Chapter Four


'Oh boy. Had Lauren told Melissa that I asked her out when she was already with somebody? Is Melissa going to yell at me? I'm jumping to conclusions; I'll just let her talk.' Scott thought.

"Sure Melissa what is it?"

"Well I know that you asked her out yesterday."

'Oh great she is going to yell at me,' Scott thought.

"Yes I did."

"Well I was wondering if you would do it again?"

"What?"

"Well Lauren isn't really that happy with Matthew she would rather be with you. I know this so please just ask again," Melissa explained. Melissa was happy that she got all of that out without Scott stopping her.

"Well she already said no. I don't want to ask again. Then I'll just be pestering her," Scott said. Even though he wished that Melissa would keep going and he could just say ok!

"Well she really wants you to. So just think about it. Please! It would really mean a lot! She has been in this daze lately. I think that you could help," Melissa said. Melissa hoped that it was only Scott that was keeping her a daze.

"Ok. I'll think about it," Scott said even though he already knew when he was going to ask her out.

"Thanks Scott," Melissa said. I hope that this will snap Lauren out of her mood. She's been so distant lately.

Scott thought about it for the rest of the day. He really wanted to ask Lauren out but he was afraid she might say no.

Lauren sat in her trailer still watching TV. when she heard a knock at the door.

'Oh my God! I wonder if it's him' she thought as her heart started to speed up.

Scott finally decided to just go to Lauren's trailer and ask her. Hopefully she would say yes. He went up to her trailer and heard that she was watching television. He took a deep breath and then knocked on the door.

After about a minute and a half she came to the door and smiled when she saw Scott.

"Hey" she said smiling.

"Hi" Scott said sounding nervous.

"Come in" she said.

Lauren's heart started to speed up even more when she went to answer the door. She slowly walked to the door and opened it. She smiled when she saw Scott standing there.

"Hey" she said trying not to smile too much.

"Hi" Scott said sounding nervous.

"Come in" she said as her heart skipped a beat as he walked in and she inhaled his scent.

'Mmm he smells good' she thought to herself smiling.

Scott walks in and sits on the coach. He was so nervous he thought that he was going to faint. If he hadn't sat down he probably would have. Lauren sits down next to him. Scott takes a deep breath.

'My gosh she smells good. And she looks really good today!' Scott thought.

They sit in uncomfortable silence for a couple minutes before Lauren decides she should probably talk.

"Scott. I'm so sorry I said no when you asked me out. I really wanted to but I already had plans with Matt. And I'm not the kind of person who wants to make people mad. I just didn't ………"

Scott stops her by giving her a soft but passionate kiss on the lips. They pull away after awhile to catch their breaths.

'Wow it's even better off screen' they both think.

Finally Scott gets up the nerve to talk to Lauren.

"Lauren I know I already asked you this but…… would you go out with me sometime?"

"Yes," Lauren exclaimed. She was so happy she couldn't stop smiling.

'Yes!' Scott thought.

"How about tomorrow," Scott asked.

"Oh I'm busy tomorrow."

'Great. She's politely blowing me off.' Scott thought.

"Are you busy tonight," Lauren asked. She hoped that he didn't think that she was a come and get it kind of girl. But tonight was the only night. They could have gone out in 2 days but she wanted it sooner.

"No. I'll pick you up at 7?"

"Sure. I'll be there."

Scott left Lauren's trailer and couldn't stop smiling. Lauren watched Scott walk off. She was happier then she'd been in awhile. Even though she still felt sick. She'd been feeling sick for awhile. But she just guessed it was the cold that was going around the set.

Later that evening

Lauren was trying to get ready nice. She didn't want to look like she got really dressed up but she didn't want to wear just jeans and a t-shirt either so it was a really hard decision. It took her from after work to right before Scott got there to get ready. She straightened her hair and she wore her khaki pants and dressy blue shirt. But it wasn't too dressy. It brought out her eyes so she thought it looked ok. She couldn't find the perfect outfit so she settled with the outfit she had on. She had only 30 minutes before Scott got there. She still needed to do touch-ups.

Lauren thought this was as good as she was going to get so she went downstairs to wait for Scott. Scott got there about 15 minutes later. He rang the doorbell and Lauren ran to the door but she stopped herself about halfway there. She didn't want to seem like she was waiting for him that would be pathetic. Even though she was waiting she didn't want Scott to know that.

"Hey Scott," Lauren said as casually as possible as she opened the door. All she really wanted to do was run up and hug him though.

"Hey Lauren. You ready to go," Scott asked. 'My God she looks good' Scott thought.

"Yep. Let's go," Lauren said. 'Wow! He looks really good tonight. He smells really good to,' Lauren thought.

Scott and Lauren walked to Scott's truck. Scott opened the door for Lauren. When Lauren got in Scott shut the door again. 'What a gentleman,' Lauren thought. They drove to the restaurant in comfortable silence. Each really happy that they were with each other. They got to the restaurant and Scott wouldn't let Lauren leave the car until he opened the door for her.

When they got inside they got seated right away. It was a small restaurant. It didn't have a specific thing like Chinese or anything it was just a general restaurant. Lauren and Scott just started talking. They were so comfortable with each other. The conversation flowed easily. They didn't have to talk about stupid stuff like the weather either.

"Lauren would you like to do this again sometime," Scott asked when he was paying.

"Ya I'd love that Scott," Lauren said. 'Yes,' Lauren thought. She was so happy that he asked she was having so much fun!

Lauren was very pale. Scott was worried that she was really sick but Lauren convinced him that it was just a cold. Scott thought it was more then a cold so he paid for dinner and he drove Lauren home. Scott desperately wanted to give Lauren a goodbye kiss but she was sick and he didn't want to get it so he kissed her on the hand. After that Lauren hugged Scott.

"Thank you," Lauren said.

Neither of them wanting to pull out of the hug but they knew that they would have to. They had a big day tomorrow. Scott pulled away.

"I'll talk to you tomorrow about our next date," Scott said.

"Okay. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Scott walked back to his truck. Lauren watched Scott walk away. She couldn't stop herself from smiling. Anyone who walked by would probably think she was a dork. She walked inside. She went upstairs to her room. She took of her clothes and put her pajama's on. She laid down in her bed and started to think about the date with Scott. All she could do is smile. She fell asleep.