Hey you guys!
I have not much to say today, only that i met these two cool girls on twitter. I'm in a fangirling squad now, whatyathinkofthat? I needed this so much, you have no idea. Sometimes, I feel like my fangirling gets limited cause I just don't know a lot of people who share it with me. And now I do! They're hella cool. Shout out to Lib and Mill, I dunno if Mill will be reading this, but who cares. SUP
And another shout out to Ausllyrauraluv who reviewed AND followed me on twitter, thanks!
And whenever you can, Laura's in big trouble and NEEDS your help. VOTE VOTE VOTE!
This chapter will be less Raura and more cutiepie boyfriend Ross. Just read and find out
This was gonna be the day. It had been almost a month since Laura's birthday, 21 days to be exact, and he had to get the present, now or never. He was almost sure she'd already forgotten he hadn't given her anything which would make the surprise even bigger.
Wandering through the first mall he had seen, Clear Channel, he was just scanning the stores he came across, thinking about possible things Laura would like that he could buy there. Bath & Body Works? So lame. Armani? Trying too hard. Home Depot? Not trying hard enough. Toys R Us? Too weird.
Tired of crossing almost the entire mall, he sits down on one of the benches on the side. He runs his hand through his hair while looking phone to check the time. Nobody knew he was here at the moment and he only had an hour to get back to film his scene before anyone could notice he was gone.
When locking his phone, he sees something in the reflection of the screen. A classy looking building with crème walls showed itself. It looked fairly small, big windows and above the entrance it said 'Tyffany&Co'. He had heard Laura talk about the store, that's for sure. Whenever she did wear jewellery, it was from Tyfanny's. He stands up, being pulled to the store and he's inside before he knows it.
The inside was even more luxurious than he thought. White walls, crème floor, big spotlights enlightening all the jewellery displays. Only a few fancy looking people were studying them and suddenly he felt very out of his comfort zone in his converse and leather jacket. He's about to turn around quickly when he hears a voice behind him.
''Can I help you?'' a nice looking girl, about 25 he estimates, politely smiles at him. She's wearing the staff's same all-black outfit, but gave it a playful spin by wearing her hair in a loose bun and red accessories. She watches him as he studies the room in disbelief before chuckling. ''It's pretty overwhelming, isn't it.''
''Yeah, it is. I'm not sure if this is the store I'm looking for,'' he politely refuses and is about to exit the store when the girl stops him.
''Let me guess, you're looking for a present for your girlfriend. You want something nice, but not too fancy. You saw this store and was impressed, but it's a little too much for you.''
''You're right,'' he laughs as he faces her again. ''I don't want anything majorly expensive, just… Thoughtful, I guess.''
''I can help you with that, we have another part of the store for the less expensive, more fun stuff. You wanna take a look?'' showing him a small smile, she looks like she's actually more interested in helping him find the perfect present than making sales. He nods after thinking about it for a second and walks with her. She looks over her shoulder as she walks through a door. ''So, there must be a reason you picked this store.''
''Yeah, I've heard her mention this store before. She actually rarely wears jewellery,'' he admits as he walks through the door, finding a completely different part of the store. There were less lights, bigger displays with more colourful looking things and the customers were less stiff.
''Risky choice, then. I like that,'' she points at the space as a gesture for him to look around. ''This is the 'younger' part of the store, if you walk around the mall, you can find it on the other side of the other part. You just took the employers cut through. Let me know if you need help. I'm Claire, by the way.''
Ross thanks her before walking around, studying different kinds of displays. Watches, rings, bracelets, earrings. He stops his pace in front of a big one that displays all kinds of necklaces. Like Calum said, a lot of heart shaped necklaces in silver, gold and other colours. He now knows exactly what he means, sure, she probably thinks it's pretty, but where's the originality?
''You're looking for something particular,'' Claire states, making him jump in surprise. She looks at him expectantly as she awaits his response.
''Wow, you're very observant,'' he laughs unsure as he faces her again. Claire smiles apologetic.
''Sorry, it's something you learn with this job. I noticed your pick necklaces, you're an artist. Big chance your girlfriend is an artist too, am I right?'' she quickly sums up her guesses, making Ross to look at her in disbelief. Nodding slowly, he grabs his necklace.
''We're in a TV show together, actually, and we both sing. She told me she always liked my pick necklaces, but since it has my band logo on it, she could never wear it.'' Claire nods understanding, a smile growing on her face. She gestures him to follow her as she walks to a small display next to the cash register. ''I might know exactly what she would like.''
''How about we take your pick necklace and your love for music,'' she grabs a small box to lay it on the counter and opens the lid. On the white fabric inside lay three silver coloured pick necklaces with engraved words. ''And combine them in one perfect present.''
''We have pick necklaces where you can take a quote, maybe a song lyric, that means a lot to you two. I'm actually not allowed to do this, but I noticed you're in some kind of hurry. We usually make these for orders only, but the guy that engraves them owes me a favour. I can get yours in ten minutes. How does that sound?''
''Amazing! Really amazing, she'd love that,'' he picks up one pick necklace from the box, studying it closer. ''So I can just write down a song lyric and you can engrave it in the pick?''
''Sure! We also have picks with stones in it, it makes it more playful, I think,'' she takes a laminated paper from under the desk and lays it in front of him, pointing at different kinds of stones. ''What's her favourite colour?''
''Red. Do you think it's possible to use a ruby and diamond?'' he asks in which she nods with a big smile.
''That shouldn't be a problem, how about we put them in the top corner here?'' a grin appears on Ross's face as he imagines how it will turn out. ''Just think about what you want on the necklace and write it down. You can use both sides, if you want.''
He thinks deeply. A song lyric that's special to both of them. As he digs through his mind, only one song sticks. It's one that definitely helped them realize what they feel for each other, he knows. Scribbling the quick sentence on the paper, he thinks about what to put on the other side. He knows one side won't be shown when she's wearing it.
The lyric is pretty vague, not pointing directly at him, but on the other side, he could make her his. He needs only three words for the other side before calling Claire to tell her she's finished. She takes the paper from him to read what he came up with as a smile appears on her face.
''That's really sweet, I bet you're a good boyfriend,'' she is about to walk away when she sees Ross's eyes fixed on something behind her. She turns around to see exactly what he looks at. ''You like that? I can add it on the necklace if you want. You can write a message to put in it.''
He can only nod as his gaze stays fixed on little bottle. Somewhere in his mind, he recognizes it. Then he remembers. Laura was shopping online on her phone one day when he saw her looking at this exact accessory. She showed it to Raini who agreed it was cute.
He's positive this is the exact same one she looked at, the tiny bottle, not even two inches big with a small, black heart on the glass, bottled up with a small cork. Inside, he sees a rolled up, white note. Claire unlocks the display to hand him an empty pendant with a loose cork and note.
''You can write a personal message here, I'll leave you to it while I prepare the pick necklace,'' and with that Claire disappears in a door to staff room. He never knows for sure if she'll ever even read this, as she might think the bottle can't be opened and the note is blank, but he has to take the risk.
After only fifteen minutes, Claire comes back, holding a brand new pick necklace. Ross glows as he studies it, the words engraved in the pick, the ruby and diamond in the top corner.
''Is it like you hoped it to be?'' she grabs the note to read his message, smiling to herself.
''Even better, it's amazing, thanks so much for your help,'' he hands her the pick necklace back before grabbing his wallet to pay. Claire studies him as he pays the necklace, a grin unable to disappear from his face when she gets an idea. With messy handwriting, she writes a quick message in the corner of the white note on the other side of where Ross wrote his and rolls it up quickly. This went by unnoticed by Ross as she closes the bottle carefully and strings it on the necklace, next to the pick.
''One more question,'' Ross takes the shopping bag from Claire and looks at her inspecting. ''How did you know so much about me? Was it all a guess?''
''I'm not a medium, Ross,'' smiling widely, she pulls on the string of the necklace that disappears in her blouse to reveal an R5 pick necklace, the same copper one he wears. Ross grins as he shakes his head in disbelief. ''Say hi for me, hope she'll love it.''
''Hey, where have you been all day?'' Laura gives him a quick peck on his cheek as he invites him in her room. He follows her to the brown couch where they both take place.
''That's actually why I'm here,'' he lays his hand over the pocket in his leather jacket where he stuffed the black box. He takes a deep breath, actually being nervous for this moment. Laura frowns as she lays a hand over his.
''Are you okay? Did something happen?'' at that exact moment, Laura's phone lights up and a loud beep is heard. Ross has his mouth open as he was about to answer before shutting it again. ''I'm so sorry, it's just… It's nothing.''
''Nothing?'' Ross asks her unsure in which she just shakes her head. His gaze stays on her, making her sigh in defeat.
''Okay, I guess I can tell you now,'' Ross scoots closer to her when he sees her swallow with a sad look in her eyes. ''Do you remember when I was sick and I was grumpy when you guys brought me muffins?''
He nods once, recalling that exact day, where they had to rehears without Laura who had to spend the whole day alone in her room. They missed her when they visited downtown without her before he offered to buy the ice hockey tickets. Those tickets ended up being extremely important for them. He remembers how they entered her room and saw how she sat in bed with a frown.
''Just before you came in, Andrew called me on Skype,'' he nods again, unconsciously tightening his jaw, ''He was super nice, until he started talking about you.''
''Me? What did he say about me?'' he quickly asks her while narrowing his eyes.
''He practically attacked you because of what happened during the live stream. He got so protective over me and I got mad at him, of course. Then he started hinting that he thought we were, like, something more than friend or something. So I ended the call and now he has been texting me non-stop since.''
''He did what?'' Ross clenches his fists when hearing this story for the first time, imagining Andrew trying to seduce Laura over skype. Laura sees him get angry and lays her hands over his fist, making it relax and intertwines their fingers.
''Please don't get mad when you see him again, I don't think he meant it like that,'' she opens her phone to check the new messages Andrew just sent her.
''I think he knows damn well what he meant,'' the plan to give her the present had completely disappeared from his mind, only focussed on the different ways he could punch Andrew in the face.
''This is him now, I'm sorry, I have to get this,'' Laura excuses herself as she picks up her phone, ''Andrew.''
Ross sits there for a while, trying to hear what Andrew says on the other side of the line, but all he hears is a muffled voice. Walking around the room, Laura remains quiet for a while as Andrew fills the silence, probably with excuses and apologizes.
''I'm not saying I accept your apology but thanks for explaining it to me,'' Ross decides to leave the room, as much as he wants to hear how the conversation turns out, he feels like he owes Laura some privacy. As he stands up, Laura notices and looks at him with a small smile. He points at the door to tell her he's leaving in which she mouths him a 'sorry'. He nods once before walking out. Just before he closes the door he hears it.
''I'm glad we're okay again, I missed talking to you too.''
Aaahhhh, the big mystery is out. Well not really, we don't know what's ON it yet. Well I do. You'll find out in another chapter!
I had one review, who I sadly forgot to respond to, who had it kinda right but not completely. It's not a pick necklace with her name on it, sorry!
And Andrew. Yea. That's something.
OH BEFORE I FORGET, ANOTHER GREAT SHOUT OUT TO rosslover4ever3 FOR REVIEWING ON A LOT OF MY EARLY CHAPTERS, I HOPE YOU STICK AROUND GIRL! So many shout outs, you're all hella cool
doingitforlaura chapter 26
Leo my heart is smiling. God bless your soul xx - NAWWWW! Bless YOUR soul for reviewing darling
Ionita Ana-Maria chapter 24
I totally love your story but i have a little weird question... did they have um..you know or they are going to? Again..weird question :) Ps:I'm just curious. - YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY THIS QUESTION MADE ME I'VE LITERALLY BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ME THIS! Okay, sorry for the enthusiasm, but yea I'm just excited for this question. Point is, no, not yet. There are a few chapters coming up tho, which could make me think different. I won't say when, but I think conclusions are able to be drawn after a while. It's all up to you tbh, what you think will happen when I end certain chapters. Hehehehe.
omeMusicalMelody chapter 26
What?! NOOOOO! WHY DID IT HAVE TO STOP HERE?! IT WAS GETTING SO GOOD! D:
I LOVE this story! And yes, it's a new face... or username I should say. I only began reading this last night and now I got up to here and-UGH! You just left me with alot of Raura-ness (Yes, I just made up a word. Move on) I just couldn't help but laugh throughout the whole story or maybe cry when Laura fell in the ice lake and you made me have so many mixed feelings. (That part when Laura was on her phone with her mom tho XD) You totally inspired me with this story so thank you for that.
And when's the closing date? WE NEED TO HURRY AND CATCH UP, no CRUSH THOSE DEBBY FANS! WE CAN DO IT GUYS! HAVE FAITH! - NEW FACE NEW FACE HEY HI HOW ARE YA SUP HEY NICE TO MEET YOU! I LOVE people who read my story in one day, showing how much they like it YAYYYY! Damn, I made you feel things with my chapter, except for feel feelings? That's a first, I'm not funny at all. Ehhhh, yea that's actually a great question, I thought the day before the awards, meaning Friday but I'm not sure, I'll make sure to check that for ya. WE CAN DO THIS
dreamitdoit chapter 26
AAWWWW YOU ANSWERED MEEEE!
HOW NICE OF YOU!
I LOVE HOW RAURA'S RELATIONSHIP IS DEVELOPING CUUUTTTEEE
KEEP UPDATEING! - AWWW YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A CELEBRITY TEEHEE, yaaay thanks for liking it!
chapter 26
Leonoor? I like the sound of that. It is a really pretty name.
You have no idea how happy you made me with this chapter! I had this stupid grin plastered time that I was reading this.
Yes, you are inching closer and closet towards 400 reviews. Just so you know, I will be with you every step of the way (I might even the 400th reviewer *wink* *wink*)
See you later That Dutch Girl,
Amn - Is it? Meh, I've seen prettier.. aww really, I'm glad! That's SO COOL thanks for being so dedicated gurlie, I literally have no doubt you'll be the 400th hahahah
Guest chapter 26
There should be a Raura fight! - Ooh you just wait
missmia10 chapter 26
Hey! I liked this chapter but it was a little much. I would prefer a long makeout name is so cute! Can i call you Le Le? I think thats really cute idk. I kinda look up to you and i feel like that nickname is just adorable. And i know you're dutch but how do you know so much english? Do you learn it in school or does everyone just know english? - A little too much as in how, can you explain maybe? Make outs will get there, trust me on that! But if you didn't like the neck kissing or whatever, I have bad news for you and you might wanna close your eyes for a few chaps.. OMG YES! I love Le Le that sounds adorable! Honestly, our school systems sucks, I've had English for 6 years now, but I learned most of it by watching English/American movies, starting from a young age and music of course!
Maddie MacArthur chapter 26
I LOVE THIS STORY! I just started readin it today and it's amazing! I love the way you write about the two of them together. If that makes any sense? Idk. But this is amazing! I would love to talk to you more but I don't have an account :( should I get one? Or do you maybe have kik? Lol srry if this sounds stalkerish. But I LOVE this story so freaking much! And you seem really sweet. We obiously have a lot in common, raura is LIFE there's nothing else to it, duhhhhh. :) this story really is amazing tho - aww thanks babe! That DOES make sense and it's an amazing compliment! Of course, my kik is leonoorode, if anyone wants to talk to me on that, you can message me. I'd be happy to talk to you about whatever! I'd love to freak out with you about RAURAAAA and other cool stuff
SORRY FOR SO MANY REVIEWS BUT ITS ACTUALLY YOUR FAULT CAUSE YOU LEAVE ME SUCH CUTE REVIEWS I CAN'T IGNORE ALL YOUR FAULT