One Of The Guys

I awoke to the pain of my own head thumping, as if I'd been trampled by a herd of elephants. As I stared up at the underside of the bunk, I saw flashes of last night.
I kissed CC.. And I liked it.
The image of CC's disappointed face resurfaced in my thoughts. An instant wave of guilt swept over me. I never really thought of CC as anything more than my best friend before, but that kiss changed everything. It's almost as if my feelings for him were there all along and the kiss brought them all to the surface. All I knew was that I longed to see him and apologise. Determined to make things right, I hopped out of.. Andy's bunk? How did I get here? And where did Andy sleep? And why am I wearing his shirt?
My stomach growled. I realised I hadn't eaten anything since before the show the day before. I decided that food was needed before I began my search for CC. I pulled back the curtain that divided the sleeping bunks from the living area/kitchen. Ashley, Jake and Andy were all sitting at the table with breakfast and coffee in front of them. They turned around and stared. I looked down, Andy's shirt just barely covered my ass. I sighed.
"You all look as if you've never seen a pair of legs before" I said. Realising they were staring, Jake and Ashley diverted their gaze. Andy however, did not. I ignored him, pretending I didn't see him checking out my ass while I passed by him to pour some cereal. I poured the milk and grabbed a spoon. The only remaining seat was beside Andy. Reluctantly I sat down and ate my cereal.
"Have any of you seen CC?" I asked.
Jake and Ashley looked to each other. "Uhm, he never came back to the bus after he left the club" said Ashley.
"Shit" I mumbled. I took out my cell and opened Twitter. I searched for CC's profile and instantly found what I was looking for. '@ccbvb: Finding beautiful places on tour to clear my head' accompanying the Tweet was a picture of a great lake, not too far from where we were stationed. I downed my cereal, ran upstairs to get changed and flew out the door to find CC.
*
He was sitting on a piece of driftwood, throwing stones into the lake when I approached him. I sat down beside him, he stared straight ahead. I picked up a stone and threw it, it barely bounced once off the water before sinking. I tried again and failed again.
"You suck at skipping stones" CC said, still not meeting my gaze.
"Me and my dad used to come out to a lake like this behind our house. He'd try desperately to teach me to skip stones. 'It's all in the wrist [name]' he'd say".
"He's right" CC picked up a stone, flicked his wrist and released it. It bounced twice off the water before sinking. We sat in silence, watching small waves break on the lake's edge.
"CC, I need to apologise" I turned to him, he still wouldn't look at me. "I'm sorry I never told you about Andy and I, and I'm sorry you had to find out that way"
"That hickey you had on your neck, the one at the press release. That was him?" he asked.
"Yes" I sighed.
"And all those cuts and scratches on your face?"
"That was him too.. Look, CC I don't want you to be upset-"
"Upset? [name] I'm not upset. I'm worried for you. You don't know what he's like. You don't know the things he's done to girls both emotionally and physically. You're an amazing girl [name], I don't want you to get sucked into Andy's darkness. Because he will hurt you. You know that don't you? He'll shatter you into tiny shards of glass and I'll be the one piecing them back together" finally he looked at me. His brown eyes filled with concern. Staring into his eyes gave me butterflies. How could I ever hurt my best friend like that? Even after hurting him, he's still sitting here telling me he'll be around to pick me up when I'm down. I couldn't help myself. I leaned in, closed my eyes and kissed him. His lips felt so good on mine. In that moment we melted into each other, and all the problems in the world floated away. He kissed me back, softly and lovingly. He cradled my cheek with his hand, pulling me closer. The kiss was wonderful and over all too soon. CC pulled back, my face still in his hands.
"I'm crazy about you. You know that?" he smiled.
"And I'm crazy about you" I smiled back.
"Just promise me one thing" he asked.
"Anything"
"No more Andy. You're too good for him [name]. And I don't want to see you get hurt"
I smiled and kissed him again.
"No more Andy"
*
CC and I spent the remaining time before the show at the lake and the surrounding area. We weren't being particularly romantic. Things were more or less back to the way they were before. Us goofing around being best friends, just now, we'd kissed. After a while we headed back to the arena where we were playing that night. We parted ways into our separate dressing rooms to get ready for the show (The guys all shared one dressing room and me being a girl got my own). As I got dressed I smiled to myself in the mirror, happy that things were sorted out. I painted two horizontal lines on my cheek bone, just below my eye. A voice came over the intercom;
"All members of Black Veil Brides, this is your 10 minute call. I repeat 10 minutes"
I heard the door behind me open. Thinking it was CC, I began to babble. "You know, I was thinking about what you said earlier about Andy and I-" I turned around to find out it was not in fact CC, it was Andy standing in my dressing room.
"You were thinking what about me?" he winked and locked the door.
Not Again.

Notes

Sorry there hasn't been any smut in a while. I'm working on the next chapter now, I'm sure you'll all LOVE it ;)