"Andy!!! Wake the fuck up!! It's NEW YEARS EVE!" I bounce up and down on the bed. Andy would groan quietly every time my knees connected to the bed. Soon enough he was awake, he waited for my knees to hit the comforter before sliding his arms quickly around my waist and pulling me to him. My head was buried in his neck and I could barely hear him whisper that he wanted to sleep a little longer.

"Ok, you can sleep but, I will be back to wake you up in an hour and a half." I kissed him quickly before wriggling out of his arms and dashing out of the room, leaving my confused boyfriend to go back to sleep. Leaping down the stairs I scurried into the kitchen and started pulling things from the shelves. I'm going to make him...BREAKFAST IN BED!
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About an hour later

I meandered down the stairs, running a hand through my hair as I yawned, just trying to wake up. Delectable scents were emitting from the kitchen. I think I can smell eggs and toast but, I could definitely tell she'd made bacon.

"Go back to bed Biersack!" I heard her stern voice. How the fuck did she know I was there? Either way I wasn't in the mood for a pissed of girlfriend so I scampered back upstairs and jumped back into bed. I laid there contemplating the vast thoughts of the universe but, I must have gone back to sleep at some point.

"Baby, wake up." I was being shaken gently. After a few minutes my eyes fluttered open to see Ash leaning over me, a tray of food sitting beside her. I sat up timidly still a little stiff from my nap. I scooted back against the headboard of our bed and she placed the food across my lap. I was right about the bacon, eggs, and toast but, she gave me a monster energy drink in place of coffee. I chuckled and motioned for her to come closer. When she did I
pulled her to me and wrapped my arm around her shoulder.

"Thanks Ash, this is amazing." I kissed her quickly before placing a fork full of eggs into my mouth.
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After Andy had finished his food I took his plates and went down to the kitchen to wash them while he got dressed. A few minutes later he wandered into the kitchen in a pair of black skinny jeans, combat boots, and a misfits wife beater. He came over and wrapped his arms around my waist before whispering in my ear.

"You know what happens on New Years Eve right?" I shook my head slightly confused, maybe it was a band thing. "The New Years kiss." He drove the point home by kissing where my shoulder and neck connected. I understood what he meant now, the New Years kiss, in superstition could either make or break the relationship. If you didn't kiss at midnight then you weren't going to last but, if you did it was a sign that not only was your relationship going to do fine but, that you'd be together another year.

"I can't wait Andy." I turned my head to wink at him. We were having the guys over again for New Years. We still had decorations up from Christmas so we didn't feel the need to decorate anymore but, we did go out and buy noise makers and a lot of alcohol. Speaking of alcohol and Christmas, it turns out that one of the guys had been recording Andy and I singing together on Christmas and posted it on youtube. It's had nearly two million views already and counting. I've been too afraid to look at the comments but, Andy assures me ninety-nine percent of them were good. It was that one percent I was worried about though.

"Ding-Dong." Andy and I chuckled as CC rounded the corner and being the ever funny guy he is brought a blowup doll as his date. Andy and I doubled over in bellowing laughter. We all moved to the living room, Andy and I took the love seat this time and CC and his 'girl' sat together on the couch. She sat on his lap.

ding-dong. "Oh, look CC, someone who ACTUALLY rings the bell!" CC laughed as I got up to answer the door.The only two in the band who would actually knock or ring the bell were Jinxx and Ashley. I opened the door to find Ashley and a platinum blonde woman at his side.

"Hey Ash, this is Dee." I nodded and shook the girls hand before side hugging Ashley. They both walked toward the living room while I checked to make sure none of the other guys were approaching the house. I shut the door again and went back to the living room.

"So...how'd you guys meet?" I said in a sing-song tone, masking my one of worry.

"I'm a stripper and Ashwey here came to my performance and asked if I'd like to be his date for New Years, ya know, after we *whistles*" I was getting slightly disgusted, mainly because she called him Ashwey like a fucking baby and because of how loosely she was talking about her sex life with him.

"Bitches we have arrived!" I glanced toward the door frame where Jake and his fiancee Ella were standing. I jumped up and ran over to Ella giving her a bear hug. Andy laughed when I started saying I missed her and asked her to save me from these boys. She started laughing too and patted the top of my head saying it would be alright and she trusted Andy to take care of me. I groaned and mock-sulked back over to Andy, curling up beside him in the love seat.

knock-knock-knock. "Well we all know who that is. COME IN!!!" I shouted the last part toward and heard the door open. Sammi walked in first saying hello to everyone before Jinxx had the time to get through the door. He was carrying a bunch of bottles, mostly whiskey I think. I dashed over to help him, taking about half the load and leading him to the kitchen. When we returned everybody was talking to Dee trying to figure out who she was.

"Well, I'm a stripper at this gentleman's club off of Hollywood blvd." I stopped dead in my tracks making Jinxx slam into me since he wasn't paying attention.

"What was the name of the club?" I asked looking skeptically at Ashley.

"Cheetah's." The girl looked over at me wide-eyed. I guess my voice was a little harsh.

"Get. Out." I pointed toward the door.

"Why?" She looked shocked.

"I used to work there. The only reason he brought you today is to piss me the fuck off and guess what? It's working." I paused for a moment looking between the two before I shouted at her. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE." Dee got up and started walking to the door and Ashley seemed to shake off whatever trance he was in and got up to go with her. "Not you, Purdy." He froze in his tracks.
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I don't think I've ever seen Ash this livid before. She has never raised her voice in a serious way with any of us before, then this girl comes in and it seems like she's lost it.

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE." She bellowed at the girl and all of us visibly cringed. She's usually so soft spoken and even when she's upset or angry she will run and hide not confront people like this. I stood up and walked over to her, wrapping my arms around her waist.

"Not you, Purdy." I could see Ashley freeze in his tracks as the girl shut the door behind her. If I wasn't still mad at him for trying to get with my girlfriend I would feel very sorry for him. At this point Ash turned to me. She spoke softly to me almost a whisper."Andy, I am going to talk to him, alone, in the kitchen. I know you don't like that idea but, I need to speak to him alone." I nodded not wanting to get any of her wrath. Plus, if she was this mad with him they wouldn't be doing anything anyway.
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After I got consent from Andy I walked over to Ashley, still frozen in place. I grabbed him by the ear and started pulling him into the kitchen. He was wincing in pain but, I really didn't care. Once we got into the kitchen I released his ear and stood in front of the door so he couldn't run.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING ASHLEY." I heard him whimper a little. "EXCUSE ME? I COULDN'T HEAR THAT."

"I said I don't know. I can't get you out of my head so I went back to the club you used to work for and there Dee was. She took your place and she even kept your music."

"Ashley..." my tone lowered and I put my hand on his arm. "Look, I do care about you. I know we had sex and some really good times together at your place. I thought I would have been dating you right now but, I'm not. I had feelings for you too but, and I know this is going to hurt but, they are nothing compared to what I feel when I'm with Andy. I want you to be happy and I want you to find someone you love with all your heart and soul but, it's not me and it's definitely not this Dee bitch. I know you a lot better than you think because, of all the time we spent together and I know that she isn't what you want or need. I'm worried about you and I am so, so sorry that I can't be your true love but, I know you'll find her. When I was at your house I was so happy because, I finally felt loved and I had a place to belong. I will always be thankful to you for that and a piece of me will always love you. When I went to live with Andy I had a nightmare. I stayed in his room that night and he was so gentle and so worried about me. I started getting feelings for him then but, when I told the guys my story he was the one to react the most, he cried for me Ashley. I could tell he felt something for me and when he asked me out I said yes. I didn't know how things would turn out between him and I but, I was hopeful. When we kissed I felt butterflies and saw fireworks like in the movies. Since then my feelings for him have only grown and I know I love him, with all my heart. I want to be able to be your best friend again, for you and Andy to stop this bullshit about me, and for this band to get back to where it was. Because of me this band is suffering, you aren't playing your best, Andy is always keeping an eye on you and worrying about if you'll make another move. I want you in this band because, you belong. I want to keep dating Andy and being friends with the brides but, if you, Andy, and I can't get past this I will leave, then neither of you will have me, and none of us will be happy but, at least as a band you can move forward and continue saving the people who look up to you. Like I did and still do."

By the end of my speech Ashley was crying so I hugged him tightly and stroked his hair. "It will be ok, Ashley."

"I know. I understand that you love Andy. It's just that you're the only one I've really felt a connection with and when you and Andy started dating I didn't know how to move on. I agree that what we had wasn't love but, it was the closest I'd ever come to it and I didn't want to loose it. Now I see that in the process of trying to keep someone I didn't have in the first place, I lost myself and I'm beginning to loose my band. You really are my best friend Ash and I'm sorry that I didn't see it before." He hugged me back and dried up his tears.

"I think you and Andy need to have another conversation. This time you're on the same page and I think it will go a bit better than the last one." He nodded and I went back into the living room, leaving Ashley standing dumbfounded in the kitchen.
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"Is everything ok babe?" I asked as Ash walked out of the kitchen without Ashley. "Do we need to clean up any blood or hide a body?" She shook her head and sat down next to me.

"No but, you do need to go in the kitchen and talk to Ashley again. He should be ok by now but, you need to hear what he has to say." I nodded and kissed the top of her head as I got up and made my way to the kitchen.

"Ash said to come and talk to you." Ashley was sitting at the table his head in his hands. He motioned for me to sit in front of him, which I did. Looking at him he didn't have any noticeable bruising but, he had been crying.
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"You and I both know what I did with and to Ash is wrong." I waited for him to nod before I continued. "You know me better than anyone and you know I've never had a special connection with any girl. So when Ash came into the picture and I started feeling something besides lust for her, naturally, I thought it was love. I know now that it wasn't love, it was something along the lines of kinship because, she understood me and cared about getting to know me instead of my mini-me." Andy was listening quietly, you never knew what he was thinking so I was still worried. "She made me realize that I didn't love her in a romantic way but, more of a best friend. I want our band to be successful and she pointed out to me how our music has begun to suffer because of this situation. We need to move past this and get back to our music and back to being friends. I know you still don't trust me around Ash but, I do want to be friends with her; If you could find it in your heart to forgive me I would be truly grateful."

We sat in silence for a few minutes before Andy finally spoke to me. "I think we can arrange something. I know Ash and I know she isn't fond of being on a short leash with me and I shouldn't have been trying to control who she was friends with. I know she cares about you and I'm going to have to be ok with the two of you being friends. Our music has suffered and we do need to start focusing on it and move past this incident. I don't really want you to be alone with her much for awhile, and you can understand why, but, it's safe to say that we are friends again." I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding.

Since we were already in the kitchen Andy and I decided to make drinks for everyone. Mainly whiskey or Jack Daniels but, Andy made Ash a drink of Whiskey and Monster. He handed me her drink and told me to give it to her. I smiled and thanked him before walking out the kitchen door with Jinxx, Sammi, Ash's, and my own drink in hand.
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I was getting worried, Andy and Ashley had been in there for quite some time. Just as the thought ran through my mind Ashley emerged from the kitchen with four drinks in his hand. He handed Jinxx and Sammi two of the glasses, they looked like Whiskey. He then made his way over to me smiling as he handed me a glass. I knew Andy must have made it because, it was Whiskey and Monster, no one else knew that was my favorite way to drink Whiskey except Andy. I smiled knowing that they had to be friends again and this was Andy's way of letting me know.

"Hey baby, you miss me?" Andy sat down beside me wrapping his arm around my shoulder and kissing me quickly.

"Of course I did!" I feigned horror at the thought of him believing I didn't miss him. "So you and Ashley are cool now?" I asked quietly and visibly relaxed when he nodded.

"I would appreciate you not being alone with him too much because, it still worries me some but, I know that you care about him and I'm not going to try and control you being friends with him." I nodded consenting to his request before settling into his arms to watch some movies with the rest of our impromptu family.
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It was a few minutes before midnight and we had turned on the western seaboards New Years program. They were playing all kinds of music videos ranging from country to, what do you know, Black Veil Brides. One minute until midnight and the ball began to drop. Andy and I were shouting the numbers toward the TV, our hands clasped tightly between us. Jinxx and Sammi hadn't started counting down yet but, they kept glancing between each other and the TV. Jake and Ella were doing the same as Andy and I while Ashley and CC were each clasping a hand of the blowup doll CC had brought.

"10..."

"9..."

"8..."

"7..."

"6..."

"5..."

"4..."

"3..."

"2..."

"1...HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!" Andy turned to me, his hand wound itself around the back of my neck and his lips were on mine. My hands moved themselves to his neck my body moving itself onto his lap. His other arm wrapped itself around my waist and I gasped as he dipped me slightly toward the ground, his tongue sliding into my mouth. I felt him moan lowly into the kiss and my body pressed closer to his. Too soon we broke apart.
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Andy and I laid in bed that morning and something had been bothering me.

"Andy?" He turned on his side facing me.

"Yes Princess." He asked concern in his voice.

"The guys said I was scary tonight when I got mad. I...I don't want to end up like my dad."

Notes

Sorry it's been so long since I updated. I'll try to make my updates more regular but, no promises. Classes just started up again and i'm insanely busy. Any comments are welcome! I love hearing from you guys!