Put The Gun Down

Chapter Three

"What took you so long?" Charlotte greeted me with a smile as I sat down. "So long? I was only two minutes late" I laughed as a waitress came over to take our order, she examined me closely. "You're Andy Biersack, right? I'm Serenity. I'm a huge fan" The woman stated. She held a pen and notepad in her hand. "Um, yeah. Nice to meet you Serenity" I looked down awkwardly at my knees, Charlotte peered at me over the top of her menu.

"Well, I just wanted to say that you inspire me so much. Your music is amazing" She smiled kindly, my anxiety began to build. "Thank you for your support, it means a lot" I smiled, not making eye contact with her. Charlottes eyes never left me. "What can I get you?" She looked over at Charlotte. "I'll take an orange juice and a short stack of banana pancakes" Her glance switched off of me while she placed her order. "I'll have a chocolate milk and a short stack of french toast"

Serenity nodded and took our menus, putting our order in. "Is everything okay?" Charlotte leaned her arms on the table, her brown eyes met my blue ones. "Honestly, no. That's why I wanted to talk to you" I took a deep breath, my stomach churing. "Okay, then talk. I'm listening" My breath hitched. "About yesterday... My wife, she um, recently left me and I, uh-I haven't been taking it too well" I was debating whether or not to tell her about my relapse when we were interuppted.

"What? You and Juliet are getting divorced?" Serenity came back with our drinks, her mouth hung open. "Shhh!" I stood up, pulling her to the side. "Listen, you can't tell anyone, I'm begging you. Juliet wants to keep it a secret so she doesn'thave to deal with all the publicity, and so do I. So I'm begging you, please don't tell anyone" I whispered to her. "I understand, I'm sorry for easthdropping. I promise I won't tell a soul" She gave me a reasuring smile, I nodded and sat back down.

"Sorry about that" I looked at Charlotte, her expression unreadable. "Here you go" Serenity handed us our drinks then walked away. "Andy, you have to be more careful with what you say in public" Charlotte leaned in closer so I could hear her. "I know, I'm sorry" I shook my head. God, I was such an idiot. "I know this is gonna get out no matter what, I better go call Juju now and-" Charlotte cut me off. "Juju?" She began to laugh. "It was a nickname I gave her... It's hard breaking old habits"

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I stood outside in the brisk cold air, a cigarette was placed between my lips. I held my phone up to my ear, waiting for Juliet to answer. "Andy! Andy! Over here!" I turned my head to see the paparazzi running towards me, cameras flashing. I turned my back and walked the other way, only to be greeted by more cameras and screaming men. "Andy? Hello?" Juliet's soft voice echoed through my speaker. "Andy! Look here!" My mind was swarmed with too much at once. "Andy, are you there? Hello?" "Andy, smile! Andy!" I couldn't take it anymore. I fell to my knees, covering my ears to stop all the noise. 

"Andy! Andy! Andy!" The flashs from the cameras were blidning. "Stop! Please!" I sobbed. "Enough! Hey, get away from him!" I familiar voice shouted over the noise. "I said enough!" Someone grabbed my arm, dragging me down the sidewalk. I continued to cover my ears and close my eyes, tears rolled down my cheeks. "Make it stop!" I cried. Eventually, it was quiet. I removed my hands from my ears and opened my eyes, my vision was blurry. I saw Charlotte kneeling infront of me, a worried look on her face.

"Hey" She smiled. I rubbed my eyes to see her more clearly. "Are you okay?" I looked around at my surroundings, we were in the studio. "I'm fine" I stood up, brushing myself off and heading towards the door. "Where are you going?" Charlotte followed after me. "Home. I can't stand the city anymore. It's too much" I ran my fingers through my slick black hair. "The city is too much? Or your divorce is too much?" Her words stopped me in my tracks.

"You know absolutely nothing about my divorce, so don't you dare bring that up! And maybe you're right, maybe it's not the city that's too much, maybe it's you" I turned around and walked towards her, her arms crossed across her chest. "Oh really? I'm the one who is making you act like an ass? I'm the one who caused you to have a mental breakdown earlier? I don't think so, check yourself before you bring other people into your problems, Biersack" She stepped closer to me, pushing me back with her finger.

A/N: Oh Charlotte is fiesty! Sorry if this chapter is all over the place, let me know what you think!