And, here it is. The first real chapter.


She needed a plan. A good one. Laura couldn't let this stupid movie mess everything up. She should've called Ross and told him how she felt, she could've talked to Vanessa and asked what she thought, but no. What did she do?

She called Maia.

Why she called Maia, she may never know. It wasn't like contacting Maia would make a difference, in fact she might just make things worse. But instead of listening to the reasonable little voice in the back of her head like usual, Laura picked up her phone and found Maia's name in her contacts.

A swarm of butterflies was unleashed in her stomach as she waited to hear Maia on the other side of the call.

"Laura?" Maia asked.

"Hi, Maia, sorry to bother you, but I heard that Teen Beach Movie is getting a sequel?" Laura began to pick the nail polish off of her thumb as she paced around her bedroom.

"Yes! Isn't that amazing? I'm so excited, and hey, congrats on season three of Austin & Ally, you all deserve it," Maia said cheerfully. Laura smiled, this girl was way too hard to hate, and there was no way she could do it.

"Thanks. Congrats to you too, I caught a couple episodes of The Fosters, well done," Laura said.

"Is everything alright? You seem a bit nervous," Maia obeserved.

"No way, I'm fine," Laura quickly went back to the excuse she'd used with Vanessa and her mom, "my neighbor's dog wouldn't stop barking last night, I didn't get much sleep."

"Oh, I know how you feel. My neighbor had a baby a while back and she screamed pretty loud the first few months after they brought her home," Maia said understandingly.

"I have to go, sorry if I bothered you," Laura sighed.

"Oh it was no problem!" Maia assured.

"Well I'm glad, bye."

"I'll talk to you later, Laura," Maia said and Laura hung up.

So it was confirmed, there was a Teen Beach Movie 2 in the making, but Laura didn't have too much time to dwell on it because suddenly her phone was lit up and Ross' name was flashing across the screen.

"Hey, Ross, what's up?" she asked.

There was a loud crash on the other end, followed by Ross screaming "Rocky! Knock it off!"

"Is everything okay?" Laura chuckled.

"Yeah, Rocky's just being a doofus, the usual," Ross rolled his eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me about Teen Beach Movie?" Laura tried to keep her tone from leading him to believe she was angry.

"Actually that's what I was calling about, isn't it cool?" Ross said excitedly.

"Yeah, I just got done talking to Maia, it's great," Laura agreed half-heartedly.

"Speaking of Maia, she and I are doing an interview on Radio Disney this afternoon, I was thinking maybe you could drop by if you're not too busy.

"I'm supposed to stop by Raini's house to pick something up, but I guess I could visit you guys, it'll be nice to see Maia again," Laura said.

"Awesome! See you then!" Ross hung up.

Laura closed her phone and tossed it onto her desk. She let out a loud groan and flopped onto her bed.


When she arrived, Ross and Maia had just finished the interview.

"Hey Laur!" Ross said, engulfing Laura in a hug. He kissed the top of her head and released her.

"Hi Ross," Laura smiled, she was ready for their movie date.

"Laura! It's great to see you again!" Maia said, giving her a quick hug.

"You too! You look great," Laura grinned.

"Thanks, so do you!"

"Could we get some pictures?" a man that Laura wasn't familiar with asked.

"No problem," Ross and Maia made their way to stand beside each-other as the man took a couple pictures. No, Laura was not jealous. She totally understood that this was for TBM promotion. At least, that's what she told herself.

"Say cheese!" the photographer said as Laura butted between the two.

"Oh, great idea! Let's take some with Laura," Maia smiled, wrapping an arm around Laura's shoulders.

"Sounds good," Ross agreed, grabbing Laura's waist (yes he'd conquered his fear).

The photographer looked confused, but continued snapping a few more pictures.

"So, what movie should we see?" Laura asked as she slung her purse over her shoulder.

"Oh! A movie! That sounds like so much fun! There are so many good ones out. Like We're the Millers, oh or The Sea of Monsters (1), or maybe we should see Jobs, that one looks good!" Maia went on about the movies showing in the LA area.

"Oh actually Ross and I-"

"I dunno, I kinda wanna see Planes," Ross shrugged. Laura tried to tell him that this was supposed to be a date, but he obviously didn't read facial expressions.

"Whatever, we can decide when we get to the theater," Maia waved a hand like it was no big deal.

So not only had TBM2 been confirmed, but Laura had just bought herself an afternoon with the stars.


"You know what movie looks good? You're Next." Maia said, staring up at the poster. She and Ross had been bickering about movies all night while Laura stood back and wished she'd spent the night with Raini instead.

"Um... I think we should see Planes, look how cute it is," Ross pointed towards the poster across the lobby, trying to distract Maia from the horror movies.

"Laura what do you think?" Maia asked, "What movie should we watch?"

"Whichever one is the shortest," Laura mumbled.

"Huh?" Ross continued to study the Planes poster.

"Nothing, whatever you guys wanna see is fine."

"Since Ross is too scared to see a scary movie, let's watch Jobs," Maia decided, starting towards the counter to buy herself a ticket.

"I thought this was supposed to be a date," Laura turned to her boyfriend.

"I thought we were just gonna hang out," Ross shrugged.

"You're an idiot," Laura rolled her eyes and followed Maia.

"What'd I do?" Ross asked.


Laura had been sulking in her anger for an hour and a half now.

The stars of Teen Beach Movie had been whispering back and forth about the movie all night, and Laura was pretty sure the rest of the theater hated them both as much as she did right now.

It seemed like forever but finally the credits were rolling across the screen and the room was lit up again.

"That was great," Maia said, making her way down the row of seats and back out into the lobby, followed by Ross and Laura.

Ross agreed, "Yeah, I really liked the part where-"

"Could we get a picture?" two girls asked.

"Of course," Maia nodded. Laura started to fix her jacket, ensuring that she'd look alright in the picture when the taller of the two girls shoved an iPhone in her face, signaling that she wanted Laura to take the photo.

"Oh... kay," Laura sighed. The girls posed with Ross and Maia and Laura clicked the button as the shutter went off.

"Would you like a photo with Ross and Laura too? I would be happy to take it," Maia offered. Laura was begining to like her a little more.

"Who?" the shorter girl asked. Ross pointed to his girlfriend.

"Oh... no thanks," she took the iPhone from Laura and left with her friend.

"That was awkward," Maia muttered.

"Let's go get something to eat, I'm starving," Ross grabbed Laura's hand and the three of them started towards the door.


That was short, but we're just getting started everybody take a chill pill.

1- I wanna see this movie so bad oh my gosh.