Love And Other Drugs

"That’s a wrap on The Hollywood Dolls Do Your Worst video! Have a good night everyone!” Their director called out and all five of the dolls cheered as they walked off the set, their uncomfortable costumes riding up in places that they shouldn’t be.


They had just spent two days on a set in West Hollywood, working for hours at a time to try and get this music video shot before they had to leave to get on Warped Tour. Their demo had been released the day before-a small CD containing only three of their songs: Do Your Worst, Just Tonight and Angel Eyes. Sales had skyrocketed and there was finally a silver lining to all of the tiring work the girls had put in over the past few months. Their video was shot and would be out in a week, just in time for them to get on Warped Tour and also just in time for Luxe and Andy to go on their dreaded date.

The other girls had been pissed at Alex for making Luxe go out with the douche wad-as they liked to call him-but after a very tense meeting with Jay, the girls all sucked it up and put smiles on their faces. They had had so much fun together over the past few days-shooting a music video and doing fun interviews together. Now as Luxe sat down at her dressing table and looked at herself in the mirror, she smirked. Her hair had been fluffed and teased into a Mohawk, the teal stripes flashing out of her otherwise almost bleach blonde hair. Her grey eyes were magnetic with all of the black makeup surrounding them and her face was otherwise covered in stitches, making her look like a demented doll.

That had been the theme for their video-the opening shot would be that of a little girl they had gotten, who looked eerily like Luxe, and she had five dolls sitting on her bed. The little girl gets bullied at school and so when she comes home she tells her dolls everything. The dolls are all torn and tattered, their dresses ragged and hanging off of them. Another shot shows the little girl sleeping in her bed and then the girls would come to life, but still in their doll form. They all had individual shots-Luxe had a school room set that she had performed in, Char was on a playground, Pixie in a cafeteria, Lulu in a school hallway and Mads had been in the school gym with her huge drum kit set up right in the middle.

Kids walked past them, going about their day as the girls played it up for the camera. The very end of the video had all five dolls coming together, playing in the gym with their little girl waking up and seeing that her girls had come to life and were now her protectors.

It was a really awesome concept and a very fun video to shoot and it gave the girls a new view on their new found fame. While everything was controlled by either Alex or the record company, the girls still were able to make it their own and the one thing they were looking forward to was playing their very first show together in less than a week. Something that none of them was looking forward to was Luxe’s date with Andy. The male singer hadn’t even bothered to call Luxe and see if she was okay and instead of being a gentleman about it, Char had heard that Andy was saying some nasty shit about Luxe.


“I just don’t like him.” Char was saying from behind her as Luxe was trying to get the tangles out of her hair. At first she hadn’t been into the look she was being forced in to, but now that Alex had laid off of her about it, Luxe was enjoying it. She had a rough, but soft look going on, with different t-shirts combined with her leather pants and skinny jeans.

“Me either. He’s never very nice whenever I see him.” Pixie chimed in, her voice happy and filled with cheer. The now pink haired girl had had so much fun on their shoot and she was just happy that things were finally being set in motion.

“I still don’t think you should go out with him Luxe. What if he tries to make a move?” Lulu said softly as she came out from behind a curtain, her costume removed and her sundress back on her tiny frame.

“I really don’t think he will Lulu.” Luxe said as she removed her false eyelashes. She would keep the rest of her eye makeup on, but the stitches that had been placed on either side of her lips and around her forehead were coming off. Luxe didn’t mind looking different, but this was a little too much for walking down the street.

“Why not? You’re sexy and he’s a fucking pig-makes sense to me.” Mads said from her chair. The red and black haired girl was in a half stage of undress-she had no problems with modesty- and her makeup had all been taken off.

“He just didn’t act like that around me when we were in the studio together-he didn’t really seem to want to have much to do with me actually.” Luxe said as she finished with her makeup and moved to grab a brush to get her hair up into a ponytail.

“He must be gay.” Pixie giggled and all of the girls chuckled softly. The rumor about Andy being gay had spread around Hollywood, but plenty of girls had come to his defense, claiming to have slept with him enough to prove that Andy Six was anything but gay.

“Hey! Their new video is up!” Lulu called out and Luxe turned around, hearing the sound of loud guitars coming from the small phone in her bassist’s hands.

“I don’t even want to know why or how you know that they have a video coming out.” Char laughed as she moved to stand behind Lulu and Luxe joined them.


The video was half way through, but it looked pretty cool. The five guys-she had yet to meet any besides Andy-were all playing on top of a pile of rocks and she heard something about Fallen Angels. Alex had urged her to listen to BVB’s old record and the few singles off of their new one that was coming out, but Luxe just didn’t feel like it. Would Andy have bought their demo? Would he buy their record? Probably not-so why should she bother giving him or his band any attention? The video ended and then another one came on right after-one with Andy and another band member who had dark brown eyes that were surrounded by dark black circles and he had stripes going down his neck.


“Ugh…shut it off…” Mads said as she walked away, a snarl in her voice but Lulu only stuck her tongue out at the grumpy drummer and kept on watching.

“Have you heard anything on this new girl band coming up-The Hollywood Dolls? Word around is that they are being compared to Black Veil Brides with a mixture of Heart and Joan Jett.” The interviewer asked and all of the girls gasped. Here was their chance to see what two of the five members of the band that they hated thought of them.

“Here’s the thing-Black Veil Brides is the best band in the world and no one can touch us right now. It’s cute that these girls with their guitars and drums think that they can be just like us. I mean I haven’t heard much from them and I know a lot of our fans like them, but I just don’t see what the big deal is.” Andy answered and Luxe felt her blood boil. What was going to happen when their record came out and her duet with Andy was on there? Then what was he going to say?

“Ashley-thoughts?” The interviewer asked and Luxe smirked. So this was Ashley, the guy who thought he was hot shit and hit on anything that moved-made sense since he was shirtless for this interview.

“I mean I’ve heard their new single Do Your Worst and I think they’re really talented, but my question would be is are any of them single?” There was collective laughter between Andy, Ashley and the interviewer, but none of the girls watching were laughing.

“So you guys don’t think they’re going to give you a run for your money?” Andy laughed at that and looked right in to the camera and smirked.

“No, in fact I really don’t think those five girls will get anywhere other than their first album and a few music videos. Speaking of music videos we just…” Lulu shut it off, cutting off Andy and his diatribe and Luxe could only sit there.


Her arms and legs felt numb-she couldn’t feel anything other than complete and utter hatred for the person on the screen before her. How dare he?! He had heard probably two snippets of their demo and hadn’t even heard the complete album and here he was laying in to them like they were nothing. The other girls moved around the room, gathering their things and packing their bags to head home. The girls would have a few days off, then it was practice, practice, and more practice for their coming shows on Warped. Luxe was nervous about them because she had never played in front of a crowd before, but Alex told her she would do fine.

They would be playing the Kevin Says Stage, which was a much smaller stage than the others and would allow for the girls to play for a small audience and not feel too intimidated. Luxe was still nervous and while Charlotte spent extra time with her to try and get her nerves down, the blonde still shook whenever she thought about the event. She was also nervous about her coming date with Andy and now, after seeing that interview, she was nervous but also incredibly angry. Should she confront him? Should they say something to Alex about it? Just as she was about to turn around and ask the other girls what they thought, Alex entered their dressing room with a grim look on his face.


“What’s going on Alex-you look paler than Pixie.” Char joked and they all chuckled softly until they saw the serious look on Alex’s face. He had his phone in his hands and Luxe could tell that something bad had happened.

“Jokes aren’t really appropriate right now Charlotte.” Alex said in all seriousness and Luxe knew by him using Char’s real name that he was serious. Alex had asked the girls to only refer to one another by their nicknames unless they were in a completely private place. Him calling Char Charlotte only proved how upset he was.

“What’s happened Alex?” Luxe asked as she stood up and noticed that the other girls were following her lead. Was it their label? Had something happened with the label?

“There’s been an accident.” Alex said grimly and all of the girls remained silent. It obviously wasn’t one of them-so who could it be?

“Andy Six is in the hospital.” Alex finished and all of the girls just kind of stood there. After seeing the interview where he bashed them, Luxe couldn’t really find it in her heart to care what the little shit was going through.

“Ok.” Mads said simply as she turned around and began to pack up her things once again. Luxe moved forward, as did Pixie.

“What happened to him?” Luxe asked and Alex sighed as he looked down at his phone and brought the screen up to her nose. She could see that Andy was on some kind of riser and he was jumping around from one to the other, but on the final jump one of his feet slipped, his abdomen cracked against the edge of the rise he’d been jumping towards and then he was laying on the ground, groaning in pain.

“Broken ribs. He won’t be on Warped for at least two weeks and the two of you, sadly, will not be having your date. I’ve sent him a card from all of you and hopefully we can reschedule things for when he’s better.” Alex said and then frowned when Char and Mads both laughed at him.

“We don’t care about that little shit-he could break his neck for all I fucking care.” Mads snarled and Alex only sighed as he placed his phone back in his pocket and addressed the room.

“You better care-if he doesn’t get better that’s going to affect you girls and your fall tour.” Alex said matter of factly before turning on his heel and leaving them all to wonder what he meant.


Luxe was relieved that she nolonger would have to go out on a date with Andy, but she couldn’t help but feel sorry for the singer. It looked like it hurt a lot, hitting his ribs like that and as a singer, even though she wasn't trained, she knew that it took a lot to sing and having to use your ribs was kind of important. As she finished packing up her things, Luxe couldn’t get the image of Andy falling out of her head and she cringed as it kept playing and playing over again.

Notes

Uh oh-looks like Luxe won't have to be seeing Andy any time soon...good thing? Or a bad thing?

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