Chapter 9

Gabby’s POV
"How about this one then" said Andy, obviously hoping I’d get this wrong.

"Killing In The Name by Rage against the Machine, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits" I said, lying back on Ashley, hearing his calm rhythmic heartbeat in my ears which helped keep me in a good mood.

"Watch out people I think we have a Ravenclaw on our hands" Jinxx joked, ruffling my hair affectionately, I poked my tongue out at him.

"Well duh, I'm mostly half Ravenclaw and half Slytherin with a pinch of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff" I said, grinning at Andy's baffled expression, he pulls some of the funniest expressions I’ve seen in a while.

"Do any of you know what the Hogwarts houses stand for?" I asked, most of them except Jinxx shook their heads in huge negative, especially Andy which didn’t really surprise me, though it seems Jinxx is familiar with the series.

I sighed, "Well Gryffindor – which is my least favourite house personally – is known for their courage daring and chivalry. They are also pretty arrogant a lot of the time and judgemental as fuck" "Yikes" CC squeaked, I'm guessing he’s sorted himself intro Gryffindor, so I guess me giving my brief opinion on Gryffindor probably spooked him a little bit, Whoopsie-daisy!

"Relax, some of them are good but a lot of them annoy the hell outta me, it’s mostly in the books/movies that a lot of them are arrogant and all that, in FanFiction it varies a LOT since you can do pretty much whatever you want"

"Ok then" he said, relieved, deflating like a beach ball, or my blow-up Jayco penguin I have somewhere at home.

I got it from a caravan show I went to in Brisbane with my grandparents Marg & George, ironically the same showgrounds I met Ashley and the rest of Black Veil Brides at, given that they were at Soundwave this year and I went, having one of the best times of my life.

"What about Hufflepuff" asked Andy, my guess is he’s put himself in Hufflepuff. "Loyalty, patience and hard work, so Andy, being a puff isn't all bad" I said, giving him a reassuring grin. "Awesome and yeah I do tend to work my ass off"

"Well with you being the front man of Black Veil Brides, that doesn't really surprise me" I said, remembering the brief time I was the front woman if you will of one of my own bands, Aphrodite’s Sweethearts. Before that I was in Hell’s Angels but only as lead guitar and backing vocals...

"How about Ravenclaw?" Jake asked curiously. "Intelligence, creativity and wit" I replied, tracing my finger on Ashley’s ‘On Leather Wings’ tattoo on his right forearm. "Awesome, what about Slytherin" Ashley asked.

“Cunning, ambition and resourcefulness. The traits of my fellow snakes” I said, smirking, gently running my fingers over my dark mark on my left forearm. In case you don't know, it’s a skull with glowing emerald eyes and snake curling out of the skull’s mouth, though the eyes in mine are turquoise/blue topaz.

“That’s interesting, and that dark mark tattoo looks awesome as hell” Ashley commented, I just grinned.

“Weren’t you guys quizzing me on how well I know my iTunes library? Or do you all want to know the extent of my knowledge about Harry Potter... along with the fan fictions I’ve read... and written” I asked as I felt my phone go off about a dozen times before settling down, laughing at the guys’ ‘OMMFG WTF?!’ faces which were hilarious, I guess the FanFiction world freaks them out a bit, I quite enjoy it.

“Yeesh you are popular today” Jake commented, an amused expression on his face after he calmed down about the FanFiction stuff. I poked my tongue out before reading the messages, starting with one from a girl called Haylee; I’ve done musical things with her.

Haylee: Hey Gabby, I was wondering if you were available after school, Mrs. Caldwell wanted to talk to all the year 12’s who’ve had a lead role in any of the school musicals, she has an idea for a end of schooling thing, please reply ASAP if you can, Haylz.

I replied to her saying: sounds interesting Haylz but I’m gonna have to pass, gotta go to the hospital after school, thanks to the bitch Tahlia...

Haylee: Oh what do you have to go to the hospital for? And what does she have to do with it

Me: Have to get my wrists checked out.... you know how I usually have a breakdown of a sort at the end of each term, but the biggest one is always at the end of the year?

Haylee: Yeah, did it happen?

Me: Yup, Tahlia triggered it a few hours ago, she said some stuff that reminded me of my past, the dark parts of it and I punched her, breaking her nose (I legitimately felt it break under my hand) and giving her a black eye.

Then I gave a mini speech and ran out of the room, going to where I usually sit when I’m pissed but I tripped on the way over there when Jake Pitts found me – yes I really mean Jake ‘The Mourner’ Pitts, lead guitarist from Black Veil Brides, they’re doing a graduation concert for us yr 12’s, DON’T TELL ANYONE JUST YET ASIDE FROM THE OTHER 12’s WHO HAVE HAD LEAD ROLES IN THE SCHOOL MUSICAL AND MAKE SURE THEY KEEP IT SECRET.

Anyway I'm pretty sure I jolted my newly healed left wrist and I punched Tahlia with my right hand and I landed on them hard enough and at the right angle to fracture them.

Then Jake and the rest of BVB took me up to Mr. McMillan to explain what happened and I got the hair/makeup/piercing restrictions for the yr 12’s lifted so the tattoos I have on my arms will now be visible to anyone who didn’t know I had them – which is pretty much everyone except a few select individuals. I also finally got my snakebites finished yesterday and started on the helix ones I’ve wanted for a while, will most likely get them finished by graduation

Haylee: awesome with the restriction lift and piercings, Owwwie for your hands, I’ll tell Mrs. Caldwell about them

Me: thanks Haylz, and can you put in a suggestion for me?

Haylee: Sure, what is it?

Me: how about we use the makeup/costumes of the lead roles we’ve played? Meaning my old Sharpay Evans costume from ‘High School Musical’, Gabriella from HSM for Mariah and Sandy from Grease for April.

Also maybe we could meet up (We being all the yr 12s who’ve had lead roles) in the hall in periods 3 & 4, I’m in here with BVB for this week, after that they’re following me around to all my classes

Haylee: ok that’d be awesome! You weren’t in this year’s musical for anything were you? And ok I’ll mention that for you

Me: no not this year, remember you all pitched in for the return flight to the UK and ticket to download festival along with the VIP pass, oh and an IMMENSE thanks to everyone who pitched in, that was the best time of my life (even though I was miserable on the trip home), it’s the kind of environment I wanna be in for a long time. I love the feeling you get when I'm onstage, whether it be concert or school musical, preferably concert, especially in the outdoor venues like Soundwave, Warped, Download etc.

Haylee: oh yeah I'm glad that went well, details?

Me: I’ll fill you and the other drama geeks tomorrow, knowing Sandy she’ll put a notice up for all the 12s who played a lead role (i.e. me, Michael Wilkie etc) to meet in a classroom for blah blah blah

Haylee: ha-ha yeah she will... And sweet, I want the entire story, please bring photos!

Me: Oh Haylz there’ll be videos too, not just photos... I gotta go, BVB is looking impatiently at me and I have another dozen texts to go through, I got like 13 at once including yours, I bet they’ll be thankyous for getting the restrictions lifted *crying with laughter emoji*

Haylee: hahahaha I’ll let you get back to it, bye!

Me: Seeya Haylz

“Who are you texting so intently” Ashley asked curiously, trying to read over my shoulder, but I was reading and replying too fast for him to keep up with me so he gave up.

“One of my drama friends and no I’m not telling you what the convo is about, that’s something you’ll all have to wait and see about, even I'm not fully sure what's going on in it” I said, reading and replying to the others grinning at what they’d sent.

I growled angrily when I read the message Tahlia, Katrina & Danni had sent to me from Danni’s phone, seeing how she was the only one of the three who had my number, and I had blocked Tahlia & Katrina, looks like I’ll be blocking Danni too.

“Fucking bitches, they treat people like me like shit and when they push us to breaking point they claim to be the motherfucking victim! Ugh I hate those three so fucking much, Tahlia waaayyyyyy more than the other two” I exclaimed angrily, throwing my hands in the air after Jinxx took my phone out of my hands; he noticed I was getting angrier and angrier.

I also have a bit of a Destroyer tendency with any object I'm holding if I'm seriously pissed, and I didn’t want my phone to fall victim.

“What did they say?” asked Andy, noting my pissed expression. Jinxx read through the message they’d sent, his face paling as he went, his jaw dropping.

“They’re cruel aren’t they... CC has a good point when he says that words can mean nothing or be daggers in someone’s heart” I said softly, seeing Jinxx’s face go from curious and wary to shocked and as pissed as I am.

He gulped, “Well, if you lot had any doubts about the rivalry between Gabby and Tahlia being a for show thing or whatever seeing as they’re everything the other is not...... well this proves that there is a rivalry and it’s strong as fuck, like diamond strength” Jinxx said, passing my phone to CC whose expression also turned to one of cold fury as did Jake’s, Andy’s & Ashley’s while Jinxx held me closely, calming me down by rubbing my back and stroking my hair.

I wasn’t sure how but there was something about Jinxx that was incredibly familiar. He and I both had blue-grey eyes even though to most people (including Black Veil Brides for now) mine appear chocolate brown.

I also noticed we both resembled each other, something I had heard a lot. Jinxx to me feels like I someone I should but sadly don't know. Like someone from a family I once had before I was ripped away from it many years ago....

Shaking myself out of my thoughts I sniffled and sat up, wiping my eyes and exhaling quietly. “So, back to the iTunes quiz thing?” CC suggested noticing I needed a distraction from what those...... creatures said to me (definitely not for the first time, probably not the last either).

I nodded eagerly so we got the quiz going again. “What's this one?” Andy asked, watching me with my mock thinking expression, complete with me leaning my head on my hand, biting my lip.

“Uprising, Muse, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock” I said, “Correctamundo” said Jake, a confused expression on his face when I busted out laughing, like the ‘ribs start to ache’, ‘give yourself a 5 minute 6pack’, ‘leave you red in the face’ kind of laughter.

“What's so funny?” CC asked, with an amused expression on his face.

“I... haven’t.... heard.... anyone say that... that enthusiastically.... since I was in year 5 for the second time at Our Lady Of Lourdes catholic primary school” I said between bouts of laughter, making them all laugh too, glad I was in a better mood.

Ashley decided to tickle me to death which caused him to find out why I was sometimes called banshee – sometimes I can scream/shriek loud enough or at a high enough pitch I can accidentally smash windows and glass doors (trust me, it’s happened a fair few times but is handy for locating stuff underwater) which I accidentally did now, complete with the sonic sound waves.

The guys stopped tickling me when they heard the tell-tale sound of glass shattering, which gave me time to catch my breath along with settle my heart rate.

I sat up to see them staring at the windows with their jaws almost on the floor then they looked over to me with my sheepish embarrassed grin, my face reddening in embarrassment, then I looked over to see how much damage I’d accidentally caused (again).

“Whoops, not again” I said, face palming before taking a photo of the broken window before texting it to Maryanne Walsh whose the principal of the school with the caption ‘so so sorry, got tickled to death by BVB – banshee’ before sending it.

Ms Walsh is one of the teachers who knows about my... ‘Special abilities’ if you will, and knows about Jeremy’s, Mariah’s and April’s as well, but then again she’s the principal so she has a right to know.

“Bloody hell” Andy exclaimed in astonishment, the guys all saying something similar, semi-shocked expressions on their faces.

“Yeah that sometimes happens when I scream or shriek loud enough at a high enough pitch I can shatter windows and glass doors. Not something I like to do, though it can come in handy underwater” I said, explaining what that was about.

“Ah gotcha” they all said, understanding what I mean.

“So that’s where ‘banshee’ came from” said Ashley, realising what that particular nickname meant, using finger quotes for the word banshee.

“Yeah, can we leave that alone now, it’s nothing special” I said, well compared to what else I’m able to do it’s not all that special I added mentally, my mind-self smirking as my eyes changed to hot pink as did my hair – though I made sure my shield bubble stayed up so the guys didn’t notice the change in my appearance.

“Sure” they all agreed, noting that I wanted to leave that subject alone.

“Next song please” I requested and Jinxx complied, Jake & CC moving to sit with me & Ashley while Andy stayed next to Jinxx.

“Is this the real life... is this just fantasy... Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality... Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see... Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, one of their most iconic songs, kind of like Fallen Angels, Knives and Pens and Perfect Weapon for you guys” I said, impressing them with my Queenly awesomeness as I grinned smugly.

“How much of that song do you know?” Andy asked me curiously, I also saw a certain gleam in his eyes that told me he had an idea forming. I had seen that look often enough in my friends to know he was planning something, I just didn’t know what it was yet.

“The whole thing, harmony lines too along with the drum, piano and guitar tracks, still working on bass on Warriors of Rock and the other Guitar Hero games I have at home” I said, wondering why he wanted to know as the next song began.

“American Idiot (Nightcore), Green Day, Green Day (Nightcore)” I said, chuckling at their ‘WTF?!’ looks. “What the hell is Nightcore?” Jake asked.

“It’s another kind of music – not a genre though. All it is is a song that’s been sped up a little bit and has the pitch tuned up. Slow this down a little and tune down the pitch a bit and you’ll have the original American Idiot. Done correctly, Nightcore makes songs sound incredible, sometimes tear inducing depending on the song, such as your song Saviour or Evanescence’s My Immortal. I have your songs Nightcore style too, they are a-fucking-mazing in my opinion” I explained.

“Ah” they all said, understanding what I meant as I Can’t Get Enuff by Blood On The Dance Floor started playing. “WHAT THE FUCK is this” said Ashley.

I smirked evilly, “This ladies and gentlemen,” I began, directing the ‘ladies’ at Andy & Ashley, seeing as they’re often mistaken for girls, especially Ashley.

“Is ‘I Can’t Get Enuff’ by Blood On The Dance Floor from their first 2008 album Let’s Start A Riot!” I said, as the inappropriate lyrics began, the guys expressions going all ‘What The Fuck’ ‘This is weird’ etc., but CC looked as though he was enjoying it.

I ended up lip syncing to the lyrics as I tended to do when I'm not singing aloud which was usually in class, at work I had to concentrate on what I was doing or the conversation I'm in if I'm working on a client at the salon I work at.

Stop drop mosh & roll
Everybody lose control
Shake it up, up and down
We're gonna burn up this town
We're at the party at the disco
And this is how the beat goes
Beating hotter than an inferno

My fashion is fresh to death
I'll hit you harder than meth
I'll leave you gasping for breath
You know I'm rocking the best
My fashion is fresh to death
I'll hit you harder than meth
I'll leave you gasping for breath
You know I'm rocking the best

I can't get get get get enough
I can't get get get get enough
The fame! The game! It's all the same!
I can't, I won't, let go! Oh no!

I just love your couture
It's so hot for sure
It leaves me begging for more
So get me down on the floor
Oh girl your talk is so hot
Let me show you what I got
So just sit back and relax
I'll get you down on the spot

My fashion is fresh to death
I'll hit you harder than meth
I'll leave you gasping for breath
You know I'm rocking the best
My fashion is fresh to death
I'll hit you harder than meth
I'll leave you gasping for breath
You know I'm rocking the best

I can't get get get get enough
I can't get get get get enough
The fame! The game! It's all the same!
I can't, I won't, let go! Oh no!

Sex fashion love fashion
Sex fashion lust fashion
Sex fashion love fashion
Sex fashion lust fashion
Oh nooooooooooooo!
Sex fashion love fashion
Sex fashion lust fashion
Sex fashion love fashion
Sex fashion lust fashion

I can't get get get get enough
I can't get get get get enough
The fame! The game! It's all the same!
I can't, I won't, let go! Oh no!

I can't get get get get enough
I can't get get get get enough
The fame! The game! It's all the same!
I can't, I won't, let go! Oh no!

“So this is the sort of thing you’ve been telling me about” Ashley commented, obviously remembering what I’d mentioned about BOTDF.

I nodded, “Slash Gash Terror Crew for life Ash, you should know that by now honey” I said, ruffling his (perfectly) teased hair and kissing him quickly. “Hey!” he whined and quickly fixed his hair.

I poked my tongue at him and added “SGTC is one of the nicknames for BOTDF fans, the other one that’s not used as much is Slash Gash Terror Whore” I said as the song finished to the guys relief, CC just pouted.

“Don't worry CC I can give you the songs I have of theirs later on” I told him. “Yay” he cheered, dancing around like a 5 year old who’d had too much sugar. Laughing I filmed it and sent it to April who responded with ‘LOOOOOOOOVE!!! Now I know for sure that I love that guy *green heart emoticons*’

“Ha-ha Awww” I said, getting their attention. “What” they all asked. “April has finally told me that she loves CC, she’s been crushing on him since Soundwave” I said, showing them the reply she sent, CC blushed – oh he has it bad for her.

Normally I’d advise against getting together so soon but if you’re like me, which April is (so are Mariah & Jeremy), when you find your mate you fall hard and fast which I did with Ashley. Only thing is, the longer you leave it (like 6 months or more) the worse you and your mate get, like the both of you get sick if you’re apart for too long after the bond begins forming.

Now we just have to complete our bond which is unbreakable so I’m Purdy’s Girl for life, and he’s mine for as long as we both live. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jinxx’s expression morph into a happy tender one.

It’s almost as though he can hear what I’m thinking... nah he can't be one of us... can he? I thought, bringing myself out of my trance.

“Ok next song” said Andy. “I Wanna Rock!, Twisted Sister, have a few copies of this so I'm not guessing the album” “Smart girl” “Ravenclaw, duh” I said, complete with sassy tone and expression. “How about this” Jinxx said, trying not to laugh.

“Mickey, Toni Basil, 80’s Hits, 1982” I said, then adding “I remember doing a small dance to this in a mini ‘fractured fairytale’ musical in primary school for my yr7 xmas concert thing they year I finally graduated primary school.. J5 filmed that too if I remember correctly” I said, chuckling softly at the memory, emphasising the word finally.

“Fractured fairytale?” CC asked, a little confused.

“Well my music teacher Mrs. Lynch, she had this idea that we tell a more comedic/adult/big kid version of Cinderella, rather than doing plain Jane Christmas carols seeing that’s what all the other year levels 1 through 6 do. Though whenever the kids misbehaved she threatened to cancel what we were doing and make us sing Silent Night and not one of us wanted to do that” I started explaining, laughing at the memory.

“What else happened?” asked Ashley, still with his arms around me. “Well we decided what songs we were gonna use and what everyone would wear. The majority of us including me wore all black with our hair tied back if it was long enough. The main characters which were the fairy godparents, Cindy, Prince Mickey and the ugly stepsisters had their own costuming, except Cindy was played by a guy which made us laugh, then there was one of my year mates Christine, she had a costume too but she was the narrator”

“What did you end up wearing?” “What songs did you do?”

“I wore a Mötley Crüe tee, specifically a bad boys Girls Girls Girls one. I also wore black skinny jeans which I was kind of known for wearing back then and black knee-high converse shoes which were pretty damn comfortable and were far more comfortable to dance in than go-go, combat, biker or cowboy boots I will admit... and I also had black fishnet gloves and studded fingerless black leather gloves on over them, a few other things, black eye makeup and pink lip-gloss seeing as I wasn’t using a mic throughout the entire show.

As for the songs... I can't remember off the top of my head what the exact order of the songs were or what all of them are but the ones I remember – for most of these we only used small clips of them – are ‘Favourite Things’ by Big Brovaz, ‘I’m A Believer’ by Smash Mouth, ‘Big Red Car’ by The Wiggles.

I'm not sure what this one’s called but it’s a remake of Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ but it goes ‘you wanna go for a ride? Sure ken! Well forget it! I’m an ugly girl, my face makes you hurl, sad I have it, I should bag it, acne everywhere, unwanted facial hair, I’m a relation to Frankenstein’s creation’.

Then there was 5, 6, 7, 8 by Steps, Who Let The Dogs Out by Baha Men, Oh Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison, Mickey by Toni Basil, These Boots Are Made For Walking – though I can't remember if we used Nancy Sinatra or Jessica Simpson’s version, but I'm pretty sure it was Nancy Sinatra’s version.

I’m A Believer was the closing number, the only song we kept at full length” I explained, somehow managing to hold in laughter when they laughed at the remix of Barbie Girl, which actually was pretty funny.

“Awesome, did any of you dance?” CC asked once he managed to calm down.

I nodded, “Yeah and I helped choreograph the routines for most of the songs. The only songs I didn’t have anything to do with were ‘Ugly Girl’ and ‘Big Red Car’. The routines were pretty easy and the kiddies all picked up on them fairly quickly.

Everyone danced to ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’, ‘Mickey’ and ‘5, 6, 7, 8’. With ‘Oh Pretty Woman’ & ‘Big Red Car’ it was just the boys only, you could dance to the others if you wanted to” I told them, remembering the hilarious routine the boys had to do for the Wiggles song.

We all laughed about that for a little while and they begged me to show them the routines I was a part of which I did while they played the songs that were used. After that we kept going with the iTunes quiz.

“How about this one” Andy said and I smirked evilly, knowing it was the Rock Of Ages version of Def Leppard’s hit ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’ and it was one of my favourites – both in the movie and to cover in Hells Angels & Aphrodite’s Sweethearts.

Both Ashley and I belted out this song at the movies when we saw Rock Of Ages at the cinema after Download, hell the entire cinema was singing along, not just us. “Pour Some Sugar On Me, Rock of Ages”.

I decided to start clueing the guys in that there was something about us that wasn’t anywhere near normal, though I wouldn’t be surprised if Jinxx picked up on it quickly, he is ‘The Mystic’ after all.

I started weaving an illusion spell to make them think they were imagining me performing this song onstage with some random girls and Mariah, when that was actually a memory of when I was lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist in Aphrodite’s Sweethearts.

I had them situated in the very front and centre of the crowed, snickering at the awestruck looks on their faces and I put my current self in myyounger body and played along with the memory as though it was actually happening.

From my point of view on the stage, holding a mic seeing as I wasn’t playing my guitar at the time – our keyboarder that time around took my spot for this song – I noticed Jinxx had a curious and realisation kind of expression on his face.

At some point you have to tell me EVERYTHING. I wasn’t sure earlier but now I know for sure that you’re not a normal human, you’re a magical one like me I heard his voice say in my head. Well well Jinxxy, congratulations for keeping a clear head during one of my illusions – only other Mystics are able to do that, IF their powers have manifested and it looks like yours are the only ones who have for now.

Although I only use the term ‘Mystic’ as from what I can tell you’re not in a clan, and I am. For now though, all I will tell you is that this is a memory of when I was a lead vocalist. Until the guys find out, play along as though you don't know anything like them.

It’s a safety precaution that I keep my power hidden, same with a few mutual friends. Enjoy the show Ferguson! I told him via our newly formed mental link, feeling him nod in response, understanding my request and that my use of his leader title had nothing to do with Black Veil Brides.

The song hadn’t quite started yet, me, Mariah and the other girls were about to play our next song which, you guessed it, was ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’. Our cover was pretty similar to the one that Tom Cruise sings in Rock of Ages.

I wasn’t terribly fond of him, but he can carry a tune fairly well, though the half naked tattooed cowboy look that Tom had in the movie looked waaayyyyyy better on Ashley in my opinion, and Ash had more tattoos than Tom’s character Stacee Jaxx.

I sighed, picking up a bottle of soft drink with the lid off and held my mic up to my mouth as I began singing. “Love is like a bomb a bomb a bomb... bomb... bomb... love is like a bomb...” I sang, covering the top of the bottle with my hand and shaking it so it fizzed as Mariah and our keyboarder (who was rhythm guitar for this song) began their parts.

I slowly started to turn around when my little ‘huh hey!’ parts began and when I had to shout them I moved my hand on the bottle so the fans closest to us got sprayed with the soda, especially BVB, which I smirked at and I winked at them as they started acting like fan girls which was hilarious considering they were grown men, the youngest of them being Andy still 2 years older than me, Jinxx coming in at 6 years older, CC & Jake being 7 years older and finally Ashley at 8 years older than me, but the age difference didn’t bother me much.

“Love is like a bomb baby come on get it on, livin like a lover with a red hot thong, looking like a tramp like a video vamp, demolition woman can I be your man” I sang as Mariah chimed in with her backing lines from time to time, doing a little hip thrust when I did another ‘huh!’ – to Ashley’s delight I noticed which put a satisfied smirk on my face.

I saw Andy looking over at Mariah too which I was amused by, even Jinxx noticed even though he was sticky from the soft drink, the bottle of which I’d thrown into the crowd by now, looking around I noticed one of the male members of the audience was waving it around.

“Razzle and a dazzle and a flash a little light, television lover baby go all night, sometime anytime sugar me sweet, little miss innocent sugar me yeah, yeah” I sang, moving around onstage, holding fans hands as I went by, blowing a few kisses toward BVB, along with flirtatious looks.

I picked up another bottle and shook it up, spraying it on the fans again just in time for the pre-chorus. “Yeah, come on take a bottle, shake it up, break the bubble, break it up” Mariah sang her part of chorus and I added “ooh in the name of love, c’mon fire me up” I sang, moving my arm in a ‘come here’ motion.

“Pour your sugar on me” Mariah sang, quite well too I might add and I finished the chorus with “Ooh I can't get enough”... before I started the next verse, remembering I had pulled a female fan up onstage for this, I wonder how Ash will react to this...

Don't flip your lid Jinxx; this is exactly how it played out 2 years ago. Besides if any of you thought I was kidding when I said I'm bi, this’ll shut down that doubt permanently... well unless you walk in on me, Mariah and April at some point, we like to have some fun if you will from time to time I warned him via our mental link as I pulled a girl with fluro pink hair up onto the stage with us and I began the next verse, with her hands trailing over me, my pink & black shiny corset and my black latex pants.

As I sang the verse I looked over at Ashley to see he had one helluva horny facial expression on. If Jinxx and the guys doubted that I was bi before, this practically confirmed it especially since I kissed the pink haired girl at some point during the song.

“I’m hot sticky sweet, from my head to my feet yeah” I sang as I briefly pashed whatever-her-name-was, hearing the crowd scream in delight before she jumped back into the crowd and I kept singing, pointing towards BVB, somewhere between Jake, CC & Ashley.

Jinxx looked like was having a great time, given he was jumping around as though he’d eaten a Mexican jumping bean (so were the others) and constantly fist pumping like a ton of the other fans in the crowd were doing.

Ashley was doing the same but he was shouting up at me ‘I LOVE YOU!’ which I blushed at, he even made little heart shapes with his hands which made me want to hug him tightly. Andy, CC & Jake were also having a great time too, Andy eyeing Mariah more often than not.

“You got the peaches I got the cream, sweet to taste, saccharine cos I'm hot say what sticky sweet from my head to my feet... do you take sugar, one lump or two?” I belted out that last sentence, kneeling down and singing it to the heavens before standing up again quickly.

“Take a bottle, shake it up, break it up” for the third time I unloaded fizzy soda on the crowd which they loved I might add going by the almost deafening screams they were throwing at us. “Pour some sugar on me” Mariah belted out, a massive grin on her face.

“Ohh in the name of love!” “Pour some sugar on me!” “Come on fire me up” this time I singled out Ashley giving him the ‘come here’ gesture and winking saucily at him and moving my hips around, smirking when I noticed his pants seemed to be a bit too tight down below.

“Pour your sugar on me!” “Oh I can't get enough” “Pour some sugar on me!” “Oh in the name of love!” “Pour some sugar on me!” “Get it, come get it!” “Pour your sugar on me!” “Oooooooooh ooooh ooooh ooh!” “Pour some sugar on me!” “Yeah yeah sugar me” I finished the song, standing with my right arm in the air holding the mic (thankfully it was a wireless one!) with my back to the crowd and bringing it next to my hip when the final 6 chords were played.

Not even a second after the girls stopped playing cheers erupted from the crowd and I dissolved the illusion spell so we were sitting in a group again, me on Ashley’s lap with Jake and CC either side of us, Jinxx and Andy opposite us with my laptop, the screen facing them and the Mötley Crüe sticker I had on the lid facing us.

“Dude what a trip!” CC exclaimed, breathing deeply, obviously trying to calm down his racing heartbeat. “What do you mean CC?” I asked, playing along.

“I just imagined we were all at this concert at an outdoor venue, me, Ash, Jake, Jinxx & Andy were front and centre of the crowd” CC stopped to take a breath then continued his sentence.

“And then there was this HOT all-girl rock band on the stage and you won’t believe who I saw on that stage!” “Who?” I asked. “You and Mariah! You were singing and Mariah was playing guitar” “Oh really?” I said, still playing along. “Oh my god, I imagined the same thing!”

“So did I!” “Me too!” “Same here” we all chimed in. “Damn you have a set of lungs on you for sure” said Andy. “Thanks” I said, wondering when they’d bring up the pink-haired girl I snogged. “What did you guys think of that onstage kiss?!” Jake exclaimed, there you go I thought, mentally smirking.

“Hot!” Ashley said, glancing down I noticed he sure as hell had a case of front poop again, and it was quite noticeable. “That it was” the others all agreed. “Damn Ash, do you like girl on girl action or something” Andy laughed, noticing his condition.

OMG I guess Ash has a thing for girls in corsets I thought, mentally rolling on the floor laughing. “Well it’s growing on me, especially after that” Ashley replied, blushing and noticing my smirk. “How about girls in corsets... especially the shiny ones” I said, smirking even more.

Andy, CC, Jake & Jinxx snickered when I asked that, a devious glint in my eyes. One thing that I had in common with Mariah and April was that we all had a corset fetish, and we wore them every chance we could. Plus I still have the corset I wore that night in a box at home.

“Not gonna lie, I honestly think that’s hot as fuck” Ash said, shifting a bit, moaning as quietly as he could when I sat on his lap again. “So, shall we keep going with the iTunes quiz or are you boys gonna tease Ashes into oblivion, given that you’re partway there” I said, wriggling my hips on his slightly, enjoying the sharp intake of breath he took.

“Let’s get on with the quiz” Andy said, chortling. Jinxx played another random song, “Perfect Weapon VBT, Black Veil Brides, Vocal Backing Tracks” I said, “Yup” Jinxx said. “It’s not too bad for a VBT but I’d rather make my own by recording the instrument tracks myself and with Aprils help seeing as I can't play bass, unless its Guitar Hero” I said, shrugging.

“Fair enough, and I'm guessing VBT stand for ‘vocal backing track’?” Andy asked. I nodded, “Yep” I said as Jinxx skipped to the next song, “Barbie Girl, Aqua, 90’s Hits” I said, humming along to the lyrical melody (AN: I don't know if that’s the technical term for it but I’m gonna use it).

“This is catchy” said CC, tapping his fingers to the beat. “I’m a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world, life in plastic, it’s fantastic, you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere imagination life is your creation” I sang along to the chorus, shooting the guys looks that said ‘don’t-even-start’.

“Where’s Aqua from?” Ashley asked curiously, running his fingers up and down my arms which I shivered at slightly. “Denmark” I said, coughing to hide the fact that my skin was hypersensitive to his touch, all the teasing between us was affecting me as much as it affected him, and I was sorely tempted to drag him off somewhere and have my way with him.

“How about this which is not even close to rock n roll” said Jake, who had moved next to Andy. “Tongue Tied by Grouplove, 10’s hits, 2011. This is one of the rare songs of its genre that I like”

“What's this one” asked Jinxx. “Shine, Shannon Noll, 00’s Hits, 2005” I said, humming along to the lyrical melody again. “This is the time, this is the day we’ve been waiting for, all the world will stop to watch you shine” I sang, CC and Ashley clapping, Jinxx, Andy & Jake grinning and playing the next song.

“Knives & Pens Nightcore, you guys, We Stitch These Wounds (Nightcore), 2010” “That sounds interesting” Andy commented, the rest of BVB nodding in agreement. I grinned and began to sing along to it, this style of music made some songs easier to sing, others got trickier.

“Alone at last we can sin and fight and I’ve lost all faith in this blurring light... STAY RIGHT HERE WE CAN CHANGE OUR PLIGHT WE’RE STORMING THROUGH THIS DESPITE WHAT'S RIGHT!” I sang/screamed, yet again impressing Andy.

“I dare you...” Jake began, “to sing along to every Nightcore song that comes up” Andy finished.

I pretended to think about it and told them “I will, if...... you get me a cold drink and food when we get outta here, some of these songs have a bunch of scream stuff in them and a good chunk of my iTunes library is Nightcore, besides I’ll most likely end up with a sore throat by the time we’re out of here” I began to counter that dare.

“I’m sensing a ‘but’ in here,” said Jake, eyeing me. “Andy, you have to watch the first three Harry Potter movies with me, special features optional. And as for you Jake, I’m thinking read the first three Percy Jackson books in the PJO series; ‘The Lightning Thief’, ‘The Sea Of Monsters’ and ‘The Titans Curse’. I think they might interest you” I said.

Andy and Jake had a whispered conversation and accepted my conditions. “Good” I said as they put on the next song which made me work hard to contain my fan girl squeal, seeing as I LOVE Mötley Crüe, plus Ash was trying not to groan seeing as I couldn’t stop myself from bouncing around on his lap.

“SHOUT AT THE DEVIL! Mötley Crüe, Shout At The Devil! Nineteen eighty-fucking-three!” I shouted, a massive grin on my face, this is one of my favourite Mötley songs. “I take it you love this song?” said Andy, noting my gleeful expression and trying not to laugh, “Oh yeah, been a fan of these guys for years, ever since before I can remember most likely” I said as he put the next song on.

My expression softened when I realised what it was. “Saviour (Nightcore), you guys, Set The World On Fire (Nightcore), 2011, June 14” I said softly before singing along.

I never meant to be the one
Who kept you from the dark
But now I know my wounds are sewn
Because of who you are
I will take this burden on
And become the holy one
But remember I am human
And I'm bound to sing this song

So hear my voice remind you not to bleed
I'm here,

Saviour will be there
When you are feeling alone, oh
A saviour for all that you do
So you live freely without their harm

So here I write my lullaby
To all the lonely ones
Remember as you learn to try
To be the one you love
So I can take this pen
And teach you how to live
What is left unsaid
The greatest gift I give

So hear my voice remind you not to bleed
I'm here,

Saviour will be there
When you are feeling alone, oh
A saviour for all that you do
So you live freely without their harm

[Violin solo]

Saviour will be there
When you are feeling alone, oh
A saviour for all that you do
So you live freely without their harm

When I hear your cries
Praying for light
I will be there

When I hear your cries
Praying for light
I will be there

I WILL BE THERE!
I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE!
I WILL BE THERE!

When I finished the song I slumped forward, tears streaming down my face. I felt someone’s hand under my chin and looking up I saw it was Jinxx. “You alright?” he asked softly as I cleared my throat.

I nodded, wiping the tears away as the normal version of Perfect Weapon began playing. “Perfect Weapon, you guys, We Stitch These Wounds, July 20th 2010, track 5, melodic metalcore” I said, laughing at Andy’s dumbstruck expression.

“Damn you really know our songs, down to the track number and release date” he said, sounding impressed. “Well yeah, you guys are one of the bands in a four-way tie favourite” I said, shrugging.

“Who else is in that group?” Jake asked. “Blood On The Dance Floor, Mötley Crüe and Metallica” I replied. “Awesome” said Jake. “Next Song” said Andy. “The Winner Takes It All, Mamma Mia, 2008. Originally by ABBA” I said, gesturing for them to skip this song.

“Does this bring back bad memories?” Andy asked before skipping it. “Yeah, someone I never want to see again” I said aggressively and emphasising the word never, frowning at the thought of him. “Ah” said Andy. “I’m A Marionette, ABBA, 70’s Hits” I said, recognising the opening of the song. “Nice, this is kinda catchy” Jake commented.

“Yeah it is, it’s on ABBA You Can Dance – it’s an ABBA version of the Just Dance games, one my favourites on the game along with Voulez Vous, Summer Night City and a handful of others” I told them.

“Slipping Through My Fingers, ABBA, 80’s Hits” I said, a sad smile on my face as I thought of why the song meant a lot to me.

I take it this has a lot of sentimental value to you? I heard Jinxx’s voice say in my mind. Yes it does... it reminds me of the time when Sophia was my mother, a kind woman before she turned into the cold bitch she is today.

We used to listen to ABBA when I was a little girl and we sang this together, and I’d always have this one line that I’d go solo on I told him.
Oh really? What line is it? He asked curiously.
You’ll know when I sing along to it I told him through our mental link.

“Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time, slipping through my fingers” I sang, the guys understanding this song meant a lot to me, especially Jinxx since I provided him with a bit of a back-story as to why this song meant something to me.

“I take it this means a lot to you?” Ashley asked me softly.

I nodded, “It reminds me of when I was a little girl when my adoptive mother Sophia was nice, before she became the cold-hearted bitch she is today... we used to listen to ABBA records & CD’s, and this was one of the songs we often sang and that line I did a little while ago was the one I always sang by myself... but what makes it all bittersweet is that she promised me she’d always love me and that if I ever married someone she’d sing this for me at my wedding. Now that’s all gone up in smoke... she’s never gonna keep that promise,” I said, fighting back tears.

“Oh baby come here” said Ashley, holding me closely as I let out the tears that had been fighting to escape my eyes. “What about you adoptive father?” asked CC.

“He was just as bad if not worse” I said, wiping my eyes. “Shit, I'm so sorry” CC said, hugging me. “Don’t worry about it CC, it’s not something I talk about much cos it hurts to remember the childhood that never really was a childhood. I had to fend for myself from around age 7 onward” I said, sitting back with Ashley.

“Moving on” said Jinxx, he noticed I wasn’t comfortable with talking about my childhood. “Six White Boomers, Various Artists, Xmas Songs” I said, laughing at their baffled expressions as I mouthed what the Joey was saying.

“Something funny boys?” I asked an innocent expression on my face. “Is this a Christmas song?” Jake asked. “Yep” I said, grinning and starting another piece of chewing gum. “It’s a bit weird”

“Well to you guys who usually freeze your asses off at Christmas then yeah it would be weird, I’ve been boiling hot at Christmas for the past 20 years” I said, blowing a tennis-ball sized bubble from a new piece of my peppermint gum.

“She’s got a point guys” said Andy, shrugging. “Yeah and since you guys are sticking around til New Year’s according to Andy, you’ll get to experience an Aussie Christmas first-hand” I said. “Oh great so we’ll be roasting ourselves alive?” CC complained, the late October heat seemed to be getting to him already.

“Oh yes, but at least I have a pool in the back yard... and the food will probably be pretty different to what you guys are used to having” I said, blowing an even bigger bubble. “What would be on the menu?” Jinxx asked curiously.

“Usually a roasted & glazed leg of ham and roast veggies along with prawns and steak, steakettes & snags on the Barbie, tropical fruit desserts, and various other things” I answered, adding “Also the drinks would be soft drink, beer, champagne, that sort of thing”

“What do you usually have?” Ashley asked curiously. “Beer or soft drink, maybe a glass of Jack & coke, straight Jack or CC” “WHAT?!” CC shrieked with a horrified expression on his face, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing, the other guys laughing too.

“Not you, Canadian Club whisky, more commonly known as CC” I said, tears of mirth leaking from my eyes. “Oh” said CC groaning in embarrassment.

“Come on keep those songs coming, we still have a while before we’re outta here” I said, readjusting myself on Ashley’s lap, smirking satisfactorily at the small groan he let out, the guys crowing with laughter as they heard him as I teased him mercilessly.

“Ok guess this” said Andy. “Orion, Metallica, Master Of Puppets, 1986” I said casually picking at my nails. “Damn you are clever” “LOL keep going” “Try this one” “Suicide & Redemption, Metallica, Death Magnetic, 2008”

“Does this have lyrics?” Jake asked curiously. “No, but it goes for 10 minutes and has a really good part from 3:35 to 4:22” I said and Jinxx immediately skipped to about 10 seconds before the part I mentioned and their expressions were all ‘Wow’ or something similar.

“Ok next song” “But of course milady” Jinxx said jokingly, complete with tipping an invisible top hate and a mock bow making me laugh.

“Once Upon A December, Anastasia” I said, smiling, this was my favourite song from the movie Anastasia. “Hmm, although this isn’t Nightcore I think I might just sing along to this” I said while mentally telling Jinxx I’ll need some help later in the song. You’ll know when.

The instrumental intro played then I began to sing, deciding to do another illusion except on Jake this time, beginning the illusion spell.

“Dancing bears, painted wings, things I almost remember, and a song someone sings, once upon a December” I started singing, the guys all having awestruck looks on their faces, Jake in particular, though I didn’t have to influence him very much, he had a lot of the scenario down but I’d pitch in with the visual effects when they come in.

“Someone holds me safe and warm, horses prance through a silver storm, figures dancing gracefully, across my memory” I sang, adding more power to my voice during ‘memory’, mimicking the movements of Anastasia during the movie.

I decided to vocalise along to the song so I did, amazing the guys even further, adding in the semitransparent dancers in their gowns into the illusion, as I moved into the centre of the ‘dance floor’ with the dancers around me – that’s how Jake was seeing things, the other 4 saw me moving around randomly in the hall, but they still had their mesmerised expressions which never ceased to amuse me.

I kept singing, still mimicking the movements of Anastasia. “Someone holds me safe and warm, horses prance through a silver storm, figures dancing gracefully, across my memory” I sang, spinning on the spot.

From Jake’s point of view my clothes were magically changed into this, Jinxx get over here NOW! This is the part I need help with! Ok I'm coming he said and danced with me as I continued the song, not bothering to go with switching to multiple partners. “Far away, long ago, glowing dim as an ember, things my heart used to know, things it yearns to remember” I sang, ‘suggesting’ to Jake to come over and he did, wearing a very nice suit as Jinxx sat down.

Jake took my right hand in his, putting his other hand on my waist as I put my left hand on his shoulder and we danced in a small circle.

“And a song someone sings” as we stopped and he kissed my forehead, backing away.

“Once Upon A December” I finished, sinking to my knees, the dress forming a perfect circle around me as I looked down during ‘December’.

During that Jake sat down again and as soon as the song finished I again dissolved the spell.

Next thing I know, all 5 members of Black Veil Brides are standing and cheering, Ashley swinging me around in a hug, same with the others, me shrieking with laughter, being careful not to pull another banshee, but that really only happens if I’m tickled to death.

“Damn girl you have an AWESOME voice!” Andy exclaimed, bouncing around. “Thanks Andy” I said, sitting with Ashley again.

“You ok Jake?” Jinxx asked, even though he and I both knew what had actually happened. “Yeah I just imagined something again” said Jake, shaking his head slightly. “What was it?” CC asked curiously.

“Gabby was singing along to the song then she was magically changed into this golden dress that had a turquoise sash on it, and also had a fancy hairstyle, this purple imperial sort of crown, and purple shoes. Then Jinxx was also there and he had a white dress shirt, a blue topaz tie, black vest, pants and boots on and they danced a bit while she was still singing then I danced with her and I was wearing a tux, a purple tie and I had a purple kerchief thing in the pocket of my jacket” Jake explained, still looking a bit dazed.

“Oh wow, you two actually did dance with her as well” said CC. I mentally hi fived Jinxx as Andy skipped to the next song. “Jingle Bells, Boney M, Xmas Music, xmas being spelt x-m-a-s since I usually spell it like that” I said, humming along to it.

“Is this your favourite Christmas song?” Jinxx asked curiously. I shook my head, “Nope, the Aussie version of this is” “There’s an Aussie version of this?” Ashley asked a surprised tone in his voice.

“Yep, if my iTunes library is sorted alphabetically which it should be unless one of you messed with it” I began; eyeing them all, making them shiver as I turned my gaze to each of them in turn.

“It should be underneath this version. Double click on it to play it when you find it” “Found it” said Jinxx playing it.

“Dashing through the bush in a rusty Holden ute, kicking up the dust esky in the boot. Kelpie by my side, singing Christmas songs, it’s summertime and I am in my singlets, shorts and thongs, go! Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way, Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day hey! Jingle bells jingle bells Christmas time is beaut, oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Engine’s getting hot, dodge the kangaroos, swaggie climbs aboard, he is welcome too. All the family is there, sitting by the pool, Christmas day the Aussie way, by the BBQ. Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way, Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day hey! Jingle bells jingle bells Christmas time is beaut, oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Come the afternoon, grandpa has a doze, the kids and Uncle Bruce are swimming in their clothes, the time comes round to go, we take a family snap then pack the car and all shoot through before the washing up, go!

Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way, Christmas in Australia on a scorching summer’s day hey! Jingle bells jingle bells Christmas time is beaut, oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden ute, I said oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden ute!” I sang along to Bucko & Champs, the guys all pissing themselves (not literally) laughing.

“Oh my god that’s funny” CC choked out. “That’s my fave Christmas song for ya” I said chuckling at them, Ashley cuddled me closely, I hummed in content – Ash was like a tattooed teddy bear.

“Waterloo! Mamma Mia 2008” I cheered, trying not to dance along to it since I know I look like an idiot dancing to it, though with the costume its hilarious. “I guess you like that song” said Ashley laughing a bit, I nodded.

“What the hell’s this?” CC asked curiously when the next song came on by itself seeing as the Mamma Mia version of Waterloo was fairly short, “Orxon Node Overload, Insomniac Games, Ratchet Gladiator” I said, snickering at their faces which were quite amusing.

“It’s background music for one of my favourite video games” I explained. “Can I play?” CC asked, an excited expression on his face. “Sure” I said, grinning. “YES!” CC cheered, making me laugh.

“What's this one?!” CC asked excitedly, “Obani Draco, Insomniac Games, Ratchet & Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal” “WHAT THE FUCK?!” they all laughed. “I’m not even kidding the game this song is in is literally called Ratchet & Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal” I said, laughing at their faces.

“How about this then?” said Andy mischievously. “Dancing Queen!!!!! Mamma Mia, 2008” I squealed happily. Then I got up and danced around to it, without a care in the world, singing along to the words.

“You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life, oooh, see that girl watch that scene digging the dancing queen. Friday night and the lights are low, lookin out for a place to go” I sang, making up a silly routine, noticing Jake was filming this... I wouldn’t be surprised if he put it online later on.

“Where they play the right music getting in the swing, you come to look for a king” I sang, deliberately lowering my voice a few octaves for the ‘you come to look for a king’, enjoying Ash’s reaction as well as the guys laughing their asses off.

“Anybody could be that guy, night is young and the music’s high” I sang, mimicking to a degree what Rosie and Tanya did in the movie which was really funny. “With a bit of rock music, everything’s fine, you’re in the mood for a dance” I sang, grabbing Andy’s hand (he was crying with laughter, hell all five of them were) and making him dance with me.

“And when you get the chance, you are the dancing queen, young and sweet only seventeen, dancing queen feel the beat from the tambourine oh yeah” by now I’d gotten CC to join me and Andy and we dancing around like lunatics, laughing and singing at the same time.

“You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life, oooooh see that girl, watch that scene, digging the dancing queen” we sang, Jinxx joining in and they (Jinxx, Andy & CC) pointing to me during ‘see that girl, watch that scene, digging the dancing queen’ during which I did a mini dance solo. Then came on the second verse in which I was gonna tease Ash a bit more.

“You’re a teaser, you turn em on” I sang, touching the sweet spots on him, making him moan very audibly, “Leave em burning and then you’re gone” we danced away, Ash finally joining in.

“Lookin out for another, anyone will do, you’re in the mood for a dance, and when you get the chance, you are the dancing queen, young and sweet only 17. Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine oh yeah! You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life oooh see that girl, watch that scene, digging the dancing queen!” again the guys (now including Ashley – Jake was still filming) all pointing to me, especially Ash which was really amusing.

“Digging the dancing queen” I was impressed that the guys all managed to keep up with the lyrics, maybe they’ve seen Mamma Mia! before... “Oooooh you can dance, you can jive having the time of your life oooh see that girl” they pointed to me again, “watch that scene” and again, I also did a few hair flips for the hell of it.

“digging the dancing queen” I danced a tiny bit more than leapt into Ashley’s arms (him holding me bridal style) as he spun me around, both of us laughing, then he set me on my feet and kissed me passionately.

We were in our own little world while we were kissing then broke apart when we needed to breathe. Leaning our foreheads together, my arms around his neck, his around my waist we caught our breath and then he said “I love you”.

His voice when he said that, those three little words meant the world to me. A tear started falling from my eye as I replied “I love you too” and kissed him again, hearing Jake say behind me “Awww how adorable, Ashley Purdy and his girlfriend Gabby Metcalfe”

I giggled when I heard Jake say that and we turned around to face the guys who were laughing and catcalling.

“Ashes, I still think we should get Mariah and April up here” I said, laughing at the furious blushes spreading across Andy & CC’s faces.

“I’d better call Juliet, get her perspective on things” said Andy, remembering the advice I’d given him earlier, an adorable goofy smile forming on his face afterwards so I guess Mariah was floating around in his mind.

“Sure thing Andy, we’ll be hanging out here” I said, shooing him off as we continued passing the time with the iTunes quiz.

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