Youwere in your bed one night, in pyjamas and under the sheets, watchingsome TV with a big bowl of popcorn. Lauren came into your room, alsoin pyjamas and closed the door behind her. "Knockmaybe?"you say with your mouth full. "Nope.We need to talk"she said as she went under the sheets. "What are you watching?"she asks as she took an handful of popcorn. "Grey'sAnatomy"you say. "Fuck,I love that show"she sighed. She seemed to be thoughtful for a few seconds and sheadds "Ok,we're watching this episode, and then we talk"Lauren said. "You'rea very easy person to influence"you say as you took some popcorn. "I'mnot! It's just that I can't resist Mc Dreamy"she explains. You giggle and you two watched the end of the episodeand eating the whole bowl of popcorn. At the end of the episode,Lauren took the remote and turned off the TV. You put the bowl on thenightstand and lay down on bed like her. "Whatdo you want to talk about?"you ask, looking at her. "You.And your messed up feelings"Lauren said as she put her head on the pillow. "What?My feelings are not messed up!"you say, offended. "Ohreally? Girl, let me explain. See, when two people are caught up in abed together and that one of them is in a relationship, usuallypeople say 'No, I didn't sleep with him because he's my friend' butyou said 'No, I didn't sleep with him because I'm in arelationship'".You looked at her confused. "Andso what?"you ask. "Ithink that you still like Darren"Lauren said serious. "What?No! I...I forgot him! He's my...he's my friend now"you explain. "Whyare you panicking?"Lauren asks as she frowns. "I'mnot panicking!"you said, raising your voice. Lauren looked at you astonished. Yousighed and say "I'msorry, messed up feelings"."Ha!I was right"she said as she kneels on the bed to do some dance moves. You giggledat her weirdness and pulled her back down on the bed. "Talkto me about your messed up feelings"Lauren said with a foolish smile. "Areyou a therapist now?"you ask jokingly. "Sinceforever. Duh"she said and rolled her eyes. You laugh with her and sigh again. "Idon't know...I...I thought I moved on from my Darren's crush but hehas been so sweet and so caring and so hot"you say with a desperate voice. Lauren giggled and kept listeningcarefully to you. "It'slike everything that I felt before he started sleeping around cameback into my face like 'Hey! You thought I was gone? Well here Iam'."you explain seriously. Lauren giggled again as you say "Andnow, everytime I see him, all I want to do is those stupid romanticstuff we see in movies. And god I don't wanna feel like that becauseI love our friendship and Darren doesn't see me that way. He sees meas a friend"you say, but you got cut off by Lauren. "Didhe tell you that?"she asked. "No,but he's only acting like a friend. Of course he sees me a friend"you say with wide eyes. "Youguys are flirting a lot for friends..."she said. "Lopez,Darren is also flirting with Joey. He's just a flirty guy, that'sall"you responded. "Uhm"Lauren shrugged. "Spillit out, Lo"you say as you playfully push her. "Maybeyou and Darren should talk about this because for what I see, I thinkhe's into you"she scrunches her face. "Bullshit!Come on! Do you want to mess up my feelings even more?"you say back. "You'realready a mess, so a little more or less..."she smirks. "Rude!"you exclaim with a fake offended face. "Butanyway, I'm with Ryan now"you say after a moment. "But...?"Lauren suggested. "There'sno 'but', I like him. He's a great guy, and he really cares about meI think"you explain. "Butyou like Darren too"Lauren adds. "Yes...Argh!I feel like an awful person. I shouldn't do that to Ryan. He doesn'tdeserve that, but I can't leave him either because I really careabout him..."you say, desperate. "Look,you should talk to Darren. See if he likes you or not and maybe thatwill help you clarify this situation"she advices. "Idon't know..."you hesitate. "Anyway,you're gonna do what I say because I'm your therapist. So shut up,move your ass and go talk to Darren"she said seriously but with a joke tone. "Goshyou're one hell of a therapist!"you exclaim. "YeahI know. That will be $200"she said as she pinches her lips. "Sure.Here"you say as you throw a pillow at her. You both laughed and kepttalking for a while. When you woke up the next day, you found out shewas still in your bed. You two had probably fallen asleep while youtalked yesterday. You heard your clock ringing and five secondslater, Joey and Darren came into your room and jumped in your bed."Wakeup, lazy ass! It's the audition day!"Darren said as he shakes you. "Lopezwhat are you doing here? Did you apologize and sleep with y/n too?"Joey joked. Darren and you made Joey fall on the bed as revenge whileLauren laughed. "Yep!Except that she and I went all the way"she winks. "What?"Darren asks, suddenly upset. You laugh at him "Thatwas a joke, Dare"you say. "Oh.Yeah. Sorry"he says as he chuckles. You got ready and went to the college withyour friends as always. You went to the classes and had lunch beforehaving more classes. At the end of the day, you joined everyone inthe theater of the University. A lot of people from the theaterdepartement were there. You sat on one of the seats in the middle andlook at the stage. The Langs, Brian and all the actors were alreadythere. "Wecall your name, you say which character you want, you audition, youleave and when everyone auditioned, we will tell the casting"Nick explains. "Don'tbe stress out about it. We're not here to judge you. Just to laugh atyou"Brian said sacarstically. You giggled and everyone went backstage,except the Langs and Brian who came beside you. Meredith entered thetheater silently and went to sit behind you. You greet them andlooked at the auditions. It was very funny to watch your friends dosilly stuff. Some of them parody High School Musical scenes orTwilight scenes. When Lauren, Brittany and Joe came on stage toaudition with a scene from the musical, Brian said to Joe "Man,take off your shirt"."What?Why?"Joe responded, confused. "Voldemortis shirtless. Come on take off your shirt".Joe sighed and took off his shirt. He was super built up. The scenewas of course, super funny. Joey auditioned for Ron with a ginger wigbut it kept falling so Darren ran on stage with blue headband and putit quickly on Joey's head before running away. That was also veryfunny. Darren and Jaime auditioned together with a unscripted scenewhen Harry sing a song to Ginny but it's actually for Cho Chang. Thesong was very amusing and their improv was full of sex jokes. Thismusical was going to be epic. At the end, Nick, Matt and Brian stayedin the audience while you went backstage. "Ohmy wizard god! You here?"Darren said dramatically. "Yes!I wanted to see you...I mean you...all"you felt your cheeks turning red. "Ohyeah"Darren chuckled and looked down. "Whatdid you think?"Darren asked. "Youwere great! If you don't get Harry, I will have to kick some ass"you joke. He laughed and stepped closer to you. "y/n...I..."Darren started to mumble. Was he blushing? He runs his hand throughhis bushy curly hair and said nervously "Ithink I-""Guyseveryone on stage please"Brian cuts him off. You glance at the stage, everyone was walking togo there. You look back at Darren. "Argh,whatever. What did you wanted to tell me?"you ask with a smile. He sighed and said "Nothing.Nothing important".He smiled at you, but you could see he was faking it. "Let'sgo"he said as he took your hand and lead you on stage. You planned ongoing back to your seat but Darren squeezed your hand and gave youhis puppy dog eyes so you decided to stay. Nick started to attributeto everyone their parts and you heard "Joey,you will be Ron"."Yas!"he exclaimed as he kneels down and raise his arms. "Wizardgod exists"he said. You laugh and shake your head. Darren's hand was still onyours, and it felt so good. "Malfoy.Welcome to Lopez's body"Matt jokingly said. Everyone cheers as she said with her Malfoy voice"Well,well, well. Seems like my plan to go to Pigfarts went pretty well".Laughters filled once again the theater. "Darren"Brian said. Darren lift his head. You had no idea why he was sonervous, it was a production made by his friends where everyone willtake part, of course he was going to have the part he wanted. "Puton your glasses man, you're Harry"Brian exclaims. Darren jumped and took you in his arms and hugged youtightly. You both jumped together. He whispered in your ear "Thankyou"."Ididn't do anything, silly!"you say back with a big smile. "Keepdoing anything then because it's pretty awesome"he winks as he pulled back. You sighed mentally, could he stop beingso cute and making your feelings more messed up everyday? You allspend the night in a bar to celebrate your future project. A HarryPotter Musical. This was going to be great. You glanced at Darren, hewas laughing with the guys. That beautiful smile...you thought youwill never be tired of it.
