One Step Closer (Sequel to OSAAT)

Chapter Five

A sick day? More like a sex day...

I should've acted normal... she is going to hate me... Oh, God. What have I done? Wait, no, Lauren. You are not the one who went and cheated on your boyfriend. You're doing the right thing. Oh, God... what if Niall becomes abusive or some shit? Oh my God. I've messed everything up!

"Hey, Lori, are you okay?" Ricky asked me. I shook my head to get back to reality and looked up at Ricky and smiled a little.

"Yeah, fine. Just uh, tired I guess." I said and I met his eyes. He mouthed 'We can talk later' to me and nodded his head in the direction of the backseat. I nodded and he smiled. After about another minute we got to the auditorium building. I unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car. Luke got out next. He didn't see me outside of his door, so when he opened his door, it hit me causing me to fall. "Ow!" I yelled and laughed a little.

"Oh my God! I'm sorry!" he said and scooped me up, bridal style.

"Let me down, weirdo." I said and he kissed my cheek and put me down. "Ewww." I said and wiped my cheek off.

"Rude." Luke said and I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Stop flirting with Lauren! She's taken." Ricky said and I rolled my eyes. "By me, of course." He said with a wink.

"Oh, go drown yourself." I said and walked into the huge building. He laughed and followed, along with Nick and Luke. While walking to class, we informed Luke about the play Mrs. Clooney had wrote. He laughed when we told him that Ricky and I's characters were in love. He thought it was very amusing. When we walked into class, Mrs. Clooney clapped and ran up to Ricky and I.

"Fianlly! I was getting impatient! Oh, and Luke! Your script is on my desk. You're the student director!" Luke nodded and smiled. I smiled a little at the fact Luke finally got to do what he's wanted to do for two years, be the director in some way. Mrs. Clooney pulled both Ricky and me to the stage in her classroom and showed us where to stand and how to stand.

"Do I really have to slouch?" I asked her and she nodded.

"You have to make it completely noticable that you are in love with Alex! Well, Ricky. Now, as it says in the script, when he walks over with his lunch tray you stand straight up and try to look noticable. It's an important part!" she said and I rolled my eyes to myself, knowing the reason she started with this scene is because we kiss. Accidentally kiss, of course. God, I hate this.

"Now, before we start this one scene, who has a class after this?" Mrs. Clooney asked the class and every girl but me raised their hands. I mentally groaned. "Alright, you girls can leave, everyone else stay." There were a few 'Yes!'s and 'Boo!'s here and there. Count me in for 'Boo' central.

"Hah! You're the only girl!" Ricky said and I pretended to throw my script at me and he didn't even flinch. "Ooh. Scary."

"Shut up." I said and laughed.

"Allright! Let's do this scene and then start from the beginning!" Mrs. Clooney said. Everyone else in the scene got into their places. We haven't even read through this, she's so excited... "Ready! Steady! Action!" she said and I got into my slouching pose.

Ricky started with his line and I had to do everything to stop me from laughing. "Look, to win a girl over, just take her to some classy resturaunt or something. You're already good-looking." he said to Nick.

"It's not that easy. I mean, what if the girl is stubborn as hell? Girls get that way."

"Hey, some are really cool. You just have to pick the right one." Ricky said and I heard him and Nick start walking my way. I pretended to pick up some kind of food and drop it on my invisible tray. I turned around and when I saw Ricky, I stopped myself and stood straight up, so that my ''tray'' wouldn't bump into him. "Oh, hey Emma." Ricky said and smiled at me.