Raura [ON HOLD]

Vanessa's POV

"Why are you guys here?" I ask.

"Well...we just wanted to talk to you about Raura." Rocky says.

"What? What's Raura?" I say, completely confused.

"It's Ross and Laura's ship name. I came up with it. You like?" Rocky, says really proud of himself. Riker just rolls his eyes.

"Oh..that..." I say, annoyed.

"Yeah...Vanessa listen. We were iffy about the relationship as well."

"I still am." Riker chimes in.

Rocky ignores him and says, "But I was only iffy because I was worried about Laura. Like you are. Ross is a pretty complicated guy. He changes his mind a lot...and Laura is like a sister to me so, you know, I don't want her to get hurt."

"I don't either. But the only way I can assure that doesn't happen is to keep away from people like him...and you Riker."

"Yeah. Whatever." Riker says.

"Vanessa...they made one mistake. You can't judge them based on one thing. Haven't you ever made a big mistake?" Rocky asks.

I freeze. Thoughts of my deepest secret fly through my mind. Laura can never know....if she finds out everything will...

"Vanessa?"

"Huh?" I say, ripping my attention back to Rocky.

"Haven't you ever made a-"

"Yes. I have." I say.

"Well what if people judged you based on that one action?"

I sigh..he's got a point. And if I ever want to be forgiven for what I did, which is much worse than what Ross and his brothers did, I need to start forgiving.

"Okay. I see what you're trying to say. And...you're right. I need to let my sister make her own choices and I need to give Ross, Riker and Ryland another chance." I tell Rocky.

"I shouldn't judge you based on one thing." I say, looking at Riker.

"Wow...thank you for forgiving me." Riker says, sarcastically.

I ignore him and look at Rocky.

"Thanks. You're a pretty good brother to Ross for coming out here and talking to me."

"Eh..it's what brothers do. Right Riker?"

"Sure." Riker says, invested in his phone.

I roll my yes and it becomes quiet.

After a few moments Rocky speaks up, "Hey Vanessa?"

"Yeah?"

"I guess now is as good of a time as any to say this but.. Will you..uh..will you go out with me? Like on a d-date?"

I freeze and stare at him in shock.

Out of the corner of my eye I see Riker.

He is staring right at me, and for the first time in this whole conversation, he seems completely interested in what my answer is going to be.

Gulp.

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Laura's POV

"Do you have your songbook with you?" Ross asks.

"Is that even a question?" I giggle as I pull my book from by bag.

"Touché." Ross says.

I lay back next to him on the hood of his car and I flip through my book, as he stares at the sky.

Everything is perfect.

"Laur?" He asks.

"Yeah?"

"What if...well what if Vanessa doesn't accept me. Ever."

"Ness will come along. And if she doesn't..then I guess she's going to have to deal with us being together."

"That's the thing. I don't want to come between you too." He says.

"You're not. If anything is ruining my relationship with Ness, it's Ness. She's the problem. She's the one that is making this way harder than it needs to be."

"That's not true. If I hadn't..if I hadn't done that dumb thing to you..then she wouldn't have a problem with me."

"True.." I smile.

"True? Laura you're suppose to make me feel better."

"Okay...okay. Does his help?" I say, pecking his lips.

"A little." He smiles. "I need some more though."

I smile and lean in once again, getting lost in his scent.

After a few moments I pull away and Ross pouts.

"Whaaaat?" He whines.

"I just wanted to know why you were asking about my book?"

"Really Laura. This is a question you were suppose to have like ten minutes ago, like when I actually asked about your book." He teases.

"I know." I laugh, "I'm weird. But seriously, why?"

"I just wanted to write with you. This day, really gave me inspiration."

"Me too." I confess. "Let's write. I have pencils in my bag."

"Aww..no more make out sesh?" He pouts, again.

"Nope." I giggle reaching for my bag, again.

"I can't believe this." He says, rubbing his face. "I'm my own cock block."

I burst out in laughter. "Ross!"

"What!? It's true!" He says, laughing too.

After what feels like forever, we finally stop laughing.

"Let's just start writing..what concept were you thinking about?" I ask.

"Honestly....I was thinking of something along the lines of our date today...I just want to do it again...and again and again..."

I blush and smile. "Me too."

"Well...let's get started." He smiles at me.

We both grab pencils and start scribbling away. Who knows how this song will turn out. And who knows what Ness will decide to do about Ross and I..or how it went with both Riker and Rocky there with her. Just a lot of who knows...

Hey! That's like my owl joke! Lol who knows.

Oh my god.. Laura stop.

Okay Laura, sorry.