I'm Only Me When I'm With You (Raura) *EXTREME EDITING*

Chapter 45

Laura P.O.V.

As soon as I saw Ross walk through the door, I felt immediately relieved. He left at 12AM with no explanation, he just ran out the door. It was 12:37. I flung my arms around him. "Where have you been, babe? I've been worried sick." He squeezed me tightly before letting go.

"I went to Maia's. I couldn't find her and I just.. I thought she went home to hurt herself.." I nodded, rubbing his back. "Baby, it's okay, just tell me what happened."

"I rushed over there, I got there as fast as I could. I knocked lightly on the door, getting no response. I started calling to her, yelling and banging on the door. I thought it was my fault. I thought she hurt herself. Finally, she opened the door. Maia and Rocky were together. I think they're dating now." I looked down at my hands. "Rocky and I had plans tonight." Ross nodded.

It's hard not to feel hurt after everything Maia has done to me and the Lynch family. It's starting to feel like Rocky chose her over me.

"Listen, Laur, I'm sure he just forgot." I nodded. "Sure, because it's so plausible that he would 'forget' to respond to the texts I sent him, to the calls and voicemails I left." Ross started to rub my back, pulling me into his arms. "Calm down, baby. Rocky loves you, and so do I." I smiled. Should I tell Ross about the kiss? It was sort of when we weren't together, so I don't need to tell him, but maybe I should.

"Ross, honey, I need to tell you something." Ross nodded, pulling me over to the couch. "What is it?" I bit my lip. "Well, when we had that huge fight, and I left. I was supposed to be going to my ex-boyfriend's house, but I went to my house instead. This was before you found me. Well, I was in my house and I was lonely and upset. Rocky found me. I was hiding, but he found me. In that moment, I was upset about everything and at that point I thought that you had cheated on me and..."

"Laura get to the point." Ross chuckled. "I kissed Rocky..."

Maia P.O.V.

"Uh, listen... Rocky.. I like you, too."

Rocky smiled. "So, you like to eavesdrop, huh?" I immediately felt my cheeks heating up. I avoided his eyes until I felt one of his hands move to my lower back and the other move to the side of my cheek, making me look into his eyes. He pulled me closer and leaned in. It felt perfect.. but in the same moment it felt disastrous. Rocky's soft lips touched mine and I kissed back. It started off as a soft kiss, but got heated quickly.

We both pulled away, lingering with our faces inches away, looking into each other's eyes. "I think we should take this slow," I whispered. "I agree, I'll sleep on the couch." I bit my lip, contemplating the thought in my head as he pulled away. "Rocky.." He turned back around. "I don't know if I wanna actually take this slow, but I don't want to rush into anything either." I still kept the thought in my head. Why did he have to be so sexy? Truthfully, I'm not one for rushing into things, but I just... "How about we just do whatever we want? Not worry about the consequences until they come?"

"Rocky, I just.. I mean.. What I want is.." Rocky grabbed my hands. "How about we just go to bed, that way we can figure this entire thing out in the morning." I nodded. I grabbed my hand intertwining our fingers. "Sleep in my bed." He raised his eyebrow. "Unless, of course, you don't want to?" Rocky shook his head, holding my hand tightly and following me to my room. I just want to feel safe, to feel comforted.

I went into the bathroom and got changed. I walked out seeing Rocky in his underwear. "Dude? I thought we were taking this slow?" Rocky shrugged. "I can't sleep in jeans." I threw him a pair that Ross had left. After he changed, we crawled into bed. His body wrapped around mine, his arm gently placed around my waist. "Rocky.." I turned to face him. "Kiss me." He moved closer, eliminating the space between us. Rocky leaned in and kissed me, roughly. We just met, but I know him at the same time. He's hot, smart, sexy, funny.

He flipped me on my back, climbing on top of me. I didn't push away. He slipped his tongue into my mouth. I didn't push away. He started to kiss my neck. I still didn't push away.

A/N

Hello loves,

I'm finally getting over being sick, which is why I'm trying to get these updates back on track.

I apologize for the lack of updates.

I hope you don't all hate me.

Oh and just so you know, this is as far as the Rocky and Maia thing is going... I promise.. I can't write that.

Anyway, thank you for the continued support and love you have for this story.

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