After a while of driving around aimlessly looking for a vacancy, we checked into a hotel room and started settling in. It wasn't too fancy or too expensive, but it was beautiful. The clean white sheets on the bed perfectly matched the white wall and the raspberry colored drapes gave the room a romantic touch.

I got off the phone with Jenna, who was worried sick about me. Sighing, I sat down on the bed. Andy had spent the time by washing off the remaining makeup from this face. He was just as gorgeous without it as with it, but I always prefered the unmasked version of him. Maybe it was because of all the intimate moments we had spent together. The Andy I loved was barefaced.The Andy who used to bully me had black eye makeup, and even though I still loved him, I still had that association sometimes.

Our first night in the hotel we barely talked. We only kissed and held each other. Maybe it was because of me, I was too afraid to say anything. Why did everything we did together, everything that was "us", have to mean such stuggle? We had a few calm moments, but something always happened that tried to break us. Yet we always stayed together. Our love was that strong, I guess. We woke up late the morning after, still in each other's embrace.

"Hey babe?" Andy said out of the blue.

"Yeah?"

"Do you ever think about...all that we've been through. I mean, it has been a lot."

"Yeah. A real lot. Sometimes I've wondered how we've stood out. How you've yet not fallen back into Lexi's arms. You had it a lot simpler then."

"Are you kidding me? Sweetie, Lexi was a junkie. Even if she loved me, she could never love me as much as she loved partying, drugs and alcohol. Maybe that's another reason I love being with you. It may be hard having to worry so much about you, but more often than not, I've been the cause. You've been with me through so much, but you're not exhausting to be around. And atleast I can say that you don't need to be taken care of all the time. I have to worry about you being stalked, I needed to worry about her overdosing. Atleast you don't put yourself into trouble."

"Wow. I did not expect that." I said.

"Life is simpler now. Because almost all the trouble we've been in so far, we've gone through it together, and it has only made us stronger."

"I love you Andy."

"I love you too, Iris."

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After sightseeing for the main part of the day we found ourself stuck in the hotel room once again. It wasn't really that late, but we had nothing to do and I was all out of ideas. Maybe we should crash a party? Nah, maybe that would be too much. I really wanted to go for some type of adventure though. Try something new.

"Hey babe?" I asked Andy. I was lying in his lap while he was playing around with my hair. Not gonna lie, it felt amazing.

"Yeah?"

"Isn't it boring to have a girlfriend who never does anything outside her comfort zone?"

"No! You do stuff out of your comfort zone all the time, those things are just involontary!" He said, clearly referencing our past.

"You know, I don't drink, I don't go to parties that often, I don't prank people, I don't go on adventures. I don't do anything."

"Well, we could change that if you like. Let's start with the drinking part! I'll get the booze!" He said, sounding excited.

"I don't wanna get drunk! I just don't want you to be bored of me!"

"I'm not gonna get you drunk, I just want you to try it! I could even make it all fancy and stuff, with umbrellas and fruit and stuff."

I laughed it off as he got out of the hotel room. "I'll be right back" he said. "Don't attract any stalkers!"

Only a few minutes later, he was back, a bag from the grocery store in one hand and a bottle of vodka in the other.

"Alright, let's do this!" He said, still smiling as crazy.

"How did you get that so quickly?" I said, refering to the bottle in his hand.

"Fake ID, silly!"

He opened the grocery bag and brought out a pack of plastic shotglasses and a bottle of juice.

"Just in case you wanna wash the taste out, you might find it horrible." Andy said, as he poured the clear liquid into a shotglass. I grabbed the juice bottle and poured the juice in another glass, just to be safe. Andy looked at me funny, raising one of his eyebrows as if I was mental.

"What? I wanna be able to access it quickly!"

"On three, okay?"

"Sure."

"One, two, three!" He said, as we both poured the vodka into our mouths.

"Ah, it burns!" I said. He laughed, obviously finding my sudden discomfort funny. I grabbed the juice shot and drank it. Vodka was a mean drink.

"Was it really that bad?" He said, stillsmiling like an idiot .I nodded. "But let's do another one. It's fun!"

Once again looking at me like I was mental, he poured another shot. We drank it. It was horrible, but goddamn I felt alive. I kissed him, feeling nothing but love for this man.

"I have another idea, and it might sound crazy, but I figured that if there was any time you would be with me on this, it would be now."

"Yeah. What is that?"

"Lexi lives about two or threemiles from this place and I figured-"

He interupted himself as he reached down the grocery bag that I thought was empty and pulled out two cartons of eggs.

"-maybe we could egg her house?"

I thought about if for a second.

"Yeah. Let's do it."

Notes

I was not expecting to be able to update anymore today, but here I am! This is the one reason I brought my tablet!

As many of my updates, this is quite sweet, but with a more funny twist. I wanted to explore the friendly part of Andy and Iris' relationship, rather than only focusing on the romantic part. I mean, if your lover isn't your best friend, what kind of lover is he/she?

Once again, thanks for all the nice comments, views and subscriptions! It really keeps me going! Let's see if I can find room for another update tonight...don't keep your hopes up too muc though.