Chapter 8

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Autumn's POV

Before Jesse could see me I ran out to the back door and leaned up against the brick wall. I lit a cigarette and inhaled the nicotine into my lungs.

Good thing I got out of there in time beige Jesse could try anything. But I can't call Kellin. He would know I was out clubbing if I did. I can't drive home obviously. I can't call the guys. So I called the only option I had left.

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Andy's POV

I woke up around three AM to the sound of my phone ringing. She was calling me. Should I answer? Maybe it's an accident. But before my inner turmoil got the best of me I slid my thumb across the answer button and slowly lifted the phone up to my ear.

"Hello..." I spoke into my phone. I heard a deep sigh on the other end before she began to speak.

"Sorry I woke you up but uh.. I'm kinda in a dilemma," she said slowly. Her words were slurred, obviously she's drunk. Again. But coherent enough to make mindful decisions.

"I'm at the Vault club on Hill Street (real place and address in LA) and I'm a liiiittle drunk," she giggled from drunkness, "um I can't drive or call anyone else can you come get me? I can walk it you don't want to."

"No it's okay. I'll be there in like half an hour," I answer. It's not far but with the traffic here it should be that long.

"Thanks so much," I can hear the relief in her voice. Then I hang up and get in my car.

When I get there she's standing on the corner of the sidewalk with her shoes in her hand and a cigarette between her lips. She takes one more puff then throws it on the ground before approaching my car.

She slides into my car in this sexy dress and closes the door. Awkward silence fills the car.

"Um thanks for picking me up. I kinda snuck out. As far as Kellin knows I'm in my room asleep," she laughs slightly.

"Why'd you live so suddenly?" I ask her, looking her direction. The moonlight and street lights cascade perfect shadows on the profile of her face. I could just kiss her right now if things were different.

"I saw Jesse," she says in a blunt tone. "He was here alone as far as I could tell but just seeing him, even from afar, sucked the air from my lungs and just brought this fear to me."

I was surprised by her honesty. She wouldn't have told me that if she were sober. Not at a time like this in our crumbling friendship anyways.

"Well good that you got out of there before be saw you," I say unsure of where this conversation could go.

It's silent again for a minute while we drive down the streets of LA. Rain is drizzling down slightly on the pavement. It's not completely dark, with the early morning sun appearing slightly over the horizon and the street lights.

"Hey can I tell you something?" I ask with slight hesitation. She sits up straighter against the leather interior of my car and looks over at me.

"I wanna tell you what really happened that night. I know you don't wanna hear it but please just listen. You can tell me whatever you think after." She nods her head in response and seems to sober up a bit just by my words.

I'm almost drunk too, but not on alcohol. Her beauty is intoxicating and makes my head spin. I get drunk on the thought of her face, the sound of her voice, the way she speaks, the sparkle in her amazing green eyes.

"Jesse started this. He somehow has this idea planted in his head that he will get you back. Which we all know will never happen," I started. She nodded for me to continue.

"Well it all started when I was about to enter my car to come pick you up for our date. Trust me I was probably more excited than you. Then Jesse appeared and said a bunch of bullshit to me about how your his and stuff."

"The bastard thought he had the right to trespass onto my property. Not only that but assault me and break into my house. He knocked me out and I woke up two hours later locked in a closet," I say with anger towards Jesse in my voice.

By now we were pulling into Kellin's driveway and stepped out of the car. We leaned agains the trunk area whilst I finished the story.

"By the time I had come to, called CC and he drove over to get me out, it was already almost 11pm. I knew it was too late to go out. But being the stupid ass I am I figured I could just explain the next day and everything would me back to normal," I took a breath before finishing my small speech.

Now it's pouring rain, and even through the curtain of rain I can see her tears and a slight smile under her hand which is covering her mouth. We are standing at the end of the driveway, face I face. The intensity of my speech hanging in the air around us.

"I would never ever stand you up on purpose, Autumn. I love you and I've been in love with you since that first day we met at Warped. You are the most beautiful girl, inside and out, that I have ever met. The strongest girl I know. I know I just sound like some lonely love sick fool right now, but god damn if that's what it takes to make you mine then so be it! I just love you so much that it hurts and I won't stop until I have your heart won. I refuse to be with anyone else and I will always be yours, if you'll have me," I finish.

I barely have time to take a breath as she grabs me by the shirt, pulls me in hard and kisses me with more passion than I thought could exist.

The sun is rising now and the rain still pours around us as our lips lock in a lustful passion.

We soon pull away, gasping for air. These two weeks have been hell without her, and that one kiss made up for it all and more. "The answer is yes. You are mine and I am yours."

She looks up into my crystalline blue eyes, her pools of emerald shining with nearly dried tears of happiness.

"Come on let's go inside," she says and we quietly enter the house, luckily waking no one up, and she closes her bedroom door behind us.

We then change into clothes, that I had here from when we were friends and I would stay over, and laid in her bed talking for hours.

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