Knives & Pens

~AFTER NEW YEARS~Andy entered Pandora’s bedroom on a Friday morning, she was still asleep since she stayed up half of the night watching movies. Andy approached her window and pulled open the curtains, letting the sunshine fill the room. Pandora still laid asleep in her bed, the sun not even bothering her. Andy chuckled, knowing she was completely out of it. He looked at her in thought, trying to figure out how he’ll wake her up. Then he had an idea, but it was a little mean. He climbed onto the bed and stood over her, his legs on each side of her. She was still asleep, and a smile appeared on Andy’s face. He started to jump up and down, shaking the bed and her too.
“Wake up Pandora! It’s an earthquake!” Andy yelled, Pandora’s eyes flew open and she looked up at Andy with anger. He started to laugh, and she pushed him off of the bed, making him fall in the floor
“That was mean!”
“Well I’m sorry, but I knew it would wake you up.” Andy said, getting up from the floor and looking at her.
“Haven’t you heard of ‘Hey wake up’?”
Andy smiled. “No I haven’t, teach me please.”
Pandora rolled her eyes and gripped a pillow and hit him on the side of the head, he smiled and grabbed the pillow and hit her back.
“What time is it?” Pandora asked.
“Uh, I think it’s almost noon.” Andy replied, he stood up and looked down at Pandora.
“Why are you waking me up?”
Andy pulled her blankets off, and looked at her, trying to tell her its time to get up with his actions instead of words. “Because we’re going to clean today.”
“No!” Pandora said, grabbing the pillows and blankets and covering herself with them.
“Yes, trust me I don’t want to do it neither but it has to be done.” Andy said, pulling the blankets and pillows off.
“Do I have to do it too?”
Andy nodded. “Yes you do, now get up, do your thing and get ready and meet me downstairs.”
Pandora sighed and watched Andy leave the room, she knew if she just went back to sleep he’ll come back and wake her up so she lost either way. She got up from the bed and headed into the bathroom, she pulled her hair into a ponytail and didn’t bother to put on makeup, just a little bit of mascara. She changed out of her pajamas, and into some clothes then headed downstairs where Andy was waiting.
“You look cute.” Andy commented when Pandora reached the bottom of the stairs, she smiled and shook her head.
“I look like I’m going jogging.”
“Well this isn’t a fashion show Pandora.” Andy chuckled, Pandora smiled and turned red a little bit.
“Alright, where are we starting first?” Pandora asked, Andy ran his fingers through his hair in thought.
“We’ll do the living room first.” Andy replied, he headed off towards the kitchen to get the cleaning supplies from under the kitchen sink. Pandora already was in the living room, moving the stuff off the coffee table and placing it all on the floor so she could wipe down the table. Andy appeared with all the cleaning supplies they’ll need and placed it all in the floor, after he did that he turned on the TV and went to the music channel and started to play music. He turned up the sound bar, making the music even louder than before and started to dance to Do What U Want by Lady Gaga, Pandora laughed as he grabbed Lemon Pledge furniture polish and started to wipe down the TV entertainment center while moving his butt side to side. Pandora was almost in tears as she laughed at Andy and his butt-dancing, she had no idea what he was doing, but it was hilarious. Andy chuckled and looked at her, unsure of why she was laughing so hard.
“What’s so funny?”
“Are you twerking?” Pandora asked, Andy smiled.
“No, I can’t twerk. I’m butt-dancing, now stop laughing and watching me and get to work.” Andy said, Pandora swallowed hard and giggled.
“Yes sir!”
The two of them continued to clean the living room, wiping down tables and cleaning the windows. As they both cleaned and danced to the music, Pandora completely forgot about Juliet until she realized she hasn’t seen her. Pandora figured she was out doing something and didn’t bother to ask Andy where she went, they were having too much fun to stop and ask questions at the moment. Andy was dancing great according to Pandora, but to Andy he was just dancing random styles. The living room was sparkling after they cleaned it, then they headed for the kitchen. The music was still loud enough to dance to in the kitchen, so while Andy wiped down the counters he danced to Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5. Pandora was wiping down the kitchen table and still dancing to Maroon 5, the two of them were actually singing along to the song, basically singing it to each other like in a music video, and no that wasn’t weird for them. Andy was doing the running man and making Pandora giggle as she finished up wiping down the kitchen table, she looked away for a second and heard a loud bang. Her head snapped back towards Andy and saw him laying on the ground laughing, Pandora approached him and realized what had happen, he slipped while doing the running man. She started to laugh at him instead of helping him up, Andy tried to pretend to act hurt but failed and ended up laughing.
“How did you fall down?” Pandora asked through laughter, Andy shook his head side to side.
“I have no idea.”
After the two calmed down, Pandora helped him up and they both continued cleaning the kitchen, but Pandora kept an eye on Andy.
“Where next?” Pandora asked, after the kitchen was cleaned. Andy thought for a few minutes, then he looked at her.
“Bathrooms or bedrooms?”
“I’ll take bedrooms, you take bathrooms.” Pandora said, Andy sighed.
“Why do I get the bathrooms?”
“Because bathrooms are nasty, and I don’t like cleaning bathrooms. Enjoy.” Pandora said, grabbing some things she needs then heading upstairs to Andy’s bedroom first. Andy shook his head side to side, he couldn’t believe she was going to make him clean bathrooms. He doesn’t like cleaning bathrooms as much as she did, Andy sighed and grabbed some cleaning supplies and headed for the single bathroom upstairs. He was glad hardly anybody uses that bathroom except guests, still was nasty though.
Pandora made up Andy’s bed neatly and cleaned off his nightstands, his room wasn’t as bad as she thought it would be, which did surprise her actually.
After they cleaned every room in the house, both of them crashed down on the couch and were ready for a nap.
“Well, was that not fun?” Andy said, looking at Pandora.
“Yes it was actually.”
“Except when I fell, that really did hurt.” Andy said, Pandora giggled.
“Then why were you laughing?”
“Because you were.” Andy replied.
Pandora smiled and shook her head side to side. “So you were laughing at your pain because I was?”
“Yes ma’am.” Andy replied. The two of them went quiet for a little while, then Andy finally broke the silence.
“Are you coming to Warped tour 2014 with me this year?”
Pandora looked at him. “Seriously?”
“Seriously.” Andy replied with a smile.
“I would love to!”
“Awesome, I’m glad you would.” Andy said, he was glad she was happy now, with him.
“Is it okay with the guys?”
“Girl please, they’ve already decided you’ll come whether you want to or not.”
Pandora giggled. “Really?”
“Yes really, they said they didn’t care if you wanted to come or not you were going to come. They said they’ll kidnap you and throw you on the bus, and you wouldn’t be able to leave.” Andy said then laughed, Pandora smiled.
“Sounds like they’re serious.”
“They definitely are, but I told them I’ll make you come too.” Andy said, Pandora smiled and pushed him a little bit.
“So, where is Juliet?”
“She had a doctor’s appointment this morning.” Andy replied, pulling his Iphone out of his pocket and unlocking the screen with his code.
“And you didn’t go?”
Andy shook his head side to side. “No, I don’t know. It didn’t feel like I was supposed to go.”
Pandora looked at him, trying to understand what he meant. “What do you mean?”
Andy shrugged his shoulders. “It didn’t feel like I was invited, or my job to go. So I didn’t go.”
Pandora nodded and looked down at the ground, Andy looked through his phone for a second then turned it back off and pushed it down his pocket.
“Are you and Juliet getting along?” Andy asked, Pandora nodded.
“Yeah…”
Andy gave her a look.
“Sorta…”
He crossed his arms and Pandora broke.
“No..”
Andy sighed. “I didn’t think so, Ella called me.”
Pandora looked at him, her heart racing apprehensively wondering what Ella told him.
“She did?”
“Yeah, she said every since Juliet basically moved in you haven’t been yourself and you started to call her and talk to her about things but she wouldn’t tell me what kind of things.” Andy said, Pandora bit her bottom lip.
“Oh, she said that?”
“Yeah she did, so what’s been going on that I don’t know about? If she’s saying anything to you at all out of the way, I will handle it Pandora, you don’t have to keep things from me.” Andy said, leaning towards her and almost whispering. Pandora looked at him, staring in his deep blue eyes. Then suddenly the front door opened and Andy jerked away from her, Juliet of course already saw how close Andy was to Pandora but didn’t say anything just yet.
“Hey!” Juliet said excitedly.
Pandora felt a wave of awkwardness, she wondered if Juliet saw how close Andy was towards her. She knew it looked like he was going to kiss her, but she knew he wasn’t.
“How was it?” Andy asked, leaning back against the couch right beside Pandora.
“It was good, the doctor said everything is fine and I’m two months along now. The house is pretty clean.” Juliet said, Pandora bit her bottom lip and looked at Andy.
“Yeah me and Pandora turned into cleaning machines and cleaned every room in the house.”
Pandora giggled, remembering him slipping in the kitchen because of the running man.
Andy looked at her and chuckled, wondering what she was thinking about. “What?”
“I’m just laughing because you slipped.”
Andy shook his head side to side. “That was funny like for the first twenty seconds.”
“To you, it’s still funny to me.” Pandora said, Andy’s jaw dropped open and he looked at her in shock and Pandora giggled.
“Are you okay? You look like your going insane.”
Andy laughed and grabbed her, pulling her into a hug. She hugged him back and saw Juliet eyeing her angrily, Pandora swallowed hard and pulled away from Andy.
“I’m going to go get a shower.” Pandora got up from the couch and headed upstairs faster than usual, Andy watched her for a second and shook his head side to side. Something was going on here that Andy didn’t know about, but he was going to find out.
“What’s going on between you and Pandora?” Andy asked, Juliet looked at him and shrugged her shoulders.
“I don’t know what you mean?”
“Ever since you arrived here she’s been acting strange, now tell me what’s been going on.”
“All I told her was that there’s nothing going to happen between you and her.” Juliet said, Andy looked at her.
“Juliet! Are you kidding me? Of course nothing is going to happen, we’re just friends!”
Juliet didn’t know what to say, she sat down on the recliner and looked at him. “I’m sorry, I just wanted her to know.”
Andy sighed and got up from the couch, he walked past the recliner but then stopped. “And even if there was something between me and her, you couldn’t stop me from getting with her.” Andy snapped, then he headed off into the kitchen. Juliet got up from the recliner and followed Andy into the kitchen.
“Do you like her?”
“I am not having this conversation with you Juliet!”
“No you are, tell me, do you like Pandora?”
Andy sighed and opened the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of ice water. “Yeah I do! Okay? But I’m trying not to.”
“And what about us?” Juliet asked, folding her arms over her chest. Andy shrugged his shoulders.
“I don’t know Juliet, I still care for you and I do like you, but I don’t know.”
“What don’t you know?”
Andy shook his head side to side and unscrewed the lid on the water and took the longest sip ever, after he was done he set the water bottle on the counter.
“That I liked you as much as I did.” Andy replied, looking up at Juliet, seeing tears in her eyes.
“Do you like Pandora more?”
“I don’t know Juliet, will you stop with all of these questions?”
“No, because I want to know. What’s been going on between you two?” Juliet said, Andy sighed.
“Nothing bad.”
“Did you have sex with her?”
Andy looked at her in shock. “No I didn’t have sex with her! Come on.”
“What I didn’t know, you could have or you couldn’t have while we broke up I don’t know. Have you kissed her?” Juliet said, Andy was getting tired of answering all of these questions, now he was even more confuse about this situation more than he was. Andy grabbed his water and walked out of the kitchen, trying to get away from Juliet and her questions but she kept asking.
“Did you kiss her Andy?”
Andy was heading upstairs by now, when she asked one more time and pressured him. He stopped and turned around and looked down at her.
“Yes I kissed her Juliet.”
“How many times?” Juliet asked, trying not to sound hurt.
“I don’t know.”
“Andy how many times?!”
“Several times Juliet, okay? Now leave me alone.” Andy said, he continued to go upstairs and he went straight into his bedroom and slammed the door. Juliet was a little bit hurt, she just wanted to be with Andy and try to work things out and now she’s finding out that he has feelings for Pandora? Maybe even stronger feelings than he has with her, Juliet was even confuse and she thought about talking to Pandora but decided not to. She headed off to her guestroom, and closed the bedroom door. She sat on the bed and stared at the floor in thought, for things to work out with her and Andy he had to work things out with Pandora and his feelings. But if he worked on them, could he possibly end up being with Pandora? Juliet felt a sick feeling in her stomach and she placed a hand on her stomach and looked down, she hated to think she had lost Andy to another girl. She couldn’t let that happen, she didn’t want that to happen neither.


Pandora walked out of her bathroom with a white towel wrapped around her body and a white towel in her hair, she felt better after the shower since that was everybody’s thinking room. She headed over towards her dresser and grabbed a bottle of lotion, she turned around to go sit on her bed and apply the lotion when she jumped and almost had a heart attack. Jamie McCall was sitting on her bed, looking at her with a smile.
“What are you doing here?!” Pandora snapped, Jamie stood up and hushed her.
“Don’t freak, I just wanted to talk.”
“Jamie this is the second time you snuck into my bedroom in Andy’s house! It’s called breaking and entering, I could have you arrested!”
Jamie nodded. “I know, I just had to check on you. I didn’t mean to crash into Andy’s car, I didn’t know it was you guys. I was drunk, and when I found out it was you, I was worried about you.” Jamie said, approaching her. Pandora raised her eyebrows and looked at him.
“Bullshit Jamie, now get out of my room!”
“No! Let me talk to you, just for a little while okay?” Jamie said, reaching out to touch Pandora’s arm, she smacked it away.
“Fine, you have ten minutes!” Pandora snapped, she headed back into her bathroom and grabbed her black silk robe and put it on then tied it, she entered her bedroom again and crossed her arms over her chest.
“Your time begins now.”
“I really do like you Pandora, I really do and I want a second chance with you if you are willing to give me one? I’ll be the best boyfriend you’ll ever have, I’ll care for you and love you more than anybody ever could. I know I will.” Jamie said, Pandora rolled her eyes.
“No, you don’t deserve a second chance Jamie. Now leave.”
“No, not until I have you Pandora Skylan Chambers. I’ll stay here for days until I have you as mine, understand?” Jamie said, his voice getting low and serious and he started to approach Pandora. She had no idea what he was going to do or try to do, but she was going to fight him if she had to. Jamie grabbed her and pushed her against the wall, holding her by the hands, pressing them hard against the wall.
“Agree to be mine baby.” Jamie said softly, Pandora shook her head side to side.
“Not in a million years.”
Jamie chuckled softly. “You like me admit it, you like me more than you like Andrew.”
Pandora rolled her eyes. “No, I hate you a lot.”
Jamie kissed her jaw softly and looked up at her. “No you don’t.”
“Are you insane? I don’t like you, and I never will. Now let me go and get out of my bedroom or I will scream.”
Jamie smiled and shook his head side to side. “You wouldn’t scream.”
“Want to bet?”





Andy was walking past Pandora’s bedroom door when he heard talking, he stopped and stepped back suspiciously and leaned up against the door to hear better. It was Pandora’s voice and a male’s voice, Andy was confuse.
‘She sneaks boys into her bedroom? What?’
“Jamie I said to leave!” Pandora hissed, anger flooded through Andy immediately.
“Not until your mine.”
The words ‘Your mine’ hit Andy immediately and he opened the door quickly, seeing Jamie holding Pandora against the wall. Andy approached Jamie and grabbed him by the shirt and started to drag him out of the bedroom, Jamie was trying to hit Andy but kept missing. Andy threw him out of Pandora’s bedroom into the hallway, Jamie looked up at Andy as he grabbed him and threw him down the stairs.
“If I ever catch your hands on her again, I will cut them off!” Andy hissed, he walked down the stairs and picked Jamie up by the shirt and made him look at him.
“Do you understand?”
“I don’t have to listen to you emo fag!” Jamie spat, Andy rolled his eyes and opened the front door and threw Jamie out onto the porch.
“Now get the hell off of my property and if I ever catch you in her bedroom or on my property again I will have you arrested, get it through your damn head that she doesn’t like you!” Andy said, then he slammed the door. Pandora started to clap at the top of the stairs, making a smile appear on his face.
“Now that’s batman.” Pandora said, Andy smiled and looked up at her.
“Was it?”
“Yes it was, you threw him around like he was a rag doll. Basically a batman trick.”
Andy chuckled, then his face went serious. “Are you okay? Did he hurt you?”
Pandora shook her head side to side. “No, I’m fine. Thank you for coming in, and getting him out.”
Andy nodded. “Of course ma’am, that’s what I do best, save people.”
Pandora giggled and nodded, then suddenly Juliet appeared beside her.
“What was all of that noise?”
“Nothing big Juliet, just an idiot.” Andy said, Juliet looked at him in confusion and Andy chuckled.
“Thanks batman.” Pandora said, Andy smiled at her.
“No problem at all.”
Pandora nodded and turned away, heading back towards her bedroom. She closed her door and sighed, she walked over to her bedroom and locked the window, she’ll make sure it’s always locked. It was honestly funny seeing Jamie being thrown around by Andy, that’s not something you see everyday by Andy. Most people would think Andy isn’t the kind of guy that would do that, but he would do anything to protect who he cares about and even protect himself, especially if he’s mad. Maybe Jamie will finally realize, Andy isn’t going to play around anymore. But Pandora wasn’t one hundred percent sure that will be the last time she sees Jamie, unless he’s now scared of Andy. Who knows what will happen next…

Notes

I am almost caught up with the chapters on the other website, the last chapter I published was chapter 63. So I still have a while to go, but I will get the chapters publish here hopefully. Also I have decided, this story will be coming to an end soon. Its been published for nine months on the other website, and if I keep this story going it will eventually get boring. But I already decided once Knives & Pens ends, I will publish an Ashley Purdy fan fiction story. Leave your comments! :)