Knives & Pens

Pandora was finally ungrounded when Ashley forgave Andy, it was now 5:30 and the band was going to start getting ready to go get something to eat before the concert tonight. The bus was driving to the restaurant they had chosen to eat at, which was a Chinese restaurant. Everyone was getting ready, Pandora stood in front of the bathroom mirror straightening her hair as she heard the others in the bunk area discussing what song to play first. Pandora laid the straighter on the counter and grabbed a rubber hair band and pulled her hair back into a pony tail, she grabbed a brush and ran it through her pony tail a few times then teased it a bit. She added some hairspray, then added a dark pink hair bow. She looked in the mirror and smiled, she turned off the light and left the bathroom and entered into the bunk area seeing all the guys ready to go.
Ashley looked at Pandora and smiled, Pandora blushed quickly.
“You look good.” Ashley told her, the others looked at her and nodded in agreement.
“I think you look cute, puppy cute.” Jinxx said, walking pass her and going into the kitchen.
“Well, that’s good I hope.” Pandora said, turning and following Ashley to the kitchen.
“Yes it is good.” Jinxx told her, Pandora smiled and took a seat at the kitchen table. Andy looked at her and decided to sit beside her, he stretched and groaned tiredly.
“When in the hell are we going to stop? I’m hungry as fuck.” Andy complained, Pandora smirked and the guys chuckled.
“Soon, I hope.” Jake said, sitting down at the table. Pandora thought for a second, then smiled when a idea came into her mind. She made sure her face was dead serious, and made sure everyone was looking at her.
“Unless, a crazy fan girl pulled the bus driver out, took over the bus and is now driving us to her house to tie us in her basement forever.” Pandora said, all the guys stared at her.
“You don’t think she’s right, do you?” Jake asked Ashley, Ashley looked at Pandora, and shook his head side to side.
“Nah, she’s just fooling around.”
“Am I?” Pandora asked seriously, raising her eyebrows. Everyone looked at her questioningly, Pandora looked back seriously then broke down into laughter. “You should have seen your faces!”
Andy pushed her playfully. “Not funny Pandora.” He said with a smirk, Pandora pushed him back.
“It was so funny.” Pandora told them, Jinxx shook his head side to side.
“Your one funny girl Pandora, I already see you as a prankster.” Jinxx told her, sitting down.
“You think? I used to prank people a lot, but I quit that job a while ago.”
Andy smiled. “Oh did you now? Well, I guess your going to have to find another prankster job because I am a master at pranking people.”
Pandora looked at him challenging, her eyebrows raised. “Oh really? Is that a challenge Andrew?”
Andy looked at her seriously. “It’s a challenge Pandora, shake hands on it?”
“Sounds good to me.”
Andy held out his hand and Pandora took it and shook his hand, the others watched the serious expression on their face.
“This might not be good for any of us.” Ashley said, leaning back against the chair and kicking his feet onto the table. Jinxx looked at his leather combat boots, then at Ashley.
“What the fuck man? Get your dirty boots out of my face.” Jinxx said, pushing his feet off the table. The minutes passed with small conversations and laughter, the fun was cut short when the bus door opened and the bus driver came in.
“Alrighty guys, we’re here. But warning you, there’s fans standing on the sidewalks screaming; Black Veil Brides, Andy, Ashley, Jake, CC, Jinxx over and over again.” The bus driver said, Andy stood up and started to walk to the door.
“Of course they are.” Andy said, the others chuckled.
“Good luck you guys.” The bus driver told them as one by one stepped off the bus, Pandora was right behind Andy and since he was so damn tall she couldn’t see what was in front of her, so she just let him lead her to the restaurant. There was so many fans screaming on the sidewalks and recording with their cameras or cell phones, police officers were keeping them sane and not letting anyone near Black Veil Brides. They were getting closer to the restaurant, Pandora heard Andy announce that over the screams. She kept her head down and held onto the back of Andy’s shirt, he let her of course. He finally reached the restaurant’s door and opened it, letting Pandora go in first and the others before he went in himself. The restaurant was filled with people, looking at Black Veil Brides. Some didn’t know who they were, so they just stared in confusion at them. But others knew who they were and was pulling out their cell phones to take pictures, the waitress stood in front of them. She was a fan of Black Veil Brides, but since she was going to be the one leading them to their table, she decided to keep calm.
“How many?” She asked, even though she could see how many they were, she still had to ask.
“Six.” Andy replied, she nodded and started to lead Black Veil Brides to a table.
“Ask her for a private table, maybe in the back.” Jinxx said, Andy nodded.
“Um, excuse ma’am. Can we have a table in the very back, please?” Andy said politely, she nodded and led them through a doorway to the back. It was quiet and there wasn’t any people at all sitting back here, they told the waitress what they wanted to drink and she left to go get them.
“Do you think they have pizza here?” Jake asked, once they were heading to the buffet.
“No, it’s a Chinese restaurant for crying out loud Jake. There isn’t no pizza here.” CC told him, Pandora chuckled and shook her head side to side. Most of the band members went on their own, but Andy followed Pandora to the salad bar.
“A salad? Your starting with a salad?” Andy asked her, Pandora nodded and grabbed a bowl.
“Yes I am, there’s nothing wrong with it.” Pandora said, Andy grabbed him a bowl and decided to get him a salad.
“Didn’t say there was anything wrong with it, I just didn’t expect you to get a salad first.” Andy said, Pandora added some carrots to her salad.
“I always have a salad first at buffets.” Pandora told him.
“That’s pretty good.” He said, she eventually got her salad done and headed back towards the table. Everyone else was sitting down and eating already, they were talking and laughing at something another said. Pandora smiled the entire time, it was fun to hang out with her favorite band.
After dinner, they headed back outside to the screaming fans. A police officer led them to the tour bus since more fans showed up while they were eating, they eventually got into the bus and closed the door. Next stop, was the concert..


It was nearly dark when they arrived at the Stadium, the bus parked behind the Stadium of course, and once again one by one of them got off the bus and headed inside. They headed back stage quickly and started to get warm up, Pandora watched with a smile on her face.
“Pandora, you get to choose the first song.” Ashley told her, she thought for a minute.
“Fallen Angels.” Pandora replied, Ashley nodded and turned to the others.
“Fallen Angels first guys.” He announced, they nodded and suddenly an employee came out of nowhere.
“Alright, Black Veil Brides we’re ready. Go on up.” He told them, they nodded and one by one they headed up stage. Pandora could hear the screams, and all the fans chanting; Black Veil Brides.
She listened to the song of Fallen Angels and sang along with them, as did everyone else. They performed for an hour so far, Pandora enjoyed listening to her favorite songs that they performed. She stood there lip singing the song Youth & Whisky, when someone tapped on her shoulder, she turned around to see a woman. Pandora seen her before, she looked very familiar. The woman smiled at her.
“You must be Pandora, I’m Sammi.” Sammi introduced herself, Pandora smiled.
“Hi Sammi, I knew you looked familiar.” Pandora said, Sammi giggled.
“How long have they been performing now?”
“Just an hour, almost two. How did you know who I was?” Pandora said, Sammi smiled.
“Jinxx told me they had a friend staying with them in the bus named Pandora, I just figured you were her.” Sammi explained, Pandora smiled.
“You figured right.” Pandora said, then smiled warmly.
As the concert continued, Pandora and Sammi talked the entire time. They were already friends, they talked about almost everything. When the concert ended, Black Veil Brides came off stage. Jinxx looked at Sammi surprised, he didn’t expect her to be here. He rushed over to her and hugged her and gave her a sweet kiss, Pandora smiled and “Aw” as he kissed her.
“Get a room!” The other guys ordered, Jinxx pulled away and flipped them off.
“What are you doing here? I didn’t know you were coming.” Jinxx said, Sammi smiled.
“That was the whole point, I wanted to surprise you.” Sammi told him, Jinxx nodded lightly.
“Well, you surprised me all right. I see you met Pandora.” Jinxx said, then looked at Pandora. Pandora smiled, Sammi looked at Pandora then back to Jinxx with a smile.
“Yes I did, and I already see us as great friends.” Sammi replied, Ashley gasped. “No! Not another Sammi!” He cried playfully, Sammi shook her head and pushed him.
She looked at Pandora. “He’s such a jerk isn’t he?”
Pandora giggled. “Sounds like it.”
Ashley rushed over to Pandora’s side and put his arm around her and pulled her into a hug. “I’m not a jerk to her, she’s mine.”
Pandora smiled and blushed when Ashley kissed the top of her head, Sammi rolled her eyes and shook her head.
“Are you so sure about that?” She asked, she looked at Ashley and Pandora then at Andy standing beside Jake chugging ice water like he hasn’t had anything to drink in a day. Andy heard what Sammi said and noticed she was looking at him, he felt awkward and pulled out his cell phone, looking for any excuse to get him away from this conversation. “I’m going to go call Juliet, I’ll be back.” He said, then walked away. Sammi watched him go outside, then looked back at Pandora and Ashley, then she looked up at Jinxx curiously.
“Come on, let’s head back to the bus.” Jinxx told them, they agreed and followed Jinxx back to the tour bus. Pandora saw Andy sitting on the sidewalk with his cell phone to his ear and a cigarette to his lips. She followed the others into the bus, Sammi and Jinxx crashed down onto the couch together and Ashley, Jake and CC sat at the kitchen table playing Poker. Pandora decided to go get a shower real quick, she entered the bunk area then into the bathroom and closed the door.
Andy hung up his cell phone after telling Juliet bye, he sat there for a few more minutes to finish the second cigarette he lit. He looked at the bus and blew out the cigarette smoke, once his cigarette was done he dropped it onto the sidewalk and stomp on it once. After that, he walked towards the bus. He opened the door and stepped onto the two steps, then entered inside. He saw Jinxx and Sammi laying on the couch together watching something boring on the TV, it wasn’t Batman, so he didn’t bother to watch it. Ashley, Jake and CC was playing Poker, he would join them but he knows Ashley cheats and he hates when he does cheat at that game. So, he just decided to go to the bunk area and lay in his bunk. He walked into the kitchen area, opened the refrigerator and grabbed a can of Mountain Dew. He cracked open the can and took a long sip, before going into the bunk area. He took off his shirt and threw it onto his bunk, he pulled out his wallet and cell phone and laid them on the nightstand. He took off his belt and laid it on the nightstand, then headed towards the bathroom. He turned the door knob and opened the door, and immediately froze. Pandora screamed and he closed the door quicker then he has ever done before.
“I’m so sorry, I should have knocked!” Andy said, he ran his fingers through his hair and walked away awkwardly. He entered the kitchen area and everyone was staring at him questioningly.
“Dude, what happen?” Jake asked, Sammi got up from the couch and headed into the bunk area to check on Pandora.
“I opened the door, and Pandora was standing there in her bra and underwear.” Andy replied, still shocked. The guys were quiet for a minute, then started to laugh.
“Why didn’t you knock?” Jake asked, Andy leaned up against the sink and shook his head side to side.
“I don’t know, I didn’t think she was in there.” Andy said.
“You probably gave her a mini heart attack, Biersack.” Jinxx said, Andy shook his head up and down as a ‘Yeah’.
Sammi came back into the kitchen area with a smile, Andy looked at her.
“What did she say?” Ashley asked.
“She just said Andy walked in on her, she said it gave her a heart attack.” Sammi replied, Andy swallowed hard and suddenly Pandora entered the kitchen area in her pajamas.
“Pandora, I’m sorry.” Andy apologized, Pandora smiled and that made Andy smile.
“It’s okay, I should have locked the door.” Pandora said.
“No, I should have knocked first.”
“Yeah, but I still should have locked the door. So it’s partly my fault, it’s cool though.” Pandora told him.
“No it’s not your fault, it’s mine.”
Pandora smiled and Andy smiled.
“We should both take blame.” Pandora insisted, Andy nodded.
“I agree.”
Pandora nodded and walked into the living room, Ashley, CC and Jake looked at Andy with an evil smirk.
“Did you like what you saw?” Ashley mumbled, Andy slapped him on the back of the head while heading for the couch.
“OW!” Ashley hissed, Andy took a seat on the couch a few feet away from Pandora. They were watching AMC, some random movie they never seen before was playing. But it eventually ended, and what was coming on next was The Walking Dead. Pandora shouted ‘Yes’ in joy, everyone looked at her confused.
“The Walking Dead is coming on! I love that show!” Pandora said, grabbing the remote and turning up the volume. All seven of them ended up watching The Walking Dead until 1:30 that night…

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