Nobody's Hero

We Have To Say Goodbye

|Andy's POV|

When I walk into the hotel room, all the guys were still awake. "Where've you been, young man?" CC asked in an authoritative tone, glaring at me. "I already told you, Ari and I went out," I say, shutting the door. "Did you break the ice?" Ash wriggles his eyebrows. I shake my head and plop on the bed. "Seriously? Damn," Jake sighs. "I don't believe him," Jinxx says, crossing his arms, "he couldn't go too long without sex." "Hey you can shut the fuck up. She's a great person and I want to keep her for as long as I can. I don't just want her for sex, that's Ashley," I snap, "no offense Ash." "None taken," he says. "Alright guys, let's leave him alone." CC says.

We really didn't have sex. We just had a heated make out session. I dunno why they're trying to get all up in my business. Ah Andy, they're just boys, so are you. But man, they just pissed me off.

I walk back outside and go through my contacts, looking for my good friend, Juliet. It rang about three times before she finally answered. "Andy, it's almost 1:00 in the morning, what do you need?" She asks groggily. I sigh, I woke her up, "Nothing, sorry for waking you up." "Bullshit, what's wrong?" "Really, I just wanted to talk." She didn't say anything. "So I'm gonna let you go back to sleep now," I tell her. "If you hang up this fucking phone without telling me what's wrong, I'm going to hurt you Andrew," she snaps almost immediately. I sigh, "Just something stupid. Guys are pissing me off, that's all. I took Ariel out to the mall and they just kept asking if we made it to that level. They said I couldn't go too long without it."

"Andy, fuck them. It's alright, as long as you know that you don't want her just for sex, then good! They aren't going to be the ones that sleep with her. That's between you and her," Juliet says meaningfully. I nod, even though she can't see me, "Thanks Julie." "No problem babe. Now go to bed, get some sleep." "Haha, alright, sorry about waking you up." "You better, you little bitch!" We both laugh. "I'm just kidding, it's fine. I love ya dude," she says, yawning. "Love ya too, night." "Night."

I really want to talk to Ari about her self harm. I just don't know what to say about it. How do I bring it up? I'll figure out a way.

|Ariel's POV|

"Wake up!" My eyes flutter open to see Kyler standing above me. "Whaddya want?" I groan, slapping him away. He looks to the doorway, and back to me, "Nanny's here." "Nanny!" I exclaim, pushing Kyler away and running to the living room. Nanny is Kyler's grandma, but I've known her long enough to call her that. I wonder if papa is here too.

I see her and jump on her. She laughs and hugs me, "Hey honey!" "Hey nanny!" We hug each other tight for a moment. Then I pull away and look around. "Where's papa?" She looked down at her feet and I saw tears start to form in her eyes. I looked at Kyler, his eyes were puffy and his nose was red. "Nanny, what's wrong?" I ask, my voice cracking.

"He left us two nights ago, that's why I'm here. I wanted to tell y'all in person," she says, covering her face, sobbing. It wasn't long before I started to sob too. "H-how?" I manage to push the words out my mouth. Papa's gone?

Kyler came and sat by us. I grabbed his arm and cried on his shoulder. He wrapped an arm around me and held me close. Another person I love, gone, gone forever. "He  had a h-hea-heart attack in his s-sleep," nanny cries. Kyler wraps his free arm around her. "At least he's gone t-to a better place," she says, trying to steady her breathing. She's Christian, she knows Kyler and I don't believe what she does, but she's strong about her belief. I just hold the two of them close for another twenty minutes, choking back each other's cries. Papa was a good man. He fought in Vietnam and lived to tell the tale. Although he did lose a leg. He always called it his peg leg. He told Kyler, Cass and I he was a pirate in the making-- he just had to lose an eye and have an eye patch.

The thought makes me cringe. I just talked to him a week ago. He sounded perfectly fine. Why?! Why are the people I love leaving me?!!

"You kids j-just know, papa lo-l-loved y'all," she sobbed. We nod, "We love him t-too."

The Next Morning

It's the morning of papa's service. It's being held in a church about an hour away. I'm wearing a black dress that stops at the knee. It doesn't have any sleeves, so I wear a little black button up sweater over it. I'm wearing black slip ons also. Kyler's wearing black dress pants, a black button up, and black Vans-- they were the only thing he had. Laila's wearing a long black skirt, black long sleeved shirt and black flats.

We told Laila when she got off work that day. She was devastated. We've known him longer than she has, but she's known him long enough to grieve over him.

I also invited Andy along. Nanny insisted, so I did. "You sure it's fine that I come?" He asks me. "I'm sure," I say in a faint voice. He takes one of my hands from the steering wheel and lightly, rubs his thumb on the top. Kyler's driving his car, and I think Laila's actually with him. Kyler hasn't said a word ever since he told me to get outta bed. It's hit him hard. He loved papa-- we all did.

He'll be missed.

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That was kind of a filler chapter.
I'm not describing the funeral bc I'll probably get emo over it and shit.

Jamming to Wretched and Divine ~ Black Veil Brides

--- Skyla