It's Complicated (A Black Veil Brides Love Story)

Nightmares and Torture

*Andy's POV*

 After we realized that Ashley was at the bar across the street, the guys and I got back on the bus and picked him and Riot up. He walked onto the bus first and silently stumbled towards his bunk. I watched him crawl into his bunk fully clothed and immediately heard snoring coming from his direction. Well then . . .

I put my Batman pajama pants on and took my t-shirt off, throwing it in the bottom corner of my bunk. I started walking towards the front of the bus where I saw Riot sitting by the corner close to the door. She was staring at the floor with a blank expression on her face. I stopped walking and leaned against the fridge to watch her.

She wasn't moving much. I could see her shoulders rising slightly when she breathed, but that was it. She wasn't blinking--which scared me--and she didn't even seem to notice me standing ten feet away from her.

I slowly made my way over and sat down next to her. She jumped slightly and I heard a small gasp come from her mouth. I tried a smile when she looked at me and she smiled back.

"Hey, babe, you okay?" I asked while wrapping my arm around her shoulder to pull her close.

She shivered at the touch of my bare chest and nodded against my shoulder. "Yeah I'm fine," she said. "Just a bit tired is all," she finished with a cute high-pitched yawn.

"That yawn was pretty cute," she blushed and I smiled. "Well seeing how we're probably not going to get Echo and CC out of that room until morning, why don't you spend the night on the bus with me and we'll have Ernie (A/N: Ernie is the bus driver. That's my little Harry Potter note in here. I'm a bit obsessed.) take you to get your car in the morning."

"Um . . . Yeah . . . Okay," she smiled at me then frowned slightly. "I don't have pajamas though."

Shit. Forgot about that. Ding. The little light bulb went off in my head.

I grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards my bunk. She stood and watched me as I rummaged through the bag of clean clothes. I pulled out one of my old KISS shirts that was always a little big on me and would fit like a pajama shirt for Riot. I tossed the shirt to her and she caught it just before it hit the ground.

I looked at her kind of nervous and rubbed the back of my neck. "Um, so . . . I don't have like . . . pants . . . that would fit you . . . So, uh . . .Yeah . . ." She giggled with a cute smile and held the shirt up in front of her.

"That's fine. I think this should be big enough," she smiled and set it on the edge of my bunk. "No peeking, okay?" she turned around and took her concert shirt off. She had a lacy black bra on that made her look sexy, even from the back. She grabbed my shirt off of the bunk and slid it on. It just barely reached her knees and she giggled. I rolled into my bunk and waited as she took her black skinnies off, setting them on the floor with her shirt, shoes and socks.

Since I was on the bottom bunk, she sat down on the floor to look at me. "So where do I sleep, Boo?" I laughed at the nickname 'Boo' and opened my arms. She crawled into the bunk with me and curled up in a little ball. I reached over her and shut the curtain before she rested her head on my chest. I smiled at her and she smiled back with a bright blush in her cheeks.

"You know, you're really adorable when you blush," I said. She giggled and blushed more before yawning her little innocent yawn. I kissed her forehead and she closed her eyes. I turned off the little lamps in my bunk and listened to her breathing to help me sleep. Within ten minutes I fell asleep with her in my arms and a smile on my face.

*A few hours later*

*Riot's POV*

I woke up screaming with tears streaming down my face. Forgetting where I was, I pushed myslef out of the tiny space and landed on my back on the floor, still screaming. I hadn't opened my eyes. I couldn't. The tiny creatures danced past my eyelids, filling me with fear.

I felt something shaking me. Someone. "Riot! Riot, wake up!"

I stopped screaming and  heard a lot of commotion and whispering. I slowly opened my eyes and could only see blobs of color past the blur of tears in my eyes. I tried to clear my line of vision by blinking and it helped a little, but also resulted in more salty tears running down my face.

"Riot? Are you okay?" I heard a deep voice ask. I blinked a few more times and could see clearly now. I was on the floor staring at the ceiling. Ashley was kneeling on my right and Andy was on the left. I saw Jinxx and Jake standing behind Andy and Echo was standing with CC behind Ashley. They were all staring at me.

"Riot?" Echo asked.

"Hm . . .?" I groaned back. I heard sighs of relief and looked around again. My neck hurt from the landing, although it wasn't that far of a drop. Andy smiled at me, as did Ashley. "Does someone want to help me up now?" I asked. Everyone did what they could to help me up and over to the little lounge area in the front of the bus.

As soon as I was laying down on the couch with Echo dabbing a cold rag on my head, I saw Jinxx, Jake and CC head back to their bunks. Andy was getting something to drink out of the fridge so I glanced at Ashley. He was sitting on the other side of the lounge area with his elbows resting on his knees and his head down. His hair was covering his face, so I couldn't see his expression.

I sighed and he finally looked up at me. He stared at me for a minute and I could see his jaw was clenched tightly. I blinked and he stood up and quickly walked past Andy and rolled back into his bunk. He still looked upset.

Andy walked over with three bottles of water for us. He gave mine to Echo along with hers and opened his own. Echo set the two bottles on the floor and continued to dab my head with the cold rag. I was just starting to notice I was in a cold sweat. I watched her face and could tell she was trying to figure out something to say.

Finally she spoke. "What happened?"

"Um . . . Nightmare . . ." I said quietly.

"Was it . . . That one again?" She asked. Andy stared at us as I nodded. Echo sighed and shook her head. "This needs to stop."

I nodded again and Andy jumped in. "What needs to stop? What's going on?"

Echo frowned and stood up. I watched her walk over to the sink with her watter bottle and the cloth. She put the rag under the water and walked back to CC's bunk.  Andy took her spot next to me and stroked my cheek gently. I stared at him before he said something.

"Nightmare, huh? They suck . . . What, uh . . . What was it about, if you don't mind me asking?"

"I-I don't want to talk about it right now . . ." I told him. He nodded and I looked around. "What time is it anyways?" It was still dark outside of the tinted windows.

"Um," he glanced at his phone. "Almost four-thirty in the morning."

I nodded and yawned. Why were my yawns so high-pitched? Well, at least he thought they were cute. He smiled at me and picked me up. I curled up against him as he carried me bridal-style back to his bunk and set me in before climbing in next to me. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him softly. I felt him kiss me back as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

I smiled. "Thank you, Andy."

"Anytime, gorgeous," he replied. I giggled quietly and closed my eyes.

"Sing me to sleep so I don't have another nightmare?" He grinned at me and kissed my forehead again. I closed my eyes and snuggled up against him as he quietly started singing "Rebel Love Song" to me. I fell asleep quickly and was glad I was safe in his arms.

*Ashley's POV*

I could hear Andy singing to Riot from my bunk, which happened to be right across from his. Dammit, Andy. I sighed and tried to close my eyes and sleep, but it didn't work. I put a pillow over my head, but that didn't work either.

I stayed tossing and turning even after everyone was asleep again. My thoughts were racing through my mind and it didn't look like they were planning on stopping any time soon.

This is fucking torture.