Andy felt exhausted as he trudged through the airport, his hand holding Dess’ as he dragged her behind him as they tried to find their gate. The night before had been a long one, neither of them sleeping well as Andy was nervous about the Premier and Dess seemed to be really worried about her upcoming photo shoot. So instead of sleeping they both had stayed up, trying to talk each other off of the imaginary ledge that they were both teetering on. It had been about two in the morning before they had both fallen asleep, but they had to be up and at the airport by eight, so they were both dragging their feet at this point.


“Can we please stop at a Starbucks before getting on the plane?” Dess whined from behind him and Andy sighed as he scanned his eyes around and finally saw that they were coming up to one.


Andy stood behind her as Dess ordered her Venti Crème Brulee Latte and smirked as she turned to him, moaning in pure bliss as she took her first sip. He could only shake his head and begin to walk towards their gate once again, hoping that as soon as they got on the plane he could crash and gain some needed hours of sleep. The time that they would be in LA was going to be hectic, with tonight’s Premier showing and then he was going to be making surprise appearances at the three other showings that would be happening this week. After that it would be Christmas, then New Years and finally it would be time to tour again. He loved what he did, but Andy was starting to feel the exhaustion creep into his bones.

Finally, after another five minutes of walking and then ten minutes of waiting in line, Andy and Dess were seated comfortably and already Andy could feel his eyes growing heavy. He could hardly focus on the flight attendants as they went over things and as he looked beside him Andy noticed that Dess had already passed out, her head laying gently against her shoulder. He smirked, his hand snaking its way into her lap as he finally shut his eyes and soon they were both in a deep sleep.




“Ack…it’s so hot…” Dess grumbled as she pulled her sweater over her head and Andy also seemed to be over heating since he was taking off his leather jacket.

“Yeah, it’s weird coming back here after being in Virginia for a few months. I was actually getting used to the cold weather.” Andy laughed from beside her and Dess only smiled at him as she looked out the window. The LA city moved past them as they drove down towards the hotel that they were staying in, which thankfully was decently close to the venue that the movie was screening at for the next few days.

“Now you know how I felt last January…” Dess smirked over at him, her hands resting in her lap as the two of them lapsed back into a comfortable silence.


Finally their car pulled up outside of the hotel and Dess stretched her arms above her head, feeling the exhaustion in her bones as she looked out the window. She missed Virginia already, but it was nice to get away, even if only for a few days. Andy was beside her, his knees jiggling up and down as he smirked down at her. He was nervous, the entire band was nervous for their big Premier, but Dess had faith. Quickly the couple exited the car and Andy had them checked in and on the way up to their room in less than ten minutes. Dess understood his rush-they needed to be early to the venue to make sure that everything was set up, but she was exhausted and didn’t feel like rushing around.


“I’ll take a quick shower and then while you shower I’ll get ready…” Andy spoke over his shoulder at her, Dess rolling her eyes at his rushed tone.


Odessa watched as Andy turned the key in the lock to their room and pushed the door open, allowing Dess to enter the room first and she smiled. The room was nice and Dess was looking forward to staying here, but she still felt slightly homesick. How was she going to feel when they went on tour? Probably the same, but at least the chaos of being on the road would be enough to distract her. Dess moved around the room, pulling things out of suitcases as she heard Andy enter the shower, his low voice breaking the silence as she just smirked-he always sang in the shower at home and it continued to make her smile. As she pulled out her dress, shaking the dark fabric out in front of her, Dess smiled as she hummed softly to herself.


“I know it's hard for you. To understand what I'm going through. But now I sit here to remind myself.You're always dressed to kill…” She sang loudly, her own voice drowning out Andy’s as Dess continued to unpack their few things. Of course she had more than Andy did, but Dess also was going to be doing an interview and photo shoot and was unsure of what to bring.

“Having fun out here?” She spun around, smiling as Andy stood in the doorway of the bathroom, clad only in a towel as he smirked down at her.

“Well I couldn’t hear what you were singing so I started singing something of my own…” She smiled up at him as she moved past him to enter the bathroom, leaving the door open a crack to let out some of the steam.


Dess showered as quickly as she could, making sure to condition her hair twice as she was beginning to notice that her hair was getting brittle and hay like. She had been keeping it at a light blonde for over two years now and straightening it every day was killing it. Time for a change possibly and as Dess looked at herself in the mirror she realized that this was the longest she had looked the same since she was thirteen years old. Maybe a new hair color? Or she could always repierce one side of her lip. Shrugging, Dess moved to finish getting ready, her eye makeup looking very smokey and seductive as she made a face at herself in the mirror.

Finally after forty minutes of prepping and primping, Dess was ready and as she exited the bathroom she took a deep breath. Opening the door, Dess was met with a pair of crystal blue eyes, heavily lined in black liner with a few strands of long black hair laying over them. Andy stood there, his mouth open slightly and Dess took him in, loving his messy suit with his half undone tie. She twirled, the skirt of her dress flaring out around her knees as she stopped in front of him and smirked.


“Well?” She asked, her hands on her hips as Andy came over to her and bent down, his lips brushing over hers softly.

“…beautiful.” He said simply, looking down at her in her dark blue dress that flared out slightly. Dess was taller in her black spiked heels, but Andy would still have to look down at her all night, but he wouldn’t mind. She looked gorgeous tonight and as he wrapped his arm around her waist and headed for the door, Andy knew that he would have the hottest date there.


The couple made their way down towards the lobby and Dess could only smile as they exited the building to find a limo waiting for them. The couple laughed and joked during the short drive to the venue and Dess could tell that Andy was trying to distract himself from feeling nervous. In her opinion he had nothing to be nervous about-from what she had seen of the movie, everything looked really good and she couldn’t wait to see it in its entirety. Finally the car pulled up to the small press carpet outside of the venue and Dess could see that some of the guys had already shown up-she could see Jinxx and Sammi from her window and finally she felt the stone in her stomach vanish.


“Well look who it is!” Ashley’s voice rang out as Dess and Andy stepped out of their car and turned to face the red carpet.

“I see you guys made it out of the wilderness for this event after all!” CC shouted at them as Dess just smiled and embraced the over enthusiastic drummer.

“Hey C…” Dess smirked up at the drummer, her hand reaching out and knocking him against the shoulder. Chaos seemed to take over as the guys were pulled all over the place to do interviews and Dess found herself hanging back with Sammi and Ella, both of whom looked respectively gorgeous.

“You excited for our big photo shoot tomorrow?” Ella asked, her tan dress sticking to her slim body tightly and Dess felt a wave of jealousy run through her.

“Nervous is more like it…you two are going to look spectacular. I’ll probably just look ridiculous.” Dess laughed as Sammi looked down at her, a soft smile on her lips.

“You’re going to be fine Dessa. I was talking to the photographer last night on the phone and our photo shoot sounds like it’s going to be really awesome and fun.” Sammi was always the optimist amongst the three of them and Dess was glad for her in that moment.

“Hey babe…” A deep voice sounded out from behind her and as Dess turned around she smiled as Andy smirked down at her and beckoned for her to come closer. He was being interviewed, one on one and she was unsure of why he wanted her to come forward but she did so anyways.

“Uh hi…” Dess was unsure of what to do, so she just stood to the right of Andy and smiled over at the interviewer, a smallish man who held a microphone out towards the couple.

“So Odessa, how are you doing tonight?” The interview asked and Dess smiled up at Andy, who just looked down at her with bright eyes, and then she leaned in towards the microphone.

“I’m doing pretty well-excited to see this movie.” She smiled at the interviewer, still not sure of what she was doing over here.

“You were there for most of the filming right? How was that?” He fired questions at her and Dess had to take a moment to think things through.

“Yeah-it was great. I’ve been on movie sets before, but usually I’m working so it was nice to just sit back and watch him do all of the work.” She pressed a hand against Andy’s chest and smiled at the interviewer who was just nodding his head enthusiastically.

“So how does it feel being Andy Biersack’s girlfriend?” Dess was a bit taken back by this question-she had always been known as Odessa Montgomery, comic artist and girlfriend of someone famous. Was she really now just seen as Andy’s other half?

“Uh-like normal?” She laughed it off and Andy laughed with her, but she had obviously irritated the interviewer as he just rolled his eyes at her and moved on to someone else.


Dess looked up at Andy, her stomach in knots as he just shrugged down at her and kissed her forehead. It was time for them to head into the theater anyways and soon the couple had joined the flood of people as they all walked towards the large doors. Dess could tell Andy was growing more and more nervous as he bounced in place while they waited to be shown their seats. Once seated Andy still couldn’t seem to sit still, a fact that made Dess giggle as she sat next to him, her hand in his as her thumb rubbed against his skin slowly. The theater was packed with family, friends and a few lucky fans and a hush fell over the crowd as the lights dimmed. With the lights dimming, Dess suddenly felt her stomach lurch and she moved to get up.


“What’s wrong babe?” Andy hissed at her and Dess just kissed his cheek, whispering softly in his ear as she passed him.

“Not feeling too good. I’ll be back…” She moved passed him then, excusing herself lowly as she tried to crouch down as low as possible on her way out.


Andy huffed as he watched Dess leave the theater, hoping that she would be back by the second song as it was the only one off of the album that she hadn’t heard. It was strange watching himself on screen and he cringed as he continued to watch, feeling his cheeks blaze as Andy sunk low in his seat. It wasn’t bad, just strange and slightly uncomfortable and as the second song came to an end and Dess still hadn’t shown back up Andy knew-he was going to have to sit her down and have her listen to it at some point before the record came out.

Fifteen minutes in and finally Dess had showed back up and Andy smiled softly as she joined his side once again, her small hand searching out until finally their hands were clasped together in his lap. They watched in silence, well almost near silence as CC kept singing out loudly and he also kept drumming his hands against the seat in front of him.


“You missed the best part…” Andy said lowly to Dess as she turned away from the movie and looked at him, her green eyes glowing in the light from the screen in front of them.

“I’m sorry babe…my stomach is feeling a little upset right now.” Her bottom lip stuck out and he knew that he couldn’t begrudge her. Andy knew how nervous Dess was feeling about her big shoot tomorrow and she always felt sick when she got nervous.


Finally the movie came to an end, the audience giving them a standing ovation as the five band members stood and took a bow as one. Dess clapped loud and hard, leaning in to kiss Andy on the cheek as he looked down at her and smiled. She was so proud of him-Dess knew that this was something that Andy had been working hard at the entire past six months and she knew it had been hard on him. Shit-it had been hard on both of them and while she was proud, Dess was also really glad that this part of their album was done and over with. Andy still had three more screenings to attend, but thankfully he was doing it solo and Dess would be left to hang out in the hotel room.


The small group all congregated outside of the theater, the guys all clapping one another on the backs at a job well done. There was talk of a party, but the three couples left that to CC and Ash, as the girls all had an early call time the next day and Jinxx had a migraine. Jake and Andy had thought of going out, but Andy wanted to be there for Dess since she was freaking out so much and Jake just wanted to be with Ella. On the drive back to the hotel, with Dess’ head leaning up against his shoulder, Andy felt really proud of himself and he only hoped that Dess would feel the same way about herself once her big shoot was over with. Only time would tell.

Notes

Legion of the Black! Such a great little movie and I love to watch it on my lunch breaks at work...makes my day go by faster.

Anyways-please read and review because the next few chapters are really fun and I would hate for you guys to miss out *winkwink*

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