New Horizons
Something Stupid
“You’re going to do something stupid today. I just know it.” I said looking at Andy. We were both still in bed. Me with my head on his chest and him playing with my hair.
Andy laughed, “I do stupid stuff all the time. Why are you pointing that out right now?”
“Not that kind of stupid thing but trying to fly stupid.” I answered.
“I won’t jump off anything taller than me. How does that sound?”
I nodded, “Good.” I sat up so I was leaning on my elbow. “Because if you get hurt I’m going to be pissed.”
He chuckled and brushed my hair behind my ear. “I’m not going to get hurt.”
I leaned down and kissed him. His hand went in my hair and I straddled his hips.
“Is everyone decent?” Jake asked coming into the back room.
“Shit!” I got off Andy and covered myself with the blanket.
“No but that doesn’t mean that’ll stop you from coming in.” Andy answered amused.
“Sorry?” Jake answered. “John told me to tell you sound check, 15 minutes.”
Andy nodded, “I’ll be right there.” Jake left closing the door. “Well, we’ll have to finish that later.” Andy smirked, kissed me and then got up.
***
The show was going great. The venue was sold out and the crowd was really awesome. I thought my worries that morning were for nothing. That everything was going to go smoothly. But of course I was wrong.
The boys were almost through the set list when Andy clearly hit his face off of the drum riser. Backstage we didn’t think anything of it. We didn’t think he hit it hard enough and we were actually kind of laughing. But then we saw the blood coming out of Andy’s nose.
“Shit!” I yelled. I ran out there with the paramedics.
“I think we should take this to side stage.” John said to the paramedics who were giving Andy towels to press to his nose to try and stop the bleeding.
“What did I tell you?” I said to Andy as I walked with him to side stage.
“I don’t think now is the time to have an ’I told you so moment’.” Andy answered sounding all stuffed up.
“I’m sorry should I just redo that whole moment?” I asked sarcastically. “Oh…honey that looks like it hurts. Are you okay?”
“Oh, I’m fuckin fantastic. Just broke my nose…nothing major.” Andy replied back. “Hurts like a mother fucker.”
“Well maybe if you didn’t head butt inanimate objects this wouldn’t happen.”
“Maybe should have told me that before I decided to.” Andy said sarcastically. “Take my in ear and do the next song with the guys, while I get checked out and cleaned up.”
“I’m not even dressed to go on stage at a frickin BVB concert.” And I wasn’t I had on a floral dress on. Not very bad ass if you ask me.
“You look fine. Just go.” Andy said kind of impatiently.
I sighed and obeyed him, taking his in ear and putting it in. “You so owe me.”
“Love ya too.” Andy answered as I walked out on stage.
I picked up the mic where Andy had dropped it by the drum riser. I stepped onto it and motioned for the other’s to come over. I squatted so that I could talk to the other three a little bit easier. “Andy wanted me to do the next song for him.”
“Is he alright?” CC asked.
“He’s talking and doesn’t seem to be in shock. I think he just broke his nose. He should be fine, nothing life threatening this time.” I answered. Yes it sucked that he broke his nose and it was horrible but at least it wasn’t as bad as when he broke his ribs. That is the one realization that was keeping me calm. “Next song is Smoke and Mirrors right?”
“Yes.” Jake answered. “You got it down?”
I nodded, “Yeah I got it.” I stood up and made sure the mic was on.
“Sorry for the change up guys but Andy is a little busy at the moment. I’m Andy’s girlfriend, Riley. I’m going to be singing the next song for him while he’s getting checked out by the medics.” I addressed the crowd. “I told him not to do anything stupid but of course he doesn’t listen to me. This song if you don’t know it is called Smoke and Mirrors.” I said and at the guys to start playing. I loved the beginning of this song and it was one of my favorite songs all together.
“Quiet as I watch you falling, You become the prey again, I can see your skin is crawling, Lipstick cases and sin, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, You’re drowning, Same old song and dance, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up my darling, Never stood a chance, Lost alone you are, Out of touch, So far an illusion, It’s all just smoke and mirrors, Always chasing scars, Never get too far, An illusion, It’s all just smoke and mirrors.” I sang, playing it up to the crowd. They seemed to like it even though I wasn’t Andy.
After I was done, I looked to side stage, while the fans were clapping. John was motioning for me to come to him. I nodded and then smiled at the crowd. “It seems John is motioning for me to go backstage, hopefully that means that Andy will be back.” I told the crowd and they cheered.
I walked to side stage and turned off the mic. “So what’s going on?” I asked, my ears kind of ringing from being on stage.
“We’re going to have to call off the rest of the show. The medics got his nose back in place or whatever but they haven’t stopped the bleeding yet.” John answered.
“Are you going to announce it or do you want me to?” I asked.
“I’ll do it; you just go to the green room and entertain Andy while they try to get the bleeding to stop. He’s being a pain in the ass as usual.” John answered.
I handed him the mic and nodded. “Okay.”
When I walked into the green room Andy was sitting in a chair, clearly pissed at the medic that was trying to help him. “So I hear you’re being a pain in the ass.” I said as I walked over to Andy.
“They won’t let me go back on.” Andy said turning to me, the medic scowled. He had blood on his face and his chest.
“Well you look like your some character from a horrible slasher film.” I answered. “I can take care of him. I’ll yell if I need any help.” I told the medic and took the towel he was using to try and stop Andy’s bloody nose.
“I told him I could do this on my own.” Andy answered.
“Well you’re a rock star; you now have people to wipe your nose for you.” I answered sarcastically as I pressed the towel gently to his nose. “Too bad we don’t have tampons we could just stick them right up there.” I joked as he winced a little.
“No.” Andy responded. “I am not going to have one of those stuck up my nose.”
“I’m sure you have done weirder things.” I laughed.
“You did awesome from what I could hear.” Andy said changing the subject.
I smiled, “Thanks, that’s one of my favorite songs by you guys so I enjoyed singing it. It also helps that you guys have awesome fans. They seemed to enjoy it.”
“You should stay the rest of the tour.” Andy said grabbing me by the hips. “You can take care of me and sing.”
I chuckled and pulled the towel away from his nose to see if the bleeding had stopped. “No.” I answered. It had finally started to slow down. I handed him a Kleenex. “Here I don’t think you’re going to need the towel anymore.”
“Why?” He asked looking confused.
“Because the bleeding has slowed down enough.” I answered.
“No not to that.” He said putting the Kleenex up to his nose. He winced again. “Why won’t you stay?”
“Because I told you that if you did something stupid tonight that I would be pissed at you.” I responded with a smirk.
“Come on, I’m injured. You’re supposed to be nice to me.” Andy pointed out.
“I have stuff to deal with at home like our dog.” I answered. “I don’t like the idea of leaving him with Ben for that amount of time. You never know what he might teach him to do.” I joked. “Then I have Juliet’s audition to go to and a lunch with my parents.” I answered frowning at the end. I wasn’t looking forward to it but my parents had requested it.
“Lunch with your parents? I thought they disowned you or something?” Andy said questioningly.
I nodded, “They asked for it. I don’t know what they want or anything but I’m tired of their games.”
“Maybe they’re going to apologize.” Andy said optimistically.
I shrugged my shoulders, “I doubt it but I can hope.”http://www.polyvore.com/chapter_seventeen/set?id=81552439
Andy laughed, “I do stupid stuff all the time. Why are you pointing that out right now?”
“Not that kind of stupid thing but trying to fly stupid.” I answered.
“I won’t jump off anything taller than me. How does that sound?”
I nodded, “Good.” I sat up so I was leaning on my elbow. “Because if you get hurt I’m going to be pissed.”
He chuckled and brushed my hair behind my ear. “I’m not going to get hurt.”
I leaned down and kissed him. His hand went in my hair and I straddled his hips.
“Is everyone decent?” Jake asked coming into the back room.
“Shit!” I got off Andy and covered myself with the blanket.
“No but that doesn’t mean that’ll stop you from coming in.” Andy answered amused.
“Sorry?” Jake answered. “John told me to tell you sound check, 15 minutes.”
Andy nodded, “I’ll be right there.” Jake left closing the door. “Well, we’ll have to finish that later.” Andy smirked, kissed me and then got up.
***
The show was going great. The venue was sold out and the crowd was really awesome. I thought my worries that morning were for nothing. That everything was going to go smoothly. But of course I was wrong.
The boys were almost through the set list when Andy clearly hit his face off of the drum riser. Backstage we didn’t think anything of it. We didn’t think he hit it hard enough and we were actually kind of laughing. But then we saw the blood coming out of Andy’s nose.
“Shit!” I yelled. I ran out there with the paramedics.
“I think we should take this to side stage.” John said to the paramedics who were giving Andy towels to press to his nose to try and stop the bleeding.
“What did I tell you?” I said to Andy as I walked with him to side stage.
“I don’t think now is the time to have an ’I told you so moment’.” Andy answered sounding all stuffed up.
“I’m sorry should I just redo that whole moment?” I asked sarcastically. “Oh…honey that looks like it hurts. Are you okay?”
“Oh, I’m fuckin fantastic. Just broke my nose…nothing major.” Andy replied back. “Hurts like a mother fucker.”
“Well maybe if you didn’t head butt inanimate objects this wouldn’t happen.”
“Maybe should have told me that before I decided to.” Andy said sarcastically. “Take my in ear and do the next song with the guys, while I get checked out and cleaned up.”
“I’m not even dressed to go on stage at a frickin BVB concert.” And I wasn’t I had on a floral dress on. Not very bad ass if you ask me.
“You look fine. Just go.” Andy said kind of impatiently.
I sighed and obeyed him, taking his in ear and putting it in. “You so owe me.”
“Love ya too.” Andy answered as I walked out on stage.
I picked up the mic where Andy had dropped it by the drum riser. I stepped onto it and motioned for the other’s to come over. I squatted so that I could talk to the other three a little bit easier. “Andy wanted me to do the next song for him.”
“Is he alright?” CC asked.
“He’s talking and doesn’t seem to be in shock. I think he just broke his nose. He should be fine, nothing life threatening this time.” I answered. Yes it sucked that he broke his nose and it was horrible but at least it wasn’t as bad as when he broke his ribs. That is the one realization that was keeping me calm. “Next song is Smoke and Mirrors right?”
“Yes.” Jake answered. “You got it down?”
I nodded, “Yeah I got it.” I stood up and made sure the mic was on.
“Sorry for the change up guys but Andy is a little busy at the moment. I’m Andy’s girlfriend, Riley. I’m going to be singing the next song for him while he’s getting checked out by the medics.” I addressed the crowd. “I told him not to do anything stupid but of course he doesn’t listen to me. This song if you don’t know it is called Smoke and Mirrors.” I said and at the guys to start playing. I loved the beginning of this song and it was one of my favorite songs all together.
“Quiet as I watch you falling, You become the prey again, I can see your skin is crawling, Lipstick cases and sin, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, You’re drowning, Same old song and dance, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up my darling, Never stood a chance, Lost alone you are, Out of touch, So far an illusion, It’s all just smoke and mirrors, Always chasing scars, Never get too far, An illusion, It’s all just smoke and mirrors.” I sang, playing it up to the crowd. They seemed to like it even though I wasn’t Andy.
After I was done, I looked to side stage, while the fans were clapping. John was motioning for me to come to him. I nodded and then smiled at the crowd. “It seems John is motioning for me to go backstage, hopefully that means that Andy will be back.” I told the crowd and they cheered.
I walked to side stage and turned off the mic. “So what’s going on?” I asked, my ears kind of ringing from being on stage.
“We’re going to have to call off the rest of the show. The medics got his nose back in place or whatever but they haven’t stopped the bleeding yet.” John answered.
“Are you going to announce it or do you want me to?” I asked.
“I’ll do it; you just go to the green room and entertain Andy while they try to get the bleeding to stop. He’s being a pain in the ass as usual.” John answered.
I handed him the mic and nodded. “Okay.”
When I walked into the green room Andy was sitting in a chair, clearly pissed at the medic that was trying to help him. “So I hear you’re being a pain in the ass.” I said as I walked over to Andy.
“They won’t let me go back on.” Andy said turning to me, the medic scowled. He had blood on his face and his chest.
“Well you look like your some character from a horrible slasher film.” I answered. “I can take care of him. I’ll yell if I need any help.” I told the medic and took the towel he was using to try and stop Andy’s bloody nose.
“I told him I could do this on my own.” Andy answered.
“Well you’re a rock star; you now have people to wipe your nose for you.” I answered sarcastically as I pressed the towel gently to his nose. “Too bad we don’t have tampons we could just stick them right up there.” I joked as he winced a little.
“No.” Andy responded. “I am not going to have one of those stuck up my nose.”
“I’m sure you have done weirder things.” I laughed.
“You did awesome from what I could hear.” Andy said changing the subject.
I smiled, “Thanks, that’s one of my favorite songs by you guys so I enjoyed singing it. It also helps that you guys have awesome fans. They seemed to enjoy it.”
“You should stay the rest of the tour.” Andy said grabbing me by the hips. “You can take care of me and sing.”
I chuckled and pulled the towel away from his nose to see if the bleeding had stopped. “No.” I answered. It had finally started to slow down. I handed him a Kleenex. “Here I don’t think you’re going to need the towel anymore.”
“Why?” He asked looking confused.
“Because the bleeding has slowed down enough.” I answered.
“No not to that.” He said putting the Kleenex up to his nose. He winced again. “Why won’t you stay?”
“Because I told you that if you did something stupid tonight that I would be pissed at you.” I responded with a smirk.
“Come on, I’m injured. You’re supposed to be nice to me.” Andy pointed out.
“I have stuff to deal with at home like our dog.” I answered. “I don’t like the idea of leaving him with Ben for that amount of time. You never know what he might teach him to do.” I joked. “Then I have Juliet’s audition to go to and a lunch with my parents.” I answered frowning at the end. I wasn’t looking forward to it but my parents had requested it.
“Lunch with your parents? I thought they disowned you or something?” Andy said questioningly.
I nodded, “They asked for it. I don’t know what they want or anything but I’m tired of their games.”
“Maybe they’re going to apologize.” Andy said optimistically.
I shrugged my shoulders, “I doubt it but I can hope.”http://www.polyvore.com/chapter_seventeen/set?id=81552439
Notes
Riley's Dress: http://www.polyvore.com/chapter_seventeen/set?id=81552439Yay finally updated ^_^ sorry it took so long. Moved out of my school apartment for the summer ^_^ Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter ^_^
@NikiFM
Yes plz! It's SOO good! I read both stories in like one day lol
8/23/14