Chapter 15

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|SUNDAY  30th JUNE 2024 - EDINBURGH SCOTLAND |  

Ross groans as he wakes up realising he has hangover. Indie is snuggled into the side of him as his arm drapes over her. 

"What time is it?" She asks him realising he's awake. 

"It's like 10.30 babe we slept in, but fuck my head hurts" Ross groans. 

"Aw are you a little hung over this morning?" Indie asks with a chuckle. 

"Oh stop, could you grab some aspirin and water please babe?" He asks. 

"Of course" She says with a smile kissing his cheek before rolling out of bed. 

A few moments later they are just chilling in bed scrolling through their phones. 

"Babe why were you dancing with Laura last night?" She questions showing him a photo Vanni posted of them that has now been posted everywhere. 

"Because she's my friend and I don't know Raura promo, I thought you trusted me?" Ross asks not really in the mood for this conversation. 

"I was also drunk last night but all me and Laura did was dance ask my brothers they were there" Ross sighs. 

"Ok I guess I trust you, it's just she seemed really upset last night when she saw us come out of the bathroom was she jealous? It made me wonder if you guys did ever date before?" Indie questions wanting answers. 

"Ugh its too early for all this" Ross groans rolling over onto his side facing away from her. 

She places a hand on his back lightly. 

"Please I want to know" She says softly. Ross suddenly feels bad as she does deserve to know the truth.  

"Ok fine but please don't freak out, me and Laura did date. It was end of 2022 we dated a little, she helped me through my break up with Jaz. But now we're friends that's it, well best friends I guess. We do have a flirty friendship it's either flirty or we bicker, it's strange, but we've grown up together. We just kinda validated our relationship recently so we  went through a break up with it but we're getting back to normal. I guess I tried to make her jealous last night but I apologised so we should be good now" Ross says. 

"OK thank you for being honest I just wish I knew earlier but I guess I understand if you guys broke it off and were going through the break up I can understand things were weird" Indie says with a smile.

"Thank you for understanding were good?"Ross asks hopefulness in his voice. 

"Yeah were good" Indie says with a smile as she leans into kiss his lips. Ross smiles as he deepens the kiss wrapping his arms around her waist. 

Laura smiles as she kisses Ross H. 

"Come on babe I need to go! I have 10 minutes until I need to be at the venue!" Laura exclaims trying to push him away lightly but he deepens the kiss. 

"Laura baby I need you" He says trailing kisses down her neck. 

"Later I promise" Laura says as moan escapes her. 

"Okayy, let's go" He says. 

"You ready Edinburgh, No Scotland No Party!!" Ross exclaims into the microphone. 

"Okay okay, so I'd thought we'd slow it down and now I'll do this song which maybe familiar" He says with a smile as he starts strumming his guitar. Laura stands in the wings as she waits to perform No Place Like Home. 

"Ooh, ooh, yeah Okay, maybe I'm shy
But usually, I speak my mind
But by your side, I'm tongue-tiedSweaty palms, I turn red
You think I have no confidence
But I do, just not with youNow, I'm singing all the words I'm scared to say
YeahSo forgive me if I'm doing this all wrong
I'm trying my best in this song to tell you
What can I do? I'm stuck on youI'm hoping you feel what I do
'Cause I told Mom about you, I told her
What can I do? I'm stuck on you
And like the night sticks to the moon
Girl, I'm stuck on you
Ooh, ooh, yeahLook at me, perfectionist
Yeah, I'm a workaholic
I'm on my phone, I feel at homeI don't like rules but make my bed
Floss to keep my teeth perfect
Yeah, it's true, I got issuesSo, I'm singing all the words I'm scared to say
YeahSo, forgive me if I'm doing this all wrong
I'm trying my best in this song to tell you
What can I do? I'm stuck on youI'm hoping you feel what I do
'Cause I told Mom about you, I told her
What can I do? I'm stuck on you
And like the night sticks to the moon
Girl, I'm stuck on youOoh, ooh, yeah
I'm stuck on you"


Throughout the song Ross can't help but glance over to Laura who just rolls her eyes at him and waves her hand to gesture to the stage. 

Ross is in a daze as he plays the last notes. Things have been fine today between the surprisingly. Indie appears next to Laura she had a photoshoot before but just made it to the show now. 

"Hi Indie, how was your photoshoot?" Laura asks her as Ross continues singing glancing towards them. 

"It was great, I'm so sorry about last night Laura, Ross told me about you two this morning" Indie says with a sigh. 

"Oh really?" Laura says confused. 

"Yeah I hope I wasn't getting in the way of you two, I never knew you guys dated" Indie explains. 

"Oh don't be silly, I got a boyfriend way before Ross started looking for a relationship, nothing to worry about though, our friendship is good and me and Ross will alway be best friends nothing less or more. Especially if you guys are happy and I'm happy with Ross H, we can't jeoprodize our friendship, the break up came more from me. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been jealous last night I just knew Ross was trying to make me jealous, were both getting used to being around each other with partners guess we were both being immature last night" Laura says with a sigh. 

"It's ok I understand, as long as it's not ruining your guys friendship and you're ok" Indie says with a small smile. 

"I think we are, thank you for checking in with me" Laura says with smile as she embraces Indie with a hug. 

"Of course, I can't wait to watch your performance!" Indie says with a smile as Ross introduces the next song walking off stage. Laura smiles at him and walks onto the stage as the rest of The Driver Era takes their places. Laura glances to the stage and see Ross lean down and kiss Indie as he wraps his arms around her. He looks happy even if she breaks up with her boyfriend he will be happy with Indie but then maybe not if she's single. But Indie is a nice girl she can't break her heart to? What is she going to do? 

She takes a deep breath and begins sing No Place Like Home. She can't help but glance towards Ross when she sings as he sways with Indie. He is Laura's home he's always been there for her even if they've been through a lot. Maybe she will break up with her boyfriend. Laura needs to think more but her sister is right, if her feelings for him are fading it's not fair to string him along anymore. Laura focuses back on her performance as she dances along with Rocky and Riker. 

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