Never Give In, Never Back Down

"ANDYYYY!!!!"

"Yeah Ash?" Andy appeared at the door soaked, adorning a sole towel around his waist.

"Where is your Acoustic guitar?" He sighed walking over to were I was standing. "By the way. You probably shouldn't wander
around naked, especially when your girlfriend is here." He chuckled and picked up the guitar out of the closet.

"I'll take note of that." He said winking before he walked back into the bathroom swishing his hips. As he shut the door I busted
out laughing at his girlish saunter. Picking up the guitar I settled into the black sheets and tuned the old Yamaha.
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"Something always brings me back to you, It never takes too long. No matter what I say or do, I still feel you here 'til the moment
I'm gone."

"You hold me without touch. You keep me without chains. I never wanted anything so much, Than to drown in your love and not
feel your rain."

"Set me free, leave me be. I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am and I stand so tall. I'm just the way
I'm supposed to be. But you're on to me and all over me."

"Wow Ash. That was beautiful, did you write that?" I looked over at her sitting in the middle of the bed.

"I wish. It's called Gravity by Sara Bareilles. She origionally sings it too other accompaniment but I like the sound better with
an acoustic guitar."

"That's really good. Your voice fits perfectly to the song."

"Thanks. If you want I'll play it for you later. I need to go call someone though." I nodded saying I would love to hear the whole
thing, before she grabbed her phone and walked onto the terrace.
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"Hello?" The voice on the other end sounded tired.

"Sis is that you?" I heard shuffling on the other end, i'm guessing she just woke up, then I heard a disgruntled yes come from her
side. "What's up sis?"

"Nothing much, how's LA?"

"Pretty good, want to come visit?" I could basically hear her shoot up out of bed and race to the door.

"MOMMA, CAN I GO VISIT ASH IN LA? ok, I can go, when do you want me there?"

"A week, put munchkin on the phone." I waited as she got my little sister on the phone.

"Hey Emmy-bear you wanna come see me in LA with Lizzy?" I heard a squeal of delight and yet again waited while she screamed across the house.

"Yeah I can come, so we leaving in a week? How long we staying?" I gave her details and we agreed they would stay for a week with me. Both of my sisters are HUGE Black Veil Brides fans, so as a surprise, I neglected to tell them that I was dating Andy Biersack or that I'd moved in with him and was friends with all the guys. "Bye! I love you guys! See you in a week." I smiled as I hung up the phone. Damn, I missed them. Now to talk to Andy.
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"Andrew Dennis Biersack." I heard Ash scream across the house. Jogging into the room I saw her dump her phone onto the bed
before sitting down herself. "Come here I need to talk to you." She looked serious.

Shit, was I in trouble for something? I thought back and couldn't think of anything.

"Just come here, it's not bad I swear." She giggled at my confused expression as I took a seat next to her and
wrapped my arm around her shoulders.

"Would you like to meet my sisters?" I looked over to her and nodded. "Could they stay here for a week?"

"When?"

"Starting next weekend?"

"Sure babe, I'd love to meet them, what are their names?"

"Emily and Liz, they don't know I'm dating you or that I even know you guys, I didn't tell them because they are HUGE fans and
I want it to be a surprise." I laughed and kissed her forehead, she just looked so damn cute.

"Ok now that's sorted what do you want to do?"
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"Let's go again Andy." I panted looking up at him.

"Ok just let me catch my breath." He panted back

"Haha that just sounded so sexual." I burst out laughing as Andy brought the pillow down over my face. We were in the midst of
a pillow fight. "No fair!" I screamed as I tackled him to the ground slamming the pillow against his chest. Just then the doorbell rang. I
sighed, helped Andy up and walked over to the door. Upon opening it I saw Jinxx, Jake, and CC standing there. They looked confused as
a shirtless Andy appeared, placing his hand around my waist. Looking into the mirror next to the door I saw Andy and I had the most
horrendous sex hair I'd ever seen.

"Not what you think guys, we had a pillow fight." Laughing they walked through the door. Jinxx gave me a sarcastic 'sure' and
winked at us. Blushing badly Andy kissed my cheek as we walked into the kitchen to see the others raiding our fridge.

"Pizza is in the freezer Jake, CC your drinks are in the cabinet above the stove, Jinxx you know where the popcorn is." I laughed
as they ran off to their separate corners of the kitchen. I watched as Jake tried to push CC out of the way so he could turn on the stove, but
when CC didn't move he ran off and came back a few minutes later with an iron and a hair dryer.

"Um....Jake, What the Fuck?" I asked as he turned the iron upside down and placed the frozen pizza on top of it. He then took
duct-tape and taped the hair dryer to the wall, running, so it would heat up the pizza. I laughed hysterically and pulled Andy into the
kitchen to show him Jake's new invention.

"GET THE TAPE OFF THE WALL JAKE!!" I heard Andy scream from the kitchen. I had pulled the sofa closer to the TV and pulled up
a few more chairs. Propping my feet on the coffee table I collapsed back into the middle of the couch and flipped the TV on. Batman was
the first thing I saw that looked good so I kept it there. The boys walked in about five minutes later and everyone groaned except for Andy,
who gave me a kiss and chuckling said 'nice babe.'
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"This is one of my favorite episodes!" Ash cuddled up to my side as I wrapped my arm around her shoulders. I could barely hear
the doorbell over the sound of the TV, so I wasn't surprised at the confused looks I got from Ash and the guys when I got up. I opened the
door and saw a grinning Ashley Purdy standing in the doorway.

"Well hey there Andy, how ya treating my little sister? Where is she by the way?"

"Sup Purdy, how was your trip? I'm treating her fine and she's in the living room with the rest of the guys watching Batman." I
chuckled as Ashley walked past me groaning and muttering something about that fucking bat show.
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"Ashley!!!! What the Fuck! You aren't supposed to be home until later this week!" I jumped up and hugged him tightly

"What is there a problem surprising my favorite little sister and her boyfriend?" Giggling I hugged him tighter and pushed CC
off the couch so I was sitting between Andy and Ashley. After the last episode of Batman Andy stood up and turned off the TV. I snuggled
back into the couch contently.

"Ok, since everybody is already here I want to show you something I want to put on our next album." My body froze. Was he
really going to do this now? Ashley just got here. I'm scared to sing in front of them.

"It's a song Ash wrote and she will help us sing it on the album." he pulled out a guitar and pulled me over to sit on the coffee
table. "Ok Ash you ready?" I nodded slowly and looked deep into Andy's eyes, afraid of what the others will think.

Once we finished singing all the boys clapped and cheered for us. "That was amazing you guys. I had no idea you wrote songs,
or sang!" Ashley hugged me followed by the rest of the guys.

"Ash will you PLEASEEEEEE sing something else for us?" CC and Jake both got on their knees giving me puppy dog eyes. They were
just too adorable!

"Sure! I promised Andy I'd play a song for him today anyway." I took the acoustic from Andy's hands and waited until he sat
down with the guys.
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"Something always brings me back to you. It never takes too long. No matter what I say or do. I Still feel you here until the
moment I'm gone. You hold me without touch, you keep me without chains. I never wanted anything so much, than to drown in your love
and not feel your rain. Set me free, leave me be. I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am and I stand so tall. Just
the way I'm supposed to be. But you're on to me and all over me."

"You loved me 'cause I'm fragile. I thought that I was strong. But you touch me for a little while, all my fragile strength is gone.
Set me free, leave me be. I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am and I stand so tall. Just the way I'm supposed to
be. But you're on to me and all over me. I live here on my knees as I try to make you see that you're everything I think I need here on the
ground. But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go. The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down.
you're keeping me down yeah. You're onto me, you're on to me, and all over me. Something always brings me back to you. It never takes
too long."
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"That's a beautiful song Ash." I said walking over and holding her around the waist, kissing her softly.

"Damn, you got a gorgeous voice." Ashley was sitting on the couch wide-eyed. I could have sworn he had a tear in his eye. CC
and Jake were sitting beside him clapping their crazy heads off. I watched Ash walk over to the couch and lean over to hug CC and Jake.
When she tried to get up though they pulled her into their laps and she just sat there glaring at them for a good five minutes.

"Let's go do something." I whined, I was bored, damn ADD. we all decided to go to the mall so Ash could get some clothes and
other miscellaneous items.
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"Race you." I looked at Andy and ran full force toward Hot Topic. I felt a hand grab my waist just as I dashed through the
opening. It was enough to knock me off balance and Andy and I fell to the floor laughing and out of breath. Looking up from the floor I
saw the employee's staring at us like we were insane. I don't think they realized who Andy was. He had a beanie over his short hair, no
makeup, wearing ripped black skinny jeans a studded belt and a loose Misfits shirt. Ashley, Jinxx, Jake, and CC walked in a few minutes
later to see us still on the floor laughing like idiots.

"Ha, I'm sorry for these two, they're really hyper." Jinxx said to the employee's behind the counter. Getting up I extended my hand
toward Andy pulling him to his feet. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed me gently earning a few 'awe's' and one 'get a room' that
seemed to come from a brooding Jinxx.

"Jinxxy-winxy what's wrong?" I asked looking up at him

"nothing." I looked at him incredulously

"Mhm. Next time try not to lie to someone that knows you better. well, I'm guessing you're upset Sammi isn't texting you back,
right?" He looked down shocked

"How?" I held up his cell phone open to his messages. "The Fuck, Ash?" Jinxx took his phone back and called over to Andy. "Dude,
your girlfriend is a little pick pocket she took my phone without me realizing it."

"Ha, well that's what you get for not wearing tight pants like me. I can feel everything, wait....what the fuck? Where is my phone?"
Laughing I pulled his phone out of my pocket

"See?" Jinxx laughed as Andy got a confused look on his face.
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By the time we left the mall the sun was setting and all five of us were carrying bags full of Ash's stuff. She'd gotten makeup, plugs,
gauges, jewelry, bandannas, shirts, pants, shorts, dresses, shoes, and accessories. I could have sworn she'd bought a whole new wardrobe.
We piled all the stuff in the car and climbed in. Driving back to the house we unpacked all the stuff and collapsed onto the sofa sweating.

"Babe, next time you go shopping, try to get less stuff." I smiled at her out of the corner of my eye.

"Ok I'll try." Suddenly she sat up and spun around to sit on the coffee table staring at the guys and I. "Can I ask you all a favor?"

"Sure." We all replied

"I want to go get some more tattoo's and piercings tomorrow. Will you guys go with me?"

"Hell yeah! I wanted to get another tattoo soon anyway. I guess we can both get some tomorrow." I slung my arm across her
shoulders and pulled her into a hug.
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