Sorry I haven't updated for some time….. Here is more! I sorta wanted to add something in between Neighbors-a-rooney and Prom-a-rooney, but I won't skip that! Also: I decided to try and update once a week, so um yeah…. just know that. However, I will be doing things this summer in which I will not have wifi, so there will be time when I can't post one per week, when I have wifi, I will catch up and post the ones that I couldn't before.

I don't own Liv and Maddie or the characters.

He missed her already. As Holden drove back to boarding school in St. Paul, Minnesota, he tried to rehash the events of the wake. All he could think about was staring into her eyes for hours and hours, just getting lost in her. But she probably didn't like him. She was a movie star! There had to be dozens of guys just waiting for her to go on a date with her, but he just wasn't one of them. She would never like him, not in the way he liked her.

But as he entered his dorm, he started to think differently. I don't need her. She stole the giraffe from my uncle's wake. In fact, I'm better off without her!

Then he thought about how adorable she was and how she had called him hot. Him, Holden Dippledorf!

It was a vicious cycle that he just couldn't break. Luckily, his roommate, Lucas, got his mind off the beautiful blonde girl.

"Hey, man! How was the wake?" Lucas asked, looking up from his pile of calculous work.

"Good, but I need your advice on girls."

"Are you serious?!" Lucas asked with a smirk, "You, Holden Dippledorf, need advice from me about girls? Someone call NASA because the world is ending!"

Lucas was generally a little nerdy and had only dated two girls in the time they had been in high school, whereas Holden was known as someone who could get girls really easily.

"I know, I know, but this one's different. She's gorgeous, talented, but she probably hates me." Holden shook himself out of his trance, Liv could do that to him.

"Well, you obviously like this girl. Am I allowed to ask who?"

"Liv Rooney." Holden sighed, thinking about what it would be like if they actually went on a date. He would take her to a movie and buy them a large popcorn. When they reached into the popcorn bucket, their hands would accidentally touch. Dammit, he wanted to kiss her. He really wanted her to like him, but he knew she didn't.

"Holden, Holden, EARTH TO HOLDEN!" Lucas snapped his fingers and Holden was brought back to reality. The reality in which Liv Rooney didn't like him and probably never would.

"Sorry. She's just so wonderful. I really want her to like me, but when we were in third grade, I stole her Goodbye Puppy Pen. Besides, she remembers me as Hungry, Hungry Holden who used to eat paste."

"Oh don't worry, I remember that kid. But now, you're so different. You grew up and, besides, I'm friends with you after that. And trust me, that was gross."

"Wow. Thanks, man."

"I just tell the truth."

Holden sat down at his desk and began to work. Due to his uncle's wake, he had to leave school for the weekend. He had a lot of homework to catch up on, so he figured he should try to get it done.

He had finished his english, science, and calculus homework, Holden decided to take a walk.

He stepped outside of his dorm and into the brisk late winter air, which greeted him with a large gust of wind. He shivered. As he walked around campus, he thought about (who but) Liv. Why was it that he liked her so much? Why not any other girl? He was a junior in high school and in the time he had been attending school, he had dated many girls, but none of them were right. None of them were Liv.

He sat down on a nearby bench. Why did she stand out? Was it her beautiful blonde hair, her acting and singing skills, or her adorable quirk of twirling her hair when she was nervous? No, no , and no. Those were all wonderful attributes, but many girls were like that. Liv was special. She was genuinely kind. Holden was home for winter break and watched the entire New Years Eve special with Liv and Johnny Nimbus. When a fan had caused her to admit that she had kissed her sister's boyfriend in the process of making a music video, she made sure to make up for it. She explained on live television what happened. And that was just one example. Liv was always so kind to people all around her. If only she liked him.

It was at that point that his thoughts were interrupted by his friend, Carly. "Hi Holden! You look confused. What's up?"

Carly was friends with him since he started middle school. She liked and was really good at dance and math. Holden had asked her to help him with math A LOT, however they both shared a love of dance. They both took the dance elective and loved laughing at their crazy teacher.

"There's this girl I like," Holden started.

"Let me stop you right there," Carly said, being as sassy as possible. "Who is this girl? Because I need to tell you that I am unavailable."

Holden wanted any excuse to not talk about Liv. He knew that he would hear the same thing, 'tell her how you feel', but he wouldn't be able to deal with the pain that would come with the rejection from the girl he had liked since third grade. So instead, he decided to distract Carly.

"Who are you dating? PLEASE don't tell me that your using someone to get back at Ryder. I understand that you want him to be jealous, but it's just mean."

"Calm yourself. FYInformation, I am back together with Ryder, but stop trying to change the subject. Who is it?"

"Liv Rooney. I've liked her since third grade, but when I was in third grade, I stole her Goodbye Puppy pen. And then I tore up her lawn. And I ate paste. Needless to say, I doubt that a TV/movie star/singer would want to date me and, besides, I don't want to have to deal with the rejection. I like her too much to go through the pain of her not liking me."

Much to his surprise, Carly didn't tell him to tell Liv how he felt. In fact, she was more angry than supportive.

"You mean to tell me that you've dated plently of girls, yet you knew in the back of your mind that you still like this girl?! This doesn't sound right."

"I've liked her since third grade. I can promise you that I like her and not anyone else."

"Fine, you like her. Just tell me this, why her?"

"She's pretty and talented and quirky, but even more than that, she is truly a nice person. In fact, she's a wonderful person."

"Oh shoot, I have a date with Ryder in ten minutes. I have to go, but I really think that, before you tell her (because you should), you should make her see how nice you are. Prove to her that you are not a pen-stealing, paste-eating jerk, but a kind person just like her. Holden, I know you, and you are a good person, too. You just need Liv to realize."