Love And Other Drugs

The limo arrived outside of the Dolls bus at 6 pm on the dot and the girls were barely able to get ready. The bus was a complete mess-clothing, curling irons, flat irons and makeup littered any surface that stood still and there was even a shoe hanging from one of the lights in the back lounge. Regardless the girls, dressed to the nines, had made it in to their ride along with Alex. The BVB boys had their own ride, which Luxe was thankful for because she really didn't want to see Andy. The two had barely spoken since that morning that Luxe ran off the bus and they only interacted with one another on stage. Alex was not happy about it, but Luxe didn't give a flying fuck.

The Virginia scenery passed them by, the red, orange and golden leaves flashing across the windows and Luxe smiled. Sometimes she would drive the hundred miles north to the southern most point in Virginia just so she could see the changing leaves. She had wanted to live in the state once, but it was too expensive, even in the south. Luxe looked around, her arms crossed over her chest and she smirked as her eyes met Char's.

The guitarist was dressed in an all black dress that hugged her many curves and her purple hair was teased and straight around her face. Char's light eyes popped with her thick black makeup and Luxe only smiled as she stuck her tongue out at her best friend.

All of the girls were dressed in amazing dresses-Alex had sought out a private and smaller dress maker to get them the best outfits around and Luxe could see that he had succeeded. Pixie was in a low cut greyish blue dress with her bubble gum pink hair pulled back with her bangs hanging in her face, her green eyes shadowed lightly. Mads was in her usual red, the top tightly corseted and pushing up all she had to offer. Her half red and half black hair was down and straight like usual and she wore minimal makeup-Mads wasn't really one to wear a lot of makeup. Lulu was dressed in light green, her white hair swirling around her face in tight ringlet curls and her light blue eyes were sparkling with her white and grey shadow.


"You ready for this Luxe?" Luxe snapped to her senses, her grey eyes watery and threatening to smear her expertly applied black and teal make up. She had a 50's style going on, with her eyeliner dragged past the corners of her eyes and the corners were light with the sparkly teal color their artist felt she needed.

"I guess." Luxe said as she smirked Pixie's way and the two girls shared a smile. The girls knew that Andy and Luxe were not talking-it was pretty obvious since she had been on the bus since that shitty morning-and Pixie had been the one to tell Luxe to just stick by her tonight so that Andy would leave her alone.

"You gonna avoid Andy all night?" Mads asked, biting down on one of her newly painted finger nails and Luxe only blushed crimson. She had planned to, but she knew that Alex would have different ideas.

"No. No she is going to be escorted inside and will hang on his arm all evening because she is his girlfriend and this party, technically, is for them." Alex spoke up from his end of the limo and Luxe sighed, letting her blonde head hit the seat behind her.


Alex was not a happy camper right now-he had told Luxe and Andy to play nice and while for a bit it had seemed like they were listening, now the two couldn't even be in the same room together. The night before, when they had played a small club in DC with only one dressing room, Alex had walked into see Andy and Luxe, nose to nose, screaming at one another. They were quickly separated and performed that night, but Alex needed them to patch things up. He could see it in Luxe's eyes-she had feelings for the male singer but something was keeping them apart.

Alex smiled-soon the tour would end up overseas and he was hoping that having the bands out of their comfort zones would push the singers together.

Luxe groaned as she looked out the window once again and noticed that they were coming up on the small club that had been rented out for the evening. From the outside it just looked like a club, but Luxe knew that Alex had the inside done up in an over the top way. BVB's limo had arrived, Andy and CC were both standing around outside of the club, smoking and obviously waiting for them.

Luxe put on a smile as the limo rolled to a stop and she looked towards Pixie. The small girl gave her an encouraging smile, nodding her head so that some of her pink bangs fell across her eyes. Andy walked towards the limo door, his cheeks sucked in as he finished off his cigarette and then tossed it towards the street.


"Hello ladies." Andy said, his deep voice calling out to her but Luxe was trying to ignore it. He and CC were both standing on either side of the limo door, their hands held out towards the girls as they helped each one out.

"Andy." Char said as she stood up straight and smirked at the singer. The two of them had come to some sort of understanding-he didn't bad mouth the Dolls anymore and Char would stop fucking with his bass player.

"You ladies look fucking hot!" CC called out as he took Pixie's hand and Luxe only smirked-she was next and the very last to get out of the car.

"Thanks C." Pixie said as she took the drummer's calloused hand and got out of the car. Luxe took a deep breath as she scooted across the seat and looked towards the hand that was held out towards her.


The nails were bit down to the quick, the black polish chipped and missing in places and the thumb was adorned with an 'F'. Luxe knew the other thumb had a 'P' on it and she smirked as she held out her own hand, her large sapphire ring glinting in the fading sun and her black painted nails were perfectly manicured.

Their fingers met and Luxe shivered as his calloused finger tips ran across the smooth skin on the top of her hand. She felt all of her weight being supported and even though she was in seven inch pumps, Luxe felt fully supported by Andy. As she exited the car and looked towards the man standing before her, Luxe felt the air leave her chest.

Her eye lashes were sticking together-Luxe couldn't believe that Char had talked her in to wearing these ridiculous things, but none the less Luxe could see Andy perfectly. His hair was actually brushed, the long tresses down and straight, but out of his face. His skinny frame was sheathed in a black suit with a white button up shirt and a skinny black and red tie.

As soon as she was out of the car, Andy wrapped an arm around her waist and the two of them, bringing up the rear behind the other girls, walked down the sidewalk and up the steps to the club. Andy's fingers were digging into her back, his skin against her own as her white dress was almost completely backless.

Andy felt his heart pounding out of his chest as he looked at the girl beside him-it felt strange to have her in his arms once again. They had been fighting like cats and dogs lately-Luxe refused to listen to him about that night and all she did was yell, so he started yelling back. The two of them stood outside the club, Luxe was shivering and Andy could see why.

She was gorgeous in a shimmery white dress that clung to her smaller curves and her back was completely exposed to the wind. Andy pulled her closer to him, trying to keep her warm and he noticed that she was almost as tall as he was. Her blonde hair, the faded teal tips curling around her shoulders, was blowing in the wind softly and Andy just smiled as he looked at her.


"You look beautiful Luxe." He whispered in her ear, his warm breath hitting the side of her cheek and part of her lips. Luxe smiled, her red lips curving up slightly and Andy smirked in return. It felt awkward to act like this again-he had gotten so used to just pretending like Luxe didn't exist.

"Thanks. You look-uh-dashing." She said, laughter in her voice as she looked up at him through those long thick eyelashes and Andy chuckled. She was so gorgeous and yet Andy was still fighting with himself to not give in.

"Dashing? We in the 1920's now?" He teased and Luxe only smiled as they slowly walked up the concrete steps.

"I suppose so. God this looks so-"

"Completely over done." Andy finished for her and the two of them laughed as they entered the club.


The first thing that they noticed was a huge picture of them hanging over the stage, a still taken from the end of the video that they were about to premier and Luxe felt like gagging. It was of the two of them, her long white dress with the frayed and torn edges blowing in a silent wind as her tiny hands cupped Andy's pale cheeks. His lips were pressed against her forehead gently. And she had tears rolling down her cheeks. The next thing she saw was her actual dress and his costume as well, both draped over dummies and standing in a corner. A few people were looking at the outfits and Luxe felt like she was in a museum.

Andy handed her a flute of champagne and Luxe took it gratefully, taking a large sip before holding it in her free hand. The two of them were holding hands tightly, trying to keep one another calm as they walked around the room. Alex was schmoozing it up as usual and the other girls were flirting their way around the room-shockingly enough Char was hanging off of Ashley's arm in a corner. Luxe knew that soon enough the video would premier and that she and Andy would have to perform an acoustic set of their song together, but so far the night hadn't turned out half bad.


"Do you wanna dance?" Andy asked her and Luxe almost jumped out of her skin. She had been so lost in her surroundings that she had almost completely forgot that Andy was still holding on to her hand. The lights were dim and all Luxe could do was nod her head softly.

"I-uh-sure." She said, her voice small and meek and Andy only smirked as he walked slowly towards the middle of the floor and placed one hand on her hip and took her other hand in his own. There was no one else dancing, but that was okay-it could just be the two of them.

"This is really strange." She said softly as she looked up at Andy and noticed that he was staring down at her as well. His blue eyes were only slightly outlined in black, but they still sparkled underneath the soft mood lighting that Alex had set up.

"Why?" Andy asked as the music played and Luxe focused on the lyrics of the music while she thought. Words like 'fall for you' stuck out to her through the soft melody and Luxe felt her heart begin to pitter patter.

"I dunno." She shrugged and Andy only smiled gently as he spun her around. Neither one of them was paying attention to the people that were staring at them. Right now it was just the two of them.

"I guess us getting along is kind of strange, but somehow this just feels right." Andy said and Luxe felt a blush begin to creep up her neck. She didn't want to be the first one to say anything, but deep down she agreed that this, strangely, felt like it was supposed to be.

"Yeah." Luxe said and then shivered as Andy leaned in and his lips dragged across the skin of her cheek until they were right next to her ear.

"You know, I've actually missed you..." He whispered in her ear and Luxe felt all of the breath leave her chest as she closed her eyes and got lost in the sound of his voice.

They continued to dance and soon enough they would stop and step on to a stage in front of at least two hundred people-the perfect couple. Inside she was screaming in confusion, having no idea what her heart was telling her, but Luxe knew exactly what her mind was trying to say.

Andy was dangerous and sooner or later he would be the end of her-they would both destroy one another.

Notes

The atmosphere seems to be melting the icy wall between the two singers, but will it last?

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A Note: So with the holidays coming, this story is going to be updated kind of randomly. I work, as some of you know, in a grocery store and one can imagine that this is a very busy season for us. I usually try to update this every three days, but it may end up being longer or maybe even shorter than that. <3