We go through the read through of the script and our director wants us to kinda act from our seats. As we approach the part where Riley saves me, he kisses me on the forehead. It catches me off guard, but I'm not complaining. We finish up and the two of us walk out to the endless line of cars outside together.
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*Maddies pov*
Anthony picks me up today, and as soon is I see him I break away from Riley. We were walking together, his arm around my torso because he's a little taller than me, he couldn't hug my waist. My arm was around him as well, until I pulled away. Riley already knew why I pulled away, so he did the same.
"Bye prince Phillip. I'll see you tomorrow unless you wanna run lines. Text me!" I say, emphasis on the prince Phillip. "Farewell aurora, Ill see if we can!" He replies, and we go our separate ways to our respective parents cars. I hop in the front seat of Anthony's and he immediately attacks me with questions. Apparently we didn't let go of each other in time, and Anthony saw us.
"Who was that? Why was he walking with you? Did he kiss you? What.. what was that?" He fires off, looking confused and angry. "Dad it's Riley. You know him. Chill. We left rehearsal together. No of course not. We... We were just leaving. It's no big deal dad. Really." I said, not realizing I called him dad. He pulled out of the parking lot, but parked somewhere else, not at the school.
He looks out tge window and silently cries. "What's wrong? Dad? Oh. Umm..." I trail off until being cut off by him. "I love you hun. Thank you, so much. I really love you." He looks at me and hugs me over the little container in the middle. "Well, you are the best dad I've had. All of them hurt me, ignored me, hated me. But when they knocked me down, I got back up. NowI'm here." I say
After a little while of driving, Anthony speaks again. "Did you do anything back at your old homes that you miss?" He asks. "I umm... I took voice lessons. It's kinda how i got to this point in my voice." I say, nearly hiding from him. "Ok, you're going to my old voice and acting school, you can just do voice though, if you want." He says, glancing over at me.
"But, it's a professional school. Not only am I not that good, but it'll also cost an arm and a leg." I say, looking down. "Nope, you're going. Really." We pull up to yhe apartment and as I close the door i ask Anthony and jazzy a question. "Uh.. can Riley come over to run lines? In like," I look at my phone to see that he could be here in 5 minutes. "5 minutes?" I ask. Anthony and jazz look at each other, whisper a little, and then home me an ok. I shoot Riley a text and he leaves.
*Riley pov*
She says well we'll have like 3 and a half hours until her parents leave for the theater. I run down there and buzz up to their apartment. I go up and walk in. "Hey m. Hi Mr. Ramos, Ms. Jones! How are you?" I say, trying to impress them. I kinda want to date Maddie. Well, I really want to, but I'm going to ask her parents today. "We're good Riley! Congrats on being prince Phillip." Mr. Ramos says. He turns to Maddie.
"Could you go to your room hun? We wanna talk to Riley for a minute." He says, and I walk towards him. "Sure." She replies, then shoots me an apologetic smile and walls to her room.
"Sit down. If you hurt Maddie, in any way at all, you will be sorry. Really sorry." He says, his stare never leaving me. Ms. Jones looks from behind him and smiles. "Anthony, don't be so intimidating. But really, don't hurt her." She says, looking at me for the last part. "Mr. Ramos, Ms. Jones, I won't. Really. I... don't think I could. I actually had a question for you." I say, my hands were shaking, so i steadied them against my legs.
"Shoot." Mr. Ramos says, him and Ms. Jones looking at me. "Umm... can I... date your daughter? I really like her. She's gorgeous, so kind, she's an amazing singer and actress, she so fragile, I just... I've loved her since I met her in that little Italian restaurant like, 3 months ago. Please." I spill. They lift their gaze from me and look at each other.
"Yes. But again, do not hurt her. And give me your phone a sec." Mr. Ramos says, putting his hand out for my phone. I lay it in his palm and he opens it and types for a moment. Then he hands it back to me. He put his number in there. "I can both like, monitor your dates and help you. Now do run lines with the princess." He says, motioning to hos daughters door. I knock lightly and open it, stepping in and leaving it open. I want to keep Mr. Ramos happy too.
"Maddie, uh.. do you wanna be... my girlfriend?" I ask her, and she runs and hugs me. "Of course ri. Of course I'll be you're girlfriend!" She says in the hug. "I'm going to see if Anthony will let you come to the theater with me. It's so boring alone." She says, running through the door and asking Anthony. He hesitantly says yes. She runs in and tells me he said yes.
"We should probably actually run lines now." I say. We act through the whole play, a little yoo dramatically. She lays on the bed, pretending to sleep. I kiss her, and she 'wakes up'. The four of us walk off to the theater and Maddie walks me to her room.
*Maddie pov*
I'm really glad Riley asked me out. I was pretty sure I wanted to date him, not Josh, but i really didn't know. But im more than happy now. I show him to the whole cast. All the guys give him the signature "Don't hurt her" speech, all the girls come up to me and freak out that I found a nice boy.
I lead him up to my room and we hang out. We can be semi loud before the show starts, to we joke around and laugh for a while. After the show starts though, we play on our phones and share silent giggles about funny pictures. We can hear the music of the show, and when we get to Best of Wives, Best of Women, we lipsync to the song. After it's over we look at each other and he kisses me. I immediately kiss back, and then we go back to looking at our phones.
After the show ends Anthony comes in. He finds me laying on my bed, Riley on my bean bag chair, both of is laughing our heads off. He asks me if I wanna stay at the theater or at his place, and i choose his apartment. Riley walks to his house after saying good bye and I go home, falling asleep smiling, knowing he loves me.
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AN hey! Hope you guys like it. Extra long chapter cause of my little hiatus. I just again, wasn't in the state of mind to write. I'm super sorry. Please comment ideas for plot. Love you guys. Bye!
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