Okay, this is going to be two chapters. It was getting kinda long, so I had to cut it in half.

The next part will be up soon. The rating might change so... you were warned.

Laura looked up from the script she was reading and took a deep breath. It was the script where Ally and Austin kissed. She had to kiss Ross.

That thought alone made her want to hyperventilate and pass out all at once.

But it also made her kinda excited.

It wasn't like she hadn't kissed a guy before. She'd kissed a ton of guys. She had experience.

So did he. It felt like every time she heard about him on tour or just in general, he had kissed or hooked up with a new girl.

She was beginning to wonder what it would be like to be one of those many girls he'd been with, but then again, she always wanted to be different. She hated being even close to similar to anybody else.

Luckily she wasn't dating anyone and as far as she knew, Ross wasn't either.

So, maybe kissing him wouldn't be as bad as she thought it would be.

Even if it made her want to hyperventilate and pass out.

"Are you nervous?" Raini asked her and Laura shook her head.

"Not totally, I mean it's a kiss right? Just a kiss."

"Right," Raini nodded, "just a kiss."

"Okay, that was very cryptic, if you know something, you better tell me what it is," Laura said, but Raini shook her head.

"I honestly and truly know nothing."

"Liar."

Raini just grinned, "I'm a truther."

"That's not even a word."

"I just made it one, anyway, got to go do… sisterly duties, bye!" She blew her kiss and with that was gone.

Laura just sighed and continued to pack her things up to go home.

She was home alone which was a first.

Her parents and sister were all out and she wasn't alone.

She was with Jake, her date for the evening and they were watching a movie.

They were about halfway through it when she heard the sound of frantic knocking on the door. She ignored it at first, but then it continued and she sighed.

"Will you excuse me? I have to go get that."

"Yeah, totally, sure." Jake answered and she sighed. He wasn't really too talkative and he was kind of annoying, but she did somewhat like him, otherwise she wouldn't have agreed to go on the date. She made a mental note to smack her friend, Katie in the head when she saw her at school in a few days.

Mumbling to herself, she walked to the door and opened it to reveal Ross on the other side of it. He looked at her. "What are you doing here?"

"I need to hide."

She raised an eyebrow. "Hide? From who? And why would you come here of all places?"

"Because my house kinda far and you're here and it's super helpful, can you let me in?" He asked her, just as someone yelled his name. "Laura!" He looked at her wide-eyed and she finally relented, opening the door for him, he quickly walked in and then she closed it.

"Don't go in there," She pointed to the living room, "I'm sort of on a date and-"

"Oh, there's a guy here? Cool!" He said and without even listening to a word she said, he walked into the living room. "Sup dude, I'm Ross." He held his hand out towards him.

"Who's this guy?" Jake asked her.

"He's my friend, Ross, and he was just going into the other room." She looked pointedly at Ross and he waved her off.

"Who's this guy? He didn't even shake my hand." Ross said and that she had to agree was a little bizarre, on Jake's part, not so much on Ross' for showing up out of nowhere and crashing the date.

"He's Jake, he's my date and you're going into the kitchen," Laura pushed him into the other room, just as Jake stood up. "No, stay, I'll be right back."

Jake shook his head, "nah, I gotta get home anyway, got a huge test to study for. See ya later." With that he just left and Ross came back, a look of amusement on his face.

"You sure know how to pick them, Laura." He said and Laura turned, glaring at him.

"Look who's talking. Why were you hiding from that girl?"

"I went on a date with her," Ross answered as they entered the kitchen and Laura handed him a soda. He opened it, "she was kinda crazy and I didn't want her to know where I lived so I came here."

"And gave her the idea of where I live?"

"She doesn't know who's house this is, for all she knows it's my cousin's or some shit."

Laura's response was to roll her eyes. He took a sip of his drink and studied her.

"So uh, sorry for ruining your date.. he any good?"

"Any good?"

"Yeah you know at…" He motioned with his hands to his lower body and her eyes widened, her cheeks turning pink. "You can't seriously be embarrassed about that, we're eighteen, legal adults, come on, Laura."

She fought the urge to huff out a sigh of annoyance.

"Look, Ross, it's complicated and-"

"What, you've never been with anyone who's good?"

"No, I've never-"

"You've never had sex?" He asked and she was silent. He had a huge smile on his face. "No fucking way!"

"Yeah say it louder, I'd like the whole neighborhood to know." She muttered sarcastically.

"Dude, you've been missing out." Ross said, taking another sip from his soda.

"Dude," She mocked him, "I haven't found the right guy yet."

"Dude," He repeated purposely just to annoy her and upon seeing the look on her face, knew he succeeded. "Maybe you need a first to show all the other guys what to do and what you're missing out on."

"Who? You?" She asked him.

He shrugged, "I'd say I'm pretty good."

"Yeah, I know, so I keep hearing."

"How? You don't even have a twitter account," Ross responded back.

"I like to keep my personal life private, unlike some people. Do you know how many people would hate on me and how many people would judge me because-"

"Lala, I stopped listening after I like," Ross responded back.

"Have I mentioned how sweet you are?" She asked him.

"Many times, yeah." He said and then he walked into the living room, getting comfortable he put his feet on the table. She sighed loudly and followed him. She looked at the table, noticing there was popcorn everywhere but didn't feel like cleaning it. "Look, you need to get laid at some point in your life okay? Because it feels good and you won't be so up tight anymore."

"I've had sex before genius." She told him.

"With who? The most inexperienced dude in the history of the world?" He scoffed and she bit her lip to keep from tearing up at the fact that he didn't remember their night when they were about fifteen. Though they had both gotten drunk, he was way worse than she was and didn't even remember it the next morning. It was a secret she had kept to herself for the last three years. The fact that they had lost their virginities to each other.

"Something like that," She finally answered, taking a sip of her soda and wishing it was beer.

He studied her for a few moments, "okay. I'll make a deal with you, since again, you're so uptight, offense," He added and she rolled her eyes. "I'm going to make you less uptight and the first thing we're going to do, is loosen you up a bit."

"Oh yeah? How?"

"Well, for one, you and I have to kiss next week when we shoot the new episode so… let's try something right now." He said and she nodded. He scooted closer to her and she felt her heart leap up to her mouth. He was so close, she could see the green in his eyes. "How do you feel right now?"

"Nervous, scared and a little intimidated." She said.

"See? You gotta loosen up!" Ross leaned over, putting his drink down on the table, he put his hands on her shoulders and then moved even closer. "How about now?"

"Um…I don't…this is…um…"

Ross sighed, "we've got a lot of work to do." He looked at her, "oh and we start tomorrow night, be prepared."

She really had no idea what she was getting herself into and was a bit afraid to find out.

"Hey, Laura."

"Sup, Laura."

And many other forms of greetings were thrown her way as soon as she walked up the pathway to the front door of the Lynch home. Apparently they were all leaving as they were getting into the van one by one.

"Where are you all-"

"Movie." Rydel answered, she blew her a kiss, "and we're late!"

"Ross isn't going with you?"

"He's not really feelin' it." Ellington answered her, "whatever, you two have fun tonight."

"But not too much." Rocky winked at her and she rolled her eyes. Ross had texted her after work that day to come over, so she just said sure and that was where she was now.

"Good, you're here, ignore them." Ross said, grabbing her wrist, he pulled her inside with him.

"Why are we-"

"Use your imagination." He said, "and don't freak out."

"Imagination? What?"

He looked around for something and then grabbed his keyes, holding them up, he motioned for her to follow him.

"I'm scared."

"Don't be." He answered back, he opened the door for her to get into the car and she smiled at him being a gentleman. Then he got into the driver's side and turned the car on.

"You would have your CD playing." She muttered and then smiled, singing along, "like damn, you could be the one that could mess me up, you could be the one that could break me damn."

"And we're changing that right now," He popped it out and put in a new one, and she relaxed against the seat.

"Where are you taking me?"

"A basketball court." He answered.

"Basketball? Are you trying to get me killed?"

"The thought did cross my mind," He cryptically answered and she smacked him. He laughed, "no, I'm kidding, we're just gonna play something called strip basketball." He pointedly looked behind him for a quick second. "I have a basketball right there."

"And we're going to play strip basketball in public?" He nodded.

"Affirmative."

"Who even says that?"

"Cool people like me."

She rolled her eyes.

"Whatever, pain in my ass."

He just grinned.

"I can't believe I'm actually doing this. What if someone comes in?"

"That's the whole point." Ross answered. "You don't have to do it, if you don't want to."

She stared hard at him, "no, I want to."

"Oh, bold Laura, Ross likes." He winked at her and she rolled her eyes.

"Whatever, what are the rules?"

"Simple, it's like Horse, really. You throw in the ball a certain way and make it, then I have to do the same or I lose an article of clothing and vise versa. First one to either be in just their underwear or gets all the letters of Horse, loses."

She nodded, she knew that game well.

"Okay, but let's not use the word horse, let's use a different one and make it interesting."

He nodded, "alright, what word do you have in mind?"

"First one to get Louder, loses." She grinned at the look on his face.

"Using my album name against me? Smooth Marano, smooth. I'll give you that one."

She just held her hands up and smirked, "bring it, Lynch."

"Oh," He said, smirking back at her, "it's so on."

Laura stood in her spot and threw the ball into the hoop, she missed and then Ross did it from where he stood.

"Okay, do exactly what I just did." He said and she nodded. She positioned herself and then threw the ball into the hoop. She made it in and threw her hands up in victory.

"In your face!" She tapped her chest and then grinned.

"Alright, alright, that's a lucky shot, we've still got many more to go."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, just play." She said and he grinned at her, handing her the ball. "Will you do the honors?"

"I'd love to." She smiled and then stuck her tongue out at him as she grabbed the ball from him. Their fingers brushed and she felt a spark shoot through her body. She then shook her head and then stood where she was, throwing the ball in the air, she made it in the hoop. "Hell yeah! I'm actually doing better than I thought I would."

"Surprise to me too," Ross agreed and she rolled her eyes.

"Just do it."

He did and shot the ball, it missed and she cheered.

He rolled his eyes and took off his sweater. "Wow, that almost killed me."

She giggled, "I'm sure it did."

This time he shot and she tried to make it, but missed and it was his turn to cheer. She, however wasn't wearing a sweater, so she had to take off her shirt.

"I feel like I'm going to lose this game in two seconds."

"It's a possibility, but we both have L, now."

"Keep going." She challenged him.

They played for the next twenty minutes, making it and losing articles of clothing up until they were just in their underwear.

Laura immediately felt uncomfortable and since Ross had missed and had gotten the R, she had won the game. He looked over at her and noticed she had her arms over her chest and was cowering. He shook his head and walked over to her. He dropped the ball and ignored it rolling towards them as he walked towards her. He put his hands on her wrists and pulled apart her arms.

"Don't hide yourself, you're beautiful," He softly said and then he let go and held his hand up as though he hadn't said anything, "you're doing great!"

"Don't lie to me." Though, she said the statement, she really wasn't sure what she was referring to at that point. What he said or the fact that she was doing what she was doing.

"Laura, don't shy away now." He said, "I've seen you change your clothes a million times and if anyone were to walk in, it's literally the same thing as if you were wearing a bikini which, might I add, you've done a million times before already too."

"I'm not…shy." She muttered.

"Yes you are and it's okay." He said, "but the point of this was to make you bolder and more confident not… shyer."

"I just played strip basketball, horse, whatever. That has to be some kind of…record or something."

"It was impressive," Ross agreed and then it was silent for about five seconds. He grinned at her again and then pulled on her wrist, pulling her with him to another part of the building, running through it.

"Ross! Ross! What are you-" They stopped at a huge pool and she looked at him wide-eyed, "you're insane."

"So I've been told." He shrugged. "So, are you going to jump in?"

"Hell. No." She said and then turned around.

"Don't you want to loosen up and finally find the right guy?"

She was beginning to think he was crazy. But he had a point.

"Fine." She muttered, "only because I want to, not because you're peer pressuring me."

"Alright, I can live with that not guilt then." He grinned at her from the corner of his eye, and she just rolled her eyes. "Okay, count of three, one, two, three!" And then he took her hand and together, they jumped into the pool. She jumped to the surface and spit out water.

"ROSS!" She yelled.

He just grinned at her. "Love you too." He stuck his tongue out and she splashed him. He splashed her back and they just laughed as they continued to splash each other.

"So," Laura said as she floated on her back and stared up at the boring white ceiling. "Ross, I wanna ask you something."

"Shoot." He shrugged.

"You've been on countless dates, right?"

"I'd say so, yeah."

"So, who's your ideal girl?"

"A girl who can smile, talk a lot, laugh and have a good time and someone I can take home to my mother that she would love and approve of."

"You don't have a certain kind in your mind? Like one that none of us can be?"

He looked at her and she put her feet to the ground to look at him, just floating in the water a few inches from each other.

"The ideal girl. Tell me about her."

"You know… the kind of girl that you can tell your mother about, that you want to marry and love for the rest of your life. A girl who's flirty, sexy, boobs and an ass that are so big, you can see it from the moon. Smart, but not smarter than you and cooks and bakes with your mother. But when you're alone, she's the sexiest woman you've ever met in your life and will have sex with you in any position you want her to." She tilted her head, "that's like every guy's dream girl."

"Well, let me tell you something, Laura." Ross said, leaning in close to her. "That girl doesn't exist, because if she did, I'd be sleeping with her."

"Wow, you really know how to make a girl feel special." Laura rolled her eyes.

"You pretty much described a closet porn star."

"So? Isn't that what guys watch a lot of? Porn? And that's what you want? A porn star."

"Yeah, I agree with you, that's probably what a lot of guys out there want, but… that's not what I want. Not all girls have to have a nice ass and big boobs you know."

"Then, what do you want?" She asked him.

"I already told you," Ross answered and suddenly, they were close together. She tried not to think about how hot he looked shirtless and his hair messed up and wet the way it was. It was sexy and it was making her want him.

"Tell me again," She whispered and he shook his head.

"Not my fault you didn't pay attention the first time I said it." He whispered back and his hand went to her cheek. She leaned against it and looked up at him. He then leaned in closer and she found herself not wanting to stop him. Though, the feeling of wanting to hyperventilate and pass out at the same time came back for a brief moment, but she managed to calm herself down and convince herself that it was all good in three seconds. A record for her.

So, closing her eyes she let his lip brush against hers lightly, before a light was shining in her face and she suddenly didn't feel him there anymore.

"Hey!" She opened her eyes to see a security guard shining a light down on them. "This pool is closed, what do you think you two are doing here?"

Laura immediately jumped apart from Ross and nodded, getting out of the pool, she covered herself and looked at Ross.

"Take it easy, dude, we were just leaving."

"It didn't look like it."

Ross rolled his eyes, "we'll leave now, happy?" He took her hand in hers and pulled her with him back to the gym. She grabbed her clothes and put them on, ignoring that she had gotten them wet. Ross handed her his jacket and she gratefully took it, putting on and then he grabbed his ball, silently walking with her to the car.

The ride back to his house was silent and just when they pulled up, he noticed that his family was back.

"So um, I'm kinda tired, I'll see you tomorrow?" Laura asked and Ross nodded.

"Yeah, sounds good. Text me when you're home." She nodded, then they both got out of the car, shared an awkward hug and then Ross went inside the house, Laura going to her car. She closed the door and sat there for a moment, thinking about the almost kiss and let out a groan. He didn't remember that night and the last thing she wanted was to get hurt again. Remembering that they were going to kiss again next week, she let out another groan and slammed her head into the steering wheel.

Sometimes, being friends with someone like Ross, was tough. She wouldn't change it for anything, nor did she regret it. She just didn't want to get hurt again. But she did have a good idea of what she was going to wear the next day to work.

She'd show Ross she could loosen up and be bold.

Okay, she felt a little uneasy about this now.

Her hand was on her side and she walked into the studio to see that Ross was in the middle of a conversation with Calum, Ellington and Rocky when she walked in, deciding to just be casual about it.

She could do this, she could be bold.

Ellington was the first to see her and she put her finger to her lips as Ross' back was facing her. He nodded and then focused on what Ross was saying. Rocky saw her and she did the same thing. Then, she threw her arm around Ross' neck and giggled, hugging him tight.

"What-oh, hey Laura!" He hugged her and that was when she stepped back and he saw what she was wearing. She saw his eyes widen and his mouth drop open slightly. "You're-"

"I know." She giggled, twirling her hair around her finger. She had on a small black bralette (her boobs weren't that big to begin with), high waisted ripped jean shorts and a leather jacket. She had on black boots and her hair was curled. She also had on light make-up and red lipstick. She looked good and knew it.

"I see my lessons are working." He winked at her and smiled, "bold. Risky. Sexy. Ross likes." He winked at her again and she put her hand on his shoulder to keep from falling over. He was officially making her want him and the more he winked the more it made it true.

Especially since they almost kissed the night before and well, she wasn't going to go back to the past anymore if he didn't remember it.

"You betcha," She winked at him and with that, lightly slapped his cheek before walking away.

"Dude," Ellington looked at Ross who just nonchalantly turned to face him. "She's looking good."

"Hey, watch it, you've got a girlfriend, my sister, if I'm not mistaken," Rocky told him and Ellington just shrugged. "Anyway, Ross, you hit that yet?"

Ross' mouth dropped open, "dude! It's not even like that, we're not-no. That would be you know weird, with a capital W, italicized, underlined and size fifty font."

"I don't know if that exists, but just remember that's the same thing I said about me and Rydel and look where we are now." Ellington smiled at him. "It's inevitable dude, she wouldn't dress up like that for just anybody."

"Shut up, dude, you don't know what you're talking about. I'm just helping her loosen up a bit and I guess it's working."

"Okay, how do I say this in words you'll understand. She's into you, you're into her, fuck already and stop giving everyone so much anxiety. Got it? Cool, thanks." Rocky clicked his tongue and with that, walked off.

"You're wrong!" Ross shouted after him as Ellington and Calum followed him.

"I'm right! Bet you ten bucks!" Rocky called back.

"I second that!" Calum added.

"Whatever." Ross muttered to himself, knowing that Rocky was wrong. Though, there was a small part of him that wondered if Laura was up to something. Shrugging he just walked off and into his dressing room, where he picked up his script for the read-through they were going to have that afternoon, pushing any thoughts of Laura from his mind for the time being.

He already had lesson two all planned out.

Review and let me know if you want the next part. Hehe, it's gonna be awesome! Oh and Ross doesn't know about what Laura's hiding from him. He'll figure it out soon though, don't worry :)