Chapter 13: Reunion
Helena's POV
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"Dad?!" my heart stopped, I hadn't seen him since I ran away 4 years ago and it wasn't exactly a happy memory.
"It's good to see you!" he said smiling. He approached me and opened his arms for a hug but I instinctively backed away from him into Andy's arms. I saw the hurt look on his face as he waited for me to tell him I was happy to see him too but I just couldn't make myself say it. After a minute he dropped his arms and his gaze fixed above my head, I wondered to myself what he was looking and then realized it was Andy. He shifted awkwardly behind me and cleared his throat.
"Hello, I'm Paul, Helena's father" he said reaching out to shake Andy's hand.
"Uh, hi... I'm Andy, her boyfriend" he replied hesitantly and returned the gesture.
"Oh nice to meet you"
"Yeah" was all he said
"Helena, I understand if you don't trust me but I'd really like to talk to you" he said looking back at me pleadingly. Meeting his eyes I noticed he looked healthy not drunk like the last time I saw him, maybe he had changed.
"Okay"
"Privately?"
"Sure" I nodded "just give me a sec"
"Alright" he said a headed toward a bench not too far away. I turned to face Andy
"Be right back"
"You trust him?" he whispered. I shrugged, I really didn't know I had so many terrible memories of him, but I also had good ones. Before the accident he was a great father, I was torn.
"I don't know, he looks better. Talking couldn't hurt I guess" he squeezed me tightly as if he didn't want to let me go
"I'm gonna keep an eye out and if he tries anything I swear I-"
"It's okay," I interrupted him and stroked his cheek. He let out a nervous sigh and I kissed him, "I love you" I stepped out of the safety of his arms and walked toward the father I thought I'd never see again. When I sat down neither of us spoke, instead we just looked at each other. I had forgotten how attractive he was, he had to be in his mid-forties now and still looked like the young man that raised me, he had very hard features that normally would make him look frightening but his soft blue eyes took away from that, I used to love looking into his eyes and was always so proud that mine so closely resembled them. In that moment I forgot all the terrible things that he'd put me through, all I saw was the man who raised me, the one who taught me to ride a bike and comforted me when I fell and skinned my knee, I saw the man who taught me to play guitar and let me stay home from school to have piano lessons. I remembered sneaking out to go to a KISS concert with him on a school night and him letting me sit on his shoulders so I could see. And when I got made fun of for wearing Starchild's makeup to school the whole following week he made me feel better. He was the person that taught me to not care what others thought of me for being different. He was my father.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to upset you" he said and I realized I had been crying.
"It's okay, I've just missed you..."
"You have?" he replied happily
"Yeah I really have"
"Even after..." those words stabbed into me like a knife, and all the nights I spent hiding under my bed terrified of him came rushing back, every hit and every awful word he said. How could I forgive him? Even if I loved him would those memories always make me hate him?
"I don't know" I said looking down "you're my father, and I love you but..."
"What I did to you is unforgivable, I know" I looked up and saw he had tears in his eyes
"I just need time to think, I need to get to know you again, we are both different people now"
"Your right" he wiped his eyes "maybe we could go to dinner tonight and just talk?"
"I think that'd be nice" I looked up at Andy who was sitting on the hood of his car.
"Is he good to you?" I heard my dad ask
"He really is" I couldn't hide my smile
"I'd like him to come too, so I can meet him properly"
"Okay, I'll ask him,"
"Alright well just give me a call when your know what time and everything, I'm free all day so whatever's good for you guys, the new number is 8027158355" I entered the number into my phone, gave him a hug an jogged back to where Andy was waiting.
"Hey how'd it go?" he slid off the car and wrapped his arms around me
"Good he wants to go to dinner with us tonight, he wants to meet you"
"So you're okay with him? Just like that?"
"Not really, I mean I told him I needed to get to know him again, he is my father after all" I replied resting my head on his chest. He made an annoyed sound, "what?" I backed out of his arms and looked up at him
"I don't like it... I don't trust him" he said looking pissed off
"Andy he's my father! I know what he did was wrong but he's still my father" I shrugged his hands off my shoulders
"He not only physically abused you but he tortured you mentally! How can you just be okay with that?!" he yelled
"HE'S MY FUCKING FATHER! I have no other family! Are you seriously doing this right now!" I felt tears stinging my eyes but refused to let myself cry, I couldn't believe he was getting mad at me for trying to mend my relationship with my dad.
"I don't want to just sit back and let him hurt you again!"
"Just take me back to Zane's" I said getting into the car. He stood facing me from outside for a few minutes and eventually got in. He looked at me but I just looked forward ignoring his glare. I hated that we were fighting especially so soon after we got back together but I knew what I had to do and I wasn't going to let him convince me to change my mind.
Andy's POV
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I watched her get into the car feeling like a complete asshole, but instead of saying sorry I let my pride get the best of me and kept my mouth shut. I got in the car and looked over at her, I could tell she was upset and I wanted nothing more than to say I was sorry so I could see her beautiful smile, instead I started the car and drove towards Zane's house. The whole ride I played my apology in my head about a hundred times, I decide to talk to her when I pulled in the driveway. I opened my mouth to speak but before I could say anything she opened the door and got out slamming it behind her. "Fuck" I said to myself as I watched her walk towards the house. She went inside and I sat there for a few minutes debating what to do. I rested my forehead on the steering wheel and closed my eyes, "asshole!" I got out and approached the door. I knocked and Zane answered
"Oh, hey! Come on in" he said surprised. I guess she hadn't told him she was mad at me. I followed him into the living room. "Helena is in her room, down the hall on the right"
"Thanks" I took a deep breath and made my way down the hall stopping in front of the door. I knocked
"What?" yep, she was pissed. I opened the door and she was sitting on the bed with her suitcase in front of her going through the clothes, she hadn't seen me yet.
"Hey..." I said with a weak smile
"Oh, hi" she looked up
"Look, I'm sorry, I was being an asshole I just don't want him to hurt you and I'm afraid that if you get close to him again I won't be able to keep him from doing that..." I said quickly before she could stop me and kick me out
"I know but you have to understand he was hurting just as badly as me if not worse, my mom was his high school sweetheart, she was the only person he ever dated, she was his one and only love and he lost her, I know what he did was not okay and he knows it too. But he's still my father and maybe you think it's stupid but I have to give him a chance to make things right, he's the only family I have left and I don't want to live the rest of my life hating him," hearing the pain and hope in her voice just proved to me how wrong I was. It amazed me at how wise she was, I didn't know how she could find forgiveness in all the pain he caused her.
"Gosh I envy you"
"What do you mean?"
"If I was in your shoes I don't think I would have the strength to forgive him like that" I said and sat on the bed next to her
"I think it's more that I'm just too weak to keep hating him..." she looked down and started playing with the zipper on the suitcase
"Don't say that!" I grabbed her chin brought her face up to look at me "you are the strongest person I know and I never want to hear you doubt that ever again! You hear me?" I said a little too aggressively
"y-yes" she whispered
"Sorry" I hugged her "I just don't want you to put yourself down like that" I kissed her softly and wiped her tears, "now let's get ready for this dinner, kay?" I smiled and she nodded
1 HOUR LATER
Helena's POV
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We decided on a nice Greek restaurant, and made reservations. I called my dad and told him where it was and to meet us there at 7. After I hung up the phone I looked at Andy who was sitting on the bed fidgeting "what's wrong?" I sat next to him and laid my head on his shoulder.
"I guess I'm kind of nervous" he chuckled "stupid right?"
"Nah, you are meeting my father after all"
"Think he'd mind if I call him dad?"
"Haha that's probably pushing it a bit" I laughed and poked him
"Oh is this?" he turned to face me grinning and started to tickle me. I laughed and fell back on the bed and he leaned over me continuing to tickle me. He stopped and straddled my waist, "how about this?" he leaned down and kissed me passionately, initiating an intense make-out session. "And this?" he asked after a few minutes as he kissed a trail down to my neck
"Andy" I sighed after a few more minutes
"Yes my love" he mumbled between kisses
"As much as I want to spend the rest of the day locked in this room with you, this is still Zane's house and he's right out there"
"Ouch" he said breathlessly pushing himself up on his elbows above me. "Sorry" he mouthed and rolled off me onto his back. I sat up and kissed him one more time and left the room with Andy reluctantly following. Zane was standing in the kitchen on the phone
"Okay see you tonight" he hung up and waved to us "done already? You gotta step up your game bro" he said giving Andy a disappointed look
"Oh suck it" Andy playfully flipped him off. I was happy to see them getting along, Zane was my best friend and even though it hurt him to see me with another guy but he was being a good sport.
"I'm just saying Lena and I used to spend hours in that same bedroom just..." he made a thrusting motion
"ZANE!" I put my face in my hands embarrassed
"Oh don't act like you don't remember!"
"OH. MY. GOD." Was all Andy said. He shook his head and went to sit on the sofa "please never do that again" he said gesturing to Zane grinning.
"What this?" he teased doing it again "come on Andy you know you love it!" he started strutting towards where Andy was sitting and acting like he was going to take his shirt off "you want a lap dance baby? No charge"
"NO!" Andy shot up and ran down the hall with Zane, now shirtless, following him. I was still standing in the living room laughing when I heard a door slam and Andy screaming like he was being killed
"Come on! Open the door Biersack!"
"HELP ME!!!! HELENA HELP!"
"Sorry you're on your own" I yelled still laughing hysterically
"Stop playing hard to get, I've seen the way you look at me I know how bad you want this!" Zane shouted somehow managing to keep a straight face. He finally got the door open and the loudest most feminine shriek came from Andy's mouth making me fall to the ground laughing so hard it hurt. After a few minutes once I'd stopped crying from laughter I stood up wiped my eyes and went down the hall in the direction Andy had fled. I looked in each room until there was only one left, the master bedroom. I opened the door and what I saw was hilarious, Andy was sitting on the bed with a horrified look on his face and Zane was standing in front of him, shirtless, and in the process of removing his pants. "Don't you know how to knock?" Zane said turning his head to look a t me. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket to take a picture and Andy's eyes got wide and he pointed at me
"Don't you dare!" I giggled and took the picture "delete that picture right now!" he yelled with a grin on his face
"Nope, twitter here I come!" I shouted and ran out of the room laughing triumphantly
"Helena! Get your butt back here!" he ran after me but was too slow, I locked myself in my room and sent the picture with the caption 'Just walked in on @AndyBVB getting a strip tease from @diaryofZane #awkward' after it was sent I opened the door and almost ran into Andy who was standing just outside the door with his hands on his hips making a pouty face. I smiled and gave him a peck on the lips
"Love ya babe!"
"Don't make me smile, I'm trying to be mad at you!" he said obviously trying not to smile
"Andyyyyyyy" Zane called from the bedroom down the hall "come back! You know what happens when you leave me hanging like this!"
"Quick let me hide in there!" he said pushing me into the room and closing the door behind us. When he closed the door he sighed "what did I do to deserve this?" I laughed at the whiney voice he was using. Then both our phones started sending us alerts, he looked at his phone and said "OH MY GOD!" I looked at mine and saw there were several replies to the picture I had just posted.
From Jinxx: @AndyBVB @ HelenaMK ummmm guys is there something you need to tell me?
From Jake: @AndyBVB @HelenaMK haha so this is what you do in your free time!
From Ashley: @AndyBVB @HelenaMK Dude! WTF! Is this why you never go to strip clubs with me and @ccbvb ?
From CC: @AndyBVB @HelenaMK hahahahaha looks like someone has a dirty secret! #gettingcaughtwithyourpantsdown
"great... now they think I'm getting random lap dances from guys" he said throwing himself on the bed
"Don't worry ill set em straight!" I climbed on top of him and took a picture of us kissing and posted it saying 'juuuuust kidding! He's all mine!' "There happy?" I said still on top of him
"Hmmmm I suppose" he said wrapping his arms around me and pulling me down into a kiss.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Andy's POV
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"Wow you look, beautiful" I said when Helena stepped out of the bathroom, she seemed to get more and more beautiful every time I saw her. She smiled and blushed a little, I took her hand and spun her to marvel at her awhile longer, she was wearing a purple dress that came about mid-thigh. It had small spaghetti straps and fit her curves perfectly.(picture in sidebar) It amazed me that such a perfect girl wanted me not that I wasn't complaining.
"I gotta do my hair babe, you done?" she asked still blushing
"Yeah sorry, just admiring my gorgeous girl" I kissed her and sat back on the bed as she walked over to the vanity sitting down to fix her hair and makeup.
"Hellooooo? Earth to Andy?"
"Huh? Oh sorry, I guess I zoned out" I looked up to see Helena was standing in front of me "you ready?" I stood up and took her hand.
"Yup let's go" we headed out of the room said goodbye to Zane and got in my car. It was a fairly quick drive. I pulled into the parking lot of the fancy Greek restaurant Helena had picked. She explained on the way that this was where her family used to have dinner every Sunday night until the accident. "You okay?" I asked noticing she looked on the verge of tears.
"Yeah" she nodded "Just a lot of memories here" a slight smile formed on her lips "happy memories" I took her hand and brought it to my lips kissing each of her knuckles
"Let's go in" I knew tonight was important to her but I didn't trust this man. In my opinion any man who could physically strike a woman was of the lowest scum but he went further than that, he hurt his own daughter, a child who couldn't defend herself, and the girl I loved. It would take more than dinner to convince me he had changed. Much more. We got out of the car and Helena called her father to see if he was here yet
"Hey we're at the restaurant, are you here yet?" she asked "okay we'll wait, see you in a few" she hung up and looked at me "he said he'll be here in a couple minutes"
"Okay" I walked to the front of the car and sat on the still warm hood. Helena came over and stood in front of me so I could wrap my arms around her and pull her back against my chest. I nuzzled my face in the crook of her neck and kissed her several times. After about five minutes I heard the rumble of a loud truck, I looked around and saw a large beat up pickup pull in
"That's him" Helena broke from my arms and I followed, "hey dad" she said when she reached him, he hugged her picked her up before releasing her, making me cringe. He then turned to me and I out on my best fake smile.
"Hey there Andy! Nice to see you again" he said shaking my hand
"You too" I lied. I usually made a point to speak my mind but I knew doing that now would only upset Helena, and that was the last thing I wanted to do. We went inside and were seated at a table towards the back of the room. I sat next to Helena and Paul sat across from her.
20 MINUTES LATER
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So far I hadn't said much, Helena and her father did most of the talking, which I didn't mind seeing as I didn't have much of anything to say to him. "You're being awfully quiet over there"
"Huh?" I said being pulled from my daydream
"I said you're being awfully quiet, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself?" he repeated
"Oh umm well what do you want to know?"
"Hm tell me about your band, Helena says you guys are pretty talented"
"It's called Black Veil Brides, we're pretty much a newer version of Kiss or Mötley Crüe, we have a really theatrical look, war paint and leather and all that"
"Wow! That's cool I'll have to check out some of your stuff, I've always been a rocker at heart" I am usually happy to get a new fan but this was a fan I didn't particularly want.
"Yeah, it's a pretty sweet job" I replied not knowing what else to say
"I bet!" he laughed "you guys tour and everything?"
"Yeah we've done quite a few tours, we actually just played warped tour the other day."
"Awesome!"
"I'll be right back" Helena said getting up and walking away from the table giving me the perfect opportunity to set things straight with her father
"Okay, look, I don't like you and I don't plan to any time soon, what you did to Helena is unforgivable and I understand her wanting to put it behind her but I refuse to. I consider you to be of the lowest quality of human, I will tolerate your presence for her because I love her but keep in mind I am not your friend." His look of shock pleased me. "She may be fooled by this nice guy act but I'm far from it. I am fully prepared for you to fuck this up and hurt her again and the moment that happens I swear I will kill you, do you understand?" he nodded silently "good, now when Helena comes back you will act like this conversation never happened, but be sure to never forget it because I certainly will not"
When Helena came back I took her hand and kissed her cheek as a somewhat protective gesture to Paul. We all finished eating and I offered to cover the bill. "Are you sure?" Paul asked slightly nervously
"Yeah don't worry about it" I said standing up and throwing the money on the table including a rather generous tip. "Ready babe?" I asked Helena wrapping my arm around her waist
"Yup" she replied and gave me a peck on the cheek "thanks for being nice tonight" she whispered, I felt a little bad because I really hadn't been all that nice. I just smiled in response.
"Alright, well thanks for dinner and it was nice meeting you Andy" Paul said when we got outside. He then turned to the girl at my side "It was great to see you hun, I hope we can do this again" he hugged her awkwardly
"Yeah, next time I'm in town I'll give you a call" she replied muffled against his jacket
"Sounds good" he backed away and I gave him a slightly rude look and he walked back to his truck. I turned to Helena and was met with her wonderfully gorgeous smile
"Thank you for tonight, I really appreciate it"
"Anything for you my love" I met her deep blue eyes that I so often got lost in, and kissed her forehead gently. When I started to walk away to get in the car she made a little whine noise
"That's all I get?" I laughed and pulled her into a deep passionate kiss that seemed to last forever. When our lips finally broke she sighed "much better"
"I thought so" I replied and we got in the car and headed back to Zane's house where I reluctantly dropped her off and returned to the bus. I checked the time when I arrived 8:30, so I assumed the guys were all out by now. I opened the door and climbed the steps to see CC sprawled on the sofa obviously passed out, with a bottle of vodka on the floor beside him. I shook him
"Fuck off" he mumbled
"Dude it's not even 9 o'clock yet why the fuck are you so drunk?" I laughed as he tried to sit up a few times and failed
"Last time I checked I had the right to be drunk at whatever time of day I want, or has that changed?"
"Well no.... but it's pretty early and where is everybody else?"
"Ella surprised Jake and they all went on a cute little triple date so I decided it was the perfect time to drink myself into a coma" he chuckled "a Christian Coma" then he started giggling uncontrollably. I felt kinda bad, before Ashley had started dating Bryn they used to be really close and hang out as the two single guys in the band, but now they didn't as much and he seemed to spend a lot of time alone.
"come on man let's get you to bed" I grabbed his arms and lifted him off the sofa which for the record was not easy, he may not be very big but at the moment he was 100% dead weight, "holy shit Ceece help me out here! Use your legs!" I grunted and he stood up some. We stumbled to the bunks and I stopped "well shit" I said remembering he had a top bunk "looks like your taking Jakes bunk tonight, because I am certainly not lifting your drunk ass up there" I helped him into the bunk below his and grabbed a post-it to leave Jake a note. I wrote 'Jake, CC is in your bunk so you'll have to take his' and stuck it to the wood section between the two beds. Satisfied with my good deed I headed to the bathroom to take a shower. My clothes fell to the floor and I stepped into the hot water sighing as it relaxed my muscles and washed away the tension of the night with Helena's father. I took in a deep breath letting the steam flood my senses and clear my head. I faced the shower head and rested my hands against the wall so the water ran down my back. I closed my eyes thinking instantly of Helena and how I couldn't wait to go home with her so we could spend the rest of our lives together. I was shaken from my little fantasy by a loud banging noise, "shit CC!" I said thinking he had fallen out of the bunk so I jumped out of the shower almost slipping on the wet tile, threw a towel around my waist and frantically ran out of the small bathroom. I looked around but saw no one, I checked the bunk where I had left him and was relieved to see he was still there sound asleep. "Hmm guess I'm going crazy" I mumbled to myself and headed back to finish my shower. Just before I reached the bathroom door I heard the banging again coming from the door of the bus. I turned around and made my way to the front of the bus looking out the windows I passed trying to see who was knocking. I opened it and was greeted by a familiar but unwelcome face.
"Heeeey baby! You miss me?!" she drunkenly slurred and threw herself at me crashing her lips against mine. I stumbled backwards tripping up the steps and pushed her away
"What the fuck are you doing here?!"