Okay so this is pretty much just a filler chapter to show that they're making progress in their road trip (notice the change in location). Riker tells Skye a bit more about his family in this chapter too.
So, enjoy!
Columbus, Ohio
2:00 p.m., April 19th
A few hours later we were driving through Columbus, jamming to Radio Disney. Yeah, immature I know, but I loved the music they played.
I had rolled my window all the way down and I was waving my arm out of it and singing along to Taylor Swift.
"Getting back together!" I sang as the song ended. The radio announcer said a few things about Taylor's new album Red before introducing the next song.
"And next we have Heard it On the Radio by Ross Lynch!"
"Ooh, I love this song," I said turning it up.
"Summer in the sand, he's the drummer in the band, droppin' the beat, she's the DJ at the boardwalk…"
I sang along tapping the top of the window to the beat.
"Oh my god…" Riker said.
I stopped singing. "What's wrong?"
"This—This is my brother…"
"Ross Lynch is your brother?" I said shocked. I'd never thought anything of it, thinking Lynch was a common enough name. "Or maybe I should start with this question: You have a brother? How come this is the first I'm hearing of this?"
"I guess I should also tell you that I have two more brothers, Rocky and Ryland…"
"God, Riker! Any other secret family members I should know about?"
"Other than my parents, no." he ran his fingers through his blonde hair, causing it to stick up a little at the top. "Geez, the last time I saw Ross was more than three years ago. He's what? Fifteen, now?"
He looked to me as if I knew the answer. Of course, I did. Ross was my biggest celebrity crush.
"You expect me to know? He's your brother." I said, acting almost offended.
He gave me a look that said "Cut the crap."
"Yeah, he's fifteen. And he's also on a Disney Channel TV show called Austin & Ally. The first season just ended and he recently filmed a music video for this song. And he's going to be in the Radio Disney Music Awards this year."
Riker stared at me blankly.
"What? I wasn't completely cut off from the world in the past year."
"I knew you liked Disney Channel. I didn't know you knew every little thing about everyone on it."
"I don't," I said looking at my lap trying to hide my blush. "Just him."
Riker smirked at me and I could tell he was going to start teasing me.
"You have a celebrity crush on my little brother." It wasn't a question. He stated it.
"Well, to be fair, I didn't know he was your brother until two minutes ago. And you didn't even know he was famous until then either."
"Now you're just trying to change the subject. Those two things have nothing to do with what I just said."
"Well, you—I…" I tried to think of a good come back to that but nothing came to me. "Just—keep your eyes on the damn road!"
He laughed and said "I win."
That was sort of a running thing between us. Every time one of us won an argument, we would "keep score" by saying "I win" just to get on the other person's nerves. He was usually the one who was getting on my nerves.
I sang along to Selena Gomez and let my hand float around in the wind, watching it's reflection in the rearview mirror.
Alright now I know the ages are all screwy and the timeline is messed up but just pretend okay? XP Its gonna start picking up in the next few chapters. I have some great stuff in store for you guys! I can't wait *high-pitched girly noises*
*ahem* Thanks for reading! Please review ;D
~glamgirl16
