Shadow Children
Birthday Boy
Holy shit! It’s Andy’s birthday! The best thing was that I woke up in my bed with CC wrapped around me. I shook him awake.
“It’s Andy’s birthday!”
“Fuck! I didn’t get him anything!” He sat up straight, “What are we going to do?” I dragged his lazy ass over to Blade’s room.
“Blade wake the fuck up! We are making Andy Batman pancakes!”
“Why?” He whined.
“It’s his fucking birthday!” I yelled. I ran downstairs to see the guys already up.
“The Kiss action figures are from me, the Batman pjs are from Juliet, Sammi got Crue shot glasses… Ash and CC I got you guys covered! Here the Misfits and Alkaline Trio shirts can be from you guys. Jay say you got him the Dennis Westtower shirt, wait no the red nail polish and the batman underwear. Jinxx and Jake got him the Dennis Westtower shirt…” Matt said throwing boxes around. Blade started flipping pancakes as my mom made bacon. I saw Jagger and Niki and tackled them with a hug.
“Good morning to you too!” Jagger yelled.
“We got Andy some new leather skinny jeans, I heard that he ruins them a lot!” Niki said standing up.
“I SMELL BACON!” Andy yelled as he ran upstairs, “Wait you guys didn’t get me anything did you?” He asked.
“Dude take the fucking gifts they aren’t Lamborghinis!” Ashley yelled.
“Fine, fine… wait are those pancakes with the batman logo on them?” He yelled sitting down at the table.
“Yes, and we made you bacon…” My mom said.
“This is fucking amazing!” He yelled as he dug in.
“Presents!” Jake and CC yelled. We started handing him everything.
“Oh, fuck guys! This is great! Especially the Dennis Westtower shirt!” He said hugging us.
“And today these people are going to show us around town!” Jinxx said. I ran upstairs to get dressed, CC followed close behind. I pulled on my leather skinnies, my unicorn shirt, and my boots. Then I put on my make up.
“Jay! I ran out of eyeliner! Humph…” CC sighed.
“There’s more on my desk in my room!” I called back. CC ran in holding my eyeliner and started putting it on.
“I thought you didn’t wear makeup all the time…” I pointed out.
“But I like eyeliner!” He stubbornly said.
“Fine, fine… you can keep it.” I surrendered.
“Are you guys ready yet? I need to PEE!” Blade said running into the bathroom. He pushed us out and locked the door. I heard him sigh loudly, he must have been peeing…
“Justine! The guys are getting impatient!” Niki yelled.
“I want to see my uncle!” I ran down the stairs with CC in tow. And out the door we went.
“Where to first?” Sammi asked. I looked at my friends and we knew where to go.
“Please tell me!” Andy whined.
“Never!” Niki yelled.
“Why not?” Andy whined.
“Because I suffered through this and now it’s your turn!” I yelled.
“But I HATE surprises, emphasis on the HATE…”
“So do I!” I said.
“Is it strange that they act more a like than her actual brother?” Jagger asked Jinxx.
“I’ve been saying that this whole time!” He agreed. We walked into the school and started to give them the grand tour.
“I thought you all fucking hated this place…” Matt said.
“We do, but we have our ‘cave’ that we love…” Niki tried to explain.
“Just come on!” I pulled CC and Andy by their arms. When we opened the door their mouths hung open.
“And you guys are the only people that use this?” Juliet asked.
“Basically…” Blade said. The instruments were up on the stage.
“Can we play?” CC asked running up to the drum set like a 5 year old.
“Of course!” I yelled after him. We all sat in the front row.
“Hello audience of 6! We are Black Veil Brides, but you already know that… and we are going to play you our new song from our album Wretched and Devine! It’s called In the End!” Andy said into the microphone. Blade was backstage doing sound and lighting. They put on quite a show.
“My turn!” Juliet yelled as she ran up to Andy.
“What song baby?” He asked.
“Wild Child!” Andy smiled. Apparently the guys knew how to play her song, well I bet Andy made them learn it but that’s besides the point. Juliet’s song was really good!
“Well looks like some one made a name for themselves!” I heard from the hallway.
“Sorry, we thought school was empty…” I said turning around, “Mr. Smith!”
“Uncle Dave!” Ashley yelled running off the stage and attacking him.
“Ash!” He yelled getting back up to his feet, “Have you gotten to hear any Fear the Silence songs?” The guys shook their heads no.
“Fear the silence get your asses on stage now!” Matt yelled. We walked on stage and took our instruments.
“I’ve been trying for way to long
To put my heart down on paper
But it never felt right
So I know I can’t turn back now
Don’t waste your time
This is the moment
This is what’s right.
And now I feel like I’m on top of the world…” Jagger sung the song.
“That was great!” CC yelled crushing me in a hug. I kissed him when he lightened his grip on my body.
“FUCKING PDA!” Jake yelled.
“Dude come on! Sammi and Jinxx kiss in front of you, so do Andy and Juliet!” CC said, “Plus you walked in on Ashley’s threesome last tour!” Mr. Smith looked at Ashley with a look in his eyes that said: You got it from your father… Ashley smirked.
“So now that we saw this school, where to next?” Matt asked breaking the awkward silence.
“Park!” Blade and Jagger yelled in unison. We said goodbye to Mr. Smith and ran out of the school.
“I’m king of the monkey bars!” Andy yelled running to the playground scaring little kids in the process.
“No I’m king!” CC yelled stomping his foot like a toddler. Jinxx was sitting on the swing with Sammi on his lap facing him.
“To the slide!” Jake yelled picking me up. As soon as I realized what was happening I was being pushed down the slide.
“Tag! You’re it!” Matt yelled as he slapped my arm.
“Ow!”
“Run away!” Jake yelled. I chased Juliet around the playground and hit her when I was close enough to the base.
“Not fair!”
“No tag backs!” I yelled. She ran after Blade and Jagger, but they reached the base before she was even close to getting them. Matt and Jake joined us along with Sammi and Jinxx. The only people left were Niki, Andy, and CC who were still fighting over who was king of the monkey bars.
“Andy come here for a sec?” Juliet begged trying to trick him.
“Yeah… sure, but this isn’t over!” He said walking away from CC.
“No Andy!”
“Andy run!”
“It’s a trap!”
“She’s it!” We all yelled from the base. He started running.
“Come on! Andy!” Juliet yelled.
“My gazelle legs will out run you!” He yelled running past the base and into the distance.
“Where is he going?” Jagger asked. We all shrugged. After about five minutes Andy came running back, still not out of breath. Juliet was sweating.
“Andy come on!” Matt yelled running away from the base forgetting the game.
“You’re it!” Juliet yelled hitting Matt.
“Hey guys it’s getting late, we can make one last stop before heading home.” Blade said.
“Karaoke!” Jagger yelled.
“Hop on!” CC yelled throwing me onto his back. Jagger yelled the directions to the karaoke bar, and CC faked that he was going to drop me about 20 times.
“CC! One more fake slip and you drop me, and I will kill you… I already know where you live!” I yelled.
“Dude, you better put her down!” Ashley yelled. We arrived at the door to the bar.
“Jack! Look who’s back!” Niki yelled.
“JUSTINE!” My friend, Jack, yelled as he ran out from behind the counter. We used to work in the music store together, and we obviously kept in touch.
“JACK!” I yelled.
“So I guess you aren’t just here to grace me with your presence? Who are these guys?” He asked.
“Oh sorry dude! I’m CC!” CC stuck out his hand and they did that weird man hug thing that always confuses me.
“Ashley!”
“I’m Sammi Doll and this is Jinxx…”
“Hi, I’m Juliet, and this is Andy! The birthday boy!” Juliet yelled.
“How old?” Jack asked.
“22…” Andy replied.
“You like Jack Daniel’s right?” He asked.
“Fuck yeah man!” The guys yelled. Bottles were passed around.
“I want to beat Jagger!” Andy yelled.
“Winner plays against Justine?” He offered.
“Guys, I’m not getting into your weird competitions…”
“Deal!” Andy agreed completely ignoring me.
“Guys they have one of our songs!” Jake yelled flipping through a songbook.
“No.” Jagger said already reading Andy’s mind. They sung Dr. Feelgood. Andy won that round.
“Come on Jay! Your turn!” Andy yelled. Jack pushed me onto the stage.
“I don’t remember agreeing to this…” I said.
“Blade your choice!” Andy ignored me once again. Born to Run started up.
“JUSTINE! THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!” CC yelled squeezing the life out of me.
“CC-let-me-go…” I choked out.
“But Minnie I love you!”
“I love you too Mickey.” I said kissing him.
“Niki and Justine! Your turn!” Jinxx yelled.
“But Justine just went…” Niki tried to talk herself out of it.
“No buts!” Jinxx said, father mode activated.
“Jinxx, can’t you see they’re in the middle of something!” Ashley argued.
“Come on PDA!” Jake yelled.
“Dude!” CC yelled turning away from me and slapping Jake.
“They’re not busy anymore…” Jinxx said picking me up.
“What is up with guys and carrying me?” I yelled.
“Maybe they just like touching you…” Ashley said. Everyone stared at him, “A little too far?” We all just nodded. Niki and I sung Don’t stop believing. After some more rounds of whiskey and singing we headed home.
“Guys I had a fucking awesome birthday…” Andy said.
“It was great spending it with you.” I jumped and put my weight onto his shoulders. We walked into my house.
“Mom made us cookies!” Blade yelled from the kitchen.
“There’s a note on the microwave… ‘Heat up for about a minute xoxo mom’” I read aloud. I pressed the easy minute button, it was bacon!
“I smell bacon!” Andy yelled running in behind me. I took out the plate and we shared the bacon.
“I’m heading to bed…” Jinxx announced. Sammi followed him downstairs
“Me too…” Blade announced.
“night guys…” Jagger said.
“Andy come on…” Juliet said.
“I’m gonna…” Matt pointed to the stairs. All that was left was CC, Ashley, Niki, and I.
“So we are the last survivors…” CC said. I gave him a really confused look.
“We are the last people awake?” He said trying to explain. I just nodded
“Guys I’m really tired so good night…” Niki said falling asleep as she left for bed. Ashley trudged behind her. My eyes were slowly closing on CC’s shoulder.
“Time to get you to bed…” He lifted me up bridal style and took me upstairs.
“CC?” I asked.
“Yes Minnie?” He replied
“I love you…” I said.
“I love you too, so how’s this going to go down? You need to change into pjs…” He stated.
“Meh…” I said as I weakly lifted my arms above my head. He picked my shirt up and pulled it over my head. I pointed to the draw and he handed me a shirt.
“Unclip my bra please?” I asked. He did as asked and I slid the shirt on, taking my bra off underneath.
“MMehhh…” I whined as he lifted up my legs to take my pants off. I felt like a child when their parents used to have to dress them. He slid my fluffy pants onto my bare legs.
“Goodnight Minnie, I love you…”
“Love you too Mickey…” I said as he laid down next to me. And we fell asleep.
“It’s Andy’s birthday!”
“Fuck! I didn’t get him anything!” He sat up straight, “What are we going to do?” I dragged his lazy ass over to Blade’s room.
“Blade wake the fuck up! We are making Andy Batman pancakes!”
“Why?” He whined.
“It’s his fucking birthday!” I yelled. I ran downstairs to see the guys already up.
“The Kiss action figures are from me, the Batman pjs are from Juliet, Sammi got Crue shot glasses… Ash and CC I got you guys covered! Here the Misfits and Alkaline Trio shirts can be from you guys. Jay say you got him the Dennis Westtower shirt, wait no the red nail polish and the batman underwear. Jinxx and Jake got him the Dennis Westtower shirt…” Matt said throwing boxes around. Blade started flipping pancakes as my mom made bacon. I saw Jagger and Niki and tackled them with a hug.
“Good morning to you too!” Jagger yelled.
“We got Andy some new leather skinny jeans, I heard that he ruins them a lot!” Niki said standing up.
“I SMELL BACON!” Andy yelled as he ran upstairs, “Wait you guys didn’t get me anything did you?” He asked.
“Dude take the fucking gifts they aren’t Lamborghinis!” Ashley yelled.
“Fine, fine… wait are those pancakes with the batman logo on them?” He yelled sitting down at the table.
“Yes, and we made you bacon…” My mom said.
“This is fucking amazing!” He yelled as he dug in.
“Presents!” Jake and CC yelled. We started handing him everything.
“Oh, fuck guys! This is great! Especially the Dennis Westtower shirt!” He said hugging us.
“And today these people are going to show us around town!” Jinxx said. I ran upstairs to get dressed, CC followed close behind. I pulled on my leather skinnies, my unicorn shirt, and my boots. Then I put on my make up.
“Jay! I ran out of eyeliner! Humph…” CC sighed.
“There’s more on my desk in my room!” I called back. CC ran in holding my eyeliner and started putting it on.
“I thought you didn’t wear makeup all the time…” I pointed out.
“But I like eyeliner!” He stubbornly said.
“Fine, fine… you can keep it.” I surrendered.
“Are you guys ready yet? I need to PEE!” Blade said running into the bathroom. He pushed us out and locked the door. I heard him sigh loudly, he must have been peeing…
“Justine! The guys are getting impatient!” Niki yelled.
“I want to see my uncle!” I ran down the stairs with CC in tow. And out the door we went.
“Where to first?” Sammi asked. I looked at my friends and we knew where to go.
“Please tell me!” Andy whined.
“Never!” Niki yelled.
“Why not?” Andy whined.
“Because I suffered through this and now it’s your turn!” I yelled.
“But I HATE surprises, emphasis on the HATE…”
“So do I!” I said.
“Is it strange that they act more a like than her actual brother?” Jagger asked Jinxx.
“I’ve been saying that this whole time!” He agreed. We walked into the school and started to give them the grand tour.
“I thought you all fucking hated this place…” Matt said.
“We do, but we have our ‘cave’ that we love…” Niki tried to explain.
“Just come on!” I pulled CC and Andy by their arms. When we opened the door their mouths hung open.
“And you guys are the only people that use this?” Juliet asked.
“Basically…” Blade said. The instruments were up on the stage.
“Can we play?” CC asked running up to the drum set like a 5 year old.
“Of course!” I yelled after him. We all sat in the front row.
“Hello audience of 6! We are Black Veil Brides, but you already know that… and we are going to play you our new song from our album Wretched and Devine! It’s called In the End!” Andy said into the microphone. Blade was backstage doing sound and lighting. They put on quite a show.
“My turn!” Juliet yelled as she ran up to Andy.
“What song baby?” He asked.
“Wild Child!” Andy smiled. Apparently the guys knew how to play her song, well I bet Andy made them learn it but that’s besides the point. Juliet’s song was really good!
“Well looks like some one made a name for themselves!” I heard from the hallway.
“Sorry, we thought school was empty…” I said turning around, “Mr. Smith!”
“Uncle Dave!” Ashley yelled running off the stage and attacking him.
“Ash!” He yelled getting back up to his feet, “Have you gotten to hear any Fear the Silence songs?” The guys shook their heads no.
“Fear the silence get your asses on stage now!” Matt yelled. We walked on stage and took our instruments.
“I’ve been trying for way to long
To put my heart down on paper
But it never felt right
So I know I can’t turn back now
Don’t waste your time
This is the moment
This is what’s right.
And now I feel like I’m on top of the world…” Jagger sung the song.
“That was great!” CC yelled crushing me in a hug. I kissed him when he lightened his grip on my body.
“FUCKING PDA!” Jake yelled.
“Dude come on! Sammi and Jinxx kiss in front of you, so do Andy and Juliet!” CC said, “Plus you walked in on Ashley’s threesome last tour!” Mr. Smith looked at Ashley with a look in his eyes that said: You got it from your father… Ashley smirked.
“So now that we saw this school, where to next?” Matt asked breaking the awkward silence.
“Park!” Blade and Jagger yelled in unison. We said goodbye to Mr. Smith and ran out of the school.
“I’m king of the monkey bars!” Andy yelled running to the playground scaring little kids in the process.
“No I’m king!” CC yelled stomping his foot like a toddler. Jinxx was sitting on the swing with Sammi on his lap facing him.
“To the slide!” Jake yelled picking me up. As soon as I realized what was happening I was being pushed down the slide.
“Tag! You’re it!” Matt yelled as he slapped my arm.
“Ow!”
“Run away!” Jake yelled. I chased Juliet around the playground and hit her when I was close enough to the base.
“Not fair!”
“No tag backs!” I yelled. She ran after Blade and Jagger, but they reached the base before she was even close to getting them. Matt and Jake joined us along with Sammi and Jinxx. The only people left were Niki, Andy, and CC who were still fighting over who was king of the monkey bars.
“Andy come here for a sec?” Juliet begged trying to trick him.
“Yeah… sure, but this isn’t over!” He said walking away from CC.
“No Andy!”
“Andy run!”
“It’s a trap!”
“She’s it!” We all yelled from the base. He started running.
“Come on! Andy!” Juliet yelled.
“My gazelle legs will out run you!” He yelled running past the base and into the distance.
“Where is he going?” Jagger asked. We all shrugged. After about five minutes Andy came running back, still not out of breath. Juliet was sweating.
“Andy come on!” Matt yelled running away from the base forgetting the game.
“You’re it!” Juliet yelled hitting Matt.
“Hey guys it’s getting late, we can make one last stop before heading home.” Blade said.
“Karaoke!” Jagger yelled.
“Hop on!” CC yelled throwing me onto his back. Jagger yelled the directions to the karaoke bar, and CC faked that he was going to drop me about 20 times.
“CC! One more fake slip and you drop me, and I will kill you… I already know where you live!” I yelled.
“Dude, you better put her down!” Ashley yelled. We arrived at the door to the bar.
“Jack! Look who’s back!” Niki yelled.
“JUSTINE!” My friend, Jack, yelled as he ran out from behind the counter. We used to work in the music store together, and we obviously kept in touch.
“JACK!” I yelled.
“So I guess you aren’t just here to grace me with your presence? Who are these guys?” He asked.
“Oh sorry dude! I’m CC!” CC stuck out his hand and they did that weird man hug thing that always confuses me.
“Ashley!”
“I’m Sammi Doll and this is Jinxx…”
“Hi, I’m Juliet, and this is Andy! The birthday boy!” Juliet yelled.
“How old?” Jack asked.
“22…” Andy replied.
“You like Jack Daniel’s right?” He asked.
“Fuck yeah man!” The guys yelled. Bottles were passed around.
“I want to beat Jagger!” Andy yelled.
“Winner plays against Justine?” He offered.
“Guys, I’m not getting into your weird competitions…”
“Deal!” Andy agreed completely ignoring me.
“Guys they have one of our songs!” Jake yelled flipping through a songbook.
“No.” Jagger said already reading Andy’s mind. They sung Dr. Feelgood. Andy won that round.
“Come on Jay! Your turn!” Andy yelled. Jack pushed me onto the stage.
“I don’t remember agreeing to this…” I said.
“Blade your choice!” Andy ignored me once again. Born to Run started up.
“JUSTINE! THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!” CC yelled squeezing the life out of me.
“CC-let-me-go…” I choked out.
“But Minnie I love you!”
“I love you too Mickey.” I said kissing him.
“Niki and Justine! Your turn!” Jinxx yelled.
“But Justine just went…” Niki tried to talk herself out of it.
“No buts!” Jinxx said, father mode activated.
“Jinxx, can’t you see they’re in the middle of something!” Ashley argued.
“Come on PDA!” Jake yelled.
“Dude!” CC yelled turning away from me and slapping Jake.
“They’re not busy anymore…” Jinxx said picking me up.
“What is up with guys and carrying me?” I yelled.
“Maybe they just like touching you…” Ashley said. Everyone stared at him, “A little too far?” We all just nodded. Niki and I sung Don’t stop believing. After some more rounds of whiskey and singing we headed home.
“Guys I had a fucking awesome birthday…” Andy said.
“It was great spending it with you.” I jumped and put my weight onto his shoulders. We walked into my house.
“Mom made us cookies!” Blade yelled from the kitchen.
“There’s a note on the microwave… ‘Heat up for about a minute xoxo mom’” I read aloud. I pressed the easy minute button, it was bacon!
“I smell bacon!” Andy yelled running in behind me. I took out the plate and we shared the bacon.
“I’m heading to bed…” Jinxx announced. Sammi followed him downstairs
“Me too…” Blade announced.
“night guys…” Jagger said.
“Andy come on…” Juliet said.
“I’m gonna…” Matt pointed to the stairs. All that was left was CC, Ashley, Niki, and I.
“So we are the last survivors…” CC said. I gave him a really confused look.
“We are the last people awake?” He said trying to explain. I just nodded
“Guys I’m really tired so good night…” Niki said falling asleep as she left for bed. Ashley trudged behind her. My eyes were slowly closing on CC’s shoulder.
“Time to get you to bed…” He lifted me up bridal style and took me upstairs.
“CC?” I asked.
“Yes Minnie?” He replied
“I love you…” I said.
“I love you too, so how’s this going to go down? You need to change into pjs…” He stated.
“Meh…” I said as I weakly lifted my arms above my head. He picked my shirt up and pulled it over my head. I pointed to the draw and he handed me a shirt.
“Unclip my bra please?” I asked. He did as asked and I slid the shirt on, taking my bra off underneath.
“MMehhh…” I whined as he lifted up my legs to take my pants off. I felt like a child when their parents used to have to dress them. He slid my fluffy pants onto my bare legs.
“Goodnight Minnie, I love you…”
“Love you too Mickey…” I said as he laid down next to me. And we fell asleep.
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1/12/14