She is beautiful, and spectacular, and funny, and she gets excited over the smallest things. The truth is that she is my brothers best friend. He came to me and admitted that he had feelings for her.
"Riker?" He said.
"What's up man?" I asked him.
"I think I like Laura..." My fists tightened by my sides but I had to keep calm and act like it didn't bother me.
"What about Maia? What happened to her?" I asked.
"She is great and nice and amazing, but..." I looked at him.
"But what?" I looked at him.
He averted his gaze. "She's not Laura."
"So? Maia and you are so cute together!" I said.
I know it is wrong to try to keep my brother away from his crush, but I really like Laura. I can't help it.
"If you like Maia so much, then why don't you date her Riker? I'm not interested." He snapped.
I raised my hands up in defense, "She's not my type. Anyways, I have my eye on someone else."
A smirk came on his face. Oh know! Why the heck did I say that!? "Who's the girl Riker?"
"She's a- a friend?" I studdered, scratching my neck nervously.
"What's her name?"
"Um, Ally!" I said.
"Ally? Let me guess, she has a boyfriend named Austin." He joked.
"Ha Ha, no." I said rolling my eyes before changing the subject, "Anyways, what are you going to do about Laura? She already has a boyfriend." I said bitterly thinking about the scum bag that she is with now.
"I don't know. That is why I came to you." Oh no!
"What do you need me for?" I asked.
"Take her out to dinner, and through the whole dinner, talk about me. Get her mind off of that dirt bag!" He said. I was all for taking her out to dinner, but discussing Ross through the whole dinner? Not good for me.
"Okay, I will do it." I agreed knowing darn well that maybe I will discuss Ross, but there is no way that I will talk about him through the whole dinner. I wanna learn more about Laura, not talk about Ross the whole time.
His eyes widened in surprise, "You will?"
I nodded my head. He actually hugged me! "Thank you soooo much!"
I could already feel my face turning blue,"Can't...breathe!" He quickly pulled away.
"Sorry man. But seriously, I owe you, big time!" And walked out.
"You sure do..." I muttered.
So that is how I got here, thinking about her and only her. "Mom! I'm going out for a walk!" I shouted.
"Okay honey!" I walked out of the house and headed to Laura's with the directions Ross slipped into my jacket pocket.
I knocked on her door and I heard sniffling. "Coming." The door suddenly opened, and I didn't see that bright smile and happy eyes... Her smile was gone and her eyes were red and puffy. My heart ached for her.
"Riker?" She asked.
"Sorry, did I come at a bad time?" She shook her head no and then said, "Come in."
I walked in and sat down on the couch beside her, "Why are you here? No offense."
I just looked at her and didn't reply, before I knew what I was doing, I wrapped my arms around her. She buried her face in my neck and started crying. "It's okay... It's okay."
Feeling her in my arms made me feel like I was there to protect her... It made me feel whole.
After a few minutes, she pulled away and said, "I'm sorry."
I pulled her towards me, "It is fine. I am here for you Laura... If you need to talk about this, you can."
She nodded her head, "I- It's Mason, this is probably stupid to cry over, but we were supposed to see a movie and then go out to dinner, and next thing you know, he cancels on me again!" She said.
"Well, maybe he has an emergency or something." I said trying to make her feel better.
"Every time we plan something? He doesn't even give me an explanation. Here, look at the texts!" She said and handed me her phone.
Monday, June 1st at 5:00 pm
Laura: What should I wear for our surprise date tonight?
Mason: Can't do it tonight.
Tuesday, June 2nd at 9:00 pm
Laura: Hey, not to be a bother, but you're kind of late. Are you okay?
Mason: God woman! Stop being so clingy!
Wednesday, June 3rd at 12:00 pm
Laura: I thought we would meet for lunch.
Mason: Sorry. Busy.
Thursday, June 4th at 7:00 pm
Laura: Is everything okay between us? You've been kind of distant lately.
Mason: I know I have. I'm sorry, it's just that work has been in the way, I promise that tomorrow night I will take you out on a surprise date.
Laura: Okay Mase! Love you! :D
Mason: I know
Today at 8:00 pm
Laura: Where are you? We were supposed to meet up.
Mason: I can't do it tonight.
Laura: But you promised.
Mason: I know.
Laura: What's up with you? Why can't you keep your promises?
Mason: I gtg bye.
Laura: MASON!
So that's why she was crying! I felt anger rise up inside of me and I got so mad, I could rip his head off in an instant! "Laura, you don't need him! Let's go see a movie and then have dinner. Ignore him if he tries to text you. Get on without him."
"You sure you won't mind taking me out?" She asked.
"I definitely won't mind." There is no way in heck that tonight, I am talking about Ross. We are talking about her, not him. "What do you want to go see?" I asked her.
"How about Pitch Perfect 2?" She asked with those eyes that you can't say no to.
"Sure." I replied.
"Ugh! I look like a mess! I need to go reapply." She said and headed towards her room.
I caught her by the arm and turned her around and took her face in my hands and said, "You are the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen."
She blushed! She actually blushed!
"Ahem! Thank you." She cleared her throat.
"Now let's go to the movies." I said and we headed to my car.
"Can I turn on the radio?" She asked.
"Of course." I replied.
She went and turned it on. Then out of no where,
I can't wake up I'm living a nightmare
That keeps playing over again.
Locked in a room so hung up on you
And you're cool with just being friends
Left on the sidelines
Stuck at a red light
Waiting for my time
And I can't see
I was already singing along to it.
Why don't you love me?
Touch me, tell me I'm your everything
The air you breathe
And why don't you love me baby?
Open up your heart tonight
'cause I could be all that you need
ohhhhhhh
Why don't you love me?
I heard a voice singing along with me and I turned and looked at Laura
See I'm just too scared to tell you the truth
Cause my heart ache can't take anymore
Broken and bruised longing for you
And I don't know what I'm waiting for.
Left on the sidelines
Stuck at a red light I paused at a red light -Crazy right?-
Waiting for my time
And I can't see
Why don't you love me?
Touch me, tell me I'm your everything
The air you breathe
And why don't you love me baby?
Open up your heart tonight
'cause I could be all that you need
ohhhhhhh
Why don't you love me?
Why don't you give me a reason? She sang.
Please tell me the truth. I looked at her.
You know that I'll keep believing She looked at me.
Til I'm with you... We both sang together
I sang, Why don't you love me.
She looked at me, Kiss me
We started leaning in and then, *HONK* we jumped back as we realized that the light had turned green by then.
She was blushing and Lord knows that I was!
"Um... I should probably move." I said letting out a breath that I didn't know I was holding in.
"Yeah haha..." She chuckled letting out a breath too.
Then we started riding again.
Once we got to the movie theater I went up to the ticket booth. "Two tickets to Pitch Perfect 2 ma'am." I told the lady at the booth.
"I am not a woman." A deep voice greeted me.
"Oh... Sir." Laura chuckled behind me. I turned and threw her a glare. She immediately stopped chuckling.
"Here is your tickets." He said.
And we walked in the theater.
We walked out laughing so hard! She was in tears and holding her stomach. I had to catch my breath and wipe my eyes bye the time we were done laughing.
"Where do you want to go to eat?" I asked, my stomach growling even after inhaling half a bucket of popcorn.
"How can you be hungry? You practically ate all of the extra large bucket of popcorn!" She chuckled.
"Yeah... Sorry about that." I said.
"It's fine haha." She said.
"Anyway," She started, "How about Pizza Hut?" She asked.
"Sure!" I said.
When we got to Pizza Hut, she got a salad and we got a large pizza and sat at the table.
"So, how'd you like the movie?" She asked.
"Do these tears in my eyes answer your question?" I asked laughing.
She nodded and laughed too.
"So, what was your favorite dance on Dancing With The Stars?" She asked.
"Probably the quickstep. That was because we got the first," I put on a British accent, "Ten from Len." She chuckled.
"Mine was the jazz, A little Party Never Killed Nobody." She said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yup, it was hot." My eyes widened and my jaw dropped by hearing, Laura Marano saying that!
"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said that!" She said. I grabbed her hand.
"No don't be, nothing is as beautiful as you Laura. And whoever can't seen that, is stupid." She blushed and looked down.
We talked a little more, and then payed for our meal and headed back to her house.
When we got back to her place, I stopped at the door and she said, "Thank you Riker."
I looked in her eyes and said, "No, thank you for making this the best night of my life."
We both started leaning in and just as our lip were about to touch, she quickly jerked back, "I um, better go to bed. It is really late."
I nodded in agreement. I was surprised when she got on her tip toes and kissed me on the cheek, "I had a great time tonight."
I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face as I said, "Me too..." She smiled at me and went back into her house.
As I got back into my car, I realized something... I've got it bad for Laura Marano.
As soon as I got home, I looked to find everybody waiting in the kitchen for me.
"Where have you been?" Mom asked.
"I was out with Laura." I said, not wiping the smile off of my face.
"You had us worried sick honey!" She said.
"I'm sorry mom." I said and hugged her.
On the way to my room, Ross stopped me. "How'd it go?"
"Amazing!" I said. And went to my room. I changed and got into my bed, and let sleep take over me. That night, the only thing I dreamed about was Laura... I needed so much more of Laura. Then my brain came to realization, 'She loves Mason... Not you' I wiped that thought out of my head and feel back asleep.
