"Emerson? Holy shit!" Justin Hills of Sleeping With Sirens ran towards the tiny girl standing next to Andrew Biersack.

"Justin!" She exclaimed, hugging the short, brown haired guy.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Andy is my boyfriend." She laughed, taking Andy's hand.

"That's great! So you'll be on the whole tour?" He grinned. EVC had a reputation of being a hard-ass partier.

"Yep." She said, looking into Andy's eyes. "Well, I'm sure we'll see you guys around."

"Yeah." Justin smiled, as Andy and Emerson walked on.

"We have a signing at one, so you can stand by me during it if you want." He said, wrapping his arm around her neck.

"Okay." She smiled, and slid her own arm around his waist. She checked her phone to see it was already twelve and kids were probably walking all over the festival.

"Are people going to recognize you?" She asked.

"We'll be walking around backstage so don't worry about that." He said. She glanced to her left to see a gate beside her in front of a lot of trees. Through them she could faintly see kids walking around. "Where to?"

"Doesn't matter to me, as long as I'm with you." She grinned, kissing him quickly.

"The Used is on at 12:15. Bert's a good friend of mine so I'd love for you to meet him." He said.

"Cool." She said, and they walked on to the mainstage.

Standing in an old trailer Emerson saw a talk guy with long brown hair, and shorter one with short hair. Two other guys stood next to them.

"Hey Andy!" The man with long hair said.

"Hey dude, how are you doing?" He said.

"Great." The guy said. "Whose this lovely lady?"

"This is Emerson Carter, my girlfriend. Em, this is Bert McCracken, Quinn Allman, Dan Whitesides, and Branden Steincekert." Andy smiled, and rubbed her side.

"Hi!" She waved at the four guys.

"Babe, Bert sang on Days Our Numbered with us." Andy said.

"Oh fun!" Emerson smiled, rubbing his back.

"Probably my favorite track I've ever guested on." Bert chuckled.

"Thanks man." Andy said, "Cool if we stay back here and watch for a little while?"

"No problem, is your lady a fan?" Bert asked.

"Not particularly but maybe you could make me one." She smiled politely at him.

"We will certainly try." Bert chuckled.

"Used, your on!" A guy with a headset said. Andy and Emerson watched as they all ran on, making the crowd erupt into cheers. She wrapped her arms around his waist and lf laid her head on his chest.

They started playing some song and Andy started singing lowly in her ear. It was the song I Come Alive and one of his favorites. After that they played Taste Of Ink, then All I've Got, and finally I Caught Fire which was Andy's all time favorite.

A few fans had seemed to catch sight of them slow dancing so after the end of the song, Bert decided to call them out.

"I know a few of you are Black Veil Brides fans and I know a few saw the adorable couple slow dancing backstage." He chuckled as Emerson's cheeks reddened. Andy pulled her closer to him and kissed her forehead, hearing a few screams from the audience. "They're perfect aren't they? Well anyways that's one of my best friends, Andy Biersack so let's cheer for his happiness." Loud cheers erupted making Andy and Emerson laugh.

She smiled up at him, happy living in that moment. Happy she had made him a better a guy. Happy she was with him instead of a certain rapper.

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Emerson stood in the back of the tent with Jon. The guys were doing their signing, and she was enjoying watching Andy interact with all of his fans. They seemed to love him and he them.

"They're all staring at you." Jon chuckled.

"I know." She laughed, crossing her arms.

Emerson had seen the pictures Andy posted of them online. She had acquired a ton of new followers. She only had about two thousand before, made up of a few band members and the fans that have to follow everyone their following, and then a lot of her friends. Now she had about twenty thousand, mostly Black Veil Brides fans. A lot of his fans were nasty about their relationship.

"Some of them disdainfully." Jon clicked his tongue.

"Yeah I see that too." She chuckled.

"Babe, can you grab me a water?" Andy called to Emerson. She nodded and grabbed one from the cooler. He reached out to take it from her hand and kissed her quickly causing the fans to erupt into screams. "Thanks, love. Only like fifteen minutes left."

"It's cool." She said, ruffling his hair and taking his sunglasses.

"Hey!" He chuckled as she stuck her tongue out at him. She waited in the tent for a little while, casually talking to Jon.

She found out that he actually had a wife, and it pained him to always have to leave her to tour with the guys. Apparently her name was Elle and she'd barely even talked to Andy before and he was hoping Emerson could change that.

She was positive she could and told Jon maybe they could even double date one day. Either way, Andy needed to start being more appreciative and Emerson was going to help that.

As Andy finished up the last person for the day, the little girl leaned over to him. "Is that Emerson?" She asked.

"Yeah." Andy smiled, but fear rose in his stomach. She could bash her right in front of his face..

"She's beautiful. I hope you guys last forever." He smiled widely at her and nodded thanks. It felt good to know there were people like this small girl out there.

"Thank you." He said. "That means a lot." She smiled brightly at him before walking away. Andy sighed seeing how many people were still in line to meet them but the meet and greet had already ended.

Jon called something out to the crowd, saying they had officially ended and to come see the band at three on mainstage.

The guys waved to everyone and stood up. Checking his watch, Andy walked back to Emerson.

"Hey." She smiled. He pulled her into his arms and sighed. "What's wrong?"

"I wish we could have met them all." He said. Emerson glanced over the crowd, some were crying that they didn't get to meet their idols. She ran her fingers soothingly through Andy's hair.

"You can't meet them all." She said, "There's too many, your a popular guy."

He chuckled at her words, "Thanks Em." He said, taking his sunglasses off her face.

"Love you." She grinned.

"You too." He giggled, kissing her quickly. They laced hands and walked back to the row of buses their own was located on. She climbed up the steps, him following. "I've got to get ready for stage.." He said, pulling her to the bathroom. She sat down on the toilet, and watched as he began to apply minimal amounts of makeup. From the pictures he'd shown her and she'd seen online, he wore way less than he used too.

"Why'd you stop wearing makeup?" She asked.

"We just wanted a change." He shrugged. "Or more I did, I guess."

"Ah, are you going to go back to it?" She asked, watching him draw a line on the side of his cheek.

"Probably not." He said, popping in his lip and then nose ring. "It's much easier."

"Looks like it." She smiled, taking her phone out. "Take a first time watching you perform selfie with me." He laughed and leaned down to press his lips to her cheek. She grinned and clicked the button. "Ewh, another." She shook her head, deleting it. She wrapped her arm around his neck and he pressed his cheek to hers before making his classic brooding "Andy" face.

"That's a good one don't delete it." He chuckled.

"I won't." She said, quickly uploading it to Instagram.

@EVC_Dance: Excitement in the air as I get closer to seeing my love @Andybvb perform <3

He immediately liked it and commented a heart.

"So what now?" She asked, tucking her feet underneath her.
"Well we have like twenty minutes until we should get back stage so whatever you want." He said, taking her hand and pulling her to her feet.

"I've got to check a few emails if you don't mind." She smiled.

"Not at all." They walked to the back lounge wear Emersons laptop was. She grabbed it and opened up the top as Andy sat down. She plopped on his lap and logged on to her email. His chin was resting on her shoulder looking at the screen. "What's that?" He whispered, pointing to two old attachments.

"Oh just some dance videos." She said. "From the last performance I did."

"I want to see!" He whined.

She chuckled, "Okay." She clicked on the first one laughing when she saw it was to Dance Ass by Big Sean.

Emerson came out on stage first clad in a black sports bra, backwards hat, and black leggings with her hip hop shoes. All of her tattoos on her upper body were exposed and Andy felt like his mouth was salivating. She was so damn gorgeous.

"Holy shit, Em.." He trailed off.

"What?" She chuckled.

"You're sexy as fuck." He shook his head, running his fingers along her exposed stomach. He began kissing her neck which made her groan with eagerness. She let out a loud moan as he moved to her sweet spot and began working on it to no end.

"We do not have time for this.." She said, turning in his arms. He chuckled and pulled away.

"I know. But we do tonight." He grinned, kissing her on the mouth. They stood up and placed her laptop aside. "We should get to the stage."

"Mhm." She took his hand and they walked off the bus. The heat was thick and Emerson felt beads of sweat rise on her neck. "Sure does suck you guys are playing at the hottest time of the day." She said, rubbing his knuckles.

"I know. It's always this way, we've never closed." He said.

"Have you been on mainstage before?" She asked.

"No."

"Well maybe that's why.." She laughed, slipping her arm around his waist. He chuckled and slung his arm around her neck.

"Your right." He said as they came up on the guys standing around backstage. They could hear the loud rumbling of the crowd.

"Hey guys." CC said. "Warped Tour is web casting this live! They have a backstage dude over there." He nodded to a guy with a camera and a blinking red light on it.

"Andy.." Emerson said, nervously. He reached up to rub her arm.

"It's okay." He smiled, kissing her cheek.

"Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides is right here! We'd love to get a word with you man!" The camera man said. Kevin Lyman, the creator of Warped Tour, was interviewing and Andy knew he couldn't say no.

"Yeah sure, no problem." He said, grabbing Emersons hand.

"Okay, going live in 3, 2, 1.."

"Hey I'm Kevin Lyman, backstage here at Vans Warped Tour 2013. We're here Andy Biersack of The Black Veil Brides, how are you man?" Kevin smiled.

"I'm great, Kevin. How about you?" Andy asked, glancing at Emerson who was taking to CC.

"Awesome. So you guys play mainstage in about ten minutes, are you pumped?" He said.

"I can't wait. I've missed performing since our last tour." Andy smiled.

"Great." Kevin said, "Well, I'll leave you and I'm assuming your beautiful lady to get prepped! Good luck."

"Thanks man." Andy said, squeezing Emersons hand. He walked away to go talk to CC and Ashley.

"Ugh- I don't want to do any interviews with you." She sighed.

"Awh don't act that way, Em." He mumbled, wrapping his arms around her. "You'll start to love the fame."

"No I won't." She shook her head. "I don't like being the center of attention.."

"It's okay." He said, cupping her cheek. The way he was looking at her- with the large as shit crowd around- it was like she was the only girl near him, hell in the world. Emerson was everything to him and he her. Even after only knowing each other a short time, their love had grown to something so peaceful for her that she had to try and catch her breath every time he looked at her.

"I love you.." She mumbled. He smiled and wrapped his free arm around her waist.

"I love you too." For Andy the feelings Emerson gave him washed through his entire body. She just had to touch him with her soft hand, or mess with her hair and he would swoon. He loved how she wasn't afraid to be who she was. How she could own her tattoos proudly, or how her style was all her own. The love Andy felt Emerson Vale Carter was about as real as the love he felt for his music but multiplied by a thousand. It was an impossible number to count and he knew in that moment that she and him were forever.

Forever doesn't just mean until the grave- it means putting up with the others shit. It means holding the others hand through every single mess. He'd already broken down in front of her, and she him. They'd already held the other when they cried. They knew the pain of almost being apart. In the short but oh, so long two weeks they'd known each other, they'd fallen in love. And that seemed impossible.

"Andy, three minute warning." A stage manager called out, glancing at the couple.

"Okay man." Andy smiled, pulling his girlfriend to backstage with him. A few people checked them out as he stretched his long limbs out.

"You ready?" She asked as he took both of her hands in his.

"Mhm." He smiled.

"I can't wait." She said as he leaned in to give her a long kiss.

"Break it up love birds." Ashley chuckled, smacking Andy's head. He just kissed her harder until his name was called again to run on stage. CC walked out first, then Jake and Jinxx, Ash, and finally Andy. He let go of Emerson's hand at the last minute and winked as he walked out to the huge crowd. She watched in awe as Andy began to work the stage. He held his hand out to the audience as the beginning notes of I Am Bulletproof sounded through the speakers. The boys began to play the instruments as Andy let out a long scream. Emerson smiled at him, nodding her head along with the beat as he roamed the stage. He owned what he did- so much so that Emerson felt entranced. He would sing with people in the front row, he would pause to look out at the world in front of him. He looked beautiful and Emerson couldn't believe he was hers.

The set continued on, and Emerson grew more and more aware of the audiences eyes on her even more than her boyfriend.

She had a feeling this would be happening but it was uncomfortable. She snapped a quick photo of him and heard the audience scream. He turned to look at her and she held her phone out again as he made a silly face at her. She giggled as the whole crowd laughed.

As their second song wound down he walked over and took a sip of Emersons water. "Love you." He said, ruffling her hair.

"You too." She chuckled.

"Alright mother fuckers, having a good time?" Andy asked, holding the mic out for them all to scream. "In case you were wondering who the random chick is, that's my girlfriend Emerson Carter. Follow her on Instagram at EVCDance to see the pictures she just took." Emerson laughed and crossed her arms. "Okay this next song is one of my favorites. It's a cover we did a while ago called Rebel Yell originally by Billy Idol. Hope you like it."

Emerson nodded her head to the beat and smiled. They were great live and the fans seemed to love it. Rebel Yell had always been one of her favorite songs and Andy sounded great. They sang Shadows Die next and then Fallen Angels before singing In The End lastly.

"Thank you so much guys, you were fucking insane! Love you all so much and look out for a tour coming soon!" Andy smiled before tossing his towels, water bottles and whatever else out into the audience. He ran to Emerson and threw his arms around her as she laughed.

"Ewh you are so sweaty!" She exclaimed.

"That's right! You love it!" He giggled as she shook her head.

"I used to smell good." She laughed as he pulled away and took her hand.

"I love you." He kissed her quickly.

"Love you too." She said rubbing his knuckles. They walked off the stage, seeing a few bands already back there. Sleeping With Sirens was closing tonight and Emerson looked forward to watching from the comfort of backstage tents. Crowds were fun and all but it was nice to be able to not have to get sweaty and hot. "Back to the bus then?" She asked.

"Mhm." He mused. "I need to shower and you are more than welcome to join."

"Oh am I?" She laughed. "Good to know." They walked back to the bus, leaving the other guys to talk to other bands, in a comfortable silence.

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