A Weird Love Story

Chapter 25- Friends?

Ross' P.O.V.-

I woke up with a big smile on my face. Grinning from ear to ear. The best I've slept in weeks. Maria is now turned around facing me. Even though she is sleeping, there is a smile on her face too. She looks so calm, so peaceful. Not like she was hours ago, showing up at my door, crying. The memory itself breaks my heart. I love looking at her this way. I keep staring at her long, curved eyelashes. I move a hair that has fallen into her face back behind her head. Her hair is soft; I keep stroking it. One of her arms is bent under her pillow and the other is laying right next to it. Right next to me. My mind is telling me no, that this shouldn't be happening. But my heart has all the power.

I lean down, my lips about to touch her's, but instead they move up. I kiss her forehead and start crawling out. Fingers wrap around my wrist. "Don't leave. Please." I look down to see Maria's eyes shut. "Come lay back down." she whispers. I crawl in and lay my head down. Side by side. Then, I see her big brown eyes looking straight into my soul. "Thank you."

Joe's P.O.V.-

'What have I done!' was the first thought that came to my head when I woke up. I can't believe I kissed Bill. We were supposed to be friends! Nothing more, nothing less. Now this whole thing just turned into a dramatic movie. I get out of bed and Bill shifts. I start putting on my shoes and jacket. "Where are you going?" Bill groggily said. "I'm going to tell Maria what happened last night. The worst thing to do is keep lying to her."

"How do you know where she is?" I thought about that for a moment. "I'll call Dianne and hope she picks up." I grab my car keys and start heading out the door. "I'll call you later. Bye." I say and close the door behind me. Once I'm in the car, I call Dianne with the Bluetooth speaker. "Hello?" Thank god she picked up! "Hey! Dianne, have you heard from Maria?" She sounds very confused. "Yeah she literally just texted me like a minute ago saying she was at the Lynch's house. Why isn't she with you?" What is she doing there? Well then again, I have no reason to judge. "It's a long story. Thanks Dianne. Talk to you later." Ugh. That's at least a 15 minute drive from here.

Maria's P.O.V.-

Since I woke up, Ross and I have been talking. He was telling me how sometimes he gets these rude and mean comments online but his true fans really help him forget about it. And apparently so do I. He says that he thinks about me a lot. I would never have thought that someone as famous as he is would talk to me, think about me, like me. This is amazing. Then I think about Joe and that amazing feeling goes away. But why should I feel sorry for him? He did me wrong. I'm going to stop thinking about him and start focusing more on Ross. Now he's showing me some old pictures he has on his phone. I'm about to show him a picture I have of my family when I hear a click and look up. Ross is holding up his phone and smiling. "Ross!"

"What?" he says looking at me. "I don't like people taking pictures of me!" He puts down his phone and scoffs. "Why? You look beautiful!" Did he really just say that? Doesn't matter. "Just delete the picture, okay?" He sets his hands on his hips. "No! I love the picture. I'm keeping it." I look down at his phone and look back up at him. He does the same and gives me a 'Don't you dare!' look. I smirk and we both quickly reach for the phone. Sadly, Ross grabs it first and runs out of the room. I run after him down the stairs, around the kitchen, over the sofa, back upstairs, and into his room. At the very last second, he sorta slips and I push him into the wall. He holds his phone up high, making me reach for it on the tips of my toes; our faces inches apart.

My head tilts back down and I see that Ross has been looking at me, like in a daze. Two words hardly come out of his mouth. "I'm sorry." He puts down his arm and lets go of his phone, making it drop to the floor. His head quickly moves forward and finally, his lips push into mine. Both his hands press my back, pulling my hips against his. I'm scared at first but then I relax, draping my arms around his neck. The feeling of his eyelashes brushing my cheek and the feeling of our lips moving together makes my heart flutter. His hands creep down to my thighs. I jump and he wraps my legs around him. We never break apart and I don't want him to. Ross moves us off the wall and to the bed. He leans forward, one hand covering my head, and lays me down. I unwrap my legs and he climbs on top of me. One knee on each of my sides; one arm propping himself up; one hand on my cheek; one pair of lips on mine. I place a hand on his shoulder and the other is running through his lemon colored hair. I pull on it softly a couple times and I hear a small groan before he kisses me harder. For a split second, Ross lifts his lips off mine to catch his breath but I turn my head and his lips land near my ear. "Wait. Ross, get off me."

"What?" I push his shoulder and he lays down next to me with his hands under his head. I sit up and and run my fingers through my hair. I have to tell Joe. I don't even put on any shoes. I run from Ross' room and I hear him call my name from behind.

Narrator-

Joe is shocked about how he found the Lynch's house online. He parks his car on the road a block away because there is some type of party going on in the neighborhood. A party at 10 am? Weird. Anyways, he gets out and starts sprinting towards their house. He has to talk to Maria! Meanwhile, Maria runs downstairs and passes Stormie who's in the kitchen. "Maria? Where are you going?" She ignores her and runs out the door. Both of them focused on where they are going, didn't realize that they passed each other. Of course they got confused and ran back. "I really need to tell you something!" they said in unison. "You can go first." Same time. "No, you can." Again. "Alright. I'll go first." Maria said. Joe nods, letting her continue. "Ross and I kissed..." Well, it was more like made-out but she didn't want him to feel devastated. Joe sighs then laughs. Maria looks...mad? "Why are you laughing? This isn't funny!" She slightly hits him and he responds. "I kissed Bill!" Maria snickers a little. "You kissed Bill?" She stops and gets mad again. "Wait, you're gay and yet you went out with me?!!" She hits him harder this time. "I like girls! But I also like guys."

"Oh..." was all Maria could say. "I guess we weren't made for each other after all." Maria shrugs. "But those few days were fun anyways!" Joe says. "Ugh! We're a mess aren't we!" Maria says giving a tired laugh and rubbing her face. Joe chuckles. "Yeah, we really are!" Maria puts down her arms. "Joe, I have to tell you something!" she says firmly. "I'm breaking up with you." She bursts out laughing and Joe giving a shocked smile. "Why do you get to break up with me!?"

"Because I'm just awesome like that! No, okay fine. We will just say that it wasn't really working out so we agreed to just break up."

"That sounds fine. I'm just glad we are still friends, right?"  Maria picks up Joe's hand and grins. "Of course. Always." She pulls him into a long, warm hug.  "I'll see you later, Maria." She smiles and nods. They unlock arms and depart.

A/N: Yay! I'm so glad to finish this chapter! Tell me what you guys think! Leave comments about what you want to happen in the story and I might write it! Sorry about the narrator thing... It's a little weird but I didn't want the point of view from a character. Sorry if it was confusing! See you next time!