Love And Other Drugs

A fire crackled and popped in the background, but the couple sitting on the plush leather couch were only really paying attention to one another. It had been two days since Andy's return home from tour and while both singers knew they needed to be focusing on their separate bands and records, Luxe needed to have this talk with Andy. He knew it was coming-he saw the fear and hesitation in her eyes that very first day of his return home and Andy also knew that he had some things he needed to say as well.

It was just so hard to focus on what needed to be said when he was sitting across from the most beautiful person he had ever met. Luxe was everything to him-she was perfect in so many ways that it almost felt his head was going to explode when he thought of ways to describe her. Smart, funny, an amazing person who would die for the ones she loved-Andy couldn't think of anything better. Currently she was sitting next to him on the couch, her legs tucked under her as her long blonde hair hung in her eyes.

Even in this state of relaxation-with no makeup, her hair a mess and her eyes rimmed with circles-Andy still thought she was the most beautiful thing ever. He had missed her every night on tour and would often fall asleep to the photos of them on his phone. He had clung on to those photos in the early morning hours, after the high of meeting fans and getting on stage had worn off and Andy knew in those hours that this was the girl he wanted to be with for the rest of his life.

Marriage?

Andy wasn't sure about that since it was such a serious notion, but he knew that sooner or later the two of them were going to have to sit down and hammer out the details of what their relationship was going to be. Were they just going to stay in this weird area of dating, but never moving in together and never getting married? Andy and Luxe had lived with one another before and it had been fun, but it had also ended in tears, hurt feelings and broken hearts. But that had been during a time where Luxe had been out of control and now...well now she was very much in control of herself.

Andy bit down on his lip, the absent lip ring throwing him off. He had taken it out over six months ago, but the urge to chew on it was still there. A lot of the fans had cried foul when he had removed the jewelry, but it had not really been something he had a choice in. He had known when he was younger that lip piercings could fuck up your gums and teeth, but then he hadn't cared. After a visit to a dentist with some tooth pain, Andy now cared very much as his two bottom teeth on the side of his mouth near his lip ring were getting scrapped away.

So he had taken it out and while he missed it, sometimes things just had to change. Andy shifted in his spot, his Batman socks keeping his feet warm even though it was almost 90 degrees outside. Luxe liked her house cold-she claimed it was from living in the south for so long-and so Andy knew to bring a pair of thick socks with him whenever he came to visit. He looked up then, smiling nervously at Luxe as he caught her eyes and then cleared his throat. It was now or never.


"So..." He said stupidly. God it was like middle school all over again. Andy had never really been nervous around girls-except Luxe-but he was never good at talking to them either.

"So...how was tour?" She asked him and Andy only smiled. They had already talked about his tour, how things had gone and how he was dying to get back over to Australia. It was obvious that Luxe was asnervous as he was.

"It was good, but I know you don't really want to know how tour was. Especially since we already talked about that last night over dinner." Andy said with laughter in his voice. Luxe only smirked, biting down on her lip as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and looked down at her lap.

"We did..." She said and then grew silent. Why was this so hard? It was never this hard talking to Andy about anything.

"Look Luce, we both know that there are some things we need to talk about." Andy said and Luxe only nodded. She was tugging at a ring on her finger and Andy found himself fascinated by it. Is that where this was going? Did Luxe desperately want a ring a very particular finger?

"I know. I just don't know how to get going." She admitted and Andy only smiled as he reached out a hand and ran a thumb across her cheek.

"I love you. That's the most important thing to know, but we do need to start thinking about where we see ourselves and one another in the next few years." Andy said and Luxe only nodded and then closed her eyes. It was hard to do this-it was nearly impossible to make this choice right now.

"I love you too. I-I've been thinking about what would happen if you and I took the next step. What would that mean for my career? What about your's? Someone, at some point, it going to have to give up on their dream." Luxe spoke so fast that Andy felt like his head was going to spin off of his shoulders.

"I know, but Luce why would either one of us have to give up our dreams?" Andy asked. That was the only part he was confused about-neither one of them would have to give up on their bands if they got married.

"Are you serious? Andy if we get married and I get pregnant..." Luxe stopped as Andy inhaled deeply. His blue eyes grew wide and he seemed to be avoiding her gaze.

"This took a turn I wasn't expecting." Andy stated and Luxe tried to keep her cool. She knew that Andy didn't mean anything by it, but sometimes he stuck his foot in his mouth and now was one of those times.

"Well what do you think happens when you get married?" Luxe asked and Andy only shrugged.

"I just thought we'd get married one day. Try and see one another when we could and then talk about kids in a few years." He said and Luxe let go of the breath she had been holding. Andy did want kids-just not right now.

Okay, that was something she could live with.

"Oh." Luxe said, now embarrassed that she had over reacted the entire time. She had just been so scared to have this talk with Andy because when they had talked about it in the past, marriage had been taken off the table completely.

"You seem surprised by that answer." Andy said, smiling at her. Luxe finally cracked a small smile, licked her lips and inhaled deeply before speaking.

"I dunno-I just built this entire thing up in my head thinking you never wanted to get married and that the thought of kids terrified you." She said and Andy only chuckled. He wasn't really thrilled with the idea of kids now, but in a few years his mind might change.

"Luce you are everything to me. You fill my mind, my heart and my soul. Before you I had a very strict path laid down for myself and you come along and just start digging those bricks up and laying down new ones on a entirely different path. I love you and someday I can see us together with kids." He admitted and then stopped as Luxe moved forward and wrapped her arms around his neck.


They stayed like that for a time, neither one of them speaking in fear of ruining something that obviously was being connected between the two of them. Luxe had been scared to death to talk about this with him and Andy knew that he had only made it worse with previous comments. When they had first gotten together Andy had shot down any notion of getting married or kids right away. Now here he was, hugging someone who he couldn't live without and who might, one day, give him a child.


"I love you Andy. I never thought I would find someone like you...someone who could make me feel like everything is okay, even when it's not. Someone who I can trust completely...someone who will always believe in me. You've broken down my walls and helped me build newer and stronger ones as well. I know things will be perfect for us...whenever we're both ready for them to be." She said before kissing his lips softly.


Andy felt himself relax against Luxe's touch and he hadn't even realized that he had been so tense. As they kissed and his hands wove through her silky hair, Andy knew that this was only the beginning of something that could change his life forever. They weren't engaged, they weren't getting married tomorrow, but there was an understanding that someday soon, their paths would cross and then those paths would turn in to a single brick walkway that would lead them to happier times.

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