"What the hell?" came a voice from Chester's back door. Both Andie and Chester knew immediately to whom it belonged. Andie growled and rolled her eyes, and Chester half-smiled.

Andie had just finished tying her top when Chester's girlfriend, Bridgette, slid open Chester's French doors, hands on her hips, eyebrow raised accusingly.

Instead of picking a fight, because that would have upset Chester, Andie smiled as widely as she could in Bridgette's presence and waved enthusiastically.

"How are you today, Bridgette?" Andie asked, ignoring Chester's disapproving glares. Without waiting for an answer, Andie continued on. "Chester and I were just saying goodbye, right, Chester?"

"Right," he confirmed, looking less worried about Andie's fake kindness. "See you later, Andie." He waved as Andie gathered her towel and flip-flops and shoved past Bridgette to get into Chester's house.

Chester and Bridgette had been dating for three months and Chester was the only one who liked her. Everyone else – Andie, Ryan, Dom, Andrew, Andy, Victor, JR, even Steve the Cat – couldn't stand her. She was rude, obsessive, clingy, and just downright mean. What Chester saw in her, none of them could figure out.

Andie was fuming by the time she got into her car, and just as she was leaving, Ryan was pulling up with Tyra in the passenger seat. Tyra and Ryan had been dating for a month and, unlike Bridgette, everyone adored her. She was sweet, caring, kind, and very good for Ryan. He needed someone like that to keep him grounded, to show him that not all girls were bad. He'd had quite a few bad relationships in the past, but he and Tyra seemed nothing short of perfect. Ryan walked up beside Andie's car, with Tyra at his side.

"What's up?" he asked, noting that Andie always chewed on the inside of her cheek when she was angry.

"The she-devil is here, that's what's up," Andie snapped, then winced when she realized her fingernails were digging into her palms.

Tyra groaned quietly. She had met Bridgette once, and even Tyra had hated her, which was saying something, as Tyra found the good in everyone. Not even Bridgette could get her seal of approval. Ryan rubbed the back of his neck and sighed.

"I guess we'll come back later," Ryan said, and he and Tyra got back in Ryan's car and pulled away.

All of the guys had been keeping their distance from Chester whenever they knew Bridgette was around, even if that meant rescheduling or cancelling collabs or just not hanging out. Andie had been sticking it out because Chester was her best friend, but it was getting harder and harder to have her hang-out time with Chester cut short by the she-devil.

Andie shook her head and dialed the one number she knew would make her feel better.

"And she wouldn't even move so you could get in the house?"

"You have no idea. I was tempted to just punch her in the stomach so I could get past her, but I just settled for pushing her… Gently! Calm down! I didn't injure the woman!"

Andy Lange laughed at Andie's reaction to his accusatory eyebrow raise. They had known each other longer Andie and Chester had known each other. They had met in high school when they had Psychology together and the teacher would always say their name and they'd both answer. They'd laugh out of courtesy at first, but they had started hanging out soon thereafter and realized they had much in common. They stayed friends through college, which was when Andy had introduced Chester to Andie. They had hit it off immediately, but Andie never forgot her immeasurable friendship with Andy.

"Did Chester say anything to you?" Andy asked. He was worried about his friend. He didn't like what Bridgette was doing to him.

"I believe he, while smiling idiotically at the she-devil, said 'see you later'," Andie seethed. She still couldn't get over how Chester turned into a hormonal teenage boy instead of a twenty-eight year old, grown man.

Andy shook his head. "What a dumbass."

Andie laughed. "Well said." She winked at Andy, then told him she was going to head out. She had grocery shopping to do.

"Not to repeat Chester's words, but 'see you later'!" Andy laughed, and Andie rolled her eyes, smiling.

"See ya."

As he closed the front door behind Andie, he smiled to himself. Andy loved when she stopped over, even if it was just to complain about Chester. He loved the way her eyes crinked when she laughed, the way her hair was spiked up in just the perfect way. Most of all, he loved her.