More updates to come but here is the long awaited: Chapter 8
Ross POV
-No, ross is mine I will hurt that bitch.
-its a publicity stunt, no way ross would actually be with that freak
-lauras voice is honestly so annoying how can ross even be with her
Those weren't even the worst ones. I quickly grabbed her hand and marched out to the car so we wouldn't make a scene in the restaurant. After we were both seated I looked over at her. I couldn't begin to express anything to her like I probably should've. All I could do was stare at her as she looked out the windshield. She then looked over at me, through misty eyes she said, "Ross I'm fine." She forced a smile. "No you're not" I said right away. "I-" I cut her off right there "I know you're strong Laur; I know you usually don't let this stuff get to you but I see through you, I know you. I can't stand to see you cry even if it's just one tear." She let a tear break from the crevice in her eye and I watched it slowly trickle down her rosy cheeks. "It's only been one day Ross, one day. And people found out and hate me." I wrapped my hand around her cheek and wiped away the tear. "We can't control when eyes are on us, we can be cautious but there are no guarantees. I don't care what they say, I know my feelings for you. Look at me." She did. "I like you; a lot. More than I ever thought I would and some people can't see that and so what! I'll shout it from the rooftop! A sneaky smile creeped on my face. I opened the car door, swung over the hood and onto the roof of the car. "Ross what ar-!" she began to shout. "I LIKE LAURA MARIE MARANO" I yelled at the top of my lungs with the biggest smile on my face "ROSS GET OFF MY CAR" I laughed as I jumped down and stood in front of her.
I looked down at her face "I mean it too, and yeah I'm scared as hell for what the future holds but I'm really excited for this. I've never been in a real relationship and you don't know how happy I am that my first one will be with you." She blushed which I've been seeing a lot lately but I sure as hell would never get tired of seeing it. "You are one crazy boy" she laughed "but I'm excited too. Thank you. I usually am good at brushing off comments its just different and this is all new but having you will definitely help."
"We're in this together." I said taking her hands and folding our fingers together. "It's going to be a wild ride but I've got great company." "You're such a little song-writer today" She said with a smirk "I never take a day off" I said with a shrug. She laughed. "Ready to get out of here?" she said." "After you, m'lady." I said with an English accent as I opened her car door." "Why thank you young man." She attempted with an accent. I rolled my eyes "Yeah you really need to work on that Grandma" I laughed. She smacked my shoulder and I made my way around to my seat.
I got in and took her right hand in mine and kissed it. "Like I said it'll be a crazy ride, but I'll try to be the best travel buddy I can." "Are you sure you've never done this relationship thing before?" she questioned with a smile. I winked at her. "Oh you cheeky boy" she tried again with an accent. "Oh my God just drive Laura you're really terrible at this accent." she continued "Really I think I'm getting quite good at it." "Laur" "I think I'll talk like this all the time." "Oh my God." I couldn't help but laugh as she continued to butcher the English accent as we pulled out of the parking lot.
Laura POV
I pulled into my driveway and saw a familiar car with pink leopard print seat covers. Raini stood leaning against the car with her arms crossed looking at me. I parked behind her. "Lots of surprise visitors to my house lately" I said with an eyebrow raised as I stepped out of the car. Raini stook smirking. "So how ya feeling?" she asked cocking her head to the side. "Much better." I said trying to not smile the biggest smile ever but that failed. "I think we need a best friend catch-up talk don't ya think?" I bit my lip. "Come on in" I said as I motioned towards the house with my head.
I grabbed some chips and guac from the fridge, our favorite snack and led her to my room. We plopped down on my bed. She stared at me, "okay go." she said with a huge smile and a twinkle in her eye. I got to admit she had some best friend telepathy or something because she always knew when something big happened to me.
I blushed, "I don't really know how to begin this."
"Is it about Ross" she said eagerly and leaned forward.
"Uhh, yeah actually."
"Okay I can't hide it any longer-I saw the pic online and uh HELLO WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER but I mean it just happened yesterday so I get it but ya know, I feel like I should know before the public but I'll forgive you 'cause I love you and I'm so happy for you and you have to tell me EVERYTHING."
I couldn't help but laugh at her eagerness to find out. "So after me and you went to lunch and I told you about the kiss and the way he acted that morning and decided to go home Ross came to my house. But it was only cause Stormie had made soup for me."
"Ahh I love Stormie, seriously like best mom ever you know like here she sees you getting "sick" and then makes soup since she knows your parents are away and-"
"Do you wanna know what happened with Ross or just talk about his mom" I laughed. "I'm sorry I'm sorry, keep going. So he came to your house last night then what."
"Well, he really wanted to talk to me so I let him in and really tried to be cool cause I wasn't sure how he was feeling about everything."
Raini nodded in agreement. "So he actually started yelling at me and told me how he liked me and I, Laura Marano was at a loss for words. That's rare as of course you know. And then I got frustrated and yelled and there we were fighting like a married couple again and I actually just walked away. I didn't know what else to do and then you'll never guess what he did."
"He sang you a song" Raini said right away.
"Uh yeah how'd you know?" I asked looking puzzled.
"Laura we've known the kid a long time it's not too surprising; sweet, but not surprising."
I laughed "Yeah I guess not. Anyway he sang and I kissed him..." I said shyly
"YES LAUR GET IT" Raini yelled as she started hitting me. "Shut up" I said pushing her hands back.
"So then what" She asked. She looked like a little kid at story time.
"Well we decided for now we wanted to keep this private since we've never dealt with a relationship in public before and he's never even been in a relationship before but I guess we weren't took good at that cause he kissed my cheek outside and I guess some neighbor kid or something saw us and took a picture at that exact moment and spread it on the Internet."
"Wow, this is like a movie." I smiled at her, "It's something alright"
Her face grew grim, "Have you seen online though" she said softly
I took a deep breath, "Yep, and at first I gotta admit I didn't deal with it well but Ross put me at ease and I'm prepared for what the future holds."
"I'm happy for you guys, truely am. But I mean did I call it or did I call it" she said brushing off her shoulders. I laughed and with that my phone rang. I looked down and saw Ross's name come up. I looked over at Raini.
"Answer your boyfriend's call it's okay. Man, a month ago I did not think I'd be saying that."
I mouthed "thanks" to her and picked up my phone. "Hellooo Ro-" "We have a problem" he said quickly and out of breath.
I gave Raini a puzzled look.
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