Trust Me, Don't Let Go (Crown The Empire)

Chapter 10: Anaheim

*Amber*

"Ready to go?" Andy asked while he put his jacket on. I nodded as I put my phone away.
"You guys going to make out at the park or what?" Ben teases, and me and Andy simply look at each other.
"Sure. Why not?" I sarcastically shrugged as I left the bus. Andy followed me as I waited there.
"Do you want to go to the park after dinner?" Andy asked, and I shrugged.
"Doesn't matter," I answered, and he sighed stressfully. He came up to me slowly.
"You know I'm doing this for you. It's your choice," Andy explained, and I thought of it.
"Let go to the park," I answered, and he smiled at me.
"Let's go then," he said excitedly.

-

We made it here, and there was so many things to do.
"Do you want to play with a Frisbee?" he asked pointing at a little shop to rent supplies.
"Yeah," I answered. Andy jogged over there while I waited at the benches. I felt a hand slide around my waist, so I glanced to see a man with a bald head with a very bushy beard.
"Hello, beautiful," he tried greeting me seductively.
"Um, excuse me?" I asked taking his hand off me.
"I was referring to you, darling. Why don't I take you out for lunch?" he offered with the raspy tone in his voice.
"No, sorry. I have plans," I lied, scooting away from him.
"They can always be moved, right?" he asked as he started touching me in areas that was already unacceptable. I started to feel uncomfortable, so I stood away.
"Fuck. Off," I warned as I got away from the bench, but he didn't take no for an answer. He aggressively pulled my wrist to rebound back at him.
"That's not a way a pretty girl like you should speak. Let's go to my place to teach you a lesson," he gave me goosebumps with a chill down my spine.
"Let. Me. Go," I demanded, and he pulled me closer to my face.
"You need the lesson very quick and hard," he smirked, and I swallowed my throat clear.
"Let her go," Andy's voice came from behind me.
"Who are you, faggot?" he insulted him as he threw me at the bench. I ran to Andy as he took me in his arms.
"Her boyfriend," he lied as he threw the frisbee with a lot a power to his face. The man fell back on the ground, covering his nose with his hands. Andy grabbed my hand, and we ran off into the city. I looked back to see him chasing after us.
"Andy, he's after us," I warned, and he looked back.
"I won't let him hurt you," he reminded to make feel a lot safer but wasn't really helping much. We ran into a gas station, and Andy was looking for a way to go.
"Hello, how may I help you?" the cashier asked since the store was clearly empty.
"Someone wants to rape me," I say, and he brought out a bat. The manager came in confused of what's going on.
"Why do you have the bat?" she asked, and the man got in the store.
"You can't run away, little girl," the man growled. The cashier jumped over the counter, and swung the bat at his crotch.
"Call the police," the cashier demanded, and the manager started dialing.
"Thank you," I cried in relief. Andy hugged me while everything was happening.

-

We went to McDonald's to get something to eat since it was also close by. Andy and I didn't let go of our hands.
"What do you want?" Andy asked, and I was looking at the menu.
"Chicken Nuggets," I answered, and Andy was laughing at my answer.
"Two 20 piece chicken nuggets, please," he chuckled. He payed and got the receipt. We sat down on one of the booths, and we were waiting since it was packed today.
"Thanks Andy," I thanked as I laid my head on his shoulder.
"No problem. I was hungry too honestly," he admitted.
"I was talking about the park thing. I mean, you protected me," I explained.
"Oh. I wouldn't want you to get hurt after you were dangling off the car," he reminded as he looked at me. I gave him a peck on the cheeks, and he blushed a deep red.
"265!" they called.
"I'll get it," he hurried off, and I was waiting. He came back with the tray of food, and he snuggle to me while opening his box of chicken nuggets. I grabbed a fry, and we were playing basketball with out food. We were tossing food into each other's mouth, in other words, feeding each other by having fun. After we were done, we went to the playground inside the place. Andy wrapped his hand around my neck, and we saw a lot of kids playing around.
"I miss this," I admitted, and Andy let out a sigh.
"Yeah. I miss cuddling with you too," he chuckled.
"Um, I was talking about the playground," I giggled, and hit face turned red.
"Oh, yeah. That too," he cleared his throat.
"I actually have to admit, Andy," I smirked.
"What?" he asked, and leaned my head on him.
"This. The love you'd give me," I answered, and he started smiling.
"I guess what we needed was time alone," he assumed, but I gave him a shrug.
"Let's go back to the bus. They're going to start saying stupid crap," I predicted, and he grabbed my hand.
"I actually want to go somewhere before going back. I want to show you something," he sounded serious.
"Yeah. Let's go then." We were walking, and Andy started bumping into fans and everything.
"I'll meet you guys at the show tonight. I'm kind of busy right now," Andy excused himself with me.
"You could've talked to them. I wouldn't mind it," I reminded.
"No. It's because we have to do a lot before the show, and I couldn't waste anymore time," he explained. My phone started shaking in my back pocket, so I checked who it was. Brandon was calling me.
"Hey. What's up?" I asked as Andy kept leading me to the place.
"Where are you guys?" Brandon asked, and I looked at the streets.
"A street next to Forever 21. Why?" I asked, and I heard some banging.
"We kind of need help with the speakers," he answered unsure. I covered the microphone part against my shoulder.
"How long are we far?" I asked Andy.
"A couple of minutes," he answered.
"How long are we going to be there?" I asked, and he shrugged.
"How much you want," he offered, and I went back to Brandon.
"We're going to take half an hour, so we might be there in 40," I explained.
"Okay," he said lastly and hung up. I put my phone in my back pocket, and we started jogging our way over there. We made it to this place. It was another park, but this time it was more decorated with nature. It was with roses, green grass. It just looked beautiful. Andy pulled me there, and I started chasing him. I caught up to him, and he started spinning me around in the air. I looked a little to old for this, but it felt complete fun. I was the kind of spinning with him spinning me from my hands, like if I was flying. I actually slipped off his grip, and I slid across the green grass. We both started laughing, and I got up. I ran past him with a tap to his shoulder.
"You're it!" I screamed as I ran as fast and away from him as possible. I guess I was to slow that he grabbed my waist and spun me around again. He put me down gently, and we just took a minute to catch our breathes.
"I never knew you had a 7 year old trapped in your body," he joked, and I playfully shoved him. I sat down, but he ran to get something. I just laid down, resting for a bit until he came back with a rose. A beautiful blood red, dark colored rose. I took it, and he finally sat down with me. I sat up with him, and it was all serious for minutes.
"Andy," I called, and he smirked at me.
"Yeah?" he asked, and I kept looking at the rose.
"I still can't help to wonder, why do you still want me?" I asked, and he looked at the rose then back at me.
"I'd actually ask you the same. I've been a dick to you, yet you stay with me. I want you because you're beautiful in many ways. You're a pretty strong girl," he compliment, and my pink cheeks turned to the shade of the rose. I started to hear some kind of immature giggling and snickering, so I looked around. I didn't see anyone.
"Andy, you stolen my heart the minute I first time I found out about you guys. I mean, yeah, we both had feelings for other people, but I just love you permanently," I explained as I heard the chuckling and laughs again.
"You hear something too, right?" Andy asked as we looked around again.
"It's those fucking kids," I growled as I laid down. He laid down with me, but he was a magnet. I snuggled with him more, and it got to a point where things started to escalate.
"This moment is right, but why does it feel so wrong?" Andy asked himself. I went in for the kiss, and the noise just went to full on screaming. We saw Brandon walking off in full anger.
"Brandon, quit being such a bitch! Call Tatum or something to make you feel better!" Bailey recommended, and she was right behind him. 
"Were the guys spying on us?" Andy whispered, but I went after Bailey. "Are we just going back?" he asked. 
"Andy. Look at Brandon," I explained, and he looked annoyed. 
"It looks like you care about him a little bit more than having this relationship," he snapped, and I took a deep breath. 
"Andy, don't think that! I care 'cause look at him. He's jealous, and it's killing him just the way it's killed you," I explained. I looked back, and they went around the corner. 
"Okay. Let's go," he said grabbing my hand with finger inter wined. We ran back to the bus, and Brandon was angry full on. He was punching the bus and kicking things. 
"Brandon," Bailey called, and he just wouldn't listen. "Amber, you have to do something," Bailey whispered at me. I looked at Andy, and then back at Brandon. 
"Brandon, please. Calm down," I begged softly, and he just shot everyone a glare. 
"Why? So you can make out with Andy at the park again?" he asked sarcastically. 
"Remember what we said before the trip? You said we keep it the way it is since we didn't want to hurt the ones we love. You, Brandon! You said it! You have Tatum, and you love her dearly,"  I explained to him, and he slowly approached me. 
"I never loved her as much I loved you. I never cared for her as much I cared for you!" he muttered between his teeth. 
"Yet, you wanted things to be the way they were. If you loved me much as you love Tatum, you wouldn't had cared about hurting her!" I reminded, and he walked away from me to punch the RV. 
"I don't want to hurt her because she might hurt you. She is a woman of revenge," he explained, and I shook my head. I looked away. "You wouldn't know anything about this feeling anyways. Just go with Andy!" he mumbled, and he sparked my match. 
"Don't you ever say that I don't know anything about this feeling because you're part of the triangle! I love you and Andy, yet I haven't confirmed anything with both of you. It's not easy, and I know! Let's just leave it the way you wanted it to be," I explained, and he started to calm down a bit. I went to him, and I gave him a hug. I didn't feel his arms around me for a second, but then I felt him squeezing me. 
"I'm sorry. I keep forgetting that you love Andy just the way I love you," he said admitted. He let me go, and I went to Andy. 
"Everything is now under control," Brent asked, and we both nodded. 
"Okay. Let's get ready for the show!" Bailey shouted, and we all cheered with her. 

-*6 o'clock*-

"Did you guys count the merchandise?" Dave asked, and I nodded annoyingly. 
"I been helping you out for the longest time," I whined. 
"Yeah. We're just making sure," Ben added, and I sighed. 
"We should go to the tent. People might be waiting already," Bailey suggested, and I nodded. We grabbed out lanyards for the backstage passes, and the workers permit. We hurried off to the tent to see a whole line formed going all around the corner. 
"Are we ready?!" I shouted as I got into the tent. The line cheered out loudly with an applause. 
"Let's do this!" Bailey shouted as we started doing what we were doing. The crowd started fangirling, but I didn't see anything. I looked through the crowd, and I saw Dave shoving through this large crowd. 
"Do you guys need more merchandise?" Dave asked, and I looked back to see the 2 boxes full of merchandise empty. I looked back at him, and nodded.
"Bring us 3 more boxes please," I ordered, and he nodded. I went to open the other box, and I knew this box was going to be out quick before they bring the first box. This is going to be the longest night.