Author's note: I'm finally back! I have no idea how long it's been but it seems like a long time. And thanks again if you're still reading this story. Anyways, here is the next chapter! I'm sorry if it's really bad.

P.S. I kind of forgot about Pierre and Sky. So they're probably not going to show up at all anymore.


Laura's POV

I woke up with my head lying on Ross's chest instead of on the pillow. I blushed, remembering the night before, then I shifted over to lie next to him instead of on top of him. In the process, I accidentally woke him up.

"Sorry," I mumbled.

"That's okay," he replied, pulling me closer to him, thus rendering my efforts useless.

I smiled as I nuzzled my face in the crook of his neck and he hugged me. We were both technically awake, but we didn't have to do anything until later in the morning. Might as well sleep in, since we had stayed up so late the night before. Not that it wasn't worth it.

He kissed my forehead and held me tightly in a hug, and my heart fluttered a little. I could never get used to the little things that he did.

"Ross..." I mumbled.

"Yeah?"

"I know we said last night..." I stuttered, "that everything would go back to normal in the morning, and we would pretend nothing happened..."

I sensed him tensing up and I saw that he frowned. I sighed and sat up, and he groaned in protest.

"Now I'm starting to regret this," I sighed.

"No!" he exclaimed suddenly, sitting up beside me.

"Fine then," I said, "make sure I don't regret this. As soon as we walk out of this room, we're Ross and Laura, best friends and co-stars, and everything will be as it was before."

He nodded vigorously, probably trying to convince both himself and myself that it was possible.

"Okay," I said simply, before hopping off the bed.

"Fine, everything will go back to normal when we leave this room," he repeated, "but first, one more kiss?"

I blushed and nodded, which was all it took for Ross to pull me back on the bed and kiss me one last time. And this time, I didn't regret it at all.


Several hours later

Somehow, Ross and I found ourselves at the fake Miami Beach. No, we weren't back in LA on the set of Austin & Ally, but we were simply on Disney's private island in the Bahamas, where a portion of the beach had been remodelled to look exactly like our Miami Beach set. It was relaxing, having something so familiar around us, but also brought back an uncertain feeling of stress associated with our jobs.

Dozens of pictures had already been taken of us, and dozens of fans had already approached us asking for autographs, but we only had one scheduled interview with Joslyn, who was just approaching.

"Hey, nice to see you two again!" she said, walking up to the two of us sitting on a beach chair under an umbrella, then sitting down on another chair facing us.

"Wow, I can't believe this trip is almost over!" she said as soon as the cameras turned on.

I nodded. "It's been a blast! I wish we could stay here for so much longer!"

"Well, since this is the last interview with you guys on this trip, let's make it count." she said.

We both nodded.

"Before I ask any specific questions, do you two have anything specific to say to your fans?" she asked.

"Well, I really want to thank our fans for being so supportive," I said. "It's really cool that there are so many of you who really care about the things that we do! Thanks for supporting the show, and thanks for supporting this ship!"

"The cruise ship, she means," Ross added quickly, and I blushed. "It was really cool that you guys could get us a cruise ship named after us! Although it's also cool that you want us to get together...yeah, honestly, that's pretty cool too!"

He laughed a little, so I did too, albeit rather awkwardly. Well, this interview was going well. It was probably the most awkward interview we had done in a long time. Maybe our most awkward interview to date.

"Yeah, so just thanks for being the best fans we could ever ask for!" I exclaimed, recovering my usual energetic and slightly (not extremely) awkward self.

"That's sweet!" Joslyn said. "Alright, we have some questions straight from the fans. Get ready! First question: how excited are you for season 3?"

"Um, so excited!" I exclaimed. "I can't wait to go back to LA and find out more about Austin and Ally's adventures! I'm more excited than all of our fans combined!"

Ross just nodded, thereby maintaining his usual quiet self. It was really funny how he was usually so quiet and I was so loud, especially since our characters were the opposite.

"I think I'm just as excited as you!" Joslyn exclaimed. "Okay, this next question might be a bit of a stretch to answer, but it'll be interesting. What should we expect at the end of this season? Any new characters? Any new subplots? Any cliffhangers?"

"Yeah, I think there are all three!" I laughed. "Well, in the next upcoming episode, Campers & Complications, there's a new character named Elliot. He's Ally's friend from camp! There will definitely be more subplots involving Ally's singing, but I can't say much. And the end of the season has a huge cliffhanger. Well, not a cliffhanger per se, but I bet everyone will be asking, 'What's in the note?'"

Ross laughed, knowing exactly what I meant. Joslyn chuckled.

"What does that mean? What note? And what is in it?" she asked, laughing.

"I can't tell you what that means!" I laughed. "It's just a note that Ally receives from one of her friends, but I can't say who. And to be very honest, even we don't know what's in the note! They never told us!"

"Sounds confusing!" she said. "Okay, so I have to ask a highly anticipated question. I'm very sorry, but all of the fans are dying to hear anything."

We both nodded, somewhat anticipating the question. "How did going on this trip affect the two of you? What did you learn about yourselves or each other?"

I know we both understood the implication. We couldn't exactly tell the truth, though, so we had to stretch it a little. Like always.

"I think this trip brought the two of us much closer together than even before," I answered vaguely. "We got to meet amazing fans and visit amazing places, and we got to do it all together. It was a lot of fun, really. And it's all thanks to our amazing fans!"

I pointed and smiled at the camera.

"Aw, that's sweet!" Joslyn said. "What about you, Ross?"

"I totally agree with Laura," he replied. "Yeah. We really got to know each other a lot better than before, and that's saying a lot."

I looked over at him and I understood everything he was thinking. A look can say a lot, and in that moment, I knew that we both knew a lot more than we were willing to say out loud. We understood each other without words. And I knew that this trip had affected us in a way that we would remember for a very long time, maybe even forever.


Author's note: Sorry if it was really bad. I know it was kind of short. I had initially planned on making this story longer, but even I got bored of writing it. So there's only going to be one more chapter as kind of an epilogue, and once again, I'm sorry if this was really bad. As usual, constructive criticism is appreciated, and I'll try to write the next chapter soon:)