Suffer In Silence

*Andy’s POV*

I examine my reflection in the bathroom mirror. Tonight is our first ever show and I have to look perfect. Ok well maybe that isn’t actually important but it’s helping me with my nerves and just feels right. Doesn’t hurt some of my greatest heroes wear stage make-up either. I’m the last to get ready, all the others are out setting up their gear while they wait, I feel kinda guilty about that I admit. “Hurry up!, we’re on in 5!” yells Ash from the doorway. “Oh shut up you only just finished getting ready yourself!” I retort with a grin. He pokes his tongue out at me and heads back out.

I turn back to the mirror and finish applying the last of my make-up. Finally finished with it I shake my head, giving my hair the dishevelled look. Happy with my appearance, I smile. “Andy” Koda says, suddenly appearing behind me, I jump out of my skin in fright. “Shit Koda!, how the hell do you do that?!” I exclaim, now laughing. “Years of practice at being silent and invisible, I don’t even realise I’m doing it most of the time now” she admits sheepishly, letting out a little giggle. I move to kiss her but she pulls back, smirking.

“Now now Biersack, we don’t want to mess up that exquisitely done make-up, now, do we?,” after a few seconds of silence, we burst out laughing. “No we do not, the others would kill me for making them wait even longer while I fix it” I reply, chuckling. I wrap an arm around her waist as we turn and walk out towards the parking lot. There, a small crowd of fans and potential fans are already waiting.

*Dakota’s POV*

“Remind me again how they have two drummers?,” Max asks me, still confused. “Well, obviously they both play the drums, and each have different styles and skills. So they take turns with songs, like ‘Knives and Pens’ is one Sandra does, and when a song CC worked on is played they switch, but to make it less confusing for everyone, Sandra plays the first half of the set and CC plays the second half, make sense?.”
“Yeah it does, you should have explained it like that before” he replies, laughing. “Don’t be a bitch Maxi,” I retort with a smile.

We soon quieten down and make our way to the front as Max’s boss Mr. B, steps up to the mike and introduces the band. The second he’s off the homemade stage, made of crates and wood boards, the band appears in their rightful places one by one. The crowd starts chanting ‘Black Veil Brides!, Black Veil Brides!’ over and over, suddenly Andy jumps forward from his hiding place behind Sandra and the crowd goes wild. Sandra counts them off and the band launches into their first song, ‘Knives and Pens’.

*CC’s POV*

“Oh my God that was insane!” I shout, excitement coursing through my veins. I’m so excited that I can’t stop jumping on the spot and flailing my arms like a total fucktard, makes me look like an idiot, but feels awesome. “They were actually really digging us!, I mean, sure there were haters, but fuck it, that just made it that much more exciting!” I finish with a high-five and a ‘fuck yeah!’ from Andy.

*Jinxx’s POV*

I look around at everyone, it’s as if time has slowed down, everyone is so happy and so am I. I look at Koda, even she’s smiling brightly, brighter than ever before with a twinkle in her eyes. At this moment in time, I know, even if just for now, she is truly happy. I feel myself finally relax. Suddenly, there’s a clinking sound and time reverts back to normal again, I turn to see Max is the culprit. Once he has everyones attention, he finally stops clinking his spoon -fuck knows where he got it, we’re in the now-empty music shop- against his cruiser.

“Attention all talented fucks!, I just finished with a rather juicy conversation with good ol’ -he’s only 32 by the way- Mr. B concerning you guys and… he wants to make this a semi-regular thing!, he’s going to give, not just lend instruments to you, though the best equipment will be saved for the performances, now… What say you to that?!” he shouts, clearly slightly tipsy. We all laugh then cheer in excitement at the new development.

The rest of the night goes by in a blur of celebration, during which Koda left mumbling something about a curfew, with a nervous look in her eyes. This sparked worry in me all over again, causing me to wonder, what’s going on at her house that has her anxious to be home exactly on time all the time?… Of course I didn’t voice my worries, something told me that wouldn’t have been the best idea, at least not right then. So I hugged her, gave her a smile and told her to get home safe, it seemed to make her feel less anxious. When I got the text that she was home safe, and even a picture of her smiling and attempting to hug all her pets at once, I was able to relax again. Maybe I’m just being paranoid and over-protective…..

Notes

So here it is, the next chapter is finally up. I'm beyond sorry it took so long, like I said in the Authors Note, I've been going through some shit and its really hard to get out of bed let alone write. I'm happy I finally managed it, I really hate making you guys wait and letting you down.

I really hope this chapter is to your liking, it would be great if you'd let me know what you thought, even if you think I've done shitty, remember if you do make sure its constructive criticism, that way I can learn from my mistakes and try to make it better for you.

This chapter was another half-filler half-non-filler, it's important for the story to move forward and I didn't want to clutter it with too much.

Ch. Title Credit: Mika - We Are Golden