Author's note: thank you to LoveShipper for your support in all of my fics! It really encourages me to write more:)

I anticipated that I would finish this pretty quickly, but it took a while for a short chapter. I hope you still like it!

This chapter is set during Musicals & Moving On. In case you didn't know, they actually filmed Duets & Destiny before Musicals & Moving On, so it's actually the last episode that was filmed.

Laura's POV

It's our last day on set, and I'm trying to be my usual optimistic self, but I feel like crying every time I see anything vaguely related to Austin & Ally. We have to film a scene, I'm choking back tears. I see Ross, Calum, and Raini, I'm close to crying. I'm just an emotional mess.

We've filmed every scene of the series except one: the one where Austin, Ally, Trish, and Dez are leaving each other. It's really ironic because that's exactly what we're doing in real life, but it makes it that much more painful. I don't know how I'm going to get through this scene without breaking down, but I don't have time to ponder because Ross walks into my dressing room.

I don't know what triggers it, but I just burst into tears as soon as I see him.

"Laura, are you okay?" he asks gently.

"I-I don't want to...I don't want this to end!" I sob.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I see tears in his eyes.

"We all don't want to leave," Ross tells me, "and I'm really sad, too. But the reality is, we only have one more scene to shoot before we say goodbye."

"I know," I sniff, a little calmer now. "I just don't want to leave you."

"Me?" he replies, taken aback.

"Why is that a surprise?" I ask, still wiping tears from my eyes.

"Well, I mean, you're not just leaving me, you're leaving Raini, who's, like, your best friend on set, and Calum, who you always laugh with, and I'm just...me." he replies.

"You're not just you, you're Ross, you're...you're my friend, one of my best friends, and...and..." I don't get to finish my sentence because I burst into tears again.

"And what?" he asks, patting my back gently to calm me down.

"And...and I'm afraid that..." I sob, "You've been so distant these days, and I'm afraid that...that after the show ends...that...that you'll forget us, and...and then I'll never see you again!"

With that I burst into another bout of tears.

"Oh, Laura! Don't cry, it just makes me sad. And I'm sorry that I've been so distant these days, I just...I feel the same way as you, I don't want to leave you, or anyone else here, and I'm trying to suppress the memories of you...so it won't be so painful." he confesses. "Remember what I told you when we didn't know if we were going to get a season four?"

"You'll text me every day, and you promised to visit me as often as possible." I recall.

"And I promise that I will keep that promise." he says, and I know in that moment that he's telling the truth.

"Ross?" I say timidly.

"Yes?"

"I...I still like you. I still love you." I confess.

There's silence for a little bit, while I look down, still trying not to cry.

I slowly look over at Ross, afraid to see his reaction to my confession.

His face is in his hands, and he's shaking slightly. Is he crying? Ross, my imperturbable, amazing friend?

"Ross, are you okay?" I ask, concerned.

"Laura, I...I still love you, too. I love you so much you wouldn't even know." he admits once he looks up.

I'm so shocked and surprised and delighted and relieved that I don't even know how to answer him, so I just wrap my arms around him in a tight hug. He kisses me on the forehead, and I pretty much just melt in delight.

I sigh contentedly in his arms, and then we're interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Laura, where's Ross? We're about to start the final scene!" yell Raini and Calum.

I take a deep breath. Let's do this.

"Ally, I'm sorry for acting so jealous. I was just missing you already." Ross says as Austin.

I don't know how much that statement connects to how he feels in real life, but I respond with, "I feel the same way. And you don't have to worry about me falling for some brainy Harvard guy. I love you for you and I always will."

I say the last line with all the feelings that I've been feeling for Ross.

"I love you too." he replies, as Austin. But I know he knows that I know that he means it as Ross, too.

Then we kiss. It's barely a kiss, definitely not like the one from Real Life & Reel Life, but a kiss nonetheless.

"I also have a going-away present for you," I say as Ally, remembering that I actually have a going-away present for Ross, "actually, it's a going-away/birthday/groundhog day present."

I pull out Ally's precious songbook.

"Your songbook?"

I take his hand and place it on the songbook.

"You're letting me touch it?"

"I'm letting you have it. It's full of memories! And, I wrote some new songs for you to use while I'm at school!"

We finish the scene smiling and laughing, especially when Calum jumps into the hot tub!

"Alright, that's a wrap! Congrats guys, you've officially finished filming Austin & Ally!" someone yells.

Ross, Calum, and Raini cheer, but I just feel numb, like all of this information is just being processed by my brain.

"Group hug!" yells Calum, and we get together and do a group hug.

"I'm gonna miss you guys," Raini tells us, "but you all have to keep in touch!"

I wave to my friends, then I start walking away to my dressing room silently. I immediately notice Ross following me while Raini and Calum stay and chat on set, like it was an ordinary day.

This is no ordinary day.

"Twenty bucks they start dating by next week!" I hear Calum say to Raini.

"Give them time, give them a month!" Raini replies.

By the time we're out of earshot, Ross starts talking to me.

"Are you okay, Laura?"

"Yeah, it's just...it doesn't feel real. I can't imagine not filming another scene with you!" I reply, sounding a little distressed.

"Hey, you never know! Maybe we'll work together again in the future!" he says cheerfully.

We enter my dressing room and I start to pick up my bag.

"You're leaving already?" he asks.

I shake my head. "I got you a going-away present. Actually, it's a going-away/Christmas/birthday/New Year's/groundhog day/Valentine's Day present...but I hope I'll see you again before then."

"Ooh, a present!" he replies, just like Austin would, especially in the first scene.

All the memories come flooding back to me, and I try to hold back the tears as I hand him the little leather-bound book.

It's small, and leather-bound, and it has the letter L on the front.

"A book?" Ross asks.

"Look...look at it." I stutter, my eyes watering.

"It...Ally's songbook?"

"I...I made a scrapbook over these past four years. It...it documents our time together." I explain.

"Oh, and the L...the L is for Laura." Ross realizes.

I nod.

He doesn't verbally reply, but he pulls me into a hug.

He flips the book open to the first page, where there are pictures of our audition for the show.

"We were so tiny!" he laughs.

"I remember when I met you, I thought you were so silly, like Austin!" I reminisce.

"Seriously?" he replies. "I always knew you were super loud! And I also thought you were sweet. Loud and sweet, that was my first impression of you. Oh, and smart!"

I grin. I really do take pride in my academic excellence! I'm a straight-A student!

He flips a couple of pages into the book, and stops at a page without pictures. It's titled "Things that Ross calls me". He glances over at me.

"Over the years, I made a list of the different things you've called me!" I explain, "It's so that I can figure out what you actually think of me."

He nods.

"'Smart.' Really, is that the first thing I called you?"

"Yeah, pretty much!" I laugh.

"'The girl who's going to be Ally.' I remember saying that!"

He skips down a few lines.

"'Dorky.' Yep, that sure hasn't changed!"

I pretend to be offended, but I end up laughing.

"'Laur.' I still call you that!"

He skips down a few more lines, to the point where it would already have been season three that we were filming.

"'Adorable.' Aw, you are adorable!"

I blush.

"'Beautiful.' Why did you put a heart next to it?" he asks.

"Because...because I had a massive crush on you, and hearing you say that made me so, so happy! Even if it was an offhand comment."

"It wasn't an offhand comment," he replies, "Laura, you are truly beautiful."

I start tearing up again, because hearing it from Ross means so much to me.

"I'm sorry, I've just been so emotional today!" I apologize, since it's probably a pain to be around me crying all day anyways.

"It's fine, I get it." Ross replies, "I've been really emotional all day, too. I mean, this morning, I watched a video compilation of all the Auslly moments throughout seasons one to three...I was crying so much, Calum heard me from down the hall."

"I'm going to miss you, Ross." I say for what might be the tenth time today.

"I miss you already, and we're still here." he replies.

"Ross, Laura!" we hear from out in the hall. "Pack up your stuff and come out here to say goodbye to everyone, the set's closing in an hour!"

"I guess this is goodbye." I say sadly, walking towards the door.

"Wait!" Ross interjects.

I spin around, eyes wide like Ally in the season two finale.

"I...I just wanted to say that...I've said it before, but I love you, Laura." he says. "And...before you leave, can I have a goodbye kiss?"

"Of course." I smile, and I press my lips to his.

He deepens the kiss, and it's like my first kiss all over again. There are butterflies in my stomach and my head is spinning, but I know that I should remember this moment because this is our last kiss in a long, long time.

We finally pull apart, and I'm breathing heavily.

"I'm going to miss you, Ross. I love you." I say sadly but passionately.

"Goodbye, Laura. I'm going to miss you."

And with a hug and a few tears, I'm out the door, never to see Ross again for a long, long time. But I know that sometime, somewhere, somehow, we're going to be together again. I just know it.

Author's note: I did not mean to make it so sad but I guess that's just the way it is. I hope you liked it, and as usual, if you didn't, feedback is always appreciated!