Re-Adopted by Black Veil Brides

Runaway and Play the Guitar

CC's POV:
We come to a screeching halt across the street from the orphanage. Ashley, me, and Jinxx get out and walk across the street just as Andy and Jake drive up. Once we're all together we walk into the orphanage. It seems really clean and nice here but I also get the cold and distant vibe. I glance towards the guys and Jake is looking for the caretaker. Ash looks nervous as hell. He's shaking like my little chihuahua.

Ashley's POV:
Walking into the orphanage I feel so cold here and lonely. Like shit this place is still nice from what I remember and that's not much since I drank away those painful memories. I'm really nervous to be here. Last time I was I was dropping off my baby girl and now I'm here to pick her up forever. She looked so damn beautiful in the picture on the website and I know she'll look even more beautiful in person. Jake went to find the lady that Andy called earlier and he comes back with her behind him.

"Hello I'm Delilah Walters." She says shaking all of our hands. She looks kinda scary. Beak like nose and some wicked looking nails. Her nails are long with red nail polish but their pointed into a claw like tip.

"Uh hi I'm Ashley Purdy."

"A pleasure meeting you all. Come to my office where we can chat."

So we go into her office which looks fairly simple. A wooden desk with a computer set up and a few chairs set in front of the desk. A plant on the verge of dying sits by the door. I take a seat and so does Andy while the others stand.

"So you were looking to find a child today?"

"Uh yes." Andy says.

"And who will do the adopting?"

"I will." I half smile.

"Alright well I'll set the paper work on the desk here and when you're ready to adopt we'll come back to work it out." She says leading us out.

"Feel free to roam around and take a look. Call me if you need me!"

"Okay we should split up and just find her okay?" Andy says.

"Ok Velma you and Daphne come with me and Scooby and Shaggy you go together!" CC says.

"Really CC?" Jinxx laughs.

"Seriously? Oh gosh you're such a child!" Jake and me laugh at CC.

"Anyways, let's split up separately and we'll find her that way." Andy says.

"Separately? You sure? We don't know this place." CC asks.

"That's how we found you when you got lost at Disney Land." I say.

"Eh you're right."

Audrey's POV:
I follow Claire into the library and a bunch of her friends are there sitting in the chairs and couches. They kind of scare me to be honest. I go to school with them and they always gang up on me. They throw ugly notes at me or just plain out call me names in the hallway.

"What am I doing here Claire?"

"We need your help!" She sneers.

"We want to know." Says Karen.

"Know what?"

"Why you cut! Why you're emo and why-"

"You even exist." Luke said.

What? What the hell are they talking about? Claire didn't want my help. She lured me away from Jared, my only protection, to bully me. This is why I barely trust anybody.

"Why the hell do you care? Nobody does! Just leave me alone."

"You don't get it." Claire said.

"You're a disgrace to everyone!" Luke said.

"And seriously why would anyone ever date you?" Karen said.

"Compared to us, you're a dumpster." Claire said.

They get in a circle around me and start picking at me. My hair, my clothes, they even start pinching which annoys me so much. They keep insulting me calling me worthless, ugly, slut, and another number of things that are just too terrible. Their words beginning to eat at me and my eyes start to tear up.

"WHY ARE YOU CRYING YOU WEAK BITCH?" Claire yells.

"You're so sensitive and weak your own parents didn't even want you!" Luke says.

Andy's POV:
I walk into a couple of rooms and I see little kids around 5 or 6 reading and coloring with each other. Their pretty cute to be honest. Then I went to this other room where some kids are doing show and tell. And then I hear someone yell.

"WHY ARE YOU CRYING YOU WEAK BITCH?"

I run over to where I heard that girl and I find myself the library. All the kids in here are teenagers. I find that all of the them are ganging up on this one girl. She has black hair and OH MY GOD ITS AUDREY! And then I feel a presence behind me. I turn to find Ashley behind me.

"Is that her?" He smiles.

"Yea but just wait. Their talking or something."

"You're so sensitive and weak your own parents didn't even want you!" Says one of the teens.

"What did he just say?!" Ashley says clenching his fists.

And then Audrey runs out of the room, not even looking at us as she passes us to the flight of stairs.

"Go find her Ash!"

"No, I- I can't. Please don't make me."

"Go find her. You don't have to tell her now. Wait till after we adopted her."

"Fine. But you owe me!" He says running up the stairs.

Audrey's POV:
I run up the stairs once more as I did yesterday and I go all the way up to my little hideout. I'm surprised I made it all those steps with my blurry eyes.

I can't believe what they fucking told me. That I'm so weak that my parents didn't want me. Why would they say something like that? People like them make me hurt myself. They don't have any parents either. What makes them any different? But honestly, why did my parents give me up? I can't not know.

Now that I'm here in me and Jared's hideout I feel more safe. I run over to the window coated in dust and look out the window. Why can't I be a normal kid with parents? I grab the acoustic guitar that's leaned up against the wall. Originally it was Jared's. He had brought it with him when he was arrived here but as soon as we met he let me have a try at the strings. He taught me good and now I can play a bunch of songs.

I begin to sing the lyrics to a song that I had been working on for a while now. I'm not sure what to even title it since I have only a few verses down. Right now I just want to sing what I got.

The best things in life
Come with a price
The star that burned so bright faded the fastest
You'll always feel it's rights
Even when we end the fights
Welcome home, home tonight

Singing ohhh, ohhh
Welcome home tonight
Ohhh ohh, tonight

That's all I have for now and I wipe the tears that streamed down my face and onto the guitar. And that's when I hear a creak in the floor. I turn expecting to see Jared but I'm totally taken by surprise to see not Jared, but someone very familiar.

This song included in the story is Done for You obviously by Black Veil Brides I don't own it nor the band. I have plans for the rest of the song and you'll see later on in the story.

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