Devil in the Details

Late Night?

Andy rolled over in bed and groaned when he heard knocking on the door to his room.

"What?!" He shouted, grumpy from his lack of sleep.

"Jake, Jinxx, and I are going out for breakfast, wanna tag along?" CC called through the door. Andy sighed sitting up in the sheets and contemplating his options, he could stay here and sleep or go out for some much needed food. His stomach grumbled at the thought of food, he hadn't been eating often due to tour and a good breakfast sounded heavenly to him.

"I'll come." He decided, getting out of bed and walking over to the door, pulling it open for CC.

"Dude how much sleep have you had you look awful." CC commented as he walked into the room.

"I think a total of an hour and six minutes." Andy grumbled.

"Why couldn't you sleep?" CC questioned, sitting on Andy's bed, watching the lead singer dig through his bags for something to wear.

"Who am I rooming next to CC?" Andy questioned getting up and looking the drummer in the eyes.

"Ash, but why is that the issue, he's been fairly quiet all tour- Wait! He had a guy with him last night, and they were making out!" CC bolted up, suddenly remembering the events from the night before.

"Glad you could piece it together Chuppy." Andy rolled his eyes.

"So wait, is Ashley gay? Has he been hooking up with guys for the whole tour? Why do you know? Why didn't he tell me?" CC started rapid firing questions.

"Whoa Chuppy slow down." Andy said walking over to his friend. "Ash isn't gay, he's pan." Andy answered the first question, quickly being interrupted by CC.

"What's that?" He questioned.

"Pansexuality, attraction to a person regardless of their gender identity. Ashley's always had a more female preference though, and when we started anything on the lgbt spectrum was still taboo and Ashley saw it as a threat to the band so he stayed in the closet and build his playboy persona so people wouldn't suspect he wasn't straight."

"Ashley hid himself so we could find our success?" CC ask in shock.

"He's not the only one that hid CC." Andy sighed, wrapping his arms around himself and looking at the floor of the room.

"You?" CC questioned softly, "Are you somewhere on the spectrum?"

"Yeah, I'm Bi." Andy nodded, he couldn't bring himself to tell CC about his gender, not right now when he nerves were fried because of his lack of sleep and his dysmorphia was worsening by the day.

"I don't see you any differently Andy, Ash too, you're both still my best friends." CC smiled softly.

"Thanks C, and you should talk to Ash as soon as possible about what you saw last night." Andy said, walking over to the small arm chair in the room and grabbing his leather jacket.

"Was that just a random hook up last night, is that why he's been disappearing or hasn't wanted to come out with us, have his preferences changed and he's leaning more towards the male side now?" CC asked.

"No, that was Alex. His boyfriend." Andy smiled softly.

"So I was right about him dating someone names Alex! Just the wrong gender." CC laughed.

"Yeah, and as for how I know. Remember when Jake called Ashley a faggot?" Andy questioned.

"Yeah, and how he ran out after that." CC nodded.

"You remember me running off to comfort him, that's when he confessed to me about having a boyfriend and being terrified people would see him differently and he'd be the centre of a media storm because of it, plus he didn't want Alex to get swept up in the storm, since his fans have been pretty nasty to his romantic partners in the past." Andy sighed.