Love And Other Drugs

The laughter filling the hallway made Luxe smile and as she lugged another box up the stairs she couldn't help but feel happy. She was moving out of the hotel finally as Alex had helped her acquire a condo in west Hollywood and today was the day that she was moving in. The summer had been a long one-the few days they were on Warped had been the best days of her life and Luxe had walked away with some really great friends and memories. The guys of Pierce The Veil had watched their set that first day and for every day after that. The girls had bonded together as they roughed it in their RV-Alex was looking in to getting them a bus for their fall tour-but it was still a ton of fun.

Then it had been time to come back home and they had said goodbye to their tour family and hello to interviews, magazine shoots and another music video for their single Angel Eyes. Chris Motionless had flown in to star in it and it had hit the top of the charts on youtube and already had over a million views. Now the girls were helping Luxe move into her condo and then the following day they would have to go in to the office to speak with Alex about their coming tour. They were hoping that they would find out who they were touring with, since it was a well guarded secret and they all hoped it was Pierce The Veil or All Time Low. They had bonded with those guys over the summer and it would be awesome to get to tour with them for six months.

Pixie and Lulu were laughing loudly as the pink haired girl almost tripped and just barely saved herself from falling flat on her face. Luxe only shook her head as she continued to walk up the stairs, hoping that none of her neighbors were home since it was the middle of the day on a tuesday. Mads and Char were right behind Luxe, both carrying boxes of clothes and knick knacks that Luxe had collected over her six months in LA. She didn't have furniture, but that was okay as the condo came fully furnished and to her liking. Alex had made sure she was comfortable and the other girls teased her because they were still living in the bad part of the city.


"Miss Fancy Pants has too much shit!" Mads called out and Luxe only sighed as she rounded a corner and finally came to her floor.

"Agreed! Luxe let me help you by throwing half of your shit off the roof-I wanna see if I can hit some innocent bystander on the head with your Funko Pop collection!" Char called out and Luxe only shot the guitarist a look as she walked down the hallway and tried to locate her condo door.

"When do we get fancy condos?" Pixie called out and Luxe only sighed again as she turned and faced the group.

"Maybe when you sing sick in front of a hundred drunken slobs and get things thrown at you!" Luxe laughed and the girls joined in as they remembered that wild night.


Luxe had come down with a cold right before they were to start playing local clubs around LA and their first stop was The Metal Shed. They hadn't been taken too seriously by the rough and tumble bikers and the drunken men liked seeing the girls screech as they dodged bottles and slurs. Mads had almost been arrested that night as she hadn't taken to kindly to their jibes and both Luxe and Char had to hold her back from getting in to a fist fight. The girls were laughing so loudly that they didn't even notice that the door across from Luxe's had popped open and that five pairs of eyes were starring at them.


Andy grumbled as the laughing got louder and he was trying really hard to ignore it. He and the guys had been holed up in his condo since the night before, trying to get their set list down for the coming tour and also they were being given a larger budget for their rider and so they needed to come up with that list as well. Andy was sprawled on the floor, his long legs sheathed in his favorite Batman sleep pants and his torso was naked and void of stage paint. The summer had been long, tiring and having three broken ribs had not made things any better.

The guys were all around him, Ashley was on one end of the couch with his phone in his hands probably texting one booty call after another. CC and Jinxx were sharing the love seat, laughing about something the other had said and Jake was at the other end of the couch, but leaning toward Andy as the singer ticked off things on his list. They were looking forward to playing newer songs along with the old ones and the guys were also really excited about this six month long tour that they were getting ready to start. It would begin in the US-like usual-and then they would hit the UK for a month before going around Europe and ending things in Australia.


"Dude! Don't fucking fart on my legs!" Someone called out, probably Jinxx as he was sitting beside the gas king himself.

"Sorry man! I shouldn't have had that second burrito." The drummer laughed and they all chuckled as Jinxx grumbled softly and moved to sit on the floor beside Andy.

"So what do we have so far man?" The guitarist asked and Andy stayed silent as he chewed on the end of his pen in thought. He was always chewing on things-which gave the fans plenty of gifable moments to capture and place all over Tumblr.

"Perfect Weapon, All Your Hate, Knives and Pens, God Bless You, Smoke and Mirrors, Sweet Blasphemy, We Stitch, Carolyn, The Legacy, Rebel Yell, and ending with Fallen Angels. Sound good?" Andy asked the collected group and they all stayed silent for a moment. The laughter was growing louder and louder and it was making it hard for them all to concentrate.

"What about Mortician's Daughter?" Ash asked from the couch and Andy cringed. That song was a reminder of a relationship that he'd rather forget as it had ended in a messy and not so nice way.

"I really want to punch the audience in the face with power and guitars and that song is just..." Andy stopped as he got lost in the past, his blue eyes glazing over as he thought of his first love and how things had gone wrong for them.

"...a bad reminder. We get it." Jake said softly and Andy was thankful for his bandmate's understanding.


The laughter and shouting had finally reached it's peak and Andy wasn't sure how much more of this he could take. They still had a ton of work to do for this coming tour and it sucked because they didn't even know who the hell they would be touring with. Jon just told them that it was a newer group who needed the exposure and they shared the same fanbase. Andy had heard of a few bands that were up and coming and he wasn't too fond of any of them, but especially not those she-devils in The Hollywood Dolls. He knew the girls hated them and they hated the girls right back-they had been trying to steal BVB's fanbase all summer and thankfully it wasn't working.

Andy had heard about the Dolls and their small stint on Warped and he was only sorry he hadn't been able to stand side stage and laugh at them all. He had heard they'd had a pretty good turn out and he couldn't deny that he thought their video for Do Your Worst was pretty cool, but wow great job at stealing his stitches there Luxe. It just sucked that he had been forced to cameo on their new album and Andy knew once that thing came out his name was going to be drug down with it. Oh fucking well.

Sick of the loudness coming from the hall, Andy tossed down his pen and moved to get up, not bothering to put on a shirt and he knew that the guys were right behind him.

As he tugged open the door, Andy saw the one girl in the entire world that he hoped he would never have to see again-Luxe. With her blonde and teal stripped hair pulled up in a messy ponytail and her skinny jeans and baggy Batman sweater she looked pretty cute, but not cute enough to keep Andy from hating the very site of her. What was she doing here? Why was she opening the door across the hall from him? His old neighbors had just moved out and-oh fuck. Andy groaned and CC only laughed from behind him, which caused the girls to twirl around and Andy could see the hatred on their faces as soon as they realized who was watching them.


"You!" Luxe shouted at him and Andy only snarled right back at her.

"You!"

"What are you doing here?!" She asked, dropping the box in her arms and Andy quickly crossed his arms over his chest as he now realized that he had no shirt on.

"Me?! What are you doing here?!" Andy asked and the girls all groaned and looked towards Luxe.

"I'm moving in to my new condo. Alex...set it up for me..." Realization seemed to come to the girl and Andy could tell that she had been tricked yet again.

"Okay well that's great...he can find you a different building to live in." Andy said as he continued to stand there and stare the girl down. There were four other girls behind Luxe and Andy knew that one of them was Char, the cute but nasty bartender from Crow who Ash had a major crush on.

"Um no. I'm moving in whether you like it or not." Luxe said as she bent down to pick her box back up.

"Do you really think you're going to be able to afford this place once your record falls flat?" Andy heard Ashley asked from beside him and the singer only shut his eyes and prepared for the worst.

"Excuse me?! Who the fuck do you think you are?!" One of the girls, with red and black hair, was now coming towards them and CC quickly stepped out from behind Andy and held his hands up.

"Whoa...what my stupid bandmate meant to say is that this place gets pricey and we would hate to see her get thrown out...ya know incase something happens." CC said and Andy only chuckled. The poor guy was trying to make things better, but really he was only making them worse.

"Is that a threat?!" A girl with purple hair asked and Andy knew that it was infact Char and he smirked as Ashley began to tremble. He'd always had the hots for the vixen and yet she never gave in to his flirting.

"N-no." CC stammered before moving to stand behind Andy once again.

"Look, I'm moving in whether you fucking like it or not. Besides I won't be home much-our first tour starts in a week." Luxe said matter of factly and Andy felt slightly better. Maybe they wouldn't see enough of one another to really be bothered.

"Good! Hope you don't mind loud music-I tend to do things at full volume...everything ." He said pointedly and Char tried to hold in her laughter and that just turned in to a snort.

"Ugh you are so gross!" A small girl with black and orange hair said as she made a face and Andy only smirked.

"You just have a dirty mind little girl..." Andy said and he could see that the pink haired girl took offence to that as she had stepped forward.

"I'll show you dirty when-" She was cut off by the red and black haired girl grabbing her and clamping a hand over her mouth. The guys all laughed as the girls struggled against one another and finally the feisty girl with the pink hair seemed to calm down.

"Stay out of my way Six." Luxe said through gritted teeth and Andy only smirked and nodded his head. The other girls had begun to walk into the new condo and Andy could see through the open door that it had come fully furnished-spoiled brat.

"Only if you promise to stay out of mine Luxe."

"Fine!"

"Fine!"


And with that they both slammed their front doors and hoped that they wouldn't have to see one another for at least another six months to a year.

Notes

Something is happening. Both bands are going on tour with a mystery band? Luxe just happens to be given a condo across the hall from Andy? Alex McFadden is a dreamer and a schemer...what could he be up to?

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