"Hey mom! I'm home!" I yell to the seemingly empty house. Weird. "Indie girl! They're not home!" Catherine shouts from her room. I make my way up the stairs to her room on the second story, Andy's footsteps creak on the stairs behind me. I stop in her doorway- not realizing her friends are here, and ask, "where are they then?" "Business trip. We're home alone for the weekend." She states bluntly, "oh and we're having a house party tomorrow night. Maybe you should come out of your room this time?" I take a step into her pastel purple room to see four of her friends all sitting on the floor in a circle around her computer. I recognize one as the girl who invited Andy to, I guess, a party at my own house. They all look up from the computer that is on Andy's twitter page, confused at my talkativeness. "Umm.. Hi." I mumble before turning and walking out. Andy peeks his head in her room on our way down to my own bedroom, one covered in band posters. "So you were invited to a party at my own house." I Say as he closes the door behind us. "That's ironic, considering you were attempting to persuade me to go." "More like persuaded you to." He sits down on the bean bag chair I have in the corner. "I like your room." "Thanks." I sit on my black desk chair facing him, "do you know what they were looking at on the computer?" Andy squints his eyes in confusion as he answers, "No." I giggle, "Your twitter." He raises his eyebrows at this, "really?" "Yep. And I think it would be hilarious if you caught them stalking it!" I joke. Andy jumps up off the bean bag, "we are doing that. Come on." He suddenly grabs my hand, pulling me with him out into the hall. "Ok so you are going to go in there and start talking to Catherine, then I will quietly sneak in. Got it?" He smiles deviously as I nod, "good." He gives me a slight push forward into the room, holding a thumbs up as I stand next to my sister. "Hey Catherine, what are you doing for dinner tonight?" I ask nervously. She looks away from her laptop that is still on his twitter. His Instagram is up on the iPhone laying in front of her. "Pizza." "Ok, you know how Asking Alexandria just put out a new album?" Her eyes light up but she maintains a bored face as her friends look up at me weirdly. "Who the fuck are they?" "A band I like." I sit next to her, pulling up the album on my phone, "I bought if if you want to listen later?" "No thanks..." She trails off, uninterested. But winks before turning back to her friends. Andy walks into the door as the girl who invited him in class clicks on another picture. "He's so hot." She mutters under her breath. I glance at Andy, signaling for him to cough. Andy clears his throat. All five of them jump. When the girls realize who it is they quickly shut the laptop and close out the instagrams. "Indiana, can we listen to that album? I haven't yet." He ignores the group and walks over to me, holding out a hand to help me off the floor. "Ya." As soon as I'm up and beside him, Andy places a hand on the small of my back, as if he was guiding me out. Once we are in the doorway he looks over his shoulder at the girl, "Thanks by the way... What's your name again?" "Shelby." She giggles. I have to roll my eyes at that. "Catherine, I'm making Indiana come out of her room by the way, tomorrow night." He says just as we walk away. "The look on Their faces was priceless!" I exclaim once my door is closed, then erupting into a fit of laughter. "I'm blocking them now." Andy mumbles once we calm down. "Alright." I steal Andy's spot on the bean bag, flopping down. "Do you want pizza with them or should we just make something?" Andy suddenly sits on top of me, "I don't care. It's up to you." "Why are you sitting on me!" I squeal. He smugly responds, "you took my spot." "Oh right, because you own the beanbag now?" "I just own the spot. It would probably be more comfortable for both of us if you sat on my lap." "First you pretend to have sex with me, now this! You are weird..." I mutter and try to push him off. "You forgot almost kissed you." Andy says smugly, "I'll get off if you sit on my lap?" He is weird. "Why would I do that?" "Because. I don't know..." Before I can respond the door opens and all of Catherine's friends walk in behind her. Taking in my walls with shocked faces, until their eyes land on our weird position. Shelby walks up to my large motionless in white poster and gasps. "Why are you in my room?" Catherine raises an eyebrow at us, "I think I should be asking what you are doing?" I shake my head "No. Why are you in my room?" "We're ordering that pizza and then watching a movie. Since you're finally talking to people, I wanted to know if you wanted to join us." She explains, letting her eyes wander around the room dreamily. "Cat? What is this?" Another one of her friends asks, pointing to the of mice and men poster I have above my bed. "I don't know Erica, ask Indiana." "It's a poster from a band I like." I mumble before she can ask, "all of them are. Different bands though." "Oh." "What movie are you watching?" I ask Catherine again. "Might watch batman," of course, because they saw all of his batman posts... "maybe a chick flick. Chloe's boyfriend broke up with her today so.." The girl with long brown hair and hollister shorts on turns around at the mention of her name. "Andy?" I ask, he's been quiet the whole time. "Are you leaving soon or are you staying for dinner still?" "I'll stay." He mumbles, not moving. I think his gaze is resting on the photo of me my mom made me put on my wall. "If they watch batman can we watch it with them?" "Sure." I say quietly, "can you get off me?" Andy's smug response of, "I told you what my conditions were." Earns raised eyebrows and shocked looks from the five girls in the room. I groan, "fine. Just get off me." "Indiana? What did he?..." Catherine asks as Andy gets off my lap. I stand up, walking away, only to get sat back down on Andy's lap. "Oh. You guys would make a cute couple." She squeals. "Never happening." I mutter and squirm a bit. Andy chuckles against my ear, whispering, "please don't so that. I'm a guy." "Why am I friends with you?" I ask, slightly annoyed. "Because we are." I sigh and mutter, "bye Catherine. And whatever your friend's names are." She smirks as they file out of my room, Shelby casting a longing glance at Andy, then a scowl at me. "That was weird." I mutter and squirm again, it's weird sitting on his lap. "Andy, I think they offered us watching the movie so they could try to cuddle with you." I giggle. "Ya, I know." He chuckles, "but seriously don't squirm." "You sound like you're kidnapping me or something." "Maybe I am?" "Ahh!! Let me go!!" I scream, giggling as Andy whispers, "never." In my ear. "What do you want to do?" I ask while trying to stand again, he doesn't let me up. "How long do I have to sit here?" I whine. "Until I feel like letting you go." He smirks against my ear. "I doubt that will happen though." "Anyways, if you're forcing me to go to that party, what do I need to know?" I ask. "Well, don't pick up any glasses and drink from them. Don't do drugs. Don't let a guy in your room with you alone, well you can let me in because I'm not going to rape you or anything. Maybe if I'm wasted I might try to kiss you but I doubt it." He says smugly. "Oh, wear something that can get messy. Don't let anything breakable be able to be in harms way. Have a phone with you at all times, money too. You'll need Advil in the morning." "I don't think I'm going to drink Andy." "You probably will end up anyways. It's not always intentional either. Someone could spike your drink you know?" I raise an eyebrow at this, "Are you planning on getting me drunk or something?" "Well... Now that you mention it.." Andy begins to chuckle at his own joke. "Can I puh-lease get up now?" I whine, squirming a bit in his grasp. "I'll keep squirming until you let me!" Andy's deep laughter rings by my ears, "I'm fine with that." "That's gross man." I mutter and accidentally squirm again. Andy rests his head on my shoulder, leaning his cheek against my neck. "No it's not." "You're weird." "Normal is boring." He smirks, "I know I'm weird." "Just don't start, like- kissing my neck or anything alright?" I only half joke, Andy is kind of creeping me out right now. "I won't." He chuckles, "I like having someone as beautiful as you sitting on my lap, that's all." "Your attempts at flirting aren't going to work on me Biersack." I smirk and pat his cheek lightly, "are you sure that you're only flirty when you are drunk?" "Ya, that's the only time I flirt with everyone." His voice turns into a whisper, "I'm very selective." "Andy you are really creeping me out right now." "Oh, sorry. I was just messing around.. You don't have to sit on me if you really don't want to." He says quietly and lets me go. I fly off his lap as soon as his arms are no longer keeping me down. "Thank god!" I exclaim, throwing myself down on the bed. "Can we listen to that album now?" Andy asks deviously, "I think they would love it if we plugged your phone into your amp right there?" His finger points to my guitar amp that is in the corner, "you know, full volume. Soothing screams of Danny Worshnop." "Why not?" I shrug and pull out my phone, plugging it in to the amp. Andy chooses run free, playing it on just the phone speakers first. Halfway through the song Andy shakes his head, "nope. Bullet For My Valentine it is. I don't really like this album, Asking Alexandria is ok.. Not my thing." Before I can say anything he has already started playing Riot on the amp. "Are you ready? It's time for war We'll break down these fucking doors Smash the windows, tear down the walls We won't stop 'til it's all destroyed Let it out, just let it show We'll burn it down, we'll lose control Set the fires, can you feel the heat Tonight we're alive, there's no time to sleep Whoa-oa-oa! Riot! Whoa-oa-oa! Riot! Whoa-oa-oa! Here come the sirens, here comes the law. Whoa-oa-oa! Run from the sirens, run from the law. Whoa-oa-oa! Round two, are you feeling alive?" The door burst open and the five girls shocked faces all glare at us. "What the fuck is this?" Shelby asks, slightly frightened. "Music." I shrug, "bullet for my valentine." Andy looks to me with a smirk as he turns it up a level more, throwing his head up and down. His shoulder length black hair flying back and forth with his head banging. The girls start giggling once Andy stops. "Is this what you listen to?" He shrugs, "ya." "Oh, well it's cool." Erica says while walking up to Andy, "Can you show us some more?" I see Andy's smirk as he picks up my phone, "sure, here's of mice and men." I know that it's ohioisonfire the second it comes on. As soon as the screaming starts the calm face they were trying to maintain turns to horrified. "We are renting batman if you want to watch?" "Which one?" Andy asks, shrugging off the hand Shelby had put on his shoulder. She thinks for a second, giggling, "the new one silly!" "Oh, so batman forever?" I can tell he is messing with them. None of them get it. "Ya.. That one!" She giggles- that is getting annoying. "The pizza is here as well. Just got here when you turned on- her- music." She glances at me, uninterested. This is going to be funny. "It's actually the same music I listen to." He smirks, "and the new batman is the dark night returns. Batman forever is from 1995." Her facial expression shows the confusion that she was trying so desperately hard to hide. "Mhmm.." Erica grasps onto his other arm, "Will you watch it with us?" "Catherine.." I warn, giving her a small glare. She shrugs it off, picking at her cuticles with Chloe by her side and another girl who's name I still don't know. "Erica, Shelbs, we should watch the notebook. Clo needs it." "Alright." They huff, walking over to the other three. I give Catherine an appreciative nod as she leads them downstairs. Andy groans, "that was awful!" "We should crash their movie." I suggest, "you know, just annoy them the whole time?" "Or we could make it seem like we are dating and annoy them that way?" He wraps an arm around my waist, joking "come on girlfriend!" "Fine, they will hate me though." I shrug, "it's not like I care." "We have to be convincing." Andy sits back down in the bean bag chair, pulling me down next to him. "You know, cuddling, being all mushy, calling each other baby or something like that?" "Sure, just don't kiss me. I want my first kiss to be special." I laugh, suddenly becoming serious, "so baby, should we go watch that movie with them?" My laughter is immediate, "that sounds so dumb!" "We should practice so we don't break character." Andy pulls me closer to him, he wraps his arms around me, "pretend we are watching the movie." I nod, letting Andy cuddle with me for the sake of playing a part. I look up at him after a minute to meet his gaze down at me. Our eyes make a comfortable eye contact, a small smile twitches at the corner of my lips. He holds two fingers underneath my chin, holding my head in place as he leans down. He said he wasn't going to kiss me! Andy's bright blue eyes glance to my lips like before, then flutter shut as we move closer once again. It's all moving in slow motion, his lips are approaching mine and I don't know what to do! I am frozen in fright, closing my eyes to attempt to calm myself down. "Andy-" I mumble as his breath is right against my lips. "I'm not going to kiss you." He whispers and I feel his breath disappear from my lips. "It was just playing the part, now we can pretend like we are going to kiss." I open my eyes to see his bright blue right in front of me. "What else?" "You have to let me kiss your cheek at least?" He says nervously, "it'll make it seem more real." I shrug, leaning back into the bean bag once more, "why not." "Indiana, can I kiss your cheek?" He asks, his lips pecking my cheek before I can even agree. Then again. And again. "What?" "I don't know? Third times a charm?" He whispers, "lets go down then?" We stand up, walking downstairs hand in hand, silently. All talking stops when we reach the bottom of the stairs, Andy ignores their sudden silence and simply grabs two slices of pizza. "We're watching the notebook with you if that's ok?" I ask quietly. They all shrug. "Hey Jen, can you grab my phone off the counter?" Catherine asks, sitting on the sofa. All five of them take up the whole couch, leaving two large armchairs in the TV setup. Not smart if they wanted to be flirty with Andy. "You want to share one?" Andy squeezes my hand, I simply nod. We sit beside each other as the previews begin, finishing our pizza before starting to cuddle. Andy's arms wrap around me first, then our legs are touching. "This is such a sappy movie." He whispers while I lean my head on his shoulder. About halfway through, when the tear stainded faces glance over at us, Andy pulls me onto his lap again. "I think that Noah isn't hot." I whisper, "you are actually more attractive than him." It's not a lie, it works with the part we're playing as well. "Isn't he that Ryan gosling person every girl is obsessed with?" Andy raises an eyebrow, chuckling. "Not me." He nods, sitting silently until I feel his head rest on my neck after his lips brushed my cheek. "Cat, can we sleep over tomorrow night?" Erica asks when Jennifer pauses the movie to go to the bathroom. "Ya! And we are definitely all coming over here after school to get ready!" She exclaims, looking up from a text. "Oh indie girl, Tristan is staying the night Saturday night." Andy almost chokes on his ice cream that he was eating. "What?" He croaks. "Her boyfriend is staying the night so they can have sex." I explain, the annoyance clear in my voice. "Oh." He mutters, embarrassed, "you can hang out at my house if you want then?" "Yes! Thank you!" I exclaim and peck his cheek. All part of character... "I'm back, start it again, Ryan gosling is too hot!" Jennifer plops back down in between Shelby and chloe, while my sister starts the movie again. "When they kiss in the rain, pretend we are going to kiss alright?" Andy whispers, "just so you know, a peck doesn't exactly count as a kiss." Before I say anything the scene comes up and I have to turn back to watching the movie. Right when they kiss in the rain, Andy and I make eye contact again, slowly getting closer to the fake kiss. As we close our eyes, Andy's hand cups my cheek and his breath is hot against my lips. I don't know what we are doing, but Andy's hand covers between our faces quickly for a few seconds. He backs away less than an inch, only for a moment. I am about to pull away but his hand is holding my cheek there softly, his slow breathing is getting closer. The cigarette smell is once again on my lips. This is the closest he's ever been to kissing me! Andy's distinct breath is flowing right into my mouth as I remember what he said. I am about to object but something soft is against my lips, just barely there. I hear two gasps as Andy pulls away again, but quickly presses our lips together again, not that hard but not as light as before. As I tilt my head and subconsciously begin to deepen the kiss, Andy's arms wrap around my neck. I stop myself before I start actually kissing him. "What the hell?" I abruptly stand, ignoring the five girls who's mouths are hung open, and run to my room. The door slams shut behind me, I just shrink to the floor. Shocked.

I just had my first kiss.

I just kissed my only friend.

Notes

Bad Andy! Very very bad Andy!
Ok he's not a dog, but what do you think is going to happen? What do you want to happen? Is Indiana going to still be friends with him or not?
Long chapter :)
thanks for reading!
-C