Dead,but...alive (Raura) ON HOLD

I think you're Rydel

"Ross! Oh my goodness!"
She dropped the ties and ran up to me.

Before I had any chance to say something,she hugged me tight. It felt very different then when I hugged Laura,but I don't know... It was like I was used to it.

"I can't believe it's you."
She cried and pulled out to take a better look at me.

"That's because I'm not Ross. I am Austin."
I smiled awkwardly. I was feeling bad for this girl.

"Oh my! I'm so sorry. I just- you look so much like him. How could I be so stupid? He's dead. He's not coming back. Sorry. You probably think I'm insane."
She kept babbling.

"No. I think you're Rydel."
I joked.

"Yes,yes I am Rydel Mary Lynch,but you can call me Delly."
She chuckled, drying her tears with the sleeves of her shirt.

"Austin Moon."
Well I have a middle name also,but it's too embarrassing to be shared.

"I'm sorry for the little incident that happened earlier. It's just that... You look so much like my brother! Well besides your clothing taste and I have to say that I like your hair better than his."
She giggled,picking up the ties.

"I don't want to be noisy or anything, but what are those for?"
I pointed to the yellow ties.

"Oh. Those are for my older brother, Riker. We're having a goodbye concert today and it was supposed to be Ross' day."
She sighed.

"Ross' day?"

"Yeah. When we were younger,we used to wear matching clothes,but we stopped a while ago and now this being our last concert as a band, we decided that one more time wearing matching clothes like the old times won't kill anybody. And we used to wear each others favorite color and since the last time we did this, we were wearing lime green, Rocky's favorite color, today we had to wear Ross' favorite ,wich is yellow."
She explained.

"What a coincidence! My favorite color is also yellow!"
I said.

"You are so much like him. I see why Laura likes you. I came here thank you for helping her get out of her shell. When I heard the news, I was so excited to meet you. I mean,as her old sister in law and her best friend,it was my job to meet her boyfriend and make sure he's good for her."
She smiled at me.

"Boyfriend?"
Wait. Did I hear that correctly? Did she say boyfriend or boy friend?

"Yeah. Aren't you dating Laura? Because that's what she told me."

"Yeah,yeah... I just wasn't sure about what she told you."
I replied. Oh so that was the 'I'm gonna tell you later' thing.

"Well I'm really happy for you two. I've been trying to set her up with lots of boys. In fact, I wanted to do that today as well, but when I heard that she has a boyfriend, I just wanted to meet you. But if you ever make her sad, I swear that I will break every single body that you have in that body of yours!"
She glared st me and I swear that this girl had major mood swings. I mean she was really nice at first,but she can be scary as hell.

"I got it." I gulped.

"Good."
She smiled and continued starring at the ties.

"Do when's the concert?"
I asked,trying to avoid the awkward silence.

"Well it was supposed to be tomorrow, but now I don't really know. The fans don't know that Ross died and we aren't planning on telling them. But of course they will ask questions when they will see that the leader singer is missing. I really have no idea what we'll do. We don't want to disappoint the fans,but the paparazzi can't find out about Ross' death or else they'll make up stories and they will never leave Laura alone."
She explained.

"Austin could take Ross' place."
Laura said out of nowhere.

"For how long have you been standing there?"
I questioned.

"Since you asked about the concert."
She said and then plopped on the couch in between Rydel and I.

"Okayyyyy...."

"But seriously Austin. You could take Ross' place. Only for tonight."
Laura told me.

"Are you crazy?! I don't know any of their songs. Plus,I don't sing. That's abig and fat 'no'."
I shook my head.

"Oh please Aus! You have a whole day to learn the songs. And I heard you sing in your room. You have an amazing voice. Please? For me?"
She gave me her puppy dogs and when she saw that I wouldn't budge,Rydel joined her. I was getting this weird feeling of déjà vú and I did not like it.

"Fine! Fine. I'm gonna do it!"
I gave up.

"Yay!"
The girl squealed.

"Don't worry Austin. We have catchy songs and just two albums out. Plus two EP's,but we already chose which songs we're gonna sing,so don't worry,it won't take too much time for you to learn them,but you can tell us if you don't like one of them 'cause we'll switch it with another one that you like more."
Delly told me with excitement taking over her.

"Very well."

"Ahhh! Perfect! We don't have any time to waste. You have to meet the guys as soon as possible so we can start planning and practicing."
Rydel grabbed my arm and dragged me out towards her car.

"Don't worry about the house! I'll take care of it!" Laura yelled from inside.

"Thank you!"
I shouted back and then I continued to follow Rydel to her awesome black car.

"Woah! You car is fantastic!"

"Thank you. My husband chose it."
She smiled.

"Well in that case Ellington has a great taste in cars!"
I exclaimed.

"Yeah. He does. Do you know him?"
She asked.

"No. Uhhhh... Laura told me about everybody."
Except Ellington. How do I know his name?

"Oh. Well then. Let's go."
She started the engine and drove to the Lynches.