-Iris' pov-
We bound down the stairs together and as I hit the last step I swipe Destery up and put him on my hip. He starts to giggle like crazy. I laugh and tickle him. He squirms and almost falls but I catch him. Making us both laugh harder. "I love seeing her in a good mood." Andy says thinking I can't hear him. "You do?" I ask startling him. "In fact yes, I do! You have a great smile and laugh!" He says smiling. I think that is the biggest sentence that was happy that he's ever said to me. "So where are we going for breakfast?" Destery asks jumping down. CC kneels in front of him. "Where do you want to go little man?" "IHop!!" He yells. "Then IHop it is!!" CC yells back every one was smiling. Andy was looking at me while they were talking. I blush and start for the door. "Hey Iris! You look good by the way!" Ashley says. "Why thank you! You look pretty great yourself!" He puts this goofy grin on and we walk outside. We get in and they blare Motley Crue's Girls! Girls! Girls! Every body is singing along and Andy see's me. While Mic is doing his guitar solo, Andy asks, "You actually like and know this song?!" Yelling so I could hear him over the music. "Hell yeah!! I love this song!!"
Girls, girls, girls!!
He smiles at me as he sings till the end of the song, never breaking eye contact. I blush but I don't look away. CC changes the song to Porn Start Dancing by My Darkest Days. I sing at the top of my lungs. Even Destery was yelling right along. Again Andy looks all bug eyed cause we knew the song. I was laughing so hard. After a few more songs we pulled up. We were all laughing as we got out. These guys were so much fun.
-Andy's pov-
I can't believe she likes those songs. All my ex's thought they were sexist and that the people were pigs. But Iris was f****** yelling the lyrics like her life depended on it. Even Destery! I walk up beside her and swallow my nerves and put my arm gently around her. It kills me when she flinches but she lets me keep it there. I smile and walk with purpose. I look out of the corner of my eye and see Destery and CC high five. Why did they do that. Then I see Jinxx hang his head. What is going on. We step into the restaurant and the hostess looks at all of us. "Is it just you 7?" She looks bored and tired. "Yes ma'am." Jinxx replies respectfully She grabs a few menu's and starts to walk with us tailing her. "Hey guys!! Didn't expect to see you here!" We look over to find the voice. It was Austin Carlile from Of Mice & Men. "Hey what's up man! I haven't seen you since Warped Tour!" Ashley says. "Dude!! CC!! It's Austin Carlile!!" Destery almost screams. Earning glares from guests that were eating. "Oh! Hey who are these lovely people? Andy, bro, did you finally get a girl friend?!" Alan says walking back from where ever he was. Iris and I both blush. "Ummm.... uhhh.... no. We just..... uhhh..... we're just friends." I finally get out. "Yeah, ok." He retorts. I remove my arm from her shoulders, missing the feeling of her there. The waitress clears her throat to get our attention. "Oh sorry." Jinxx says. "Would you like to sit with them?" Austin answers yes for us. I pull out Iris's chair for her then seat myself. I didn't realize that she was sitting in between me and Austin until she grabbed my hand. She seemed nervous and it shocked the hell out of me when she did. I look over at her and she was looking down at our hands. "It's ok." I whisper to her. "So beautiful, what's your name?" Austin asks Iris. I get a flare of jealously from him calling her that. "Iris." She says just barely audible. "I'm Destery!!" "Hey Destery!! I'm Alan!" "I know who you are!! Me and sissy listen to you guys all the time!!" "Really?! You and your sister? That is so cool!! Oh I guess you do! You have our shirt on. You look good in it." He states. Watch it Ashby! I think while sending a quick glare over to him. "Yeah you're guy's song are great." She says a little louder. That's my girl. She squeezes my hand so I tighten my grip. Every body picks up their own conversation. Stopping only to say orders to the waitress. "You don't talk much do you?" Alan asks. She stiffens for a second but answers with, "Oh, not really. I like listening to you guys talk." "Well you have a pretty voice so you should try to talk more." Austin says. He reaches out for a hug and her back straightens, her hand tightens on mine, and...... she flinches. Some how no one noticed. But she lets go of my hand and gives him a hug. "Excuse me." She states before she gets up and walks away. I watch as she leaves. Trying to see if she's ok. "Dude, stop staring before she turns around and catches you." Alan jokes. I smile and turn back around. Destery catches my eye and he looks nervous. "I have to go to the bathroom." He says mostly to me. I know what he wants. To see if Iris is ok. "I'll take you little bro. There could be a creep, and I don't think Iris would be too happy with us if you were stolen." I joke as every one smiles. We stand and walk by the bathrooms. I turn and don't see anyone looking so I tap his shoulder and he automatically changes course to the front exit. When we get out side she's not there. "She came out here right?" I ask. "Yeah, I watched her. Andy, where is she?" He looked and sounded scared. I look out in the parking lot and only see a car leave and go down the road. I look down at Des and he's looking around as well. "Lets check around the place. Just in case." We walk around to the back and she's not there. "Andy...." He whispers. I give him a reassuring look and say, "There's still another side buddy. I'll bet she's over there." He looks back at the building to see if she was there and a look of sadness comes over him. He does some thing totally out of the blue. He grabs my hand and holds on tight. I do the same to him to let him know that it was ok. We walk to the other side and she's not there. "Andy where is she?!" He asks getting really scared. "I don't know buddy. But we'll find her. I promise." I look down just in time to see a tear slip from his eye. I squat in front of him and say, "Hey buddy. Everything is going to be ok. We'll find her and we'll all be back together." A few more tears fall before he completely breaks. He falls into my arms almost knocking me over but I hold both of us up. "Shhhh...... shhh.... everything is going to be ok. I know everything will be ok. Alright? Take a deep breath." I hold him and pet his hair in comforting ways. A car pulls up and the people that get out stare at me and Des. I frown at them and get angry. I take my one arm off of him and point in the other direction so they would get away from us. They quickly walk away and I give Destery a hug and he pulls away. "You ok?" I ask worry etched into my face. "I'll be fine lets just find my sister. Please." "I think that sounds like a great idea." He gives me a weak smile and I stand up and he takes my hand again.
