We've been in the bus for two minutes, when already there's a knock at the door. Andy sits up from the couch and groans, then walks over and answers the door.
"Andy, your QNA is in fifteen minutes" the man says
"I know, let me get dressed then I'll meet you over at the gate in ten" he sighs
"Okay"
Andy closes the door and walks to the bunks, but before he can get to them he stops in his tracks, "Hey Amanda?"
"Yeah?"
"You wanna go to the QNA with me?" He asks
"Sure" I sit up going over to the bunks and opening my suitcase. Andy's just getting dressed by his bunk not caring, but I pick out an outfit then go in the bathroom. I take off my hat, putting my hair in a ponytail, then change my under garments. I slide into a light blue cropped top tee shirt, and white Lululemon athletic shorts, with white vans. My makeups still intact, so I walk out of the bathroom and call it good.
"You ready?" Andy asks
"Yup" I smile, and we leave the bus, making it to the gate where the managers and body guards are waiting for us, or for Andy and ya know, I'm jut here
I'm happy I'm here though. I love being around Andy. Whoever I'm around him I feel safe, wanted... loved.
"This way" Andy grabs my hand and leads me to his chair, and then one of the workers gets me a chair too, after five minutes, a bunch of fans come gather around and sit by us
"Hi, my name is Andy Beirsack" Andy smiles into the mic, and everyone squeals
"Andy" I say, and he looks down at me "The taxi drivers daughter"
"Oh, before I get started is there an Andrea in the audience?" A girl raises her hand looking confused but extremely happy "I met your dad today, he was my Uber driver" Everyone laughs, and I shake my head "You wanna be the first one to ask a question in this QNA?" The girl nods excitedly, and the second microphone is passed to her
"Hi, I'm Andrea. And I just wanna say thank you for your amazing music" she smiles
"Your welcome" He nods and everyone laughs
"Who is that girl sitting by you?" She asks
"This is my best friend Amanda" Andy puts his hand on my shoulder "If you guys want you can follow her on Instagram, I believe her account is Mandy the llama or something, and she's gonna be playing later"
"Cool, do you know what stage?" She asks
"She's kind of a surprise player. Because she's the best, so keep an eye out for her, you don't wanna miss her" Andy smiles down at me and I cover my face laughing
"Okay, thank you" she looks around at all the kids raising their hand and passes the mic to the nearest kid
(I actually went to Andy's QNA at my spot hehe)
"Hi, my name is Rick"
"Why hello there Rick" Andy smiles and everyone laughs
"Um, I'm in a small band, and I was wondering if you had any tips for me"
"By small band, do you mean everyone's short or...?" Andy jokes (this conversation actually happened but the guys name wasn't Rick)
"Well that's not exactly what I meant but I am the tallest member and I'm only five seven" He laughs
"Ah, no but seriously. Make sure you really check your prices. When you first start touring your really excited and you don't really pay attention to the prices and the people know that, so they tend to fuck you over. Like you can loose wages from the towels they throw into the audience, and you don't even know it, but they will take money for those towels they're throwing into the audience, so you don't wanna get ripped off, so really just look into that"
"Okay thank you" he says, then cockily shouts himself out "Oh and my bands name is unicorn shit in your mouth"
He passes the mic down and question after question, Andy answers thoughtfully and elaborately. But after somewhat forty minutes it's over, and to conclude, Andy takes a group picture with everyone. I myself, stay out of it though.
"Amanda" the manager says to me "we need you right now at the Red Dawn stage. Your gonna have to do a full set, because Ice Nine can't play"
"Okay" I nod
"Can you do a full set?" He asks
"Yeah"
I follow him to the Red Dawn stage, and Andy follows behind us. Once we get to the stage, I tell him I need to borrow a few guitars and he sighs, then points me back stage. I don't know this guitar tech, but I ask him for what I need.
"Hi, I'm filling in for Ice Nine, I guess something happened and they can't play so I'm gonna need a few guitars"
"Okay, what do you need?" He asks
"I don't know what the running's called but it's an acoustic from the top to the bottom, A D A A A A" I say
"Anything else?" he arches an eyebrow
"An acoustic tuned a step down, an acoustic in standard , an electric in standard, and a capo"
"So a total of four guitars and a capo?" He asks
"Yes" I nod and he's back in eight minutes, rolling out a rack of guitars to my stool and mic
I run onto the stage and take my seat, placing the electric on my lap, then without an intro, diving right into Match into Water. Then finally when I finish, announce who I am.
"Hi, my name is Amanda! Ice Nine Kills won't be preforming today, but I'm here, and I'd love if you stayed and listened" for once, I got a few boos, but also a few cheers. Some people left, and some people came. But most of all, on the electric, I started play Bestios by Pierce The Veil
"Your my favorite explosion!" I sung passionately into the mic, then beat was dead on, but it sounded a little off without the drums. Over all, it wasn't bad, but I decided for the next song to switch gears into acoustic. I put my capo on the seventh fret, and started picking Cancer by MCR. Everyone seems to like that one and the audience grows. Then I play kissing in cars with the all A tuned acoustic.
"As I wake up in your room" everyone cheers and starts singing along. I love this feeling. I am so thankful my mom said yes to me being here. "You remind her, that your future, means nothing without her"
I switch back to the normal acoustic and take the capo off. I start picking out the Sky Under The Sea, and more chants are heard throughout the audience. I think I've been playing maybe twenty minutes, so after this, I finish with The Strays by Sleeping With Sirens, Escape The Fate Situations, and finally
"Hey, is anyone a Black Veil Brides fan?" Everyone chants, and I smile over at Andy who looks extremely confused "Andy, I'm stealing one of your songs, come sing for me"
Andy starts laughing and runs out on stage. I hand him the mic, and he says "Hey Guys... what song are we going to be singing Amanda?"
"In the End" I shout over the noice and he smiles, then I start strumming
"In the end, as you fade into the night" his deep voice takes over the entire crowd and everyone cheers, them for the woah-oh-oh part, he holds his mic into the audience "Who will tell, the story of your life?"
Andy and I finish the whole song, then we say our goodbyes to the audience and file off stage. "Thanks for letting me sing with you" He smiles
"Thank you for singing with me"
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Warped Tour 2K18
FanfictionHey, this story is how I wanted my Warped Tour to go... my actual Warped Tour this year -2k18- was shitty. Being fourteen, I had to go with an adult. So I went with my friend and her cousin, but they were hella lame. My friend was kinda a poser, and...
