Re-Adopted by Black Veil Brides

First Day of Hell Oops Sorry I Meant School!

~Audrey's POV~
So school is starting and it's my first day at high school. It took me a long time to think it over and i decided to go to an actual school. Jared and I stayed up late last night talking about things to do and not to do in high school and all these tips that he's learned throughout the years. This year he's a junior so he has plenty of experience. He was the one who convicned me to even go and he assured me everything was going to be okay. But even after breaking down a few times and telling me that,  I still felt this day wasnt gonna go well.

I walk down a hallway with blue lockers on each side and a bunch of people passing and pressed up against their locker. I take out the small piece of paper with my locker number on it and the combination and I walk with my head slightly down with my hair covering most of my face. I don't want anybody recognizing me right now. I'd feel a lot better with Jared here with me. I find my locker and open it with a breeze. I dump a few of the books for my afternoon classes in the locker just like Jared told me to. A hand touches my shoulder and I jump.

"Hey chill it's just me!" I turn and see Jared smiling. His brown eyes twinkling at me.

"Oh god I'm sorry... I guess I'm still nervous."

"Don't be. Everything will be alright. What exactly are you afraid of?"

"Right now being recognized and made fun of. Seeing those people at that arcade place again. And of seeing the orphans from the orphanage who taunted me."

"I've only seen a few who go to the orphanage. I took the bus with them this morning. Have you seen people that you know from your school last year?"

"Well no, not really. Not yet anyways." I say leaning against my locker.

"If you do see them don't pay any mind to them. They don't matter but you do. They say something to you, walk away." He says sounding sort of protective.

"Okay I-"

"And Audrey," He says lifting my chin with his finger to make me look at him. "Don't let them be the reason you hurt yourself. I mean it."

With the stress that comes with coming back to school, of going to a place I'm not familiar with and frightened of seeing people that are, who knows what I'll do to myself.  I don't want to go back to cutting and feeling the sting in the shower every morning. But if something or someone pushes me over the edge that will happen. And Jared knows that. I tried for years to stop. To resist the blades. But I couldn't distract myself. I just couldnt. And now that Ash and the boys have really helped me begin to overcome all my problems,  I don't want all that work down the drain.

"I'll try Jared, I really will." The bell rings and it's time for school to start. I groan.

"I'll be waiting for you at lunch. I've got a couple of good friends who we can sit with." He says.

"Okay... see you at lunch."

~Ashley's POV~
Audrey left for her first day of school hours ago. I made sure she ate something to keep her full. I made her french toast which I learned a while back was her favorite. I gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek as I dropped her off. This is the kind of stuff I missed when she was gone. I missed all the childhood milestones. I missed the plays, the Christmas and valentine's day parties, soccer games, sleepovers, and whatever else comes with having kids. I regret leaving her at that awful place. I just hope that she's ok.

That day that Audrey, the guys, and I met Jared at the mall I saw a really pretty woman in a store that I was in. Her light brown hair was in a messy bun with a gold flower in it. She was tall too. Her hazel eyes kept looking at me. I felt it when I was talking to Andy. Her smile just blew me away. Andy noticed and made me go over to talk to her.