The Seven Month Trial (Sequel to SDD)

Chapter Five: Uhh.... What?

The days had dragged on pretty uneventful. We had played in several cities and before I even knew it, we were going to be performing in Cincinnati, Ohio. I sighed as I watched the familiar setting of Ohio whiz by us from inside the tour bus. 

No one dared to talk about what happened with Andy and personally I was happy about that. I didn't want to talk about Andy, let alone see him anywhere. It was a very touchy subject, one I wanted to bury down in the sands of Egypt. Of course when Val and Chance heard of our split they were both shocked and furious to hear it. Both at myself and at Andy for allowing what they called us ‘the perfect couple’ to go our separate ways. Either way, since Andy didn’t seem to have any problems with finding someone else then I didn’t have to feel bad about doing the same.

Getting to our next destination I looked around at the place and smiled sadly. This was where Andy had his first concert with me as his girlfriend and it was also where he announced who I was. Shaking my head to clear the bittersweet memory I looked around and immediately smiled at who I saw waiting there. Chance and Val were both standing there smiling gently and  I couldn’t help but run to them. 

Catch them up in hugs I began to tell them all about what had happened since the last time we'd seen one another. Of course they listened with rapt attention while the others were off somewhere else. Once I finished saying everything I looked up at them to see that they had sad expressions on their faces. "Okay, what is up with you two? You don't usually give me those looks." I said.

"Well.... it's just that... Senna how could you seriously let Andy go like that without a fight?" Val asked hotly.

"Because it felt as though we weren't even dating anymore. All we ever did was scream at one another and if I wanted that then I would have gone back to Mitch."

"Andy is just under a lot of stress and so are you but that doesn't mean that you should have done something so rash!"

"It wasn't rash okay!? I felt my sanity beginning to slip away because I was constantly having to defend myself! My home didn't even feel like home anymore, it felt more like a warzone!"

At that Val immediately shut her mouth and looked at me shocked. By this time I had angry tears threatening to fall down my face and I was shaking. "You know what? J-just forget it, I'm going to help set up." I said shakily as I walked away from them without another word. To tell the truth, I felt hurt but at the same time I had to brush it off and keep focused. 

Going backstage I wiped away my furious tears and calmed myself down by helping lift a couple of huge amps onto the stage for later tonight. Once that was done I began to unwrap the wires for random pieces of equipment. Once that was finished with I decided to see if the merch people needed any help. 

Making my way over there I squinted when I noticed about six familiar shapes all standing around it. Getting closer, my hunch was correct when I saw that it was 4/5th of Black Veil Brides as well as Sammi and Ella. Upon hearing my arrival they turned back to see me standing there confused. "Uhh..... may I ask why you guys are here?" I asked confused.

Immediately I was engulfed by CC into a hug which I returned; it was Andy I wasn't really fond on seeing, not the other guys. "I miss you being around, Andy is no fun anymore." He whispered into my ear as he twirled me around before setting me down on my feet. Nodding to him I smiled sadly while giving the others a chance to give me a hug.

Once that was all out of the way I could see that they wanted to talk to me so I motioned for them to follow away from the merch tent and toward our tourbus. Getting on it, I was relieved to see that there wasn't anyone on it at the moment. At least now we could talk in peace without wondering who was listening in from the back room.