Ribcage- Andy Biersack/ Black Veil Brides

Chapter 21

"Delia? It's just me honey." Shevy knocks on Delia's hotel door to check on her friend.

It was the morning after the incident at the bar in Seattle. The group had a day to spend in Seattle and then they would all fly their separate ways the following morning so they were all home in time for Christmas.

"Delia?" Shevy continues to knock on the door but with no answer. Pulling out her phone, she then phones Delia, determined to talk to the girl about last night and how she's feeling. However, as the phone is ringing, she cannot hear it behind the door she is standing in front of nor is Delia answering said phone. The phone continues to ring until it goes to voicemail. Strange.

Determined not to start panicking yet, she decides to try knocking on Andy's door. Maybe they had made up?

"Andy, is Delia with you?" Shevy asks hopeful.

"Is this some form of cruel game Shevy? Of course, she's not with me, I don't think she even wants to see me." Andy replies groggily and miserably; Shevy had clearly woken him up after a restless night. In the kindest way possible, he looked like shit but at least he was not concealing himself.

"She's not in her room and she won't answer her phone." Shevy is beginning to panic now "Andy what if something had happened to her last night when she left?"

"Shit!" His eyes widened in panic, they were in Seattle and women had gone missing and ended up dead. How could he have been so stupid as to allow Delia to walk away like that? He should have known better, he should have protected her better. "Have the others seen her?"

"Let's ask." Shevy responds equally as panicked now.

Frantically, Andy and Shevy begin to knock on the rooms of the other band members, all waking them up but each of them equally as concerned when they had not seen Delia since last night's events.

"Okay, maybe let's try not to panic for a moment. Maybe she's simply ignoring us?" Lonny tries to be the voice of reason but can feel himself failing; he too was terrified about Delia's whereabouts and well-being, but someone had to try to be sensible "We can easily get a spare key to her room from reception, the booking is all under the same name anyway so they won't know who is in which room."

"As much as I don't want to be barging into a female's room, I think at this point that's a good idea." Jake nods, he wanted to know Delia was okay as much as anyone else did.

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"Okay, I'll go in first just in case she is in there." Shevy explains to which the rest of the group nod "Delia, I'm coming in lovely." Shevy then explains through the door before opening it, however, she's then met with an empty room.

"It doesn't even look like the room was touched last night or this morning." Andy states feeling his heart sink, he would rather she was ignoring everyone than the fear of her missing now becoming true. "Her dress from last night isn't even hanging up in her wardrobe, she was always so insistent on hanging her clothes back up to keep the place neat."

"Shit, someone try her phone again. If she doesn't answer this time we'll have to call the police." Lonny almost orders, panic starting to set on him as well.

"Still ringing." Jake explains after dialing her number and waiting "answer phone."

"Shit!" Andy groans grabbing his hair out of stress and anxiety "This is my fault, this is all my fucking fault. If I had just straight out told her I liked her instead of trying to push her away for so long none of this would have happened. She wouldn't have stormed out last night and instead, she would have gotten back to the hotel safely and wouldn't be lost somewhere and we'd know she was okay."

"Andy you can't blame yourself." Jinxx places a hand on Andy's shoulder to calm him down.

"But it is my fault. I should have stopped being a coward the moment I realised I had feelings for her but I was selfish. I was too focused on not getting hurt again that I hurt her and now I've probably lost her. She's never going to want to be with someone like me." Andy cried as he realises just how fucked up he is and how much he has ruined things. Grabbing his phone he then tries to contact Delia hoping for some miracle she responds; answer phone again. "Delia, I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry..." Andy chokes before continuing to leave a message before ending it.

"You really do like her?" Shevy asks in shock, she hadn't seen Andy like this with anyone. Besides from Juliet before she broke his heart but that was not the point. Andy never grew attachments, Andy never cared, yet here he was breaking down and freaking out over someone other than himself.

"I do, I really do, I tried so hard not to. Now she's missing and it's all my fault." Andy continues to feel his tears fall down his face "I can't... I can't breathe."

"Andy, we'll find her. We'll call the police and we'll get her back safely." CC tries to comfort his band mate who has since slid down a wall to a sitting position as he frantically runs his hands over his face "but you being in this state won't help, just try to breathe."

Andy was trying to breathe, trying to figure out his emotions. He had lost it all years ago and now he was feeling the same heartbreak all over. Every single suppressed emotion hit him, and the worst part was his friends felt completely helpless.

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"Hello 911, what's your emergency?" The operator on the end of Jake's phone asks calmly.

"Hi, we need to report a missing person to the police." Jake rushes whilst trying to remain clear on what he was saying. Everyone was nervous, everyone was trying their hardest to not freak out, well, apart from Andy who was visibly freaking out majorly.

"Okay, if you could please tell me the address you are at, we will send an officer to the location for questioning and to make a report on the missing person." The operator responds, it almost sounds robotic, although if you've been doing a job long enough it does become a natural part of your day. "Okay thank you sir, we will send officers there within the next hour or two." The operator lady states after Jake had given the details of the hotel.

"Okay, thank you." Jake was trying to still be polite despite the feeling that was overcoming him.

"What did they say?" Andy is nervous in his ask, hell, the guy was terrified.

"An officer is going to be here in an hour or two to interview us for more information." Jake repeats back.

"That's way too long!" Andy shouts slightly whilst running a hand through his hair out of frustration.

"At least that gives us time to break the news to her parents." Shevy sighs sadly "I'll be the one to do it, no offence but I think it'll sound better coming from another tour manager."

"Yeah, yeah that makes sense." Jake nods "I'm erm, I'm going to phone management. Let's be real, I don't think any of us are going to want to fly back just yet." 

"I'm not leaving Seattle until we find her. I don't care if you all piss off to your families, I'm staying." Andy starts crying again, this guy was a mess, no one knew how to help him as they had never seen him in such a state before.

"Andy, none of us are leaving. We want Delia back safe as much as you do." Lonny smiles slightly placing a hand on Andy's shoulder "Plus we want to make sure you will be okay."

"I'm going to try her cell again, I can't just stand here and do nothing." Andy states before storming off away from the band.

Andy always thought that emptiness was safe, he thought pretending to be okay all the time would help him. Then Delia came along and it was as if this light that he had been missing was suddenly there right in front of him. But now he felt as if he was all out and he had nothing left. He felt broken and this time he didn't know if he could pick up the pieces and put them back together without her. He needed her, more than he thought he did.