I Guess Dreams Can Come True

I got up after about 5 minutes, and walked back to the side stage, sobbing softly. Andy was still playing, thank god. They were playing New Religion, good song, one of my favorites. Andy was in the middle of singing the very last part when he looked over at me. God damn it, why did you have to look? His eyes got huge suddenly, and his voice hitched. I looked back and him and shook my head, telling him I could wait to talk, his eyes stayed on mine forever it seemed, then he directed them back to the crowd.

“AMEN!” He yelled, then got a drink and continued.

“Alright, guys! Thanks so much for coming! I love you all! And remember: To always be yourself. Never give in. You’ll get through it. Always. Bye!” He said, then jogged with a little jump off the stage and over to me. His smile quickly faded, and he could see tears in my eyes, he grabbed my arms lightly to pull me over to the side to talk to me.

“What the hell happened?!” He asked frantically. What was I going to say?! If I told Andy he would do something, then Landon would know and do something to Andy. I no longer doubt his powers.

“Mosh pit…” I said quietly, looking away. I couldn’t bear to lie to him, but it was for his own good.

“That’s a damn dirty lie. They all know who you are, they wouldn’t do that, and I’ve never seen anyone hurt this badly from a simple mosh pit. AND I didn’t even see you out there, I was looking for you.” He said, a bit angered that he didn’t know. I didn’t say anything, but continued to look at the floor. He squeezed my arms a bit tighter.

“Ouch!” I said, jumping out of his grasp. He lifted my torn leather jacket off of me so he could see my arm. His eyes scanned my arm, and saw that I had a faint hand print from a bruise surrounding my arm.

“Who the hell touched you, Kate?!” He said, his eyes blazing with anger.

“The mosh pit, Andy! Please, just stop!” I yelled, and put my jacket back on.

“Why are your clothes torn this badly?” He asked, obviously ignoring my latest comment.

“Leave it alone, damn it!” I yelled at him.

“You aren’t going to tell me, are you?” He asked, looking hurt.

“It’s for your own good, Andy…” I said quietly.

“I love you.” He said, kissing me.

“I love you too.” I said, not looking up.

“You may not tell me but I’m going to find this mother fucker.” He said hesitantly.

“You won’t.” I replied, and hugged him. He wrapped his safe arms around me, and I couldn’t help but cry into his shirt.

“Well whoever did this to you is going to pay.” He said as he put his chin on the top of my head. I nodded my head and hugged him tighter.

“Let’s take care of you.” He said, and parted from the hug and walked me back to the bus, just the two of us.

“They’re going to pay.” Andy said as he walked into the bathroom, then into our bedroom area.

“You said that…” I said softly. He came back with a shirt of his, my yoga pants and a washcloth.

“Here, I’ll help.” He said quietly, and I took off my jacket all of the way this time. He sat down next to me on the bed, and gently wiped at the bloody mess on my cheek.

“Ow…” I said as he did it.

“I know, I’m so sorry…” Andy said as he moved to look at the bruises on my arms. I tried not to make eye contact with him so he wouldn’t see the tears in my eyes again.

“C-Could you change into shorts please?’ He asked me hesitantly.

“No…” I said, I hadn’t seen my legs yet but I know there were probably bruises on them too, and he’d get a hint as to what it was because they would be so high up on my thighs.

“Please, Kate… I stopped asking about who did this to you, the least you can do is put some shorts on so I can see what else this jerk off did to you. Kate, please…” He said desperately. I looked at him for a long moment, then spoke.

“Fine…” I said, getting up to go change into his shirt and some pajama shorts. I went into the room, closing the door behind me, and sat on the bed.

“Okay, just get some shorts on… that’s it… Don’t even look, just do…” I mumbled under my breath as I got out some shorts from my bag. I took off the ripped skinny jeans I was wearing, and couldn’t bear it anymore, I looked down. Fuck… I came out with shorts and his old Misfits shirt on, and Andy saw immediately. He stared silently at my legs at first with his jaw on the ground, then he finally killed the silence.

“Why in the fuck do you have fucking hand prints on your thighs?!” He asked as he got up.

“I don’t know…” I said, looking down.

“Well it wasn’t from some damn mosh pit!” He said, clearly starting to get an idea of what happened. I was silent again.

“Kate, please at least tell me what happened…” He said, tears almost in his eyes.

“I can’t Andy…” I said as quiet as a mouse. Then as Andy was about to speak again all of the guys busted through the door.

“Guys! Did you see Landon was here?! Bro, he was getting arrested by some cops because some chick said he was harassing her-“ Then Jake stopped once he saw my state.

“What the fuck is that…” He said, pointing to my bruises.

“Mosh pi-“ I started to say.

“Bull shit! Landon’s here?! Was that it?!” Andy yelled.

“Yeah…” Jinxx spoke up.

“Was it Landon?!” Andy yelled louder and got closer to me. I flinched, my first reaction when someone yells and gets closer, I’ve learned from experience.

“You need to calm down.” Cc said to Andy.

“Look at her. With the shit she’s been through do you really think yelling at her would make it ANY better on her?!” Ashley joined in. Andy looked back at me, and his expression changed from anger to sadness in an instant.

“I’m sorry… I’m not mad at you, I’m mad at this douche canoe who did this to you.” He said, pulling me in for a safe, protective hug. I buried my face in his warm chest again.

“I love you so much, Andy.” I said, sobbing.

“I love you more, baby.” He said, hugging me more.

“Was it Landon?” He asked me. I was silent for a moment, debating on what I would say.

“… Landon was here…?” I asked unconvincingly. He sighed and continued to hug me.

NEXT DAY

I woke up surrounded in Andy’s arms. I loved him so much. I got up, and put on my makeup, careful to put on enough so you couldn’t see my cut. I walked back out and saw Andy was making breakfast and everyone was here but Jinxx.

“Where’s Jinxx?” I asked sleepily.

“Ohhh… Jinxx!” Ashley said with a wink and a smirk.

“What about Jinxx?” I asked.

“Jinxx uh… Well, there was some super hot fan last night, and they got to know each other QUITE WELL if you ask me.” Ashley said, still smirking.

“Her name?” I asked.

“Brionna. Super hot, Jinxx was really into her. Like her personality too.” Cc said with a smile.

“HE SURE WAS INTO HER!” Ashley yelled and started humping the air again.

“Oh god!” I said, laughing. At least these guys could get my mind off of Landon for a little bit. I started thinking about what Landon did to me again and replaying it in my mind over and over again.

“Kate?” Andy asked, and I snapped out of the previous thought and looked at Andy’s icy blue eyes.

“Y-Yeah?” I said, my voice catching.

“What are you thinking about?” He asked me kindly.

“Nothing, nope, no, uhh… I’m fine…” I said, trying not to worry him just before he had to preform today.

“ I don’t believe that, but just know I’m here when you want to tell me what actually happened.” He said, looking me in the eyes. I nodded, and picked up my phone.

“Can I play music while we get ready?” I asked innocently.

“Sure, llama mama!” Cc said.

“Llama mama?” I asked, laughing.

“Llama mama.” He stated again.

“Well alright then.” I said, and turned on some music. The first song that came on was This Addiction by Alkaline Trio.

“Oh no…” Jake said.

“What?” I asked.

“Andy re-“ He started to say as Andy jumped into the room.

“YOU HIT ME JUST LIKE HEROINE, COARSING THROUGH MY VEINS!” Andy yelled, jumping around and playing the air guitar.

“Woah, calm down there.” I said, laughing my ass off, and pausing the song. Andy stopped and looked me dead in the eyes, giving me adorable puppy eyes.

“You turned off my jam…” He said, quivering his lip to add drama.

“Indeed I did.” I said with a small smirk.

“Put it back on!” He said, smiling wildly. I gave him a look.

“Please?” He said, laughing.

“Fine!” I huffed with a smile, and put it back on. I walked into our room to get clothes to change into and I saw out of the corner of my eye Andy still head banging to the song so I changed the song quickly to Home by Three Days Grace. Then the unspeakable happened. This mother fucker changed his tone of singing and switched to the new song automatically and kept head banging, without looking up.

“I’LL BE COMING HOME, JUST TO BE ALONE!” He sang along.

“Damn, son!” I exclaimed. He laughed, knowing what I was talking about.

“Alright, you stay here… okay?” Andy asked me, getting ready to go back on stage. I nodded, and he gave me a big kiss, then jumped onto stage.

“Alright, mother fuckers! Are you ready to scream?!” He shouted at the crowd.

“Fuck yeahhhhh!!!!” They shouted back.

“Come on! Are you ready to SCREAM?!” He yelled again.

“FUCK YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!” They yelled in return.

“Scream! Shout! Scream! Shout! Sing it with me!” He said with a huge smile on his face.

“SCREAM! SHOUT! SCREAM! SHOUT!” Damn, this was ear splitting being right here on the side of the stage. Then they continued to sing Fallen Angels.

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