Never Give In, Never Back Down

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?" My body froze on the spot as I began to shake with the oncoming of a panic attack.
Andy and the others had rushed to my side, each one had an arm around me to steady my feet. Gradually I felt myself start to calm
down, realizing I needed to pull myself together before I could make a spectacle. Everyone except Andy loosened their grip on me before
pulling away completely to stand nearby. Andy wrapped his arm firmly around my waist staring at the three people directly in front of us.

"Ash? Who are they? Why do they scare you so much?" Andy whispered in my ear wearily watching the man that stepped forward
from the group.
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The man that stepped forward was an older gentleman, his head was bald except for a ring of short white hair that made him
look like a priest. His white beard and mustache were wiry, his face turned down into a frown that seemed more angry than upset. His
fists were balled, his large stomach burst in front of him. A younger man stood behind him, dark brown almost black hair cut close to his
head. His face was twisted into something resembling guilt and terror. The woman that stood by the young mans side had fear written
across her face. Her long, thick, brown hair curled around her face, her eyes jumped with fear and swelled with guilt. I knew who they
had to be before Ash even spoke the words.

"My Father."
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"I'm here because your brother went missing." I looked to my younger brother and to my mother. She stepped forward and began
to explain how they hadn't seen or heard from me since I'd left for college and my brother knew I had always wanted to go to L.A. and
that I'd been accepted to a school there. He had wanted to see me and saved up his own plane ticket. My father had suspected I'd
kidnapped him and followed him to L.A.

"I can't believe you Ashley. How could you brainwash your own brother into this sin you live in? Somehow coerse him into
coming to see you so you could finish brainwashing him into your little satanic cult." His words cut through the air like a knife and I
looked to Andy for help but he was too stunned to say anything.

"You are damned to an eternity in hell. You are nothing but worthless, no one here thinks any of you, these men are probably
using you solely for sex because they can't stand to look at your pathetic face. All you are good for is a one night stand, you deserve it you
little slut. I can't believe I raised such a heathen under my own roof. The only reason I allowed you to live in my house for eighteen years
is because your mother would not let me toss your ungrateful ass out. You think you are so important, so high and mighty but you are not
you are ugly, fat, worthless, a disgrace to this family." At this point tears were streaming down my face, and my father was in my face, his
finger digging into my recently pierced chest.

I'm not sure what came over me. Something inside my mind finally snapped. I was in the city of my dreams with the man of my
dreams, I was not a whore, a slut, or any of the things he'd said and I didn't deserve a word of it. For one split second I believed it. My
body snapping out of the shock that Black Veil Brides and I were all in.

"Maybe you should get the fuck out of my face before I do something YOU regret." I snapped back poking a small finger into his
fat chest.

"What are you going to do hit me?" He sneered, a taunting crackle in his venomous voice.

"No. But they might." I looked over my shoulder at the five men that stood just behind me, the shock slowly leaving their features.
I saw Andy open his mouth right before I felt something connect to my jaw.

As I fell to the floor I saw five men leap into action. Jake came over to me a few minutes later, and helped me up and over to a chair to look at my cheek, which was already swelling. By the time Jake got the words 'it might be broken' out of his mouth I heard whistles and the peppering of feet across the ground. Looking up, immediately grabbing my jaw through the pain, I saw airport security running toward the fight by the terminal.

Andy was tackled to the ground by two security officers, Ashley was pulled off by one and tackled by another before both Ashley
and Andy were wrestled into handcuffs. Jinxx and C.C. however were pulled off but stayed close, handcuffs weren't needed.

My mother and my brother stood not too far away their faces showed traces of contentment as they watched my father's wounds being treated. He'd been
bruised pretty badly, a concussion, as well as a split lip. Andy and Ashley were released after all of the statements were taken. My jaw
was fractured and I had to be careful for awhile but I was ok. Soon after the ambulance left my parents and brother were escorted onto
the plane. Social Services are due to investigate because of the incident that had just ocurred.
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"I can't believe that man." Andy said hugging me close to him as we walked out of the airport. Thankfully the police had
deemed what the guys did 'self defense' since my father had fractured my jaw.

"I'm just glad you're ok, I can't believe the things he said to you. Oh, if I could've killed him."

"Well I'm glad you didn't because if you did then you would've been arrested instead of coming home with your girlfriend
who is going to need you around more now."

Andy heated up some soup from the kitchen and kissed my forehead. He got down on his knees and looked me deep in the eyes. "Ash, I swear on my life I will NEVER let this happen again. I'm here for you no matter what. I love you."
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Later that night the guys came over to have a 'girls night' with me. It was really sweet, Ashley said it was all his and Andy's
idea though, the others just agreed to it. The guys gave me a makeover making me into their little porcelin doll, that's what they called
me. When they were done I looked in the mirror and gasped. I looked exactly like Andy had when he had long hair and wore a lot of
makeup on stage.

After a few moments of staring into the mirror I jumped up and shouted 'MY TURN!!"
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"Oh God, baby, what the hell did you do to us??" She'd blindfolded all the guys and I before taking us one by one into, what I
can only assume was the bathroom, loud music had been set up and one by one once the makeover's were done and blindfolds were
put back on. We were moved back into the room we were in before and sat in a circle.

"Ok guys close your eyes until I say open them."

Blindfolds were removed once more and then I heard her say 'Okay open your eyes!.' Looking around I took in each of the guys one by one laughing more and more each time. We all looked like drag queens. Everyone including Ash were rolling around on the floor laughing. A few hours later all traces of makeup were off our faces and we sat around the TV painting each other's nails and watching Ash's favorite shows, Criminal minds and Doctor Who. By the time the sun was rising Ash was asleep on my chest, and the rest of the guys were asleep on the floor one on top of the other, except for Ashley who was curled up like a kitten on Ash's other side, her legs splayed out across his. Normally I would be jealous but, she's closest friends with him.
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"Good morning cupcake." I looked up into Andy's eyes, we were in bed. He must have carried me sometime last night.

"Good morning sweetie." I leaned up and kissed him softly before sliding closer to Andy's warmth. "What are we going to do
today?"

"Well, we have a concert tonight, want to come? Backstage passes of course." He winked at me holding up a backstage pass. I
squeeled in delight as I snatched it from his hand.

"I'd love to babe!!!"

"Ok then, lets get ready and meet up with the rest of the guys."

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