Black Veil Brides: A Secret Crisis **In Editing**

Chapter 9

*5 hours later*

The guys all stumbled up the steps and slammed the bus door behind them. The slam woke me up out of my sleep and I looked at them. They were all wasted. They stumbled around the bus being loud and seeming to forget about me.

Then Andy looked at me and slurred "W-why are you stillll awake??"

I said to him, agitated, "I was sleeping until you and the other guys came in, slamming the door and being loud."

He said "Don't you talk to me like that."

Then he walked over to the cabinet and pulled the key out of his pocket. He reached up and unlocked the cabinet and pulled out 2 bottles of vodka. I watched him. He turned around and handed them to Ashley while Andy got glasses...5 of them. I watched him. They sat down on the couch, Jinxx sat next to me and Andy sat on the other side of Jinxx. They all seemed to be self-involved so I took a chance. Andy had left the cabinet unlock and wide open. I got up and walked over to the cabinet casually and reached up, pulling my phone and iPod down. The shelf was shorter than I thought. I walked back over to the couch and sat down next to Jinxx who seemed to be least drunk of all, if not at all.

He glanced at me then leaned over and whispered to me "Wow, you seriously can't go a few days without technology, can you? You do know Andy would have only taken it away for a few days, right?"

I rolled my eyes and said "Its not that, its the fact that Andy over reacted. He isn't my legal guardian and I am old enough to make my own choices. And seriously, look at him. He's so drunk he can't even get his words straight. He can't still in place without somehow stumbling. And seriously Jinxx, he reeks of beer. Right now the last thing he needs is more alcohol."

Jinxx thought about it for a moment and then said "Ok, you're right. But he is almost 19. You are 17. So technically he can tell you what to do."

I rolled eyes and mumbled "Almost 18." Then said "Hey Jinxx?"

He looked at me with a look that said "Go on."

I said "1, isn't Andy under drinking age and 2, why aren't you as drunk as them. I barely even smell beer on your breath."

He said "Yes he is, but the bartender was in training and she hasn't learned how to read fake ID's....Especially when it is presented to her by a rock star....And because, obviously unlike them, I'm more responsible when it comes to drinking. I got too drunk one time and I hurt Sammi. She told me if I ever got that drunk again she would leave me."

I thought about it and then Andy's loud voice broke my thoughts. "Hey hey hey! What about Kat, she's a slut too! Not just the people you date Ashley, so if you are going to date sluts then make sure you get Kat!"

A deafening uproar of laughter broke out. I sat there, slightly hurt. My best friend just called me a slut. But then again, he was drunk. I could see even Jinxx had a small smile on his face.

Then Ashley said "Hey Jinxx, your not drinking anything, come on, a glass won't hurt." He waved the 1/2 empty vodka bottle around in front of Jinxx who hesitated then took it.

He poured a glass and then Ashley said "No no no Andy, I don't date sluts, I date whores and strippers. So for me to date Kat, she would have to qualify as a whore or a stripper."

CC then said "But she date Mike, he is a man-whore, more than you Ash, any girl who dates a man-whore has low self-esteem and is desperate..And a whore too!"

Another uproar of laughter broke out. Didn't they know about my past. Yes. Didn't they know that, I hate to say it, but of course I have low self-esteem, after years of insults and shit like this. I didn't before I started dating Mike.