The only thing better than hanging out in Hollywood, is hanging out in hollywood with a hot celebrity that likes you.

Chapter 7:

Hanging Out In Hollywood

The next few days Fianna and Todd had begun talking to each other more and more. They still frequently insulted each other and argued about who was more annoying, but their affection for each other was growing whether they wanted admit it or not.

None of this had slipped past Megan and Sharidan either. Fianna had once claimed to hate Todd Ryan, and now she walked to classes with him and spoke to him in the hallways whenever she got the chance. Of course they were extremely jealous; Todd hadn't paid them nearly as much attention.

After school a few days later, they were outside waiting for Megan's mom to pick them up as she usually did. Megan and Sharidan however, were eyeing Fianna suspiciously as she leaned against a pole reading a book for English class.

She noticed them staring and finally she couldn't take it anymore. "Why are you two staring at me like that?"

"We're not staring at you," Megan said.

Fianna gave her an unconvinced look. "You've been staring at me for the past five minutes. Is there something on my face?"

"Only something Todd Ryan must like a lot," Sharidan said with her arms crossed.

Fianna looked down at her book avoiding eye contact with them. "What do you mean?"

Megan put on some pink lip gloss. "I'm sure you know."

Sharidan closed Fianna's book. "What's been going on between you and Todd? I thought you hated him."

"Well, he's not as bad as I thought he was."

"See? He's not a bad guy. You were just being stubborn. He's so sweet. This morning he said he liked my hair," Megan said happily.

"He did?" Todd had told Fianna he liked her hair and her eyes. Was that just something he said to every girl?

Sharidan put her hands on her hips. "Well, he gave me some of his gum."

Megan gasped in disbelief. "You ate Todd Ryan's gum?"

"And I still have it," Sharidan said opening her mouth where there was a chewed piece of white gum.

"Hey Fianna!"

They turned around and saw Todd leaning against his black limo gesturing for her to come over to him.

"He's not talking to you, is he?" Sharidan asked.

"I think you'd better go see what he wants," Megan said.

Fianna picked up her bag and went over to Todd who was waiting impatiently for her. "It's about time you got over here. I would have had Joseph drive off without you."

"Wait, wait, you want me to get in your limo with you?"

Todd crossed his arms. "Well, if there's another girl in this school named Fianna, point her out to me and I'll take her instead. Are you getting in or not?"

"Fine." Fianna got in the limo and Todd got in after her, then Joseph closed the door and got in the drivers seat. She'd never been in a limo before. There were leather seats, tons of space, a TV, and Eminem was playing on the radio. Todd pressed a button and a soda popped out of the automated cup holder for her. She looked out the window and noticed they were going in the opposite direction of her house. "Hey, my house is that way."

Todd propped his feet up on the seats facing them and took a long swig of his coke. "We're not going to your house."

"Are we going to your house?"

He shook his head. "Nope."

"Then where the hell are we going?"

He looked at her out the corner's of his eyes. "Would you relax? We're going down to Sunset Boulevard to hang out with some friends. Unless you want to go home?"

She shook her head. "No, of course not."

He smirked. "Okay then."

She thought about what Cloe said, how Todd almost kissed her. "Todd?"

"Yeah?"

"Have you kissed anyone?"

Todd was surprised she'd ask that but smirked. "I've kissed a lot of girl in my day. They just come to me like a waterfall," he said smugly.

Fianna rolled her eyes. "No, I mean anyone at school."

He nodded wondering what she was getting at. "A few." He noticed the disappointed look on her face. "I mean, it wasn't like any of them were actually good kisser's…and I didn't like any of them anyway…and…why do you ask?"

"It's just; Megan told me you almost kissed her after class the other day…" She realized how she was starting to sound. "Not that I care or anything. I was just curious," she added quickly.

Todd snickered. "I've kissed a lot of girls, but I never kissed Megan." He looked at her and smirked. "Been thinking about me?"

Fianna's eyes widened for a moment but then she glared at him. "Ha! Very funny, of course not."

He moved closer to her. "We're friends now, right? I'm sure you've thought about being with me, or dreamed about it."

Fianna found herself blushing when he said that remembering her dream the other night.

He laughed to himself. "And I bet you've thought about kissing me." He leaned towards her. "Pucker up babe."

Fianna almost laid her lips on him but stopped herself. Then she pushed him away. "Keep your lips off me Todd Ryan."

Todd looked at her for a moment then sat back and looked out the window. "I was just joking."

For some reason Fianna felt guilty about what she'd done. What if he seriously wasn't going to kiss her now? She nervously moved closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder which surprised him. It was easy enough; he didn't push her away in disgust or yell at her, he just held her hand. "So was I," she said.

In a few minutes they were driving through Hollywood. Fianna had been here more than a few times, but never in a limo with a celebrity to hang out with his celebrity friends. The streets were lines with Palm Trees and fancy buildings. They passed the Hollywood Walk of Fame and she could see the Hollywood sign in the distance. "Holy crap is that Rihanna?" she exclaimed.

Todd chuckled. He found it funny how "normal" people got all crazy when they saw a celebrity. He saw them nearly every day so it didn't matter much to him. "Britney Spears was around here the other day. Let us out here Joseph!"

Joseph parked the limo and opened the door for them. Once they got out Todd walked down the sidewalk with his sunglasses on and Fianna followed. He seemed so calm about it; then again, he probably did this every day. She herself felt out of place. All of the women walking down the streets wore very expensive designer clothes. Here she was in only a jean skirt, a flowered Forever 21 shirt, and some sandals.

"So, um, is the McRyan High studio around here?" she asked trying to make conversation since he'd apparently forgotten she was there.

He nodded. "Yeah, it's right down this street. You wanna see it?"

"Sure."

He led her down the next street and they came to the big building that was the studio where McRyan High was filmed. He looked up at it with a sense of longing. He hadn't been there in so long; his parents had forbid him from even setting foot inside. Forget what they said, he didn't care anymore. "Come on inside." They went in and into the big lobby. The receptionist at the desk paid him no mind and anyone else who passed didn't throw him out so he took it as a good sign. He took her hand and pulled her over to the elevator. "The studio for McRyan High is on the fifth floor."

They got in the elevator and went to the fifth floor. A smile spread across Todd's face as they went down the hallway. They passed a room with a huge gold star on the door.

"What's in here?" she asked.

"That's my dressing room," he said. He turned the doorknob to show it to her but found it locked. He pulled his keys out of his pocket and tried the one for his dressing room but it wouldn't open. Who knows how long he'd be locked out; he hoped he didn't leave anything valuable in there. "Damn it," he mumbled.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

He shook his head. "Forget it. I'll show you the studio." They went to the McRyan High studio. At least that wasn't locked too.

Fianna gasped when she saw it. She never would have imagined this was what a TV show studio looked like. There were cameras and microphone's everywhere, a big director's chair, a line of chairs along the wall for the cast with their names on them, and up front a whole bunch of different sets. "Wow."

"Wow what?"

"I've never been in an actual TV studio like this before. I never would have thought it looked like this."

Todd held back a laugh. "These things don't just happen. There's a process."

The door opened again. "What are you doing here?"

They turned around and saw the director coming through the door.

"I felt like coming," Todd said.

"We've all had strict order's from your parent's not to let you in."

Todd glared at him. "It's my show, why the hell can't I at least come in? I was just showing her around, what's so bad about that?"

The director gave him a sympathetic look. "Listen Todd, it's not my choice. I'm just following orders. And we've had strict order's from Yolanda and Jordan that until you're off punishment, you're not allowed in here."

Todd gave him the worst look he could, wanting so badly to run over and rip the man's head off. "You know what, the next time you talk to my parents, you can tell them I said they can both go to hell. C'mon Fianna."

Fianna followed him out surprised by what he said. How could Todd say those things about his parents? He'd never given her a real reason his parents had done all this. What kind of punishment was he on?

They got outside and he glanced back at the studio. "Damn it all," he mumbled.

Fianna glanced at him when he said that. "Why are you being punished?"

He looked away from her still not wanting to tell her. "It doesn't matter." He felt his phone vibrate and checked the text message. "Ty and them are a few blocks over." He started walking again and she followed him.

Soon they came across a group of teenagers sitting in front of Starbucks. She was surprised to see Tyler Corroley. Leah, the girl who played Daniel in McRyan High was sitting at the table as well but Fianna barely recognized her. In the show Daniel was the innocent popular girl. Now her long black hair had purple streaks in it, she wore punk clothes, and a lot of black eyeliner. There was also a guy curly black hair sitting on the table and another girl (who was much more toned down than Leah) with blonde hair and she looked a lot like Tyler.

"It's about time you got here!" Tyler exclaimed.

"All that time in a public school's been holding him up Ty," the boy with the black hair said. He had a Jersey accent. The way he said public school sounded like he was talking about eating worms.

Todd gave him the finger in response.

"Stop putting that finger up before someone cuts it off," Leah said.

"Who's the chick?" Tyler asked.

"Fianna," Todd replied. "That's Tyler and Leah, but you should already know them since you watch the show." He pointed to the blonde girl. "That's Tyler's sister Marielle, and that's Iden, our New Jersey bastard."

Iden threw is napkin at Todd's head. "Shut up."

Todd threw it back. "Try that again and I'll make you eat it."

"You're such a player. We leave you alone for a few weeks and you come back with a girlfriend," Leah said.

Fianna and Todd gave her looks of disbelief. "She's not my girlfriend!" Todd exclaimed.

"He's not my boyfriend!" Fianna said at the same time.

The rest of them started laughing. "Oh sure she's not," Marielle said. No one believed that they didn't at least like each other; otherwise Todd wouldn't be wasting his time on her.

"Come sit down Fianna," Iden said waving her over. She sat down in the empty seat next to Marielle and Todd pulled up a chair near them. "Since you're not Todd's girlfriend, how about I get you a drink? It's on me."

Fianna smiled. "Thanks."

Todd rolled his eyes. "Dude, get me a grande misto with extra whipped cream."

Iden shook his head. "Get your own." Todd handed him the money for it. "Fine, but you owe me."

The rest of the afternoon was spent hanging out with Todd and his friends. They went up and down Vine Street and Hollywood Boulevard. Around seven thirty she and Todd were walking down the walk of fame looking for Joseph to take them home.

"You have some really nice friends," she said.

Todd snorted. "They're all insane. But Tyler's been my best friend since my career started."

"What about the other's?"

"Marielle was like three when I met Tyler so I've basically known her almost her whole life. Leah I met through McRyan High, and I met Iden a few years ago through a commercial we did together." He looked down at the stars they were walking over and they passed his parents names. "Someday I'm gonna have a star down here."

"It must be a really big thing."

"Only one of the greatest honor's you can have in the film business. When I get one no one will be able to step on it."

Fianna laughed. "Can you even do that?"

"They'll figure out how to do it. I always get what I want, that's no exception."

Finally they found the limo and Joseph drove Fianna to her house.

"Do you want me to walk you to the door?" Todd asked.

"If you want to."

They went inside of Fianna's house. No one else was home. To Todd, it was kind of weird being in there. His house and the houses of many people he knew were full blown mansions with the most expensive furniture, high ceilings, and his house even had a waterfall in it. He wasn't used to being in a normal sized house, to him the size of his house was normal, and it felt weird.

Fianna put her bag down and noticed Todd walking around from room to room examining everything.

"So…this is your house," he commented.

She leaned against the wall and watched him. "Yeah, it's been home since I was nine years old."

He looked at her curiously. "Where did you live before you moved here?" he asked hoping it wasn't anything worse.

"Florida."

He nodded thoughtfully. "So you're from Florida. Interesting." He continued examining every inch of her house.

In his mind he was contemplating saying what had been on his mind about her. They were alone finally, why shouldn't he? He wanted to tell her how much he'd been thinking about her, about the song he'd written about her, how he thought she was beautiful, and how much he wanted to be with her. She had said before he was hiding things, he'd been hiding this from her.

Fianna continued to watch him wondering how long he'd walk around her house. He didn't seem to really be looking around, more like thinking. The question was, what was he thinking about?

"Remember the other day you said there's something about me that I hide from people?"

Fianna nodded even though he wasn't facing her. "Yes." She wondered where he was going with that.

"There's something I've been hiding from you." He paused for a moment and she found herself getting nervous but she didn't know why. "I…I like you." He waited for her to say something but she didn't. He turned to face her. "Did you hear me?"

She nodded slowly.

He walked towards her getting nervous as well. He knew it, she didn't like him back. Now that he'd told her she'd never speak to him again. "Well? Reply."

Fianna was knocked speechless. She'd spent weeks thinking about Todd, dreaming about him, hoping for the day he'd say this to her. Now that it was a reality, she was at a loss for words. She tried to find her voice. "I like you too Todd."

Todd smiled with relief. He pulled Fianna close to him and his arm went around her waist. He placed his hand on her cheek and looked into those beautiful eyes he loved so much. They leaned towards each other; she could feel his minty fresh breath on her face. Their eyes closed, both craving the feeling of each other's lips that they'd waited so long for.

Finally their lips touched. She melted into him and ran her hands slowly up his arms to his shoulders. She had been so against the idea of ever liking Todd Ryan, but now she really wanted this kiss. His hand left her face and moved to hold the back of her head. His tongue brushed her lips and she gladly let him in. The kiss became more urgent as their tongue's roamed each other's mouths passionately tasting each other.

They pulled back and came up for air for a moment then found each other's mouths again. Todd pushed at her backing her up until she was against the wall. She gripped his shirt and he gripped her hair. His hand slid down her back to her leg and lifted it to wrap around his.

They didn't notice when the front door opened and in walked Fianna's mother. When she turned around she nearly flew through the ceiling when she saw her daughter up against the wall kissing a boy. "FIANNA?"

Fianna and Todd stopped kissing surprised to see her mother there. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

Her mother noticed the boy she was kissing was Todd Ryan and tried to fix her hair. "Um…Todd Ryan…"

He gave her a small wave. "What's up?"

"Well, you two just finish whatever you were doing. Can I have an autograph before you leave Todd?"

"Sure."

"Great." Her mom went upstairs.

"I take it she's a fan?" Todd said.

Fianna nodded. "You have no idea." She put her arms back around his neck and they kissed again.

He rested his forehead on hers. "I guess I should go home. There's homework to do."

She ran her hand through his hair. He normally hated it when people touched his hair but decided to let her be the exception. "Call me," she said.

"I will. I'll see you at school," he said. He kissed her lips one last time. "Bye."

"Bye."

Together at last! At chapter 7 too, it sure took them long enough. He must not be as bad as we all thought if Fianna likes him. Alright, time for Chpter 8!