Love And Other Drugs

Andy had been pulled out of soundcheck by Jon and had yet to hear what the reason was. Now he was sitting on the bus with Jon across from him and the manager was nervously looking down at his phone. Andy was irritated-he didn't like soundcheck but he didn't want to miss out on it either and he just had a feeling that this was because of something Alex wanted or needed. He knew that Luxe had been doing an interview with Rock Sound earlier as he had walked past the closed door to the room they had been in. He had heard his name mentioned as he passed and Andy remembered only rolling his eyes as he passed and entered BVB's dressing room.

The guys had all been getting ready, straightening their hair and putting on their makeup, but Andy found that he couldn't concentrate. He kept thinking about that closed door and the fact that he had heard his name from behind it. What was being said about him? Why had he been mentioned at all? These questions and more were pinging around in his brain when suddenly the bus door opened up and Luxe came walking on, her grey eyes sad and he could see that some of her mascara was running slightly. Alex was right behind her and as Luxe turned to take a seat beside Andy on the couch, the male singer noticed a red hand print on one of her arms.

He scooted over towards the other end, but stopped as Alex called out.


"No! Andy, stay right where you are." The sleaze said to him and Andy only smirked and kept moving. He could see Jon cringe as Alex pulled out his phone and dialed quickly-it was on speaker and soon enough Andy could hear Jay's voice on the other end. This was serious if they were bringing the head of Interscope into this.

"I'm just giving her some space man." Andy said, his deep voice sounding out into the bus and Luxe sighed. Alex had grabbed her, dragging her down the hallway but he wouldn't tell her what she had done wrong. She had tried not to cry and had succeeded until she saw that they were heading for BVB's bus.

"Yeah well you've been giving one another too much space lately and it's time we have an intervention." Jay's voice called out from the phone and Andy growled as Alex came over towards him and quickly moved the singers closer together by roughly tugging on their shoulders.

"What the fuck are you talking about man?" Andy asked as he bit down on his lip ring and then trained his blue eyes on Luxe. She avoided his gaze until finally she sniffed and looked up at Alex. Andy noticed that she was breathing heavily and he wondered how long she had been in that corset for.

"You two are officially an item." Alex said and at first Andy didn't get it. An item? What the fuck did that mean? By the noise that was coming out of Luxe's mouth, Andy could tell that it wasn't good.

"Alex you can't do this!" Luxe was saying, the tears streaming down her cheeks and completely ruining her makeup. She didn't care-she was angry, she felt betrayed and she just wanted to go on her own bus, get in her bunk and never come out.

"What the fuck is he talking about Jay?" Andy asked and there was a great sigh from the phone before he got his answer.

"The plan was for you and Luxe to fall for one another to form the greatest bond in rock history-a new Courtney and Kurt Cobain if you will. But you two are being stubborn, so now you don't have a choice." Jay explained and something clicked in Andy's brain as he looked towards Luxe. Her blonde hair was sticking to her face as she cried and he wanted to reach out and remove the offending strand.

"So..." Andy said and Luxe only sighed as she looked up and caught his eyes. Didn't he get it? They were being forced together to make a statement for their bands.

"Luxe is now your girlfriend." Alex said simply and Andy felt his blood begin to boil. It was bad enough that he had to be lovey dovey with Luxe on stage every night, it was completely absurd that now they had to be like that all the time.

"What?! Jay you can't be serious!" Andy was on his feet now while Luxe just stayed seated. There was no use fighting this-Luxe knew that whatever Alex wanted he got and this is something he had been wanting for a while.

"I am very serious. You two are a couple-Luxe is your girlfriend and you will treat her like one. You will walk in to the venues together holding hands, you will be seen together at any events you go to and you will walk around the towns you are in together. You will also talk about one another in interviews like you are a couple. Luxe will also spend nights on the BVB bus-" Luxe cried out, standing up as well and now both singers looked pissed off.

"I can tolerate pretending for the public but Jay you can't expect me to sleep with Andy..." Andy nodded-finally they agreed on something. Luxe wasn't crying any more and Andy was thankful for that.

"We have an extra bunk on the bus that she can sleep in-you don't have to sleep in the same bunk as Andy Luxe." Jon finally spoke up and Andy just looked at his manager like he had been slapped in the face. How could Jon go along with this?

"Don't look at me like that Andy-it's what the record company wants and it would be good for you." Andy felt like he had been slapped and quickly turned around.


He wanted to hit something-he wanted to hit Alex, but all Andy could do was stand there and bite down on his lip ring so hard that he almost tugged it out of his lip. This was unfair and not right. They couldn't force two people who hated one another together-it would be a disaster and Andy couldn't imagine having to spend so much time with someone he hated so much. Luxe just continued to stand there, her black boots scuffing across the floor of the bus and Andy wanted to reach out and shake her. She couldn't be okay with this-she had protested before but now it looked like she was slowly coming to accept their fate.

What the fuck would they talk about? They had nothing in common and the last date he had gone on with her, Luxe had tossed her pasta all over his head. Could they really do this though? Could they make people believe they were a couple without absolutely killing one another? Andy slowly sat back down, Luxe following him and Andy did something that was incredibly hard for him to do. He reached towards the girl sitting beside him and took her tiny ringed hand in his own. Her skin was soft, the cold metal of her rings making him shiver but there was an electricity in the air that Andy couldn't explain.


"Good boy." Alex said and Andy held in his snarl. He wasn't a dog and he was only doing this because Jay had gotten involved. The guys had been talking about working on an EP when they got over to the UK and they needed funding from Jay to make it happen.

"Alright Jay-I'll let you know how things are going." Alex said as he bid the record label owner goodbye and then addressed the couple.

"I think you two are going to be a really cute couple and will come to see that you actually might like one another." Alex smirked at him and Andy smirked right back. Alex McFadden was going to get what was coming to him sooner or later and Andy was only hoping that he would be the person to give it to the manager.

"I have some stipulations to go along with this entire thing." Andy spoke up and Luxe looked over at him and noticed how tight his jaw was clenched. He was holding her hand tightly and absentmindedly running his thumb across the skin on top of her hand.

"Okay." Alex said and Luxe held her breath as she listened to what Andy had to say.

"I will do this because I get the feeling Luxe is going to suffer if I don't agree and while I don't really like her, I like you even less. There will be no sex-I'm not going to sleep with anyone just to better my career or yours. Also I will not say that I love her in interviews or in public. That phrase is too meaningful for your games." Andy said and Luxe let go of the breath she had been holding. Andy seemed to be thinking along the same lines as her, which was good.

"Fine. Now Jon and I are going to head back into the venue to see that things are getting set up properly. You have twenty minutes before your M&G. Andy...help Luxe get her makeup fixed...be the doting boyfriend we both know you can be..." Alex said as he walked off the bus and Jon quickly followed.


Andy just sat there beside Luxe for a moment and then quickly stood up, pulling her with him. He led the small girl towards the back, but they had to stop for a few minutes to try and get her huge skirt through the bunk hall. Andy couldn't imagine what it was like having to wear such a huge getup every night and as they entered the bathroom and he looked down at her, he never realized how pretty she was. Luxe only smiled a small smile at him and Andy quickly turned around to fish through his makeup kit.

Most of everything was inside the venue, but he managed to get out an eyeliner pencil and then placed a finger under Luxe's chin. She tilted her head up, closing those grey eyes to the world and Andy lost his breath. He hated this girl-why was he suddenly so breathless around her?


"I'm really sorry about this Andy." Luxe said with her eyes still closed, but her tone sounded sincere.

"What are you sorry for?" Andy said as he ran the pencil over her eye lid and tried to fix the damage she had done when her waterworks had started up.

"Dragging you into this absurd thing we have to do..." She said and finally opened her eyes to look at him. Their faces were only inches apart and Luxe could feel his soft breath kiss her cheeks as he looked down at her.

"It's not your fault. I'm going to warn you though...I'm not a good boyfriend...especially a fake one." She nodded her head-she wouldn't be able to tell the difference as she had never had a boyfriend in the first place.

"That's okay. Maybe if we're both bad at being a couple they'll let us out of this whole thing." She said and then jumped as Andy's finger touched her face softly. He was running his thumbs underneath her eyes to wipe at her smeared makeup and the two of them just stared at one another.

"Some how I don't think that's going to happen. We're stuck with one another..." He said and then instantly felt bad when he noticed her face fall slightly. He didn't want this-he didn't want to be Luxe's boyfriend at all...he hated her.

"Yeah..." She said and the both of them stayed silent as they walked towards the front of the bus, both of their arms at their sides and not holding hands.

"I guess we should get inside." Andy said as he pressed a button to open the door and then grabbed her hand. She could tell that he didn't really want to hold her hand as his grip was light and held nothing in it, but that was okay.

"Yeah and I'm sure Alex has already informed everyone of our new status." Luxe said as she followed Andy down the steps and noticed that there were some fans calling out to them. She could see they were holding up their phones and taking pictures which would be up online in a matter of minutes.


The two of them stayed silent as they walked inside and readied themselves to face the firing squad that was The Hollywood Dolls and Black Veil Brides.

Notes

Alex is a piece of work. Pushing two people together to make a fake relationship just to up everyone's status-pathetic. Andy and Luxe don't seem to thrilled, but there is something between them. It's either just their passionate hate for one another, or they actually have minimal feelings for each other.

Review to find out<3

P.s- I went and saw New Years Day yesterday and it legitimately was one of the best nights ever. That band is so awesome and caring and Ash Costello is such an amazing person and frontwoman.