Potent love

Chapter 23

I opened my eyes as soon as weight was added to my bed. Readjusting myself, I looked up at the intruder who rudely woke me up.

I glared up at Vanessa as she smiled down at me.
"Morning, L," She chirped, pulling my blanket off me. I grumbled in response.
"Come on, Laura. I need to go pick out bridesmaids dresses."
"What? Why? The wedding's only four months away," I reasoned, burying my head in my pillow.
"Exactly! Now let's go!," Vanessa said, pulling me out of my warm, comfortable bed and shoving me into the bathroom across the hall.
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"V! They're all great just pick one," I complained.
"Oh I already picked one, Laura. I was just waiting for the Lynch's to get here."
"Sorry we're late, babe. Someone wanted to sleep in," Riker spoke to Vanessa, pointing to Ross who waves sheepishly. I laughed at him.

Ross playfully glared at me.
"Okay...Ross!," Riker yelled at Ross who was trying to leave the store. I doubled over with laughter.

Instead of glaring at me, Ross joined in laughing. Vanessa and Riker rolled their eyes at us.

Riker handed Ross a tux.
"Go get changed and stand next to Laura," Riker spoke.
"Laura, go get changed into the first dress you tried on," Vanessa told me. I huffed and walked off to get changed.

When I came back out, Ross was dressed in a black tux with an aquamarine tie to match my dress.
"Not that I'm complaining but why do Ross and I have to stand next to each other?," I questioned.
"Because you two are walking down the aisle together," Riker informed, wrapping his arms around Vanessa.
"Alright!," Ross cheered bringing me into a hug. Once again, I laughed at him, wrapping my arms around him, returning his hug.

I sighed, so content with being in his arms.
"Ahem," Vanessa cleared her throat causing Ross and I to pull apart.
"I think that's enough for today," Riker continued for Vanessa. I blushed furiously.
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Next Saturday rolled around slower than I ever could have imagined. My phone has been ringing for the last four minutes and I'm wondering if I should pick up.

Andrew's name flashed on the surface of my phone. I sighed, deciding to pick it up.
"Hello?," I spoke into the phone.
"Hi Laura."
"Hi?," I spoke, unsure of what to say at this point.
"Look, I know I don't deserve you but I need to apologize. I was a complete ass to you and I'm so sorry."
"Apology accepted," I spoke.
"Really? Great. So do you want to go o-Andrew," I interrupted.
"You're forgiven but I don't want to go out with you. Besides, I'm kind of seeing someone," I told him.
"Oh, okay. Ross is a lucky guy." I rolled my eyes. Why does everyone think I'm dating Ross?
"What? No, not Ross. I'm kind of seeing Noah. He plays Dallas on the show."
"Wait, hold on. You're kind of seeing him?," Andrew asked. I chuckled lightly.
"It's complicated."
"You want to talk about it?" I nodded, then realized he can't see me.
"Okay. Well it all started when..."
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"So, what do you think?," I asked Andrew, after explaining my situation.
"Well, you know I'm biased because I kind of don't like Ross but, it seems like he really loves you."
"I already know that," I spoke.
"Then what's the problem?"
"I don't want to ruin our friendship," I answered.
"How do you know you'll ruin your friendship? You haven't even given him a chance," Andrew answered.
"Well, what about Noah?," I asked.
"Noah seems nice but I don't really see you two lasting. Then again I don't really know him."
"But you see me lasting with Ross?"
"Yup. But what do you think? It's your choice," Andrew pushed.
"Well, Noah makes me happy. And I think I like him but I don't really know him that well. Or at all for that matter. He let me down when we were on our date. Although he is really cute. But I feel like he'll let me down again. But he's realllllyyyyy cute," I said.
"Okay what about Ross?," Andrew asked, I could practically feel him rolling his eyes through the phone.
"Ross and I have been through a lot together. Bad and good. No matter how many fights we have at the end of the day it's like nothing happened. I can tell him everything. We get each other, we connect, we have an unbreakable bond. I love him. He's my home, my family, the light at the end of the road, he's my rock. I don't know what I'd do without him," I finished.
"Okay so here's what I have for Noah," Andrew started.
"Pro, Noah makes you happy. Con, you don't know him. Con, he let you down. Pro, he's reallllllyyyy cute," Andrew mocked me. I laughed at him.
"Did you seriously make a 'pro, con' list?"
"Yup. Okay now for Ross," Andrew deflected.
"Pro, you can tell Ross everything. Pro, you have an unbreakable bond. Pro, you love him. Pro, Ross is your everything."
"Okay but what about the cons?," I asked.
"The only one I have is that you fight but so does every couple so I didn't really count it," Andrew answered.
"Noah has two cons and two pros where Ross has four pros and no cons, not really anyways," Andrew added. Dam.

I guess I really do love Ross.
"Laura? You still there?"
"Yeah, Andrew. I'm here."
"What are you going to do?," Andrew asked.
"I'm going to talk to Noah."