Okay, so they're pretty much in character, but also not. Since I highly doubt any of them do drugs, especially Ariana and Liz... or maybe Liz, I don't know. Her best friend back home seems to be a real party girl, just saying. And actually, so does Ariana's, if you want me to be honest. Eh, who knows.

When Liz laughs, Avan swears it's the best thing he could ever hear. They were currently out together eating lunch at a nice restaurant, something he'd whispered in her ear about while at rehearsal. He had said it so quickly; she had barely caught what he said. And now, he was laughing at her, as she warily looked at a blackberry that was on her plate of fruits. She'd never really tried a blackberry before, so to be staring at it like it was some kind of alien was pretty humorous for him.

"Liz, just eat it." He said, "I promise, it won't kill you."

"You say that now, Avan, but in like a few years, I'll be dead from consuming that… thing. It literally looks like a piece of shit."

"Just try it, Liiiiz." Avan teased, dragging out her name, which he knew bugged her. He moved over to sit beside her and threw his arm around her, holding her close to him. She looked up at him a moment, and then back down, picking up the blackberry she played with it in between her fingers for a moment.

"If I die some horrible fate, it'll be all your fault." She warned and he just shrugged.

"Okay, if that's what you're saying is gonna happen, then so be it." He reached over and stole one of her strawberries, laughing at her shocked expression. She then focused her attention on her blackberry, and closed her eyes taking a deep breath. She put it in her mouth, only to immediately spit it out, and grab her water. She drank it really fast, and glared at Avan.

"That was literally like eating rat poison."

"Now, I'm actually kind of curious, Liz, at what point in your life, did you ever taste rat poison?"

She smacked his shoulder, "Don't be such a smart ass."

He laughed and brought her close to him, kissing the side of her head. She cuddled closer to him, picking up her phone, she saw the time, and relaxed. They still had about half an hour, and we're only about five minutes away from the studio. She yawned, as he rubbed her arm, comforting her.

"Tired?" He asked and she nodded.

"I stayed up super late last night with Ariana, recording a duet, so I'm exhausted. I'm honestly not sure how I was able to go through the run through without falling asleep." She sighed, as he reached under the table and took her hand in his, linking their fingers.

"You're like… a superwoman or something." He said a smile coming on his face soon after, "Especially since you just braved eating that "rat poisoned" blackberry."

"Never speak of it." She teased, and then opened her eyes. "We should probably go, we only have about twenty minutes."

"Yeah, you're right." He said, and reluctantly got up. Avan paid the cashier, while Liz walked over to the aquarium, watching as the fish swam by, one bumping into the other, causing her to let out a laugh. She also so another, chasing after a much smaller one, like the punk it was.

"What are you laughing at?" Avan asked her, wrapping his arm around her shoulders as she watched the fish.

"Oh nothing, just… zoning off." She said, smiling at him as he looked around quickly, before giving her a quick kiss. She responded back, but pulled away quickly soon after, as to not draw any attention to them.

Together, they walked out of the restaurant and down the street to the studio. They decided it was best to just walk, since it would just waste gas, and since Liz liked to walk, it was a win-win for the both of them.

They soon got to the studio and walked in. Liz could hear Ariana's unmistakenable giggle from where she stood, all the way down the hall. She rolled her eyes, "I wonder what's so funny." She started to walk in the direction, but Avan pulled her back, a boyish grin on his face. He pulled out his phone and looked at it, for a moment, before looking up at her. "We still have thirteen minutes before we have to go back to rehearsal, come with me. You can find out what's going on with her later." She nodded, and followed him down the hall to his private dressing room. He closed the door, locking it, before turning to her. She smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, she pulled him towards her, and kissed him—at first it was soft and gentle, but soon it turned into something more.

She jumped up, wrapping her legs around his waist as he held her there, walking over to his couch; he sat down on it, not detaching his lips from hers, she straddled his waist, and kissed him deeper, grinding her lower body against his, he let out a groan, and she smiled, pulling away.

"Why'd you stop?"

She laughed, "Because if either you or I go out there with sex hair, someone's gonna notice," She kissed him one last time quickly before getting off of him and fixing her self in the mirror.

She smiled at him one last time, before unlocking the door, and walking out of it, shutting it gently behind her. She walked down the hall, to her own dressing room, jumping in shock when she saw her best friend sitting there, laughing at her, as she tried to regain her heartbeat.

"Where have you been?" Ariana asked her, "We've been waiting for you for like… hours."

"Ari, I was only gone for about… an hour."

"Exactly," Ari said, "Hours. One hour, hours, same damn difference." She got up, and walked over to her, her script in her hand, "Dan once us to go over our lines together."

"I have a problem with that." Liz teased, "You're in here giving me a headache."

"Well, it's nothing out of the ordinary, so come on! Let's get rehearsing!" Ari's voice was a little louder than it needed to be, but she still kept the smile on her face as she handed Liz's script to her.

Liz looked at herself in the mirror one last time, before focusing her attention on her job. Hopefully, Ari didn't notice her "make-out" hair. She was hoping with everything in her, that she didn't.

It was too bad she was wrong, and she had noticed.

Liz sat up in her bed, unable to sleep. Luckily for her, Ari was fast asleep next to her, her sleep mask on, her long red ponytail all over the pillow behind her. She rubbed her eyes, and yawned, picking up her now fully charged phone, she pressed the home screen to find she had a few missed messages. A few were from her drunk, party girl obsessed best friend from back home, and two were from Avan. She checked the time and noticed it was dated from a few minutes ago. What the hell was he doing up so late? Or… in this case, early?

Hey, you awake?

She quickly typed back a response, wide awake, but I'm at Ari's so I can't really leave… or she'd get suspicious and know something was up.

Damn. Well, then. I guess I'll just see you tomorrow, right?

Unfortunately. I hate that we have to do this. Why again did we agree to do this?

Because of how fucked up it was before, remember?

Oh, right. Forgot about that.

Try and get some sleep, ok? I'll talk to you first thing in the morning. Goodnight, babe.

She couldn't help but smile at his last message, Goodnight, Jogia.

And with that, she promptly fell asleep, a smile on her face.

Thank god, she was back home in the apartment she shared with her mother. She loved staying at Ari's and everything, but she was just dying to be back in her apartment. For two reasons: she didn't have to pick out what she was wearing carefully and Avan could come whenever he wanted to—that was if her mother didn't find out, then it was all good.

She had already unpacked and was now sitting on the ground, her legs stretched out in front of her, her laptop in between them, when her phone went off. She picked it up, smiling as soon as she saw the name on the screen and answered it.

"Hey you," She said, letting out a small giggle. "I've been waiting for you to call all day."

"Well someone was busy." He responded, emphasizing the someone. "Are you back home?"

She nodded, and it was quiet for a few minutes before she realized he couldn't see her nodding her head. "Oh!" She laughed and told him, yes, but now she had to go out to dinner with her mother, who while apparently away, had come to a conclusion about her daughter Liz really didn't want to talk to her about.

"Oh, well, that sucks. Guess luck's not on our side today, is it?" Avan asked her and she sighed.

"Unfortunately, no. But you can come over tonight afterwards if you want. I'll be here."

"Okay, sounds good." He said, and then she heard him talking to someone before coming back to her, "I'll text you, alright?"

"Mhmm." She responded absentmindedly as she typed something on her laptop. She clicked twice on her laptop and one of her all time favorite Beatles songs played. He laughed on the other end, "What? I need some music to jam to while I get ready for dinner. You act like it's not normal for me."

"Oh, no. It's very normal for you, babe."

"Wait, I've always wanted to know this. Why don't you ever play music when you're getting ready?" She tried to keep a straight face, hoping to god she didn't laugh and ruin the seriousness in her voice. "Because well… I'd like to videotape that."

He laughed again, "Maybe someday, you'll be able to."

"I'm holding you to that promise, stud. Talk to you in about a second."

"I'd say bye, but really there's no point."

"Exactly, so, I'll just hang up, and you do whatever it is Avans do once they hang up with their girlfriends."

"Oh, so now I'm plural?"

"Very plural."

"Fine, if you say so… Lizziess…es." She could imagine him blinking his eyes on the other end, a cute, confused expression on his face. It caused her to laugh.

"That was lame."

"Riiiight."

"What is with you and dragging out your words?" She asked him, "it's like you do it on purpose just to annoy me."

"Oh, a hundred percent."

"You—you're…" She trailed off, not sure what she was going to say. "Nevermind, I'll just text you."

"Couldn't come up with a good enough comeback? I am shocked, Gillies."

"I'm gonna hurt you."

"Bet you ten bucks you won't."

"Safe bet. Damn you, Avan." He laughed, and she smiled, "But seriously, I have to go get ready. I'll text you okay?"

"Okay, bye babe."

"Even though there's really now point, byeee babeeee." She stretched out her words, listening to him laugh before hanging up.

And not even a moment later, she got a text.

Apparently, you just annoyed yourself.

Damn it!

She shook her head, and walked over to her closet. She pulled out a dark blue dress, and her black converses. Putting them on her bed, she quickly walked into her bathroom and took a shower. After blow drying her hair and doing it just right, she started on her make-up, and then got dressed, picking up her phone. She held it at arm's length so she could take a picture and did, a smile on her face.

Then, she sent it to Avan, before uploading it to her instagram account where she knew about millions of people would have a heart attack, since they always did when she posted something, as she rarely ever did.

"Lizzie!" She heard her mother's voice, and turned down her music. Her mother then stuck her head into the room a moment later. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah." She said, putting on some lipstick before grabbing her phone and following her mother out of the apartment. "How was New Jersey?" She asked, as soon as they got in the car.

"It was fine," She said, a distracted look on her face. "Your brother wants to come visit."

Liz shrugged, "I don't see why he can't. I'm sure Dan wouldn't mind if he came to set, since Frankie's always there."

"No, that's not the problem." Her mother said, looking at her as she came to a stoplight. "Look, I didn't exactly want to tell you this now, but he's not happy there."

Liz looked surprised, "Why not? I thought he didn't want to come here, because he and… and dad wanted to stay there." She blinked, trying to come up with what on earth could be making her brother waz out—for lack of a better word. "I mean, that's why they didn't move out here, isn't it? He wanted to stay with his friends."

"Well, yes. And he was certain he was going to be fine there, but… apparently not."

Liz thought for a moment, she realized, looking down at her phone, that she hadn't spoken to her father in… well, weeks. Or really months. Could that be part of the problem? Was her father the issue?

"What is going on with dad?" She asked her, "And why haven't I spoken to or seen him in months?"

Her mother didn't answer, just stared straight ahead at the traffic in front of them.

"Mom?" She asked, getting a little impatient. "What is going on with dad?" She still didn't answer, so Liz started to get pissed off. "Mom?"

Her mother bit her lip and then looked at her, "I don't want to tell you right now… maybe later, but honey. Not now."

Liz nodded, accepting the answer, and sat back down. Her phone vibrated in her hand, and she checked the message. Suddenly, she couldn't wait until much later, when she was with Avan and things would be so much better.

It was four am when she heard him. He knocked loudly on her door, and she quickly ran to it, telling him—silently—to be quiet so that he didn't wake up her mother.

"Shh! Avan!" She whisper-yelled, "Be quiet!

He just looked at her and laughed. She realized then what the problem was, as usually he was very respectful. And normally, since she and Ari and basically sworn not to do it when they were fifteen (to their parents), she asked him what he was on, and if she could have it.

He looked at her shocked, "Excuse me?"

She closed the door behind her, shutting it softly as she stepped out into the hall. "You heard me, Avan."

His eyes widened, "Holy shit! Am I dreaming?"

Liz rolled her eyes, "I'll have you know, I've smoked weed before. If you've forgotten, one of my best friends growing up is a total partier. I've gotten drunk, I've smoked cigarettes, and I've smoked weed, not that my parents know that or anything."

"Oh right, I do remember you telling me that… but then again, not really." He shrugged, and she looked at him eyeing him warily.

"Who did you do this with?" She asked, walking ahead of him and motioning for him to follow her. They walked out onto a terrace, and he leaned against the wall, furthest from where he was sure if he leaned against it, he'd fall to his death.

"Matt… and Ariana." He mumbled the last part, so low, she barely caught it.

"Well, Matt I believe, but Ariana?" He nodded, "Holy shit. I can't believe it. She hasn't smoked weed in… well, I really don't know how long it's been since the last time I did it was with her… no wait, that's not true, I did it when I went back home a few weeks ago."

"Are you gonna keep rambling?" He asked her, fumbling in his pocket for a lighter. He soon found it and handed both the weed and lighter to her.

She took it from him and then—to his surprise—she expertly lit it and sucked it, blowing it out in a perfect smoke.

"Wait…wait." He said, and pulled his phone from his pocket, "Do that again."

She rolled her eyes, but did as he asked, as he took the picture and looked at it.

"What?"

"It's a sick picture, but don't worry for the fate of both our lives, I wont post it anywhere."

She smiled at him and handed him the blunt and lighter. He took one drag from it, before stomping it out and putting it back in his pocket. He then put his arm around her, smiling cutely at her as she rubbed her arms shivering. He kissed the side of her head and she leaned it on his shoulder.

"Everything okay?" He asked, as she began to feel the effects of the weed. Luckily she didn't have anywhere to be the next morning or she'd be in trouble.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because… you wouldn't do something like this, unless there was something provoking you to do it."

She seemed to tense, and he rubbed her arm comfortingly. She hid her face in his shoulder before looking up at him again. "I…I had an interesting talk with my mom before dinner."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, and she uhm, she said my brother doesn't want to live in Jersey anymore… he wants to move out here."

"Oh, well, isn't that great? You'd have your brother here with you." He knew how close she was with him, and since she barely ever got to see him, he was kind of curious as to why she was so… tense about the situation.

"There's something going on with my dad, Avan, and… I don't know what it is. My mom wouldn't tell me anything and I couldn't exactly call my brother and ask. I hadn't realized it, but I haven't spoken to him in weeks. Usually we talk, all the time, but now… we barely do."

"Hmm…I wonder why." He said, eyeing a bench, he walked over to it, pulling her with him. She sat on his lap, her legs over his, her arms around his neck as she looked at him, biting her lip.

He was so perfect. She wondered how he'd picked her to be with out of all the pretty girls—Ariana included. Though, she had a boyfriend she'd been with for three years now, so maybe that wouldn't have worked out as good as she thought it would've.

"I just miss him," She whispered, not realizing a tear was slipping down her cheek. Damn the weed. It made her emotional… well sometimes.

She put one of her hands on her lap, and he took it, playing with her fingers, he kissed her softly.

"I know." He whispered, his forehead against hers. "I'm sure he'll call you soon."

She had tears in her eyes as she kissed him again, nodding as she pulled back.

"Okay." She whispered, "I hope you're right."

He grinned, causing her to rolling her eyes, laughing a little when he wiped away a tear. "Whatever you say, Jogia." And with that, she laughed, as he looked at her.

"I'm always right."

"Sure, and cocky too."

He made a face, "I'm not that cocky."

She looked down, "Oh really?"

"Well, you're wearing short shorts…"

She laughed louder, "My god, you are a horny stoner hipster…does that even make any sense?"

She had an adorable look on her face, which only made Avan smile, "It does to me."

"Well, that's because you're stoned. We're both stoned." She lay her head on her chest, and he rubbed her back. She closed her eyes, "I'm so tired. You woke me up in the middle of the night, you're like… insane sometimes, you know that?"

"So I've heard."

"Hmph." She got more comfortable. "Please don't move, I'm really comfortable right now."

"Even though you're probably freezing your ass off?"

"It's worth it." She smiled, and played with his fingers.

"What if I am?"

"Still worth it."

He sighed, "Fiiiiineeee."

She lifted her head up, about to say something when he cut her off and kissed her instead.

Thanks goodness she totally forgot what she wanted to say, since once his lips were on hers, all she wanted was more.

And that's exactly what she was getting.

"Liz! Liz! Wake up! Liz!"

She groaned, rubbing her head as she looked around for her phone, which was blaring that obnoxious ringtone Ari and Matt had set up for her on a random bored day on set. She didn't know how or when, but she somehow ended up back in her bedroom, in her bed. Looking to her left, she noticed Avan was sleeping and immediately relaxed.

Until there was a knock on her door.

"Liz! Open up!"

Shit, her mother.

"Avan! Avan!" She whisper-yelled and he looked up at her, "My mom's outside the door, go in the closet."

He nodded, doing as she said, and she quickly unlocked the door—which somehow had gotten locked as well—letting her mother inside.

"What was going on in here?"

"Oh, nothing. I was just uhm… cleaning?" She looked down, her face flushed as her mother gave her a look.

"Alright well…I just wanted to tell you that I was leaving for the store. Do you need anything?"

Liz shook her head. "Nope, not at all. See you later!" She slammed the door, but then quickly opened it, realizing her mistake. Her parents always got on her and her brother whenever they'd done it when they were younger, so she knew to be respectful about it. "Sorry, I didn't mean to slam the door."

"That's okay. I'll see you later," Her mother said turning away.

Liz nodded, and then shut the door. Leaning against it, her closet door opened and Avan walked out.

"That was a close one," He said, picking up his t-shirt, he put it on.

"No shit." Liz tried to calm down, but found it was almost impossible. "If we get caught, by literally anyone, we are so done for."

He looked at her intensely and nodded, "I know." He walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her, he whispered, "I know."

And even though it was supposed to be somewhat reassuring, Liz didn't feel to reassured. She just hoped he was right earlier and that everything would turn out okay.

But knowing Avan was going to be by her side no matter what, she knew she'd get through it. No matter what happened.

Wasn't that so cute? Hope you enjoyed it.

Fun fact: I put the part with Liz's dad because my mom just recently told me things about my dad I never even realized.. so, yeah. I'm kind of upset about it. That and tomorrow is my stepdad's birthday.. but he passed away a year ago, so. Uhm, yeah.

Thanks for your kind reviews on my other stories, you seriously don't know how thankful I am for them. You guys rock.