Last chapter of this story. I'm sad to see it end. I really enjoyed writing it. But, i'm going to post another short story like this soon, so look out for that.
It's cute and adorable and funny and Rocky is up to no good. Enjoy. I own nothing.
His lips were on hers as he pushed her against the door, his hand pressed against it as she ran her fingers through his hair and pulled back slightly, gasping as he just stared down at her for about a second before closing his eyes. He opened them and looked at her, his other hand going to her back and pushed her against him. She gasped again.
"Hey, hey, you crazy kids."
Ross groaned, closing his eyes and lifting his head as Laura laughed, she tried to see who was behind him.
"Goddammit Rocky," He said and turned around to see his older brother, smiling, happy and almost like he was the one about to get laid. "You really need to work on your timing skills, it sucks."
Rocky just grinned at him, "hey, for all you know, I could've just prevented a future little one running around here."
"Or, you could have just killed a beautiful moment." Ross answered back, "why are you here anyways?"
Rocky shrugged, holding up the tub he held in his hand. "I wanted some ice."
"We just got here less than two minutes ago, how did you go in your room and get it that fast?" Ross raised his eyebrow.
Rocky looked from his left to his right and then leaned in, "I'm secretly Superman," He said quietly. Ross just gave him a look that he wasn't buying it and Laura just burst into giggles.
"Alright, Superman. I'm gonna go… inside my room and… you know… bye!" Ross turned towards the door, quickly grabbing his key, he put it in the door and it immediately opened.
"Eager are we?"
"Rocky, I'm going to kill you." Ross closed his eyes, leaning his head against the door as he opened it, allowing Laura to pass through it.
"Laura, thoughts?"
"Um… have a good night? Don't trip and let the ice fall all over the ground," She said and then smiled sweetly waving at him. Ross smirked and then very nearly slammed the door shut in his face. He turned to Laura.
"Where were we?" He asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her against him. She smiled, slowly wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Right here," She said and then pressed her lips against his. He responded back almost instantly and had started the battle for dominance, when there was a loud knock on the door. He groaned and let his head hang back, reluctantly stepping away from her.
"That better not be Rocky," He muttered as Laura let out a laugh. He opened it. "What is it-Rydel?"
"Rydel?" Laura repeated, surprised. Ross shared a look with her, blinking his eyes, confused. "Wait, isn't Rocky the sibling who normally-"
"Cockblocks? Yes." Ross answered, he turned back to his sister. "What's up Rydel?"
"Just wanted to see how you two were doing, but I see that you are busy now, so… being that this is totally awkward, I'm just gonna go…" She stepped back, bumping into someone who let out a loud yelp and then fell to the ground.
"Dammit!"
Laura looked over Ross' outstretched arm and burst into laughter at seeing Rocky on the ground, Rydel beside him with his tub of ice spread out all over the floor.
"Called it!" Laura called and then laughed more as Ross just shook his head, amused. Rocky stood up to clean up the mess, Rydel about to do the same when she was knocked to the ground again.
"This night just keeps getting more and more awkward," She muttered and Laura saw the look of shock on her face when she saw that Ratliff was the one who was on top of her and not her own brother. Because, that would have been weird… and gross. And wrong. On so many levels.
"Alright, well we're just gonna leave you three to deal with that…incredibly awkward situation," Ross said and then looked behind the door, he took the sign and hooked it on the front handle. "Read it, remember it, goodbye." He slammed the door in their faces again and then turned to Laura who was by the bed, laughing and giggling as he ran towards her and belly flopped onto the bed. He got up and pulled her on top of him, shocking her so much, she stumbled and fell. He caught her though and she just breathed heavily, staring at him for a few moments. "We're finally alone…well, hopefully." He said and her lips broke out into a smile.
"We are."
"I don't know if I told you this yet," His hand went to her hair and he played with the strands. "I'm really happy you're here."
She moved so that her lips were just ghosting over his, "me too." She whispered and then she kissed him, hard and deep, causing his eyes to immediately slam shut as he pulled her even closer. He let out a groan and she smiled into the kiss. "I think someone's happy. And for the record, I'm not talking about you."
"It's attached to me isn't it? So technically, isn't it me?"
"Technically, you have a point." Laura agreed, "but no. Two different…wow, I actually have no idea where I'm going with this." Laura blinked and then Ross smirked. He kissed her again and then adjusted himself beneath her, she moaned quietly and he kissed her deeper.
"Dork." He murmured against her lips after a few moments and she rolled her eyes, her hands going underneath his shirt, she lifted it and he sat up so that she could take it off. Then, she pouted. "What?"
"I took your shirt off."
"Isn't that a good thing?" He asked.
"Yeah, but I have nothing to grab onto to pull you closer." He felt himself twitch after that statement.
So, he leaned in close to her ear, "pull my hair." He whispered and then he knew he got her when her eyes widened slightly and then drooped closed. Her breathing became more heavier and she did as he said, her hands going to his hair, she pulled him closer and kissed him. Hard, deep and full of want. He pulled away and started to kiss her neck, her hands still in his hair as she held him closer to her, gasping and breathing deeply.
Then he pulled away and she saw the look in his eyes. She swallowed hard and he grabbed the end of the shirt she was wearing, pulling it over her head, he lowered her on the bed, so that he was now on top of her.
"I hope you didn't have plans for the rest of the night." He said.
"I was thinking about going sightseeing," She responded, as he moved his hand in circles on her side and squeezed it. "But that can always wait until tomorrow."
He grinned and then kissed her, "I promise we'll go tomorrow."
"In that case…" She looked at him right in the eyes, "do what you want with me."
His heart jumped and before he could come up with a good enough response, she had kissed him.
He couldn't think clearly after that.
"Look who's finally out of their room." Rocky clapped his hands as Ross and Laura walked into the room he was sharing with RIker and Ryland. "About time."
"Shut up," Ross rolled his eyes, yawning. "I didn't get much sleep last night."
"Oh I bet." Rocky smirked and Laura nudged Ross.
They had woken up that morning, both wondering if what had happened the night before was a dream or not. But they had seen that the other was right beside each other and they were happy. It wasn't a dream. It was real.
Laura had visited Ross on tour. The world knew about them.
Laura was happy she still had her old school phone because she knew that it would be blowing up with tweets from fans. Good, bad, some in the middle. Ross' phone had blown up so much he turned it off. When she suggested him deleting the app temporarily, he figured that was a better idea and doing it so that he could still receive phone calls from his friends and family.
Ross' phone rang and he immediately answered it, "hello?" Laura looked at him as his brothers did whatever it was they were doing in the background. Ryland on his phone, Riker changing his shirt and Rocky just sitting on the bed, watching them. "Yeah, yes… you sure did. You want an award for that? Hah, yeah, okay, I'll tell her. Sure thing. Yeah, miss you too. Okay, bye." He hung up and Laura raised an eyebrow in question. "That was Maia. She said she knew it and she's happy for us and that she called it when she and I were in Puerto Rico filming the movie."
Laura laughed. She couldn't help it. "Soon I'll be hearing the same thing from Raini and Calum."
"You and me both." He muttered and she hid her face in his chest, giggling against it.
"Okay you two balls of cute that make me want to puke, let's go find Ratliff and Rydel and go eat something." Rocky said, walking passed them. He then paused and turned around.
"What?"
He made a face, "what if they're both being balls of cute too?"
Ross and Laura exchanged a look. "What?" Ross asked.
"They're alone. He's a boy. She's a girl. They could be… you know." Rocky demonstrated with his hands and then held one up to Ross and Laura. "You know, what you two do."
"It's called sex, Rocky." Ryland said, "it's not that big of a deal."
"Yeah and we trust Ratliff. He's like… the future brother in law we all knew we were going to have." Riker agreed, shrugging.
"You know, for brothers, you guys are being way too cool about this." Laura said and Ross looked at her. She held her hands up, "what? I'm just saying."
The four of them burst into laughter. She rolled her eyes and Ross kissed the side of her head.
"Alright, let's go eat. I'll go knock on Rydel's door, see if they're ready." Rocky said, leaving the room.
"Try not to interrupt anything!" Ross called after him.
"No promises!" He called back.
Ross almost wished they hadn't stepped outside the hotel that day. Like, super duper wished.
Because as soon as he and Laura did, they were mobbed by crazy fans, photographers and paparazzi, all wanting to know about their relationship and if they thought it was cliche that two costars fell for each other.
"Just don't answer them if you don't want to." His mother had told them when they came back into the lobby, the manager of the hotel ordering the media and fans to leave. "You don't have to tell them anything you aren't comfortable with."
Ross and Laura had looked at each other. "We did this, we kissed onstage, that was our doing," Laura said, "we have to go out there and be adults about this."
Ross agreed. Though, he didn't like it, he knew it was their faults to begin with. "We're not going to just stay in here all day and night." He put his arm around her and gave his mother a nod, "we're going to face it, right, Laura?"
She nodded, "Right."
His mother smiled proudly at them and then she hugged them, before leaving to go outside. They both stood in front of the doors, closed their eyes, took a deep breath and shared a look with each other before opening the door and going outside.
"When did you two become a thing?"
"If you two are together, does this mean the same for your characters?"
"Do any of your friends know?"
Question after question was fired at them and they both answered them with as much respect and as much politeness as they could do. After twenty minutes, Ross' father tried to get them to go with him by waving his hand at the reporters and gently guiding them through the crazy crowd to the car that was waiting for them. Ross kept following after Laura, his hand tightly holding hers, when he felt a tug on his pants and looked down to see a little girl about four years old, looking up at him. He stopped, causing Laura to stop as well and then he kneeled down to her height.
"Hi." He said, smiling at her and poking her stomach. She giggled. "What's your name?"
To his surprise, she didn't answer him with words, instead she used her hands. He looked at Laura and she smiled, going to kneel beside him.
'I'm Taylor.'
Laura immediately responded back, 'it's nice to meet you Taylor. I'm Laura and this is Ross, but I bet you already knew that.'
Ross watched, amazed.
'Can I have a hug?' Taylor asked and Laura smiled, nodding her head, she put one arm around the little girl's waist and hugged her close. Ross got the message and hugged them both, together and then picked Taylor up, hugging her again. She giggled and played with his hair. He smiled up at her.
'I think he thinks you're cute.' Laura signed to her and she smiled wider. Laura giggled.
"I think she thinks you're cute too." She whispered back and then Ross grinned. He saw a woman frantically searching and realized that she was the little girl's mother.
"Well, duh." She laughed, he pointed ahead of them, "I think her mother's right there." Ross told her and Laura nodded, waving her hand to get the woman's attention, she pointed to Taylor.
'She's your daughter, Taylor?' She asked and the woman nodded, relieved.
'Thank you both so much. You don't know how much this means to me that you've found her. Or to her for keeping her with you. She loves you two and your tv show.'
Laura smiled and then repeated what she said to Ross.
"Tell her Taylor is a very special girl and that I'll always remember her." He whispered to her.
Laura nodded and signed it, saying the same thing about herself, and with that, Taylor and her mother left, but not without one last hug.
"That was amazing." He said, "I didn't know you knew how to sign."
Laura shrugged, "Vanessa taught me a lot. I just love the language, you know? You use your hands to speak and you can say so much with them, without having to verbalize them with your mouth. To me, that's just amazing all on it's own." Ross agreed.
"Think you can teach me?" He asked her and she nodded as they got into the backseat of the car, Mark and Stormie had waiting for them. Then, even though his siblings, parents and Ratliff were all in the car, she just pulled him towards her and softly kissed him.
"I would love to teach you sign language." She smiled at him and he smiled back at her.
They were alone again, sitting on the bed in Ross' room, as they faced each other. Laura held her hands in front of her and then signed something. Ross' eyes followed along with her and then he tried it himself.
"Almost, just move your hand the opposite way and you've got it." She demonstrated for him and he did it and she waved her hands in the air. "That's basically clapping in sign language." She explained.
"You can't just clap?"
She shook her head, "clapping could sometimes mean paper or school or university. There's just so many signs that are associated with it, so they just twist their hands in the air. See?" She did it again and he followed her. She held her hand up and he high fived it.
"Okay, now. Want to know how to spell your name?" She asked and he nodded. She held her hand up and then spelled 'R-O-S-S S-H-O-R- L-Y-N-C-H.'
She motioned for him to do it with her and he did, messing up a few times, but he was a quick learning and learned pretty fast. He brought his hands up to applaud himself, but Laura shook her head, bringing her close to him, she kissed him and he kissed her back.
"Sign language is so cool." Ross said staring at his hands. "Why didn't you teach me this sooner?"
She shrugged, "I don't know. But now we can communicate with our deaf fans, right?" He nodded and then leaned in, kissing her gently, he wrapped his arms around her waist and laid down, bringing her down with him. She smiled into the kiss, kissing him again, and then he broke it. She lay her head on his chest and closed her eyes as he held her closer to him.
"Thanks for coming here," He whispered, "and for surprising me, and for… just everything." She looked up at him.
"I had to come here, I was going crazy without you… especially after our goodbye, I was just… I missed you a lot." She admitted.
"I know, I missed you too." He responded and then kissed the top of her head. "You pretty much have no idea how much."
It was silent then and Laura tried to make herself lie closer to him.
He started to play with her hair and she smiled.
"You really do love playing with my hair, don't you?"
He nodded, "was it that obvious?"
She smiled. "it's okay, I like when you play with my hair."
"Yeah… I know." He winked at her and her cheeks turned red. He just smiled and tilted her head so that he could kiss her, giving her a soft, gentle, yet still very passionate kiss. She sighed happily into it and he smiled, causing her to giggle and then kiss him again before they broke it.
"I love you." He said after a few moments.
She felt her heart melt and her stomach flutter.
"I love you too." She said and then she kissed him again. "I'm really bummed that I have to leave in two days though."
He tightened his hold around her waist, "well then, I guess we're going to have to make the most of the next two days, won't we?"
She nodded, her eyes filling with tears and then kissed him again. This time, they didn't stop and soon found themselves hiding under the covers, away from the rest of the world.
He kept his promise.
They had, in fact, made the most out of the two days she had left with him. They did some sightseeing (getting mobbed a few times, but after a while it died down), had some special fun time together, as Rocky had nicknamed it, went out on a few dates and she even was able to attend another concert, watching backstage with Ryland, Stormie and Mark.
The goodbye hadn't been as emotional as the last one, to both their surprises. He had kissed her, promised her they would see each other soon and she had gone on the plane, waving goodbye at him and his family, before flying back to Louisiana to finish shooting the movie.
It wasn't until she was alone in her hotel room again, that she started to miss him. Looking through all the photos they took together, she felt the tears come to her eyes, but willed them not to fall. It wasn't like she didn't know this was going to happen. Dating a rockstar who traveled and toured the world a lot definitely had it's downsides, but she was willing to do it. She'd do anything to keep Ross in her life, not matter what.
She heard a knock on her door and wiped her tears away. She hoped it wasn't one of her costars. She'd had enough shit from them. They had told her they saw the news about her and Ross, some were happier than others. But she knew it was because the boys had developed a crush on her. Not that she had reciprocated them anyway. They knew who her heart belonged to.
"Coming!" She called through the door, wiping her tears away and opening the door. She hadn't seen who was there, since her vision was still burry and she had to look down to wipe the tears away again.
"Aw, don't be sad." A very familiar voice said, "you have no reason to be." She looked up, confused and saw Rydel freaking Lynch was standing right in front of her.
"Am I dreaming? Or hallucinating?" Laura asked, her tears gone now. She touched Rydel's shoulder, "like are you actually here?"
Rydel laughed and brought her into a hug. "Yes, it's really me, I'm here."
"But how? Aren't you supposed to be in Ireland or Spain or Italy? Somewhere in Europe?" Laura asked pulling away from the hug and looking at the older girl confused.
Rydel tilted her head, "yes, that's true, but we had a few days off."
Laura raised an eyebrow, "we?"
Rydel just giggled, barely giving Laura enough time to grab her key, before she took her hand and brought her down to the lobby, not answering any of the questions Laura was asking her while they waited for the elevator and walked all the way there.
"Surprise!" She heard and her mouth dropped open to see Ratliff, Rocky, Riker, Ryland, Maia, Vanessa, Raini, Calum, Stormie, Mark and even a few of her castmates standing there, balloons and everything in their hands and around them.
"What?" Her mouth closed and she turned to Rydel. "It's not my birthday."
"Nope, you're right." Rydel said and then Laura looked around realizing there was one person missing.
"Wait, where's-"
Rocky lifted his head, "look behind you." She turned around, her eyes filling with tears and her hands going to her mouth as she saw Ross standing there, he had his hands in his pockets and a shy smile on his face.
"Did it work?"
She sniffled, letting out a laugh, "did what work?"
"The surprise." He said it so matter-of-factly, it made her want to roll her eyes, but she refrained.
"No shit it worked." She laughed and then she ran towards him, jumping up, she threw her arms and legs around him and held him close to her as he just stumbled, barely able to catch himself before wrapping his arms around her and holding her tight. "You are one crazy little shit, you know that?" She whispered into his ear and he nodded. "Romantic, crazy, spontaneous and an amazing little shit."
"You keep calling me a little shit." He noted and she pulled back slightly, Ross adjusting her so that she didn't fall to the ground.
"That's because you are one! For going behind my back and surprising me!" She told him and he narrowed his eyes at her.
"Well, fine, if you don't like it, then I'll just-"
"No! No, I love it. I promise you, I love it." She smiled down at him.
He sighed as she lowered herself so that she was on the ground, his hands still on her waist and hers still around his neck. She looked at him worriedly.
He just grinned, "payback."
She raised an eyebrow, "payback?"
"Yeah, for surprising me." He shook his head, bringing his nose down closer to hers, so close, she could see the green in his eyes when he did it.
"You have to admit, that was a pretty damn good surprise though." She said and he sighed, causing her to giggle and playfully shove him.
"Oh, would you just kiss her already?" Rocky asked, his tone playful. "Or are we going to have to wait another three years?"
"You've been watching your Suite Life," Maia commented and he nodded.
"Can't help it, it's a great show. Anyway, little bro. Kiss her, before I do it." His eyes widened, "wait, that came out wrong, I would never do that, ew gross!"
Ross and Laura laughed and then Laura turned around to face Ross. He just stared at her as everyone started to chant, "kiss her! kiss her!" He rolled his eyes at them and then brought her closer. She stumbled a bit, stepping on his feet.
"You know, I never got a chance to tell you." He murmured softly against her lips.
She tilted her head to the side, "oh yeah?" She asked, "what's that?"
"You are one strange girlfriend," He grinned and then her heart skipped.
"Girlfriend? I'm a girlfriend?"
He shrugged, "if you want to be, if not then… well, that's kind of-" She kissed him before he could finish the sentence and everyone behind them cheered. She waved her hand at them, dismissively, bringing her arms around Ross' neck, she pulled him closer, tangling her fingers in his hair, she kissed him passionately.
"I'll be a girlfriend," She smiled against his lips, once they broke apart, kissing him again. "If you'll be a boyfriend."
"Deal." He said and then he tightened his hold on her waist, "I love you, M."
"Love you too, S." And then they shared another meaningful and passionate kiss.
"Alright, now you're kinda grossing me out, so I'm gonna go eat some chocolate covered strawberries." They both heard Rocky say and broke apart, to give him a strange look as he just walked passed everyone, Calum following him.
"Ignore him," Maia waved her hand in his direction. She then spread her hands, a smile on her face. "You two are official! Finally!"
"Yeah," Ross smiled at Laura, "finally."
"I'm so happy for you." Vanessa said, "and also, Ross, thank you for the free trip to Louisiana to see my sister, whazzup?" She high fives him and then walked over to where Rocky was standing. He handed her a plate and she smiled at him, getting a few strawberries and putting them on her plate.
"Yeah, I have a feeling they're going to finish those in like five seconds." Laura said, "Vanessa loves her chocolate covered strawberries."
"Rocky does too." Ross sighed, "ah well, whatever. Let them enjoy it."
"Worth it?" Maia asked Laura and she smiled.
"So worth it." Then, they shared a hug. "Thanks for everything."
"Anytime." She smiled at them, "have fun you two, but not too much fun. Be careful." She showed them the sign that she was watching them and they both laughed. Ross took Laura's hand in his and then looking around to make sure no one was watching, pulled her into the hallway where the elevators were and leaned against a wall, pulling her against him.
"Happy Valentine's Day, or actually belated," Ross said and kissed her.
She smiled, "Happy belated Valentine's Day…" And then her eyes lit up as she thought of something, "want to go…" She whispered into his ear what she wanted to do and he nodded. She grinned, kissing him before breaking it and pulling him with her toward the elevators, pressing the button. "Think anyone will notice?"
"Rocky probably will, but everyone will just think he's crazy and go on about their evening." Ross waved off her concern and she laughed, hiding her head in his chest just as the elevator doors opened.
She smiled up at him, putting one hand on the back of his neck, she put her other on his waist, slowly backing into it. "Well, what are we waiting for?" She asked and then, just as the elevator door closed, jumped up so that he was holding her against him, her arms around his neck again. She then kissed him and he kissed her back and they both agreed that though he still had to go back on tour and they were still going to be apart for as long as they were, admitting how they felt to each other was ten times better. Now they knew for sure, that they would always be in each other's lives and that there was no reason to worry about drifting apart at all, even if the world knew about it. He'd always be hers and she'd always be his.
They would always have each other, no matter what.
I really do love this story, damn. No idea how sad I am that it's over.
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