Together Burning Bright

Odessa bit down on her lip as the needle went in, her moss green eyes were staring in to Kit’s Kelly green ones and the two girls were trying to stay focused. After five hours of excruciating pain, Odessa was finally ready for her epidural, but that’s not what she wanted-she really wanted Andy. Kit had come up from her smoke break, telling them all that she hadn’t been able to get a hold of the singer, but Ashley had finally picked up his phone and was going to track Andy down. Dess had begun to cry-sob-until a nurse came in and promised to kick everyone out if they were going keep upsetting the poor girl. Kit had only scoffed-she wasn’t upsetting Dess…her absent husband was the cause of all her pain.


“All done Odessa! You can lay back down and the medicine should kick in soon enough. You’re at seven centimeters, which means we’re close to pushing!” The doctor seemed so happy, but deep down Dess was hoping to hold off for another five hours. Andy had made it on to a plane, but there was no telling how long his flight was going to take or when he would get here.

“Thanks, is there anything we need to know?” Kit asked and the doctor only shook her head as she gave them all a bright smile and left the room.

“When did Andy say he was going to get here?” Dess asked as her mother approached her, placing a cool cloth against the hot skin of her damp forehead.

“I didn’t actually talk to Andy-I spoke to Jon who assured me that Andy was on the next flight out. The guys are following behind, so they should all be here by tomorrow.” Kit explained as she sat down in a nearby chair and bit down on her thumb nail.

Fuck Andy Biersack for leaving his pregnant wife and Kit to deal with this mess all alone.

“Oh-okay…um-mom? Beth?” Both women looked up, smiling as Dess looked at them with sleepy eyes. She needed to talk to Kit about something and she wanted to do it alone. Actually she and Andy were going to do this together with Ashley and Kit in the same room, but things hadn’t turned out like they had planned.

“Can I-can I talk to Kit alone for a minute? Please?” Dess asked and her mother said nothing as she just nodded her head, kissed Dess on her forehead before ushering Beth out of the room and letting the door close softly behind them.


The two girls sat across from one another, Kit leaning forward with her elbows resting on her knees as she looked over at her best friend. Dess seemed to be in better spirits now that she had been given something for her pain, but Kit knew it was only temporary. It was killing Dess not having Andy here and while Kit had never been a huge supporter of the couple, she could see now the blatant fear that lingered in Odessa’s eyes. She looked lost-like a piece of her was missing and Kit knew that that piece was Andy. The red head cleared her throat, training her green eyes on Dess’ as she waited for her best friend to say what she needed to. Finally Dess made eye contact with her and the blonde only smiled, a small blush creeping across the bridge of her nose.


“Well this isn’t how I wanted to do this-Andy and I had planned to tell you and Ashley together after the baby is born, but I need to get this out now…” Dess sighed, leaning back against her pillows and Kit felt her heart stop. What was this about? Why did Dess look so nervous?

“Um-okay. I mean we can wait…I don’t want to ruin your plans or anything.” Kit said as she reached out and took one of Dess’ hands in her own. The girl was shaking and Kit felt scared in that moment. What in the world was going on with her best friend?

“Andy and I want to make you and Ash legal guardians of our children.” Was she serious? One look at Dess’ face, that stern look in her set jaw and the way her moss green eyes stared Kit down-oh yeah, she was deathly serious.

“Uh-why? I-I mean not just why me, but why in general?” Kit asked and Dess smiled softly as she looked down at her blanket covered body. Kit was always one to question things-it was in her nature and made her who she was.

“Well in case something ever happens to the both of us-we want to make sure our kids have a good home.” Dess explained, but Kit only cocked her head to the side and stared at her best friend in shock.

“So you think that Ashley and I would be able to give them that? Are you tripping on something D? What do they have going in that IV of yours?” Kit joked as she touched Dess’ IV drip playfully. The blonde wasn’t laughing, she was smiling, but there was sadness behind her eyes.

“Andy and I talked it over and we think that you and Ashley would make the best fit. Of course the two of you aren’t together, but every kid needs parents and we thought that the two of you could work something out…” Dess noticed that Kit got very pale and incredibly quiet at the mention of she and Ashley parenting together. Of course this would come as a shock to the red head, but Dess thought she was taking it fairly well.

“Dess I don’t know the first thing about kids…” Kit said, her voice filled with concern.

“Neither do I, but I’m going to learn and so can you. Look Kit, it’s just as a precaution-I want to know my kids won’t end up in the foster system…Andy and I want them to grow up with people who already know and love them.” Dess explained and Kit smirked as she grabbed for her best friend’s hand and the two girls only smiled at one another.

“Of course Dess…where do I sign up?” Kit laughed and then Dess was laughing. They were best friends-they meant everything to one another and they would always have each other…for better or for worse.


Minutes turned into hours and although she was numb from the waist down, Odessa Montgomery-Biersack could tell that the time was coming for her to push. There was this pressure coming from right below her belly button and she felt the urge to push, but she wanted to hold off a little longer. Kit had tried calling Jon and then she tried calling Ashley and finally she called Andy, but no one was answering.

Odessa had no idea where her husband was, but he needed to get here and fast. The doctor had already come in-twice-asking Dess if she was ready to push and the girl cried and begged for them to wait just a little longer. Now she was staring in to the blue eyes of her doctor once again and they all knew that the time had come.

Baby Girl Biersack was on her way.


“I know you want to wait dear, but if we wait much longer she could turn and then we’d have to think about giving you a C Section.” The doctor explained as Dess just bit down on her bottom lip. Her lip ring had been removed-she was allowed to have a stud in but they didn’t want to chance her biting down so hard that she ripped anything out.

“Dess, look Beth has her phone ready to roll if that’s what we have to do. You can’t wait for him forever…” Kit was whispering in her ear. Her best friend had not left her side for three hours, which meant a lot to Dess because she knew how much Kit loved to smoke.

“I-I know. I-I’m ready…” She was stuttering through her tears and Dess sighed as the doctor smiled and excused herself to change. This was it-ready or not here came baby.


The room grew into a flurry of activity as everyone moved around her and all Odessa could do was lay there in her cotton dressing down, holding Kit’s hand for all she was worth. There was a question as to who would be in the room with her and Dess quickly chose Kit, even though the red head argued that her mother-having given birth twice- or even Beth would be better choices. Dess only shook her head, smiling at both her mom and Beth, but she had made up her mind. Kit gulped loudly as the two women said their goodbyes to Dess and they all knew that this was it.

Odessa allowed the nurses to move around her-they placed her feet in stirrups so that her legs were high in the air and there was only a thin blanket to keep her warm. The doctor was in the room once again, this time in a pair of scrubs and she was slowly moving towards Dess. Kit was sitting straight up in her chair now and Dess couldn’t help but laugh as Kit looked at her with a face so pale she was almost see through.

Finally the doctor got into place at the very end of the bed and wheeled a small light towards her. God this was mortifying. Getting pregnant had been a blast, but the end result was completely and utterly embarrassing beyond belief.


“Alright Dess-you’re fully dilated and I think we can have you start pushing. So, on the count of three I want you to push down. One-two-three…” When she said three, Dess squeezed Kit’s fingers so hard the red head thought they were going to break.

“Alright, good girl. Are you feeling a contraction?” The doctor asked and Dess only nodded silently. She had tears streaming down her face-she wished Andy were here to see this…and so that she could kill him for doing this to her.

“You can do it Dess…” Kit whispered in her ear and Dess only smiled at her best friend’s encouragement before she pushed once again.


It felt like she was being torn in half and Dess swore silently to herself that she would never, ever do this again. An hour went by and yet nothing seemed to be happening. The doctor was allowing her five minutes to rest and then they were going to start up again. Odessa was completely exhausted and she knew Kit was as well. The poor girl had tied her hair up into a messy bun and every time Dess pushed, Kit would close her eyes, grit her teeth and hope that this was it. They all knew it was going to take some time, but this was getting ridiculous.


“Alright, ready to try again?” The doctor asked and Dess desperately wanted to tell her that no, she did not want to try again. In fact she wanted to go back in time and completely redo this entire getting pregnant on accident thing.

“Uh huh…” Was all Dess was able to get out before she bit down on her lip and pushed for all she was worth. There was a tiny popping sensation and Dess noticed that the doctor’s face had brightened up a little bit.

“Okay, well I see a head-blonde hair it looks like.” Dess cried then-Andy had gotten his wish. Their daughter would be blonde just like her mother and of course he wasn’t here to see it. Suddenly Dess felt immense pain and she screamed so loudly that she knew they had heard her across town.

“I. Want. Andy!” She shouted and Kit said nothing as she pressed a light kiss to her friend’s sweaty forehead. If she could do anything in her life, Kit wished she could bring Andy into this room right now.

“I know baby girl…I know…he’ll be here.” Kit whispered and everyone looked up as the door burst open and there he was-Andrew Biersack in the flesh.

“Am I too late?!” He asked as he rushed towards Dess, falling to his knees beside her as he placed a hand to her forehead and locked his blue eyes with hers.

“No-just in time daddy…” The doctor said as she held Dess’ feet and nodded her head for the girl to push again.


Andy had rushed through the airport and hopped in the first cab he saw, but he was still terrified that he wasn’t going to make it on time. The car hadn’t even come to a full stop in front of the hospital doors before Andy was tossing a hundred dollar bill at the driver and rushing out. He ran down the halls, ignoring the nurses as they shouted at him to slow down-he couldn’t miss this. He would never forgive himself if he missed the birth of his daughter. He hugged Beth and Rose as he passed them and as Andy rushed into the room his heart stopped. Dess was laying there, a look of utter pain on her beautiful face and he knew he would never forget her in that moment.

Her blonde hair was plastered to her head, her skin red and flushed as she bit down on her bottom lip and he knew that Kit’s fingers were probably broken. As he rushed in, asking if he was too late, Andy couldn’t help but notice the look of utter relief that washed over Kit’s face. Dess cried when he walked in and then she pushed so hard that her face almost grew purple.

Now here he was, kneeling at her side, his bangs getting his eyes but he didn’t care. She was looking at him with such a mixture of love and hate in her eyes that Andy couldn’t keep that lop sided smirk from his lips.


“I fucking hate you right now…” Dess grunted at him as she pushed again, but Andy didn’t care. She could call him every name in the book right now and it wouldn’t matter. She was giving him something so special-so magical-that all Andy cared about was how Dess was doing and their baby.

“Fuuuuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck you! Fuck this!” Dess screamed as she pushed again and Andy didn’t dare look past that blanket. He knew what was going on, but he’d rather just not see it with his own eyes. Another hour seemed to fly by with Dess cursing his name, but all Andy could do was hold her hand and brush his free one across her forehead.

“Alright Dess-one more big push and I think we’ve got her.” The doctor said and before she did anything, Dess locked her eyes with Andy’s and smiled. This was it-this is what they had both been waiting for…after this they would be a family.

“I love you so much Odessa…” Andy said as he pressed his lips against hers and she smiled as he pulled away.

“I love you too…more than anything.” She said before giving one last final push.


It felt like something was tearing their way out of her and as Dess moved forward, pressing her butt down and using everything in her that she had, a shrill cry pierced the air. She had her eyes shut, the tears streaming down her cheeks and Andy was kissing her face, her lips and her neck. Suddenly something was being placed in her arms and as Dess opened her eyes and looked down, her breath caught in her throat.

Her baby girl-everything that they had been waiting for-was finally here and Dess couldn’t imagine loving anything or anyone more than she loved her little girl in that moment.

Notes

And with that Baby Biersack has been born! I know you guys have some more reviews in you, so go ahead and send me some so I update on Wednesday.

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