Chapter 3 – Never
"Ell! It's time for breakfast!" Rydel said, jumping on Ellington, who was still in bed.
Ellington opened his eyes and smiled at her. "Morning babe. Greet me with a kiss?" He made kissy faces at her.
"Mmm, I don't know...Why would I do that?" Rydel asked, playfully.
"Cause you know you want to." Ellington winked.
Rydel rolled her eyes, "Thanks, babe, but I was looking for because I love you." She gave him a peck on the lips. Then rolled off the bed, "Now come on I want breakfast."
"Okay come on." Ellington chuckled and got up, wrapping his arm around her waist. Rydel kissed his cheek, and they went downstairs.
"Morning guys." Ellington said to everyone who was there, before taking a seat.
"Morning, everyone!" Rydel said, happily skipping to her seat. "Ell, come sit by me!" She patted the seat next to her.
"Morning, do you guys have any plans for today?" Mark asked.
Ellington shrugged and looked at Rydel. "I don't know, any plans for today, Dels?"
Rydel shrugged, "I thought maybe we could go out just the two of us this afternoon, but nothing this morning."
"Anything you say babe." Ellington kissed her cheek Rydel smiled, and laid her head on Ell's shoulder.
Riker and Ross went downstairs at that point. "I'm gonna leave for Austin and Ally in an hour." Ross told him, not seeing the people at the table yet.
"Mmkay." Riker said, still tired. He wasn't a morning person. Unless they were going on tour.
"Are you still sleepy-" Ross saw everyone on the table. "Um, morning guys."
"Morning." Ellington said.
Mark awkwardly looked somewhere else instead of at them, trying to stall his apology. Stormie hit Mark lightly on the back of the head.
"What?" Mark asked/whispered. "I'll do it after Ross comes back from set."
Ross heard him and turned to Riker. "What do you think he meant?" He whispered.
"I don't know." Riker said.
"Mark Anthony Lynch, quit stalling." Stormie whisper yelled in his ear.
Mark sighed. "Riker, Ross, can we um, talk?"
"Why, you're gonna slap me again?" Ross retorted. Of course he was mad, his own dad freaking hit him.
"No," Mark stood up, "follow me." He went to the kitchen.
Ross sighed and followed, muttering, "If he does something, I'm not talking to him again."
"Try and think positive baby." Riker said, in Ross ear. "He didn't seem upset or anything."
Ross smiled at him. "Okay." He sat on the kitchen counter.
Mark sighed, before saying, "Okay, first, Ross don't sit there. Second, look, I'm sorry for what I did yesterday. I should've supported you instead of being the way I was."
"Then why were you the way you were?" Riker asked.
"I was confused, and I just didn't want people to think of you in a bad way." Mark told them.
"You didn't want them to think of us in a bad way?" Ross asked. "You're kidding me right? YOU thought of us in a bad way, and instead, the fans love it!"
"I know, I'm sorry for that." Mark said. "The marks confused me because I thought it was wrong for you two to be soulmates. I mean, you're brothers." He looked at Riker, "I'm sorry for scaring you," then he looked at Ross, "and for slapping you. I didn't mean to take the frustration out on you two."
Ross decided to consider it, and then he looked at Riker, waiting for a response.
Riker smiled, "I love you, dad." he hugged his dad.
Mark smiled and hugged him back. "I love you too, both of you." He looked at Ross and opened his other arm. "Come here."
Ross smiled and hopped off the counter, joining the hug. "I love you dad. I'm sorry for talking back."
Mark nodded and gently touched his cheek where it was slapped. "I didn't mean to hurt any of you, and I promise you, no matter what happens, I'll always love you. All of you, my kids." He tightened the hug, before letting go and giving them another smile.
Stormie watched from the entrance for a moment before entering the room. "My men." she said, hugging them all.
"Mommy." Ross grinned, hugging her back.
Mark smiled and also hugged her back.
"I love you guys." Riker said, he had somehow become the center of the group hug.
"We love you too." Ross and Mark mumbled somewhat the same time. Ross caught a glimpse of the clock and pulled away, "I have Austin and Ally!"
"Crap!" Riker said, "We've gotta go, baby. Your going to be late!" he grabbed his shoes, and ran toward the front door.
"Well, bye." Ross said to his parents before running out too.
Riker pulled out of the driveway and they were headed toward set. "Well, this has certainly been an interesting morning."
"Yeah. I didn't expect that at all." Ross said. "Glad to know everyone ships us now." He grinned, not knowing that not everyone ships them.
"Yeah. I think it's cool." Riker said, smiling.
They arrived at the set sooner than they thought.
"Riker, do you wanna watch or wait in the dressing room?" Ross asked, but his eyes showed that he wanted Riker to watch him.
"I'll watch, baby. Besides then I have an excuse to stare at you...not that I need one." Riker said. He kissed the top of Ross' head.
Ross pecked him on the lips. "Okay then." He opened the passenger door. "I need to change, so dressing room first?"
"Lead the way, handsome." Riker said, winking at his soulmate.
Ross rolled his eyes playfully. "You've been here many times." He chuckled. "And you're not so bad yourself." He joked, but started leading the way anyway.
"I know I just like the view better back here." Riker said.
Ross grinned and playfully shook his head at him. He took the clothes from the rack. "Now go, shoo." He said, although he didn't mind having Riker there.
Riker pouted, "Do I have to?"
Ross grinned. "Nope." He closed the door and took off his clothes, changing then and there. Riker pouted on the other side of the door.
Ross giggled. "I know you're still pouting." After he got changed, he opened the door, "Don't worry, I'll let you watch when I change back to my own clothes. But now, let's go to the main set."
"Fine." Riker pouted, "Let's go." he took Ross' hand and they walked to the main set together.
Ross grinned when he saw his castmates chilling around. "Hey guys!" He called.
Calum looked up. "Oh hey Ross, hey Riker."
"Your here!" Laura said, she ran and hugged them both. "I saw the interview yesterday. I'm so happy for both of you."
"Thanks Laura." Ross hugged her back and then pulled away. "So, when do we start?"
"We're starting right now." Laura said. "Now, kiss your soulmate so he can get lost we've got work to do."
"Gee thanks Laur." Riker said.
"Love you Riker." Laura said, blowing him a kiss then bouncing away.
"That is one crazy girl." Riker said shaking his head. "Now I believe she said something about a kiss?"
Ross blushed and kissed Riker on the lips. "Now get lost you."
"I'm gone." Riker said, walking away. He walked around set fora little while just hanging out.
Ross shook his head at him and walked off.
A specific someone by the name of Maia Mitchell, saw Ross walk off with his friends. If she couldn't talk to him now, might as well just talk to his soulmate. She went towards Riker and faked a cheerful voice. "Hi Riker!"
"Oh, hi Maia. What are you doing here?" Riker asked.
"We need to talk." Maia said, turning her 'cheery' face into a straight face.
"Okay." Riker said, his brow furrowing, "About what?"
Maia smirked and closed the door of the room they were in. "So, I heard you and Ross are soulmates." She paused. "But I don't believe that." She shot him a glare.
"Um, we are it's on our wrists. Thanks though." Riker said, moving to open the door.
Maia blocked the door. "Well then the marks are wrong." She crossed her arms. "And Ross is mine, not yours."
"Marks are never wrong." Riker said, "Didn't you pay attention in school? And Ross is mine."
Maia rolled her eyes. "I don't and I don't care. And Ross is only yours as a brother, but as a soulmate, he is mine!" She gave him a scowl. "Besides, it's sick that brothers are soulmates."
"Can't change your soulmate. And they're never wrong." Riker said, now he was starting to get angry. He moved until he was looking right in Maia's eyes. "Ross is mine in every sense of the word. You will never have him." He reached behind Maia and opened the door, and stalked out.
Maia scowled while watching him leave. No matter what, she was going to make Ross hers. "He's my soulmate." She said and she sneaked into Ross' dressing room.
Riker stalked on to set.
"Cut!" the director yelled.
Riker grabbed Ross' hand. "We need to talk."
Ross saw something in Riker's eyes. "Okay?"
Riker dragged Ross to one of the empty rooms. He didn't trust his dressing room to be un-occupied. He closed the door behind them, and slammed Ross against the door pressing their lips together, harshly.
Ross pushed Riker away lightly. "Riker, what is going on?"
"I just...Promise me your mine." Riker said, looking at Ross passionately. "Promise me."
"Riker, of course I'm yours." He smiled assuringly. "I promise. Now tell me why you're suddenly like this."
"It's just..." Riker hung his head and sighed, "Maia said something to me."
Ross furrowed his eyebrows. "Maia? When did you meet her? And Rikey, don't listen to what she says. I'm not interested in her."
"She was on set." Riker said, "She said we couldn't be soulmates." He had tears in the corner of his eyes.
"Oh Rikey." Ross kissed him on the lips softly. "Don't listen to her. She's messing with your head. I love you. Don't listen to her kay?"
"Okay." Riker said. He rested his head on Ross shoulder. "I love you too."
Ross smiled. "Now you go and talk with the casts, I'm gonna go get a drink from my dressing room." He pecked Riker's cheek. "I'll be back."
"Okay." Riker said. He kissed Ross' forehead, and left the room.
When Ross got into his dressing room, he didn't pay much attention and just went over to the fridge, taking two sodas. He closed the fridge door and turned around, jumping when he saw Maia right there.
"Hi Ross!" She smiled.
"Um, hey, Maia." Ross said. He was not at all interested in talking to her after what she said to Riker. "Move over, I gotta go."
Maia shook her head. "I wanna talk to you."
"Hi. Bye. There, we talked." Ross rolled his eyes and pushed past her.
"You two aren't soulmates because you're my soulmate." Maia called after him.
He stopped, put the sodas down, and turned to face her. "Listen Maia, I'm Riker's soulmate, and nothing you say or do can change that. Besides that, I'm not interested in you at all. You have your own soulmate, go to whoever that is. Because I am not yours."
"You never know, Ross." Maia said. "The marks are wrong. I can feel you're my soulmate, and I know you're mine."
Ross rolled his eyes. "Whatever Maia. I simply don't care." He picked up the sodas and left the room.
Maia watched him leave. "You're mine, Ross." She mumbled and looked down at her wrist, where the mark was gone and replaced by a scar where she carved it away. "You'll realize that."
Riker was smiling as he saw Ross come back, but his smile quickly faded at Ross' expression. He walked over to him. "What's wrong baby?"
"Maia." Ross muttered. He handed Riker a soda. "She was in my dressing room and kept talking on and on about how I was hers, the marks are wrong, and blah blah blah. I swear she belongs to an asylum."
Riker shivered, "I don't like her. I wish she would go away."
"Don't like who?" Laura asked, coming over.
Riker looked at Ross, should they tell her?
Ross sighed. "Maia. You know, my crazy costar from Teen Beach Movie." He leaned against his soulmate.
"What did she do?" Laura said, her face growing angry. Laura was a firm believer in soul marks. If anyone did anything to touch another person's soulmate, especially these two. They were going down.
"She said the marks on me and Riker's wrists are wrong because I should be her soulmate and she said I'm hers and all that crap." Ross said. "And she even said that to Riker. I mean, why can't she just accept whoever her soulmate is...although I feel bad for whoever it is."
"That's awful!" Laura said. She put her hand on Riker's arm. "You know that's not true right? You guys are soulmates. Your perfect for each other. Your two halves of the same soul. The marks are never wrong."
"I know." Riker said, rubbing his hand over his mark subconsciously.
Laura kissed his cheek, "Good. Now, we have one last scene to finish, and then you guys can leave and go have some alone time." She wiggled her eyebrows at them.
"Hey don't kiss my soulmate." Ross pouted. "That's my job." He kissed Riker on the lips. "Okay now we can do the scene. Baby don't go anywhere please, I don't want you to see Maia again."
"Kay." Riker said, blushing at Ross calling him, baby.
"Awww, you guys are too cute." he heard Laura say as she walked away with Ross.
"Um, his name is...Levii Jones." Laura said. "I haven't found him yet."
"Well, he's gotta be a good guy for my best friend." Ross smiled.
While with Riker, Maia tapped him on the shoulder, a picture in her hand.
"What do you want?" Riker asked tersely.
Maia handed him the picture. It was a picture of him and Ross, naked in the shower. A photo shopped one, obviously. "You can keep that one. I got copies. And if you don't want this to be up on twitter, you better let me have my way and forget about your marks."
Riker bit his lip, "Never."
Maia shrugged and took out a bunch of photos, the same type of the first one. "Then I guess you'll be seeing this on all social medias. The fans will believe you two let another crazy fan take pics. Cause I will post it, not on my account." She turned to walk away. Riker waited for Ross to come back, worrying the whole time.
Ross came back about 20 minutes later and greeted his soulmate with a kiss. "Hey ba-" he saw his expression. "Rik, what's wrong?"
"Maia came back" Riker said, hoarsely.
Ross frowned. "What did she do?"
"She said she would post photo-shopped images of us...doing stuff on Twitter if we didn't ignore our marks and let her have her way. I told her never. Please, don't hate me." Riker said, tears in his eyes. This was turning into a very stressful day.
Ross hugged him. "I would never hate you. She can do whatever she want with those pics, I don't care." He took out his phone and went to twitter. " rossR5: Don't believe everything you see. If there are images, they are photoshopped." He put away his phone and kissed Riker on the cheek. "Don't worry baby, everything's gonna be okay."
"Okay." Riker said. He buried his face in the crook of Ross' neck. "I want to go home."
"Okay let's go." Ross took his hand. "But I have to change first. Besides, remember what I promised you?" He winked.
Riker smiled, and followed Ross to his dressing room. He sat down on the couch in the room.
Ross took off his clothes. "Like what you see?" He giggled before putting on his own clothes. Then he sat down beside Riker. "Wanna go home now or out to get something to eat?"
"Home." Riker said. He was done with the day. He just wanted to go home, curl up in bed and cry. "Will you drive?"
Ross frowned. "Riker, are you okay?" His soulmate never let anyone drive Six. EVER. "Look, if it's about Maia, don't worry about it." He kissed him softly on the lips.
"Can we just go home, please." Riker said, handing Ross the keys, and heading toward the car.
Ross sighed and started the car. He pulled out of the driveway and headed home. "Tell me what's wrong when we get home, okay?" Riker just sat in the passenger seat, staringout the window, tears sliding down his cheeks.
Ross stared at him, although still being careful with driving. "Riker, baby, please talk to me."
"I'm just so upset!" Riker said, turning to Ross, crying. "I'm so upset, and the worst part is, I don't even know why." His crying turned to full-out sobs, his body shaking as he the tears fell.
Ross didn't expect to see him in tears. He quickly put an arm over his soulmate. "What made you upset, baby? What is it? I love you, please tell me what made you upset in the first place?"
"I don't know." Riker cried, "I guess everything Maia said just got to me. I just...your so perfect Ross. You deserve a soulmate ten times more perfect than me. I don't deserve you."
"Riker Anthony Lynch," Ross sighed. "You are perfect for me. I love you more than anything. Maia is a crazy girl, don't listen to her. I love you. You deserve me. She doesn't. To me, no one is more perfect than you to be my soulmate. I'm so happy when I found out it was you. I really, truly, love you." He kissed him passionately on the lips. Riker kissed back, moving his lips in sync with Ross'.
Ross ran his hand through his soulmates hair, puling the car over, just a few more blocks to their house. Riker moaned, at the feeling of Ross' hand in his hair. He snaked his arms around Ross' neck fingers finding their way to his hair, and tugging gently. Ross moaned lightly, and licked Riker's bottom lip, begging for entrance. Riker opened his mouth, tongues dancing between the two, as they explored each other's mouths.
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"Hey Dels, I wanna take you out." Ellington said, wrapping his arm around Rydel's waist.
"Oh? Where are we going out too?" Rydel asked, leaning back against Ellington's chest
"The fair." Ellington kissed her forehead. "Or anywhere you want."
"Fair sounds good." Rydel said.
Ellington grinned. "Go get ready babe."
"K." Rydel said, she bounded upstairs.
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Riker sighed as they pulled in the driveway. He was so glad to be home. Ross got out of the driver's seat and handed the keys back to Riker. "Thanks for letting me drive Six." He teased, trying to cheer his soulmate. He knew that even though they made out earlier, he was still upset.
"Welcome." Riker said, with a small smile. He headed toward their room. He gasped when he opened the door. "Ross!" he called.
Ross immediately ran to him. "What's wrong?"
"Look!" Riker said, excitedly pointing to the huge king sized bed that was now filling most of their room.
Ross gasped, looking at the bed. He literally started jumping with excitement and hugged his soulmate. "They gave us a new bed!"
Riker ran and jumped on the bed, and immediately cuddled into the bed. "This is so soft. Get over here and cuddle with me." he said.
Ross jumped on the bed and landed in his soulmate's arms. "This is so soft. I wanna cuddle forever! With the bed, not you." He joked.
Riker stuck his tongue out at Ross, but then turned serious. "Will you just hold me for a little while?"
Ross smiled and hugged him, pulling him close. "I love you."
"Love you too." Riker said, cuddling into Ross.
"Who's idea do you think it is?" Ross asked. "You know, putting this super soft, comfy, bed here."
"I think probably dad or mom." Riker said. "It is super soft and comfy isn't it?"
Ross nodded and then buried his face into the pillows. "So fluffy." He mumbled.
"It's more comfy than me?" Riker pouted.
Ross giggled and turned to him. "Well it is bigger so I can lay on it." He teased. "But I can't cuddle with it so I want you."
"Yay cuddles!" Riker said, smiling wider than he had since before Ross' birthday.
Ross grinned. "I am in love with your smile...and you of course." He got closer to Riker and kissed him on the lips.
Riker blushed. "I love your smile too."
Ross took out his phone and snapped a selfie of him and Riker. "This is so going on insta." He grinned, showing him the pic.
"Really?" Riker asked. He still had a slight blush in the picture. "But I'm still blushing."
"That makes it even cuter." Ross pecked his cheek. He posted the picture on Instagram and turned back towards his soulmate. He smiled before sighing. "You are just so...perfect. I absolutely love you."
Riker blushed again. "Rossy! Stop making me blush."
"But I love your blush." He grinned. "If I can't make you blush then.." He got up. "I'm leaving." He teased. "I'm kidding." He kissed him on the cheek.
Riker blushed for the third time, "Your the perfect one. Believe me, I'm far from perfect."
"Oh shush, you're the perfectest person among the perfectest perfectest people." Ross chuckled. "Is that even a word? Perfectest?"
"I don't know." Riker said.
Ross grinned and leaned on him. "I'm hungry."
"Me too. Everyone's out so we'll have to fend for ourselves for lunch." Riker said.
"Pizza? Burger?" Ross asked. "Let's go out." He grinned.
"Burger." Riker said, smiling. "We can go to In-and-Out. Get a Neapolitan shake to share?"
"Two straws." Ross smiled. "Can I drive Six again?" He teased.
"In your dreams." Riker deadpanned, getting out of the bed. "I want my keys back." he said, holding out his hand.
Ross grinned and took the keys out of his pocket. "You're gonna have to get them." He laughed before running.
"Ross! Give me my keys!" Riker said chasing after him.
"Never!" Ross giggled and ran into the living room. When he saw Riker was not there yet, he stopped to take a breath. Riker went around the other way and snuck up behind Ross. "Gotcha." he said, wrapping his arms around Ross' waist. Ross jumped and then giggled when he saw his soulmate. "You got me now." He leaned in and then pecked him on the lips and laughed, dangling the keys. "Here you go baby."
"Thank-you, baby." Riker said, giving Ross another peck on the lips. "Now let's go."
"Okay." Ross leaned against him and they walked to the car.