Far And Away.

"I moved here from the west side of Cincinnati." Chance smiled at his two new friends as they all sat around their lunch table.

"Me too." Andy said. "It was pretty shitty."

"Yeah, tell me about it." Chance laughed, "My parents moved us because they were scared I would get hurt."

"Yeah, it was freaky over there." Andy chuckled and looked down at Flora. She was so beautiful and he felt his heart beat quicken.

"So how long have you guys been together?" Chance asked the couple. They seemed totally head over heels for each other..

"Uh a month or so now but we had known each other before that." Flora answered her smiled bright.

"Cool, cool." Chance nodded, "I was so nervous coming here. I thought no one cool would exist, honestly. Guess I was wrong."

Andy chuckled, "Maybe not. We're both assholes. I mean, we hated each other for months." Chance laughed at them both. All of them were happy to have new friends.


Unfortunately for Flora, JC had transferred to a school in Virginia and it had been a sad goodbye so Flora only had Andy and the guys.


The lunch bell rang and everyone made their way to their respective classes. They seemed to go by agonizingly slow until finally Andy and Flora waved goodbye to Chance and began the walk home. Andy and him had talked about their shared love for acting and how fun it would be to make some sort of YouTube show. Excitement brewed as Andy realized his dreams were beginning to unfold.


Black Veil Brides was starting to become a common topic across MySpace. Particularly Andy Sixx, his stage name. They were getting booked for more and more shows around the area and some even out of town. He knew that this was the start of something big and he just couldn't wait.


But something even bigger was happening as they walked into their apartment parking lot.
Flora's heart dropped as she saw a little black car. It was a car she never thought she'd see again and as she looked at the license plate she knew it was true.


It was her father.

She dropped Andy's hand and began breathing heavily. He became worried in a matter of seconds. "Babe? Babe, what's wrong?"

"T-that's my dads car.." She stuttered, shaking her head. Andy's eyes became wide and anger rose in his chest.

Flora's dad? The one who walked out on two of the sweetest people he had ever met?

Andy was going to give this guy a piece of his mind.

"I'm going to kill him." Andy began walking inside and up the stairs as quick as he could. Flora scrambled to keep up with his long legs calling after him.

"Andy! Wait, please!" She begged, finally taking hold of his arm. "This is really not something I want to mess with, okay? Let's just see that's happening before making any rash decisions." He looked weary but he nodded. They walked hand in hand up to her apartment and as Flora plugged the key into the lock and opened the door she felt her heart hammer wildly against her chest.

"Flora, is that you?" Donna's voice rang clear and true and Flora found it even weirder that her mother was home so early.

"Yeah." She stopped at the doorway, afraid to look in the room but Andy's angry breathing told her that her mother wasn't alone.

As she looked up she saw a man with brown hair and pale, wrinkled skin. He looked better than the last time she had seen him and the young, blonde, and tan model like woman hanging off his arm made Flora's blood boil.


This man was her father.

"W-what the hell?" Was all she could say. He stood up, his eyes watering at how big she had gotten.

"My little Flora.." He whispered, walking over to her. He paid no mind to Andy and the glares he was giving him. "You've grown so much." He said, leaning to touch her but she jerked back.

"That tends to happen when you're gone for years." She seethed. He seemed to not be able to
form her words and pain was rising in his chest from all the hurt he'd brought his little girl.

Andy stepped in front of Flora, keeping the guy away from her. "And who are you?"

"Her boyfriend." Andy said, plainly. Flora felt like crying.


She couldn't believe this was actually happening and as she glowered at her father, she knew this was just the beginning.

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