𝖦𝖮𝖮𝖣𝖭𝖨𝖦𝖧𝖳 𝖭 𝖦𝖮 ❕RUDY PANKOW

𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

may 17th
rudy's pov

    ᴍᴀᴅɪsᴏɴ sɴᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀs chase shoved jonathan off the boat, sending him into the water with a big splash. jonas was kind enough to give everyone a day off (even though it was so early into filming) and rent us a pontoon boat for the day.

  we're still tied to a dock on the lake as of now, waiting for a few others to show up.

  "maddie!" jonathan complained loudly, climbing up the ladder. "you didn't even try to stop him!"

  "sorry." madison laughs, though she doesn't sound very sorry at all.

  jonathan turns to me. "you didn't either."

  "sorry bro." i shrug, smiling. he scowls at me but his attention quickly turns back to our curly haired friend.

  chase screams as jonathan tackles him into the water. they swam to the surface and started laughing hysterically.

  "hey guys!" an accented voice called, sounding genuinely happy.

  "hey mac!" madison greeted as maison easily stepped onto the boat. she was wearing a worn out t-shirt that was tied up at her hip and denim shorts but she looked beautiful.

  snap out of it rudy, you cannot fall for this girl i scold myself internally.

  sucks buddy, you already have my conscience snickers.

  i shake my head as if to rid of the thoughts and watch the girls hug tightly. maison tossed her backpack onto one of the chairs before heading over to me, pulling me into a hug. "hey ru." she said.

  the nickname made my heart skip a beat.

  damn you maison cooper.

  i returned the hug the best i could before austin hopped on.

  he intimidated me to be honest. not only was he maison's best friend, but he was like a brother to her. and brothers tend to get protective of their little sisters. austin was a really nice guy but i could only imagine how he'd treat me if he found out i sort of had a thing for maison. maybe he'd pull a topper and beat me up.

  madelyn's voice, thankfully, pulls me from my thoughts. "let's get this show on the road!" she cheers, hopping aboard with elaine by her side. drew's trailing behind her lugging a cooler while deion is hefting up a stack of towels.

  "i brought alcohol." drew grinned. cheers immediately broke out from everyone aside from maison. "and water for our little sober queen. and lilah, who isn't here yet but very much underage."

  "shut up." maison laughs, swatting his hands away from her head when he went to ruffle her hair.

  there's another thing that scared me. drew and maison were already good friends, but i really couldn't tell if it was a sibling type of relationship or romantic. i didn't want to pursue her if drew liked her. i'd feel awful.

  "rudy!" chase shouted as he maneuvered the boat away from the dock. "get out of your thoughts you dimwit!"

  i flipped him off and he snickered.

  today's going to be interesting.

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  oh if only the twenty minutes ago version of me could see current me.

  he'd probably smack me for being stupid.

  first off, i need to put up better walls against maison. i used to be smooth. now i'm just tripping over my feet trying not to make my crush obvious. 

  i had my back to her for about two seconds to grab deion a beer and when i turned back around i quite literally choked on my own drink. i'd seen madelyn and madison in a bathing suits already because of scenes, but not maison. and dear lord this girl just keeps getting more and more attractive.

  she was perfect. in literally every way. i wanted to hate her for it but instead i just crushed. everybody liked her, she was musically talented, she was gorgeous, and her body was just. . .wow. i'm sure if i was a girl i'd be jealous. she was skinny but in a healthy way and the suit she was wearing really highlighted certain aspects of her body.

  "rudy." jonathan smacked my back. "you're staring and unless you want anybody else to know you should probably stop." he suggested. we were the only ones on the boat now. everyone else had already jumped in.

  "is it really that obvious?" i questioned, deflating a bit.

  "nah." he assured. "i'm pretty sure i'm the only one who caught you staring at her ass but it's chill."

  "dude!" i exclaim.

  jd just laughed. "you were though!"

  "shut up." i grumbled, setting my drink down.

  "i won't say anything. i promise." he crosses his pointer and middle fingers on both hands.

  "thanks." i mumble. i had a feeling he'd accidentally slip to someone else.

  "are you guys getting in or what?" there's that stupidly cute accent again. maison is standing at the back of the boat, soaking wet, and squeezing water out of her hair. i notice the earrings she's usually wearing aren't in, but her necklaces are still on.

  "yup!" jonathan exclaims. "come on!" he drags me to the front of the boat and shoves me off. the water is cool and feels really nice compared to the hot sun. i bob to the surface and flick my hair out of my face.

  "JD no!" maison yelps but it was too late, he'd already tackled her in.

  they landed with a splash beside me and as they broke the surface austin shouted "again!" from where he was floating on an inflatable flamingo with madison. madelyn was hanging onto it, trying to kick chase away from her, who had his hands wrapped around her ankles.

  there was definitely something going on there.

. . .
rudy do be simpin tho

i wanna drop out of college already and it's only been a month