Starting Over (An Andy Biersack Love Story ){sequal To Secrets}

Chapter 17: Take A Picture, It Will Last Longer

Andy P.O.V

I shuffled on the comfortable bed. I was pretty sure it wasn't mine, but I didn't really fucking care as of the moment. It was just really soft and comfortable and- who the hell am I hugging?

I opened one eyelid to see my arms encircled around a tiny body. Alice's body. She was so soft and small I forgot I was even holding her for a second. She was just laying there, cuddled up to my chest. Her hands were curled into soft little balls on my torso, and her legs were bended a little like she was a little kid.

She is a kid you dumbass, my mind cleared up for me. She won't be a kid for long though.

I remember when I first went into Alice's house and she let me into her life. She had told me her birthday would be a week from that day. Psh, yeah right! I guess she didn't fully trust me yet, and she lied. Now her birthday was in a few months.

And I have the perfect present for her.

It was a small little trinket I found in a store one day. It was a Batman necklace that was one of a kind and it was around when Alice and her friends met up with me in the mall that week. I wanted to buy her something for her birthday, but I guess it sucked she kind of lied to me. But, the necklace was a silver chain that looped into the Batman symbol. The necklace itself had two chains for two people, and I was going to give it to Juliet, actually. We were dating at the time, and I loved Batman. Could anyone really blame me? I mean, it was actually perfect for a couple to have. It was split in two halves and I was gong to keep one half while Juliet kept the other.

And now that's a little out of the options to give it to that witch. I heard her talking to Alice last night. That bitch. She told Alice she was fucking ugly. Fat. Sluttish. I wanted to just walk out of the kitchen right then and there but then I heard what Alice said, and I couldn't move.

"I know I am fat. I know I am ugly. I know I probably look like a slut, because I don't even remember how many guys I have dated before. But, you don't have to remind me."

It broke my heart to think she'd actually think that. That's why when I came up to her room last night - because I couldn't sleep - I heard her breathing really hard for some reason. She sounded like she was in the bathroom crying, and I didn't want her to be in the bathroom with all those razors, the toilet, or a good hanging position from the top of the shower.

I wasn't going to lose her like I did last time.

I actually came to her room last night to see if I could get some company from her. I hadn't been able to sleep . . . Still.

I sighed and then a thought hit me straight in the face. I actually got a good night's rest. What the hell is the time? I looked behind me at the clock and practically woke up Alice by saying "fuck!" out loud. It was like one in the afternoon! And all I could do was smile.

I actually got a good night's rest. Maybe I should sleep with Alice more often . . . Oh God how wrong that sounded.

I shifted to where one arm was holding my head up and my other arm was slung over Alice's hip. And I just watched her sleep for what felt like a good hour until Sammi burst through the fucking door.

"Why are you staring at Alice like a freaking creep, Andrew Dennis Biersack?" Sammi asked me sternly. Dear lord why did I have to be like six years older than Alice and make people think I am such a creep. If I was in the UK, I could even fuck her there and I wouldn't get looked at like a creep!

I held a finger up to my lips and hushed Sammi up and pointed to the sleeping Alice. I replied back with, "I came in last night for some company, we talked, and then fell asleep. I'm staring at her - un-creepily - because she looks beautiful," I whispered as Sammi came and sat behind Alice on the edge of the bed.

Sammi moved a stray hair from Alice's face and smiled. I did too, in fact. All I wanted to do was just stare at her all day. Maybe I could if she slept through the whole day. . .

"I'll leave you two alone," Sammi blurted out, "and if you guys want, lunch will be ready in a while. You better not do anything to her Andrew," she said sternly. I nodded my head and smiled at her as she walked out the door. I soon turned my head back down to Alice who was breathing slowly, probably dreaming of something that smells like cigarettes and alcohol, dresses like a fucking Batman most of the time, and has blonde hair. Hmmm . . . I think she must be dreaming about me!

I chuckled under my breath and stopped when I started to wake up Alice. She didn't wake up, but silently clutched my W.A.S.P. shirt tighter, dragging me a little closer to her, if possible. She smelled nice, if that doesn't sound too weird. She smelled like raspberries and bananas. Weird. . .

Her pajamas hugged her loosely and her legs were wrapped into my feet. She was so cute!

Okay, now I'm positive that I now sound, look, and think like a fucking creep.

"Andy-" Alice stirred, kind of. She didn't sound groggy at all. "-you don't have to stare at me, but you can take a picture and stare at me for hours instead of watching me sleep for hours. I think a picture will last longer."

I finally decided to update. This would have been up sooner but the chapter got deleted so many times. The next chapter will be up soon and I will be updating more since I no longer have to work and I still am not registered to any school, so I technically have an extended summer. The next chapter will be up by tomorrow hopefully.