*Crystal’s POV*
I know I’m dreaming when I feel the cold water all around my body. It’s the same dream I’ve been having for weeks. I’m banging against the ice above my head; just like last time. I’m hitting the ice with everything I have, trying to break it so I don’t drown. I need to get above the ice because- but there’s no because. And it hits me like a bullet when I realize that there is nobody that wants me above the ice, so I figure what’s the point, and I let myself sink. But this time, it’s different. This time somebody is banging on the ice above, somebody who wants me out of the water. Somebody who wants me to live. So I swim back to the surface of the ice and I start to hit it again. I want to know who it is.
But I can’t get out of the water, I can’t break the ice. I inhale and the icy liquid burns my lungs. I’m drowning. I begin to panic, but stop myself. Isn’t this what I want? Isn’t this a good thing? But the instinct to live is overwhelming me and I can’t tame the panic any longer. I inhale another lungful of water. Is this really a dream? Why can’t I breathe? I hit the ice harder, and begin to see a crack in the ice above me. The only thing that keeps me conscious is the sound of the person on top of the ice pounding on the ice as well.
And then the ice breaks. They help me up out of the ice cold water, and I immediately find myself encompassed in warmth. I struggle to open my eyes, consumed by my drowsiness, but when I do, I see Andy looking back at me and saying something. I can’t seem to hear what he’s saying, and I also find that I can’t speak. I see a tear escape his eye, and my heart sinks at the sight of him crying.
“-On’t… I… you.” I hear him say as my hearing begins to come back.
“Don’t die, I can’t live without you.” He repeated, tears streaking his face.
But I can’t find my voice; I struggle to make a noise come out of my mouth, to tell him that I’m alright, but nothing is working. And the more effort I put into telling him that I’m fine, I find myself slipping into unconsciousness more and more.
I wake up screaming, disoriented as Hell.
“What’s wrong?” A morning voiced Andy asks me, concern filling his voice.
“It’s okay. It was just a bad dream. You’re okay.” He coos me, cradling me in his arms as my screams turn into sobs.
I tuck myself into his chest and try to control my crying as I find myself overcome with fear.
“You’ll be okay,” I hear him continue to comfort me, “You’ll be okay.”

*Andy’s POV*
I wake up to a mix of screaming and sobbing from Crystal and somehow calm her down enough so that she stops screaming. After a few minutes she stops crying altogether, and just shakes in my arms almost as if she’s cold. When she falls back asleep I climb out of the bunk and head to the kitchen to eat something. I look inside the fridge and choose a cheese piece of pizza. I walk over to the couches and notice that I’m the first one up.
I get my phone out, sitting down on a couch, and see that I have a few messages. I unlock my phone and view them, noticing they’re all from Juliet. As I read through them, I go through a range of emotions from panic to heartbreak to rage.
Juliet: “Hey, call me when you get up, we need to talk.”
Juliet: “I can’t believe you would do this to me. I’m not sure if this relationship can continue.”
Juliet: “You asshole. Just call me; we can work it out from there.”
Why in the Hell would Juliet be this upset? Is this Ashley’s doing? Is it just internet hype she’s getting worked up over? I set down the piece of pizza on the table next to the couch I’m sitting on, stand up, and start to pace back and forth as I dial her number.
After the second ring she picks up and there’s a dead silence for about five seconds.
“Hey Babe, what’s up with this stuff about me being an asshole?” I ask her, clarifying why I was calling.
“Don’t ‘Babe’ me. I thought you were my White Rabbit! Why did you do this? Was I just not enough for you? I’m sorry I can’t be on tour with you right now; I’m on tour too, and you know that! You know I would be there with you if I could…” She sobs into the phone, “Why would you do this to me? Why would you do this to us?”
“Whoa, Babe, I mean Juliet, what do you mean?” I ask her, raising my voice unintentionally because of her hysterical accusations.
“Don’t act innocent! You know just as well as I do. You’re cheating on me, you lying bastard!” She manages through her bursts of sobbing, “How long has it been going on? Is it with one woman or multiple sluts? Why are you doing this?”
“What are you talking about? I never did anything wrong to you!” Or did I? “Who did you hear this from?” I continue, noticing that my hands are shaking with rage. I have a pretty good idea of who told her.
“Don’t lie to me, Biersack!” She practically pleads, “It doesn’t matter who I got the information from, and all that matters is that it’s a trusted source.”
“You trust Ashley more than your own boyfriend?” I shout at her, more of a statement than a question.
“Ex-boyfriend!” Ouch, that hurts.
“What the fuck?” I yell, questioning why she would jump to that so suddenly.
“You heard me. I don’t need this anymore… You’re not even apologizing!” She gets an edge to her words, practically threatening me.
“Why would I apologize for something I never did?” I inquire. I stop pacing the room and stand still, facing away from the bunks.
“Why do you keep lying to me? Why won’t you at least admit that you did something wrong? You've been caught and you won’t even own up to what you've done!
“How can you say that so ignorantly?” I ask, tightening my hand that isn't gripping the phone so that it stops trembling.
“You’re right. I was ignorant. I was ignorant to the fact that you were cheating on me for what must have been a long time; but I won’t have to worry about that anymore, because we’re over.” She says, and I can hear the aggravation in her voice.
“Maybe it’s a good thing that we’re breaking this off, then. I don’t want to be with someone who can’t trust their own boyfriend!” I yell into the phone.
“I don’t know who to trust anymore…” She trails off.
I hang up, throwing my phone on the couch and running a hand through my hair.
“Fuck.” I say, sitting down on the couch I threw my phone onto. I prop up my head with my hands and take a minute to cool down. That’s when I hear muffled whimpering.

*Crystal’s POV*
I wake up without Andy holding me, and decide to get out of the bed. I drop to the floor with a small thump and hear one sided yelling coming from the front of the bus. I peek out of the bunk ally and see Andy standing with his back towards me.
“Why should I apologize for something I never did?” He screams into a phone.
I feel my body tremble in fear. I don’t realize that I’m crying until my hands go up to my face to cover it. I back up, trying to get away from the sound of the fighting, and bump into somebody. I turn to face them, and I see Ashley. At this point, I don’t care if he hit me or not, I just can’t be alone. I see the surprise of my crying covering his face, and I walk towards him in an attempt to hug him as I cry. He pulls me toward him and holds me in his arms, and I cry into his shoulder as an unwanted thought of home and fighting crosses my mind, threatening to make me start sobbing. I’m so pathetic… Even yelling scares me.
When the yelling stops, my crying dies down and Ashley brings my face up to his with his index finger and thumb under my chin, and leans down to kiss me. I stand on my tippy toes and when our lips touch it’s like nothing matters anymore. Everything disappears, and the only thing that’s important is my need for him. Our lips separate and we catch our breath, looking into each other’s eyes. I rest my arms behind his neck and close my eyes as he does, and our moments of bliss return.
Ashley breaks the kiss and I look up at him, eager for more, but I notice the stress in his eyes as he looks above my head behind me. He pulls me protectively behind himself and I peek around him to see a pissed off Andy standing in the doorway to the front of the bus.
“What the fuck did you do last night Purdy?” Andy growls at him, taking a few steps forward, “I’m gonna kill your ass.”

Notes

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