We'll Be Each Other's Saviours

Chapter Twenty

CC and Ashley were running around like headless chickens trying to get all of the decorations hung up. Luckily Ashley and I had carved some pumpkins yesterday with the intension of putting them out for Halloween, so they were added into the quickly shrinking pile of decorations.

Jake and Jinxx were setting food out but I didn't take time to see what they had bought as Andy and I were to busy putting out the bottles of alcohol and orange and black solo cups. It was well into the morning by the time we finished and the guys didn't even stop to take a breath before they started getting their costumes on.

"Um, guys, the guests won't start arriving until four in the afternoon. It's just past eleven. Don't you want to wait a little while before you get those on?"

They all looked at each other before saying "Naaaahhhhh" in unison. I rolled my eyes and went up to my bedroom. I intended to stay in there until the party was over. I had already stocked up on snacks and drinks to munch on so that I didn't have to go downstairs.

I sat on the edge of my bed with my back facing the door, sticking my head phones in. I hadn't listened to a Black Veil Brides song since Andy had started ignoring me. I knew that it was spiteful and childish but I didn't really care.

I pressed shuffle and my phone started playing In The End. My thumb hovered over the skip button for a minute but I eventually decided to leave it on. After all, they were still my favorite band and I missed their songs like crazy.

I sensed a presence behind me after a while and turned to see Andy leaning on the doorframe with his arms crossed, watching me intently. I wanted to laugh at his Batman costume but I managed to hold back. I waited for him to speak first, turning my back to him again. I'd said my part, now it was his turn.

He was silent for a long time, so long in fact that I thought he had left. I was about to turn around to check when I heard him sigh and walk over to the bed. He stood on my right looking down at me but I still didn't turn to him.

"I talked to Ashley," he told me. I tensed up a bit.

"He gave me the same story you did." I relaxed at that. "I'm so sorry for being such an asshole to you, Dan. I was so on guard after what happened with Juliet that when I saw you and Ash in the bunk together I jumped to conclusions. That was wrong. I really am sorry."

I took a deep breath and turned to face him. I wasn't mad at him anymore. I understood completely that he was hurting at the time and how Ashley and I must have looked.

I stood up, setting my phone and earbuds aside. I opened up my arms, making him smile as he brought me into a crushing hug. "I'm sorry for being so harsh on you when you threw out my bag of blades. I was just upset. It was the right thing to do." He squeezed me tighter and I knew I was forgiven.

"So are we, like, still a thing? It's fine if you don't want to be though," he asked quickly after we broke our hug, looking nervous. It was interesting to see that I could make this usually confident man so uneasy.

I smiled and nodded "What do you think? Of course we're still a thing!" I said, chuckling at how relived he looked.

We sat down on the bed and he threw an arm over my shoulders. "Are you coming downstairs to the party or are you gonna be a hermit up here for the rest of the day?"

"Hermit!" I exclaimed, punching the air.

"Wrong answer," he growled playfully. Before I knew what was happening he had me over his shoulder and was carrying me down the stairs. I beat on his back with my fists and demanded to be put down but he ignored my complaints.

"I'm taking Danni to get a costume," I heard him yell to the guys in the kitchen.

"Okay!" They yelled back at Andy, amused at the sight of him and I. I caught a glimpse of their faces watching us from the door to the kitchen before I was carried out the front door. They looked happy that Andy and I seemed to have made up. He plopped me down in the passenger seat of his black Lamborghini and we were off.