A/N: I originally did plan on making a part deux... Better late than never! I blame Ross finally getting a haircut, the livestream, and random bursts of inspiration. I've also been feeling really anxious and panicky lately and I found that writing a bit was helping me calm down.
Although, waiting for you guys to read this and letting me know what you think is making me anxious all over again. So please, please review and let me know because I love you all and you're all awesome.
I'm hoping to have a few more one-shots before the end of the year but if it takes me forever (which it probably will), I hope you guys have a fantastic holiday!
So without further ado, here is part two.
I'm such a poet and I didn't even know it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything and all the mistakes are mine. Soz.
'Rumours have been escalating that former Disney Stars, Ross Lynch and Laura Marano have gotten hitched a few days ago in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both Lynch and Marano were on the hit Disney Channel show Austin & Ally and the duo had dated for quite some time, going public during the filming of Austin & Ally Season 4, before breaking it off mutually mid-2016. Sources state that the pair had been dating since they were seventeen years of age.
Lynch has just gotten back from a year long World tour with R5, that ended three weeks ago and Marano is currently preparing for the huge charity event she and George Clooney will be hosting in a couple of weeks in Malibu, California. We could not get in touch with their reps at this time but we will be sure to update you when we get the scoop!'
She leaned against the doorway as her husband shut the TV off and leaned back against the couch. Letting out a soft sigh, Laura made her way towards him, wrapping her dainty arms around from behind, her chin resting on top of his head as her thumb caressed the skin of his chest.
"So what are we going to do?" she asked softly and he kissed her arm, lacing their fingers together.
"I was hoping we could keep it to ourselves a bit longer," he stated and she laughed softly. "But," he continued, "We can just let them think what they want... As much as I want to flaunt you to the whole world as my wife, I'm kind of selfish right now and I don't want to share you."
Laura squeezed him tightly before she made her way around and he pulled her to his lap, his lips pressing against the skin behind her ear. "I feel the same way," Laura mumbled and Ross nudged her neck, humming in contentment.
Silence overcame the newlyweds, a comfortable one as they held onto each other, both wondering what to do with their situation. They knew that once they reached LA, they would be bombarded with paparazzi and Ross was quite glad that he and Laura had switched off their phones the whole time they were in Vegas. They knew their family members would be on their case. They had the occasional call from Calum, the only person who they had kept in touch with the last few days (especially since he was a sole witness to them tying the knot via FaceTime), and the redhead was manning the fort back home, reassuring the family that they were fine and never once admitting what had happened.
They knew Calum would keep the secret to his grave. There was no way he would share something as personal as this to the media.
Which only meant one more person.
"I think the Elvis tipped off the press," Ross stated, keeping the mood light. His fingers glided along his wife's arm as he played with the ring on her finger, smiling to himself as his mind flashbacked to a week ago when he placed it there.
A giggle escaped her throat as she looked at him amused, "You think so?" she questioned with a quirk of her brow and the blonde nodded, "He kept checking you out when we were saying our vows which I don't really blame him, the white dress you wore was really tight and sexy. It's too bad it's ripped in piec-"
"Ross!" Laura blushed and he flashed a cheeky smile at the brunette and pecked her lips quickly. "You love me," he noted and she scrunched her nose and rested her head in the crook of his neck, "Unfortunately," she teased and he chuckled, his hands moving from her arm to her waist, his fingers ghosting over her skin lovingly as she shivered in delight.
"Laur?" he wondered.
"Hmm?"
"I'm not going to lose you to George Clooney in a few weeks when you have the charity event, am I?" It was a legitimate question and she could tell he was serious the way he tensed.
She lifted her head to at him and bit her lip, smiling at the cute slight frown etched on her husband's face. If this were years ago, she probably would've passed out at the thought of hosting an event with someone she claimed was the love of her life.
Her love for George Clooney had grown over the years and when she finally got to meet him at an event many years ago, she was starstruck.
Though now, George was merely a friend of hers (and married) and the true love of her life was right in front of her. The man who captured her heart and the man she was legally bounded to not just by a piece of paper, but by their hearts and souls as well.
He had nothing to worry about.
Shaking her head, she pressed her lips to his, turning in his arms and straddled his waist, kissing him like her life depended on it. Teeth clashed and tongues intertwined hotly, her fingers roughly tugging on his hair as he let a low growl from his lips. Laura pulled away a bit breathlessly and flirtatiously looked at him, the lust in his hazel irises darkening and the grip on her hips tightening.
"Does that answer your question?" she asked and Ross smirked a bit, "I might need a better answer…" his voice trailed off as his hands went down to her butt and he squeezed gently.
And with a coy smile, she kissed him again.
"Is this really happening?" Laura's voice shook as she FaceTimed with Calum who was chuckling on the other end. "Are we rushing into this, Calum? I love him so much but I don't want him to marry me because he thinks he has to and it was only a few weeks ago when Nicholas cheated. I don't want him to think that he should feel obligat-"
"Laur," Calum interrupted her little rant and Laura bit her lip, her eyes casting downwards. "If you think he feels obligated to do this then clearly you haven't been paying attention to him as well as you thought the last five years. He doesn't have to marry you, he wants to. Why? Because ten years ago you came into his life and swept him off his feet. You came in like a damn hurricane, clouded his senses. Since the day you guys met he's been in love with you and when you guys broke it off five years ago it nearly killed him. You've always been his getaway, you know that? His sweet escape from the hectic Disney life because they wanted to shape him into the golden boy-"
"Even though he didn't really want to be…" Laura finished quietly, "He just wanted to be 'Ross'."
Calum nodded, "You made sure he didn't get into stupid shit, or dress like an idiot. It was difficult at times but you got his head out of his stupid ass and you made sure that he's been the same Ross you met ten years ago."
"He loves me," Laura whispered and Calum smiled, seeing Laura's face light up at the fact.
"He never stopped, Laur. And I know you never stopped loving him either."
Laura's smiled turned into another frown, "Can we make it work, Calum? Me and him? What if things don't work out again? I can't lose him, I don't think I'd be able to handle it if I did and to top it off we would have to get a divorce and I can't handle losing my best friend," she rambled as she started to shake, "I mean just about fifty percent of all marriages ending in divorce. There is at least one divorce every thirteen seconds and approximately six thousand six hundred divorces per day. I don't want to be in that fifty." Her eyes leaked with tears, her cheeks burned and her breathing started to quicken.
"That's the thing, though. You won't." The redhead shook his head and Laura looked at him apprehensively.
"How do you know?"
"Because it's you and Ross," Calum took a deep breath and looked at Laura, "Laur, look. Five years ago, I was with him when he bought the ring. He wanted something perfect, Laur. He knew you deserved perfect and he wasn't going to get you anything but. When you both decided to end your relationship, you with school and work and him with touring and work, I don't think I ever saw him so broken. It was mutual, yes, and things just got so hectic, but he was a mess. You've been the one since he was fifteen years old and as a witness to your relationship this whole time, I can tell you that Ross has never looked at anyone the way he looks at you. There's a reason why girls he went out with after you lasted no more than two dates and I'm pretty sure the only time he's had booty calls was when he was piss drunk. No one compares to you. You're everything to him."
Laura's eyes welled with tears as she listened to Calum talk about the love her soon-to-be-husband had for her.
"I'm getting married," she uttered softly, the corners of her lips tilting upward and the redhead grinned with relief at the same time as well. He had no idea what to tell his best friend if the love of his life suddenly got cold feet and stood him up at the altar with an Elvis impersonator and a pastor waiting by his side.
Laura wanted at least some things traditional like a white dress and a real priest while Ross wanted Elvis. They argued, like a married couple none the less, before Laura agreed to have Elvis bear witness.
So legit, it would suck if Laura stood him up.
"You're getting married, Laur," Calum nodded, "And let me be the first to say this, but it's about damn time."
"Can we go back to the airport?" the blonde moaned in distaste as they walked up the pathway of the Lynch residence. Their hands never left each other's the whole ride home, only when TSA security had separated them back in Vegas. Ross' thumb kept caressing the silver bands on Laura's fingers subconsciously and the action had made Laura a slight giddy mess.
They were right when they said a few days ago there would be paparazzi awaiting their arrival. Thankfully, it wasn't that much and LAX security handled the situation quite well. With Ross' hand hiding her left hand, he had stuffed his own into the pocket of his leather jacket as they quickly got into an Uber Limo and they were headed home.
Or his parents' home, at least.
Laura sighed, looking nervously at the familiar cars parked along the driveway. Her parents were here too, and she knew if her parents were there, Vanessa was around as well. "As much as I would love that," she started as she let out a small sigh, lifting his fingers and kissing his knuckles before resting her head on his shoulder, "We told Calum to tell everyone that we'd be here and they have a lot of questions which we have answers to."
Ross pulled away to look down at his wife with a small pout, "We can still run away. It's not like they're watching from the wind-"
"Ross Shor Lynch, you have a lot of explaining to do!" A voice exclaimed as they heard the front door open and Ross cringed, pushing his wife in front of him and hid behind the tiny brunette who was biting her lip sheepishly.
Stormie Lynch marched out of the house, her hands on her hips as the rest of the Lynch family and the Maranos all looked at the newlyweds, wanting an explanation.
"Hey ma," he said sheepishly, waving at the slightly graying haired woman in front of him. "What's up? How've you been?"
When he got no answer, he rolled his eyes at his mother's pointed look, "Oh come on, mom. I'm twenty-five. I'm not a baby anymore. It can't be as bad as Riker getting his then girlfriend pregnant before he put a ring on it."
"Ross!" Laura scolded and smacked him in the stomach.
"Dude, not fucking cool!" Riker exclaimed as his wife shook her head amused at the brothers.
"Didn't think you had the balls, little bro," Rocky spoke up, leaning against Ratliff who had his arms crossed, "I thought you were going to pin after Laur for like, ever, even when she got married to some dude and had little Maranos running around-"
"I like the thought of little Marano/Lynches running around!" Rydel interrupted with a squeal as Vanessa laughed beside her, "We've literally waited ten years for this to happen and it's finally happened."
"I don't understand, I thought Laura was with Nick the Dick?" Damiano questioned, "And now she's married?" The young brunette flushed at her dad's words as Ross bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from laughing. The family members stared at Laura's father who shrugged carelessly, "I did not like him. I overheard Vanessa and Ross discuss that name and it seemed appropriate."
"He cheated on me," Laura mumbled shyly. "I found out he was cheating on me a month ago."
"Oh sweetheart," Ellen coaxed, "Why on earth did you not tell us?"
Laura let out a soft sigh, "I didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Ross had just gotten back from tour and he was there, you know? He's my best friend."
"But then you guys ran off to get married," Mark added, placing a hand on Stormie's back, "I gotta say, it's about damn time." The blonde beside him looked at her husband appalled. "Really? Your son just got married without any of us knowing and all you can say is that it's about damn time?"
Ross pinched the bridge of his nose and looked at Laura helplessly.
She looked at Stormie, the woman a second mother to her and looked at her own mom and smiled gently, albeit nervously, "Before you all yell at us or continue to yell at us, can I say something?"
She slightly shook as she stood at the end of the church, looking out at her soon-to-be-husband who was waiting by the altar for her. Tears were already pooling in her brown eyes as she gripped the red lilies in her hands, the lace white dress clinging to her body fittingly.
This was happening. This was real. In a few minutes she would be at the altar and soon, she would be a wife.
Everything was happening in slow motion, when the wedding marched started to play and it was like the air was knocked out of both their chests.
The feeling of walking down the aisle towards the love of her life was a surreal feeling.
The feeling of walking towards her future.
The feeling of his whole world walking towards him in a vision of white, unable to believe that in just a few moments he was going to devote his whole life to making her the happiest woman in the world just as she had graced those feelings just by existing.
Fuck, he was lucky.
He walked towards her, holding out his arm and she took it.
Ready to start the rest of their lives together.
"I love Ross," she said quietly, squeezing her husband's hand and smiled up at him lovingly, "And I don't think I ever stopped. Marrying him was the best thing that could've ever happened to me. I get that I didn't have a big and extravagant wedding like Vanessa or Rydel did, eloping was never in my plans, but he asked me to marry him, I said yes, and then we booked a plane ticket to Vegas. I don't regret it."
Ross smiled back down at her, "I've been in love with Laura for ten years of my life and you all know that," he added, looking at the two families in front of him, "We're adults and we know that us getting married isn't going to be perfect and it's going to take some getting used to. We're going to argue and we'll get into disagreements because that's just how life works. But we're us and I don't regret it either. How could I when I finally have everything I could ever want?"
The families before them smiled gently at the scene of the newlyweds, knowing they were right. They were adults and this was their life and if they wanted to elope and get married, who were they to stop the inevitable?
"I can't believe my baby sister's married," Vanessa stated, shaking her head and breaking the small silence. "To Ross nonetheless," Rydel added as the girls laughed.
"You, my friend, owe me fifty bucks," Damiano clapped Rocky on the back who looked at the older man begrudgingly and pulled out his wallet.
Laura's eyes widened as she looked at her dad, "You betted?!"
"Damiano!" Ellen scolded her husband and he shrugged sheepishly as Mark chuckled, congratulating Damiano on the win.
Stormie sighed, knowing she couldn't argue. She loved Laura like another daughter and she adored the Marano family more than words, "I think I'm more upset that my second youngest baby to get married eloped and didn't allow any of us to plan it."
Ross turned to the love of his life and kissed her forehead, wrapping his arms around her tightly as he grabbed his left hand with his, their rings brushing against each others and he kissed her palm. "Don't worry, mom. In ten years, when Laura and I renew our vows, you can plan it. Do the whole nine yards, whatever. I promise. It'll be perfect," he grinned as he caught the smiles of their whole family and they nodded in agreement.
"Do you, Ross Shor Lynch, take Laura Marie Marano, as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?" The priest asked as Ross stared straight into doe brown eyes that he had dreamt of every night for the last ten years.
"I do."
"And do you, Laura Marie Marano, take Ross Shor Lynch, as your lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"
A smile etched her face as tears started to well up in the corners of her eyelids, "I do."
The priest smiled softly and closed the book in his hand, "Then by the power vested in me, in the state of Nevada, I now pronounce you husband and wife," he turned to Ross who was beaming down at an equally elated Laura, "You may now kiss the bride."
And ten years and three kids later as she walked down the aisle towards her husband for a second time?
It is.
