Curtain Call (1)

Well, I really don't know what this is. I got asked to write a Ross&Laura story so I made a blot for it I guess. Enjoy! Oh, I don't own: Austin & Ally, Ross Lynch, Laura Marano or anyone else mentioned!

Rocky loved to support his little brother. Well, he loved to support anyone he cared about but there was something about being in the audience during the live taping of Austin & Ally. The energy that the fans had was amazing and he'd find himself on a high, like what it felt like at a concert though nothing could really compare to that. He watched as the director talked to Ross and Laura about a quick change to the scene they were about to film. The audience around himself and his family were were musing quietly between themselves about their thoughts on the episode so far. And from what he could hear, they very much approve of it.

"QUIET ON SET!" he had a production hand yell before the following scene began.

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Laura took a deep breath, just as her character 'Ally's had to do. "What did you do now?" she asked Raini. Raini's face held a paniced expression as her character 'Trish' had just done something bad concerning her job.

"I may or may not have lost some animals," she spoke, rushing towards the end. Laura jumped up on the counter, frantically looking around. Just then, Ross entered through the doors of Sonic Boom, Calum following behind him.

"Ally, what are you doing up there?" Ross asked as he approached Laura.

"Trish lost animals... again!" Laura answered, in character, as she pointed to Raini in a frantic panic. "Why did you go and apply at another pet store?" she questioned her, uncertain as to why her best friend in real life as well as on the show, would do something so stupid.

"Well, I really needed the money and animals are so cute and cuddly and-"

"Snake!" Calum yelled, accidentally pulling on his trademark Dez suspenders. Laura shrieked as had been indicated on her script. She was crouched on the counter as was the stage direction, and had jumped, as much as she could while staying crouched, and moved towards the edge of the counter.

"I didn't know I lost a snake again," Raini said in a pensive voice. She shrugged and said casually, "I really need to find the alligator-"

"Found it," Ross said, as he pointed behind Laura and gulped loudly for dramatic effect. The rest of the group turned around to look at the alligator just as it opened its jaws at them. The group screamed and Laura had "fainted".

It had originally been in the script, Ally fainting, Austin catching her, insert cliche here, etc. But the writers had taken it out due to Laura's hesitation during rehearsal. She would have to fake a faint, which wasn't the hard part for her. The hard part was that she had to let herself fall freely off of the edge of the counter, allowing Ross to catch her. Her hesitation to fall and automatic "prepare to hit the ground" response had caused the writers to take it out. It wasn't that Laura didn't trust Ross, because she trusted him more than she even knew herself, but it was her body's natural reaction. But right before the taping of this scene, the writers decided to put it back in though Laura would never know why. So she 'fainted' and relaxed her body as much as she could as she fell over. She felt herself crash into familiar muscular body of her close friend Ross Lynch. She kept her eyes shut and her body still yet relaxed at the same time.

The feeling of Ross' strong arms craddling her frame gave her a comforting feeling. She let herself listen to the rest of the scene, the alligator and snake causing hijinks before each character left the store, Ross in a very comical run with herself still in his arms. The second Laura heard the director yell cut, she opened her eyes and laughed. Her cast-mates had soon joined in with her while Ross gently put her down, her hands lingering on his body for a few extra seconds. She immediately missed his warmth like she always found herself doing. Especially lately.

After the show, the cast took photos with the audience members and casually chatted with them. Every time someone asked Laura a question about the cast, she felt her eyes drift to Ross first. Maybe she was going crazy but she could havd sworn she felt his eyes on her too. Laura soon found herself in the warm and welcoming embrace of the Lynch family, plus a certain Ellington Ratliff. But all that was on her mind was the annual Live Taping Friday Night Dinners, her new favorite thing.