He's my Angel of Musik [Ander]

Chapter Three

The purpose of weekends is sleeping in late and listening to Of Mice and Men at full volume, or at least that's the way it should be. My mother, however, thinks that spring cleaning is in order. If it were spring, I'd be complaining less. It's technically summer, though. Summer cleaning on a Saturday?

Sighing, I rummage through the cluttered drawers. My band merch is getting all unorganised again, so I suppose I'll stop whining about cleaning. Neatly folding my Pierce The Veil top and carefully laying it inside the PTV drawer, I wipe my hands off on my thighs. With this much dust, I really think that I might need to clean more often. But, one cannot clean in dirty clothes and now I have handprints on my leather jeans. I must change.

Quickly glancing out the window, I pay no mind to the unnaturally large nest in the oak tree outside my windowsill and close my thick black curtains about halfway. Softly groaning, I paw through my unfolded clothes and assemble a hasty outfit. My pj shorts that are heavily decorated with little Grumpy Bear faces everywhere and my Batman muscle shirt. For the sake of cleanliness, I also put on fresh undergarments. Dressing myself, I ignore the heavy thump outside my window. I assume the bird who built the nest just misjudged the distance and flew into the glass instead of the randomly assembled varieties that went into the huge nest.

Ambrosía Lethia-Nyx Korpse, enjoy your lazy day... NOT!

Bored, I pull out my iPhone and set the device onto the speaker. Carefully selecting a song, I crank up the volume and graciously hear "Coffin" by Black Veil Brides serenade me. Ah, yes. Screaming, heavy drums, and perfect guitar pieces. I see why Alison and my other band members are so into them. Looks aside, they're brilliant at transporting listeners to different realms. Each song has its own destiny and I feel in love with their many meanings. So, this is a community rock band?

Taking the rare opportunity, I threw my head back and let myself sing. My voice isn't as deep as Andy's, nor is it has gruff and captivating, but it blends seamlessly into the melodies. Song after song, verse after verse, I meet Andy and CC again in so many new ways. It only makes me want to meet the other men of Black Veil Brides. Pausing in my own singing, I just stand and absorb the notes that are so artfully arranged with one another. Musik is art, despite what some people may think, and I've finally found a masterpiece. Several of them, all in one museum. All on one album.

Is this how obsession starts?

Shaking myself off, I move and change the song. As "Bones Exposed" by Of Mice and Men drums through the air around me, I feel someone watching me. Trying not to feel like Edgar Allan Poe and his encounter with a bird, I brush off the shiver that races down my spine. The feeling persists as I sort through my stuffed animals and my blankets. In the end, I only save one Jack Skellington throw blanket and drape it across my multicoloured bed. The blues and purple of the soft, plush blanket stands in an adorable contrast to the deep red and the dark swirls of black.

The stuffed animals also go on the bed, but by my pillows. I'm left with a sock monkey, a singing chef bear, a Cheshire Cat, a giantarse teddy bear, a blue eyed husky, and a penguin. Fixing my shorts, I plop myself down on my mattress and examine my silent friends. It's just now donned on me that Ive not taken to naming them since I was seven, and I've had these campions since I was at least five.

"You'll be... Apollo!" I name the husky, who simply stares unseeingly at me.

By and by, they all have names within the hour. I've named a monkey Strawberry and the giant bear is JA. Clapping my hands together and bowing slightly to no one, I congratulate myself. It honestly hasn't taken me as long to clean as I thought it would. My prize shall be the best treasure of all... A nap! Smiling to myself, I throw myself down onto the mattress and giggle as my hair flies all over the place like black snow. Snuggling into the bed, I lay on my side and curl my body in on itself. My device goes to the next song on the shuffle, which means "Heart of Fire" by BVB is now gracing my tired ears.

"Driving through this world unknown

I build my life of broken bones

Not living for this anymore,

You want a fight I'll bring a war

I feel alive inside,

I won't be terrorized

I'll take all the blame

This Heart of Fire is burning proud,

I have every dream you lost and never found

This Heart of Fire is stronger now,

Build your walls but you can't keep me out,

I'll burn them down

I am every value you broke

Then left for dead and turned to smoke

I am yourself with words of hate,

I'm ripping through the souls you take

I feel alive inside,

I won't be terrorized,

I'll stand up to the pain

This Heart of Fire is burning proud,

I have every dream you lost and never found

This Heart of Fire is stronger now,

Build your walls but you can't keep me out,

I'll burn them down

This Heart of Fire is burning proud,

I have every dream you lost and never found

This Heart of Fire is stronger now,

Build your walls but you can't keep me out,

This Heart of Fire, fire, fire

This heart of Fire (fire), fire (fire), fire (fire)

This Heart of Fire!"

The only way I can ever sleep is if I make myself a human barrier between my chest and the outside world. Biting at my lip, I snug myself closer together. Things from the past try to claw their way up from the mental graves I've dug for them in the deepest recesses of my mind, but sleep has already settled in and my wits are no longer about me.

I'm so sleepy, I'm actually seeing Andy towering over my bed with beautiful dovelike wings fueled up by his back.

"Just like a guardian angel," I muse.

"Ambrosía," he breathes softly.

Sleep finds me then, and for once, it's peaceful.

-----------------------------------------------------

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: kind of just wanted this chapter to delve into Amber's personality and to sneak in a little angel Andy!!! This is also the only chapter not to start with her locker slamming. PM me any corrections, please!!!)