Love The Way You Lie

"I need a beer.." Emerson said to Toby, the merch guy, as a large group of kids swarmed the Black Veil Brides tent. Andy had a signing by himself today so Emerson decided helping Toby out wouldn't be a bad idea.

Big mistake.

These kids were insane and she was about two seconds from ripping one of their multi-colored heads off. She had a love of dying her hair too, but damn. Highlighter yellow? Who was that going to look good on!? She wasn't used to these kind of kids and it was hard for her to really equate. Yeah, she had a love for rock music in her teen years too but she also loved hip hop. She didn't only wear band shirts but she had her own strange style of integrating them in but still looking really cute. She figured that she just didn't fit in anywhere but as she grew older she realized she was just more mature than people her age. Growing up was the best thing that ever happened to Emerson.

"Okay guys! I need everyone to stand in an orderly line and we'll get to all of you!" Toby said, looking over at Emerson wearily. He was semi-tall with brown hair and a beard that had to get hot in the summer months.

"We're drinking our asses off after this." She said, putting her hand on his shoulder. He nodded, laughing and started with the first kid in line.

For the next hour or so they kicked it into high gear, picking up a routine. Toby gets the order, he tells Emerson, she grabs the merch and he takes the money. It was all going really smoothly.

Until Ashley fucking Purdy came out to crash it.

"Hey you guys!" He said, smiling as he leaned on the table where Emerson was standing. She quickly moved on the other side of Toby, not wanting any fans to get the wrong idea.

They all just screamed seeing one of their idols. Of course, all the screams brought on a whole slew of people and Emerson was pissed. They had a great thing going, and Jon had told the boys to not go out to their tent unless it was a signing. They had a backstage for hanging out.

"Purdy what are you doing?" Emerson asked, her hands on her hips.

"Saying hello to my fans!" He slurred, obviously drunk.

"Okay, well you've already had a signing today-"

"Correction, Andy has had a signing today. Not me, or any of the guys for that matter." He rolled his eyes. Emerson sensed that the man had a bit of jealously for her boyfriend.

"Ah right." She said, swallowing hard.

"Now if you'll excuse me." He said, turning back to the group of people. She looked over at Toby who only rolled his eyes.

"Andy's signing is over. You should go." He smiled.

"You sure?" She asked.

"Yeah, go calm him down. He's always in a mood after signings." Toby laughed.

"Mhm, I've noticed." She chuckled. Emerson had been on Warped for two weeks now and everyday got crazier.

"He knows their closing tonight, right?" Toby asked.

"Yeah, I can't get him to stop talking about it." She smiled. "See you later, Toby." Emerson walked out of the tent, waving at a few of the fans who screamed her name. Andy had been completely wrong- she hated the fame. Everyone knowing her name gave her the creeps and she just wanted to walk around without being asked to take a picture or sign something with her sloppy as shit hand writing.

She was just dating Andy, why did that constitute all this attention? Couldn't they just date without everyone getting in their fucking business? It irked Emerson to no end and she found herself getting so angry, she had to take an extra lap around the buses before going to see Andy.

She hopped on the Black Veil Brides bus and smiled seeing Andy on the couch watching TV. He had a magazine in his hands and Emerson blushed as he looked up. He looked so incredibly attractive and she swooned just at the sight.

"Hey baby." He said, his voice sounding gruff.

"Hi." She said, walking to the kitchen and grabbing a bottle of orange juice out of the fridge.
She poured herself a glass and then sat down next to him.

"How was the tent?" He asked, sliding his arm around her shoulders.

"Alright, Ashley came out and all of the kids freaked out. Toby told me to leave because it was about to get too stressful." She shook her head. "Ash is kind of an ass when he's drunk."

"That he is." Andy sighed, resting his chin on her shoulder. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." She said, twining her fingers with his.

"Want a beer?" He asked, smirking.

"Yes." She mumbled. He stood up and walked to the fridge. He grabbed two and handed one to her. She popped the top and took a long sip. "Mmm."

He chuckled and sat next to her. She let her legs drape over his lap and her head rested against his shoulder.

"So Cincinnati is tomorrow.." He mumbled. She looked up at him and nodded. "You get to meet my parents."

"I know, I'm really excited actually." She smiled.

"I guess I should probably tell you.." He said, fluffing his hair up. She looked up into his eyes, expectantly. "Last Warped, the Cinci date was terrible. All the assholes from high school showed up, and flicked me off and were just generally awful. I'm anticipating on it happening again. So I might be a little..off.."

"Well, I'll be by your side. Okay?" She said, taking his face in her hand. "Always." He pressed a firm kiss against her lips.

"I know."

Notes

A little short but next chapter will be more interesting :)