Knives & Pens

Andy walked into Pandora’s hospital room and saw her standing up, she was out of the hospital gown and she was finally ready to come home. She still had her wrist bandaged up, the doctors told her she could take them off in two weeks. Pandora looked at Andy standing in the door way with a smile on his face, Pandora smiled.
“What’s up?”
Andy shook his head side to side. “Nothing, you ready?”
Pandora put on her leather jacket and nodded, grabbing her cell phone too. “Yep, I’m so glad to be leaving this place.” Pandora said, they walked down the bright hallway side by side.
“I would be too, I hate hospitals and creepy doctors.” Andy said, Pandora followed him into the elevator.
“I know! I hate elevators too.”
Andy laughed and hit the button to the first floor. “Why do you hate elevators?”
“Because they could break down and I’ll stuck for hours, I don’t do well in tight spaces.” Pandora replied, Andy chuckled.
“That would be hilarious, I would love to see your reaction if you were stuck in a elevator.” Andy said.
“No it wouldn’t be!” Pandora said, Andy laughed. The elevator stopped at the second floor and let four people in, then headed for the first floor. Pandora saw the red number turned to 1, the steel doors opened and Andy led Pandora out of the elevator, into the lobby and finally outside. The sun was shining bright, which did hurt Pandora’s eyes. It was very warm, Pandora pulled off her jacket and carried it over her arm. Andy led her to another elevator, it was small, only fit for four people and to Pandora it looked like it could crash any minute. Andy hit the down button where the parking garage was and there was only two options; up or down.
“What if I started jumping up and down, and the elevator stopped?” Andy asked with a smile.
“Don’t do that!” Pandora told him fearfully.
“Aw, come on! If we crash batman will save us.”
Pandora looked at him with her eyebrows raised. “How would batman save us if we’re in a elevator?”
“Batman is very awesome and intelligent, he’ll find a way.” Andy replied, Pandora laughed and finally they were walking through the parking garage to Andy’s mustang.
“I have a surprise for you at the house.” Andy told her once they were in the mustang, Pandora looked at him.
“Really, what is it?”
“Actually two surprises, and you’ll see.” Andy told her…



“Why can’t you tell me?” Pandora pouted as Andy drove, since they left the parking garage at the hospital she’s been trying to get him to tell her the surprise, but he was difficult to break.
“Because it will ruin the surprise!” Andy told her with a big smile.
“I hate surprises!” Pandora said.
“Now, why do you hate surprises?”
“Because I like to know things.” Pandora replied, Andy laughed and shook his head.
“We’re almost home, you can wait till then.”
“No I can’t!” Pandora protested, Andy laughed again.
“I think you can, hey look, we’re in the neighborhood now. We’re close.” Andy said, Pandora looked at him seriously.
“Drive faster Andy!” She demanded.
“What, why?”
“So we can get to the house faster so I can know what the surprise is sooner!” Pandora said.
“I can’t! The speed limit through here is teen, we’re almost there, calm down!”
Pandora sighed, thinking of a way to get him to go faster.
“Batman would go faster.” Pandora said seriously, Andy smiled.
“Girl, I am batman, and I say I’m not breaking the speed limit.”
“But Andrew!”
“Don’t call me by my full name Pandora!” Andy yelled, Pandora laughed.
Finally they reached the two story white house, Pandora grabbed her jacket and rushed out of the mustang and ran up the porch steps through the front door. Andy chuckled and followed after her, this was hilarious.
“Where is my surprise?!” Pandora yelled once Andy entered inside, he closed the door and smiled, looking at her standing in front of the staircase with her hands on her hips.
“In the living room hyper bunny.” Andy replied, her green eyes lit and she ran into the living room excitedly, Andy followed. Pandora looked at the couch, then turned towards Andy after seeing her ‘surprise’.
“You got me a girl?” Pandora asked in disappointment, Andy approached the girl on the couch who was Juliet Simms. “That’s my surprise? A girl?”
Andy chuckled. “One of your surprises, I did say two surprises. Pandora this is my girlfriend Juliet, Juliet this is my best friend Pandora.”
Pandora waved her hand as a “Hi”, she was trying to be polite and respect towards Juliet, since this is Andy’s house, but she was really excited and curious about her surprise and not excited over Juliet.
“What’s the other surprise!?” Pandora asked, Andy smiled, he decided she should know now.
“Okay, come on hyper bunny, I’ll show you.” Andy said, Pandora and Juliet followed him to the garage. It was pitch black, Pandora couldn’t see anything, but Andy and Juliet knew what she was about to see.
Andy flipped on the light switch and Pandora screamed, there sat a parked red, shiny, Ford mustang. Tears of happiness struck Pandora’s eyes, she couldn’t believe it, she didn’t expect it. She hugged Andy unexpectedly, almost knocking him down.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!” Pandora said, Andy smiled.
“You’re very welcome, I figured you’d like it and you deserve it.”
Pandora pulled away and wiped her tears. “I’ll repay you every dime when I can.”
“oh hell no! It’s okay, I have it handled, the payment all that.” Andy said.
“Thank you Andy, it means so much. But I don’t have a license.” Pandora said, Andy smiled.
“Not yet, I’m taking you this weekend.”
“Oh my god, are you freaking serious!?” Pandora said, Juliet giggled, leaning in the doorway and watching Pandora have her excitement fit.
“I am one-thousand percent serious!”
Pandora looked at the mustang speechless, Andy smiled and reached down his pocket and pulled out the keys. He tossed it to her and she caught it easily, she looked at him.
“Check it out.” He said, she smiled and rushed over to the driver seat. It had black seats, a black dash, black carpet. A smile was on Pandora’s face the entire time as she looked through her new mustang, she never had a car before, and Andy getting her one meant a lot to her. She closed the door and hugged him one more time, he chuckled and hugged her back.
“This is the best surprise ever, thank you so much.” Pandora said, Andy smiled and pulled away.
“No problem Pandora.”

Pandora sat on the couch once they were back in the living room, she could imagine herself driving down the highway in that awesome mustang. She was snapped out of her thoughts when Andy started to call her name, she jumped and looked at him.
“I’m going to go get a shower, you’ll be fine right?” Andy asked, a little bit of concern on his face. Pandora knew he’s always going to be afraid to leave her alone now, she smiled at him and nodded.
“I’ll be okay, promise.” Pandora said, Andy nodded and headed upstairs. She realized Juliet was still sitting in the recliner, barely watching TV and more like watching Pandora. Pandora swallowed hard, and felt apprehensive, wondering why Juliet was watching her like that.
“So, how old are you Pandora?” Juliet said, trying to start a conversation with her.
“Eighteen.” Pandora replied, Juliet nodded slightly.
“You still in High School?” Juliet asked, Pandora shook her head side to side.
“No, I basically dropped out.” Pandora replied.
“Andy told me about your parents and stuff, I’m sorry to hear that.” Juliet said, Pandora nodded and bit her bottom lip.
“Yeah, but it’s okay.”
“So, you are a Black Veil Brides fan?” Juliet asked, Pandora nodded and her eyes lit.
“Oh yeah definitely, I am a Black Veil Brides Army member forever.” Pandora replied, Juliet smiled.
“Same here.” Juliet said, Pandora noticed the tattoo on Juliet’s hand that said White Rabbit.
Pandora was curious, wondering why she had that tattooed on her hand. “What does that tattoo mean?” Pandora asked, Juliet looked at her and then at her hand.
“Oh, that’s my nickname for Andy.” Juliet replied with a smile, Pandora started to think, then she remembered seeing Dragonfly tattooed on Andy’s hand. She swallowed hard, and started to think maybe Juliet and Andy was closer than she thought.
“That’s cool.” Pandora said, Juliet nodded.
“Yeah my nickname for him is White Rabbit and his nickname for me is Dragonfly.” Juliet said, Pandora nodded and smiled.
“Yeah I saw that tattoo on him.”
Suddenly Andy appeared, his hair was still wet but it didn’t bother him. He took a seat beside Juliet and put his arm around her, Juliet smiled and Pandora felt absolutely awkward.
“What are we talking about?” Andy asked, Juliet smiled.
“My tattoos.” Juliet replied, he looked at Pandora and smiled.
“I didn’t know you were into tattoos?”
Pandora laughed. “Well hell yeah, tattoos are awesome!”
Andy smiled. “Are my tattoos awesome?”
Pandora smiled, and Juliet giggled. “Yes Andrew, your tattoos are awesome.”
“I said not to call me by my full name!” Andy said, Pandora laughed and stuck her tongue out at him childishly. Andy stuck his tongue out back, Pandora grabbed a pillow and slapped him with it.
“Don’t stick your tongue out at me, that’s rude!” Pandora said, Andy shook his head side to side.
“I can stick my tongue out all I want, it’s my house!”
Pandora looked at him evilly and Andy stared at her.
“Staring contest!!” They both yelled, they got closer and stared at each other. Juliet laughed and watched, Pandora was winning. Finally Andy broke, and Pandora laughed at him.
“Not fair, you cheated!” Andy protested, Pandora rolled her eyes.
“Boy please, I don’t have to cheat to beat you at things.” Pandora said, she snapped her fingers and he laughed.
“Oh girl please, that’s bull.”
“What is up with this girl and boy thing you two got going on?” Juliet asked, Andy looked at her.
“Girl please, you just jealous.” Andy said.
Pandora snapped her fingers and started to talk in a high pitch voice, trying to sound cool. “Boy, you did not say that.”
Andy laughed and tried to talk in the same voice as Pandora, but failed epically. Juliet and Pandora died laughing at Andy’s high pitch voice, it was funny to hear. Andy was turning red in embarrassment, but the red quickly faded.


It was around eight thirty, Pandora was sitting outside on the porch swing enjoying the cool air of the night. She could hear cars passing by, or even nearby. She was in her pajamas, and she was alone. She was almost asleep when she heard the door open and Andy stepped outside, he saw her sitting on the swing and decided to join her. She saw he was in his batman pajamas, batman sweat pants and just a tank top. He sat down beside her, and she smiled.
“What’s up?” He asked her, she shrugged her shoulders.
“Nothing, just sitting here.”
“Why are you sitting outside and not inside?” Andy asked, Pandora looked at him and he looked down, turning red.
“Oh, I’m sorry.” He said, wanting to laugh, but decided not to. Pandora smiled and looked back at the street, her eyes fell onto her wrist and she looked at the bandage.
“Besides, it’s warm outside and I like the dark.” Pandora said, looking up at the black sky and seeing the moon shining bright.
“Yeah I agree, not a bad night to be outside.” Andy told her, she nodded and yawned.
“Do you think my parents will leave me alone now?” Pandora asked him, he nodded.
“Surely they understand you don’t want them around you anymore.” Andy said, Pandora looked down.
“I hope so.” She mumbled, he pushed her lightly, trying to cheer her up and get her mind off of it.
“What do you think about Juliet?” Andy asked, Pandora nodded.
“She seems cool.” Pandora replied, Andy chuckled.
“That’s it? She just seems cool?” Andy said, Pandora giggled.
“What am I suppose to say? I barely know her Andrew.” Pandora replied, Andy look at her.
“Quit calling me Andrew!”
“Or what, whatcha gonna do?” Pandora asked challenging, Andy looked at her, thinking of what he could do. He stood up and picked her up, slinging her over his shoulder and spinning around.
“Put me down!” Pandora demanded.
“Not until you promise you’ll stop calling me Andrew!” Andy said, she screamed.
“Andy!!”
Andy laughed and decided to put her down, she looked at him, trying to be serious and not laugh. “That was so not cool.”
Andy crossed his arms. “I thought it was cool.”
Pandora sat back down on the swing so she doesn’t fall over, Andy chuckled and joined her.
“Of course you did, your so mean.” Pandora said, Andy stuck out his bottom lip.
“Aw, I’m not mean, I’m sorry.” Andy said, he hugged her.
Pandora hugged back, it was impossible not to hug Andy, even if you were mad at him.
“It’s okay I guess.” Pandora said and giggled, Andy smiled and soon they went quiet for a few seconds.
“Pandora I want your opinion on something.” Andy said rubbing his hands together apprehensively.
“Sure, what is it?” Pandora asked, turning her head towards him.
“I think I want to marry Juliet.” Andy said looking down, Pandora bit her bottom lip, and smiled softly.
“What do you mean by you think?”
“Well, I don’t want to get married if few months down the road she wants to get a divorce if we’re both busy with our bands and hardly see each other.” Andy said, Pandora understood that, but she honestly didn’t know what to say since she never really been in this situation before.
“I understand that, but I honestly don’t know what to tell you, but if your happy with her and want to marry her, go for it. But if you think you won’t be happen in a few months and don’t think it would work out, don’t do it.”
Andy looked at her and smiled. “What would you do?”
“Honestly, I’d wait longer.” Pandora replied, Andy smiled and nodded.
“Thanks Pandora, you’re a good friend.”
Pandora smiled. “You are too.”
“Let’s head back inside and watch a movie or something.” Andy said and stood up, he stretched his arms over his head and yawned. Pandora followed him inside and into the living room, Juliet was sitting on the couch on her phone, she smiled big when she saw Andy.
They decided to watch Paranormal Activity, Pandora was sitting alone on the second couch while Juliet and Andy cuddled on the first couch. Halfway through the movie Andy was asleep and Juliet was asleep on his chest, Pandora was barely watching the movie since she seen it before, she was too busy texting Sammi. Sammi gave Pandora her number when Pandora was still in the hospital, since then they been texting a lot to each other.

Sammi: What do you think about Juliet?

Pandora: She seems cool.

Sammi: I said the same thing when I met her.

Pandora: I mean if I don’t like her there’s nothing I can do. Andy is in love with her, I can’t tell Andy to dump her because I don’t like her. What kind of friend is that?

Sammi: You sure about that?

Pandora: About what?

Sammi: Andy being in love with Juliet.

Pandora: Yeah, why?

Sammi: Probably be better if we spoke about that on the phone or in person, I’ll call you tomorrow. But I got to go get some sleep, you should too. Goodnight :)



Pandora didn’t reply back, she laid there for a few minutes wondering what Sammi meant. She got up and decided to go to bed, it was almost one anyways and she was extremely tired. When she got in the bed she fell to sleep quickly…

Andy woke up on the couch, he didn’t remember falling asleep and honestly didn’t remember why he was on the couch anyways. He looked at the TV and saw the menu of Paranormal Activity, then he remembered. He looked at the second couch and didn’t see Pandora, he panicked. He didn’t realize Juliet was asleep on his back, when he jumped up Juliet fell onto the floor.
“I’m so sorry!” Andy apologized, trying not to laugh.
“It’s okay, what’s wrong?” Juliet said, getting to her feet.
“Pandora, she’s not on the couch and she was before we fell to sleep.”
“Andy calm down, I bet she’s fine.” Juliet said, she approached Andy and looked into his eyes seriously.
“No, you don’t understand! Last time she was alone, she had cut herself too deep Juliet.” Andy said.
“Andy, I bet she’s up in her bedroom asleep.” Juliet insisted, Andy didn’t say anything else, he took off upstairs and ran down the hallway to Pandora’s bedroom. He opened the door, and saw Pandora standing in front of the mirror on the dresser straightening her hair. Andy sighed in relief.
“Good morning.” Andy greeted, trying not to show he was worried about her and was panicking to find her.
“Morning, sleep good?” Pandora said, Andy nodded.
“Yes I did, I’ll leave you to do that.” Andy said, Pandora nodded and he closed the door. Juliet was standing behind him with her hands on her hips, and with the -told-you-so look on her face.
“She’s okay isn’t she?” Juliet asked, Andy grinned.
“Yeah she’s fine.”
“See, you need to listen to me more often.” Juliet said, Andy laughed sarcastically as he headed downstairs…

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