I'm a Loaded Gun
Nobody's Hero
Andy's POV
I could just tell something was wrong when Reya got in the car and was struggling to hold back tears. I glanced in the rearview mirror to see a group of preppy looking girls back to the school, from the way Reya came. They had a sick satisfaction on their faces. I was very confused when she said Siren was coming over later. Maybe they just needed some time alone. She stepped out of the car and I instantly felt concerned. She was walking fast, maybe I was just imagining it. Her back disappeared through her front door. The driver began to pull away. Destroyed property, houses and possessions, littered the landscape. I asked the driver to just wander around so I could take it all in. After about a half an hour we passed Sirens house(At least what I assumed since I dropped her off there). She was walking around the outside of her house cleaning up debris and branches. "Tom, pull over, to this tan house." He nodded and pulled over by the curb. I stepped out and Siren looked up and walked up to me.
"Andy? What are you doing here?" she asked, face full of confusion.
"I thought you and Reya were going to hang out?" I was just as confused as she looked.
"Noo? She never told me about hanging out." Her eyes widened. "Did something happen Andy? I swear to god if you hurt her I'll beat the shit out of you. I don't care if I'm only 5'3". I'll beat your ass."
"I didn't do anything. She came back to my car after she stopped by the school and she was almost crying. When I dropped her off she said you were going to come over."
"Did you notice anything or did she say anything else?"
Something clicked in my mind. "I did see a group of chicks walking from the same direction."
"What did they look like," she asked impatiently.
"Uh...I don't know, one was tall. Blonde with high heels. Attractive, preppy, I think she had a volleyball jacket on."
The color drained from Sirens face. She suddenly dug her phone out of her pocket and dialed a number. She began pacing and hopping around saying , "pick up, pick up, please pick up.". She hit the lock button and grabbed my wrist, yanking me back to the car. "Drive back to Reyas." she demanded. She called again. "Give me your phone." I looked at her. "Give me your fucking phone Andy!" I grabbed it from my jeans and tossed it at her. She called again. "Shes not picking up."
"What are you freaking out about?" I almost yelled.
"Andy! Those girls you saw were Annmarie and her bitch crew, I imagine they said something to Reya. She's doing EXACTLY what she did when we were fifteen and she tried to commit suicide! She have a bogus excuse and then locked herself in a room. She didn't pick up her phone. I found her in her room crying with a bottle of painkillers," Siren was holding back tears as she scrambled through what happened. Reya had tried to overdose. I was touched when Siren said my song, Carolyn, "saved" Reya. I suddenly realized how severe the situation was. I felt the blood drain from my face. My stomach like it was twisting and I became very uneasy. The ride took too long.
Once at the house, I didn't even wait for the car to stop. I opened the door and sprinted to her front door, jumping over sticks and branches in her yard. Siren wasn't far behind. I flung open the door and called out her name. Silence. "Reya? Reya!!!" Silence. Siren called, practically yelled, her name. We ran to every room until I found one of Reyas black heels on the ground in the kitchen. I followed her other to her bedroom door. Siren ran up behind me and shoved it open. "Reya?" the door was closed to the bathroom and the light was on. Siren began pounding her fists into the bathroom door, screaming Reyas name. I remembered the other door in Brandon's room. I dashed around the corner into His room and went to the bathroom door handle. The door was closed. I grabbed the knob and turned it, unlocked. My veins were pumping along with my heart as I opened the door. I wanted to die at what I saw. My eyes burned, I sunk to my knees.
Reya was laying in the corner of the bathroom next to the bath. Her eyes were closed, peacefully. Her left arm was hanging loosely against her side, forearm covered in blood. Her hand laying in a small puddle of her oozing life. I pulled her body into my chest. Her heart was still beating.
"Reya,...Reya...please. Come back to me. Please. Just wake up." A tear broke over the edge of my eyes. I was panicked, a mixture of crying and yelling leaving my throat as I pleaded her to wake up. I heard the footsteps around the corner. I cried into Reyas hair, her face in my chest. I turned to see Siren, her eyes filled with tears. She put her back against the counter and sunk to the floor, gasping between her sobs. "Reya. Please...I'm begging you...come back to me." I grabbed a bunch of tissues, wrapping them around her arm as I held her against my chest. She was cold, assuming from blood loss. I wiped away as much blood as I could, seeing it was beginning to clot. I felt a twinge of hope when I saw her cuts didn't go straight down her arm, it was instead a group of slashes across her wrist and forearm. Straight marks were almost impossible to heal or fix. I held the tissues against her arm. "Siren, turn on the shower, cold as possible." She jumped up and stepped around me, turning on the shower head. I dragged Reya with me into the shower, shivering as the water spilled over me. I held her as I layed across the tub, holding her. "Please, Reya. Don't leave me. Please." I brushed back her now wet hair and placed my lips on her cheeks, feeling the mix of hot tears and freezing water on my cheeks. She can't die. Not now. Not like this. Not in my arms. Reya, please come back to me. I held her tightly against me. Siren resumed her place crying against the counter, holding her knees into her chest. I held Reyas hands in mine. I couldnt help but cry. So much pain filled my chest and body, it was like water had become needles, piercing every part of my body. I wished more than anything in the world she would just open her eyes. I had always been the type that never wanted to be anyone's hero. I was nobody's hero. I wanted to be her hero. I wanted to be the one to save her. I felt like I was...coming undone. I didn't know if I should continue to cry with her dying body, run away, punch a wall, or fall to my own meaningless particles. I woud do anything now, if she would only come back to me. I twined my fingers with her freezing cold fingers, squeezing them lightly. I must be crazy, she did not squeeze my hand back. She's almost gone Andy, she won't live. No, that was clearly pressure. I wiped her hair back. "Reya?" I was looking for anything to tell me she was hanging on. Her head moved, barely. She turned it toward me, resting her head against my chest, under my chin. Her eyes still closed, very weakly, I heard, "Andy?" I looked at Siren, her eyes wide open as she stopped crying. I squeezed Reyas handed, feeling a light squeeze back on my right hand. "Reya, Reya, please. Stay with me. It's Andy, Siren is here too. Please just stay with us." Siren jumped up and turned off the water. I glanced at Reyas wrist, the bleeding had stopped. I picked her up in my arms, and carried her out of the bathroom, making sure not to track blood into hers.
"Here, Andy, let me get a blanket out, you can set her on it on the bed." she dashed to Reyas closet and pulled out an old maroon blanket. Siren set it down on the bed and I gently layed her down, placing her head gently on my thigh. Siren kneeled down by the side of the bed near Reyas head. "Reyalie? It's me. Please, open your eyes." I saw Reyas eyes twitch. She weakly opened them, her eyes red and puffy.
"Am-am I in heaven?" she asked.
"Reya, youre alive." My voice was so quiet. I didn't want her to hear just how scared I was.
"I was dead."
"No, you're alive Reya. It's me Siren. I'm alive, you're alive, Andy's alive." Siren got up and ran back to the bathroom. She returned with bandage tissue, gauze wrap, and a few other things. "Andy, hold her. This is going to hurt like hell." Siren stared directly in my eyes, as if testing me to see if I understood. I nodded. She sighed and picked up Reyas left arm. At least ten slashes. It went to halfway up her arm, on her palm side, starting from her wrist. Siren double checked me, and then sprayed something onto the cuts. Reya jolted and went to grab her arm, but I had a firm grip on her other hand. Siren put some gel straight on the cuts and placed the bandage tissue over, securing it with gauze wrap. I pulled her close, not caring that we were both soaking wet. She signed.
"Reya, please, never do this again. I don't know what I would do if you died. I am here, no matter what you need. Always. Even if I'm on tour, call me, text me, I will be here. If I'm on stage, the moment I get off I will get my phone and talk to you. Please, promise me?"
I oulled back, looking at her. Her eyes began tearing up again. I placed my hand on the Side of her face, staring deeply into her emerald green eyes. She nodded her head. I liked her into another crushing hug. I never wanted to let her go.
"Andy, she's probably freezing, let's get her dried off and you dry." Siren said.
"I agree." I picked her up again in my arms. Siren and I returned to the bathroom with Reya, blood still on the floor in in the tub.
"Ill take care of this. I know what to do." Siren walked past me and patted my back. She got into the cabinet and lulled out bleach and hydrogen peroxide. I sat Reya down on the counter. I stared into her miserable eyes. She looked almost dead. Her eyes were glassy looking, dull.
"Here, Reya, let's get you dried off." I looked into her eyes. She sighed and nodded. I gave her that is this OK? look as I grabbed the bottom of her shirt. She didn't move. I pulled her shirt off. She was already shaking from the cold, her body was freezing cold. "Siren, she's freezing."
"She will be with how much blood she lost. Hold on all grab her some clothes." She stood up and walked back to Ryas room. I glanced at my face in the mirror behind her. My hair was a mess, my eyes weren't too badly red. I looked her back in the mirror, all of the bruises exposed with only her bra on her torso. "Here, Andy, I'll help her get dressed and dry her hair off, you go gt yourself changed in Brandons room." I let go of Reyas hands and kissed her cheek. I turned and walked into Brandon's room. I grabbed another pair of shorts and a Random shirt. I pulled off my soaking wet jeans, thank god my phone has a waterproof case. I pulled on the shorts and peeled off my shirt, which was the worst soaked and clinking to my abdomen. I pulled on the clean shirt and ran my hand through my hair, god it was bad. I walked back to the bathroom. Reya was still sitting on the counter. She had on a pair of long black sleep pants and a tight fit yellow shirt that said "I will survive the 2012 Zombie Apoclypse" it was hand written. The back said "Player 1: Active". I tried to hold in a laugh.
"What's funny?" she asked, her voice still sounding weak and dead.
"Is that a Left for Dead reference shirt?" I asked. I felt good as I noticed her perk up a bit.
"Yeah it is, no one got that on Halloween." she said.
Siren was running a comb through Reyas wet hair. She pulled back all of her hair, except her bangs, and tied it in a long, high ponytail. Siren grabbed a towel off the counter and rubbed it through Reyas bangs, and then styled them back in place. "See Reya, you are so beautiful," Siren whispered and she pulled Reya into a light hug. Reya sighed and awkwardly hugged her back. Siren pulled back, her hands on Reyas shoulders. "Rey, I thought we made a pact."
"I know." Reyas voice faded off.
"What was so horrible you had to break our promise?" Siren was staring Reya right in the face, looking as if she woukd start crying too.
"It was- its was j-just everything," Reyas voice cracked. "And...and t-then they wouldn't leave me alone and-"
"Who wouldn't leave you alone Rey?" I asked. Her head turned my way and then she dropped her head to her chest, staring at her lap.
She began to choke into a sob. I pushed past Siren and wrapped my arms around Reya. She clung to me, pulled me into her. I stood between her legs, holding her, she rested her forehead on my shoulder , letting her cry. "It was Annmarie. Sh-she told me to go k-kill...myself. She said...she sa-said she slept...with...with Seth. She told me I was...worthless. And...and I don't know! It just all got me, and...I'm so....I'm so-sorry Andy, I'm sorry Siren. I'm j-just a mess." she was practically gasping for breath. Her back was heaving and her body shaking.
"Reya, shhh, it's ok." I gently rubbed her back. "Come on." I took her arms and out them around my neck. I pulled her into me, picking her up like a child, her wrapping her legs around my waist. She rested her head into my neck, sniffling back more sobs. Siren stayed in the bathroom, whispering to me she was going to clean up. I walked over the Reyas bed and set her on the edge. I squatted down so I was face to face with her. She looked back into my eyes as I reached up to brush the hair out of her eyes. "Reya?" I could see the question in her eyes. She searched my eyes for a hint. I pulled her left arm from my shoudler, taking her hand in mine. I turned her hand palm job and kissed the top of her wrist, over the wrap. I looked back to her face, still holding her as I let it drop to her leg. Something blue flashed past my eyes and I looked down to see a blue and black striped arm band.
"Here Rey, put it on, it will cover the gauze so your parents don't see." Siren said. Reya glanced at her and then at me. I picked it up off her leg and slid it onto her hand and over the wrap. It went from her wrist to the mid of the arm, literally the perfect cover for her arm. I thought of an idea to cheer up Reya.
"Hey Siren, you cut and style hair right?" both girls stared at me with weird looks. "You did Reyas right?"
"Right?" she replied.
"How about you cut mine? It's cutting kind of nasty and I need it cut for summer anyway. Could you do something?"
"Oh. My. God. Seriously?" her face was lighting up, and she looked like she wanted to jump up and down.
"All yours," I said combing through my matted black hair. I had gotten in the habit of never brushing it, just washing it, and it was honestly getting pretty gross. I couldn't get my hands through it, I doubt that was attractive for Reya.
"Eeeeep!" she squeaked. "OK OK OK I'm gonna get your driver to get me back to my house so I can get my stuff and get my car. Then I'll work my magic!" she hugged Reya and then me and ran out of the room.
I turned back to look at Reya, she was staring back into my eyes. I was still squatting in front of her. I shifted to be standing on my knees. One of her arms was still on my neck, the other holding my hand. I reached a hand up to stroke her face. She was searching my face again. Did she understand just how concerned I was about her? I would show her. I pulled her face to mine, pressing my lips so delicately over hers. I kissed her once, twice, three times. She pulled back.
"Andy..." it was a statement, not a question.
"Reya."
"Andy, what happened?" I sighed. Why did she always want to know? Why did I have to tell her just how horrible I've seen her? "Please Andy...I don't remember anything from when I passed out in the bathroom to when I woke uo on my bed."
I kissed her once, keeping my eyes closed, my face very close to hers as I pulled back. "It doesnt matter Reya, all that matters is that you are here now," I whispered. I felt her shiver, not from cold, but from my warm breath on her skin.
She leaned into me, kissing me, roughly. Urgency laced her kisses. She tangled her fingers in my still damp hair, and I put my hands lightly on her hips. She pulled me even closer, her chest right against mine, wrapping her legs around my waist again as I kneeled by the edge of her bed. I picked her up and moved to sit on the bed, she then shifted sideways, sitting on the bed too, but her legs in my lap. She ran one hand on the skin of the back of my neck, making me almost growl. I put one hand on her leg, feeling the soft tenderness of her skin. Oh god I should stop. She's vulnerable. She will regret this if we keep going. Nothing wrong with kissing Andy. Yes but anything else is misleading. She's not ready for this. You know this is wrong. She placed her lips around my bottom lip, gently biting my lip, catching my lip ring. Oh god. I have to stop. I kissed her again, and again. I pulled back, almost breathless. My head was spinning. I kept my eyes closed, my face still very close to hers.
"Well don't let me stop your fun." I snapped my eyes open and saw Siren standing in the doorway with a black handle box. Reya pulled back from me, pulling her legs out of my lap and sitting beside me. Her face was blood red. I'm surprised she even had enough blood left to blush.
"Come love birds, I'm gonna cut your hair. But there's a catch." she said. I stood uo and walked over to the vanity bench she stood by.
"Whats the catch?" I asked, raising one eyebrow.
"You...have to give me Ashleys number." she had a devious grin.
"Oh fine, not like he wasn't already obsessing over you."
Her eyes lit up. "Really?!"
"Appeantly you are really cool and per him an amazing kisser."
She looked smug. "Damn right." She opened her kit. She pulled out a pair of clippers. "Don't freak out. I have an amazing idea, just trust me." I sighed.
"Just as long as you aren't Sweeney Todd in disguise." I said with smile. I glanced at Reya who was watching my face through the mirror, still sitting on the bed.
I heard the clippers turn on, and close to my right ear. I felt it buzzing over the right if my head. Well looks like I'm gonna be bald. Maybe I should get a wig like D snider. That'd be interesting. Maybe I could call joe and see if he still had my Lightning Thunderstien wig. Oh god thattd be hilarious. Once the right side of my head felt naked, I heard her spraying something on the left. She ran a comb in it and I heard scissors. My head was feeling a lot lighter, not so heavy and hot. I just sat back with my eyes closed as she worked.
"Oh....Kay. You can open your eyesss....now." I opened them, looking into my own smokey blue eyes. My head was shaved in one side, my right, and the left was thinned out and straightened, still long. It looked fucking awesome. I ran a finger in it. I could actually comb through it. I stood up and pulled Siren into a hug.
"Thank you, it looks awesome." I released her and grabbed her phone from the vanity. I entered Ashleys number.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you!" I handed it back. "Oh god thank yo- wait where's his number? There's no Ashley in here."
"I hid it ,under a hidden name." I smirked, she pouted.
"Fuck you.." she began skimming through her contacts.
I walked back to Reya, pulling her into a stand. She looked up and ran her right hand through my new thinned hair.
"I think I like it...a lot."
"Oh do you now?" I leaned down and kissed her.
"What the fuck Andy? Man whore? Real mature." Siren griped.
I was still kissing Reya and we both started laughing into each others lips, only making it funnier.
I could just tell something was wrong when Reya got in the car and was struggling to hold back tears. I glanced in the rearview mirror to see a group of preppy looking girls back to the school, from the way Reya came. They had a sick satisfaction on their faces. I was very confused when she said Siren was coming over later. Maybe they just needed some time alone. She stepped out of the car and I instantly felt concerned. She was walking fast, maybe I was just imagining it. Her back disappeared through her front door. The driver began to pull away. Destroyed property, houses and possessions, littered the landscape. I asked the driver to just wander around so I could take it all in. After about a half an hour we passed Sirens house(At least what I assumed since I dropped her off there). She was walking around the outside of her house cleaning up debris and branches. "Tom, pull over, to this tan house." He nodded and pulled over by the curb. I stepped out and Siren looked up and walked up to me.
"Andy? What are you doing here?" she asked, face full of confusion.
"I thought you and Reya were going to hang out?" I was just as confused as she looked.
"Noo? She never told me about hanging out." Her eyes widened. "Did something happen Andy? I swear to god if you hurt her I'll beat the shit out of you. I don't care if I'm only 5'3". I'll beat your ass."
"I didn't do anything. She came back to my car after she stopped by the school and she was almost crying. When I dropped her off she said you were going to come over."
"Did you notice anything or did she say anything else?"
Something clicked in my mind. "I did see a group of chicks walking from the same direction."
"What did they look like," she asked impatiently.
"Uh...I don't know, one was tall. Blonde with high heels. Attractive, preppy, I think she had a volleyball jacket on."
The color drained from Sirens face. She suddenly dug her phone out of her pocket and dialed a number. She began pacing and hopping around saying , "pick up, pick up, please pick up.". She hit the lock button and grabbed my wrist, yanking me back to the car. "Drive back to Reyas." she demanded. She called again. "Give me your phone." I looked at her. "Give me your fucking phone Andy!" I grabbed it from my jeans and tossed it at her. She called again. "Shes not picking up."
"What are you freaking out about?" I almost yelled.
"Andy! Those girls you saw were Annmarie and her bitch crew, I imagine they said something to Reya. She's doing EXACTLY what she did when we were fifteen and she tried to commit suicide! She have a bogus excuse and then locked herself in a room. She didn't pick up her phone. I found her in her room crying with a bottle of painkillers," Siren was holding back tears as she scrambled through what happened. Reya had tried to overdose. I was touched when Siren said my song, Carolyn, "saved" Reya. I suddenly realized how severe the situation was. I felt the blood drain from my face. My stomach like it was twisting and I became very uneasy. The ride took too long.
Once at the house, I didn't even wait for the car to stop. I opened the door and sprinted to her front door, jumping over sticks and branches in her yard. Siren wasn't far behind. I flung open the door and called out her name. Silence. "Reya? Reya!!!" Silence. Siren called, practically yelled, her name. We ran to every room until I found one of Reyas black heels on the ground in the kitchen. I followed her other to her bedroom door. Siren ran up behind me and shoved it open. "Reya?" the door was closed to the bathroom and the light was on. Siren began pounding her fists into the bathroom door, screaming Reyas name. I remembered the other door in Brandon's room. I dashed around the corner into His room and went to the bathroom door handle. The door was closed. I grabbed the knob and turned it, unlocked. My veins were pumping along with my heart as I opened the door. I wanted to die at what I saw. My eyes burned, I sunk to my knees.
Reya was laying in the corner of the bathroom next to the bath. Her eyes were closed, peacefully. Her left arm was hanging loosely against her side, forearm covered in blood. Her hand laying in a small puddle of her oozing life. I pulled her body into my chest. Her heart was still beating.
"Reya,...Reya...please. Come back to me. Please. Just wake up." A tear broke over the edge of my eyes. I was panicked, a mixture of crying and yelling leaving my throat as I pleaded her to wake up. I heard the footsteps around the corner. I cried into Reyas hair, her face in my chest. I turned to see Siren, her eyes filled with tears. She put her back against the counter and sunk to the floor, gasping between her sobs. "Reya. Please...I'm begging you...come back to me." I grabbed a bunch of tissues, wrapping them around her arm as I held her against my chest. She was cold, assuming from blood loss. I wiped away as much blood as I could, seeing it was beginning to clot. I felt a twinge of hope when I saw her cuts didn't go straight down her arm, it was instead a group of slashes across her wrist and forearm. Straight marks were almost impossible to heal or fix. I held the tissues against her arm. "Siren, turn on the shower, cold as possible." She jumped up and stepped around me, turning on the shower head. I dragged Reya with me into the shower, shivering as the water spilled over me. I held her as I layed across the tub, holding her. "Please, Reya. Don't leave me. Please." I brushed back her now wet hair and placed my lips on her cheeks, feeling the mix of hot tears and freezing water on my cheeks. She can't die. Not now. Not like this. Not in my arms. Reya, please come back to me. I held her tightly against me. Siren resumed her place crying against the counter, holding her knees into her chest. I held Reyas hands in mine. I couldnt help but cry. So much pain filled my chest and body, it was like water had become needles, piercing every part of my body. I wished more than anything in the world she would just open her eyes. I had always been the type that never wanted to be anyone's hero. I was nobody's hero. I wanted to be her hero. I wanted to be the one to save her. I felt like I was...coming undone. I didn't know if I should continue to cry with her dying body, run away, punch a wall, or fall to my own meaningless particles. I woud do anything now, if she would only come back to me. I twined my fingers with her freezing cold fingers, squeezing them lightly. I must be crazy, she did not squeeze my hand back. She's almost gone Andy, she won't live. No, that was clearly pressure. I wiped her hair back. "Reya?" I was looking for anything to tell me she was hanging on. Her head moved, barely. She turned it toward me, resting her head against my chest, under my chin. Her eyes still closed, very weakly, I heard, "Andy?" I looked at Siren, her eyes wide open as she stopped crying. I squeezed Reyas handed, feeling a light squeeze back on my right hand. "Reya, Reya, please. Stay with me. It's Andy, Siren is here too. Please just stay with us." Siren jumped up and turned off the water. I glanced at Reyas wrist, the bleeding had stopped. I picked her up in my arms, and carried her out of the bathroom, making sure not to track blood into hers.
"Here, Andy, let me get a blanket out, you can set her on it on the bed." she dashed to Reyas closet and pulled out an old maroon blanket. Siren set it down on the bed and I gently layed her down, placing her head gently on my thigh. Siren kneeled down by the side of the bed near Reyas head. "Reyalie? It's me. Please, open your eyes." I saw Reyas eyes twitch. She weakly opened them, her eyes red and puffy.
"Am-am I in heaven?" she asked.
"Reya, youre alive." My voice was so quiet. I didn't want her to hear just how scared I was.
"I was dead."
"No, you're alive Reya. It's me Siren. I'm alive, you're alive, Andy's alive." Siren got up and ran back to the bathroom. She returned with bandage tissue, gauze wrap, and a few other things. "Andy, hold her. This is going to hurt like hell." Siren stared directly in my eyes, as if testing me to see if I understood. I nodded. She sighed and picked up Reyas left arm. At least ten slashes. It went to halfway up her arm, on her palm side, starting from her wrist. Siren double checked me, and then sprayed something onto the cuts. Reya jolted and went to grab her arm, but I had a firm grip on her other hand. Siren put some gel straight on the cuts and placed the bandage tissue over, securing it with gauze wrap. I pulled her close, not caring that we were both soaking wet. She signed.
"Reya, please, never do this again. I don't know what I would do if you died. I am here, no matter what you need. Always. Even if I'm on tour, call me, text me, I will be here. If I'm on stage, the moment I get off I will get my phone and talk to you. Please, promise me?"
I oulled back, looking at her. Her eyes began tearing up again. I placed my hand on the Side of her face, staring deeply into her emerald green eyes. She nodded her head. I liked her into another crushing hug. I never wanted to let her go.
"Andy, she's probably freezing, let's get her dried off and you dry." Siren said.
"I agree." I picked her up again in my arms. Siren and I returned to the bathroom with Reya, blood still on the floor in in the tub.
"Ill take care of this. I know what to do." Siren walked past me and patted my back. She got into the cabinet and lulled out bleach and hydrogen peroxide. I sat Reya down on the counter. I stared into her miserable eyes. She looked almost dead. Her eyes were glassy looking, dull.
"Here, Reya, let's get you dried off." I looked into her eyes. She sighed and nodded. I gave her that is this OK? look as I grabbed the bottom of her shirt. She didn't move. I pulled her shirt off. She was already shaking from the cold, her body was freezing cold. "Siren, she's freezing."
"She will be with how much blood she lost. Hold on all grab her some clothes." She stood up and walked back to Ryas room. I glanced at my face in the mirror behind her. My hair was a mess, my eyes weren't too badly red. I looked her back in the mirror, all of the bruises exposed with only her bra on her torso. "Here, Andy, I'll help her get dressed and dry her hair off, you go gt yourself changed in Brandons room." I let go of Reyas hands and kissed her cheek. I turned and walked into Brandon's room. I grabbed another pair of shorts and a Random shirt. I pulled off my soaking wet jeans, thank god my phone has a waterproof case. I pulled on the shorts and peeled off my shirt, which was the worst soaked and clinking to my abdomen. I pulled on the clean shirt and ran my hand through my hair, god it was bad. I walked back to the bathroom. Reya was still sitting on the counter. She had on a pair of long black sleep pants and a tight fit yellow shirt that said "I will survive the 2012 Zombie Apoclypse" it was hand written. The back said "Player 1: Active". I tried to hold in a laugh.
"What's funny?" she asked, her voice still sounding weak and dead.
"Is that a Left for Dead reference shirt?" I asked. I felt good as I noticed her perk up a bit.
"Yeah it is, no one got that on Halloween." she said.
Siren was running a comb through Reyas wet hair. She pulled back all of her hair, except her bangs, and tied it in a long, high ponytail. Siren grabbed a towel off the counter and rubbed it through Reyas bangs, and then styled them back in place. "See Reya, you are so beautiful," Siren whispered and she pulled Reya into a light hug. Reya sighed and awkwardly hugged her back. Siren pulled back, her hands on Reyas shoulders. "Rey, I thought we made a pact."
"I know." Reyas voice faded off.
"What was so horrible you had to break our promise?" Siren was staring Reya right in the face, looking as if she woukd start crying too.
"It was- its was j-just everything," Reyas voice cracked. "And...and t-then they wouldn't leave me alone and-"
"Who wouldn't leave you alone Rey?" I asked. Her head turned my way and then she dropped her head to her chest, staring at her lap.
She began to choke into a sob. I pushed past Siren and wrapped my arms around Reya. She clung to me, pulled me into her. I stood between her legs, holding her, she rested her forehead on my shoulder , letting her cry. "It was Annmarie. Sh-she told me to go k-kill...myself. She said...she sa-said she slept...with...with Seth. She told me I was...worthless. And...and I don't know! It just all got me, and...I'm so....I'm so-sorry Andy, I'm sorry Siren. I'm j-just a mess." she was practically gasping for breath. Her back was heaving and her body shaking.
"Reya, shhh, it's ok." I gently rubbed her back. "Come on." I took her arms and out them around my neck. I pulled her into me, picking her up like a child, her wrapping her legs around my waist. She rested her head into my neck, sniffling back more sobs. Siren stayed in the bathroom, whispering to me she was going to clean up. I walked over the Reyas bed and set her on the edge. I squatted down so I was face to face with her. She looked back into my eyes as I reached up to brush the hair out of her eyes. "Reya?" I could see the question in her eyes. She searched my eyes for a hint. I pulled her left arm from my shoudler, taking her hand in mine. I turned her hand palm job and kissed the top of her wrist, over the wrap. I looked back to her face, still holding her as I let it drop to her leg. Something blue flashed past my eyes and I looked down to see a blue and black striped arm band.
"Here Rey, put it on, it will cover the gauze so your parents don't see." Siren said. Reya glanced at her and then at me. I picked it up off her leg and slid it onto her hand and over the wrap. It went from her wrist to the mid of the arm, literally the perfect cover for her arm. I thought of an idea to cheer up Reya.
"Hey Siren, you cut and style hair right?" both girls stared at me with weird looks. "You did Reyas right?"
"Right?" she replied.
"How about you cut mine? It's cutting kind of nasty and I need it cut for summer anyway. Could you do something?"
"Oh. My. God. Seriously?" her face was lighting up, and she looked like she wanted to jump up and down.
"All yours," I said combing through my matted black hair. I had gotten in the habit of never brushing it, just washing it, and it was honestly getting pretty gross. I couldn't get my hands through it, I doubt that was attractive for Reya.
"Eeeeep!" she squeaked. "OK OK OK I'm gonna get your driver to get me back to my house so I can get my stuff and get my car. Then I'll work my magic!" she hugged Reya and then me and ran out of the room.
I turned back to look at Reya, she was staring back into my eyes. I was still squatting in front of her. I shifted to be standing on my knees. One of her arms was still on my neck, the other holding my hand. I reached a hand up to stroke her face. She was searching my face again. Did she understand just how concerned I was about her? I would show her. I pulled her face to mine, pressing my lips so delicately over hers. I kissed her once, twice, three times. She pulled back.
"Andy..." it was a statement, not a question.
"Reya."
"Andy, what happened?" I sighed. Why did she always want to know? Why did I have to tell her just how horrible I've seen her? "Please Andy...I don't remember anything from when I passed out in the bathroom to when I woke uo on my bed."
I kissed her once, keeping my eyes closed, my face very close to hers as I pulled back. "It doesnt matter Reya, all that matters is that you are here now," I whispered. I felt her shiver, not from cold, but from my warm breath on her skin.
She leaned into me, kissing me, roughly. Urgency laced her kisses. She tangled her fingers in my still damp hair, and I put my hands lightly on her hips. She pulled me even closer, her chest right against mine, wrapping her legs around my waist again as I kneeled by the edge of her bed. I picked her up and moved to sit on the bed, she then shifted sideways, sitting on the bed too, but her legs in my lap. She ran one hand on the skin of the back of my neck, making me almost growl. I put one hand on her leg, feeling the soft tenderness of her skin. Oh god I should stop. She's vulnerable. She will regret this if we keep going. Nothing wrong with kissing Andy. Yes but anything else is misleading. She's not ready for this. You know this is wrong. She placed her lips around my bottom lip, gently biting my lip, catching my lip ring. Oh god. I have to stop. I kissed her again, and again. I pulled back, almost breathless. My head was spinning. I kept my eyes closed, my face still very close to hers.
"Well don't let me stop your fun." I snapped my eyes open and saw Siren standing in the doorway with a black handle box. Reya pulled back from me, pulling her legs out of my lap and sitting beside me. Her face was blood red. I'm surprised she even had enough blood left to blush.
"Come love birds, I'm gonna cut your hair. But there's a catch." she said. I stood uo and walked over to the vanity bench she stood by.
"Whats the catch?" I asked, raising one eyebrow.
"You...have to give me Ashleys number." she had a devious grin.
"Oh fine, not like he wasn't already obsessing over you."
Her eyes lit up. "Really?!"
"Appeantly you are really cool and per him an amazing kisser."
She looked smug. "Damn right." She opened her kit. She pulled out a pair of clippers. "Don't freak out. I have an amazing idea, just trust me." I sighed.
"Just as long as you aren't Sweeney Todd in disguise." I said with smile. I glanced at Reya who was watching my face through the mirror, still sitting on the bed.
I heard the clippers turn on, and close to my right ear. I felt it buzzing over the right if my head. Well looks like I'm gonna be bald. Maybe I should get a wig like D snider. That'd be interesting. Maybe I could call joe and see if he still had my Lightning Thunderstien wig. Oh god thattd be hilarious. Once the right side of my head felt naked, I heard her spraying something on the left. She ran a comb in it and I heard scissors. My head was feeling a lot lighter, not so heavy and hot. I just sat back with my eyes closed as she worked.
"Oh....Kay. You can open your eyesss....now." I opened them, looking into my own smokey blue eyes. My head was shaved in one side, my right, and the left was thinned out and straightened, still long. It looked fucking awesome. I ran a finger in it. I could actually comb through it. I stood up and pulled Siren into a hug.
"Thank you, it looks awesome." I released her and grabbed her phone from the vanity. I entered Ashleys number.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you!" I handed it back. "Oh god thank yo- wait where's his number? There's no Ashley in here."
"I hid it ,under a hidden name." I smirked, she pouted.
"Fuck you.." she began skimming through her contacts.
I walked back to Reya, pulling her into a stand. She looked up and ran her right hand through my new thinned hair.
"I think I like it...a lot."
"Oh do you now?" I leaned down and kissed her.
"What the fuck Andy? Man whore? Real mature." Siren griped.
I was still kissing Reya and we both started laughing into each others lips, only making it funnier.
Go till you have no more and then make that the end please dont make a sequel
8/27/15