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Chapter 24 Kisses and Sex

Lennon's pov

"Do you want a minuet alone to practice or would you rather just go at it?" Jason grins at me and Andy.

We're rehearsing the scene in which Lira and Jax kiss for the first time. Andy and I haven't worked on any of the kissing scenes yet. It's not that we're uncomfortable with the scenes, it's more that we just haven't gotten around to them.

"We can just go for it," Andy says, looking over at me.

"Yeah," I agree. "Lets just do it."

Jason gives us our blocking and we begin the scene. Jax is rushed back to camp after being severely injured in a fight with F.E.A.R and he and Lira share a moment while he is in the infirmary. Andy is laying on a table, since we don't have a hospital bed yet, and I enter from stage right.

I run on and to the downstage side of Andy's bed. "Oh dear God." I put my ear to his chest, pretending to check for a heartbeat. I stand back up and look up at the ceiling, covering my mouth with my hands. "Oh my God, you're alive."

Andy stirs slightly and groans.

I grab a chair from its place on stage left and pull it up to the bedside. Sitting down, I take his hand in mine and kiss his knuckles.

"Oh hi," Andy groans, opening his eyes to look up at me.

I drop his hand and it falls back onto the table.

"Damn," he groans. "was that necessary?"

I don't respond.

"Lira, are you okay?" He tries to lift his head but can't.

"I thought you were dead," I whisper.

"Was it that bad?" He asks.

"Yeah," I answer, beginning to walk off stage. "It was."

"Wait!" He calls as I'm about to exit the stage. "Come back."

I turn back to look at him.

"You were that worried?" He asks.

"Yeah, I was," I answer, walking back to the bedside. "And now I'm not." I bend down and kiss him. It's supposed to be a short kiss, but all my pent up emotions for Andy are suddenly pushed to the surface and I'm kissing God damn Andy Biersack for the first time in what feels like forever and-

"Andy? Lennon?" Jason is looking at the two of us, laughing slightly. "Is there something going on here I don't know about?"

I realize that Andy's hands are under my shirt and one of my hands is in his hair. I quickly pull away from him and straighten my clothes. Andy sits up on the table, a smirk twitching at the edge of his lips.

Jason's eyebrows twitch as he looks at us, then he smiles. "I like it! The long kiss is more meaningful and shows the connection better and the two of you look fantastic together. From the kiss again!"

Andy grins at me as he lays back down and I move back into the same position as before. This kiss is just as natural as before, just as natural as it ever was. I don't know why, but kissing him is like second nature. Like breathing or walking or sing is. I pull away after the appropriate amount of time and continue the scene.

Andy's whole attitude changes as soon as we leave the building. He takes my hand and spins me around, laughing and smiling at me.

"What's up with you?" I ask, furrowing my eyebrows.

"You're just really cool," he laughs. "And whether it meant anything to you or not, kissing you is the best high I've gotten in a long time."

"So I'm just a drug to you now?" I ask sarcastically, punching his arm lightly.

"You've always been my drug Lenny," he circles my waist with his arms and looks down at me. "I've been addicted since the fist day I met you."

"Woah there big boy," I put my hands against his chest. "Stay on friend-zone island. Don't pass go, don't collect $200, and please, please, keep your feelings in check about me. I love you deeply, as a friend, and at the moment nothing more. Now please take your hands off me so I can go home," He quickly removed his arms and I hail a cab. "I'll talk to you later and we can run lines at some point in the week," I get into the cab and go home.

I walk into the apartment and am completely shocked to see Aaron Combi sitting on my couch.

"What the fuck!" I laugh, running up and hug him. "When did you get here? How did you get here? What the fuck!"

"I know a guy," he responds, hugging me. "And my guy knows the building superintendent and I just needed to see you."

"I've missed you too," I laugh, kissing his cheek.

"You never even said goodbye," he pouts. "Almost two years since I've seen you and you've gotten sexier! How do you get sexier every time I see you Len? Honestly, I would fuck you on the kitchen floor."

"You want to?" I raise my eyebrows.

He grins, biting his lower lip, "I do if you do."

"Well, I happen to have a bed thats better for this sort of activity," I grab his hand and pull him into my bedroom.

I need to take my mind off Andy. If I'm Andy's drug, then Aaron is my drug; my perfect high, perfect escape, feelings blockade. When I'm with him, I don't think about my problems or what I'm "supposed to be doing". Just what drugs we're doing at that moment, or what crazy sex we're having in that moment. That's all. And that's all I want to think about right now. Not Andy, not the show, not anything.