Beautiful Remains

“Oops,” CC chuckled, walking back out of the room.
“Gotta love the drummer’s timing,” Nicole giggled.
“I’ll be right back,” I sighed, pulling her shirt back over her stomach.
“Hey, man,” CC blushed as I joined him in the hall.
“Why?”
“I had a feeling you showed her…”
“I did.”
“Andy’s not going to like that.”
“What am I not going to like?” Andy smiled, carrying Kaitie on his back.
“I told Nicole about our species,” I shrugged.
“Well...as long as she doesn’t tell anyone else, I don’t really mind. This might give her something to believe in.”
“Thanks man,” I smiled, patting his back as I headed back down the hall.
“Wait!” Kaitie called after me. “Here, it’s a necklace I made for her. Tell her it’s a ‘welcome to the army’ present.”

I took the necklace and examined it. The chain was pure silver and the charm was a sapphire blue rose with light blue edges. When I asked Kaitie how she made it, she held up a small box for projects such as this. I smiled and gave her a brotherly hug as a thank you. She said I was welcome and gracefully hopped on Andy’s back with ease. Kaitie was our newest member of the group, about a year ago is when she joined us. In fact, Andy was the one who changed her…but it wasn’t his choice.

We were leaving a venue one night in downtown Detroit and, since there were so many fans, we snuck out into the alley way. At the end of the alley we saw a group of guys harassing this blonde haired chick. She then started screaming for help and Andy darted to save her, since he hates to see a chick in distress. We heard a gunshot go off and that’s when Jake and I joined the fight.

Once all three of their heads rolled off behind the dumpster, we heard Andy’s thoughts. Please don’t let her be dead, they cried. Please God bring life back to this poor defenseless girl. She didn’t deserve this torture...especially before she died. I peaked around Andy’s shoulder and found that her shirt had been torn, as well as her skirt, and there was some bruising on her collarbone. My heart felt heavy and my eyes almost swelled until Jinxx told Andy that it would be okay to change her. So...he opened his mouth, let his fangs extend from above his natural teeth, and bit into her heart.

-----FLASHBACK-----

Her eyes sprang open and she gasped for life as she sat up as if she wanted to get more air in her lungs. I told CC to grab us a bag of blood from the fridge in the bus and he was back with two of them in about the blink of an eye. Once her thirst had calmed down, Andy removed his jacket and covered her. He then picked her up bridal style and carried her to the bus and we all followed him in shock that she seemed very calm for somebody who just turned.

“What’s your name?” Andy asked calmly.
“K-Kaitie,” she stuttered.
“Hi Kaitie, I’m Andy. These are my best friends Ashley, Jake, Jinxx, and CC. The man driving in the front is Jon, our tour manager.”
“Y-you’re in a...b-band?”
“Yeah,” I smiled, “we’re Black Veil Brides.”
“Y-you...you’re vampires,” she gasped at Andy’s still exposed fangs.
“Yeah,” he sighed, retracting them. “We ugh...changed you. I understand if you don’t want to speak to us again for turning you but...it was the only way to save you.”
“I...understand…” she trailed off, looking at her bruises.
“D-did they...rape you?”
“No...but they almost did. I remember seeing you guys fighting with them. I guess you got there in time.”
“I’m so sorry,” Andy choked out, trying to hold back his tears. “I didn’t know they had a gun.”
“It’s okay,” she smiled. “So...looks like you guys got a new friend on tour.”

-----END OF FLASHBACK-----

“Hey,” I smiled at Nicole who was now in the same pajamas she wore last night.
“Hi,” she smiled back. “Is that for me?”
“Yeah,” I sighed, handing her the necklace, “Kaitie made it for you. She said it’s a welcome to the BVB Army gift. Well she said army but you get what she meant.”
“It’s beautiful. I wonder how she knew I like blue roses.”
“She can read thoughts...we all can.”
“She’s a vampire too? Is everyone in the band a vampire?”
“Everyone except for Jake’s fiancee, Ella.”
“How does he not bite her when they...you know…?”
“You should see their head board,” I chuckled. “Filled with teeth marks...Jake’s only.”
“Oh,” she blushed, adjusting her t-shirt.
“Nicole, do you have any other pajamas?”
“Not really...I actually wore my last pair of clean clothes today.”
“So all you got is three maybe four shirts, three pairs of jeans, and three pairs of shoes?”
“I use the rest of my money on bread and milk. Sometimes, when I have a little extra, I’ll go to that cafe.”
“Well tomorrow Kaitie and Andy are going to take you shopping. Would that be alright?”
“Of course,” she squealed happily. “I mean…that’d be alright.”
“You’re adorkable and yes I just said adorkable, don’t question my literacy skills.”
“Haha, you’re really funny.”
“Thanks. Well you should get some sleep, you got a big day tomorrow.”
“Good night, Ashley.”
“Good night, Nicole,” I replied as I walked to her closet.

I pulled the afghan off the shelf and left her room, leaving the door cracked in case she needed me. I tossed the blanket on the couch and walked to the bathroom, my pj bottoms secured in my hand, and quickly changed. I then went back to the living room and, using the pillows from the couch, lay back and covered myself with the afghan as a good night’s sleep washed over me.

Notes

So there's some background on Kaitie and weather or not she is a vampire as well. By the way, did you guys like the twist?