Chapter 5 - Q&A

"Laura are you sure you a ready for this.. We can just tell them you are sick or something?" Heath suggested. "No. I need to do this. There is no point in delaying it." Laura nodded.

"Alright." He smiled. "Good luck you guys."

The cast headed and took their seats behind the panel. Laura was sat in between Sterling and Raini. The small bump that was forming was not visible, at least not until she stood up. She had gotten some concerning looks from the events staff and crew. She had brushed it off and pretended not to notice. The fans began to arrive in groups of screaming girls and annoyed looking parents. Laura had no idea that there would actually be so many people turning up. She glanced between the clock and the door waiting for Ross to show his face. She fidgeted under the table trying not to let her nerves show.

"Laura. I'm sure he'll come." Raini whispered trying to calm her down. Laura nodded and forced a smile. It was almost time.

"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to "The Ally Way's" open Q&A! As you can see we have all the main cast as well as the creators and some of the writers. If your watching this at home then you can also get involved by tweeting using the hashtag 'The Ally Way' and we'll be reading your questions out a little bit later! Now, to get started we are going to have some questions from the audience. You can pick a single person to ask, or you can ask it to everyone one! So who's first?" The host of the show was a man named Ernie. He was always overly energetic but Laura admired that about him. He looked around at the crowd of screaming girls and boys before picking his first victim. "You!" He said pointing at a little girl who was standing as tall as she could to try and catch his attention. He ran up the centre of the stairs and handed her the microphone. "What is your question." He smiled kneeling beside her.

"Are Trish and Dez going to get together this season?" She asked her face turning redder and redder. Calum and Raini looked at each other before laughing. "Well we can't give anything like that away." Calum chuckled into his microphone. "But, there is some romance this season."

As the event went on Laura grew more and more anxious. Ross wasn't there and he wasn't going to be there. She should have known better than to trust him. Now she was going to have to face it alone. She braved a smile everytime she answered a question.

"So what are your plans for today?" Stormie asked.

"Working on some new songs." Ross smiled.

"Uh huh.. well as you know me and your father will be out of town for the next few days, so I don't want any house parties and If I come back and find anything broken I will ground you." She smiled sweetly at her son. "Oooh. Always with the threats." He joked and his mother laughed.

"You bet." She ruffed up his hair and switched the TV on. "There's never anything good on." She sighed flicking through the channels. Ross wasn't really paying attention but something caught his eye. Well, someone caught his eye. "Hey, go back a few channels." He said approaching the TV. Stormie complied and began hitting the back button. "Join us again after this very short break for the last section of The Ally Way's live Q and A! Keep those questions rolling in. And I heard, there's going to be a big announcement so don't go anywhere." Ross almost had heart failure. "That's today! Fuuuuuuuu." He cut himself off knowing his mother was in the room. "I need to borrow the car!" He said.

"You can't. Me and your dad are leaving soon." She shrugged.

"Riker!" He called desperately making his way up the stairs tripping up a few times.

"What?" Riker said sticking his head out of his room door.

"I need you to drive me somewhere. And fast."

"Yeah right, I'm busy." Riker said.

"It's about Laura." Ross said trying to keep his voice hushed.

"What? Is there something wrong, is it the baby?" Riker asked.

"No, I'll explain in the car!" Ross said. "Please." He begged.

"Fine. This better be good." Riker said reaching for his shoes.

"Welcome back to the show! So we're going to read a few question from twitter. This one is from 'AllyDawsonIsAwesome' and she asks, Calum if you could date anyone of your co-stars who would it be?" Ernie asked.

"Ooooh." Calum smirked a little. "It would have to be Sterling, because everyone want's to date him." Calum laughed.

"This is true." Sterling joined in.

"Laura this one is for you, and it's from the user Ally_can_u_not, and she asks 'What is your favorite song from the show'?"

"My favorite?" Laura paused a little. "I would have to say 'Finally Me' because I think that was the song that sort of changed it all for Ally." She smiled.

"Sadly that is all we have time for! If we didn't see your question then keep tweeting as the cast will be replying to some of you on twitter! Before we end the show I have heard that someone has an announcement to make." Ernie raised an eyebrow looking at the cast.

"I do." Laura said. She took a deep breath and placed her hands on the arms of her chair. Her cast smiled at her and Heath and Kev gave her their typical thumbs up. She slowly stood up. At first no one really got why she was standing up and then Ernie's eye widened.

"I'm pregnant." She said as a small smile formed on her face. The crowd looked half confused and half happy for her. "Wow." Ernie laughed. "Congrats Laura." He clapped and everyone joined in as the crowd erupted in cheers. "What does this mean for the show?" Ernie asked and Heath took the lead. "It's taken a lot of hard work on Laura's part but we have worked through it and it won't change the show much." He smiled.

"And.. who is the dad?" Ernie laughed a little.

"I.. Um…" Laura looked around at the crowd who were patiently awaiting her answer. She looked at the door and then to her castmates. Raini took her hand and stood up with her.

He had let her down, just like Sterling said. She looked down at Sterling who had that "I told you so" look on his face. The room was silent waiting for her to come clean. "I.. I don't.." Her words were cut short at a commotion that seemed to be happening at the side of the stage. Everyone's eyes fell to the side of the stage where the shouting was coming from. "You don't understand! I need to get in there!" A voice shouted. It was his voice, it was Ross. The bodies became visible as Ross and what looked like Riker pushed their way past the lines of security that were trying to stop them. Once through they both ran out on to the stage and looked around. "Am I too late?" Ross asked breathlessly. Laura just looked at him and he finally noticed the massive crowd who looked even more confused now. "What's happening here?" Ernie asked raising an eyebrow.

Riker looked around and just awkwardly waved at everyone in the crowd. "Have you told them?" Ross asked. She handed him the microphone and he reluctantly took it. "Hi." He said into it. "Um so.. I'm Ross Lynch for those of you who don't know.. but I'm pretty sure you do know who I am." He shrugged. "Anyway.. I've been a pretty big jerk these past few weeks towards Laura. I am here today to tell you that I am.. I'm… I'm super excited for the new season! Team Ally." He smiled and handed her the mic back. She was sure he mouthed "I'm sorry." but she couldn't exactly tell through her now teary eyes.

"Um.. so yeah.." He walked back towards the exit gaining a disappointed look from his older brother. Laura looked to Riker who looked more upset than she did.

"Thank you for that Ross…" Ernie shrugged. "So, Laura. You were saying."

She looked towards Sterling who had a look of sympathy rather than "I told you so" written on his face. "Right." She said. "The dad.. well.."

"Fuck it." She heard Ross say as he marched back over, taking the microphone off her. "It's me. I am the dad." He looked over to his brother, who was now nodding in approval. "I'm sorry Laura… I got scared."

"It's fine." She said taking the mic back off him. "Just to clarify, we aren't together."

"Okay…" Ernie said. "Well this has been eventful." He said laughing a little.

"Ross Lynch?" Heath asked. "Why didn't you just tell us?"

"Because he said he didn't want to be a part of it at the start." Laura shrugged.

"But now he does?" Kevin asked.

"I guess so.. I told him this was his chance to prove himself.. I didn't actually think he was going to turn up.. but he did." She smiled.

"I'm really glad sweetheart." Kevin smiled as he noticed Ross waiting at the door.

"We'll leave you two alone." He said as him and Heath left.

"Hey." Ross smiled a little.

"I didn't expect you to show up." Laura said.

"I'm really sorry I was late.. and that I done that.." He looked down. "But I'm here." He shrugged. She nodded and ran up and hugged him. "Thank you." she said.

"For what?" He asked sounding confused.

"For not making me do this alone." She said and he smiled wrapping his arms around her.

"I was an idiot for being such a fuck head to you. I promise I'm gonna help out in whatever way I can.." They were interrupted by a cough. It was Raini, Calum and Sterling.

"So you are the pretty boy that knocked up my best friend." Raini said looking him up and down. "Not bad Laura." She smirked.

"Raini." Laura rolled her eyes.

"Calum Worthy, big fan." Calum stuck his hand out to shake Ross's.

"Nice to properly meet you." Ross smiled and then turned his attention to Sterling.

"Um.. sorry about your face and stuff." Sterling said.

"It's cool." Ross shrugged.

"Right." Sterling nodded.

"Oh.. I have something for you." Laura said.

"We'll leave now." Raini said. "See you on set." She said before she dragged the two boys out.

"What is it?" Ross asked.

"I sort of went to an ultrasound.. without you… but I didn't know if I could trust you. Anyway, I got you this." She said handing him the picture. He took it and his eye's widened.

"Wow.. So this is really happening." He laughed a little admiring the picture of the scan. "Can I come to the next one?... Is that a thing, like does it happen again?" He asked.

"Yeah." She smiled. "Not for another while, but there will be others." He looked at her and smiled.

"Ross." His brothers voice came from behind them. "Mom just called me. She and everyone else saw the whole thing." Riker said. "She said she was proud but didn't like that part where you said fuck it. Typical mom."

"They are never gonna let me live it down." Ross laughed. "Um Laura this is my brother Riker, and Riker this is Laura." He introduced the two.

"Nice to meet you Laura. Ross is a very lucky man to have you." He smirked.

"Cut it out bro. It's not like that." Ross said.

"Alright.. alright." He smiled.

That night Laura could finally sleep. She had nothing to worry about, not yet anyway. The response had been mixed but it was mostly positive. Laura composed several tweets before finally deciding on tweeting "Thank you for the support. It won't be easy, but we will get it through it! Happy time's ahead!". Only moments after she tweeted her phone lit up. Ross had retweeted along with what seemed to be the rest of R5. Which reminded her, she should probably call Rydel.

"Laura!" Rydel said answering the phone. "You have been ignoring me for ages!"

"I know, I'm sorry." Laura said.

"So.. you and my brother. How disgusting." Rydel said laughing. "You could have done so much better than him."

"It's not like we are together now.. he just happens to be the father of my unborn child. No big deal" Laura said.

"It is a big deal. A very big deal. Did you see how red he was turning when he announced it? It was the funniest thing I have ever seen."

"You are so nice to him." Laura said.

"Try living with him then you'll see why."

"I'd rather not." Laura chuckeled.

"We need to catch up big time. Why don't you come over tomorrow.. my family all want to meet you. And Ross can't wait to see you again." Rydel said. Laura was sure she probably had the biggest smirk on her face.

"There is nothing going on between me and Ross romantically." Laura stated.

"Uh huh.. keep telling yourself that."

"What about you and that Ratliff drummer guy person!" Laura said.

"There is nothing going on between us!"

"Of course." Laura laughed.

"Shut up. But seriously, come over tomorrow!"

"Alright, fine." Laura said.