A/N- Happy Christmas Eve's Eve! We survived the apocalypse! Thanks for the interest in the story guys! I already have crazy plans for a sequel to this. This chapter… Well you'll see. Keep an eye out for my other story. I will be uploading the first chapter in the next few days. It's a Laurwalk, Darren/Julia, drama, angsty type thingy. Yay! Here's chapter 4!
Disclaimer: If I owned Starkid, I would not have spent my afternoon making a Hogwarts gingerbread house (which was a complete failure and bears no resemblance to Hogwarts at all).
Joe Walker looked over at Lauren. She had headphones on and was nodding her head to the beat of the song. She was munching on some cookies.
"Dude, if you like her go get her." Joey said.
"I don't like her."
"You can tell from a mile off bro." Joe Moses said, "Just ask her out. What's she gonna say, no?"
"Fine. But, if I embarrass myself its your fault!" He walked over and sat in the seat next to her.
"Lauren." Joe said, trying to get her attention. No response.
"Lauren!" A little louder.
"LAUREN!" He yelled.
"Yeah?" Lauren turned to face him pulling out her headphones.
"She can hear. It's a miracle!"
"No need to get sassy."
"You're one to talk. Where'd you get the cookies?"
"Darren."
"That was… Thoughtful of him."
"Did you come over here for a reason Walker?"
"Yeah, we're ummm… going to be in New York in a few hours and…"
"Just spit it out Joe."
"I was wondering if ummm…"
"Yes."
"What?"
"Yes. You were going to ask me out right? My answer is yes. I would love to go on a date with you."
"That's a relief. The way you were acting with Darren…"
"Darren and I are just friends."
"Does he know that?"
Lauren thought about it for a minute. Darren had been acting weird since he had come back. Did he like her? She remembered the awful phase she went through during college when she had a crush on Darren. All the girls had liked him at some point. He always found out though. He made it clear he wasn't interested and eventually it all blew over. He wasn't really dating material. His personality made him a better friend, "I think so." She responded.
"Okay. I'll pick you up from your hotel room tonight at 8." He went back and sat with the guys who high-fived him and slapped him on the back.
"You guys!" Lauren said to the girls, "Joe just asked me out!"
Jaime and Meredith exchanged a look.
"What?" She said questioningly.
"Nothing." They said together.
"You've been hiding something from everyone since we left. What's going on?"
Denise shot them a 'you owe me' look, "They had a secret girls night planned tonight. But, since you're going on that date I guess they'll have to reschedule it."
"Oh, that's what you two have been talking about. Maybe another night, in DC maybe."
"Umm… Yeah that's fine." Meredith said looking flustered.
"Cool."
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Joe was at the girls room at exactly eight. Jaime, Meredith, and Denise pushed her out the door and into his arms. Julia had gone somewhere alone, they suspected she was planning something for the next day.
"Bye Lo have fun!" Jaime said.
"Joseph Walker, you had better have her home by midnight. If she comes back crying I will personally have Jim behead you." Meredith said sternly.
"Ok, Ms. Stepien." Joe responded jokingly.
"Bye LoLo." Denise said and closed the door. She turned to the other two girls, "I have saved your asses twice on this trip. Now tell me, what the hell is going on? And why is it so important that Lauren not know?"
"Sit." Meredith said as the three sat on the bed. Denise looked at Jaime first.
"Its not my story to tell. It was all Meredith."
"Ok, so, basically Darren likes Lauren. Only Brian, Jaime, you, and I know. Don't you dare tell Lauren." Meredith summarized.
"But, Lauren's going out with Joe."
"That's not our problem."
"But…"
"No. We aren't going to do anything. It's none of our business. It's not our problem. It's between Darren, Lauren, and Joe."
"Fine. Whatever. Where's Julia?"
"She wouldn't say. She's been on the phone the entire bus ride here. She's planning something." Jaime said. The girls sat in silence for a while until the quiet was broken by Julia arriving.
"Where's Lo?" she asked.
"You miss stuff when you drive the bus and then disappear for hours." Denise said.
"I was busy. You guys will thank me later. But, seriously, where is she?"
"Date." Meredith responded.
"What? With who?"
"Joe Walker." Denise said.
"Really? That's interesting."
"Wanna watch a movie?" Jaime asked.
"What do you have?" Julia said.
"I've got ET, Whale Rider, To Kill a Mockingbird…"
"You're kidding me right?" Julia said looking at her with disbelief, "We saw those so many times on tour."
"Yeah, I have Titanic, The Notebook, Dear John… The works."
"Titanic." Was the resounding answer.
"I have a serious question, does anyone have candy?" Meredith asked.
"You're in luck" Julia answered, "I have a humongous bag of M&Ms!"
The girls lay on the bed and began the movie. About halfway through someone knocked on the door. Julia opened it to find a grinning Lauren standing in front of Joe.
"Is Ms. Stepien here? I want her to see that I brought little Lo back here safely." He asked.
"What? Mere! Joe needs your approval."
"I trust that Lauren had a nice night." Meredith said arriving at the door, "You treated her well?"
"I had a lovely evening." Lauren responded. Jaime and Denise were giggling uncontrollably in the background while Julia just looked confused as to why Joe was acting like Meredith was Lauren's mom.
"Good night Lo. Ms. Stepien, have a nice evening." Joe said.
"Good night Joseph. Lauren darling, where are your manners? Kiss dear Joseph good night." Meredith said trying not to smile. Lauren face turned red and she kissed his cheek.
"Good night Joseph." The door closed and Joe walked away.
"That wasn't the kind of kiss I meant." Meredith said as soon as the door was closed.
"I know what you wanted to see. We're not doing that soon. We've decided to take it slow. See what happens. Oh, hey Jules. Where have you been?" Lauren walked in and helped herself to some M&Ms.
"Places. You didn't tell me you had a date."
"It was hard considering you were no where to be found this afternoon. Are we watching Titanic?"
"Yeah, we just got to the part where the boat starts to sink." Denise said dimming the lights and starting the movie again. The girls fell asleep about thirty minutes later in a pile of arms and legs on the bed, unable to stay awake for the rest of the movie. At about 3am, someone knocked. Lauren woke up instantly, being a light sleeper, and found herself lying under Julia's legs. She dislodged herself, causing Jaime to fall on the floor and wake up.
"God dammit Lauren! What are you trying to do? Wake up the whole hotel?" Denise asked having now woken up from the commotion.
"There's someone at the door." Lauren got out of the bed and promptly tripped over Meredith who had fallen asleep on the floor. Meredith made a grunting noise, grabbed Lauren's leg, and pulled her to the ground. Jaime went to the door. She looked out the hole to see Brian looking back at her.
"Is everything ok in there?" he asked, "Can I come in?"
"Meredith! It's your stupid boyfriend! He's looking for you!"
"Let him in!" Came a reply from a tired Julia, "We're all awake now anyway."
Jaime opened the door and let Brian in, "What happened here?" he asked surveying the collection of bodies on the bed and on the floor.
"You knocked and Lauren happened!" Denise said, "Can you take your girlfriend and go now? That's why you're here right?"
"Umm… yeah. Mere? Where is she?" suddenly they head a screaming noise from under the bed.
"That would be her. She's trying to kill Lauren." Jaime said.
"Meredith, sweetie. Why don't you leave Lo alone and come back to our room?" He walked over to the other side of the room and pulled Meredith off Lauren, carrying her bridal style out of the room. Once they had left the girls got back into bed closed the lights and attempted to go back to sleep all grumbling about 'stupid Brian'.
A/N-Whew! There's some Laurwalk for you guys. You can look forward to some more in the next chapter. In the next chapter I'm going to make the Darren/Julia situation a little more obvious and perhaps, maybe, possibly, no promises here, add some Joime. Anyway, review review!
