Accidents Happen

Chapter 5

(Skylar's P.O.V)
Out of all the boys, I felt more connected with Ricky, it wasn't difficult for him to make me laugh, he just had that quality. I guess Emery and Liam are pretty cool too, I just feel like Ricky gets me.
"Earth to Skylar!" Emery says, waving his hand in front of my face.
"Sorry, what?" I ask him, hearing Liam chuckle.
"We're walking over to the stage. You coming?" Ricky asks smiling, making me nod. I get my stuff and follow them, walking between Emery and Ricky.
"Don't even think about it." I tell Emery, seeing his hand hover over my nachos.
"They're hers. Nachos." Ricky says, making me laugh again.
"That was terrible!" Emery says to Ricky.
"Maybe, but she thought it was pretty funny. Didn't ya Sky?" Ricky asks nudging me with his elbow gently.
"Best joke I've ever heard." I giggle, smacking Emery's hand away from my nachos again.
"Ow!" He whines, rubbing his hand and pouting.
"Oh, that didn't hurt. You big weenie." I giggle, ruffling his hair.
"Just for that I get a nacho." He says taking one and eating it.
"Yeah, okay. But that's it." I say pointing at him.
"Hmm, those are good!!" He says reaching for another.
"No. My food." I say, pushing his hand away. He pouts, making me giggle. He starts to use puppy dog eyes and I shake my head.
"Those don't work on me." I tell him, Ricky chuckling from beside him.
"Nice try, Em." Ricky smiles, patting Emery's back. I giggle when Emery looks at Ricky, reaching for his nachos.
"No." Ricky says, turning away from him. Emery keeps trying until he's successful, taking two of Ricky's nachos.
"Just chill, its only two." Emery says to him. Ricky sticks his tongue out when Emery walks away and I roll my eyes.
"Very mature, Ricardo." I giggle, making him smile.
"He didn't see it so it's okay." He laughs, setting his nachos down and getting a drink of water.
"Emery stop trying to steal my nachos!" Ricky says, using his foot to push Emery's hand away.
"You're so childish." I giggle at them, picking up Ricky's nachos and holding them out of Emery's reach. He stands up and I turn my back to him, giggling.
"You don't scare me." I giggle, looking up at him.
"Really? What if I do this?" He asks, tickling me and making me laugh.
"No stop." I giggle, running away from him and hiding behind Ricky, both of us laughing.
"Here." I say to Ricky, handing his nachos back.
"Thanks." He smiles, putting his water down and taking them from me. I eat a few more and set them down, getting a drink.
"You can have the rest, Emery." I say to him, he grabs them and sits in the chair, eating them quietly.
"Thanks for those, Ricky." I say, making him nod.
"You're welcome." He says, just before eating another nacho. I sit in the other chair, checking the time on my phone and putting it back in my pocket.
"Bored?" Ricky teases me, making me look at him.
"So bored. Like you guys are soooo boring." I tease, trying not to laugh.
"Don't worry, I seen you hide that smile. I know we're like the coolest friends ever." He says, Emery and I laughing.
"Conceited much?" I ask him, making him nod.
"Very." He smiles, sitting on the ground beside me.
"You can sit here." I tell him, making him shake his head.
"I'm fine." He says and I look at him.
"Really, you can sit here." I say, starting to get up.
"Keep your butt in that chair." He says to me and I put my hands up.
"Okay, chill, crazy man." I laugh, making him smile at me.
"I'm chillin'." He says, smiling at me.
"You're insane." I say shaking my head at him.
"No, he has a crush on you." Liam says and Ricky coughs.
"What?!" He asks, continuing to cough. I pat him on the back and he gives me a thumbs up, letting me know he's okay.
"Don't deny it. We can see right through you." Liam says, pointing between Ricky and I.
"I think you're nuts. We barely know each other." Ricky says and I quickly agree with him.
"Deny it all you want dude, we know the truth." Liam says and Ricky rolls his eyes.
"No you don't." He mumbles, looking at me slightly.
"Just ignore them." I smile, ruffling his hair slightly. He nods and gets up, throwing his empty container away and coming back, sitting in the same spot.
"What time are we supposed to go on?" Emery asks, looking at his phone.
"I think in like 10 minutes." Liam says, sitting on a large suit case looking thing.
"So what song are you guys singing?" I ask them curiously, leaning my head on my hand.
"Sweet Little Something." Emery says, Ricky nodding.
"That sounds cute." I smile at them, both of them smiling back at me. My phone starts ringing in my pocket and I take it out, looking at the caller ID.
"Excuse me. I gotta take this." I say, getting up and walking away from the boys, sliding the green button over.
"Hello." I say into the phone.
"Where in the world are you?" Lisa asks frantically.
"I'm with the boys. Why?" I ask curiously, looking over at the boys.
"You have to come out front. There's someone here to meet you." She says excitedly.
"Um, okay." I say, hanging up and going back over to the boys.
"Everything okay?" Ricky asks looking up at me.
"I gotta go meet up with Lisa. I promise I'll be back to see you perform. Good luck!" I say to them.
"Thanks!" They all smile, getting up to hug me. I give each of them a hug and start walking away from them.
"Skylar! Wait!" Ricky yells, running up to me.
"What?" I ask him.
"As weird as this may sound, can I have your number? If not that's fine." He mumbles, shyly looking at the ground.
"Sure." I giggle, taking his phone and typing my number in.
"Thanks! See you later!" He says, smiling at me.
"You're welcome! Maybe we can go bowling or something!" I smile at him.
"Sure! That'd be cool! Okay you better get going. Don't want to get you in trouble." He smiles, making me nod.
"See you later." I say, walking away from him. My phone goes off again and I read the text from Lisa.
'Hurry up!' It reads. I start running out to the parking lot, trying to remember where she parked.
"Skylar!" She says happily.
"Hi." I say, catching my breath quickly.
"We have an errand to run." She says unlocking the car.
"What? Now? I promised the boys I'd be there to see them perform! I can't leave!" I tell her.
"You have to. And you are. Get in the car." She says, getting in and shutting her door. I look between the car and the stage, deciding on what I should do.
"Skylar. Let's go!" She says, rolling her window down.
"I can't, Lisa! I promised the boys!" I say to her.
"Get your butt in the car! Now!" She yells at me. I groan and do as she says, putting my seatbelt on.
"I can't believe you made me break a promise!" I growl at her, keeping my gaze out my window.
"You'll get over it." She huffs, pulling on to the road. My phone vibrates and I take it from my pocket, seeing a strange number.
'Hey it's Ricky. Where'd you go?' I sigh and text him back.
'Lisa said I had to leave. I'm so sorry. I didn't want to break a promise but she forced me to leave'. I wait a few minutes before he texts back, a sad face at the beginning of the text.
'It's okay. I'm sure I'll see you this weekend.' I lean my head back against the seat and respond to him, internally hating myself for breaking a promise. Lisa stops and gets out, leaving me confused.
"What are you doing?" I ask getting out of the car too and following her. She opens a door and practically runs inside. I finally realize where we are, I look at Lisa and internally yell at her.
"Why are we here?! Again?" I ask her, making her smile.
"Please don't do that. This isn't cool. I broke a promise for this." I say, crossing my arms and following her down the hallway to a room. I see a record label on the sign and I stop dead in my tracks.
"I can not sing. Why are we here?" I ask seriously, making her roll her eyes.
"Just shut up and go inside." She says, opening the door for me.
"Skylar!" A man's voice says happily. No way. What am I doing here?!