Love And Other Drugs

Luxe woke up and at first she thought she was in her own bunk, except her sheets in her bed were much softer and a pale blue color. These were scratchy red sheets that had probably come with the bus and hadn’t been washed in God knows how long. The bus had stopped moving and Luxe cursed herself as she had completely slept through any stops so that she could sneak back on to her own bus. She should get up-she could get back on the bus with the girls, but she didn’t want to move. Luxe had slept in her tank top and jeans, but she had taken her boots off. Slowly she pushed open the curtains on the bunk that had been hers and she could hear the faint sound of snoring coming from above her.

Quickly she tugged on her boots, stood up and made a b-line for the front of the bus. Hopefully no one was up as she didn’t want to be seen leaving the scene of the crime, but as Luxe turned the corner and faced the front of the bus, she sighed in frustration. Andy was awake and sitting at the kitchen table with a book in front of him but he was staring absentmindedly out the window. They were somewhere between New Jersey and New York and it looked like it was pretty cold outside. Fuck-her jacket was probably on the bus and Luxe knew it was going to be a cold walk.


“Uh morning.” She said to Andy and he quickly closed his book and looked towards her. Luxe had slept in her clothes, it was obvious as her shirt was wrinkled and she looked like she hadn’t slept well.

“Morning.” Andy said, his voice still thick with sleep and Luxe only smiled at him and then walked off towards the door. Andy hadn’t slept at all and he had just laid in his bunk and listened as Luxe cried herself to sleep last night.

“Well I’m gonna go.” She said and Andy quickly rose from his seat and moved towards her. He placed a gentle hand on her arm and Luxe turned around to face him. She wasn’t in the mood for his games-she just wanted to get to her own bus and shower before the days’ events.

“Um, actually I was gonna go out and get some coffee and wanted to know if you wanted to come with.” Andy said and Luxe just seemed to be looking at him, taking him in silently. Should she go? She did want some coffee and the girls were all probably still passed out in various states around the bus.

“I mean sure…I-uh-I don’t have a jacket though and it looks kind of cold out. Winter is obviously upon us.” She smiled as Andy turned around and grabbed his jacket and passed it over towards her.


Luxe slowly slipped her arms into the over sized sleeves-Andy was skinny but his arms were long and so she had to keep the sleeves rolled up slightly. The two of them just looked at one another, Andy holding out his hand for her to take and he led her off of the bus slowly. The snoring coming from the back died down as she walked down the steps of the bus and tugged the jacket around her shoulders more. Andy kept a hold of her hand and as they walked around the buses and he looked around, a flash went off in their faces. What the fuck was this? Luxe held up her hand to block her face and Andy growled at the guy to leave them alone. They had been getting a lot more press attention lately and this was just another instance of Alex getting them the attention that they didn’t want.

Andy held on to Luxe’s hand as they walked-he had checked out locations of local coffee shops and was pleased to see that there was one right down from where their buses were parked. The wind whipped around them and Andy felt like maybe a cup of coffee would do them both some good. He also was hoping to maybe make some sort of truce with Luxe-come to an understanding that they were going to have to play their roles and it would go a lot smoother if they didn’t hate one another as much. Finally the coffee shop came into view and Andy smirked as he noticed that there was no one else in the shop. He held the door open for Luxe and the small girl rushed inside, obviously wanting to get out of the cold and wind.

Luxe looked over her options and decided that a cinnamon latte and a blueberry muffin would be a good choice and so she made her order. Andy also ordered a latte, but his was mocha and he got a chocolatechip muffin instead-chocolate lover apparently. Luxe moved to get her wallet out of her back pocket, but Andy was quicker and smirked at her as he handed his card over to the cashier. Luxe gave him a shy smile as she moved to the side and Andy followed behind her silently and they both stayed silent while they waited for their order.

The silence hung heavy between the couple like a curtain and as Luxe took her order and looked around for a place to sit, she noticed that Andy stayed close by. Finally Luxe seemed to settle on a small plush couch that was in a quiet corner because while it hadn’t been said, Luxe could tell that Andy wanted to talk to her about some things. She took a seat on one side of the couch, tucking her legs up underneath her butt and Luxe picked at her muffin as Andy made himself comfortable. They sipped their coffees, glad for both the caffeine and the warm liquid that was now flowing through their bodies.


“So how did you sleep last night?” Luxe asked and Andy swallowed the muffin that had been stuck to his throat and looked over at her. Her blonde hair with the fading teal tips was pulled back from her face and still tangled from all of the teasing and hairspray from the night before.

“I didn’t.” He said before taking a slow sip of his coffee and smirking at the girl beside him.

“Oh…” She didn’t really know how to answer that and so Luxe just sipped at her coffee and looked out the window. There were still a few photographers snapping pictures of them through the glass and she was sorely tempted to give them a one finger send off.

“Yeah-I have insomnia and so sleep sometimes is a rare thing.” Andy explained and Luxe only looked at him with wide eyes. She had never expected him to just divulge something like that and Luxe felt sorry for the guy.

“That sucks. I didn’t-um-I didn’t sleep well last night.” She said and Andy avoided her gaze. He had heard her crying in the night and he knew that her sleep had been troubled.

“Yeah, I heard you last night. You could’ve crawled in to my bunk…I would have kept my hands to myself.” He had that lopsided grin on his lips and Luxe couldn’t help but smile at him. That would have been pretty random-her just getting up in the middle of the night and asking the one person who hated her if she could cuddle with him.

“I’m sure that would have made Alex real happy.” Luxe said with some snark to her tone and Andy couldn’t help but smile at her. She hated the manager almost as much as he did, but she was trapped more than he was.


Andy wished he could do something to help them both get out of their situation, but after Jay getting involved there really wasn’t a lot they could do. Andy had gone to Jon to see if the manager could talk some sense into the record exec, but Jon had even told him that this might be good for him. It would make him more desirable to the fans because he was no longer available and it would connect the two bands to make the ultimate touring group that had been around in years. Andy had taken it upon himself to look up The Hollywood Dolls record contract and Alex was sleazy but he wasn’t stupid.

The girls were stuck for at least five years and two more records, which meant that if they left they would be giving up everything. Their name The Hollywood Dolls was trademarked by the company and so they would have to completely start from scratch. Luxe’s condo across the hall from him was also leased under the company’s name and she would be evicted within a second if Alex felt the need to push his weight around. They were completely stuck and the only way out was to either start over or death. Andy didn’t think the girls would be up for either option.


“You okay over there?” Luxe asked as she sipped her cooling coffee and Andy shook his head and smiled. He often got lost in his thoughts and here lately his thoughts had been filled with Luxe.

“Yeah, I was just thinking…” He said and Luxe laughed as she bit down on her lower lip and looked over at the singer.

“You didn’t sprain anything did you?” She asked and Andy grunted. She was a pistol and someone who often gave him a run for his money in the sarcasm department.

“Very funny. I think we should call a truce.” He suggested and Luxe just stayed silent as she stared at him from over the rim of her coffee cup. He had to be joking-there was no way Andy Biersack wanted to make a truce with his biggest enemy.

“You’re joking.” She said as she drained her cup and set it down. Andy looked at her-Luxe always had to push his buttons and right now she was pushing every single one of them.

“I’m not, actually.” He stated and Luxe felt like she was going to be sick. What did they need a truce for? They hated one another, they were being forced together and they would just have to make the best of it. Plan and simple.

“What’s your angle Biersack?” She asked and Andy noticed that she was no longer calling him Six. He had let that nickname go a long time ago, but some people still called him by it. His last name sounded funny coming out of her mouth, but Luxe gave it a certain ring.

“You hate Alex as much, if not more than I do and if we can come to an understanding then maybe this would go by a lot smoother.” He suggested with a smirk and Luxe thought about it for a moment. She hated Andy, but she hated Alex way more.

“What were you thinking?” Luxe asked and Andy only smiled as he leaned closer to her, one of his hands coming to rest on her bent knee.

“Well Alex wants us to be a couple and so we should be. When we’re in public we’re affectionate, loving and infatuated with one another. In private we’re polite and don’t give each other shit. We do the duet every night and two nights a week you spend on my bus and I’ll do the same on yours.” Andy suggested and Luxe thought it over. It could work-Alex liked the drama and so sooner or later he would want them to break things off and then they would be free.

“Look it’s not ideal and I know I rub you the wrong way, but you do the same for me and it’s going to take the both of us to make this work.” Luxe bit down on her lower lip and looked up at Andy through her thick lashes. He had obviously put some thought into this and she knew that it could possibly work.

“Fine, but no kissing in private and when we sleep on the buses we sleep in separate bunks. Holding hands, being affectionate and loving in public is fine, but if we could try and not kiss that would be great.” Luxe said and Andy chuckled as he nodded- sounded good to him.

“Sounds good. Should we head back? I don’t want your girls to get after me for keeping you too long.” Andy said as he stood up and held out his hands for her to take. His opinion on the Dolls wouldn’t change, but he had no problem admitting that he was scared of them for the most part.

“You know the girls wouldn’t hate you so much if you would stop calling us spoiled. Believe it or not Andy we work just as hard as you guys…Alex is just a manipulative son of a bitch.” Luxe said as she walked towards the door and opened it for the both of them.


Andy knew he wasn’t going to be able to express his opinions on the Dolls anymore, not even to the guys and while it killed him to think he’d have to lie about his feelings, it couldn’t be helped. As the two of them walked down the sidewalk and headed back towards the buses, Andy held on to Luxe’s hand, but deep down he could tell that it wasn’t just for show.

He was developing a crush on the feisty singer and that probably wasn’t the smartest thing for him to do.

Notes

So Andy and Luxe seem to be moving in to a playful flirty kind of relationship. Will it last? Or will one of them fuck it all up?

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