The two girls woke up the next morning to Laura's phone buzzing like crazy. Laura rubbed her eyes and grabbed her phone from the table and unlocked it.
Ross Lynch:
153 text messages
31 missed calls
Laura looked at Raini nervously and bit her lip. She looked back down and her phone and checked the texts.
'Laura, answer me.' sent 6:30 am
'Are you awake?' sent 6:54 am
'Call back! Please!' sent 7:18 am
'LAURA!' sent 9:46 am
"Should I...?" Laura asked Raini, and she shrugged in reply. Laura finally sighed and dialed her boyfriend's number in her phone. He picked up after the first ring.
'Laura!' She hear Ross exclaimed and she flinched from the loudness. 'Thank god you answered. I need to clear things up-'
"Clear what up, Ross? The fact that you choose Maia over me, and you didn't even have the balls to tell me?" Laura cut him off and Raini widened her eyes at what Laura said.
'Laur, what you saw isn't what actually happened.' Ross said and Laura gave him a sarcastic laugh.
"Well what i saw looked a lot like what happened Ross. I can't believe you would do this to me." Laura told him and she hear Ross sigh frustratedly.
"Laura-"
"No, Ross. Bye, Ross." And with that, she hung up angrily. He called again and she declined the call, turning her phone off and placing it back on the table.
"You okay?" Raini asked cautiously and Laura sighed but nodded.
"Yeah, I'm good." Laura replied, "Well, good for someone whose boyfriend cheated on them, I guess."
"Why don't we have a girls day today? We can invite Vanessa and Rydel to come!" Raini suggested and Laura smiled at Raini's attempt to make her feel better.
"Yeah, I'd like that." Laura said and Raini already had her phone out, texting the two girls to meet them at their favorite restaurant.
When Laura and Raini got to the restaurant, they saw Rydel and Vanessa already talking and gossiping in their regular seats, a booth in the back of the restaurant, isolated from most of the other tables.
"I have no idea what got into Ross, Vanessa. I'm so sorry for what he did to your sister." They heard Rydel once they got to the table.
"Laura! Raini!" Rydel and Vanessa exclaimed and stood up to hug both of them. They sat back down and Raini sat next to Vanessa and Laura sat next to Rydel.
"So, you guys were talking about Ross?" Laura asked, and Rydel sighed.
"I'm so sorry for what he did, Laur. Once I see him, I'm gonna give him an ass whoopin', just wait." Rydel apologized and Laura
"I appreciate that, but to be honest, I'm not really mad or sad anymore. I'm just confused." Laura started, "Why wouldn't he tell me? You know? Like why didn't he just break up with me if he likes Maia."
The three other girls nodded in understanding, then Vanessa piped up.
"Hey, this is a girls day! We shouldn't be talking about dumb boys!" And they all agreed.
"Just one more question," Rydel asked Vanessa, "What are you going to do when you see him tomorrow?"
"Oh no." Laura realized and she groaned loudly causing people to shoot her weird stares. "I haven't thought about that."
"You don't have to think about it because I'm gonna make sure that we stay as far away from his as possible." Raini told her and Laura replied with a smile.
"Aw, Raini, thanks!" She said happily and Raini smiled back at her.
"Okay! Enough about my brother and his stupidity. What're we gonna eat?" Rydel picked up a menu and the three others followed her actions.
After the four ate, they split the bill and then Rydel suggested that they hang out at her house because she needed help picking an outfit for tomorrow. Laura was nervous about that idea and she told her she would just go home.
"Hey, don't worry. I promise you that Ross won't be there. He said that he's doing some more movie promotion stuff. He'll be gone all day." Rydel reassured her, and finally Laura agreed to help her choose an outfit. Rydel gave a little cheer and they all left to their respective cars to drive back to the Lynch household.
Once they all got there, Rydel opened the door and was met by Riker and Ellington watching Austin and Ally on TV.
"What are you guys doing?" Rydel laughed at her brother and boyfriend. Riker turned around and rolled his eyes at his sister.
"Obviously not watching Austin and Ally." He said sarcastically. He looked behind Rydel and saw Vanessa, Raini, and Laura. "Ross just left."
"Good. We don't need his cheating ass here." Rydel said and the two boys looked at her confusedly.
"Didn't you hear? He and Maia kissed two nights ago." Rydel told the two and they widened their eyes in shock.
"He what? That can't be true. I'll kill him!" Riker exclaimed, then he stood up and walked over to Laura. She looked up at him and smiled when he embraced her. "I'm so sorry for my dumb little brother's actions, and I promise that I will get him back as soon as I possibly can."
Laura laughed sadly and pulled away from the eldest Lynch's hug. "I'm okay, really. I just don't get why he didn't tell me." She told him and he nodded in understanding.
"He isn't that type of person though, maybe it wasn't them!" Ellington piped in, and Vanessa shook her head.
"Nope, it was his car and everything. It had to be them." Vanessa said and Riker sighed, mentally reminding himself to beat his little brother up once he comes home.
"Well enough about Ross, and his stupidity. I invited these ladies to help me pick an outfit for tomorrow, so you guys go back to watching Austin and Ally, and we'll be heading up to my room." Rydel said, then motioned the three girls to follow her upstairs.
The front door opened once the girls got upstairs and Riker and Ellington paused the show once more to greet whoever opened the door.
"Ross? I thought you had movie things." Riker widened his eyes once he saw his little brother drop his keys on the table and hang his jacket in a closet next to the front door.
"Rescheduled to 6." Ross simply said and took a seat next to Ellington, "Why're you guys watching Austin and Ally?"
"Why did you kiss Maia?" Ellington asked him and played the show again. Ross widened his eyes and gave a dramatic sigh.
"We didn't kiss!" Ross exclaimed and ran his fingers through his messy hair. "She leaned in to whisper something to me and right when she leaned in, I leaned in to whisper something to her! And i guess the paparazzi were in the perfect angle to make it look like we kissed. But we didn't! I swear. And now Laura won't even answer my calls or texts. And before I came back home, I went to her house but she wasn't there!"
Riker and Ellington looked at each other, then looked back at Ross who was looking at them with sad eyes.
"I gotta go pee." Ellington said quickly then ran upstairs to Rydel's room.
"There's a bathroom right there." Ross said to his older brother and Riker shrugged.
"Rydel! Open the door!" Ellington whisper-yelled while banging on his girlfriend's bedroom door. The door opened and he ran inside, closing the door behind him.
"Ross is here, and Laura I really think that you and him should talk." He said quickly and all the girls raised their eyebrows.
"Wait- what? Did you just say Ross is here?" Laura asked and Ellington nodded furiously.
"Yeah! And he has an explanation from the night he was with Maia!" He exclaimed and Laura shook her head.
"No, I'm leaving. Vanessa, please stay here and help Rydel. Just give me the keys." Laura told her sister and Vanessa looked at her worriedly. "Please Vanessa. I kind of just wanna be alone right now."
Vanessa sighed and tossed the car keys to her younger sister and told her not to do anything stupid and to be safe.
"I'm really sorry that I'm leaving. Rydel, I bet whatever you choose, you'll look beautiful in. See you guys tomorrow." And with that, Laura exited the room. She made her way down the stairs and saw Ross and Riker talking while watching a basketball game on TV. She mentally prepared herself just in case Ross sees her and then made a run to their front door. The two boys turned around after hearing her foot steps and Ross widened his eyes.
"Laura?" Ross exclaimed and got off the couch to run up to her. She looked at him then opened the front door and exited the house hurriedly, slamming the door shut right behind her.
"Laura!" Ross exclaimed then opened the door to see her running down the street to a her older sister's car, getting in, starting the car, and leaving. Ross slammed the door shut and faced Riker. He glared at his older brother who looked back at him, giving him a sheepish smile.
"Laura was here," Ross started calmly, "and you didn't tell me!" He ended with a shout and Riker told him to chill.
"I didn't think it would be a good idea since she hates you." Riker said with a shrug, and Ross groaned loudly and slumped onto the couch.
"I hate you." He told him and Riker patted his shoulder in reply.
"I love you too, Ross. You'll see her tomorrow. Just explain it to her then." Riker said and Ross nodded sadly.
"I'll wait for tomorrow then, I guess." Ross sighed and focused his attention back on the TV screen.
