New Band, New Start

Chapter Five

Roses POV:

I'm currently an hour away from landing in LAX, I'm watching The Grinch on my iPad and I just finished eating my lunch (because it's lunchtime in LA at the moment).I had a chicken sandwich, which was really good to be honest. During the flight I got about 3 or 4 hours sleep, which is good because I don't want to have really bad jetlag.

It is about 40 minutes later now and the pilot has just announced that we are about to land and it's 1:55pm LA time. I'm so excited to meet R5, I am just going scared that heaps of their US fans are gonna be at the airport and I really don't like big crowds of people.

🌸 After Landing 🌸

So I just landed in LA  I'm heading to baggage claim to grab my bag and then I am going to head through to customs. I grabbed my bag and filled in my form for customs. I don't know why but I always get so nervous going through customs. I think it's because I'm scared that I'm going to get stopped. Although, all my nerves are for nothing cause I just whizz through customs and am able to go straight through to the arrivals lounge. I stop and take a breath, then carry on walking through to where I am about to meet my favourite band and their family.

I walk into the arrivals lounge not knowing that I was yet to face a big mob of people all shouting R5 at the top of their lungs. Somehow I knew this was going to happen, but that's alright. I see an empty seat next to Starbucks, so I go and sit there waiting for the crowd to die down.  I quickly connect to the airport's Wi-Fi so I can message Riker, telling him that I  have gone through customs and that I am now sitting and waiting for them next to Starbucks. He messaged me a couple of minutes later saying that they will be a couple of minutes because they are walking over to me now.

By the time I had finished reading the message Riker Had sent me, I looked up to find three brunettes and three blondes looking down at me. At first I was star struck, but then soon realised that if I freaked out it would make the next couple of weeks really awkward. So I took a deep breath and said "Hi, I'm Rose."

"Hey Rose, I think you already know who we are, but anyways we are R5. Oh and Ryland." Riker said.

"Hey guys, how are you?" I ask.

"We are great thanks. We were really excited to meet you, since we have never been to New Zealand before. How about you? How was your flight?" Riker asks.

"Haha, I was excited to meet you guys too, since I have never been to America before. My flight was good, I didn't get very much sleep though. What are we doing now?" I reply.

"That's good, but not good if you know what I mean. Haha. We are going to head home so that you can unpacked and get settled in a little bit. Then we are going out to dinner with our parents. Mom has also said that she wants to talk to you about how your schooling is going to go. She wants you to in a little bit before she does though. I hope that's okay." Riker explains.

"That's great, thanks. I was actually wondering what was happening with school, so it would be great to have that explained to me." I reply.

"Okay then lets head off." They all say.

🌸 Time skip to the Lynch's House 🌸

"Here we are." Riker says as he drives up the driveway.

I sat in the van while everyone got out and started going into the house. I sat there suddenly realising that I am here,  I am actually here in LA,  with a band that I have idolised since I was 10 years old. I come back to reality when I feel the seat next to me dip, signalling that someone has sat down next to me. I look up to see that it was Ross who sat down next to me.

"Hey, are you alright?" He asks sweetly.

"Yeah, I'm  fine, I'm just shocked is all." I reply.

"That's good. Do you want me to take you to your room and help you unpack?" Ross asks kindly.

"Yeah, that would be good thanks. I also need your advice on something." I say.

" Sweet as, all your bags have already been taken to your room. I hope you don't mind, but you are going to be sharing a room with Rydel. Is that okay?" Ross asks.

"Yeah, that's fine. It will help us bond and get to know each other better." I reply.

We head into the house that I have only ever seen on YouTube. Ross leads me upstairs  and to a door with a pink 'R' on it. Ross opens the door and gestures for me to go in. I walk in to Rydel's room to find  two single beds made perfectly, Ross walks in behind me, leaving the door open. He lets me know that we girls have our own bathroom which is on suite  and that Rydel has cleared a section of her wardrobe for me.

"Do you wanna start unpacking?" Ross asks me.

"Yeah, we should." I reply with a smile on my face.

I open my suitcase and unzip the left side of my case. I open it to find the Christmas presents my family and I had bought for Stormie and Mark, as well as the presents my parents got for R5 and Ryland. Luckily I had already wrapped R5's presents. But since Ross was helping me unpack he got curious and asked what they were and what presents were his.

"The unwrapped presents are for your parents. One of them is from my parents and the other is from my brother and I. The presents from my family to you and your siblings are wrapped in black paper with a bow that represents your favourite colour. The presents from me to you guys and Ratliff are wrapped in your favourite colours. Before you ask, no I am not going to tell you what I have bought you guys for Christmas, I also need to get some more presents for everyone." I explain to Ross.

"Wow, you have got us a lot of presents." Ross says in shock of how many presents there are for him and his family.

We continue to unpack my stuff. We managed to unpack all of my clothes and put away in the closet. Once we had  finished, we started walking down the stairs to join everyone else.

"Thanks for helping me unpack Ross. It helped a lot, if you hadn't of helped me I would still be in Rydel's room unpacking." I thank.

"It's alright, I just want to make you comfortable. Especially when you are so far away from home around Christmas." Ross replies.

"Hello guys. I'm guessing you are Rose, our guest for the next year. I'm Stormie and this is Mark, it's a pleasure to meet you." Stormie introduces.

"Hi, yeah I'm Rose. It's lovely to meet you too." I reply.

I feel someone rest their arm on my shoulders. I look up to see that it was Riker.

"Hey, are you ready to go out for dinner?" He asks.

"Yeah, I am. Where are we going?" I ask.

"We are going to Olive Garden for dinner, since we know that they don't have it in New Zealand " Riker replies.

We get into the van so we can head to dinner. I'm sitting in between Riker and Ross in the middle seats, Rocky, Ratliff and Rydel in the back seats and Ryland is sitting up front with Stormie and Mark.