Knives & Pens

Pandora didn’t know where she was about this time, she’s been passing through towns not even stopping to check where she was. As she walked down a sidewalk she saw the sun rising, she couldn’t believe she walked all night without stopping to sleep anywhere. Pandora pulled her phone out of her pocket and checked the time; 6:15 AM. She had six miss calls from her parents, but she didn’t answer a single phone call from them. Pandora thought about calling Andy, but decided not to, she didn’t want to worry him that she ran away and she had no frigging clue where she was at this moment. He was touring, enjoying it, Pandora didn’t want to ruin that. She kept on walking, several cars was passing, going to work. Not bothering to stop and wonder where a random girl on the sidewalk with a back pack was going, not even letting it go through their minds. She eventually got hungry at eleven and decided to stop at IHOP, she ordered regular pancakes and some eggs and bacon. As she was eating her breakfast she heard some man behind her talking to a woman about heading towards Idaho, they look like they were traveling, so Pandora figured they knew where they were at.
“Uh, excuse me.” Pandora said awkwardly, the man and woman looked at her.
“Yes?”
“Sorry to bother, but this may sound like a strange question. But where are we?” Pandora said.
“San Francisco, sweetie.” The woman replied, Pandora was shocked. She couldn’t believe she made it that far.
“Okay, thanks.” She turned back around to her table and felt her phone vibrating, a text message from her mother.

Gail: Please come home Pandora.


Pandora sighed and put her phone back into her pocket and continued to eat, she wasn’t coming home. She was done there, done with them.....






Black Veil Brides arrived in San Francisco to perform two nights, then they’ll leave again. The guys was in the tour bus messing around that afternoon but Andy was mostly on his cell phone texting Juliet as the others argued over what they were going to have for lunch.
“I want pizza!” Jake hissed over Ashley, CC, and Jinxx.
“You always want pizza!” Jinxx hissed, Jake shrugged.
“Pizza is good!”
“I don’t want pizza Jake!” Jinxx hissed back, Jake rolled his eyes.
“Well what do you want?” Ashley asked, Jinxx shrugged.
“Anything but pizza.”
The four started to argue again at the same time, Andy finally had enough and got up from the couch and walked over to the four.
“Hey!” Andy yelled, the four went quiet immediately. “We’re going to have to make a choice, the bus is going to stop in a few minutes and we still have no damn idea where we’re going to go eat at. So, here’s what we’ll do. Jake, we’ll stop at a pizza restaurant and you can get a pizza to go. So, that way you’ll be happy. And the rest of us can get whatever we want. Okay?”
Jinxx nodded. “Sounds good to me.”
The others agreed and Andy sighed in relief. “Good, problem is solved.”
The bus stopped, and the five guys headed off the bus with sunglasses on and hoods up, they stopped at Pizza Hut so Jake can order him a medium size pepperoni. Then they headed towards a fast food restaurant and the other four ordered them a hamburger. They sat outside on a picnic table and ate their lunch, enjoying their lunch with small talk.
“Have you talked to Pandora?” Ashley asked Andy, Andy shook his head side to side.
“No, not for a while. I should call her though.” Andy said, Ashley nodded.
“I think you should.”
Andy nodded and pulled out this cell phone, he dialed Pandora’s cell phone number and put the phone to his ear, listening to the dial tone. She picked up on the third ring.
“Hello?”
“Hey, what’s up?” Andy said, the guys looked at him with a smirk on their faces.
“Nothing much, just walking. What’s up with you?” Pandora said, she had already left the Café a few hours ago and started to continue her walk again.
“Eating lunch. Guess where we’re at.” Andy said, Pandora thought for the longest time.
“I’m guessing somewhere I wish I could visit right?” Pandora said, Andy laughed.
“Well, you could come here some day. San Francisco.” Andy said, when Andy said San Francisco, Pandora froze on the sidewalk in thought.
“Really, your really in San Francisco?”
“I wouldn’t lie Pandora,” Andy joked, the guys chuckled and Pandora heard it in the background. Andy noticed something in her voice when she said; “Really, your really in San Francisco?” it made Andy curious. “But why did you sound so shocked and worried?”
Pandora went quiet, she couldn’t decide if she should tell him or not.
“Oh, it was nothing.” Pandora replied and started to walk again, Andy knew she was lying, the way her voice sounded told him she was.
“You know you can tell me.” Andy said, getting up from the picnic table and walking away a little bit. Ashley sighed.
“Why does he do that?” Ashley asked, Jinxx looked at Andy curiously.
“I’m guessing something is going on, and he doesn’t want us to know until he knows.”
Ashley nodded and took a bite of a fry.
Pandora hesitated, still deciding on weather to tell him or not. She sighed heavily and decided to tell him. “I ran away from home.”
Andy’s eyes widen in shocked, but then he got worried, but then angry at the same time. “You ran away? Pandora! What are you thinking? You could have gotten lost, or gotten kidnapped, something bad could have happened to you Pandora!”
Pandora sighed, she knew he would freak out. “I’m sorry Andy, but I didn’t want to be there anymore.”
Andy ran his fingers through his hair, which he done when he was nervous. “You could have called me Pandora and told me, I would have come picked you up and took you on tour with us. Anything to keep you from running away by yourself.”
Pandora felt ashamed, and embarrassed. But she didn’t want to call him and complain about her life at home. “I’m sorry Andy.”
Andy was quiet for a few minutes, trying to decide what to do.
“Where are you?”
Pandora shrugged, even though he couldn’t see it. “I have no clue, I’m somewhere in San Francisco.”
“Okay, well. Describe what you see around you.”
Pandora looked around, taking in all the detail. “Okay I see a Pizza Hut, a McDonalds---”
Andy interrupted her. “I know where your at, just stay right there. I’m coming to get you. Do Not Move!” He said, he stayed on the phone with her and headed across the street. He was standing right in front of the Pizza Hut that Pandora saw, and when he saw her standing on the sidewalk a few feet down the road he hung up and ran towards her. He grabbed her and pulled her into a hug, she almost screamed since he surprised her, but she held the scream when she smelled the cologne and smoke of cigarettes on him.
“I can’t believe you ran away,” Andy pulled her back and looked into her eyes. “What in the hell were you thinking Pandora?” He couldn’t be mad at her, when he saw tears boiling in her eyes, he melted and hugged her again. “I’m glad your okay.”
Pandora pulled back and looked at him, she couldn’t tell if he was mad, worried, shocked, or sad. His expression was blank to Pandora.
“Sorry Andy.” Pandora said, Andy laughed.
“No need to apologize Pandora. Come on.”
Pandora followed him back to the picnic table, and the guys jaw almost dropped in shock.
“What the hell? Where did you come from?” Jake asked Pandora, Pandora laughed and pointed down the road.
“I came from there.” Pandora replied. She sat next to Andy, not sure what was going to happen next. She listened to the guys talk and laugh, but she kept thinking if Andy was going to take her back home right after lunch.
Andy got up from the picnic table and stretched his arms over his head, he yawned tiredly and looked at Pandora. He got done stretching and sat down on the table in front of her, she looked up at him with a smile.
“What are we going to do with you?” He asked, Pandora smiled and shrugged.
“I don’t know.”
“Neither do I,” Andy replied, she smiled and he grinned. “Okay, you know what. I won’t take you home for now, would you like to go on tour with us Pandora?”
Pandora got up from her seat and hugged him tight, repeating “Thank you” over and over. Andy smiled and hugged her back, even though she almost knocked him off the table. He thought it was funny. She pulled away, embarrassed about her inner Fan girl.
“I mean, cool.” Pandora said, trying to recover. The guys laughed.
“Too late Pandora, you already showed you’re a fan girl.” CC said, Pandora sighed.
“Well damn it!”
Andy smiled and shook his head side to side. “Alright fan girl, let’s get back to the bus before more fan girls realize it’s us.” Andy said, Pandora followed them back to the black and silver tour bus. Ashley led her inside the bus and turned around, opening his arms wide.
“Welcome to the Black Veil Brides tour bus!” Ashley said, the guys chuckled and shook their heads side to side. “I am Ashley Purdy, and I will be giving you the tour of the bus. Please don’t touch anything, or take anything. ‘Cause I will be checking you before you leave this bus.” Ashley said, Pandora laughed. He turned around and showed her the living room, with two black couches and gray carpeting. “This is the living room area, where we mostly stay at.” Ashley told her, Pandora nodded.
“Very awesome.” Pandora said, Andy laughed.
“Ash, is this really necessary?”
“Yes Andy it is necessary,” Ashley replied so seriously, Pandora giggled and he led her into the kitchen area. “This is the kitchen, this is honestly my favorite area throughout the bus.”
Pandora nodded, then followed Ashley through a curtain doorway, where the bunks were.
“This is where we sleep, it’s not very comfortable. But it’s better than sleeping in the floor.” Ashley told her, Pandora nodded agreeing with him.
He showed her throughout there, then led her back to the living room area.
“Now that is the end of our tour, thank you for coming to the tour of the Black Veil Brides bus. That will be one thousand dollars.”
Pandora laughed, seeing him holding his palm out for the money. Pandora gave him a high five, then headed over towards Andy on the couch.
“Keep the change.” Pandora told him, everyone laughed, even Ashley. Pandora smiled, she didn’t think anything could go wrong now… Could it?…

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