"Anna, Anna come on wake-up," I stirred in my sleep, some weirdo trying to wake me up, I mean the voice was vaguely familiar, but other than that I was completely unsure of who it was, a guy definitely, or Lady Gaga. I kept my eyes closed tight as I felt the covers slide down my arm, the cold air prickling my skin and leaving goose bumps. Calloused fingers trailed over them making me shiver and hold myself tighter than I had been, "You're so cold I should've gotten you a blanket," holy shit, I was sharing a bed with this guy, whoever the hell this guy actually was, "Anna come on, I know you're awake, your forehead's all creased which means you're thinking,"
"Go away," I mumbled and the mystery dude chuckled,
"Wake up or I'll get Bradie to come and get you," a smirk appeared on my lips,
"How? Bradie doesn't live in my house,"
"Exactly, but he lives in mine, just across the hall," my eyes snapped open and I sat up; Andrew John Nicholi Clemmensen, how did I forget I was at his house? "You honestly forgot you were here didn't you?" I nodded and he rolled his eyes and piercing simultaneously,
"Do you remember last night?" I queried and he nodded,
"You?" I shrugged,
"Except the fact I slept the night at yours, in your clothes, other than that I'm all good," I stretched my arms above my head and heard my back crack like it does every morning and I heard Andy let out a low laugh, "What?"
"Just the fact you're acting like it's normal routine for you, being away from home all day and not seeming keen to go home," I smiled and let myself fall back onto the bed, my hair flipping in my face and getting more annoying as I rolled over to face him,
"That's because when it comes down to it I'd rather be anywhere but home," he frowned and pushed my hair behind my ear,
"Why's that?" I shrugged and grabbed a hold of his hand pushing it away from my face,
"Because there's no Tara, no yelling, it's happier away from home, every comes crashing down and something is guaranteed to go wrong… why am I telling you this? I don't even say this to Bryce or Tay," he smiled and kissed my cheek,
"Because you trust me I suppose, because you feel like I'll forget it because I'm some big rock star," I nodded, "But I won't, because I'm your friend and I feel forever in debt to what happened when we first met, now Anna, you should really get home," I groaned and rolled back over,
"No, I'm sleeping, and I like it better away from Tara, can't we do something?" I heard him move closer and could almost feel his presence right behind me,
"We as in with Bradie and Shaun or as in you and I?" I felt myself smile a little bit and was all too quick to wipe away my smirk,
"You and I and maybe Bradie, unless he'd rather play Kingdom Hearts and Call of Duty all day,"
"No, but he'll play Spyro and watch the Spiderman movies so I'm a clean slate today," I sat up and dragged myself out of his bed,
"Close your eyes again,"
Andy's P.O.V
I brought my hands to my eyes and inwardly sighed, she was beautiful, but I didn't want this friendship to end up like a soppy teenage girl fan fiction. Last night was tough for me, I wanted to hold her against me to feel the warmth; it was strange as it would be with anyone, sharing a bed but sleeping as far apart as possible. We were friends, we'd both made that clear in our minds, everyone expected something to happen, there to be a spark, and there was, a spark of happiness for her. It was weird to know she'd rather spend the day with me, stupid Andrew Clemmensen who she'd known properly for about two weeks, than with her own family, was that what teenage life was like know? "You can open your eyes," I removed my hands and she had a smile painted on her face, "Also, if we are to do something I want to at least get changed first," I nodded and pulled on a shirt and some jeans, she didn't care I was in my boxers with messy hair, all you had to do was look at photos from behind the scenes of Sway 2.0 to see the exact same thing.
"So Miss Montgomery, what time shall I pick you up?" she giggled and I saw her go a little tinge of pink in the cheeks,
"Whatever time pleases you Mr Clemmensen," I opened up the door and she walked out turning around before getting in her car,
"Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good night till it be morrow," She stared at me blankly for a few seconds,
"Did you just quote Shakespeare despite the fact it doesn't even apply to our situation?" I nodded and she rolled her eyes getting in, "Goodbye Andy," she yelled as she drove away,
"Goodbye gorgeous," I whispered even though she wouldn't have heard if I'd spoken normally anyway, and she never would hear those words escape my lips, for we were friends, mere friends and nothing more.
Anna's P.O.V
The weeks ticked by like always, every now and then I sleep at Tay's and us hanging out with the guys of Stack. We were into our first week of the holidays, Bryce was in Queensland with his family and Bradie had asked Tay and I to come to a festival they were performing at, I had to come up with a story sadly, because Taylor was grounded, something about her smashing a guitar over Mitchell's head during lunchtime… which I had sworn to pretend I never saw. He had it coming though, she doesn't let anyone insult me and get away with it, let alone insult her, I lay on my bed in my jeans and Superman shirt waiting for the guys, basically almost every shirt I owned had some sort of graphic or motif on it. My iPod was blasting My Chemical Romance's 'Destroya' at around volume twenty, enough to piss off Tara and the neighbours, Shaun was supposed to come pick me up in about half an hour, I checked my phone to see one new message from him, and yes, by now I had their numbers and addresses, they even trusted Taylor enough to give her Andrew's address.
Sorry I'm taking so long, Bradie's sitting in the back, you have to share haha I rolled my eyes and got up to fix my hair. I wasn't bothered to straighten it so it was all wavy and natural; it was kind of nice actually.
"Where do you think you're going?" I heard my parents query from the dining room,
"Out with friends, to a festival," Tara started laughing and all eyes darted to her,
"What friends? Your only friends are Taylor and Bryce,"
"Tara!" My mother shouted and I shot her a deadly glare, "Anna who are you going with?" I sighed, I might as well try the truth, and it wasn't like they'd believe it anyway,
"Andy, Shaun and Bradie," Tara rolled her eyes and Dad just stared at me,
"Anna... Tell us the truth," I smiled pleased with myself,
"I just did, Shaun will be here in a few minutes," Mum sighed,
"You better be telling the truth, if you're going out with Rhys again-" "MUM, no, he was an idiot and a psychopath and I'd rather not hear his name ever again!" anger boiled inside me; it happened whenever someone mentioned that scumbag. The doorbell rang and I smiled opening it up to see Andy wearing the Himynameis puzzle shirt and his ripped black skinny jeans,
"You can come in seeing as they don't believe I'm going out with you guys," he chuckled as I unlocked the screen door letting him inside,
"OH MY FUCKING GOD!"
"TARA!" both my parents shouted at once and I was pretty sure I looked pretty smug at that moment in time, "I guess we have no choice but to believe you know, what time will you be home?" my mother asked and I looked to Andrew,
"Depends, are you going school tomorrow?" I smiled and giggled,
"I think I'm required to sadly," I could sense my parents didn't approve of me considering skipping school to be with a guy four years older than me but they had no idea what a hell that place was,
"Then I'll have you home around nine because we'll end up going back to Shaun's again like the other time," my father coughed loudly and I turned to look at him,
"What other time Anna?" I chewed my lip,
"Well Taylor and I went to their album recording and I also went shopping with them the day after the concert, not to mention spoken to the three of them either via text or Twitter nearly every day..." he groaned and I tried my best to look apologetic,
"Just let us know from now on in case we need to reach you," I smiled and nodded, outside the car horn blared due to Shaun's impatience and Andy and I laughed,
"We have to get going, sorry Mr and Mrs Montgomery... and Tara," he tagged on the end and grabbed my hand,
"Bye Mum, bye Dad, pest," I caught a glimpse of her still in shock before being dragged to the car and leaping in the backseat next to Bradie, "SPIDERMAN," I shouted at the top of my lungs and saw him flinch,
"Jeez Anna, make me have a heart-attack why don't you?" I nodded energetically and laughed,
"Sorry Bradiekins, I didn't mean to scare you too much," he shrugged as Shaun turned on the stereo, a mix tape of Blink and Good Charlotte was in, the occasional Green Day or All Time Low as well, I think I even heard Queen once…