Knives & Pens

~Three days until Christmas!~

Andy awoke on a Sunday morning at 11AM, he was up wrapping Pandora’s presents until 2AM. Christmas was in three days, so he was in a hurry to finish his Christmas shopping. Andy lay in his bed, too lazy to get up, too comfortable and too warm to leave. He was shirtless too, which was probably why he feared getting up from the warm blankets. He always slept shirtless, he didn’t know why though. He heard the vibration from his cell phone on the nightstand, he groaned and reached for the phone, feeling the coolness on his fingertips. He gripped the phone, and looked to see who was calling him at 11:31 AM on a Sunday morning. Of course, it was Juliet. Andy thought for a minute, then answered the phone.
“Hello?”
“Hey, did I wake you up?” Juliet said, Andy ran his fingers through his hair and closed his eyes.
“No, I been up for a little bit. What’s up?”
“I was wondering, if I could..” Juliet paused for a minute, Andy waited for her to finsh but he thought she never would for a split second. “If I could stay with you for a little while?”
Andy went silent, he was thinking then he sighed.
“Yeah, I’ll get the guest bedroom ready for you.” Andy replied, Juliet smiled even though Andy couldn’t see it.
“Thank you very much!” Juliet said, Andy lifted up.
“You coming today?” Andy asked, climbing out of the bed and walking to the bathroom.
“Yeah, I’ll be there sometime this afternoon. I don’t have an exact time.”
Andy nodded and looked in the bathroom mirror, he ran his fingers through his hair again, and made a face. He needed a shower.
“Alright that’s fine, see you in a bit.” Andy said.
“Bye.” The phone call ended and Andy turned on the sink, he shook his head side to side in thought.
‘Andy, your such a fucking idiot!’ He thought to himself, grabbing his toothbrush and begin brushing his teeth.




“What?! Are you going insane?!” Pandora hissed at Andy after he told her he was going to let Juliet stay with them for a little while, he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.
“Honestly yes, I just agreed to it, I told her she could and I can’t change my mind now.” Andy told her, she crossed her arms over her chest.
“I cannot believe you, after what she did to you, your letting her back into your house?!”
“Pandora she’s pregnant with my child!” Andy hissed, getting frustrated now. Pandora looked at him seriously, her eyebrows raised.
“Are you sure about that?”
Andy bit his bottom lip and stared at Pandora, unable to get an answer out. He sighed and looked down at the ground, he was stressed out. Pandora looked at him and uncrossed her arms and approached him, she looked at him and lifted his head to look at her.
“I’m sorry..”
“It’s okay, I’m just stressed out.” Andy said, Pandora smiled and he smiled a weak smile.
“It’ll get better.”
“I hope so, will you do me a favor?” Andy said, Pandora nodded.
“Go make sure the guest bedroom is all ready for her when she gets here, she should be on her way now.”
Pandora nodded and removed her hands from Andy’s cheeks and walked past him, she headed upstairs and down the hallway, heading towards the end of the hallway to the guest bedroom. She opened the white closed door, and revealed a nice bedroom. She opened the curtains, letting the sunshine pour in the room, making the room brighter. She looked out the window, looking at the bright blue sky she adores to see when she heard something behind her. Pandora whipped around, seeing the closet door cracked open. She swallowed hard, and stared at the door.
“Andy?” Pandora called, no answer. She slowly started to approach the closet, and gripped the cool door knob. She jerked the closet door opened and saw it was empty, she sighed and closed the door, feeling stupid for actually thinking someone or something was inside of there. But then something gripped her waist, she screamed and jumped, turning around and backing up against the wall, seeing Ashley standing in front of her with a huge smile on his face.
“Oh my god Ashley!” Pandora hissed, slapping his arm, he begin laughing then the others entered the room.
“I’m sorry! I couldn’t resist.” Ashley protested, Andy was laughing along with the others.
“That was not funny! You almost gave me a heart attack!” Pandora said, Ashley smiled and pulled her into his arms, stroking her hair.
“I’m sorry sweetheart, I won’t scare you again.”
“You better watch it Ash, Andy will bite your hands off.” Jake said teasingly, Andy looked at Jake and punched his shoulder. CC and Jinxx laughed, looking at Andy as he turned red, but he knew Jake was probably right.
“So, your letting Juliet stay here?” Ashley asked Andy, releasing Pandora slowly and turning towards him. Andy still hadn’t told the band that Juliet was pregnant, his parents didn’t even know yet.
“Yeah, I think she’s looking for a place to stay.” Andy replied, Jake snorted.
“There’s hotels around here, she can stay there.” Jake said, Pandora agreed with Jake.
“Well I know, but I don’t know, I guess I want to help her.”
Jinxx looked at Andy, as did everyone else.
“She doesn’t deserve your help.” CC mumbled, everyone agreed with CC but didn’t say so. One by one they left the bedroom until only Jinxx and Pandora were left, and Jinxx figured since they were alone it would be a great time to talk to her alone.
“You okay Pandora?” Jinxx asked her, Pandora looked at him and gave a weak smile and nodded. Jinxx smiled, knowing she tried to stay strong and even act it, but he knew sometimes she had her moments.
“It’s okay to tell me what’s bothering you, I won’t tell if you don’t want me to.” Jinxx told her, Pandora smiled.
“I don’t want her here.” Pandora told him, Jinxx nodded and approached her.
“Neither do we, but we can’t talk Andy out of this one. He’s a grown man, and he’s making his own decisions even though their really stupid. He’s being the kind, helpful guy he is.” Jinxx told her, Pandora nodded.
“Yeah, but she doesn’t deserve his help. And I know what she’s trying to do.”
Jinxx smiled softly. “I think we both have the same idea Pandora, but this is where we all need to stand together and watch her. So, you with us?”
Pandora nodded, and Jinxx smiled.
“Yeah I am.”
“Good girl, just don’t let her bother you. Beat her ass if you have to, well don’t do that, we don’t want you getting in trouble.” Jinxx said, he put his arm around her and started to lead her out of the room, Pandora giggled.
“I might just do that.”
When they entered the hallway, Andy appeared and looked at Pandora with a worried expression.
“There you are, I thought you were behind me.” Andy said, approaching them.
“Chill out bodyguard, we were just talking in private.” Jinxx told him, just then the doorbell rang then shouts came throughout the house.
“I’ll get it Andy!” CC yelled, then someone else started to yell.
“No I’ll get it!”
Jinxx, Pandora and Andy looked down the stairs and saw Ashley and CC fighting each other over who will open the door. Finally Ashley opened the door and revealed Juliet standing there with two suitcases, Andy headed downstairs and Jinxx looked at Pandora, seeing her slightly turning red.
“Hey.” Juliet greeted Andy once he helped her inside, Ashley closed the door and crossed his arms, looking at Andy and Juliet.
“Hey.” Andy said, sounding awkward. Jake appeared, holding a can of Coke with his arm, and holding a bag of BBQ chips.
“Jake, quit eating all of my food!” Andy hissed.
“No.” Jake replied, stuffing his mouth with chips.
Pandora giggled, and Andy looked up and saw her standing at the top of the stairs, he smiled softly at her. He honestly loved that giggle, but tried his best not to. He picked up the suitcase and headed upstairs with Juliet behind him, once they got upstairs and started to walk down the hallway, Pandora and Jinxx headed downstairs into the living room with the others.
“So, Pandora, how’s things?” Ashley asked, sitting down on the couch and gripping her by the waist and pulling her down beside him, he wrapped his arm around her.
“Pretty good, what about things with you?”
“Fine as ever.” Ashley replied with a smile.
“Ashley your such a flirt, leave her alone!” CC hissed, throwing a pillow at Ashley’s face.
“Hey she doesn’t mind!” Ashley protested, then he looked at her. “Do you mind?”
“No, it’s fine.” Pandora replied, blushing as she said it. Jinxx chuckled.
“But I know someone who might mind.”
“Andy can get over it!” Ashley said, they chuckled.
“What can I get over?” Andy asked entering the room and looking at everyone, everyone went silent and looked at Ashley.
“Yeah Ashley, what can he get over?” Jake said, Ashley gave Jake a look.
“Nothing..”
Andy nodded and gave Ashley a ‘Yeah right’ look. Juliet appeared beside Andy, she gave everyone a soft smile, but Pandora knew what she was trying to do.
“Did you tell them Andy?” Juliet asked, everyone looked at them.
“Tell us what?” Jake questioned, Andy sighed and gave Juliet a look.
“You didn’t tell them?!”
“Well, I was waiting for the right time.” Andy replied, sounding annoyed.
“Hello! Tell us what?” Jake said, Andy sighed and sat down in the recliner.
“I’m pregnant.” Juliet said, Jake’s jaw dropped open. CC choked on his Coke, Ashley stared at them with a shock expression, and Jinxx looked at everybody, Juliet was smiling, Andy rested his head on his hand, Pandora looked down at her hands.
“Pregnant?!” CC said, Juliet nodded.
“Yes pregnant.”
“Pregnant?” CC repeated, Juliet nodded.
“Holy shit!” Jake said, then he looked at Andy. “You did that?”
Andy nodded, and Jake looked at everybody else.
“Well, that was, surprising.” Ashley said, looking at Pandora and saw her looking down. He cupped her chin and lifted her head up, he saw a smile.


It wasn’t long until Jinxx, Ashley, Jake and CC left. Once they did leave, Pandora went upstairs to her bedroom and turned on her Ipod, playing Black Veil Brides as usual. Andy was sitting downstairs on the couch, talking with Juliet about the pregnancy. Pandora felt her blood pressure rising, she didn’t like Juliet here, nor like her around Andy. She already hurt Andy once, and Pandora didn’t want her hurting him again. Once Pandora thought about this, she gasped and grabbed her cell phone and went to her contacts. She had to talk to someone about this, but she didn’t know who. She was scrolling through her contacts when she saw Jake’s fiance’s number, she remembered when she first met Ella they gave each other their cell phone numbers just in case something happened or they wanted to talk. Pandora tapped the screen and the number dialed in, she put the phone to her ear, hearing the dial tone and waited for Ella to pick up.
“Hello?”
“Hey Ella, it’s Pandora, are you busy?”
“Hey Pandora! No I’m not busy, what’s up?” Ella said, Pandora bit her bottom lip.
“I think I'm jealous of Juliet.."

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