Rydel's POV
"So how's Ellington?" My mom asked, dropping a folded tshirt onto another pile. I almost spit out my water.
"What?" I asked, trying not to sound panicked. "How should I know?"
"Don't play, Rydel. Moms see everything." She finished the sentence with one of her signature 'Mom' smiles. The kind where she tries to look proud but is also trying to hide her laughing. I picked up a shirt from the messy pile and tried to look busy. "Come on, Rydel." She nagged.
"There's nothing to tell." I avoided eye contact and continued folding. "We're just friends, just like it's always been." I felt my cheeks turning pink, like they always did when I was lying.
"Rydel." She repeated. I kept folding. Eventually, I gave in.
"Boston. That's when it started. The boys know, except Riker, he's clueless." I tried to stay calm, but my mom was freaking.
"My baby girl found a boy!" She yelled before throwing her arms around me and squeezed tight. We finished up folding the clothes and picked out the outfits for the show. I walked into the room with the bunks to join the boys in the back, but was stopped suddenly when Ross ran out of the back.
"Nope." He said, pusing me back.
"What?" I asked, slightly annoyed, slightly confused.
"Uhh we're planning your surprise party, happy 21st!" He threw his arms up in celebration.
"It's January." I replied. He pulled his arms down and dropped the fake smile.
"Oh wow guess we can call that plan off. Alright nice seeing you." Ross continued pushing me backwards.
"Ross! Why are you acting like you're high or something?" I asked.
"Uhh...because...I am...?" He smiled and squinted his eyes. I slapped him lightly.
"Stop it. What's going-" Before I could say anymore, Ross put his phone in front of me. I didn't get what I was looking at at first, it was just a typical Instagram picture, and then I saw it. My eyes opened wide and my jaw dropped.
"No." Was all I could say before running to the back of the bus.
"Rydel!" Ross tried to stop me, probably to calm me down. I flew past him and barged through the sliding door.
"Delete it! Someone delete it!" I screamed to all my brothers as well as my costar in the picture that would ruin my life. I grabbed Rocky's phone out of his hand and deleted the picture. I breathed a sigh of relief. Then I saw Riker, he looked both confused and mad. If he found out about this, the fans would be the least of my problems.
Author's Note
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