Love Can Drop Dead (Sequel to DBNO)

Chapter 9

I sat upside down on the couch, feeling the blood rush to my head as I watched Max drinking a bottle of water upside down. Well I was upside down, he wasn't of course because it would be hard for him to drink the bottle of water.

I was backstage on the final day of Leeds festival in You Me At Six's dressing room- since this room had still been available as none of the bands on today's bill had been allocated this room. It was cramped in here but then again there was eleven of us in here today. It had started raining outside- typical English weather, especially here in the North- and since there were no bands on until later that I wanted to watch, I'd retired into the dressing room to escape the rain.

"Liz what are you doing?" Adrian sighed and I turned my head to the left to look at him as he was sitting next to me.

"I'm letting the blood rush to my head in the hopes that I can think of something to do until the rain passes" I smiled up at him and he frowned, but shook his head at me.

"I have no clue how I'm able to share an apartment with you, then again things were boring before you arrived" I replied and I grinned before awkwardly tapping his leg.

"Thanks Adrian, I actually feel better knowing that" I sighed at telling him the truth. He frowned and slid his hands underneath me to help me sit upright. I felt a little dizzy and very hot, maybe sitting upside down hadn't been a good idea.

"What do you mean?" he whispered and I shrugged, quickly glancing around to see that everyone else were involved in their own conversations before I turned back to Adrian, who was looking at me intently while waiting for me to answer. I sighed at his expression and brushed a hand through my hair- trust me I'd noticed that Josh did this a lot when he was nervous or frustrated and it seemed that I'd picked up on his habit since I'd arrived in Leeds.

"Nothing, just that I feel better knowing that being in someone's life has stopped them being bored" I shrugged and Adrian frowned at me, obviously not understanding what I meant but I wasn't going to explain so I shrugged again.

It felt good knowing that by leaving, I'd improved his life, since lately I'd been thinking that all I was, was a hindrance to those around me. I felt as though I was baggage to my friends, and actually hearing Adrian say that things weren't as boring since we'd become friends made me feel much better, since I'd been feeling down all day. Adrian groaned in annoyance when he continued studying my face, causing me to make myself expressionless.

"Why do you do that?" he whispered harshly, making me jump since Adrian had never sounded so cold before. I sighed and shrugged and he shook his head, gripping my wrists in his hands.

"I'm not letting go until you give me a straight answer for once. You always avoid things Liz, it's been like that since I've known you" he said louder this time before tacking a sigh onto the end of his speech. I saw Summer look up from her seat on the couch next to mine and realised that she'd become interested in us.

"Fine, one straight answer" I sighed, wanting him to let go of my wrists so that I could sit elsewhere. Although what I really wanted was a beer, but I knew I couldn't mention it since Adrian, Jeremy, Jay and Anna would tell me 'no' which would then spike my friend's curiousness, and I didn't want them knowing about my drinking habits. Adrian frowned at me.

"This isn't my question, but do you know that you are so goddamn frustrating at times?" he asked and I grinned at him. He rolled his eyes, taking my grin for the 'yes' that it was.

"Okay so why do you do that? Why do you shut off any expression on your face?" he asked and I sighed before shaking off his wrists and running a hand through my hair, wincing when my long side fringe flopped into my eye, before I brushed it behind my ear. Adrian placed a hand on my thigh and squeezed comfortingly, since he'd come to understand what my nervous habits meant. I shrugged at him.