warm house.


Kit headed back towards the living room, peeking her head around the corner to make sure that everyone had left-especially Mr. Rockstar. Kit was used to lead singers, she dealt with one on a daily basis and she knew-they could be the biggest whiners and God could they pitch a fit. But Kellin was nowhere near as bad as Andy and it pissed Kit off seeing him be such a puss about things. Kit sat down, her feet resting underneath her skinny jean clad butt and she waited as Dess moved to sit next to her. The fire was low and Kit watched as Dess tossed another log on the fire and then the two best friends sat there-moss green eyes staring into Kelly green ones.


“So…” Dess led in softly, her hands resting in her lap as Kit sighed.

“So…I missed you?” She smirked and Dess just groaned and then laughed lightly.

“Spill it Kit Kat. What’s going on with you? Sleeping giving you a rough time?” Dess knew that Kit loved her job, but managing one of the fastest rising bands in music right now was giving her one major headache.

“Sirens is fine…Andy though-I don’t get the appeal D.” Kit rubbed her hands across the back of her neck as Dess just rolled her eyes at the infuriating red head.

“Well I guess you don’t have to Kit…he makes me happy and that’s all that matters.” Dess was fed up with Kit and her attitude towards her relationship with Andy.

“But it’s all just happening so fast…doesn’t it scare you to think that it might end just as fast as it began?” Kit looked sad as Dess met her eyes and she knew that Kit was projecting her failed relationships onto the one that Dess and Andy shared.

“Of course, but we’ve already been through so much together…I don’t see how it could possibly get worse…” Dess felt a shiver run up her spine as she thought back over the past year and she silently hoped that she wouldn’t have to eat her own words.

“I guess deep down I’m just really jealous…” Kit blushed crimson and Dess smacked her hands against her knees as her smile lit up the room.

“I fucking knew it! You have a crush on Andy!” Dess pointed her finger at Kit, who just stared at her and shook her head softly.

“No! Although he is sexy as fuck-but I’m jealous of the relationship you guys have. I used to be your best friend Dess…” She could tell by the look in Kit’s eyes that the girl next to her was holding back tears and suddenly Dess moved so that her arms were wrapped around Kit’s neck tightly.

“You will always be my best friend Kit Kat…no guy is ever going to replace you.” Dess rested her chin on Kit’s shoulder as Kit held on tightly to Dess’ small frame.

“But you didn’t lean on me when Moira died. We hardly even talk anymore…” Kit whispered in her ear and Dess felt her heart sink.

“You were busy Kit. You were already freaking out with the whole managing thing and you were across the country when Moira passed. We talk almost every day dude…”Dess knew that now Kit was just over reacting, but she had to admit to herself-Andy had become Dess’ world over the past year and Kit probably had been forgotten a few times.

“Sleeping With Sirens isn’t my life Dess-they would have understood me having to leave to be there for you. I wanted to be the one who held you when you cried…” Kit’s eyes were blurring with tears and she wiped at them, but the tears came running down her cheeks anyways.

“Aww…you don’t have to worry about me Kit Kat. I’m not alone anymore and I still love you. Andy would never understand my love of shoes the way that you do…” Dess moved in, holding Kit as the two girls cried softly.

“…or your crazy Disney obsession…” Kit laughed as the two girls broke apart and wiped at their eyes quickly.

“See. I love you Kit Kat…” Dess leaned in, her head resting against Kit’s and the two girls just laughed.

“I love you too Dess. I really am happy that you have Andy…I just get jealous of him sometimes.” Kit laughed and Dess joined in.

“Me too…no one should ever be as pretty as he is.” The girls giggled and as Dess looked at the clock she hadn’t even noticed that it was almost three in the morning.

“So what’s the plan D? I know the guys are releasing their album in January and then touring, but what are you doing for the summer?” Kit asked, her hands in her lap as Dess thought for a moment.

“Um. Touring in the states, touring overseas, touring the states, overseas and then Andy mentioned something about them possibly headlining Warped Tour this summer, which I am overly excited about-what?” Dess stopped talking as she noticed that Kit had began to bounce up and down on the couch, the widest smile going across her face that Dess had ever seen.

“Sirens is also touring this summer-they will be co-headlining Warped Tour with…” Kit stopped for dramatic effect, her hands hitting her knees in an impromptu drum roll.

“Memphis May Fire, Bring Me The Horizon, the Used and…Black Veil Brides!” Dess felt her heart stop-she would not only be touring on Warped Tour with Andy and the guys this summer, but she would see the Used almost every single day.

“What?! How do you know all of this?! Andy wasn’t even sure what was going on this summer…” Dess looked at Kit, her eyes wide and Kit just nodded vigorously.

“The good thing about being a tour manager is that I get to know everything before the band does to clear their schedules…surprise!” Kit could only laugh as Dess smiled brightly and then jumped on top of the excited red head.

“Do you know what this means?! We’ll have the entire summer to hang out!” Dess laughed as Kit just smiled and nodded.

“I know! I mean I’ll be busy making sure the guys get to where they need to be but…” Kit just smiled as Dess giggled and thought about her own responsibilities.

“Yeah…Jon has been leaning on me a lot, especially on tour, to keep the guys in order as well. But still!” The two girls giggled and smirked at one another.


The night faded into morning as Dess and Kit stayed up and talked about things, catching up mostly. Kit had been having a blast running around after Sleeping With Sirens and she loved her job more than anything, but it definitely was getting tiring making sure a bunch of rockstars stayed in line. Dess updated Kit on the record that the guys had finally finished and she even told Kit about some of the stuff that she had been working on for DC. Dess smiled as the two girls lapsed back into the comfortable place that they had always found themselves in since middle school.

Finally Kit had passed out, her head hanging over the side of the couch but Dess remained awake. She sat there and watched the flames for a while until finally the sun began to peek out over the tree line. Noise from upstairs signaled to Dess that people were beginning to wake and so she needed to move to get things started in the kitchen. First thing she did was tie an apron around her waist and then Dess went on auto pilot as she placed things in the oven, got her mixer out to start the dough and then lastly she moved to the coffee pot and started the first round of coffee. Breakfast for everyone would consist of bagels, muffins and Danishes, but that was okay because their lunch was going to be huge.

As Dess surveyed her kitchen-it felt good to say that-she felt proud of herself and could only hope that things would continue to go this smoothly over the next day and a half.

Notes

Hey guys! I have an update for you-even though I'm exhausted from getting zero sleep after last night-but it was so beyond worth it. Anyways-I hope you guys enjoy everything and I hopefully will have another update either tomorrow or sunday!

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