Celebrity Status

Chapter Six

Laura shuffles her feet on the icy sidewalk, careful not to fall on her butt. It's early November and already there's snow on the ground. It's literally freezing outside, but she has to walk to the bus stop if she wants to get to school.

Laura bites her lip, staring straight ahead of her.

Somehow, two miles seems like a longer distance when it's snowing.

She sighs dejectedly and turns on her heels. Coincidentally she's right in front of his house. It must be a sign from God or something.

Laura gingerly raps her knuckles on his front door. Maybe he won't be home- or won't hear her knock, but then the wind picks up and she can practically feel her immune system failing her. She knocks more rapidly, until the door opens, mid-knock.

"Hey, Laura," a sleepy Ross Lynch greets her. She stifles a giggle at his messy bed head and frumpy pajamas (a gray tee shirt and his hot pink boxer shorts.)

"Loving your jammies, Shor," she says, amusement evident in her voice.

"Wha- Oh, shit." He looks down, noticing he's standing there in his underwear in front of a girl. Granted the girl is Laura and she's seen him in his underwear before, but his cheeks still produce a pink tint as he meekly attempts to cover himself up. "Sorry," he mumbles sheepishly.

She just shakes her head, curls bouncing about, and offers him a dismissive hand wave. Ross just laughs awkwardly, he's just happy he was wearing a clean pair of underwear this particular morning.

"So, um, do you think you could drive me to school? I don't know if you've noticed, but it's kind of freezing balls outside." Laura's face contorts as she tries to remain serious. It's failing, though.

"Yeah, I know," Ross replies. "I can confirm that that is a literal statement."

Laura busts out laughing. Ross just smiles. He's glad that even after five years of dead silence between the two, they can simply just pick off where they left off. Still just as comfortable with each other.

"Okay, okay, seriously though," she's still laughing as she tries to speak and this only results in her making some pretty unattractive sounds that are a mix between a cough and a snort. "As fun as it is to make jokes about your genitals, I really have to get to school. So, will you drive me?"

"Yeah, sure," Ross flushes after the word 'genitals' leaves her mouth, because he's never heard her say that word before and it just sounds really funny. And also he's a guy and he finds really dumb things funny. Ross goes into the small closet connected to the living room to grab a coat and then laces up his high tops, grabs his keys and meets the brunette back at the door.

Laura raises an eyebrow at him. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

He stares wide-eyed at her. "What? I grabbed a coat."

"Ross! You're genitals are gonna freeze outside. Remember we were just making jokes about that!" Laura begins to laugh again.

Ross slaps his forehead. His cheeks are burning dark crimson. "Right okay. I'll go get some pants and you, just, stay there."

"Out in the freezing cold?!"

"Stay!"

"Yes, sir!"

"And please stop talking about my genitals!"

Furious giggles. "I can't make you any promises on that one."

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"Dude, seriously! I'm gonna be late!" Laura barks.

"Calm down, okay. I needed my coffee fix. Trust me, without it I'd just fall asleep behind the wheel." He takes a sip of his coffee and scrunched his nose up, swallowing thickly. "It's no Starbucks, but it'll do," he mutters.

Laura laughs. "You've gone all California on me I see." She too takes a drink of her peppermint mocha, quite satisfied with it. Then again, she's never had Starbucks coffee before.

"So, where's this prestigious music school of yours anyway?" He asks.

"Um..." She trails off, "well, it's actually in Denver."

"Denver?" Slight eyebrow raise.

"Yeah... you can just drop me off at a bus station if you want. I usually ride those to school anyway."

"And miss all this important Ross and Laura time? I don't think so, buddy." He smiles at her, to which she smiles back at him. "I've got a few years to make up for."

Laura does her best to snuggle into the passenger seat of the Lynch family van. It's not easy, but she eventually finds a not-so-uncomfortable position. She opens up her latest read to the exact page she left off and begins to read.

"Holy crap that's a big book," Ross observes.

"One thousand seventy-two pages to be exact." Laura beams proudly.

"And how many pages have you actually read?"

The corners of her mouth drop down into a frown. "Two hundred forty-six."

Ross smirks.

"Whatever! You read this book and tell me how far you get in one week!" She challenges, holding up "Under The Dome" by Stephen King and shaking it in his face.

"Point taken."

She smiles smugly at him. "That's what I thought."

"So, here's a question," Ross starts. Laura puts her book down. Clearly she's not gonna get much reading done. "You're eighteen and you don't know how to drive?"

Laura exhales through gritted teeth. "No."

"Really?" He looks at her and shakes his head. "That's just sad."

"Hey!" She punches his arm. "It's not sad. Lots of eighteen-year-olds don't have their licenses."

"Yeah, but, most of those eighteen-year-olds don't have to walk to a bus stop to get themselves to school. I'm just saying it would probably be more of a benefit to you if you had a license."

"It doesn't matter. Even if I had a license I wouldn't have a car to drive."

"What do you mean?" His eyebrows knit together in confusion.

Laura shrugs. "We only have two cars. My mom's and my dad's and they both work in the mornings, so I wouldn't be able to use either of their cars."

"So, they'll buy you one for you to drive when you learn."

She scoffs. "It's like you don't even know my parents at all."

A moment of silence passes before anyone speaks again, and when they do, it's Ross that breaks the silence.

"So I'll buy you a car."

"What?" Laura asks. She finds it ridiculous that he would even say such a thing.

"If you ever learn to drive, I'll buy you a car."

"Ross-"

"Nope. No. I mean it, Marano." He looks at her, dead serious. She just stares back at him, still looking confused and not convinced. "I mean, you live in Colorado. It snows in Colorado. The closest bus stop is two miles away from your house. Buses are full of creeps. What if some guy with two noses comes up to you and asks for your hand in marriage? Then you'll have to go about the rest of your life as Mrs. Laura Two Noses, all because you never learned to drive a car."

"Do you even hear yourself when you talk?" She asks.

"This world is full of crazy people, Laura."

"Yeah," she replies, "and I'm in the car with one of them."

He laughs. "Do I look like I have two noses?"

Laura just shakes her head and goes back to her reading material.

A/N

What's up guys? Yeah, it's been a little while huh? Yeah, just short little fluffy Raura chapter for you all. It's pretty short actually. Only like 1200+ words, but oh well better than nothing.

I decided because of the new year I would change my updating ways and update my stories more often instead of making you guys wait like, a whole month for each chapter. Also, I quit basketball because of some personal issues so that won't be a problem anymore and I'll have more time to write. So, yes updates should be more often (hopefully I'm not gonna make any promises, but I'm really gonna try because I love you guys) also, for those of you read my other two stories I hope to update both of those tomorrow since I don't have any school! Yay!

Thanks to xAmityStarlightx, musicforeverluver, KarynitaAusllyandKick, xxSmileYoureBeautifulxx, City Lights At Midnight, writermeAL, and the guests who reviewed. Seriously you guys are absolutely amazing! You all literally have no idea how much you mean to me when you review and read my stories. This past year was pretty rough. I lost a lot of friends this year for no reason, but you guys are always here for me and it means the world to me. I love you all!

Kthanxbai!