Higher Than Heaven

FWD Two Weeks.

Annabel

It’s hard to believe Andy and I are really done. Neither one of us have mentioned anything online so I’m sure the fans still think we’re together. For now that’s a good thing. I don’t think any of us want unwanted attention brought to ourselves at this point.

The last two weeks, the band and I have been filming scenes for our video for Break In. The flashback scenes were fun, but today we’re finally finishing the filming with the piano scene. It’s going to suck because it’s going to be extremely emotional for me. This is going to be a long day.

“Anna you look so pretty.” Carrie says as I walk out of the dressing room. The smile that is on her lips quickly curves into a frown. “You ok sweetie?”

“I broke up with the love of my life two weeks ago and now I’m doing the video for his song.” I snap at her. “How do you think I feel?” She sighs before pulling me into a hug just as I start crying. “Fuck this isn’t waterproof either.” Carrie just chuckles as she pulls away.

“You’ll be fine.” She tells me. “You don’t need him, he’s only caused you heartache.” I just shoot her a weak smile as Ashley and CC walk up to us.

“You ok baby girl?” Ashley asks me as he pulls me into a hug.

“As well as I’m going to be.” I reply before burying my face into his chest.

“Come on, let’s get your make up fixed then head out on set.” Ashley softly says before kissing the top of my head. “You’ve got a music video to shoot.”

“Fun.” I mutter as we head back into the dressing room so I can get my make-up fixed.

**

As soon as the director yells ‘CUT!’, I break down crying. I’ve been keeping in my true feeling in all down and now; now I’m exhausted. I need to break down.

One by one, everyone that is in the room comes running over towards me. Ashley is the first to get me. I wrap my arms around him as he pulls me into a hug. I bury my face in his chest and break down sobbing. It’s an ugly sob filled with more emotion than I can even portray. “Go get changed and we’ll go get something to get and a drink.” Ashley says as she helps me up. I just nod before ripping my arm from his grasp and head back into the dressing room to get changed into my street clothing.

**

As we’re all walking out of the studio, I see Juliet Simms walking towards us. She shoots me a sympathetic smile. “Hey Annabel.” She sweetly says. “Can we talk; girl to girl?”

“What do you want Juliet?” I tiredly ask. I’m not in the mood to deal with ex-girlfriend issues.

“I just want to talk to you.” She sincerely says. I just sigh before both of us walk away from my entourage.

When we get far enough away, I stop and look at her. “What do you need to talk about?”

“I know about that text message you got in the bridal store.” She bluntly says. “I’m the one that sent it to you.” I just stare at her wide eyed and mouth ajar. “Automatic Loveletter was the other band. Andy didn’t tell you for the same reason he never told me you guys dated; it would have been awkward with unneeded yelling.”

“You took the picture?” I ask, uninterested in the fact they toured together.

“Our merch girl and Andy were drunk when they ventured off the BVB bus.” She explains. “I followed them to make sure they were ok. I remember the night you drove Andy home when he had to much to drink and wanted to return the offer.” She says, shooting me a weak smile. “But when I got out there, they were kissing. I snapped the picture before following them quietly onto our bus. You don’t need me to tell you what I found. I sent a text to Ashley and he came charging. He nearly kicked the shit out of Andy when he caught them. It took nearly all of us to pull him off of Andy.” I can’t help but to smile at the thought of Ashley beating Andy to a pulp. “Look, I know we had our differences but I’m truly sorry about you and Andy. I would love it if we can start over.”

“I’m grateful you looked out for me, even if you have every reason to hate me.” I tell her. “I would love if we can start over.” She smiles before pulling me into a sincere hug. This isn’t her getting back at me. She’s truly looking out for me.

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