Four-Part Harmony [RichPez]

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"Ugh, Joey, why do you have to leave your stuff everywhere?" I asked my annoying bunk mate, the one and only Joseph Michael Richter, two days into the tour.

"Because, Lauren," Joey replied, "there's not enough room on my bed and yours was just sitting there and looked lonely,"

We went on bickering, and Joe, who was trying but failing to take a nap, eventually climbed off of his bed in attempt to break up the fight.

"Can you guys be quiet?" Joe asked. "I'm trying to sleep before tonights performance and the two of you are kind of making that difficult,"

During this time, Meredith had walked in with Brian, laughing at the scene in front of her.

"C'mon Joe. Just let the lovebirds fight out there differences, so they can kiss and make up," she said with a smile.

At Meredith's words, Joey and I froze. Everyone on the bus had gathered by now, and there was a chorus of laughter ringing in the air. Joey and I tried to protest it, but our voices overlapping made all of the teasing worse. It was a joy for all of StarKid to tease members about anything and everything, especially when it came to shipping.

"Hey, everyone, we should leave RichPez alone for now, I'd hate to be an interruption to what was about to happen," Dylan said, winking.

The team erupted in laughter.

"Guys, you know Lo and I are just friends-" Joey started but got cut off by Brian.

"You seem to forget that's how Mere and Brian are, my good friend," Jaime cut him off, sending the crew into another fit of hysterics, minus Meredith and Brian, who were blushing and walking away.

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I walk to the theatre we're performing at tonight with Joey, his dark hair bouncing with each step he takes. We smile and chat nonsense, just the two of us, until Jaime rams into Joey and I.

"Seriously, Jaime? You couldn't have just approached us like a normal human would?" Joey asks.

"Nope! I had to make sure you two lovebirds were well aware of my presence and didn't try anything PDA-related around me," Jaime said

I groaned and Joey blushed. The two of us aren't together, but all of StarKid ships it like crazy.

"Jaime," I start, "you know Joey and I aren't a thing," she rolls her eyes, "I mean, we're just friends th-" Jaime cuts me off.

"Who are constantly together and are always staring at each other during show rehearsals? Right, just friends,"

"Um, Jaime, you do realize that's Meredith and Brian, right?" Joey asks.

I laugh. Meredith and Brian are both crushing on each other and barely notice another person when they're together.

"Yeah, and it would be weird for a Malfoy-Weasley thing. Also, when we met, you, Joey, thought I was crazy, so that automatically counts everything out,"

I'm desperately trying to contradict Jaime's accusations because, no matter how hard I've tried to deny it, I am fling hard for my crooked-jawed cast mate.

"Uh-huh," Jaime starts, "your blush says other wise,"

Joey seems to get defensive and blurts out, "God, Jaime, cut it out! There's no way in hell I'd like Lauren, okay? RichPez, or whatever the ship name is, won't be a thing! So get over it!"

I freeze take a deep breath, tears filling my eyes as Joey's words sink in.

"Well then," I breathe out, starting to walk ahead towards the theatre.

"Lauren, wait!" Joey grabs my arm, but I shake it off.

"No, I get it. You'd rather spend time with someone else, so I'll just go,"

I run off, ignoring Joey and Jaime's shouts. The next few months are going to be harder than I thought.

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So here's the first chapter of my StarKid fanfiction...slightly crappy, but I actually have a story idea this time. Hope you liked it, and it'd be great for some feedback :)

_Elia_