I JUST HAD THE WORST DAY EVER
Okay not worst, it was kinda fun, but my internship is at a hotel and I spend literally 7,5 hours straight, walking, running, serving people with a tray full of hot beverages and fake smiling
I don't think I've ever been this physically tired in my life
So yea, I needed to update to get my mind off of things
You know what the best part about updating is? I always update right before I got to bed so I wake up with an inbox full of sweet reviews! You guys are the best
With more reviews than usual, you guys let me know, in the sweetest way possible, that you loved the chapter, which I'm so happy about! It's my second favourite chapter I've written so far. Maybe third. So this is kinda a filler, leading onto the next big thing. Like big big. You know what I mean.
As the sun sets outside, a red glow enters Laura's room though the split between the large brown curtains. She sits in her bed straight up, her back resting against a pillow against the headboard. The whole room is a mess, clothes on the floor, empty water bottles on her nightstand and a bin full of tissues next to the bed.
Because of her accident the other day, Laura had gotten a day off, while the rest were rehearsing somewhere in the hotel. The ice cold water ended up giving her a severe cold and lying in bed all day had done her good. Her nose being not as red as it was that morning and the pain in her throat slowly fading, Laura felt rather good.
She was currently reading a magazine Raini borrowed her to get through the boring day with her laptop open next to her to check her social media regularly. She was just humming a song when a soft melody interrupted the sound as she shifted her attention to her laptop. A black screen with a small photo, showing her blonde friend, told her she had gotten an invitation to skype. Smiling, she clicks the green button to accept the call.
''Andrew!'' she exclaims happily as he appears in front of her, sitting on his desk. His hair was messily covered by a snapback as he was smiling at her.
''Hey, Laura! I just wanted to make sure you were okay after the whole incident. How are you?'' he greets her by waving at the camera.
''That's really sweet. I'm pretty well, I'm having a day off today to recover from a cold, but I feel good. How about you, anything new there?''
''Not much, I've been driving a lot now that I'm allowed to. Just visiting places and stuff like that. How was your birthday, by the way?''
''Oh, it was amazing! Did you watch our live stream?'' she leaves out the part of the day that she fought with Ross, which was pretty much the whole day. ''And did you see my shout out?''
''Of course! And I did see the shout out, that was something I wanted to talk about, actually,'' Laura looks at her screen confused. What could he possibly be wanted to ask her about her showing her fans his bracelet? ''What was up with you and Ross?''
''What do you mean?'' Laura noticeably swallows as she asks him stuttering. Andrew examines her face with narrowed eyes.
''It just looked like there was something going on. Like how he practically threw an arm around you,'' she quickly shakes her head, defending herself and Ross without hesitation.
''Ross was just messing around, you know how our fans are,'' she looks down while explaining his behaviour when suddenly realizing something. Who is he to ask her about her friendship with her co-stars and more importantly, who is she to actually feel the need to defend herself? When she looks in his eyes, she sees him looking at her judgingly. ''Why do you care?''
''I don't, really. It's just that I'm not sure how we… Are,'' Andrew answers her, quickly changing his gaze to look at her sweetly. She's still looking at him frowning. ''I mean, what we are.''
'What we are,'' she states. As he nods, she remembers how he had said goodbye at the airport. After giving her the present, she had given him a long hug. Was there a possibility that he had gotten the wrong message? ''We are fine.''
''Fine? Laura, I don't think I'm okay with us being fine,'' Andrew raises his eyebrows suggestively and somehow it makes her roll her eyes. In his attempt to be charming, he didn't quite succeed. Like at all. Feeling frustrated with her friend, she's determined to make sure this conversation comes to a stop ASAP.
''That's really your problem then, isn't it? Goodbye, Andrew,'' and with that she closes her laptop with one hand. Furious, she grabs the closest magazine and throws it to the other end of the bed, where it lands with some wrinkles and rips in the pages. She crosses her arms in front of her chest while staring at the end of the bed. If there was one thing she hated, it was people giving their not-asked-for-opinions on her relationships with her friends.
Her thoughts get interrupted when she hears her door being thrown open and three loud voices call her name. She figures they still haven't returned the pass they used to enter her room on her birthday. As soon as they see her, they stop their pace to look at her curiously.
''You look grumpy,'' Calum comments as he walks towards her. Laura looks down to see her arms still crossed and feels herself frowning. He holds up a brown bag proudly. ''We brought you muffins!''
She smiles at him as she takes the bag from him to put it next to her. Looking in it, she discovers they bought at least five different kinds. Chocolate, chocolate chip, blueberry, lemon, banana and so many more. When she looks up, she sees they each already have one in their hands.
''We didn't know which one was your favourite, so we bought them all,'' Ross speaks. She grabs a blueberry muffin and takes a big bite, ignoring the crumbs that are falling on the sheets.
''That's not true, I told them you wanted blueberry, but they wanted every kind so they had more for themselves,'' Raini tells her, looking at the boys who were shrugging, finishing their muffins. Raini jumps on the bed next to her as she holds up the beat up magazine by an almost detached page. ''What happened while we were gone?''
''I had an unwanted visitor,'' Laura vaguely describes the argument that had passed and offers Calum and Ross the bag to grab another muffin. They gratefully take it before fighting over the last chocolate chip muffin in silence. Calum turns his back to Ross while reaching into the bag while Ross tries to take it from him.
''There was someone in your room?'' Raini asks her in panic. ''Guess it's really that easy to ask a spare pass to a room. Ross, remember, we have to give ours back to the reception,'' Ross raises his thumb, only hearing half of their conversation while still trying to grab the paper bag back.
''No! It was just something on Skype,'' she explains while giving the fighting boys a glance before turning back to Raini. ''Andrew called. We had an argument,'' she adds, whispering.
''An argument about what?'' Raini asks while scooting closer. When she sees that the boys still haven't stopped the fight over the muffin, she rolls her eyes before yelling at them. ''Split the muffin already!''
The boys stop their struggling before looking from Raini, to the bag, to each other. They reveal the single chocolate chip muffin between them. Ross grabs it, takes the paper wrapping off and shreds it in half to give one half to Calum. They smile when putting their part in their mouths when sitting with the girls on the bed. Laura gives Raini a look to let her know she'll tell her later.
''Ross, why don't you show Laura what you bought today?'' Calum nods at Laura, smiling widely as Ross's eyes widen in excitement.
''Did you finally buy my present?'' she asks, grinning at him while he reaches into his jeans pocket. He looks at her with raised eyebrows.
''No… But I've got something even better!'' he raises his hand to reveal four paper tickets, spreading them in front of her face. ''Avalange is playing against the Sharks tomorrow and we're going to see it!'' Laura looks at him bluntly before blinking a few times. Ross rolls his eyes at her before returning her blunt look. ''It's a hockey game,'' he explains slowly, like he's talking to a child.
''Oh, fun! I've never been to one of those, is it a team you like?'' Laura squeals while grabbing the four tickets, studying them.
''Not just like, it's my favourite! I've been dying to see them again and now they're playing in Madison Square the day we have a night off. Isn't that an amazing coincidence?'' he looks at the three expectantly with a big smile on his face. Raini inspects the information on the tickets while Laura looks at Calum confused.
''Yeah, Ross is really excited,'' he nods in response while throwing the last piece of his muffin in his mouth. ''Are you sure you've recovered enough to go with us tomorrow?''
''Oh, yeah, totally! I'm already feeling a lot better. I'm looking forward to it!'' she assures them and sees Ross's face light up.
''We can make it a fun night out, with dinner and everything,'' Raini adds excitedly. ''I already made reservations at this fun karaoke bar we came across.''
''Karaoke?'' Laura looks at the boys confused but they shrug with a smile on their faces. She shakes his head. ''Don't expect me to sing, my throat is still sore. I'm looking forward seeing you guys sing, though. Calum.''
''Yeah, I'm not so sure about this idea myself,'' Calum answers, grinning awkwardly.
''What do you even wear to a hockey game?'' Laura mumbles to herself while holding different types of clothing in front of her, looking at her reflection. Eventually, she decides to go with a bright red, tightfitting top, covered by a black leather jacket with jeans and boots. If it'll get too hot, she can always lose the jacket. She grabs her jacket and a scarf before heading out.
While closing her door, she sees Ross standing in front of Calum's door. Calum looks pale, dressed in his pyjamas as he's talking to Ross.
''Calum, you look awful, what's wrong?'' she walks towards the two as she looks at him.
''I'm sorry, guys, but I've got a major headache. Is it okay if I take a rain check?'' Calum looks at them sadly in which the two nod.
''Of course, but are you okay with staying here on your own?'' Ross asks him nervously.
''I'm gonna go lay in bed and I'm probably sleeping before you guys leave the hotel. I won't even notice, it's fine, really,'' he assures them as he starts to close the door. ''Have fun, okay?''
''Okay, feel better, Calum!'' Laura tells him and waves as he closes the door. She turns to Ross who looks sad his friend can't come. ''Poor guy, hate for him to miss it.''
They walk to the door on the other side of the hall, knocking one time before the girl opens the door. Dressed in a thick coat, she seems ready to go.
''Raini, Calum has a headache so it's gonna be just the three of us,'' Laura explains. Raini seems to be okay with it before she suddenly freezes. Looking at the two before them, she starts thinking.
''Just the three of us, huh?'' thinking back to the bet Calum and she made the other day, she looks up. ''When did we do that photo shoot again?''
''Eh, exactly one week ago, why?'' Ross answers while looking at Laura confused. Raini looks around, while stuttering, trying to come up with an excuse. She hates to miss the evening and, technically, she's cheating, but his could be the only chance she has left to win the bet.
''Sorry, I can't come either. My brother just called, he's in trouble and he needs me tonight. Have fun, though!'' Raini lies and starts to walk backwards. Laura tries to say something but is shut up by the loud closure of the door in her face. It's quiet for a few seconds before Ross speaks up.
''That was weird.'' Laura nods slowly before letting out a breath. She looks at him disappointed as he's looking at the four tickets in his hands. ''I guess we could always invite Kevin and Heath. Or maybe LJ wants to-''
''Or we could just go together.'' Ross looks at her surprised. She looks back with her head cocked to a side before her eyes drift to the tickets. ''I mean, why not? It'll be fun.''
''Sure, yeah.'' he agrees after swallowing hard. He puts the tickets back in his pocket and stretches his arm in the direction of the elevators, signalling her to go first. Laura smiles as she starts walking in front of him, zipping her jacket closed. He watches her walk as he sighs.
''Why not.''
Mehhhhh I'm so excited for you guys to read the next chap, it's my fav. But like for real fav till now
So, yeah, tell me what you guys thought in the reviews, I know it's not as exciting as the last two chapters, but yeah, you can see a fun night is coming! What do you think of Andrew? I just wanna say, I'm portraying Andrew as this stuck up, but I really don't know how he is in real life. I've read things, saw things, but I'm not judging him for anything until I see real facts of him being an asshole. Just to make that clear.
That being said, see ya next time!
Guest chapter 17
I really love your story. Everytime I see that you updated I stop with everything I was doing to read your stories. And I should stop with that because I have some problems with doing my homework haha.
Loves from the Netherlands! :) - That's so sweet thanks! I scanned through your review till I noticed yoU WERE DUTCH HEY DUTCHIE HOW ABOUT WE TALK DUTCH TO CONFUSE THE REST AHAHAHA SORRY (Zo gaaf om een andere Nederlander MIJN fanfic te zien lezen omfg, is dit toeval of? Klein vraagje, was je bij het concert vorig jaar februari? Misschien heb ik je wel gezien ahahah) Okay, enough teasing. Thanks for reading! IF YOU WANT YOU CAN MAKE A PROFILE SO I CAN SEE YOUR NAME LIKE THAT WOULD BE COOL
kristen chapter 17
Love this chapter the most. LOVE IT LIKE CRAZY keep writing. Write over 50 chapters this story is Awesome. Love the whole HERO THing - I dunno if i can do 50, but since it's almost 20 and Raura hasn't happened yet, who knows how much it's gonna be. Quick question, you don't happen to be Dutch too, right? I dunno, your name is like really Dutch and I'm starting to think everyone is Dutch after the other girl….
Ausllyrauraluv chapter 17
hey so im new to this story, and read all the chps and LOVED IT. ur an amazing writer and ah so amazing. so glad i checked this out. loved how u didnt have raura go into a couple too soon, like they take time and have moments and u just did such a great job exsperssing that! anyways im from the usa and i have a twitter lol :) cant wait for the next update, love ya! 3 -Thank you! Yeah, that's exactly my idea, thanks for understanding. I just think they have so much things they can experience before they become a couple, you know? Amazing, a reader from across the planet, hey! Me tooo and a Tumblr! (Tumblr is more updated..)
MaryMallow chapter 17
HEEEEEY I saw that review, I'm from Spain too :D. I really love this story, I'm not usually a big fan of Raura stories, I prefer Auslly ones, but I'm totally in love with this one. You make me feel feelings. This is extremely awesome. Loooooooooooots of love xoxo - OMG NOW WE CAN START A SPANISH SQUAD. Wait, nevermind. Unless you take Dutchies.. ahahah. Well, you're in luck, since I have both (one more than the other but oh well)
RikerxDove chapter 17
OH MY GOD I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO KISS I WANT TO YELL AT YOU AND HUG YOU FOR THIS OH GOD MY HOPES WERE UP SO HIGH I WAS BITING MY NAILS AND SHAKING LIKE A CHIHUAHUA
BUT DESPITE THE MINI PANIC ATTACK YOU GAVE ME THIS WAS INCREDIBLE AS USUAL AND OHGOD HE SAID HE WAS HER BOYFRIEND THIS LITERALLY MADE MY CRAPPY DAY GOOD THANK YOU.
HAPPY LATE VALENTINE'S DAY AND YOU'LL LOVE A&A, IT WAS HILARIOUS. - AHAHAHA I'M GLAD YOU WERE SO INTO IT! THANKS FOR EVERY REVIEW IN CAPS LOCK THEY MAKE ME SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU TOO, HOW WAS IT?
AusllyRauraShipper chapter 17
Hi! I just wanted to say that I really, really, really love this fanfic. You're such an awesome writer! I was randomly going through all the other fanfics and I figured, "Hey, why not?" Best choice ever! I got hooked on this almost immediately! Please update soon! Oh, and how often do you update? I wanna be here to read the next chapter as soon as I can! Ok, um... I guess that's it. Love ya girl! P.S.- Raura/Auslly forever! -Those were too many compliments to function, you're so sweet?! I'm so glad you took the chance to read it, I'm very picky with fanfics, cause I've been disappointed soooo many times, that's why I'm writing more now than I read, I can just think of things I wanna see in a fanfic and use em myself!
I update once every 2/3 days, depends on how much you liked my last chapter and how anxious I am for you to read the next hahaha.
Okay, I'm gonna stop now, you guys left me so many amazing reviews that I actually wanna answer more but I'm just boring you..