Knives & Pens

Andy had no idea what Juliet wanted to talk about that was so serious, he didn’t even want to talk to her, he was having a great night and now she was going to ruin it. Pandora looked at Andy, seeing him staring at his phone’s screen, she got worried quickly.
“Andy, are you okay?” Pandora asked, Andy looked at her then back to his phone. He laid the phone down on the seat, he gripped the steering wheel with his right hand and backed out of the driveway.
“Yeah I’m fine, I was just reading a text and thinking.” Andy replied, he started to drive down the street, his mind still thinking about what Juliet wanted to talk about. It wasn’t long until Andy stopped at a gas station to get a drink and a pack of cigarettes, he parked near the door and turned off the engine.
“Want anything?” Andy asked Pandora, she looked at him.
“A cherry Dr. Pepper?” Pandora said, Andy nodded and got out of the mustang and headed inside the Shells gas station. He had forgot to put on his hoodie and sunglasses, so now anybody could recognize him.
The gas station was empty, only the cashier and Andy was there. Andy headed to the coolers, he opened the door and grabbed two cherry Dr. Peppers, he closed the door and that’s when his cell phone started to ring again, he stopped in his tracks and pulled his cell phone out seeing it was another text from Juliet.
He sighed, knowing she will not leave him alone tonight. He unlocked his phone, and started to type back to Juliet’s text message.


Juliet: Andy please! We really, really, really need to talk!


Andy: What the hell do you want Juliet??!!



Andy pushed his phone back into his back pocket and approached the counter, he put the drinks on the counter and pulled out his wallet.
“Anything else?” The male asked, after ringing up the drinks and looking at Andy.
“Yeah, two packs of Marlboro reds.” Andy told him, he figured if Juliet would be talking to him tonight he’ll smoke half a pack or the whole pack.
“Aren’t you from that band? Black veil brides?” The male asked, ringing up the cigarettes, Andy nodded and paid with his card.
“Yeah I am.”
“My cousin is a huge fan, she’ll freak out when I tell her came into the gas station tonight.” He said, Andy smiled, grabbing the paper bag.
“Probably will, take care.” Andy said and walked away, his phone was ringing when he walked back to the mustang, but he didn’t dare to look at it until he got into the mustang.
“You look frustrated.” Pandora said, taking the paper bag from him and pulling her Dr. Pepper out.
“I am a little.” Andy replied, starting the engine.
“Thanks for the drink, and do you want to talk about it?” Pandora said, watching Andy read a text.



Juliet: Can we just talk without you having an attitude with me, please?


Andy: Give me one fantastic reason why I shouldn’t give you an attitude.



Andy put the phone down and backed out his parking spot and took off driving again.
“Juliet is texting me.” Andy told Pandora, Pandora looked at him questioningly.
“Uh, why?”
“I have no idea! She just said it’s serious and we need to talk, probably just looking for a excuse to talk to me.” Andy replied, Pandora nodded.
“I was about to say that.”
Andy chuckled softly. “Sounds like we think alike.”
Before Pandora could say anything back, his cell phone started to ring. Andy sighed and reached into the paper bag and pulled out his pack of cigarettes, after lighting a cigarette and sticking it into his mouth he begin reading the text.


Juliet: Andy please, I know a made a huge mistake, it was a mistake. I shouldn’t have done it, I don’t even like him, I like you, I love you. Just give me another chance please, we can work this out.


Andy: Why should I give you another chance?




The mustang came to a stop at a red light, Pandora knew he was frustrated and she decided to try to make him feel a little bit better, and maybe even get his mind off of whatever him and Juliet was talking about.
“Did you know some people say your voice is so deep because you smoke?” Pandora said, Andy looked at her and chuckled.
“I have been told that, I should quit. But I’m not going to.” Andy said, blowing out smoke. Pandora giggled and looked at the red light, still seeing it was red.
“What is wrong with this light?” She asked, Andy shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s always been like this, nobody decided to fix it. It will change in a few minutes hopefully.”
Finally the red light turned green, Andy stepped on the gas and started to drive forward. They were in the middle of the road now, not even making it to the other side where they were supposed to go yet. Pandora looked over at Andy’s side, and saw a car heading right towards them, not even stopping.
“Andy!” Pandora screamed, before Andy could do anything, the truck ran right into the driver side door. The mustang started to spin, and Andy let go of the wheel after the impact. The first thing that entered Andy’s mind was to hold Pandora down as the mustang headed for the guardrail head on, Andy’s hand snapped over to Pandora’s side and he gripped her arm, holding it tight as soon as the mustang smashed into the guardrail and flipped, Andy was thrown against the steering wheel (if he wasn’t wearing a seat belt, he could have went through the windshield) and lost conscious….

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