This made me giggle a few times.

Enjoy. It's story number four hidden on my computer.


"So, you're going to meet my dad tonight right?"

Ross slowly looked up from his guitar to see his girlfriend was standing above him, her eyebrow raised in question.

"Sorry what?"

"You forgot didn't you?" She sighed, dramatically sitting down right beside him on the couch. "You promised me you would meet my father tonight."

Shit, he did promise that.

"Okay…" He trailed off, he tried to think if he had anything to do that night and came up with nothing. Crap, that meant he really had to meet her father. He heard he was scary. Well, in an Italian mafia mobster kinda way.

"Great!" She smiled and kissed his cheek, "meet us at the cafe around seven." Before he could say anything else, she got up and left the room. He opened his mouth to say something, but it was pointless as she couldn't hear him anymore.

"Gonna meet the girlfriend's dad tonight?" He heard and then looked at the doorway to see his brother, Rocky standing there.

"How the hell did you even, actually, never mind. I'm not going to question you." Ross shook his head and then continued to strum a few chords.

"I just got here and overheard the conversation, wasn't that complicated bro." He walked in and then sat down next to him. "So, is Papa Marano gonna like kill you for deflowering his daughter?"

"What? No!" Ross looked at his brother like he was insane. "He doesn't know we're… sexually active." He blinked, mumbling the words and awkwardly looked away.

"You are so done for, bro." Rocky laughed at him and Ross sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Dude, I have the Ross factor."

Rocky looked at him, his eyebrow raised in question, "the Ross factor? The hell is that?"

"Everyone loves me, I'm Ross Lynch. Austin Moon. Brady… he doesn't have a last name or at least it hasn't been determined yet, but anyway," He paused, "people love me. Fans, Calum, Raini, Laura, Rydel, our brothers, mom, dad, you for some strange reason…" He trailed off and Rocky stuck his tongue out at him. He laughed. "I got this."

"No Sir Thinks He's Got Swag, you don't know him."

"Yet." Ross pointed out, he put his guitar down and ran his fingers through his hair.

"You seem pretty confident, so I'm just going to leave you with this advice, don't mention sex." With one last wink, Rocky left the room, shouting that he was going to go bother Calum and Ross just watched him leave, blinking his eyes in confusion.


"Sorry I'm late," Ross rushed into the cafe, right to the table where he saw Laura was sitting across from who he guessed was her father.

"Yeah why are you late?" Laura asked and he opened his mouth to speak, but she shook her head, holding her hand up, as he sat down beside her. "it doesn't matter, you're here now."

He nodded and reached his hand forward, "Hey I'm Ross." He said.

Laura's father shook his hand, "Damiano."

"Oh cool, so can I call you Damiano?" He asked.

"Call me Mr. Marano." Ross blinked and slowly nodded, looking at Laura.

"Right yeah, no problem." He answered back.

"So um, dad did you know Ross is in a band? With his sister, brothers and a friend. They're really good." Laura said.

"You've been to his concerts?"

She nodded, "a few I'd say, yes."

"What instrument do you play?" Damiano asked him.

"Guitar and I sing lead." Ross answered.

"Why are you in a band with your siblings?"

He shrugged, "we kinda started it a few years ago. But we've always been super close and um, yeah." He looked away awkwardly.

"Dad be nice." Laura said quietly.

"Right, um, so should we uh, order?" Ross asked reaching for a menu.

That's when everything happened in slow motion.

His hand accidentally knocked over the glass of ice cold water and it spilled all over Damiano's lap. His hands immediately went to his mouth and his eyes widened in surprise as Laura gasped.

"I am so sorry!" He said.

"You got water all over my lap!" He didn't sound too happy about that.

He got napkins and quickly got up to help clean him when Damiano just shook his head.

"No, that's fine!" He curtly told him and with that got up out of the booth and rushed off towards the bathroom.

Ross sat down beside Laura.

"Well that went horribly….wrong!" She threw her hand in the air and looked at him.

He just sighed and looked down at his hands.

Now he knew there was one person on earth who apparently didn't like him.


"Is your dad still pissed over what happened?" Ross asked Laura the next day at work.

She shrugged, "he's not angry he's just… yeah he's angry."

Ross sighed, "I didn't mean to spill the water all over him. It was an accident."

"Don't worry." Laura assured him, her hand going to his cheek. "He's just… tough, you know? He'll come around, eventually." She gave him a small smile of reassurance.

"Dude, he's not going to like hire a hit man and kill me is he?"

She blinked, "why would he do that?"

Ross smiled uneasily, "no reason. I have to go… pee." He told her and with that turned around and ran into his dressing room.

"You're dating a weirdo, you do know that right?" She turned to see Raini was standing beside her.

Laura grinned, "yeah, but he's my weirdo."


Playing the piano was fun, Ross realized.

But wasn't fun was when your sister pushed you off the bench all the way until you hit the floor so that she could practice.

That part kinda sucked.

"Was that necessary?" Ross asked and Rydel just smiled at him.

"Very, what's up your butt?" She asked him as she pressed down on the keyes. "You normally don't play the piano unless you're depressed or pondering about life."

"I'm not depressed," Ross muttered, "though I might have a mild concussion." He rubbed his head for effect.

"Oh, don't be a baby. Get your ass back up here and tell me what's going on." Rydel said and Ross glared at her as he stood up and sat down beside her.

"I met Laura's father the other day."

"Oh? And how did it go?"

"Horrible. Terrible. Awful. Any other synonym you could possibly think of, just throw in there." He laid his head down on the piano, crushing a few keyes and let out a miserable noise.

"Oh buck up, Rossy Shor." Rydel smiled and patted the back of his neck. "You're worried for nothing. I'm sure he'll come around."

"Yeah." He answered, his voice a bit muffled. "When he hires a hit man to kill me."

Her eyes widened, "does he know you both are sexually active?"

Ross lifted his head up, "why does everyone ask me that?" He wondered.

"Because we can hear you." She responded back, "be a bit quieter and then maybe you won't get so many damn questions."

"No, he doesn't know we're sexually active." Ross responded, his tone flat and dull.

"Then why would he hire a hit man to kill you?"

"Cuz I spilled ice cold water all over his lap, pants… dude, I might have made it hard for him to… ya know."

Rydel made a face, "do you really want to think about your girlfriend's father having sex?"

Ross shuddered, "oh god, I think I'm gonna barf."

"Okay, so… thanks for that, but here's what you need to do. Find a common interest and bond with him over it." She said. "What does he like?"

"I have no idea. Apparently not music or instruments cuz he grilled me on the band when Laura mentioned it. Didn't look too impressed."

"He was probably very impressed but acted like he wasn't to scare the shit out of you," Rydel reasoned. "Try again or find something else to talk about that he likes."

"Okay, but how? Didn't we establish already that he hates me?"

She nodded, "point taken. Try anyways."

"I really hope your advice is better than Rocky's. Last time I took advice from a sibling it failed."

"Oh trust me," Rydel assured him with a pat to his back, "my advice is much better."

"Why do you say that?"

"Cuz I'm a girl, duh." She responded and with that, turned her attention back to the piano. Ross just gave her a look, but she ignored it.

Typical Rydel, he thought.


"Laura, Laura! Yay! I'm glad I caught you." Ross said as soon as he saw his girlfriend. He grabbed her wrist and spun her around.

"I wasn't far, I mean, we're going to end up in the same place in like literally two minutes. We're shooting a scene together, remember? Austin? Ally?" She pointed at him and then at herself.

"Right yeah, anyway, I need you to do me a favour."

"It doesn't involve food does it?"

"No why?"

"No reason!" She smiled at him, "what's the favour?"

"I need you to set up an… outing with your dad." He said.

"What like a date? You want to go on a date with my dad?" Laura didn't look too amused. "You do realize he already doesnt like you right?"

He nodded, waving off her concern. "Yes, but I just want another chance to prove to him that I'm not some crazy teenager that spills ice cold water and prevents you from future activities in bed."

She blinked, "I'm sorry, what?"

"Nevermind. Just set up a date with her your dad okay? Thanks! Love you!" He kissed her and with that was gone.

"What the hell just happened?" She asked herself and then after realizing she was talking to no body, she quickly hurried down the hall and into her dressing room.


"This is nice a little father daughter bonding time…" Laura trailed off as she stuck her fork in her salad and ate it. She looked up at her father and smiled.

The door behind him opened and Ross walked through a smile on his face. He looked over at Laura and she waved, a smile on her face. He sat down beside her and gave her a sweet hug and kiss on the top of her head.

"Hey, Mr. Marano." Ross said.

Damiano looked at his daughter, "what's he doing here?"

Laura sighed, "he's my boyfriend, dad. I really like him, so please give him another chance." She looked at him with her pleading puppy dog eyes (the one's Ross tried to use on her constantly, but never worked on her anymore).

He sighed, "fine."

"Let's start over?" Ross suggested and he nodded. "Okay, I'm Ross."

"I'm Damiano, but you can call me Mr. Marano."

Ross nodded. "Right, uh, well, what are um, some things you're interested in?" Wow, that was smooth. He thought. Good going, Lynch.

"I enjoy football." He answered and Ross' eyes lit up.

"Dude, I love football! My whole family does. Well, actually we like hockey more since we're from Colorado and grew up playing it-"

"You're not from here?" Damiano interrupted him and he shook his head.

"I'm from Littleton." He answered, "I moved out here actually for my brother and we kinda all just followed him. We wanted to be actors and dancers and singers too."

"Yeah, you should see his sister dance, she's amazing." Laura said. "Not like me." To emphasize she clapped her hands and then did the Ally dance. Her father and Ross laughed and she smiled, happy that they had something in common to laugh at.

"Who's your favourite team?" Damiano asked Ross, "in football. Or hockey?"

"Broncos, you?"

"I'm a fan of the 49ers, I guess since I live in California. I don't know much about the teams."

Ross nodded, "not bad. As for Hockey I like the Colorado team, the Kings… Canada's not so bad either."

"How often do you play? As busy as you are I assume not too much."

"Yeah not as often as I would like to these days, but I love what I do, so I'm not complaining." Ross leaned back, putting his arm on the back of the booth. He looked at Laura and smiled. She looked back at him and smiled back.

"That was cute," Damiano admitted. "I see you guys really care for each other."

Laura nodded, "duh, daddy."

Ross laughed.

"You're gonna take good care of her?" Damiano asked Ross.

Ross nodded, his arm going around Laura's shoulders he pulled her closer. "Absolutely."

"I like him," Damiano smiled at his daughter and Laura blinked as Ross just smiled.

She hugged Ross and then went over to the other side of the booth to hug her father.

"Good, because that's what's most important to me, that my dad and boyfriend get along." She said and Damiano nodded hugging her again.

Ross just smiled to himself.

He hadn't lost his Ross factor at all.


"I did it, I got her father to like me," Ross said walking into the living room where Rocky, Rydel, Ellington, Riker and Ryland were watching tv. "And by her I mean Laura."

"No shit," Rocky responded, "that's cool though."

Ross nodded. "It wasn't easy, but I did it."

"You found a common interest?" Rydel asked him and he nodded.

"Football… he asked about Hockey."

"So, sports?" Ellington asked.

Ross nodded again and then Laura entered the living room.

"Where were you?" Rocky asked her.

"Bathroom," She responded. She felt her stone age flip phone vibrate in her pocket and pulled it out to see a text from her father. "Oh, Ross, my dad wants you to meet him at the cafe."

"But we just got back from there." He answered, confused.

She shrugged, "not sure what it's for, but let's go."

He waved goodbye and with that left the house again.

"Good luck!" His siblings shouted.


"What are we back here for?" Laura asked her father.

"I wanted to ask, Ross, if he would like to play a game of laser tag with me."

Ross and Laura looked at each other, "laser tag?" They repeated at the same time.

"Wait," Laura raised her hand in a stop motion. "Is this for that tournament with Lisa and her mother?"

He nodded.

"We're supposed to do that together!" Laura stomped her foot. Ross looked at her amused.

"Don't you have some homework to do?" Damiano asked her.

"Yeah, Ms. I'm Still In High School," Ross teased and she turned towards him to glare at him.

"I, you, both, what?" Laura frustratedly tried to speak, but couldn't.

Ross moved his fingers in a walking motion and then pointed towards the door. Her father nodded and she threw her hands up in surrender and with that, walked off.

Ross turned to Damiano and high fived him.

"For the record, I love laser tag." He said and with that went off to go bond with his girlfriend's father.

Even he though he thought it was a bit strange, but hey, whatever helps him not hate him, he was all for.


"Laser tag?" Rydel demanded as soon as he walked into the house. "You played laser tag with her father?"

"How could you possibly know that already?" Ross asked her as she lifted her phone to read a tweet from Laura.

"My father and boyfriend are playing laser tag together without me. Hashtag, what is going on and then a few question marks and confused smileys." She paused, "oh and she's here, but upstairs watching Ellington get a few times in Grand Theft Auto."

His phone went off then and he pulled it out to see he had a text from Maia. He read it out loud, "Laser tag with her father? Are you serious?" He looked up at his sister, "okay so the whole world knows I bonded with her father, big deal. Laser tag is awesome."

"She wasn't even there!" Rydel threw her hands in the air.

"So? I went on a date with her father, again, big deal. He likes me now. That's what's most important."

"He's right about that," He heard and turned to see Laura was standing in the doorway. She looked at Rydel, "I was bored waiting for you to come up with the popcorn, so I came down here. Rocky is killing it by the way." She said and walked further into the room.

"Yeah, it's like Laura is close with mom, you know? Same shit." He blinked, "wait, did you just say I was right?"

"Yes." she said, her arms wrapping around his waist to hug him, she looked up at him. "Though it is weird that you pretty much went on a date with my father, I'm glad he likes you and that you're both getting along."

He wrapped his arms around her and she let go of him so she could jump up and wrap her legs around his waist and arms around his neck.

"And that's my cue to leave," Rydel said, exiting the room.

She leaned her forehead against Ross'.

"I did hang out with your dad today, but there's something I can't do with him that I can and would much rather do with you," He said and Laura looked at him in curiosity. He just leaned in and pressed his lips against hers and she smiled, kissing him back.

"Yeah, you kissing my dad would be a little weird," She agreed and then pressed her lips against his again, kissing him deeper than the last time.

"Hey, where's Ryland?" He randomly asked her.

"In Riker and Rocky's room, watching the video game marathon." She said and he grinned.

"Perfect." And with that he gently put her back on the ground and then grabbed her wrist, pulling her with him up the stairs to his room. He closed and locked the door and then went to lie down on the bed. She soon joined him, laying down right beside him, but he soon was on top of her.

He kissed her again and she wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him and hugging him closer.

Soon his shirt was off and her dress was on the ground and they were doing the one thing they both knew her father would never approve of. But, he figured, keeping a secret from his newfound friend was probably the smartest way to go if he wanted to live.


"Hey, Ross." Laura greeted him with a kiss as soon as he walked into her dressing room a few days later. He sat down and she smiled at him.

"Why are you smiling at me like that?"

"Well, now that you and my dad are like best buddies, my parents want to meet yours. So, we have to plan a dinner." She said.

"A dinner? With you, me, my parents and yours?"

She nodded.

"Seriously?" He whined.

She shrugged, "we're dating, they feel it's pretty appropriate."

"Yeah, but my dad and your dad in the same room? I mean they've never met each other, but…" He trailed off and Laura glared at him.

"We're doing the dinner." She said and then stood up to get her script so they could go over their lines.

"Oh yay, great."

He could hardly wait. Sarcasm intended.

Pretty soon, they were going to have to do a family dinner with his siblings and her sister. And with Rocky there… it was definitely going to get interesting.

He sighed.

Now the fun would really begin.


Oh yeah. This happened. Poor Ross.

Reviews would be awesome, oh and tell me if you want me to continue it with a family dinner... I might. Just saying. Might continue it.

No promises it'll be soon though. I'm still trying to finish the chapters for the other stories.