“SON OF A GUN!” the deep voice yell of your fathers rang throughout the hallway. Your eyes flew open to the sound, while your body jostled forward. Dazed and confused you looked around the room, it was still dark, barely any light was shining in from the window.

“SHHH! Dear you probably woke up (yourname)!” you could hear your mom say in her shouting whisper. Feeling like a walking zombie, you pulled your blankets off yourself and climbed out of bed. Your arms were flailing out in front of you, protecting yourself from running face first into something.

With your eyes almost drooped closed, and barely any light in the room, you found the door and pushed it open, weakly. The bright lights from the hallway hurt your eyes, causing you to shut your eyes all completely. “I’m sorry! but it’s not my fault that the suitcase had to come flying out of the closet and had to smack me right in the face” you heard your dad say, from your parents bedroom.

“mom, dad?” you mumbled, barely audible, as you stepped into their room “told ya” your mom whispered to your dad, then turned to you “oh sweetheart, did we wake you?” your mom asked, rushing over to you “yeah” you softly whispered “we’re sorry, honey, go on back to bed” she said gesturing you to go, that’s when you got a good look at their room.

Two suitcases rested on the bed, clothing and other necessities lying next to them. “what’s going on? where are you going?” you asked, looking up at the two. With a deep breath your mom pulled you over to the bed. “sweet heart, your great Aunt Natalie isn’t doing so well, and your Aunt Cindy called and asked us to come stay the night, just in case if she passes in the next few days” she said slowly and quietly “oh” was all you were able to say, knowing how much Aunt Natalie meant to your mom, you didn’t want to trigger any tears. “yeah, so me and your dad will be back tomorrow sometime, okay? It won’t be too long, we promise” she said pulling you into a hug “yeah, that’s fine” you said, holding your mom tightly “here, climb into bed, you can go back to bed in here, we’ll be leaving here in a few minutes. Don’t forget to eat once you wake up okay?” she said tucking you into her’s and your dad’s bed. “Mhm” you mumbled, as you nodded your head, “love you bud” your dad said, placing a kiss on your cheek “sleep well, sweet heart” your mom said kissing your forehead. “love you both” you murmured, then leaned back. Once your head hit the pillows, you were out.

-

Laying at the end of your parents bed, with remote in hand, you watched as Blake Shelton sat there playing guitar, while the lyrics to Honey Bee came out of his mouth. You hummed along as you glanced at the clock ‘thats a good enough time to be awake’ you thought as the clock had just hit nine am. Pushing yourself up off the bed, you turned the tv off and ran out of the room.

Walking into the kitchen, you looked around, obeying your moms request to find something to eat. And soon enough you were sitting at the table, bowl in front of you, spoon in hand. Your phone moved up and down your cell phone screen as you checked out your twitter timeline, but nothing was interesting. Putting your phone on sleep, you set it down on the table, picked up your bowl, and put that and the spoon into the sink.

“what can i do today?” you asked yourself allowed, thats when your eyes came in contact with that familiar yellow house. “hmm” you muttered, as you turned away from the window, and ran into the living room. Falling onto the couch, you picked up your shoes and put them on, moments later you were out the door. 

Knocking twice on the door in front of you, you took a step back and waited. The door slowly creaked open, with a tired looking Mike McCreery standing there. “oh, Mr. McCreery, did i wake you?” you asked, worried. “no, Judy woke me up earlier than usual this morning to try her new health shake recipe” he said, with a soft chuckle as he gestured for you to come in. “oh, how was it?” you asked, as you stepped into the house “lets just say, it needs a little bit of work, too sweet” he said, shaking his head as he remembered the taste “understandable” you simple said, as you placed your hands behind your back “yes us northern people understand” he said with a smile “Scotty’s still asleep, but you can go on up and wake him, saves me the trouble of climbing those stairs” he said heading in the direction of the living room “alright, thanks!” you said, following behind him, only for a brief moment, then dispersing for the stairs.

Placing your hands on the cool wood of the door, you gently pushed on it and peeked your head into the room. Mr. McCreery certainly wasn’t lying, as you found that seventeen year old country boy sound asleep in his bed. Quiet as ever, you tip toed into his room. ‘how can i wake him?’ you thought to yourself, as you looked from him, then around his room. A smile seeped onto your face as you spotted his guitars ‘this may or may not work’ you thought, as you walked over and picked up the closest one, Stacey, as he’d call it. Placing the strap over yourself, you took a seat in his chair in the corner of the room, then began to strum randomly on the strings, with having no idea how to play. Keeping your eyes on the snoozing boy near you, you watched as he began to stir in his sleep. 

Eventually he began to sit up “where is that terrible sound coming from?” he asked himself out loud, thats when he turned and found you sitting there, fingers running up and down the strings. “am i dreaming, or is there really a beautiful girl sitting there playing on my guitar?” he asked with a cheeky smile playing on his lips. “nope, you’re just dreaming” you jokingly said, placing the guitar back down. “dagum” he whispered, as he sat up and pushed his blankets off himself. “come here” he said, standing up and holding his arms out for a hug. Eagerly you got up out of your chair and walked over to him. He wrapped you in his arms, and then placed one hand under your chin and lifted your head up slightly, then he placed a kiss on your lips, and pulled away a moment later, smile on both your faces.

“okay, i’m gonna go get showered and dressed, and all that, you can go downstairs and watch tv or something” Scotty said, as he reluctantly pulled away from you. “yeah, that’s fine” you said with a smile, as you both headed for the door. “see you in a few” he said, smiling at you, as he walked down the hallway. Simply, you just smiled back, and headed down the stairs.

-

“Hey, Mrs. McCreery” you said as you walked into the kitchen “(yourname), sweet heart, how about you try this out for me, tell me what you think” she said handing you a clear glass full of a green liquid. “um, sure” you said hesitantly, as you took the glass. Mrs. McCreery turned in the other direction, and you took a sniff of the drink. It smells awful. Carefully you set the glass down, without taking a sip. Whens he turned back around, she smiled at you “did you like it?” she asked sweetly “well, i didnt even take a sip yet, i was thinking maybe we could leave this glass for Scotty? He needs it more than i do” you said, pushing the glass slightly away from yourself “hmm, good idea (yourname)! Scotty sure did pick a smart girl” Judy said, as she too the glass away and placed it on the counter, you just smiled and headed over towards the chair, by the kitchen table.

Scotty came bouncing down the stairs minutes later. “woah Scotty, what did you do, spray the whole bottle of cologne on you?” Ashley commented from the couch, as she waved her hand repeatedly in front of her face “maybe” he said, winking at her. He then began to scan the living room “she’s in the kitchen” Mike McCreery said, and just with those four simple words Scotty was running into the kitchen.

You laughed as you watched Scotty skid across the tiled floor. “be careful there” you said, standing up and walking towards him “it’s alright i’m good” he said, leaning his elbow on the island. Stepping closer to him, you stood on your tip toes “your mom has something for you to try” you whispered in his ear. He turned around and found his mom wiping off the counter. “oh Scotty, here try this for me, please?” she asked sweetly. Scotty being Scotty, had no way to say no to his mom, so quickly he picked the glass up and took a big gulp. His eyes widened once the taste of the liquid actually hit his taste buds. He quickly swallowed before he could taste it anymore. “i figured you wouldnt like it” Judy said handing Scotty a glass of water, he took it and chugged it. “no my, it wasn’t too bad” he lied. “Scott Cooke McCreery what have i told you about lying” Judy said crossing her arms “sorry, mom” Scotty said sheepishly. “oh just get out of here you two, go out and get some sunshine before it rains” Judy said shooing you too away. Scotty grabbed your hand and rushed you out of the house before another word was said.

-

“so where are we going?” you meekly asked. “I’m not sure, where do you wanna go?” Scotty asked, as he stopped walking and turned to face you, while he smiled down at you. Looking around you for a moment, your eyes suddenly widened, as a smile appeared “are you okay?” Scotty asked, with a low laugh to follow. “oh i know what we can do, come on!” you said, grabbing his hand and running off down the street.

-

“The Diner?” he asked, as you two walked through the glass doors. “yes the diner” you simply stated, smiling back at him, as you walked down the long aisle of booths, and soon enough selected the very last one, farthest away from everyone else. He sat down across from you and watched, as you picked up the menu and began to search through it. “you know i didn’t bring my wallet right?” he said, still watching you. “i know” you said, peering over the menu “well how are we gonna pay?” he asked, scrunching up his eyebrows in confusing. Setting the menu down, you giggled “i am” you said, then went back to looking at the menu “oh no your not” he said pulling the menu away from you. “oh yes i am!” you said grabbing another menu. “i’ll just go get my wallet real quick, it wont take more then 5 minutes for me to get home” he said scooting out of the booth. “Scotty” you said, grabbing a hold of his hand. He turned to look at you. The look on your face made him sigh, then he scootched back into his original spot. “okay, but this is the only time!” he said, looking at the menu sitting in front of him “that’s what you think” you scoffed. He looked up and glared at you. The waitress came walking over then, before he could say another word. “Hey, (yourname), hey, Scotty, what can i get y’all?” she asked, pulling out a notepad from her back pocket, and the pencil from behind her year. “hi, can we get the brownie” you said, pointing to the picture on the menu “isn’t it a little early for sweets?” the waitress asked, as she wrote it down, with a smile on her face “never” you simply said, as you handed her the menu. “okay, thats all?” she asked, looking between you too “yup” you said, she nodded and walked away. “i’m paying you back” Scotty said, once the waitress was gone. “not a chance” you smugly said, then sat back in your seat, with a smirk on your lips.

Minutes later the waitress came back, with a large plate in her hand. Carefully she set it down on the table between you and Scotty. Your eyes widened, as you seen how big it was with chocolate syrup, hot fudge and whip creme topping it off. “um, is what we ordered?” you asked, pointing to the plate “sure it, but i added a little something special, dig in” she said with one more smile, then she was walking in the opposite direction, pony tail swishing in the light breeze. 

Looking from her, you looked towards Scotty, who’s smile was wide on his face, as he stuck his fork into the brownie. Then he carefully lifted up a piece, dripping of hot fudge, and held it towards you. “here you take the first bite” he said, with yet another killer smile on his lips. Leaning in, you opened your mouth and bit down onto the brownie, pulling it off the fork. Without realizing it, you let out an ‘mmm’ and Scotty chuckled, you blushed a deep shade of red, then stuck your fork into the brownie and lifted up a piece to feed to Scotty.

-

Walking down the side walk, hand in hand, you starred up at the sky and watched as the storm clouds slowly rolled over the town. “we’re suppose to be getting a pretty bad storm tonight” Scotty pointed out, noticing you starring up at the cloud. “wonderful” you muttered as you kept walking. Scotty stopped walking and pulled you back towards him. “it’ll be okay, i’m here for you” he softly whispered as he leaned in towards you. “okay” you softly whispered as you looked from his eyes to his lips and began to lean in along with him. Suddenly, thunder roared and rain came pouring down, you squealed, as the ice cold rain hit your skin.Quickly, you pulled away from Scotty, he laughed as you began to running, pulling him along with you. 

“hop on” he said stopping in front of you “what? no!” you said “youre a slow running, by the time we get home the rain will already be gone and we’ll already be dried” he joked “oh that was cruel, McCreery” you said hopping onto his back “yeah but i got you to get on” he chuckled as he began to run down the block.

-

Reaching your guys’ houses, you climbed the stairs to your porch, and stood there a minute, hoping to dry off before going in. “Scotty!” Judy voice rang out over the light sound of rain “yeah, mom?” Scotty called back, looking over towards his house. His mom was standing out there, underneath the roofing, shielding herself from the ran. “come on son, you gotta get home and finish your chores” she said waving him over “oh mom, cant we wait an hour?” Scotty called back, hoping she would say yes. “just because you got  girlfriend, doesnt give you a free pass out of things!” she yelled back, with a light hearted laugh “fine” he yelled, then turned back to you “sorry bout that” he said sheepishly “it’s okay, have fun with your chores” you said, teasing him “i’ll try, but you’ll be on my mind the whole time” he said, leaning in towards you, then placing a sweet simply kiss on your lips. Once he pulled away you both were smiling “that was cheesy” you stated “yeah but i’m not the one cheesin” he pointed out “oh yes you are, now go get to those chores” you said lightly pushing him “okay, i’m going” he said as he began to walk off your steps and across the yard and up his porch, and into his house. “thanks (yourname) if you hadn’t done that he wouldve spent ten minutes saying a goodbye” Judy called with a laugh to follow “no problem, Mrs. McCreery! Glad to help” you said, then turned around and heading inside your house.

-

Rain was still pouring down, hours later. 

Laying there on your bed, with your laptop in front of you, you scrolled through your Tumblr dashboard, with every few seconds passing, you’d send a glance towards the McCreery’s house, not exactly sure what you were looking for.

As time passed, a dim light turning on, in the corner of your eye, had caught your attention. Turning your head slightly to the side, you found where the light was coming from. The house next door.

Laying there on his bed, he was tossing a basketball up into the air, with moments passing by, he’d catch it smoothly in his hands.

Eagerly, you reached over to the side of your laptop, where your cell phone was quietly laying there. Grasping onto the smooth sides, you lifted it up and pressed the home button, bringing it to life. Pressing the number 8 on your key pad, you looked back out your window, then pressed the send button and brought the phone up to your ear.

Scotty threw the ball up into the air, once again, but when it came back down he gripped onto it and threw it onto his bed. Rolling over, he grabbed his phone and looked at the screen. Suddenly he hopped up instantly, with a wide smile on his face, as he touched the screen for a millisecond then placed it up to his ear.

“hey, beautiful” the deep voice came through your phone “hey, how were you chores?” you simply asked him “boring like theyve been since i was thirteen” he chuckled “hmm, so did you have fun tossing that basketball in the air?” you asked, as a soft giggle escaped your lips “are you spying on me?” he asked, turning towards the window. “you are!” he said seeing you looking at him “well i’m sorry that you turning on your light caught my attention” you said, just then your phone began to beep, warning you that it was about to die. “hold on! phones going to die!” you said, hopping off your bed and running for the charger.

Thunder roared and lightening struck. The lights in your room flickered for a moment, then went off all together. Letting out a gasp into the phone, you turned towards your window, where you saw that the McCreery’s house and all the other houses in your neighborhood were pitch black. Your phone made one more beep then the screen went black. “just great” you muttered, a you went back over to your bed. Turning towards your laptop, you saw that the battery was low, you groaned as you turned it off. “i really need to start charging things” you whispered, pushing the laptop away.

Turning yourself, you hoped that there was some sign of life outside your window, but there was nothing, the only movement was from the rain, splattering against the ground.

The banging sound of a door rang throughout your house. Quickly you sat up, ‘you’ve got to be kidding me’ you thought, as you got up off your bed, and walked out of your room.

Putting your hand on the wall, you slowly made your way down the hall, in hopes of making no noise. Moments later you felt the edge of the staircase, and grabbed a hold of the railing, as you began to descend the stairs.

The whole house was a pitch black, noiseless, place. You were unable to see anything, including your hair that kept brushing against your cheek.

A crash and a deep voice came from the kitchen. Carefully you walked towards the kitchen entrance, trying not to hurt yourself in the process. “dagum!” the deep voice, scoffed, as a few items continued to fall. Getting down on your hands and knees you began to make your way through the kitchen “Scotty?” you asked “over here” he called, from the farthest side of the kitchen.

Eventually your hand brushed against his jeans. “are you okay?” you asked, crawling up next to him. “i’m fine” he said, as quietly as possible. “what are you doing here?” you asked “i heard you gasp on the phone, i wanted to make sure you were okay” he simply said, you could feel his shoulders shrug next to you “thats sweet and all, but why would you risk getting injured to make sure i was okay?” you asked, confused beyond believe. “because, I love you” he simply said, as his warm breath tickled your face.”i love you too Scotty” you said, placing your hands on his face. He placed his hands over top of yours, and you brought yourself closer to him. Your lips touched for what felt like forever, but was only in fact less than a minute.

Pulling away, you were smiling, “okay lets get out of the kitchen” you said slowly standing up. “alright” he said getting up with your help. “Scotty, please dont make me fall” you said wrapping your arm around him, “i’ll try not to” he said with a chuckle, as you guided each other out into the living room. “do you have any candles?” he asked, as he let go of you “yeah theres one in that drawer over by the tv” you said, taking a seat on the couch. Scotty’s boots scuffed against the ground as he made his way to the drawer. He felt the wood till he found the handle, and carefully opened the drawer. “oh and a lighter” he said once he found the candle. His boots scoffed against the rug once more, then you heard the soft ting of the candle being set on the wood of the coffee table,  and a clicking sound, the lighter.

A soft glow formed, once the flame shot up, he carefully lit the candle, and then placed the lighter on the table. Looking up from the candle and towards your face, he smiled. “it’s nice to see your face, instead of just talking to darkness” he said, as he walked over to you and sat down by you “you too” you simply said, cuddling up into his side, he placed his arm around you, and gently tightened his grip, protectively.

He began to rub his arm lightly up and down your arm. “are you cold?” he asked “i’m fine” you simply said, you could feel him move next to you, then before you knew it, he placed a blanket over top of the both of you. “thanks” you said looking up at him. “you’re welcome” he said, flashing one of those brilliant smiles.

A silence followed for a moment, but then Scotty cleared his throat. “so i have a question” he said “hm?” you mumbled “do you want me to let the media know we’re together? Or no?” he asked, truly concerned about your answer “no, don’t tell them” you softly whispered “that’s fine, but why?” he asked, curiously “because if you tell them, you could lose a lot of fans, and there could be a lot of drama, lets just wait, okay?” “thats fine” he said, then once more it was silent.

Having a yawn escape your lips, you leaned your head down on his shoulder “tired?” he asked “mhm” you muttered “go to sleep, i’ll be here all night, if you want me to be?” he asked “stay” you softly said, he chuckled softly, causing his shoulders to move “sorry” he said, “hm” was the only thing that came out of your mouth.

“i love you, (yourname), always” was the last thing you heard, before you went under.

Well theres chapter 90! hope you all liked it! man Chapter 90? this is crazy!!! haha sorry it took so long to write a chapter that was so boring :\ i’ll write better next time! please give me some feed back! that’d be great! thanks for everything you guys <3

It was barely eleven in the morning when you woke up. The lids of your eyes twitched for a second, as you rolled over in your sheets. The light peering in from the windows lightly warmed your face, causing a tiny smile to creep onto your lips, as your eyes slowly opened. Sitting up, you starred out your window. It was a normal sunny day in North Carolina, but something seemed off. The sun was high in the sky, that was normal. People were out walking, that was normal too. Suddenly your eyes met with the humble house next door. Looking across, you peered into the window level with yours. His window was tightly closed, and the room was dark, but Scotty wasn’t in his bed. ‘where is he?’ you asked yourself. That’s when it hit you like a ton of boulders. ‘he’s gone for eight days!’ you thought, smacking your forehead with the palm of your hand. 

Feeling as if your day had been completely ruined, you looked down to the driveway below, and that’s when you didn’t see your parents car there. Licking your lips, you flung your blankets off yourself, grabbed your phone and walked out of the room.

“mom? Dad?” you called as you walked down the hallway, but there was no respone. Like usual, you stopped at the top of the banister, and looked over, still no one in sight. Then you ran down the stairs.

Going over to the door, you looked out the peephole, but your parents weren’t there. You looked in the living room, and again no one was there. Finally you walked into the kitchen, thats where you found the note.

‘Hun, went to the store, be back soon! Love you -Mom & Dad’

You set the piece of paper back on the kitchen table and turned around to go back upstairs. your phone buzzed in the palm of your hand then, you stopped in the middle of the living room and looked at the screen ‘Scotty (:’ it said in it’s simple text, a smile was instantly on your face as you opened the message.

‘Just landed in Atlanta, miss you already! ): But it’s only 8 days! Won’t be too long till i see that beautiful girlfriend of mine ;D See you soon (yourname), text me once you get up!”

‘girlfriend, man i’m never gonna get over that’ you said out loud, as you grabbed onto the staircase railing and ran your way up the stairs.

-8 days later-

Scotty’s POV

‘i”m home!’ his fingers typed into the small text box, then pressed the tweet button, which sent the little message to hundreds of thousands of fans twitter timelines. He smiled, knowing just that two word simple tweet, would make so many people smile, even if it was just stating the obvious.

Carefully he shoved his phone into his back pocket, and rested his head against the window of the car, as his dad pulled away from the airport. “betcha glad to be back, Scotty?” Mr. McCreery asked from the drivers seat. “you have no idea” Scotty tiredly said, but still had a smile placed on his face, as he stared out the window at his home. “i bet it’s because of (yourname)” Ashley quietly commented as she scrolled through her twitter app. Scotty just chuckled knowing that it was the truth. “Scotty you blew up my timeline again!” Ashley said looking up from her phone and towards her brother “oh I did?” Scotty asked, raising an eyebrow “see!” she said, practically shoving the phone into his face, where he could see tweets that read ‘will you marry me?’, ‘I LOVE YOU!!!’, ‘how was your trip?’, and so on. He just laughed once more, and closed his eyes. “you always do this when i’m actually taking time to read my timeline” she said pulling her phone away “no i dont” he said, with eyes still closed “yes you do” Ashley quietly said, quickly scrolling through her timeline. Scotty didn’t say another word, and Ashley laughed knowing she won their littler bicker.

-

Stepping foot into his bedroom, he dropped his bag on the floor and instantly fell onto his bed. He rolled over a few times on his Egyptian cotton sheets, making sure none of this was a dream. Then he slowly sat back up, and reached across the room, grabbing his guitar, pulling it over to him. He began to slowly run his fingers down the strings, strumming a few notes. He lifted his eyes up off the guitar and looked around his room, at the awards sitting there on his dresser, at the family photos placed on his bed side table, then he looked out the window, and saw that simple little house quietly sitting there. “(yourname)” he whispered, as he placed his guitar down on his bed and got up and left the room.

Running down the stairs, his dad passed him by “(yourname)?” Mike McCreery asked, “mhm” Scotty simply said, reaching the bottom of the stairs. Judy looked up from her cup of tea “where you going?” she asked, as Scotty headed for the door “”yourname)” Scotty said, with his hand on the door knob, waiting for her approval of him to leave. She simply nodded and he was out the door.

He jogged across the yard and was up the steps in a matter of seconds. He knocked a few times and stepped back, waiting for someone to answer.

The door opened, and a smile spread across Scotty’s face as Mr. (lastname) appeared behind the door. “oh, hey there Scotty, (yourname)’s at the lake” he said, with a smile on his face. Scotty’s smiled dropped for a moment, but he caught it before Mr. (lastname) could even catch it. “alright thank you!” Scotty said, as he ran down the steps and to the family truck.

Pulling the keys out of his pocket, he put it into the ignition and turned the engine on, then he put the truck in reverse and backed out of the driveway and soon enough was driving down the road.

-

Putting his turn signal on, he pulled in the drive at Lake Benson, and soon enough spotted the cars parked at the closest part the lake. He pressed down on the gas a little bit harder to get there just a bit faster, and as he got closer, he could see his friends there by the lake just standing around, talking.

He pulled up next to James’ car and quickly shut the engine off. He then unbuckled himself, and climbed out of the truck.

He took a deep breath, then began to head towards them all.

Soon enough James spotted Scotty and waved to him, and of course Scotty waved back. But his eyes were set on (yourname), she hadnt noticed him yet, since her back towards towards him as she talked to Jordan, Jessica, and Clara.

Once he was only a few feet away from her, Scotty stopped walking, placed his hands in his pockets and quietly cleared his throat.

“Hey (yourname), you’re looking beautiful today” Scotty sweetly said. (yourname) whipped around, and once her eyes met with Scotty’s, her jaw fell a bit. “Scotty!” she yelled, as she began to run towards him. Scotty stepped the few feet to cut the distance between them, and soon enough he had her in his arms.

The warmth of her embrace sent a chill down his spine, while the smell of her skin made him smile. “i thought you weren’t gonna be back until tonight?” she asked, as she pulled away from him “i never said that” he chuckled, as he pulled her back in for another hug. “well i missed you” she softly whispered “and i missed you more than anything” Scotty said pulling away from her. She just giggled, as she looked towards the ground for a second, then looked back up at him. His smile widened, then his eyes darted from her eyes to her lips, and back to her eyes, then soon enough back to her lips. And before he knew it, he placed his hand under her chin and slowly leaned down. There lips softly met, and they both ended up smiling into the kiss.

“get a room you two!” James yelled from behind them. Scotty and (yourname) pulled away, he smiled as he saw the pink softly resting on her cheeks then he placed his arm around her shoulders as they walked over to the others. “look who’s talking, you should see yourself and Clara!” Jessica joked “shut up!” James said jokingly smacking her “he’s only stating the truth!” Jordan yelled “Jordan!”  Clara screeched.

As soon as everything calmed down, Scotty took (yourname) by the hand and they began to quietly walk around the lake.

“so what’s gone on while i was gone?” Scotty asked, placing one hand in his pocket, as he starred at the young girl next to him. “well, let’s see, nothing too important, except for when James almost blurted out to Chris and Kyle that we’re together” she said, with a giggle to follow. “he did? when?” Scotty asked, curiously. “oh it was like two days ago, we were all watching movies at Kyle’s house, and there was like a gushy scene in the movie and James was like ‘I bet that’s how (yourname) and Scotty act now’ and then Kyle said ‘what do you mean?’ and thats when James said ‘because theyre’ and thats when i smacked him” she said with a proud smile on her face. Scotty suddenly stopped walked and turned themselves around “what are we doing?” (yourname) asked as Scotty began to fast walk in the direction of they had come from “I need to speak with James!” he said loud enough for the others to hear “what did i do?” James called “you almost blurted out the secret!” Scotty called back “uh oh! gonna run!” James said running off. “be right back” Scotty said letting go of his girlfriends hand and running after James.

(yourname) walked over to the girls and watched as Scotty had tackled James to the ground. “hun, you certainly got lucky with this one!” Jessica commented “i know i did” (yourname) said dreamily, as she walked her boyfriend get up and help his best friend up.

The guys walked back over to the girls and Scotty grabbed a hold of (yourname)’s hand, then he began to walk in the direction of the truck. “where are we going?” she asked “I think it’s about time we let Kyle and Chris know about our little secret” Scotty said winking at her, she nodding her head in agreement, as she began to walk quicker towards the truck.

Your POV

You watched as he turned the truck engine off, once he was in the driveway. “I’ll be right back, I’m gonna go talk to them first, then i’ll bring them out here, okay?” Scotty asked, as he looked at you. You nodded in approval, and watched as he unbuckled his seat belt, leaned over, placing a gentle kiss on your cheek, then opened the truck door and climbed out. Slamming the door shut, he smiled in through the open window “i’ll be right back” he said, then turned around and headed in the direction of Kyle’s front door.

Scotty’s POV

He took his time going up the stairs, in Kyle’s house. Beads of sweat were forming on the palms of his hands, which occasionally he’d rub on his pants, while his mind raced a mile a minute, with the thoughts of what he should say.

Soon enough he was standing in front of that wooden door, as if in slow motion, he brought his fist up and tapped three times on the door.

The door opened, and Kyle appeared behind it, “Scotty, man, come on it!” Kyle said, pulling Scotty into the room, and pushing him into one of the chairs in the corner, as Kyle went to take a seat in the computer chair, against the wall. Chris was relaxing on the bed, twirling his cell phone in his hand, watching as Scotty relaxed into his seat.

“so what did you have to tell us?” Kyle asked, picking his gatorade up off his desk, removing the cap and taking a quick swig of it, then placing the cap back on, and setting it back down. Scotty opened his mouth to talk but Chris interrupted him “did you catch that game last night?” he asked looking at both guys “yeah, did you see that final run?” Kyle commented “guys! do you want to hear what i have to say or not?” Scotty asked, standing up “yeah, sorry bro” Kyle said “continue” Chris said, crossing his arms across his chest “okay, well” Scotty began once again “wait, you’re not moving to Nashville are you?” Kyle cut in quickly, Scotty gave him a blank stare “i knew it! I just graduated man! You can’t leave us yet!” Kyle said, eyes wide “Brotha, that’s not it!” Scotty said “wait, but does that mean you’re moving?” Kyle continued “no, i’m not moving! I’m staying right here in Garner” Scotty said, sitting back down in his chair “oh okay, you may continue now” Kyle said, crossing his legs.

Scotty looked down to the floor for a second, as he clasped his hands together, and leaned slightly forward, then he looked back up at the two guys starring at him. “me and (yourname) are together” he said as the smile on his face got bigger with every word he spoke.

Kyle’s eyes went wide for a second, and he jumped up out of his seat “this better not be an april fools joke!” he said crossing his arms “it’s not and April was two months ago!” Scotty said with a laugh “you guys really are together?” Kyle asked, with a smile spreading onto his face, Scotty just smiled and nodded his head. “took you long enough!” Kyle said, throwing his arms into the air “where is she?” Kyle asked, knowing she was near by “she’s out in the truck!” Scotty said, pointing behind his shoulder. Kyle placed his hand on Scotty’s shoulder “you found a good one man” and with that Kyle and Chris were out the door. Scotty stood there for a moment, as he looked down at the ground, then up at the door “i did, didn’t i?” he said to himself, then he walked out the bedroom door himself.

Your POV

The sound of the door opening up and the hooting and shouting of the boys, took your attention away from your phone in front of you. Quickly you pulled your feet back in through the window and sat up, while stuffing your phone carefully into your pocket. Looking up then, you found Kyle climbing into the truck, as Chris jumped into the bed, “finally you two are together! Why didn’t you tell me these past few days!” Kylle said in a happy yet mad tone “um, I, uh, Scotty?” you stuttered. Scotty had just reached the truck then, and laughed, as Kyle turned to look at him “what man? i guess i like to keep things a surprise” Scotty said with a shrug, as he grabbed a hold of Kyle’s shirt and pulled him back out of the truck, then took his place. “alright fellas we gotta go, it’s getting kinda late” Scotty said, as he put the key in the ignition. Through the rear view mirror, he could see Chris hop out of the truck’s bed. “okay, you too love birds be careful!” Chris said, pointing at Scotty, as he began to back out of the driveway “we will!” Scotty called, as he looked behind himself while backing out.

Both of you waved goodbye to Chris ad Kyle as Scotty drove away.

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Soon, Scotty pulled into his driveway, and turned the truck off. You both unbuckled yourself and climbed out. He was by your side in and instant, and walked you up to your front door.

Not even thinking at first, your arms shot around him and hugged him tightly, he laughed, by wrapped his arms around you too. “i’m glad your home Scotty” you softly said “i’m glad to be here with you” he said, kissing the top of your head. You looked up at him and smiled “really?” you asked “no, i’m lying” he said, with a blank expression on his face, you gave him a small pouted look, and his smile shot across his face “i’m kidding!” he said, rubbing your back “i know” you said, revealing your true smile, he just shook his head and hugged you a bit tighter. “well i better get back to my house, my mom wants me to try some health shake of hers” Scotty said, loosening his grip “okay, i’ll talk see you later” you said, standing up on your tip toes and placing a kiss on his cheek. But just as you were going back down to your normal height, Scotty cuffed his hand under your chin, and carefully tilted your head back up to him, where he then softly kissed you. Your body tingled for a moment, but the sensation was gone once you two separated. “night” he said, as he began to back down the stairs “night” you said, turning to open the front door and stepping inside.

Walking in, you found your parents running back towards the kitchen, your mom stood by the stove, pretending to cook, while your dad took a seat in his chair, which ended up tipping over, and him going crashing to the floor. “are you okay?” your mom asked rushing over to him “yeah i’m fine i’m fine” he said, getting up with the assistance from his wife.

With a grin plastered onto your face, you walked over to the opening to the kitchen, and leaned up against the door frame “you two were spying on me, werent you?” you asked “nooooo, of course not” your mom said, walking back over to the stove “sure” you said, then turned around and headed for the stairs “night” you called, as you began to climb the stairs.

Shutting the door behind yourself, you walked over to the window, and looked across, your heart fluttered, once you seen Scotty laying there on his bed, starring up at his ceiling, guitar in hand. Biting your lip, you closed the curtain and went over to your dresser.

After getting dressed you began to walk to your computer, but stopped once your heard your phone vibrate on your bed. Quickly, you turned around and picked up your phone. ‘Scotty :)’ is what it read across the screen. A smile shot across your face, as you opened the message.

‘go to your window? :)’

Curiously, you walked over and opened your curtains. You jumped a foot in there air, but calmed down once you realized it was Scotty. He was there in his room, leaning partially out his window, smiling towards you. Sitting down on your bed, you lifted up the window and leaned out.

“did i scare ya?” he asked, cheeky smile playing on his lips “maybe” you said, as a soft giggle escaped your lips. “well, dagum, thought i’d of got you good” he joked “oh trust me, you did” you said placing your hand on your heart, making sure it was beating okay. He just laughed for a moment, then looked to the ground below. Then looked back up to you “wanna know something?” he asked, licking his lips for a moment. “hmm?” you asked “now it’s quite a secret, that i haven’t told anyone before” he said “okay… what is it?” you asked, a little cautious now “I love you, (yourname)” he said sweetly.

Your breathing stopped all together. It’s not like Scotty hasn’t told you that he loved you before, but this was the first time since you two started dating. You blinked a few times, and soon enough you could breathe again.

“too soon?” he asked, rubbing his palms together, and looking back down to the ground. When you didn’t say anything, he looked back up to at you, worried. Once he saw the smile on your face, he relaxed a bit.

“not too soon at all” you said.

“I love you too, Scott Cooke McCreery” you said a second later. For a moment, you thought you could actually see him blushing, but he shook his head slightly and any trace of the pink color disappeared.

“you honestly have no clue, how long i’ve been waiting for you to say that”.

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Your P.O.V

Your eyes twitched for a moment, then fluttered open, as the sound of a door, from the first floor, slammed shut. It was followed by a familiar burst of laughter, “dad, quiet” you groaned as you rolled over in your sheets and stretched slightly, then fell back into your sleeping position. With your eyes shut, your mind began to wander. ‘what happened last night?’ you asked yourself. Suddenly it all came back to you, the lake, Scotty telling you his feelings, the kiss, everything. Sitting up quickly you looked around “it had to of been a dream” you said, as you looked out your window, and across to the simple house next door. Believing those seven little words, you fell back against the pillow and shut your eyes once more. “or was it?” your mind thought. This time, you flung your sheets off yourself and hopped out of bed.

Running down the hall, you stopped at the top of the stairs and looked over the banister, no one in sight. Furrowing your eyebrows, you turned and headed down the stairs.

Touching the carpeted floor, you looked around and there was no one in the living room, suddenly laughter came from the kitchen, this time it came from the lips of your mother. With a smile on your face you walked over to the kitchen, and your mom turned to face you, “oh morning sweet heart! Did you sleep well?” she asked, with a wide smile spread across her face “you could say that” you said, leaning up against the door frame “that’s good, well there is someone here to see you” she said, as the smile grew with every word she spoke “who?” you simply asked. Her smile by now looked like it hurt, she stepped to the side and sitting there, in the old wooden chair, was Scotty. 

He was facing towards you, with his arm resting on the top of the chair, as a smile was resting on his lips and eyes focused on you. Without you realizing it, you began to blush “morning beautiful” he softly said, the pink in your cheeks deepened “morning” you said, quietly.

He got up out of his seat, and walked over to you “I was thinking maybe you’d like to go out to breakfast with me?” he asked, placing his hands into his pockets “yeah sure, let me just go get dressed real quick” you said, taking a few steps back “okay, i’ll be waiting in the truck” he said as he began to head for the door “okay, see you out there in a few” you said as you grabbed onto the staircase railing and began to run up the stairs.

Shutting your bedroom door, you leaned against it and took a deep breath “(yourname) what is wrong with you? It’s only Scotty!” you said to your “yeah, Scotty, your new boyfriend” you continued, as you walked over to your dresser and began to dig through.

Minutes later, you were running back down the stairs. “mom, i’m going with Scotty, be back soon!” you yelled “okay sweet heart! Spend as much time as possible with him!” she called from the kitchen, this had caught your attention. Turning around you headed for the kitchen “um mom?” you asked, leaning up against the door frame once again “yeah?” she asked, turning to look at you, “do you know about me and um, Scotty?” you asked, slowly “mhm” she simply said “how?” you asked, crossing your arms “honey, i’m your mother and i’ve known Scotty since he was ten, i can read you two like a book” she said softly, with a smile forming on her lips once again “oh, right” you said slowly backing up towards the door “well i’ll see ya later then!” you called, opening the door and stepping out before she could say another word.

Walking down the steps, you looked in the direction of the driveway. Scotty sat there, in that familiar family truck, as a smile began to slip onto his face. His eyes followed your every move. 

Opening the truck door, you climbed on in and without hesitation, you moved to the middle seat and buckled up. Turning to look at Scotty, you found him already looking at you, “what?” you laugh “nothing” he simply said, as he put the truck in reverse and back out of the driveway. 

“do you mind if i turn on the radio?” you asked, after a few minutes of silence “no, go ahead” Scotty said, keeping most of his attention on the road. Leaning forward, you turned the radio on and cranked the speakers up, as Brad Paisley’s She’s Everything flowed through them. “and she’s everything i ever wanted, and everything i need” Scotty began to sing as he would sneak little glances towards you. Catching these little moves, you began to slightly blush. All of a sudden Scotty started to belt out the lyrics, you swear everyone in the town could hear him. “Scotty what are you doing?” you asked, looking up at him, while forcing a fit of laughter to stay down, Scotty didnt say anything as he winked at you, then continued belting out the lyrics.

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You smiled, as that familiar yellow oval with the red letters appeared in the distance. “you and your Bojangles” you jokingly said, as Scotty pulled into the parking lot “hey, it’s Bo time” Scotty said, with a quiet laugh as he parked in the nearest parking space. 

Soon enough you two were out of the car and were walking into the entrance. 

“hey look it, it’s our American Idol” one of the Bojangles cashiers said, with a broad smile on her face “thank ya” Scotty laughed, as he walked up to her, he then turned to you “here i’ll get our food, how about you go and find a seat?” he asked, smiling down at you “okay” you said, as you began to walk away, but Scotty grabbed onto your hand and pulled you back. Turning around and confused expression played on your face, but one you saw Scotty begin to lean down, it went away. His lips gently brushed against your cheek, then he let go of your hand and turned around to order.

You began to walk away quickly, as your cheeks were beat red “i need to get used to that” you whispered as you took a seat in one of the booths. Pulling out your phone from you back pocket you went to your twitter app and began to scroll through the tweets, you skimmed through each tweet, but found no interest at any of them, but then you saw a tweet that had caught your attention. 

‘It’s Bo time!’

Of course, it was tweeted by Scotty, then you looked at the time it was sent. You laughed, realizing it was sent an hour before you even woke up. “what’s so funny?” you heard Scotty’s familiar’s voice say, as he set the tray down. “oh just about what you tweeted” you said, showing him the tweet “how’s that funny?” he asked, with an amused smile on his face “well, either you went to Bojangles twice today, or you just expected me to say yes to your invitation” you said, biting your lip for a moment, then putting your phone to sleep and placing it back in your pocket. “well you’ll never know” he said, winking at you as he handed you your food “whatever you say, McCreery” you said taking the food and nibbling on bits and pieces of it. 

It was silent between you two at first. The only form of communication was the little looks you gave each other every so often.  

Lifting the straw of your cup of tea to your lips, you took a sip, but instantly pulled it away as you began to choke on the drink. A fit of coughs came out of you, your face was turning red, and when you looked towards Scotty his eyes were wide “are you okay?” you asked, worried, you just nodded your head as the coughs continued to pour out. Before you knew it, Scotty climbed out of his sea and began to pat your back, in hopes of helping you. 

“i’m okay” you finally spit out, he stopped patting your back, and rubbed it for a minute, as he took a seat next to you, making sure you werent gonna go into another fit. “are you sure your okay?” he asked once more “yeah im fine” you said, with a simple, yet sweet smile “alright good, can’t have my girlfriend dying on me!” he said getting up and sitting back in his seat. “haha, well dont worry, i think you saved me” you said with a soft laugh “i guess you could say im your hero” he said, placing another fry in his mouth “well i guess so” you said “that means you owe me” he jokingly said “like what?” you said, pushing your empty box away from you “i’ll think of something” he said getting up and picking up the empty tray. Climbing out of the booth, you got up and followed behind him, as he took care of the garbage and then left the restaurant.

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‘I got a home down on the river I’m married to the woman of my dreams Got a good truck that gets me down the highway’ played through the speakers of the truck, as you and Scotty road down the street. The sun was at it’s highest point in the sky by now, and a soft breeze came into the window. “(yourname)” Scotty’s voice brought you out of your day dreams. Turning towards him, you spotted that serious look on his face ‘uh oh’ you thought “yeah?” you asked, not trying to sound too worried. He looked at you, then to the road, back to you, then back to the road “be completely honest with me, okay?” he asked, you nodded, “are you weirded out by us, ya know, being together?” he asked. You took a moment to think this through “in some way yes” you began to say, but saw he was gonna cut you off, so quickly you covered his mouth “hold on, let me finish” you said slowly removing your hand from his mouth “its only weird because im used to calling you my best friend, but now your more than that, and trust me, i couldnt be any happier” you said simply. Scotty’s smile grew widely, as he pulled up by the curb by your house “well i’m glad i can finally call you mine” he whispered, as he leaned in and kissed you on the cheek. “me too” you said while unbuckling your seat belt and climbing out of the truck. “alright, i’ll see you later, I’m going to meet up with the boys for a bit” Scotty said “alright see you later” you said, as you turned around and headed for the house. 

Just as you were about to open your front door, Scotty beeped the trucks horn, you turned around and watched as he waved out the trucks window and drove down the street.

Scotty’s POV

He put on his turn signal, as he pulled into the driveway. James was already outside, sitting in one of the chairs resting on the porch. He got up and met Scotty half way on the sidewalk “hey brotha, how ya doing?” Scotty asked, as they gave each other a quick hug and pulled away “nothing, man, i’m good, i’m good, so what’d ya want to talk about?” James asked, as they both began to walk down the street. “well it’s about (yourname)” Scotty said while shoving his hands into his pockets.”man, how many times do we gotta tell you, just go for it!” James said, as he lightly pushed Scotty “haha, no man, it’s not about that, well, okay i guess it’s some what like that” Scotty said as he shrugged his shoulders “then what is it man?” James said, as he kicked a rock, as they turned the corner. Scotty took a deep breath, “i told her how i felt” Scotty quickly said. James stopped walking then, he grabbed a hold of Scotty’s shoulder to stop him to “dude, you did? When?” James asked, in the excited tone of a 13 year old girl, “yesterday” Scotty simply said, with a smile “well what did she say?” “that she liked me too” “are you two together now? Or is she still going with that whole ‘don’t want the fans all going crazy’ thing?” James asked “what do you think man?” Scotty asked as he lightly hit James’ arm with the back of his hand “you two are together?” James asked, Scotty just nodded “finally!” James yelled practically at the top of his lungs “man calm down!” Scotty said, laughing as they once again were in front of James’ house. “okay, sorry, bro” James said, shrugging his shoulders “it’s cool, now i gotta go, later brotha” Scotty said walking back over to his truck and climbing. “alright, later” James said, as he was dancing of happiness up his front steps “man stop it! you’re acting like a 15 year old girl!” scotty called from his truck “how could i possibly be doing that” James said in the girlyest tone of voice he could manage, Scotty just laughed as he started up the truck “oh! James you can’t tell Kyle and Chris just yet, okay? Keep it to yourself!” Scotty called “oh come on man!” James said while stomping his foot “okay make that a 12 year old girl, remember man no telling!” Scotty said, as he finally backed out of the driveway and drove down the street.

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“Scotty!” he could hear being called from the kitchen “yeah mom?” he asked, eyes still focused on the screen “can you please take out the trash?” Mrs. McCreery said sticking her head out into the living room, with a slight groan, Scotty got up out of his chair and headed for the kitchen “alright, well after that can i visit (yourname) for a bit? I still gotta tell her about us being gone for a few days” Scotty said as he headed for the trash can “yeah thats fine, but not too late, your plane leaves in a few hours” Judy said, as she pulled a water bottle out of the fridge “alright thanks” Scotty said as he lifts up the garbage bag and began to tie it.

Looking out the window for a moment, he spotted the shadow, of his girlfriend sitting on her back porch, a smile instantly raced onto his lips. He tied the bag faster, and dragged it out of the kitchen, and onto the back porch.

But before he was even at the top of his stairs, (yourname) was already heading inside “well looks like i’ll have to knock” he quietly said as he walked down the steps and placed the garbage bag in the garbage can.

Then before he even realized it, he was running towards (yourname)’s front porch.

Knocking on the door, he waited a moment and soon enough Mrs. (lastname) answered. “oh Scotty, (yourname) is up in her room” she said stepping aside, “thank you” Scotty said, as he walked into the house and ran up the stairs.

With quick strides, Scotty walked down the familiar hallway, and soon enough was in front of the deep brown wooden door. He raised his fist and knocked on it a few times. “come in” he could hear the sweet voice call from the inside, he opened the door and leaned against the door frame.

Inside the room, the lighting was dimmed as the young girl laid there in her bed, cuddled up in her blankets, with her phone in her hand. She looked up and her eyes lit up once she saw Scotty’s face.

Your POV

“Scotty, what are you doing here?” you asked, slightly confused “what, cant i come see my beautiful girlfriend?” he asked, still leaning up against the door frame “no, of course” you said patting your bed for him to come over, he nodded his head and then walked into the room, and laid down next to you on the bed. Then it was silent.

“well there is something i gotta tell you” he finally said after sometime “okay?” you asked, as worry filled your body “i’m leaving for a few days” he said softly “oh” you breathed out “when?” you finished “my flight leaves tonight” he said, while looking into your eyes. “oh” was all you could say, as you looked away from him and out your window “hey, hey, hey, look at him” he said softly.

Slowly, you turned to face him, you watched as he caught the tear that just slipped over the brim of your eye. “listen, it wont be long, only 8 days, then i’ll be back for a bit, it;ll be okay” “promise?” you asked “promise” he said, leaning in and kissing you on the forehead. This sent a strange feeling through your body, but yet it made you smile.

Scotty’s eyes drifted from your eyes to your lips, then back to your eyes, then back to your lips as he began to lean in. Soon your lips met, the kiss was soft and gentle, but none the less perfect.

It was a few seconds before he  pulled away, and then he wrapped his arm around you and pulled you close to him, carefully you rested your head on his chest, as he leaned his head on yours. “i’ll lay here with you until you fall asleep, if you want?” he asked “that sounds perfect” you softly said, this made him quietly laugh, and you couldnt help but smile.

Soon enough you fell asleep to the sound of Scotty softly humming his coronation song, I Love you this big.

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Scotty’s POV

Taking a right turn, the truck continued to cruise down the quiet path with it’s high beams exposing everything that was hidden in the darkness.

His blue eyes were focused ahead of him as he held onto the steering wheel, while his mind had only one thing on it. Her.

She sat there quietly in the passenger seat. So quiet that it seemed as if she was sleeping, yet, the sound of her breathing distinguished that she was still awake.

Finally Scotty put the truck in park and for the first time, he glanced at her. Her knees were pulled up to her chest, as she leaned her head against the window, with the light of the moon dancing across her face.

“Lake Benson?” she asked, turning towards him, with confusion playing in her eyes. “come on” he simply said, unbuckling his seat belt, opening his door and climbing out.

Walking to the front of the truck, he stood there, and looked out towards the gleaming black water. He listened as he heard the passenger side door open and then close. Then with just a few steps in his direction, she appeared by his side.

“What are we doing here?” she asked, looking up towards him. He smiled, but didn’t answer, as he climbed onto the hood of the truck. He then held his hand out towards her. Looking from his eyes, to his hand, then back to his eyes, she grabbed firmly onto his hand and he pulled her up.

Once again she pulled her knees up to her chest, and rested her chin on top.

Crickets began to chirp int he background, as not a single word was said between the two.

‘come on Scotty, if you’re able to sing in front of millions of people you should be able to do this!’ Scotty thought to himself, as his palms became sweaty.

Taking a deep breath, he placed his hand on the hood of the truck and started to turn himself, so he was facing her, but since his palm was sweaty his hand slipped and he went backwards off the hood, with his back landing on the hard ground.

“dagum” he muttered, as he slowly sat up. “Scotty, are you okay?” he heard, her sweet voice ask, as the sound of her jumping off the hood and walking around the truck, followed.

Seeing him sitting there on the ground, she accidentally let a soft laugh pass her lips, but quickly she covered both hands over her mouth, stopping the sound all together.

“yeah i’m fine” Scotty said, laughing a bit himself, as he got up. He then began to walk back to the hood of the truck, but was stopped when he felt, her firm, but gentle grip on his arm. Slowly he turned around “Scotty” she simply said, with nothing to follow, a she dropped her arm. Scotty ran his fingers through his hair, but then turned back around and climbed back up on the hood, he patted the space next to him. She walked back over and with the help from him, he helped her back on. 

Once more, it was silent. The crickets started up again, as the stars became more prominent in the night sky.

Rubbing his palms on his shorts, Scotty took one more last deep breath.

“Remember a few months back” he began, but paused too look down at the ground “when i told you, that I thought i liked you?” he finished. When she didnt say anything, Scotty looked up, she was sitting there, knees pulled up, chin resting on top. She looked up from the ground and met his eyes “yeah?” she finally said. “well, I lied” Scotty continued. He watched, her face didnt falter that blank expression. She blinked a few times, then exhaled “i thought you might have” she simply said. 

For a moment, Scotty felt like he had just been hit in the throat with a baseball.

He ran his fingers through his hair once more, as he looked down towards the ground. “what I lied about, was thinking that I liked you, when ever since I set my eyes on you, seven years ago, i’ve known i liked you” he quickly said, then paused to take a deep breath as he climbed off the hood and stood in front of (yourname). “well I guess you can say it’s more than like, now” he whispered as he looked into (yourname)’s eyes. When she didn’t say anything, Scotty licked his lips, and began to talk even faster then before “see, no matter who i’m with, you’re the only one on my mind. And just, everytime I see you, I feel like i’m being shot up to heaven, because the way you look at me with those eyes, it just kills me inside” he kept his eyes on her. She just sat there, not changing her expression no matter what he said. “and i’m sounding so cheesy right now” he practically muttered.

Her face faltered then, with a smile spreading onto her lips “i feel the same way” (yourname) quickly said “really?” Scotty asked, as his eyes went wide, she just nodded, with a smile gleaming on her face “dagum” Scotty whispered, as he looked to his left, then back to her, “oh Scotty” she said, jumping off the hood and into Scotty’s arms. He caught her, but didn’t catch himself, as the two went crashing down to the ground. His hands were woven tightly around (yourname)’s waste, keeping her safe from getting hurt.

They both laughed for moment, but then stopped once their eyes met each others. “so, where does this take us?” Scotty asked, pulled one of his arms away from her waste, and putting it behind his head, supporting it up. “well where do you want it to take us?” she asked, biting her lip “well i’m still hoping to make you Mrs. Scott McCreery, but i can settle for you being my girlfriend for now, if that’s okay with you?” he asked, with a cheeky smile playing on his lips “that’s fine by me” she said, as the light pink color filled her cheeks “good” Scotty softly said, as he leaned up and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. When he pulled away, he watched as the light pink turned to a deep red color, this caused him to laugh, which made her blush even more. She burried her face into his chest “no, come on, i find it cute when you blush” he said. Slowly she lifted her face up and smiled at him “thats better” he said stroking her cheek for a moment. “okay I better get ya home, before your parents know your gone” he said, as he slowly sat up “yeah, lets hurry” she said carefully getting up off of him, and helping him up.

He walked her to the passenger side door and opened it up, helped her inside, then closed the door.

After he got in the drivers seat, he buckled himself up and turned the engine on. Then he turned to his girlfriend next to him, she was already smiling at him, and instantly moved into the middle seat. She buckled herself in and then Scotty placed his arm around her shoulder, in a comforting way, she smiled at this, and snuggled up against him, as he pulled away from the lake.

Chapter 87 done!!! really hope you guys like it ;D sorry it took 86 other chapters to get to this part that!!! please tell me what you think! i especially want to hear your thoughts about this chapter <3 please and thank you!

Scotty’s POV

Fluttering, his eyes slowly opened, as the quiet knock came from the door. Pulling his hands out from under the orange colored comforter, he began to rub his eyes, as a displeased moan passed his lips. With a soft push, the door opened, as a blue eyed lady stuck her head into the room. “dear, it’s time to get up, you have to go take that english test” Mrs. McCreery said, as she watched her son lift himself up into a sitting position “alright, mom, alright” he said, reaching over to his night stand and grabbing his phone. She gave him a nod and left the room.

Pressing that one simple button, his phone came to life, he tapped the Twitter icon and began to scroll through his timeline, nothing interesting. Then he pressed the mentions icon, revealing the hundreds upon hundreds of new tweets from fans, he smiled as he read each one, most involving ‘congrats, Scotty’ or ‘I love you!’ and so on. Then he pressed the home button, showing his background, which was a picture from last night, that involved him in the middle, with his family on his left side, while along his right was (yourname) and her family. He smiled seeing (yourname) there next to him, her eyes twinkling with joy, her smile as beautiful as the moon, her- “Scott Cooke McCreery if you don’t get outta bed this instant mister, you won’t be happy with what your father is planning on doing!” his mothers voice brought him back to reality.

Throwing the covers off, he tore open his dresser “i’m getting ready!” he called to his mom, before anything un-pleasant would happen.

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“okay, just call me when you want to be picked up, okay?” Mrs. McCreery stated, as her son climbed out of the car “yeah mom, thanks for the ride” he said through the window, with a smile slipping onto his face “alright, sweetheart, just go to the office, okay?” she asked “okay, bye mom” he simply said, as he lightly hit the top of the car, turned around and made his way towards the bricked building.

Pushing through the double doors, he took a deep breath, as all the memories flooded back of the days where he despised being there and just wanted to sleep in his own bed at home. But now, he was glad to be back, to a place where he wouldn’t get surrounded by crowds of unfamilar girls, paparazzi or  a large audience of people waiting for him to sing. A place where he could be normal.

Shoving one hand into his pocket, he kept the other out as he traced it against the wall, as he walked in the direction of the office.

Looking through the glass door, he looked at the familiar secretaries, who were answering phone calls, he smiled as he pushed open the door. The women looked up and smiled back “welcome back Scotty, just head down that hallway, the principal is in there with your test” one of them said, holding her hand out in the right direction “thank ya” Scotty simply said, as he nodded his head and headed down the hallway.

“welcome back Scotty!” he was greeted once more by the principal who had a thick stack of papers in his hand “it’s good to be back” Scotty said, in all honestly “ready for this test?” the principal asked, as he motioned towards the papers “i guess” Scotty said in a joking manor “alright, here you go, head to that room, and you can leave as soon as you finish” he said handing Scotty the test, Scotty nodded, as he took the papers and walked into the room.

Taking a seat at the table, he grabbed one of the pencils out of a box, and took a deep breath as he began to read the first question.

-

Pushing open the double doors, Scotty stepped out into the sun light, thankful that he got out of there alive. His head was slightly pounding, but he didn’t pay much attention to it, as he pulled his phone out, and dialed his moms number.

Placing it up to his ear, he began to walk away from the entrance, and in the direction of the football field. “hey good looking!” he heard from behind him, slowly he turned around, as a familiar red car pulled up along side him, with three familiar boys inside “ha ha, hey man!” Scotty said, once James had gotten out of the car and walked over to him. They did a quick hug and thats when Scotty’s mom answered the phone “hey mom, can you come get” he began to say, but stopped when James was motioning him to come with them “i mean can i go hang out with the boys for a bit?” he asked, hoping for a yes “sure dear, be back home before eight, alright?” Judy asked on the other line “alright mom, bye” he said, and once she said good-bye, he hung up the phone and put it in his back pocket.

“come on man, we’re just about to go out to eat” James said, as he made his way back to the car “where at, brotha?” Scotty asked, climbing into the car, ad buckling up “where do you think?” Kyle asked, turning to look at Scotty. A smile appeared on Scotty’s face as he realized where. “good, ole, Bojangles” Chris said “it’s Bo times!” Scotty said excited, as Kyle circled the parking lot, then pulled out.

-

“goodness, i sure have missed this!” Scotty said, as they all walked out of the crowded restaurant and over to the car. “well Garner sure has missed you, not the same without you here!” James admitted “and i sure have missed it!” Scotty said, as they all climbed into the car and began to open there food. “i’ve missed the food, school, the people, you guys” Scotty paused for a minute as he picked up his biscuit and took a bite “and (yourname)” James finished for him “especially (yourname) Kyle laughed “especially, her” Scotty agreed, nodding his head as a grin spread across his face. “whats even going on with you two now? Friends, more than friends?” Chris asked, before taking a sip of sweet tea “honestly, i’m not exactly sure” Scotty admitted “well what are you hoping to be?” Kyle asked, as he bit into another piece of chicken “what do you think man, thats a stupid question” Scotty said tearing into his biscuit once more “more than friends, we gotcha” James said “well man, if you want to be more than friends, you better get that to happen soon, before some other guys comes along and snatches her up” Kyle said with a wink “man, you better not!” Scotty said, throwing the rest of his biscuit at Kyle “hey man! i’m kidding! And you just ruined a perfectly good biscuit” Kyle said, picking up the crumbled biscuit off his lap and shoving the none bitten part in his mouth “that was my biscuit! give me yours now!’ Scotty said, reaching for Kyle’s box “no way man! Youre the one who threw your biscuit!” Kyle said, holding his box in the opposite direction “oh just hand it over!” Scotty said as he set his box down and began to climb over the seat “go buy your own!” Kyle said, taking his biscuit out of his box, setting the box down, and got out of the car “Just give me the dagum biscuit!” Scotty said, as he was now in the drivers seat and was getting out of the car “my biscuit!” Kyle said turning around and running away, with his biscuit high in the air “get back here!” Scotty said running after him. James and Chris just starred after him “why didn’t Kyle just eat is biscuit?” Chris asked looking after the two who were now atleast twenty yards away “i dont know man, but good thing he didn’t!” James said excited, Chris looked at him confused “why?” he asked a little worried “more chicken for us!” James said picking up Kyle’s box “good idea!” Chris said as he grabbed a hold of Scotty’s box.

-

After a few more hours with the boys, Scotty was being dropped off at his house. later man!” Scotty said, as he turned around and began to walk up his sidewalk to his house “Scotty!” he heard from behind him, turning around Scotty looked at Kyle, raising his eyebrows he waited for Kyle to continue “get to her before someone else does!” Kyle simply said, “i will” Scotty said with a nod as he turned back around and headed up his sidewalk once more. Behind him he could hear Kyle pull away and go down the road.

A quiet humming sound caught Scotty’s attention then. Steering away from his front steps, he cut through his grass and went to the back yard.

She stood there, in the grass, humming a tune to herself, as she watched her dog roll around in the grass.

A gentle smile appeared on Scotty’s face, as he watched the wind begin to blow her hair all over the place, while he reached her. But only a few more feet away, Mrs. (lastname) called for (yourname).

She turned around, not even noticing Scotty as she ran across the grass and up the stairs.

“hey, whats your name?” Scotty called out to her. Hearing his voice, she stopped in her tracks and turned to face him, walking towards the railing she smiled “you’ll have to find out yourself” she said, with a mischievous smile forming “okay than, see you later Southern belle” Scotty said, shoving his hands into his pockets as he began to walk backwards “you too, cowboy” she said as she turned around and headed for the door, then she was gone.

Bringing his hand up to his neck, he gripped ahold, as he always did, then turned around and headed up the back steps and into his own home.

—

It was a little past midnight, as he laid there in his bed, hands behind his head, eyes wide open. The house was quiet, everyone, besides him, was sound asleep. He wished his mind would calm down, so that he could catch a few Z’s, but it just wouldnt.

Her. That’s all that was running through his mind, just her. Her eyes, lips, hair, smile. The way she talked, walked, danced. The way her voice sounded. The way she dressed, comfy, casual.

Then his mind got a little creative.

The way her voice sounded when she had just woken up. The way her eyebrows furrowed when she was in deep concentration, or how her nose wrinkled up at an awful smell. How she looked when she was asleep, peaceful.

Then he thought about how she acts around him.

How her eyes light up right when she sees his face. The smile on her lips when she hears his voice. How she reacts when he sings. The way she looks from his eyes to his lips then back to his eyes, wanting a kiss. How sweet and genuine her voice sounds when she says his name.

Or his most favorite thing of all.

When she says those three little words, I love you.

It was his favorite of all because he knew she really meant it, it didn’t matter if she meant friend wise or more, he was just glad that he knew she truly did love him in some form.

He was thankful for it, for her, for every second they ever spent together.

He couldn’t take it anymore. Shoving his blankets away, he picked up his phone and dialed the number, as he grabbed a random shirt out of his drawer, then he walked out of his room and down the stairs.

The phone rang three times, but she finally answered, in her sleepy tone of voice that made Scotty smile. “hello?” she asked “meet me outside?” he asked, standing in front of the window in his living room, looking up to her room. He could see the light from her cell phone faintly glowing, as she sat there with it up to her ear. “sure” she said, stifling a yawn “wait what time is it?” she asked “a little past midnight” Scotty answered, before she even had a chance to look at her clock.

There was silence, for a moment, Scotty thought she was second guessing about coming out, he ran his fingers through his hair.

“i’ll be out in five” she finally whispered “alright, see you then” he said, then hung up the phone, and shoved it in his sweat pants pocket.

Pulling his shirt on over his head, he grabbed his keys out of the dish by the door and slipped on his flip flops and he was out the door.

Standing out by the familiar family truck, he waited for her to come out, getting nervous as every minute past.

But finally the front door to her house slowly opened. He watched as the sleepy young girl walked out, “Scotty?” she whispered, seeing his shadow out there. “yeah, it’s me” he said, not wanting to scare her.

Hearing his voice sent relief through her body, as she made he way down the steps and over to him “get in” he said, opening the passenger side door for her. Without question she climbed in and watched as Scotty walked around to his side and got in.

After buckling up, he backed out of the driveway, and made his way down the street.

Chapter 86 is done! let me know what you all think! feedback is always the best <3

Falling, that’s what it felt like. As if you had just fallen off a cliff and were hurdling towards the ice cold rocky ocean below. Your heart was pounding.

Your eyes suddenly fluttered open when your body jostled in your sleep.

“sweetheart, are you okay?” you heard the familiar gentle voice of your mom ask, as you wearily sat up and looked around. Rows of uncomfortable seats, and half sleeping passengers were ahead of you. Craning your neck, you found your mom looking at you, worried. Next to her was your dad, quietly snoring in his slumber. “yeah, i’m fine, where are we?” you asked in a slight daze “on a plane, we’re about to land” she said, softly rubbing your back, in a soothing way. Slowly, you just nodded your head and sat back in your seat.

Turning your head in the opposite direction, you grabbed onto the curtain that covered the window, and raised it. Looking out, and below, your eyes adjusted to the sun brightly shining in the sky, as the plane flew past squares and rectangles of color, from the towns below. ‘where are we?’ you asked yourself, but slowly just sat back in your chair, and waited for the landing.

“attention passengers, we will be landing in Los Angeles in a mere two minutes, please buckle your seat belt and have a nice trip” the flight attendant said at the front of the plane, with an unhealthy smile upon her face.

“Los Angeles, as in California?” you asked, looking to your parents, who were now both awake “mhm” your mom said, buckling her seat belt, “wait are we here to see” you began to say but was cut off by your mom covering your mouth with her hand “you’ll have to wait and see” she said slowly removing her hand and relaxing once again in her chair. Giving her a confused look, you just buckled your seat belt as the plane slowly began to descend.

“we all ready to go?” your dad asked, as he put the last of the luggage in the trunk of the rental car. “yeah, hun, we are” your mom said, walking to the passenger door and climbing in. “good” your dad mumbled, as he shut the trunk and headed for the drivers seat. You stood there for a moment, looking around, as the bright sun warmed patches of your revealed skin. “come on, bud, we gotta get going!” your dad called “alright” you said, opening the back seat door and climbing in.

Every turn made, and every block driven on, your eyes widened, as you saw how big Los Angeles was. There were so many cars, so many people and so many buildings. It was a lot compared to Garner.

“theres the hotel!” your mom excitedly pointed out to your father, who peaked over to look at her and smiled.

-

“here we are!” your dad said, putting the key into the keyhole and twisting it. The lock clicked, and your dad pushed the door open, revealing the room inside.

Stepping into the room, you dropped you bag down on the nearest couch, and slowly walked over to the balcony window, which was open wide, allowing rays of sun light to pour in.

“we’ll be right back, we gotta go do something, okay?” your mom said, turning around, you found the two heading for the door. “okay” you said, nodding your head, and turning back to the window.

Hearing the door click shut, you stepped out onto the cool concrete of the balcony. The light breeze blew your hair behind yourself, as the sunshine warmed your skin.

Crossing your arms, you placed them on the railing, and leaned over slightly, looking at the ant sized people below you. They all moved so quickly, in a hurry to get where they were going, all scurring in different directions, as if they were about to get stomped on by some giant.

You laughed quietly at this strange thought and slowly you looked up, thats when you spotted the ocean in the distance. The waves sparkled in light of the rays.

Starring at it in admiration, you barely heard the sound of the door behind you opening and shutting. Thinking it was just your parents, you kept your eyes out in front of you, that was until you heard a young southern accent behind you say “pretty, isnt it?”

You spun around and found those brown eyes starring at you “Ashley!” you said, a little over excited and hugged her, almost knocking her to the ground, “good to see you too, (yourname)” she said, patting your back “i just knew i was coming to see you guys!” you said “oh did you now?” she asked, pulling away, and starring at you “well, when i found out we were in LA, i figured it out” you said, putting your hands behind your back, in an innocent gesture. She just laughed and pulled you inside, where you found your parents, sitting on the couch smiling at the two of you. “where’s everyone else?” you asked, looking between the three of them “theyre all over at the apartments, if you want, we could try and get you over there quick enough to talk to Scotty, before he has to go into rehearsals” Ashley suggested “okay! can we mom, dad?” you asked, eagerly “i guess” your dad said, holding his hand out to you, for you to help him up off. Grabbing a hold, you yanked him off, and practically dragged him out the room, while Ashley and your mom followed behind.

-

“hurry, (yourname), he’s suppose to be leaving now!” Ashley said, jumping out of the car, and running for the building as you followed right behind her.

The elevator dinged as you went up every floor, but finally the doors slowly opened, and before you knew it Ashley had a hold of your wrist and was yanking you down the hall.

Reaching the end of the long hallway, Ashley pushed open the door and ran inside. The room was quiet, as the only noise was coming from the TV, which was playing ESPN. Sitting there on the couch, was Mr. McCreery “hey Ashley, hi (yourname) Mr. McCreery said, taking his eyes briefly off the tv “hi dad, wheres Scotty?” Ashley asked, between deep breaths “oh, he just left with your mom, if you hurry, you can catch him. “thanks” Ashley said, turning right back around and pulling you out of the room.

“come on, we’re taking the stairs, theyre much quicker” Ashley said, pulling you in the opposite direction from the elevator.

She pushed opened the door, and you two began to full sprint down the stairs.

It felt like forever before you had reached the lobby. But once you did, you two were completely out of breath, but both were still pushing yourself forward.

Running out of the lobby, you found your mom and dad, leaning up against the car “let me guess, Scotty left?” Ashley asked “yeah, he walked out a little bit ago, and saw us, he wanted to wait for you two, but his mom told him that they had to go, cause they were already running late” your mom said, with a weak smile “oh” was all you could say, as you looked down towards the ground.

“hey, hey, hey, no pouting, this just means when you see Scotty tonight, it’ll be so much more romantic!” Ashley said, giving you a bright smile. This caused you to smile “alright” you said, looking back up to her. “alright, now come on, we need to get you something to wear tonight!” she said pulling you back into the car. “great, just what we need, a shopping trip” your dad groaned, as he got back into the car, and drove away from the apartments.

-

“you nervous?” your mom quietly asked. Looking away from the mirror, and towards the door frame, you found her standing there, leaning up against it, with a quirky little smile playing on her lips. “a little” you admitted,  walking towards her. Taking both your hands in hers, your mom walked you out of the bathroom and brought you out onto the balcony.

It was barely seven, and the sun was already beginning to set in the distance. The two of you placed your arms on the railing and just looked out. “you are sure growing up quickly” your mom stated “i’m only barely 17” you said, looking at her, with a calming look “i know, but it was just yesterday that we were bringing you home from the hospital, Alana was so excited to see you.” she said as a smile slipped onto her lips from the memory. “is mom bringing up the old memories?” you heard a voice from behind you. Turning around you found Alana standing there, all dressed up. “Alana, youre here! I had no idea you were coming” you said, wrapping your arms around her tightly “well hey, i couldnt miss something like this! I would of came when you guys did, but i had an exam to take, but as soon as i was finished i was on a plane flying here!” she said, giving you one more good squeeze, then slowly pulling away “and oh my goodness, darling, you are looking so beautiful” she said, noticing your form fitting, strapless black dress, your simple laid back straight hair style, and subtle make up. You blushed, and looked down, but then back up “thank you” you said, quickly “but look at you, so much sparkle!” you said, clapping your hands together “you like?” she asked, doing a quick spin, causing the sparkles to shimmer in the sunset “of course!”.

“hey, y’all, the McCreery’s are here!” your dad called from inside. Quickly, you three rushed back into the room.

Judy, Mike & Ashley stood there, chatting with your dad. “Alana!” Ashley exclaimed, noticing your sister. The two walked to each other and hugged “told ya I would make it” Alana commented “trust me, i believe you” Ashley said laughing. You muted out there conversation as they began to talk about each other dress’s. 

“(yourname), dear, you certainly are looking beautiful” Judy said, as she walked towards you, and giving you a one armed hug “thank you” you said, smiling at her. Mike cleared his throat then “oh right!” Judy said, excitedly, as she moved out of her husband’s way, you gave a confused look for a moment, but then watched as Mike too a step towards you.

“here, Scotty wanted me to give this to you” he said, pulling a single pink carnation out from behind his back “oh, wow, thank you” you said accepting the flower. “you’re welcome” he said, smiling at you and wrapping his arm around his wife. “we’re happy that your family can spend this journey with us” Judy chimed in “we are too” your mom said, placing her hands on either side of your shoulders. “well we better get going, we’ll see you all there!” Mike said, as they all began to leave. “bye” the four of you all said, as the door began to close, and finally shut with a click. 

“Well we have a half hour to waste, what should we do?” your dad asked looking at you three girls.

-

Walking through the backstage of the theatre, you found the McCreery’s, including Scotty, standing by scotty’s dressing room. They were in a tight knitted circle, praying. As slowly as possible, you and your family made your way over to them.

“amen” you heard them all quietly say, as they looked back up. Judy was the first to see you guys “hey y’all! come on over!” she said, waving her hand for you all to go over there.

Once you reached them, your eyes were locked on Scotty, and his was locked on yours. But before he could get a single word out, someone was calling him into the dressing room. He gave you a sorry look, and went in. “good luck” your whole group called to him “thanks” you could hear him yell just before the door was closed.

“well we better get to our seats” Mr. McCreery suggested. Your parents nodded, as they turned and began to walk away with Mr. and Mrs. McCreery, while Ashley, Alana, and you followed quickly behind.

“hey, (yourname)” someone from behind you called. Turning around, you spotted little miss, Lauren Alaina, walking towards you, sweet smile running on her face. “oh, hi, Lauren” you said, smiling back at her “is there something you need?” you asked, as she continued walking towards you “oh, no, i just wanted to come over and introduce myself, i’m glad to finally see you in person” she said sweetly “you too” said, “here, i gotta let you know something” she said, grabbing your wrist ans pulling you to the side “um okay?” you asked. “well see, one of my stylist dared me, that if Scotty wins, i have to kiss him, she never said wear, so i was planning the cheek, but i wanted to make sure its okay with you?” she asked, nervously, you giggled before answering “of course, but it’s really not up to me, it’s gonna be funny seeing Scotty’s face after that” you laughed “it sure is!” she said “well i better get back, they still need to do some touch ups! once again it was nice meeting you!” she said, then turned around and headed for her dressing room “you too” you called, and then turned back around to join the rest of your family who was waiting a little ways from you.

-

The lights dimmed down as the show started. Ryan came out and soon enough brought out Scotty and Lauren, who were holding hands, you couldnt help but see how close they had gotten through out the journey. Ryan began interviewing them and the soon enough sent them away, so they could start their born this way group number.

Throughout the nights, you’ve seen so many stars in one room, you couldnt believe you were witnessing this. Especially when Scotty sang with Tim McGraw, their performance just sent shivers down your spine and made a smile be plastered to your face the whole time.

-

“Dim the lights herrrrrrrre we go!” Ryan finally said, as some lights dimmed and others turned red. “After the nation wide vote, the winner of American Idol season 10, is” Ryan continued, as the camera held its position, showing the two nervous teens. “SCOTTY MCCREERY!” Ryan yelled into the microphone.

The whole place went up in chaos, as Scotty almost fell to the floor. The camera grazed over the McCreery family, showing them hugging, and then it showed Scotty and Lauren hugging, and then Lauren kissed him.

You were scooped up in your parents arms, as tears were making its way down your cheeks. You were in complete shock, that you were forgetting to breathe, that was until you began gasping for air.

“Your American Idol ladies and gentlemen!” Ryan said holding up Scotty’s hand. “what are you feeling right now buddy?” Ryan asked.

You turned around before Scotty began speaking.

“Man its been a, its been a year, since me an Lauren Alaina tried out now, me and her have been together since day one and we’re gonna stay together, and this is just, my wil- never in my wildest dreams, i gotta thank the lord first though, he got me here” Scotty said, in complete shock.

A smile was spreading onto your face, as Scotty began to sing his song ‘i love you this big’.

‘I can’t believe it, my best friend won American idol, I knew he was going to, I just can’t believe this.” you thought as Scotty made his way down the stage and went to hug his family members.

“thank you so much!” Scotty yelled minutes later, before the cameras had shut off. He hugged all his idol family once more, then ran off the stage to his family, who once again hugged him.

“come on” your mom whispered as she slowly brought you over to Scotty. “sweet heart” Judy said, as she pointed behind Scotty.

Slowly he turned around, and once he saw you standing there, he leaned down, wrapped his arms around you, picked you up and spun you around.

He then carefully set you down, and just stood there, smiling down at you “congratulation, Mr. American Idol, i knew you could do it” you said, with a smile “guess you’re just my good luck charm” he said with a quiet laugh “maybe” you said, shrugging your shoulders.

“come on Scotty, we got some interviews to get to!” Nigel, American idol’s producer, called from the stage. “okay, one moment” Scotty called behind his shoulder “i guess i’ll see you all later” Scotty said, smiling at everyone, and then he looked towards you “see you tonight, save me a seat on that plane” he said, as he winked at you, then turned around and ran up the steps of the stage.

“we’re gonna be here for awhile, so we will see y’all in a little while” Judy said to your parents, as Mike and Ashley began to climb the stage to greet the other idols “okay, see you soon!” your mom said, then the four of you turned around and headed or an exit.

-

Reaching the airport, your family climbed out of the rental car, and grabbed your bags out of the back. “here i got that” Scotty said, as he lugged his backpack on his shoulders, and grabbed your bag “are you sure?” you asked, before stifling a yawn, “positive” he said, s you two began to head into the airport.

-

Before you even knew it, you were boarding the plane.

You were sitting in your seat, half asleep, until suddenly someone sat down beside you, opening your eyes, you found those familiar blues ones piercing into yours. “hi, Scotty” you mumbled “hey there” he said, as he began to carefully remove the hair away from your face “(yourname), youre freezing” he said, then he turned to the flight attendant “can i get a blanket, please?” he asked, “sure” the woman said then began to walk away “Scotty, you didn’t have to do that” you said, but yet had a weary smile on your face “i wanted to” he said, just as the woman came back with a light blue blanket “thank you” he said, taking it from her and placing it over you. Instantly your body was surrounded with warmth, this caused you to let out a soft sigh. “better?” he asked “much” you said, smiling at him “now its time for you to get some sleep” he said, with another smile “what about you?” you asked confused “you’re on jetlag, right now i’m used to this time, i should be up for a few more hours” he said with a smile “oh alright, just dont leave my side” you said, reaching out from under the blanket and grabbing his hand “never”.

Chapter 85 finally finished!!! sorry it took so long! hope you guys liked it though <3 (: please tell me what you think! the more feedback the better <3 

May 15th, 2011

“you’re joking!” James yelled, as grape soda spewed out of his mouth, “eww! James!” Clara, yelled pushing him away from her, once the grape soda had hit her leg “i’m sorry, babe” he said, wrapping his arm back around her and kissing her cheek, making it hard for her to be mad at him.

“i’m not joking at all, brotha, I just face planted in front of everyone!” Scotty said, showing his exaggerated expression once more, from across the fire. Laughing quietly, and shaking your head slowly, you looked down towards the ground and picked up a small stick. Scotty continued his stories from idol, as you began to draw in the dirt.

Minutes later, you realized it was all quiet around you, slowly you looked up and saw that everyone was starring at you, including Scotty, who was sitting on the log next to you. “are you okay?” he asked, leaning in closer to you, you began to softly blush, “yeah i’m fine” you said, smiling at him, he smiled too, causing the light from the bonfire to beam off his teeth.

“well i’ll go and get stuff to make s’mores” Chris said, standing up and walking towards his house “GET A LOT, (yourname) CAN EAT THOSE UNTIL SHE BURSTS” Scotty yelled after him “Scotty!” you shrieked, smacking him, causing him to fall off the log.

Your eyes widened, as you covered your mouth, afraid you hurt him. But once his deep laugh reached you a relieved look crossed your face, as you held your hand out to help him. He grabbed on tight, and just as you were about to yank him up, he pulled you down.

Laughing so hard that your face was red, you looked at Scotty, who was just smiling at you. “ha ha, very funny McCreery” you said propping yourself up on your elbow. Next thing your know he’s sitting on the ground, Indian style, while you’re trapped in his arms, squirming to get free. “gotcha” he whispered in your ear. 

“well, we’re just gonna leave you two alone” Kyle said, standing up and motioning for the others to follow. “no wait come back!” you said, still trying to get out of Scotty’s grip, but everyone just ignored you, as they made their way to the house.

Hearing the back door shut, you finally gave up, and went limp in Scotty’s arms, he just quietly laughed. “once i’m free, you’re in big trouble, you know that right?” you asked, looking towards him “hmm, i guessed i would be” he said, laughing once more.

“tell me something” he whispered after a few minutes “hmm?” you asked, “what are you thinking about?” he asked, loosening his grip slightly. It took you a moment, but then you pulled yourself away from him and turned around to face him “about missing you” you simply said “it’ll only be a few weeks, (yourname), you’ve already made it through almost four months, you can handle this” he said, another smiling slowly appearing on his lips “i know, but, it get’s harder each time” you shrugged.

He stood up, and rubbed the back of his neck as he held his hand out towards you. You took it, and he pulled you up quickly into a hug.

“SCOTTY! (YOURNAME) YOUR PARENTS ARE HERE!” Chris called from the deck. Scotty pulled away from you “looks like its time to go” he said, having two different meanings behind it, “i guess so” you whispered. He smiled softly, in hopes to cheer you up, then he took your hand in his and lead you to your parents cars.

—-

May 19th, 2011

“dim the lights, here we go America” Ryan began, as Lauren, Haley and Scotty stood there, on the stage side by side.

You sat there in the gym having a death grip on Kyle’s hand, leaving future bruises, as you were nervous for the results.

“After ninety-five million votes, the biggest number at this point in any season, the first person with a shot at the title is” he said, pausing for dramatic affect. “Scotty McCreery!” he said.

Just hearing the S slip out of Ryan’s lips, everyone in the gym went crazy, like they always did. James, Chris, and Kyle were all practically jumping on top of each other with excitement.

A smile was wide on your face ‘Scotty’s going to win, he’s going to win’ you thought to yourself. Then Kyle turned to you “(yourname) SCOTTY’S IN THE FINALE!” he said jumping up and down like a girl, you couldnt help but laugh, Then you turned back to the screen, and smiled as you saw Scotty backing up, eyes closed with a smile on his face.

Everyone in the gym calmed down, as Scotty hugged the two girls and Ryan, then made his way over to the seat.

It showed a quick glance off the eliminated idols in the crowd, Scotty once again, his parents and sister, then back to the two girls, hand in hand, on the stage.

“Back now with Lauren and Haley, and after the nation wide vote, the person, who will compete against Scotty, in the finale, is” he said, once again pausing for dramatic effect. “Lauren Alaina” he said.

Lauren smile widely, as she began to do a little jumping kind of dance.

Then the screen zoomed out to show both girls. Haley stood there in shock, not hiding her expression too well. Lauren went over and hugged Haley, as it went to show Lauren’s parents in the audience.

Then the two girls pulled away and Lauren made her way over to Scotty, where the two of them hugged.

The screen turned off once the show had ended, and the lights turned on. The room was full of chatter as everyone got up and began to leave.

“hey (last name)” you heard from behind you, as you walked out the door with your family, turning around, you found Kyle running after you. “yeah?” you asked, walking slowly backwards.”is are boy, Scotty gonna win?” he asked, “what kind of question is that! of course he’s gonna win!” you called back “i can’t hear you, who’s gonna with American idol?” he asked “Scotty McCreery is gonna win American idol!” you called back “who?” he called back again “SCOTTY MCCREERY” you yelled at the top of your lungs in the middle of the parking lot. Everyone stopped and turned to look at you, but then went about there business.

Your cheeks flushed red, realizing how loud that actually was. “haha, if only Scotty saw that now!” Kyle said, laughing “oh don’t worry he will” James said, walking over towards you too, cell phone up towards you, recording you. “James!” you yelled, chasing after him, and tackling him to the pavement, trying to get the phone away. “too late! already sent!” he said wiggling away from you “you are gonna get it James, better sleep with your eyes open tonight” you said pointing at him as you walked away “oh i’m so scared!” he called back, but then laughed as him and Kyle walked away.

Scotty’s P.O.V

“okay you two, that’s enough interviews for tonight, better get back to your rooms to rest up!” Nigel, American idols producer, said, as he escorted the two, to their car.

As the car drove along the streets of California, Scotty starred out the window, smile buzzing on his face. “Scotty, we’re actually in the finale!” Lauren said excitedly, “is this a dream or something?” he said back, turning to look at her. “i hope not” she said, smiling at him.

Just then his phone buzzed in his pocket, he quickly pulled it out. Looking at the screen, a smile appeared on his face as he saw James’ name on the screen. Opening it up he pressed the play button on the video and watched.

At first all he saw was Kyle running through the set of doors outside, until he saw (yourname) in the distance. “hey (last name)” Kyle called out to her. “yeah?” she called turning around, seeing her face in the moonlight made a smile shoot across Scotty’s face.

“is are boy, Scotty gonna win?” Kyle called back to her, “what kind of question is that! of course he’s gonna win!” she replied. Scotty quietly laughed at her response to his question.

“what are you laughing at?” Lauren, leaning towards him, he held the phone out farther so she could see too.

“i can’t hear you, who’s gonna with American idol?”Kyle called towards her, “Scotty McCreery is gonna win American idol!” she yelled back. “who?” Kyle called once more “SCOTTY MCCREERY” (yourname) had yelled at the top of her lungs. Scotty laughed as he could see the blush forming on her face.

“thats (yourname), right?” Lauren asked, Scotty just nodded “she’s pretty” Lauren said, continuing to watch, Scotty just nodded.

“haha, if only Scotty saw that now!” Kyle said. James butted in then “oh don’t worry he will”, (yourname) looked over at him then “James!” she yelled, running towards him. The video ended then, and the last thing Scotty could see on the screen was (yourname), smile wide on her face, as she ran for James.

Putting his phone on sleep, Scotty shoved it back in his pocket, as the soft, barely visible, smile stayed on his lips.

“she’s perfect for you” was the last thing Lauren said, before the silence filled the car.

—-

“good luck tonight! praying for you (:” you typed in a text box, which was destined to be sent all the way over to California. 

Once the message was sent, you set your phone down by your math book, and went back to working on the problems. But before you could even start a single problem, a light knock came at your door “thank you lord” you whispered quietly, then got up off and your bed, and quickly ran to the door.

Opening it, you found a mischievous looking Kyle standing there, with a smirk on his face. “umm, hey Kyle, what are you doing here?” you asked, crossing your arms “oh i just thought maybe you’d like to come out to eat with me, before the show?” he asked, shrugging his shoulders “i dont know” you said, “come on, it’ll be fun” he said, grabbing onto your arm and pulling you out of your room, “fine” you said, dropping your hands and following him through the hallway and down the staircase.

“Mom, Dad, i’m going out to eat with Kyle, he’ll take me over to the show, bye, love you!” you yelled throughout your house, as you slipped your shoes on “alright, bud, love you too!” your dad called from the kitchen.

Once both sneakers were on, you ran out of the house with Kyle and too his car.

As soon as you were buckled, Kyle pulled out of the driveway and was heading down the street.

Soon enough, Kyle was placing a thing of Bojangles fried chicken in front of you, “thanks” you said, sweetly as you picked up your cup, and took a quick sip of the sweet tea. “no problem” he said, smoothly, as he sat down across from you.

You two sat there in silence for a few minutes, just quietly eating the food.

“so, what songs do you think Scotty will be singing tonight?” Kyle asked randomly “hmm i’m not sure” you said, shrugging “maybe he’ll sing Gone again” you continued “hmm maybe” Kyle smiled. “wouldn’t it just be so cool to go see the finale episode, live?” Kyle asked, taking a sip of tea “you have no idea” you said, sipping on your tea once again.

“so why haven’t you gone to any of the baseball games?” Kyle asked, curiously “i dont know, i guess it’d just be too weird to go and not see Scotty out there pitching, you know what i’m saying?” you said, picking up a french fry and chewing on the end “yeah, i get it” he said, wiping his mouth on his sleeve, hoping to get the ketchup off. You laughed, as you saw the stain had smeared on his face “what do i have something my face?” he asked “oh, no, you look fine!” you said, smiling at him “okay good” he laughed, then continued eating.

—-

“I LOVE YOU THIS BIG!” you yelled, stretching your arms out wide, as you walked out the doors of the arena, in Raleigh.

Scotty’s coronation song, I Love You This Big, was stuck in your head, as you, your parents, and all your friends walked towards your cars in the crowd.

“OH EYES I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BIG” the boys chimed in “NO ONES EVER DREAMED THIS BIG!” the girls sang.

That’s when you reached your family car. “bye guys see y’all tomorrow!” you said, waving to them and getting into the car before anyone could reply.

“ready to go home, sweetheart?” your mom asked, turning around in the passenger seat, to look at you. “yeah” you said with a yawn, as you closed your eyes and laid down on the backseats.

The engine roared to life, as the show tonight ran through you head.

Remembering Scotty’s performances tonight all sent butterflies throughout your body, from him singing Gone and running around the stage, to him singing check yes or no, which made you smile like an idiot, to finally singing I Love you this big, which made you ache for his presence.

Awhile later, you could hear the engine turn off, and slowly you sat up.

Your dad opened your door for you and helped you out, you stumbled across the grass, as you made your way to the house.

Stepping inside, your dad let go of you for a moment, and you almost went crashing to the floor. “sweetheart, i think you better get to bed” your mom said, placing her hands on your shoulders and leading you to the stairs “need help?” she asked “no i got it” you quietly said, as you ran up the stairs, as you looked out your drooping eyes.

Closing your bedroom door, you turned the light off and walked over to your bed. Resting your head on the pillow and covering yourself up, you fell asleep instantly.

—-

“wake up wake up wake up!!!” you heard your mom’s voice peak through dreams. Slowly you opened your eyes, and found her smiling at you brightly “what time is it?” you asked, seeing as it was still dark outside “oh about four in the morning, come on get up!” she said pulling your covers away “sweetheart you never changed last night?” she asked, you shook your head as you slowly sat up, “oh well i guess!” she said lifting your feet up and putting your shoes on one at a time.

Once she was done with that, she helped you up and guided you out of the room.

Before you knew it, your dad was carrying you out of the house and carefully placing you in the car. Both doors in the front shut and the engine started, you were out before your dad had even backed out of the driveway.

Coming in and out of consciousness, you found yourself pulling into an airport.

Minutes later, you were being awoken once more. As your mom helped you out of the car and lead your way.

Looking around, all you could see was a big building and bright lights everywhere. “where are we?” you asked, looking at your mom “an airport” she said softly, as she lead you through the doors.

‘an airport? why an airport” was all you could think, as you made your way through the crowds of people.

“can we go home? i wanna sleep” you asked, out of exhaustion, as you were waiting in a line “oh no hun, i think you will like this better than sleep” she said, gripping onto your arm tightly.

Last thing you can remember, before you fell back under into sleep, you were boarded onto a plane, sitting in a sit between your parents, with no idea where you were heading.

CHAPTER 84 DONE!!! Sorry for it being extremely terrible, tell me all whatcha think!!!! (:

Thursday, May 12th 2011

“Three stools sit on the far side of the stage, reserved for your top three. After the nation wide vote, the first person to make it into the top three, is” Ryan paused for a moment “the pride, of Rosseville, Georgia” he continued,  “Lauren Alaina” he finished, as Lauren’s face went into shock and the audience cheered. ‘Breathe, he’ll make it’ you thought, as you watched Scotty hug Lauren. After these passed few weeks of no communication with Scotty, you were still upset with him, and knew that when he would come home, you’d probably ignore him, but, you still wanted him to make it far, to win American Idol, that’s all you asked for at the moment. 

“Back to the results, alright, to re-cap, Lauren is in, dim the lights here we go” Ryan continued after a commercial break. “Remember there’s been a lot of buzz about how strong the guys have been this season, and after the nation wide vote i can tell you” he began “two girls will be in the top three, this year” he continued, as Haley took a relieved breath “Haley, you are safe” Ryan finished showing her the card. A lump formed in your throat, as you watched Haley hug Scotty and James, then went over to Lauren. Your eyes were now fixated on Scotty standing there, being one of the final two ‘could he actually get eliminated?’ you asked yourself ‘no, no he can’t he has too many fans for that to happen’ you continued, as it went to commercial break. Turning around you looked around the gym, in hopes of finding your parents in the crowd, but there were too many faces. Suddenly you felt someone softly squeeze your hand. Wipping around, you found Kyle starring at you, hand still holding onto yours “it’s going to be okay” he whispered, as he began to let go, but you held on tightly, not wanting him too. It was like he was your anchor, holding you there, when all the worries would try to pull you away. That’s what he was to you these past few weeks, your anchor. 

“James and Scotty stand on this stage, their fate completely up in the air, gentlemen, good luck to you both. Dim the lights here we go.” Ryan spoke, as American idol appeared the screen once more. “After the nation wide vote, the person with the shot at the finale, is” he began to say “Scotty McCreery” he simply said, then the whole room around you when up in chaos. No where else in this world, could be any prouder, then this room right now. “unfortunately, we lose James Durbin” Ryan says, but you can barely hear it over the screaming audience around you, as you and Kyle hugged. Turning back to the screen, you just spotted Scotty hugging James, then they pulled away and Scotty went to the stools.

Being respectful, everyone quieted down, as it began to show James Durbins’ journey.

Then it hit you, Scotty would be back this weekend, for his hometown visit. You gulped down a surplus amount of saliva, that built up in your mouth. Slowly you turned to the guy next to you “Kyle” you softly whispered, he looked at you and raised his eyebrows “Scotty, he’s coming back this weekend” you whispered “i know! Isn’t it great?” he asked, excitedly. Not knowing what to say, you looked down and licked your lips, then looked back up at him “I don’t know” was all you could say.

—-

Saturday, May 14th 2011

Tossing and turning, in your sheets, there was no way you were getting any sleep tonight. Rolling over towards you clock, you saw that it was now 12:30 am, Saturday, the day Scotty would be back in town. ‘he should be home any minute now’ you thought.

Laughter from downstairs, caught your attention then. Sitting up slowly, you pushed your blankets away and climbed out of bed. The streak of light, peering in through the crack of your door, lead your way out of your room.

Grabbing all your hair, you threw it into a high pony tail, as you reached the top of the stair case. The sound of your mothers laughter, ran through the house. Leaning over the banister, you couldn’t see anything, so quietly, you began to make your way down stairs.

“okay, okay, haha, alright, see you in a few, bye Judy” your mom said, as she hung the phone up. Slowly, you began to back up, in hopes your mom hadnt seen you yet. Then suddenly, she turned around “oh sweetheart, good, you’re up, the McCreery’s will be pulling into there driveway in less than five minutes, come on go get your shoes, ahh i bet your so excited to see Scotty, aren’t you?” she rambled on, rolling your eyes you turned around and began to head up the stairs “words can’t even describe how i feel right now” you said back, between clenched teeth “this is gonna be so cute! Oh my goodness, ahh i better get your father up!” your mom continued on, but everything she said, became a mumble as you finally shut your bed room door.

Turning your light on, you grabbed your shoes out of the corner of your room, and grabbed your dark blue sweat pants off the floor. ‘ignore him? talk to him? walk back into the house before he even sees me?’ you asked yourself, as you were now lacing your sneakers up. Looking out the window, up towards the moon, you took a deep breath, then got up off your bed and headed out of your room.

“(yourname) hurry up! Their coming down the street right now!!!!” your mom said excitedly “i’m coming, I’m coming” you said, walking as slowly as possible down the stairs.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs, and seeing the sight before you, well, you couldnt help but laugh. Your dad was standing there, eyes halfway open, as his head was leaning over to the side. He looked like he was about to fall over at any moment, while your mother put his jacket on him. “wake up, darlin! You’re gonna get to see, Judy and Scotty again!” she said, zipping his jacket up “couldnt we wait to do this till tomorrow?” he asked, in a grumpy tone “no, no we can not! now come on!” she said, rushing him forward! “(yourname) hurry up!” your mom said, as she held the door open. Rolling your eyes, once more, you walked out the door “where is your jacket missy?” she asked “we wont be out here for long, dont worry” you said, as you locked your arm with your dad’s, helping him down the stair.

Just then headlights flashed across everything around you, your stomach began to knot up, as you saw the car pull into the driveway next to your house. ‘GO BACK INSIDE, NOW!!!!” your mind screamed at you. You were actually thinking about doing it to, if you didn’t have to worry about holding onto your dad, so he wouldnt fall.

Looking down at the ground, you realized you were now crossing the grass “umm, i forgot something inside, i better go get it!” you said pulling your arm away from your dad, now not caring if he fell or not, you could maybe use that as an escape too. “oh don’t be silly, we’ll only be out here for a few minutes!” your mom said, just then the four car doors opened and slammed shut “judy!” your mom said excitedly, running off towards her.

Starring at them for a moment, you then realized your dad had walked off towards Mike, ‘thanks for leaving me’ you thought. A shadow moved at the end of the car then, it was Scotty, getting his bags out of the trunk ‘maybe he will be tired and just go inside’ you hoped. But then he looked up at you, meeting your eyes, you saw him smile, the moon light hit his beamed off his white teeth. Your stomach flipped over and over again, but it was impossible for you to smile back. Not knowing what to do, you began to slowly step back, almost about to run. Scotty’s smile dropped, his brows furrowed, not knowing what was wrong.

“(yourname)!” you heard someone call, turning towards where your parents were, you found Ashley walking towards you, with a smile racing onto your face, you sprinted towards her, attacking her with a hug “woah, didn’t know you’d miss me that much! I haven’t been gone that long!” she said, but still hugging you just as much. “well of course i missed you! How could i not” you said, laughing softly, as you slowly pulled away, her smile widened “well i better get my stuff inside, i think Scotty already beat me inside, so looks like he wont be carrying my stuff” she laughed, as she waved then walked away.

Looking around, Scotty was no where in sight ‘home free for tonight!’ you thought, happily, as you then found your parents still talking to Mr and Mrs. McCreery. Biting your lip, you began to slowly take a few steps back, hoping to get inside before anyone would realize. Then suddenly, your mom caught you. “(yourname) get over here!” she said, then turned back talking to Judy & Mike.With a quiet groan, you made your way over in their direction.

“hey there, kiddo” Mike said, sending you a smile “hi” you softly said, as he wrapped one arm around you, and gave you a quick one arm hug. Then you both pulled away, as he went back to having a conversation with your dad. “oh my, (yourname) i go away for a few months and you’ve gotten even more prettier!” Judy said, sweetly as she pulled you into a hug. “thank you” you said, sincerely, once your both had pulled away.

Just then the sound of a door closing caught yours and Judy’s attention. You both looked towards the front porch then, and watched as that familiar baby faced boy walked down the steps, and headed towards the car, as if he forgot something. “have you got the chance to see Scotty yet?” Judy asked “oh, umm, no not yet” you said, nervously. Before you could see it coming, Judy turned towards her son “Scotty! come here and see (yourname)” she yelled, waving for him to come. Your eyes quickly met with Scotty’s and you saw him hesitate for a second, then he began to walk towards you. Clenching your fist, you tried to relax, as you figured out a way to escape. “oh, look at the time, i’m so tired, i gotta go and get to bed” you said turning around and running for the house, before anyone could stop you.

Without hesitation, you ran up the steps, through the door, up the flight of stairs, down the hall and into your room. You were breathing heavily by the time you turned your light off and were crawling into bed. Looking out the window, you got curious as you found everyone standing there, talking. But you shrugged it off as you curled up into your blankets, shut your eyes and forced yourself to fall asleep.

—-

The soft sound of your bedroom door creaking open awoke you. Stirring in your sheets, you kept your eyes closed, not wanting to get up yet. Suddenly, your bed jerked as someone hopped on at the end of it and began to jump up and down “Wake up, wake up, wake up!” you heard a familiar voice say, your eyes shot open. Her hair bounced up and down, as she continued to jump “ALANA!” you yelled, jumping up and wrapping your arms tightly around her, not wanting to let go “aww did the baby miss her big sister?” Alana said, lightly patting your back “maybe” you said softly, as you pulled away, and looked at her. She scanned over your face for a moment, she pierced her lips, as if she wanted to ask a question, but then just turned and hopped off your bed “come on! get dressed! I bet you’re excited to see Scotty!” she said giddily, as she did a little dance around your room. “i’m sure you are” you said stiffly, as you dropped down onto your bed, and climbed under the covers once again.

Alana turned around then, and once she saw what you were doing, she glared at you and placed her hands on her hips. “(yourname) get your butt outta that dang bed right now” she said walking over, then began pulling the covers away “no, dont!” you said trying to tug them back, but she was too strong. As she pulled the sheet away from your body, you clutched your arms around yourself, in an attempt to stay warm. Alana sat down on the bed then “so, momma told me that you weren’t going to prom tonight” she said after a minute or so. “nope” you said flatly “and why not?” she asked, crossing her arms “because i dont want to” you said. Alana said nothing, as she just sat there. At this moment you finally got a chance to look at the clock, and realized it was only nine in the morning “Alana, why did you wake me up so early?” you asked picking up your pillow and lightly hitting her with it. She grabbed a hold of it and glared at you, but then let a smile slip onto her lips. “well because Scotty will be home in a few hours, after his radio interviews, and then when you can go see him, since you didn’t see him last night, so get up and get ready!” she said, shaking you lightly “maybe i dont want to see him” you blurted out, as Alana got up and began to walk over to the door, but this had stopped her in her tracks “what was that?” she asked “nothing, i’m up, i’m getting ready” you said, getting up off your bed and running out of your room and down the hall to the bathroom.

-

Running the towel through your damp hair, you hummed along to the music playing on the TV. “(yourname) come on! The McCreery’s are home! We don’t have much time!” your mom called, in her usual excited tone, rolling your eyes, you threw your wet towel into the hamper and quickly slipped your flip flops on. With a quick push of a button, the TV screen went blank and you were out your bedroom door.

You were just at the top of the stairs when your dad began calling for you “i’m coming! hold your horses” you said, with a smooth smile, as you made your way down the stairs “no, the horses need some exercise, they can’t be held up waiting for you” your dad said, giving you a childish gesture, by sticking out his tongue, you did it back to him “okay you two, play nice now” your mom said, walking in from the kitchen “but, mom” your dad jokingly said crossing his arms “oh sweetheart, you act more like a child everyday” your mom said, ruffling his hair, as he opened the door for her “i know you are but what am i” your dad continued, as the two stepped out. Alana and you quickly followed behind, as you heard your mom’s sweet laugh play through the air. Looking from your parents to Alana, you found her laughing along, which caused you to laugh.

That’s when you saw all the cars parked outside the McCreery’s house, including the familiar red car, that belonged to Kyle. This caused you to stop all together, Alana looked behind her, when she realized you were no longer next to her “you coming?” she asked, furrowing her brows, taking a deep breath, you nodding and continued walking. ‘he better not mention anything to Scotty’ you thought, as your family all walked onto the porch.

With this thought stuck in your mind, you watched as your dad rung the doorbell, and you all waited. The door opened a moment later, revealing Ashley, with her bright sweet smile on her face “oh hey y’all! come on in!” she said grabbing Alana by the arm and pulling her inside, your parents laughed at this but followed quickly after them. Taking one more deep breath, you stepped inside.

The house was buzzing with family, friends, and crew members. ‘maybe Scotty won’t see me after all’ you thought, shutting the door and following quickly after your parents. “okay there is food in the kitchen, help yourselfs!” Ashley said, your parents nodded and headed off “(yourname) Scotty’s in there too” she said smiling at you “okay” you said, as you then watched her turn towards Alana “come on i have something to show you!” she said excitedly, then heading for the stairs, where Alana followed quickly behind.

Circling around the room, you nervously rubbed your arm, as you looked at the pictures of Scotty, Ashley, Judy and Mike. You stopped at a baby picture of Scotty, a smile appeared on your face, as you picked up the picture. Scotty was doing his pout with his baby blue eyes on the verge of tears.

Soon enough you sat it back down on the table, then turned around. No one was in the living room except for you ‘well i guess i better get into the kitchen, before all the biscuits are gone’ you thought, as you slowly made your way to the kitchen.

Stepping into the crowded room, you instantly spotted Scotty, butterflies began to fly inside you “stop it” you whispered, as you saw him standing there, towards a man with a camera, as he held a cup of sweet tea and a plate of food, with a big smile on his face. “thanks man” the guy said, as soon as the picture was taken “no problem” Scotty said, relaxing his arms, as he then turned around and spotted you.

The smile began to emerge on his lips, but then he stopped and just looked down to the ground as he made his way out the back door, onto the porch. ‘ouch’ you thought, as you slowly walked over to the table of food.

From where you were, you were able to look out the window and see Scotty sitting with the boys and his and your parents. ‘looks like im gonna have to go out there too’ you thought, as you grabbed a plate, marked with the Bojangles sign across it, and slowly you began to grab food.

Ten minutes of stalling, and only a half a cup of sweet tea later, you were heading out onto the porch. Everyone was so caught up in there conversations that no one paid any attention to you. With a relieved smile, you made your way over to the steps and took a seat, as you just starred out into the yard, sipping on your sweet tea.

“go man” you heard Kyle whisper, after only a few minutes of being outside. This followed with the sound of a chair backing up and soon enough foot steps coming your way.

It wasn’t hard to figure out it was Scotty, once you had seen his cowboy boots as he sat down next to you. There was silence for a moment, but then you heard him clear his throat “hi” he simply said. Slowly you turned and looked at him, meeting his eyes “hi” you quietly said “did i do something wrong?” he asked, in sincere confusion. There was no way you could talk about this right now, so you just stood up, “i’m sorry, Scotty” you said then ran off the steps.

You didn’t stop running, till you were back in your room, laying on your bed, as you held through the tears and looked out the window.

Scotty was sitting there for a good five minutes, before he picked up your almost empty glass of sweet tea and began to head for the house. That was until Kyle grabbed his arm and began to talk to him. Soon enough Kyle got up and headed into the house with Scotty. ‘great here he goes, going to tell Scotty!’ you thought, as the tears finally seeped over the brims of your eyes, and soaked into the pillow you were clutching to your chest.

Scotty’s P.O.V

He sat there, guitar resting in his lap, as he brushed his fingers against the strings. There was only one thing playing in his mind…

“I’m sorry, Scotty” (yourname) said as she got up off the steps and began to run. Scotty looked towards the ground, not sure what to do. Rubbing his neck, he picked up (yourname)’s almost empty bojangles cup and stood up.

Without looking at anyone, he made his way across the porch, until he felt someone grab his arm, turning back he found Kyle looking at him “Scotty” he began to say “man, what did i do?” Scotty asked. He watched as Kyle took a deep breath, then looked towards (yourname)’s house, then back to Scotty. “come on, i’ll tell you inside” Kyle said. And they both walked inside.

Once he stepped into the familiar bedroom, Scotty instantly jumped onto his bed, since he’d been missing it these past few months.

When he relaxed into the Egyptian cotton sheets, he let out a happy sigh, then craned his head to look at Kyle, who was standing in the door way, hands in his pockets, with the verge of laughter on his smirking lips. “oh come on man, if you were in my spot, and haven’t been in your own bed for months, you’d be doing the same thing” Scotty said, using his elbow to lift himself up into a sitting position. “yeah man whatever” Kyle said, now with the laughter passing his lips.

 He slowly made his way over to the window, and looked out towards the neighboring house, when suddenly his smile dropped. Seeing this, Scotty quickly got up and went over towards him. He followed Kyle’s eyes over to the house next door, where he found (yourname) clutching a pillow so tight, her knuckles were red, as tears streamed down her raw cheeks. Seeing her like that, Scotty felt like he just got ran over by a Ford F150 truck.

“Kyle, what’s going on?” Scotty asked, as he shut the curtains and turned away from the window. “would you like the sugar coated version, or not?” Kyle asked, taking a seat on Scotty’s bed. “the truth, that’s what i want” Scotty said, as he began to pace back and forth throughout his bedroom. “Scotty, brotha, you ignored her, that’s whats wrong” Kyle said honestly. 

Scotty instantly stopped pacing, and sat down on the floor, putting his head in his hands “i knew i should have texted her” he mumbled through his hands “why didn’t you then?” Kyle asked, going to the floor by him, Scotty looked up, almost on the verge of tears “i dont know, I was busy, stressed, tired” he said shaking his head “but you had time to text us boys, why not her?” Kyle urged on “I dont know, man, I dont know” Scotty said, pulling his knees up to his chest, as Kyle got up, patted him on the back and left the room.

Scotty continued strumming his guitar as his mom walked into the room “Scotty, sweetheart, come on we gotta get going, we need to get to Lowes” she said, in a gentle voice, as a smile appeared on her face. He couldn’t help but smile, when his mom did, so he let his white smile appear as he set his guitar down next to him “alright” he said, getting up off his bed and heading out the door.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs, he found the front door opened already, as Ashley was heading out the door “come on, bro! Lets get going!” she said running out the door. “alright, here i come!” Scotty said sprinting after her. He could hear his mom softly laugh, as he jumped down the front porch stairs, and grabbed ahold of his sister “scotty put me down! No time for goofing!” she said hitting his arm, Scotty set her down, with a chuckle.

Ashley opened the back seat door, and climbed in, Scotty followed in after, jokingly pushing her to the other end “hey, cut it out” she said, laughing once again, “never” Scotty joked. Just then he realized his dad wasn’t in the car “where’s dad?” Scotty asked, looking back towards the house “over there, talking to Mr. (lastname)” Ashley said pointing out the car.

Scotty followed her gaze, and soon enough spotted his dad talking to Mr. (lastname), but soon enough his gaze, was taken away by the barely seventeen year old girl, standing next to her father “i’ll be right back” Scotty said, climbing back out of the car.

Reaching his dad, he nervously rubbed the back of his neck “oh hey there, Scotty, how’s it feel to be back in Garner?” Mr. (lastname) asked “honestly? Unbelieveable” Scotty said, licking his lips, then looking towards (yourname) who’s eyes were planted on the ground. “that’s good, that’s good, well we’re glad youre back, aren’t we bud?” Mr. (lastname) asked placing one arm around his daughter and lightly wiggling her “huh? oh yeah, we are” she said looking up to her dad, then towards Scotty. Before Scotty could say anything else, she wiggled out of her fathers arm, and backed away “i gotta go” she said, as she began to back up “you coming to the parade today?” Mr. McCreery asked, stopping her “of course, wouldn’t miss it for the world” she honestly said, as she gave Scotty a real smile for once, then turned around and headed for the house. “well we gotta go, see y’all later” Mr. McCreery said, patting Mr. (lastname) on the shoulder, then turned around and headed for the car. Scotty looked from his dad, then back up to Mr. (lastname) “good luck with the concert today! We’ll see ya there!” he said, then turned around and headed in the same direction his daughter had previously took “Thanks!” Scotty shouted after him, then with a smile on his face, Scotty turned and ran for the car.

Your P.O.V

Lake Benson, that’s where you were when your dad shut the engine off, “alright, we’re here” he said, unbuckling his seat belt. You took a deep breath, not sure what to expect from the upcoming parade and concert, as you looked down, to unbuckle yourself, but stopped once you had heard your mom softly giggle. Looking back up, you found your mom fixing your dad’s hair, but every few seconds he’d lean in and place a gentle kiss on her lips, then quickly would pull away. “lets leave the two love birds alone” your sister said, nudging you, then pushing her door open. Once again, you looked down, unbuckled yourself and quickly got out, to give your parents some privacy.

That’s when you saw the sea of people around you. ‘there all here for Scotty’ you thought, as a smile began to hint at your lips, when you noticed some of the colorful posters people were carrying. “Alana, (yourname)!” a familiar voice called, turning in the direction of your sister, you found her running towards Ashley McCreery ‘man i wonder if those two ever get sick of each other?’ you thought, but pushed the thought away, as you even caught yourself running towards Ashley. “hey you two! where’s your parents?” she asked, sweetly, as she hugged you both real quick. “in the car still, being all lovey dovey like usual” Alana said, with a small laugh to follow, “oh! Well Alana I have some to show you!” she said, excitedly, then turned to you “(yourname) Scotty’s over there, if you want to talk to him, I think he wants to talk to you” she said, with her smile widening “okay” was all you simply said, then the two were off in the opposite direction. Standing there alone, in the swarm of people, it took you a second, but then you headed in the direction of where that blue eyed country crooner should be.

With the amount of people there were, you felt like you were going in circles, until you spotted that bright yellow convertible, and only a few feet away, there he was. There was no one around him, except for a few crew members, his parents, and his body guard. With yet another deep breath, you made your way through the crowd.

‘what am i doing? I’m suppose to be mad at him’ you suddenly thought, as you were barely a few feet away from him. You just stood there, starring at him, as he scrolled through his phone, then suddenly, he looked up at you, he shoved his phone back in his pocket and began to walk towards you. It took all your will power to turn around and walk away “(yourname)!” he called, but you just kept walking.

“There you are!” your mom said, once you had reached them. “yeah, sorry” you mumbled, as you took a spot next to your sister, who was busy texting on her phone “don’t worry hun! you haven’t missed Scotty” she continued, in hopes to cheer you up “okay, good!” you said, in a fake happy tone, hoping she’d leave you alone. Which had worked, and now you all just stood there, waiting for that familiar faced boy to come riding on by.

Minutes past, when you began to hear the shrieks of girls screaming things like “I love you Scotty!” or “will you marry me!” and so on. You rolled your eyes at this, hoping it’d be over sooner rather than later. That’s when you felt someone nudge you, looking to your left, you found Kyle standing there, smile beaming on his face. “oh, hi” you muttered, hoping he’d go away.

Anger was just building up inside of you, and you were snapping at anyone who came in a one mile radius. This wasn’t you, this wasn’t how you usually acted, but you had no clue to control it.

“let me guess, you know i told him?” he asked, placing his hands in front of himself. “yep” you simply said, keeping your eyes a head of you. “well, you never know, this could help” Kyle said, shrugging “how could it possibly help?” you asked, turning to look at him.

The yelling in the distance continued, but with every second passing, it got louder.

Kyle didn’t say anything, as he looked down to the ground. “it’s just gonna make things worse Kyle, he felt like he had to move on, that’s why he stopped talking to me” you continued, as you looked away “if that’s the reason, then why did he practically fall to the floor when i told him what was wrong” Kyle asked, looking up to you. This caught your full attention as you turned your head so quick, you almost got whipslash, “wait, what?” you asked, thinking he was lying “mhm” Kyle continued “did he tell you why he did it?” you asked, now curious more than ever “he just said i dont know” Kyle shrugged. Crossing your arms now you looked at Kyle intently, as he just starred back at you “i’m not sure if i can believe you now” you said, then looking away a moment later. Kyle let out a laugh “okay, but if you don’t believe me, ask Scotty yourself” he said pointing out towards the path. Looking in that direction, a little ways down, you found the bright yellow convertible heading your way.

The yelling was louder than ever, as some girls were even crying. Scotty waved to as many people as possible, but when he saw you, he stopped. Since you were at the very end of the parade, Scotty told the driver to stop, which he eventually did. “good luck” Kyle whispered, as he patted you on the shoulder and turned around and walked away. “Kyle!” you yelled after him, but all he did was wave and continued walking. Turning towards your right, your family was already gone, must of thought you were wanting to talk to Scotty. Looking straight ahead again, you found Scotty only a few feet away. ‘i’m not ready for this’ you thought, as you looked around for a place to hide, but there was no where. So you did the only thing you could do, you began to run.

Your breath came out raw and jagged, as your heart felt like it was beating at an un-steady pace. Behind you, you could hear the sound of boots hitting the ground. He could of easily caught up to you by now, but at the moment it just felt like he was following. ‘he’ll give up eventually’ you hoped, as your speed began to slow down. Your muscles throughout your body ached, and you just wanted to drop to the ground right there and then, but you knew you had to keep going. “(yourname)!” he called from behind you. But there was no point of answering.

Soon enough, you caught yourself slowing down, but you kept walking.

Suddenly you felt Scotty grab onto your arm, trying to stop you. Yanking it away, you just kept walking, as anger bubbled inside of you.

 ”what so now you’re going to ignore me?” he questioned. This was like an electric shock throughout your body. “(yourname) I just want to talk.” he said innocently. Turning towards him, you glared “talk about what!” you began as you quickly walked over to him “about how you ignored me?” you asked, shoving him away “how i’m not good enough for you to talk to anymore?” you asked shoving him once more. Scotty was taking this, he didn’t try to stop you as you let all your emotions out.

Tears were threatening your eyes, as you turned back around and took a few steps away, crossing your arms against your chest. Thoughts were racing throughout your head.

Once more, you turned to look at him. “youre not the Scotty I thought you were four months ago, Hollywood has really changed you.” you spat out. Then you turned around and began to walk away.

“I’m still the same Scotty” he called to you a moment later. Turning back around you just starred at him. He licked his lips quick, and shoved his hands in his pockets, as he turned to look in the direction you two had just come from. Then with a deep breath, he turned, facing you once more. “hollywood didn’t change me. Maybe you’d like to hear my side of the story?” he asked, you didn’t say anything.

With another deep breath he began to take a few steps towards you. “everything was going fine, practices here, shows there, just fine.” he began “then, my friends started getting eliminated, every week, someone who i had grown close to was packing their bags and leaving. It was getting harder.” he continued, kicking a rock in his path. “then i realized something. It hurt so much talking to you. I missed you that much, that it hurt, and then i don’t know what got into me” he paused for a second “i just, ignored you” he said, inching closer to you “but even though i did this, there was only one thing on my mind every week” he said, now only a few inches away from you, you tilted your head, waiting for him to continued “it was you” he said, a smile beaming on his face “what?” you mouthed, he nodded his head, as he pulled his hands out of his pockets “i thought about you, and how you so badly want me to win” he said breathing deeply “i just, i just thought about you, and how beautiful of a person you are, everything i did was for you” he said finally.

Tears were streaking your face, and for the first time that Scotty was back, you broke the distance between each other, and wrapped your arms around him so tightly it hurt. He did the same thing, but yet, more gentle in a way. “Scotty, I’m sorry” you said, as your tears stained his shirt. “i’m the sorry one” he said, kissing the top of your head.

You two stood there for a moment in complete silent.

Shortly, Scotty pulled away, knowing that he had to go perform soon, but he still just held you, and starred deeply into your eyes  “honestly that was one of the biggest mistakes i’ve ever made” he whispered, you bit your lip not sure what to say, he dropped his arms to his sides “i will never do something so stupid like that again” he whispered, as he lifted your hand up and gently kissed it, you laughed quietly. “i promise” he continued, as a smile began appeared.

“Scotty!” you both heard a familiar voice. Looking past Scotty, you found his sister, Ashley, running your way, wth Scotty’s body gaurd right behind her. “there you are! the show was suppose to start minutes ago” Ashley said, grabbing onto Scotty’s arm and beginning to pull him along.Before Scotty could get too far, he grabbed onto your hand and dragged you along.

Before you knew it, you were standing in front of the stairs at the back of the stage, Ashley began dragging Scotty up the stairs. “wait” he said, she stopped and he pulled his arm away from her. He ran down the few steps back to you “Scotty what are you doing?” you asked, but before you got an answer, his arms were wrapped around your frame, and slowly yours were around him. “i just don’t want this to be a dream, i don’t want to wake up and see i’m still in my hotel room, not talking to you” he whispered in your ear “trust me, it’s not a dream” you whispered back “good” he whispered, you could hear the smile in his voice.

“come on loverboy!” Ashley called, from the top of the stairs, scotty pulled away and turned to look at her, she was waving her hands quickly for him to come along. Scotty turned back to you “guess it’s show time” he said, as he leaned down and kissed your cheek, then pulled away and ran up the stairs. He waved to you, before he disappeared behind a wall.

“we’re gonna get him good” you heard a familiar sounding deep voice from behind you. Slowly you turned around and watched as a familiar short haired, blue eyed man walking your way ‘wait, that can’t be, is it’ you thought, as you focused your eyes on him.

Soon, he was walking past you, your jaw dropped slowly “Josh Turner” you said aloud. Hearing his name he turned and looked at you “hi” he said, sending you one of those sweet smiles, then kept walking in the direction of the stairs.

Once he had gone behind the wall, that Scotty previously went behind, you began to run, in hopes of finding your parents. You could barely comprehend of what just happened.

Reaching the side of the stage, you looked into the crowd. Your eyes went wide, seeing the array of faces. ‘uh oh’ you thought, but just then you heard someone whisper your name. Looking up towards the side of the stage, you found your sister standing there, leaning down towards you “there you are! come on, Scotty has a surprise coming for him” she said, holding her hand out towards you. Grabbing onto it, she pulled you up, helping you onto the stage, where no one in the crowd could see you.

“are you okay?” she asked, seeing how pale you were, except for your cheeks, which were burning bright red. “Josh Turner, just said hi to me” you breathed out quickly “ahh, so i see you found Scotty’s surprise” she said with a laugh “you knew about it?” you asked “everyone does, well except for Scotty, and the people in the crowd” your sister said, shrugging her shoulders and turning back towards the stage where Scotty was standing, thanking the crowd for coming out.

“wait, when will Scotty see Josh?” you asked “when he starts singing your man” Alana continued, with a bright smile on her face.

Your mind began to wander, thinking about how crazy you must of looked when Josh said hi to you, and the thought of Scotty seeing him, sent a smile so wide on your face that it hurt.

“Baby lock them doors and turn the lights down low” Scotty began to sing, while the audience was going crazy. “put some music on thats soft and slow, baby we aint got no place to go, i hope you understand” Scotty leaned down towards the audience then. Your eyes widened, when you suddenly saw Josh Turner began to come out from behind the curtain. The audience went even more wild. Josh Turner began to make his way over to Scotty. “i’ve been thinking bout this all day long, never felt a feeling quite as strong” Scotty stood up then and turned around  “i cant believe how m-Oh my god!” he said almost falling to the ground “oh my goodness!” Scotty continued.

All of you on the side of the stage, began to jump up and down, screaming, except for the dad’s.

Scotty literally looked like he was about to pass out, as he began to sing “Scotty McCreery everybody” Josh turner said, placing his arm sorta around Scotty “Josh Turner!” Scotty said point to him, with a grin the size of Texas on his face.

The two talked for a moment, but then before you knew it, they started singing ‘your Man’ together.Tears were almost streaming down your face, as you watched Scotty up there with his idol.

Jumping off the side of the stage, once the concert had ended, you began to sprint around it, in hopes to catch up to Scotty, who had just left the stage a moment ago.

His red plaid shirt stuck out compared to the others around him, including Josh. “Scotty!” you yelled at the tops of your lungs. Hearing your voice, he quickly turned around, and once he seen your face a smile shot across his.

You began to run even faster towards him, he took a few steps to meet you and held his arms out wide. You reached him a moment later and was instantly embraced in his safe arms. “Scotty i am so proud of you!” you said into his shoulder “good” he simply said. Slowly you pulled away “good?” you questioned, as you looked up to him, eyebrows raised. “your opinion is the only one that actually matters to me” he said “oh Scotty” you said shaking your head, and hugging him once more.

“alright son, come on just gotta get a few more pictures then we can go home” Mr. McCreery said, after a few minutes of you and Scotty hugging “alright, i’ll be right back (yourname)” he said, taking slow steps back “take all the time you need, i gotta go home anyways” you said pointing behind yourself “alright” he said, smiling at you, then turning around and heading for the trailer a little ways away.

With the same smile on your face, you turned around and headed int he driection of the stage.

Scotty’s P.O.V.

Stepping into his house, Scotty took a deep breath, still in shock at how far he has come.

Quickly he made his way to the kitchen and grabbed out the jug of sweet tea, and quickly poured himself a glass.

At about his fifth cup of the sweet drink, Ashley and Alana came walking into the house, and headed right in his direction “can i help you?” he asked, before sucking down the rest of his glass “you’re going to prom right?” Alana asked, taking a seat at the table “only for half an hour, why?” he asked, placing his glass on the counter “well, see (yourname)’s not going, and we thought maybe you could take her, even if it’s just for half an hour” Ashley said “of course i’d take her!” he said excitedly “good, come on Ashley we have some work to do” Alana said grabbing onto Ashley’s arm and dragging her out of the house. “well (yourname)’s in for a little bit of fun” Scotty laughed, as he got up out of his chair and placed his glass in the sink.

Your P.O.V

Laying on your stomach, with your laptop in front of you, you scrolled through countless pages on your dashboard, when suddenly your bedroom door burst open. Sitting up quickly you found Alana and Ashley starring at you, smirks on their faces “umm, do you guys need something?” you asked a little worried “no, but what we do need is for you to come with us” Alana said, walking into your room and grabbing your wrist, as she pulled you off your bed and out your bedroom door.

“what are we doing?” you asked, as they had dragged you out of your house and were now pulling you into the McCreery’s house. They didn’t say a single thing, as they continued throughout the house.

Passing Scotty’s room, he opened the door and found the two girls dragging you away “help?” you mouthed, he laughed, shook his head, then closed his door.

Once the door clicked shut, and was locked, the girls began to go through Ashley’s closest. “seriously, can you tell me what’s going on?” you asked, pulling your knees up to your chest, as you sat there on Ashley’s bed. “oh nothing really, just you going to prom” Alana said, shrugging her shoulders “what?” you asked, getting up off the bed  “no way” you said, heading straight for the door “oh i dont think so!” Alana said running after you, and blocking your way. “i dont want to go” you said trying to get past her “oh come on, Scotty’s going, and you’ll only have to be there as long as he’s there, okay?” Alana begged.

Crossing your arms, you thought for a moment, then finally surrendered. “fine, but only half an hour that’s it!” you said, stomping your foot. “yay! okay we have some serious work to do!” Alana said pulling you over to the vanity, to try and work on your makeup, while Ashley went to go find a dress in her closet.

—-

“Ready?” Alana asked from the drivers seat, as you starred out the passenger side window. “i guess” you said while taking a deep breath. “let me guess, butterflies?” she asked, as she turned into the parking lot. “some” you said honestly, as you spotted the McCreery’s and your parents waiting outside the entrance.

They had left earlier, getting everything ready, for Scotty’s appearance at prom, while Alana and you stayed behind to finish getting ready.

Alana did a quick circle in the parking lot, till she pulled up right by your parents. “i’ll get out then help you out, alright?” she asked, you nodded and watched as she quickly got out, and ran around the car, she said something to your parents, but you weren’t able to hear it.

Suddenly, you spotted Scotty standing between his parents, looking towards the car. You were thankful that the windows were tinted, or he’d be seeing your bright red face at the moment.

Alana opened the door and smiled at you “ready?” you asked, sweetly, you nodded. She held her hand out towards you and you graciously took it. Then carefully, you stepped out of the car.

The multicolored dress, of blues purples and pinks, you were wearing, sparkled in the sunlight, as you made your way towards everyone. Your parents were smile at you, but your eyes were planted towards the ground, afraid of meeting any of their eyes.

You stopped a few feet away from Scotty, to nervous to go any farther, then you heard him walk towards you. Seeing his cowboy boots planted on the ground right in front of you, you slowly looked up and found a goofy smile on that boys face. “hi” you whispered. Scotty didn’t say anything, he just starred. “are you okay?” you asked, a little worried. He just nodded, he was literally unable to speak.

Not knowing what to do, you looked towards your sister, hoping for some help. Quickly, she stepped in “Scotty, how about you two get in there?” she suggested “right” he finally spoke. Looking from Alana to you, he held his arm out for you “ready?” he asked, you nodded and linked your arm with his “we’ll be out in half an hour” you said looking at everyone, they all nodded and you and Scotty headed inside.

—-

The only light peering throughout your room, was the moonlight shining through the open window, as you laid there wide awake. Your eyes had been locked on the clock, watching as each minute ticked by. ‘let me sleep!!!!’ you were screaming in your mind, but everything you did, nothing had worked.

Suddenly, the strumming sound of a guitar had caught your attention. Sitting up in your bed, you turned and looked out your window. A familiar shadowed figure was standing outside, creating a path with every pace he took, as he continued playing his guitar.

Biting your lip, you quickly through the covers off, and ran out your bedroom door.

Pushing open the backdoor, you peeked out, and found Scotty still out there. With a smile spreading onto your face, you walked out the door and crept across your porch, in hopes of him not noticing.

As you got closer to him, you realized he was singing along as he played his guitar. The song was familiar and you quietly chimed in.

“i can love you like that, i would make you my world, move heaven and earth, if you were my girl”

Scotty slowly turned around, when he heard your voice singing along. His smile widened, as he continued singing and he stepped closer to you “i would give you my heart, be all that you need, show you your everything thats precious to me, i can love you like that” he finished singing, then twisted his guitar so it was now facing his back.

“what is a girl like you doing up this late?” he asked, cheeky smile on his face “oh, just some guy was being annoying and playing his guitar at this time of night” you said with a wink “hmm that’s not good, someone should teach him a lesson” he joked “or, he could teach me how to play that thing” you whispered, giving him a pleading look “one day i will, i promise” he said, turning around and walking over to his back porch steps, where he took his guitar off from his shoulders and placed it carefully down, then took a seat. Then he looked up to you and patted the seat next to him.

Taking a seat next to him, you relaxed, as a yawn slipped past your lips. “someones tired” he laughed “yeah, but i cant sleep, why arent you asleep?” you asked, curiously “time zone difference, i could last another good three hours” he said, laughing once more “ahhh, true, true” you said giggling.

It was silence for a moment, then suddenly Scotty placed his arm around you. His warmth transferred to your body. causes small shivers to send down your spine. Thinking you were still cold, he pulled your in closer, in hopes to keep you even more warmer.

“you know what?” he asked, looking at you “hmm?” you asked, “i feel like, this is all a dream still” he whispered “it’s not though, it’s real” you said, smiling at him. “i know” he paused for a second “i’ll never do anything that stupid again” he said, looking at you, deeply in the eyes “it wasn’t stupid, you just felt like you had too, i understand now, now that all the anger is gone” you said a little smirk on your face “no it was-” he began to say, but you cut him off by placing your hand on his mouth “lets not talk about that right now” you said, slowly removing your hand “then what do you want to talk about?” he asked “doesnt matter” you whispered, as you cuddled in closer to his side. He laughed quietly, and before you knew it, he began to sing.

“Gimme that girl with her hair in a mess, sleepy little smile, with her head on my chest, that’s the you that i like best, gimme me that girl” he continued singing, as he lightly rubbed your back, while your eyes began to slowly close.

Chapter 83 is done!!!! oh my gosh i am SOOOO sorry this took so long!!! and sorry it’s so long!!! but please tell me whatcha think, always helps me write faster!!! :d please and thank you all <3 (:

Weeks passed, and it was now April 28th. Things weren’t the same as they were about a month ago. As April had come around, Scotty was taking hours, or even days just to call or text you back, but you understood, ‘he’s just busy, right?’ you asked yourself repeatedly and answering your own question with ‘yeah, that’s just it’ and you’d go on. But as the contestants declined, well Scotty began not to reply to anything, no matter what you did. The last time you called him was last night, and of course, he didn’t answer. You couldn’t even leave a voice mail, cause his inbox was full ‘probably all from me’ you thought angrily, as you pressed the end button and tossed your phone onto your bed. And as this whole month grew on, and every idol show appeared on your television screen, you couldn’t help but see how close Lauren and Scotty have gotten ‘that’s how we used to be’ you’d think after every cute little thing they did. You never dared to say this out loud, you didn’t want your parents or Scotty’s parents to realize how out of touch you’ve both gotten. The only people who knew, was you and Scotty. And after every ‘you two are meant for each other’ or ‘you two are so cute’ people have told you in the last few months, you couldn’t help but think ‘i guess, it was just our time to separate’.

“(yourname) hurry up! we don’t want to be late!” your mom called from downstairs “okay okay, i’m coming!” you yelled back, picking your phone up and shoving it in your back pocket as you walked out of your bedroom door.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs, you found your parents and Mr. McCreery standing there “sorry” you mumbled, as you all walked out of the house and got into the cars. Instead of just going to the McCreery’s house to watch the idol episodes, lately you’ve been going to the showings that they had set up in town. This night it was set up to be shown at the school.

There was atleast twenty minutes left until American idol was supposed to be on, when you guys walked into the gym. “i’m gonna go sit with my friends, okay?” you asked your parents, they nodded as they went to go look for seats. Looking around the gym, you smiled once you spotted Scotty’s friends and a few of your sitting a few rows away from the screen. There was an empty seat next to Kyle, so you quickly made your way over.

“can i sit here?” you asked, Kyle looked up at you, he must of been day dreaming cause he seemed disoriented, “oh, yeah, go ahead” he said, sitting up “thanks” you said taking your seat.

Minutes later the lights in the gym dimmed down as American idol popped on the screen. Everyone hushed down as the familiar music played and the logo appeared.

Soon enough the announcer was calling out the judges and Ryan, and before you knew it Ryan was bringing out the contestants, naming them off one by one. There was a light throbbing feeling in your heart when Scotty appeared on the screen. You fought back the tears while the whole room roared with applause.

Then the contestants took a seat on the couch while Ryan went into showing the ford music video to the song “our house”. The six remaining idol contestants were literally drawing their own house through out the video, and this made you smile a bit, seeing Scotty drawing a couch made up of a bunch of orange circles, when in reality he couldn’t draw to save his life.

Then the video ended and showed Ryan once more as he went in talk about a recent party the idols went to, then the screen shot up with Scotty getting his picture taken with two people, then he began to try to talk in a british accent, everyone in the gym laughed, as his really bad attempt at it.

The video ended showing a picture of all the idols, your stomach churned as you saw Lauren sitting on Scotty’s lap. ‘they’ve become so close’ you thought, feeling bad.

The screen pulled back once more to Ryan and he announced a group number, then Haley Reinhart appeared from out behind the screen as she began to sing the Carole King medley. James then appeared to sing with Haley, then she disappeared and Scotty appeared, once again another pain shot through you. 

Throughout the whole performance you couldnt help thinking how pretty the two girls were and how great the guys sang. And finally the performance ended. The contestants took their seats and Ryan did his whole ‘dim the lights phrase’ and he called up Haley. She looked worried, but once he let her know she was safe, her whole expression changed as she waved to the audience and took her seat.

It cut to commercial break for a few minutes then it came back up on the screen.

Ryan called up Casey and asked him a few questions, then tricked him and sent him back to the couch. Then he brought of James and let him know that he was safe.

Finally he brought up Jacob, Lauren, Scotty and Casey.

“after the nation wide vote, i can tell you, that Lauren, you are safe, you may take a seat on the couch.” the audience in the screen and out of the screen cheered as Scotty hugged Lauren. You bit your tongue, but still clapped, as Lauren made her way to the couch.

Ryan said let everyone know that they would know the destiny of the other three contestants after bruno mars.

After bruno and commercial the show came back on and Ryan dimmed the lights once more.

“good luck gentlemen, after the nation wide vote, i can tell you that jacob you are safe! Take a seat” The audience cheered once again and Ryan continued talking as that annoying music continued playing in the background.

It was now down to Casey and Scotty. Your heart was pounding, you were having trouble breathing. As Casey and Scotty put there arms over each others shoulders, Ryan continued “good luck to both of you, Casey and Scotty, the person who leaves the competition tonight on idol is” he began, pausing for affect “casey abrams” he finally said, you let out a deep breath, which you must of been holding in for the past few seconds.

Tears began to slip over the brims of your eyes, as the audience around you cheered.

Casey watched his remembrance video and then went to singing. You couldn’t help but laugh with the energy he had on stage, as he went and practically tackled Scotty.  But seeing Scotty again, for just a brief second made you start crying again. 

Out of the corner of your eye, you saw Kyle looking at you “(yourname) whats wrong? Scotty’s safe, it’s okay” he said, rubbing your back “no it’s not” you mumbled “what do you mean?” he asked leaning in towards you “i cant tell you, Kyle” you whispered “yes you can” he whispered, kindly. “i cant!” you said, as you got up out of your seat and darted out of the gym. No one noticed since the lights were still off, but Kyle instantly got out of his chair and ran after you.

There was nothing you could see, besides the blur of the dim school hallways, as tears continued streaming as you ran. You already knew Kyle was behind you, he had been yelling for you to stop for a little while now, but you didnt want to, there was no place to go in the school, so finally you gave up and pushed through the closest door to you.

You groaned, as you realized you were on the complete opposite side of the school from your car. The doors would be locked, so the only way was to walk around.

But before you could take a single step in the direction, you could feel arms engulf you, you were instantly spun around, now facing Kyle as the moon light hit his face.

“(yourname) whats wrong” was the first thing that came out of his mouth “i cant tell you!” you said, struggling to get away, but his gentle, but tough grip was not letting you go no matter what “why not” he asked “reasons” was all you mumbled “is it about Scotty” he asked, you bit your tongue, tasting blood, but with no move to speak. “come on (yourname) you can tell me, i wont tell a soul!” he said, sincere worry in his eyes “yes it’s about Scotty okay!” you said, falling towards the ground, he carefully set you down, then sat down by you “can i ask you a question” you asked “sure” he said “how often, does Scotty text or call you?” you asked. Kyle licked his lips and looked up towards the moon for a mere second, then back to you “atleast once everyday, why?” he asked.

It took you a moment speak, you looked at the ground and closer your eyes “he, he doesn’t talk to me anymore” you said slowly and calmly. ‘well that was easy’ you thought, then looked up towards Kyle, he was just starring at you confused “wait what?” Kyle asked “Scotty, he doesn’t talk to me anymore” you said once more “how long has this been going on for?” her asked “started a few weeks ago” you said shrugging. Kyle suddenly stood up “thats it this boy is getting a call” he said digging his phone out of his pocket, and finding Scotty’s number, before you even realized what he was doing, he put the phone to his ear as it began to ring “no! Kyle dont!” you yelled, getting up and grabbing the phone away, and canceling the call “(yourname), he needs to realize what he is doing” he said trying to get his phone back “no! If he no longer wants to talk to me, that’s fine!” you said darting away “no its not!” Kyle said chasing after you “yes it is! It’s just are time to separate, happens to everyone!” you exclaimed, still running away from Kyle “not for you two! Haven’t you listened to what i’ve said! You two are meant for each other, everyone knows it” he said, starting to get out of breath “not anymore” you said stopping by a puddle “i will drop your phone in this puddle if you dont promise me that you wont tell Scotty” you said pointing to the puddle “you wouldnt dare!” Kyle said, crossing his arms “oh yes i would!” you said holding the phone out in the middle of the puddle, Kyle didnt say anything, he just starred “im seriously” you said beginning to let the phone sleep from your fingers “okay okay! I promise!” he said reaching for the phone “pinky promise?” you ask holding on your pinky, he quickly hooked them “pinky promise! now give me my phone!” he said, you handed it to him and watched him intently as he shoved it back in his pocket. 

“come on, lets get back in there” he said shoving his hands in his pockets and heading for the doors “arent they locked?” you asked, but following him anyways. He pulled on the door, and it opened with ease “no” he said with a laugh, you made an ‘are you kidding me’ face and walked in and instantly spotted your parents “bye Kyle, remember you promised!” you said heading towards them “yeah, i know, but (yourname)” he said. Turning around, you found him looking at you with a sweet smile “he’s making a really stupid mistake right now” he said intently. With a soft laugh, you just shook your head “no, he’s just taking his own path, bye Kyle” you said turning and heading for your parents once more.

Chapter 82 is finished!!! and guess who will be in the next chapter ;D haha! hope you all liked it! sorry it’s crappy, just wanted to get this chapter out of the way!!! (: tell me whatcha think!!! please and thank you <3

“alright, that’s all for today, talk quietly amongst yourselves” the teacher droned out, as he put down the dry erase marker, and made his way to his desk.

Slowly, you lifted up your head, waking up after a ten minute nap. ‘he didn’t even realize i was asleep?’ you thought to yourself as you rubbed your now droopy eyes, and then stretched in your chair.

Turning yourself to the side, and standing up, you pulled your back pack onto your shoulders, knowing the bell would be ringing any minute now.

Looking around the room, you realized there was no one really too talk to, yeah, you could talk to Clara, but she was too busy writing ‘i love James’ all over her notebook, and you didn’t want to bother her. So, instead, you turned around and walked down the aisle of desks, then made your way to the empty desk near the door.

Taking a seat, you stared up at the clock, counting down the seconds. You wanted out of there this instant, and there were many reasons why, that you could think right off the top of your head.

‘one, school bores me. two, i can talk to Scotty. three, american idol is on tonight and i can see Scotty one again.’ you thought, with a smile forming on your face, as you looked away from the clock, and out the glass window on the door.

Just then, the bell rang, quickly you got up and bolted out of the room. ‘Locker, then i’m home free’ you thought, as you practically jogged down the hallway.

Reaching your locker, you put your fingers on the lock and began to spin in the combination. A moment later, your locker opened with ease, you grabbed your jacket and slung it over your arm, as you shut your locker then turned down the hallway.

Only a few feet away from the door, you heard a stampede of feet behind you. Without thinking much of it, you just kept walking, but before you knew it, someone had ahold of your back pack and yanked you back. A soft ‘woah’ came out of your mouth as you came to a hault. Looking behind you, your lips turned up into a smirk, as you found James, Kyle and Chris standing there “what do you guys want?” you asked, turning towards them, crossing your arms. “we wanna hang out” James said, shrugging his shoulders and crossing his arms “i can’t i-” you began to protest, but he held up his hand to stop you “no, we asked your parents, they said it was fine, now come on” James said, walking in front of you, towards the door “but, i gotta watch-” you started again “American idol, yeah we know, you’re watching it at my house” Kyle said, nudging you lightly “there is no way to get around you boys, is there?” you said, following them out the building “no way at all” Chris said, winking at you. Rolling your eyes, you followed them out through the parking lot, and watched as they all headed for there cars “come on” James & Kyle said at the same time, you looked back and forth from the boys, not sure who to go with, “ride with Kyle, we’ll see you guys over there in a little bit” Chris said, as he shut his car door “okay” you said, climbing in the passenger seat.

“ready?” Kyle asked, as your seat belt made a click noise. Looking up from it towards him, you nodded, “yup” you said, then turned and looked out the window, as he backed out of the space and drove out of the school parking lot.

With so many times going to Kyle’s with Scotty, you know how to get there like you know the back of your hand. But, instead of taking the usual right turn, he took a left. Looking away from the window, towards Kyle, you found him grinning “where are we going?” you asked, looking out the windshield “the lake” he said, just shrugging his shoulders “and why are we going there? We’re suppose to be going to your house” you said looking back towards him “oh don’t worry, we’ll get there in time” he said. Knowing there was no way you were going to win this argument, you just gave up, and rested back in your seat.

Pulling into the grass, by the lake, Kyle cut the engine and unbuckled his seat belt “well come on” he said pushing open his, with a quiet groan, you quickly unbuckled your seat belt and pushed open the door.

Walking up to him, you found him right at the edge of the lake, hands in his pockets starring out at the murky lake water. “so why did you want to come here?” you asked, looking out in the distance. He chuckled softly, as he slowly pulled a hand out of one pocket and rubbed the back of his neck, same nervous habit Scotty does. 

“you remember the summer of 2008 right?” he asked, looking down at you “weren’t we like fourteen?” you asked, making sure “yeah” he said, nodding his head “well, yeah but not very much, why?” you asked, now a little curious. “i remember it pretty clearly” he said, laughing once again, then sitting down on the green grass, you followed him, and just looked at him, hoping he’d continue. But after a minute of nothing you looked away “why do you remember it so well?” you asked, now worried. “well, theres really only one day, i remember the most” he shrugged “and what day was that?” you asked.

He took a deep breath then, as if he had to get something off his chest. ‘uh oh’ you thought, but kept a blank stare on your face. “it was fourth of July, and we were having that huge party here, remember?” he began. Biting your lip for a moment, you thought, then it came back to you “oh yeah, you mean the one where Scotty got scared by a firework and fell into the lake?” you asked, laughing at the memory. “yeah that one” Kyle said, laughing himself “well you know how you came and walked by the lake and Scotty ran after you?” he asked “yeah” you asked, getting confused once again “well before that me and Scotty had a talk.” he said, looking down at the ground plucking up pieces of grass as the memory came back to him.

“go long son!” Mr. McCreery yelled, as he threw the football in Scotty’s direction. Scotty stared at the ball, as he began to run after it, and just as his fingers were around the smooth leather, someone pulled him down to the ground. Bewildered, he looked and found his best friend Kyle laughing “shut up, man” Scotty laughed, as he jokingly pushed Kyle “next time watch where youre going” Kyle said, as he got up. “yeah, yeah, whatever” Scotty said, still on the ground, trying to rub the green stains from his shorts, but with no luck. Kyle held his hand out, and Scotty took it. Kyle hauled him up, and watched as Scotty began to do circles “man, wheres the ball” Scotty asked. Mr. McCreery came running towards them then “looks like you boys will have some swimming to do” he said removing his cap and rubbing the sweat from his forehead, with his arm. Scotty and Kyle looked from Mike to the lake, and seen the ball a good twenty feet out “come on, kyle” Scotty said, removing his shirt and running towards the lakes edge. Looking around, he quickly jumped in, not wanting to get in trouble. As he pulled his head above the water, he heard a splash next to him, and saw Kyle surface a moment later. They both quickly swam out to the ball, Kyle grabbed it first and began to tow it in, but then he tossed it to Scotty, who once reached the edge tossed it to his dad, standing in the grass “alright you two, come on out now” Mike said, gesturing for the two of them to get out. Grabbing onto the slippery grass, the boys pulled themselves out of the water, and sat there, legs still in the clear liquid. “listen man, i got to tell you something” Kyle said, nervously “bout what?” Scotty asked “(yourname)” Kyle said, keeping his eyes on the water “oh, i got to tell you something about her too, but you go first” Scotty said, rubbing his arms, hoping to get some water off quicker “nah, it’s alright, you can” Kyle said, palms now sweating, even though still covered in water, Scotty looked around, making sure no one was in ear shot, then turned to kyle and leaned in a little closer “i like her” Scotty said, with a relieved sigh after. Kyled made a gulping sound “you okay?” Scotty asked, a bit worried “oh yeah, yeah i’m fine” Kyle said, looking from Scotty back to the water “oh good, good, so what did ya have to say?” Scotty asked, now leaning back on his elbows “umm, that I-” he began to say, but then out of the corner of his eye he saw a familiar girl, with her long hair blowing in the wind, as she walked past them “speaking of, (yourname) there she is” Kyle pointing out. Scotty instantly sat up and looked to where Kyle was pointing “later man” Scotty said patting Kyle’s shoulder, then grabbed his t-shirt laying in the grass, got up and ran after her, calling her name. Kyle watched as (yourname) turned around, and saw the instant smile on her face once she met Scotty’s eyes. Kyle couldn’t help feel a bit jealous, as she held her arms out, to hug Scotty, and once she hugged him she let out a little squeal as the cold water came in contact with her skin. Kyle looked away from the two then, and back out to the lake “well, there goes my chance” Kyle said, as he got up, grabbed his shirt and headed in the direction of some of the other boys.

“wait, what did you have to tell Scotty exactly?” you asked, still processing everything “that i liked you” Kyle said, smiling brightly at how easy it was too say “well, did you ever tell him after that?” you asked, furrowing your brows “nope” Kyle simply said, as he stood up, and shoved his hand once again in his pockets “and why not?” you asked “because i saw how much he liked you, so i decided let him go for it, and maybe i could help him along the way” he said just shrugging his shoulders “and did it help?” you asked, getting up and rubbing your hands on your jeans “what do you think?” Kyle asked, winking at you  then turning back for his car. You just stood there, stunned, not knowing what to think anymore “you coming?” Kyle asked, turning back towards you, then heading once more for the car. Shaking your head quickly, you walked in the direction of the car and quickly got in.

Both of you buckled up and Kyle pulled away from the lake “can i just say one thing?” you asked “hmm?” Kyle asked, listening “youre a good friend for doing that, you know” you said, being nice “i know” Kyle said, in a fake cocky tone, this caused you to laugh, as you relaxed back in your seat.

Minutes later, you realized you still weren’t going in the direction of Kyle’s house “now where are we going?” you asked, turning towards Kyle “chill, we’re just getting a pizza” he said, as he looked at you for a mere moment, with a smile on his face “oh” was all you said, as you just turned to look out the window once again.

—-

Pulling up into the driveway, Kyle cut the engine and unbuckled himself “hold on” he said, looking up at you, then pushing the door open, and slamming it shut a moment later. You watched as he jogged around his car to your side. He opened the door and took the four boxes of pizza into his arms “thanks” you quickly said, unbuckling yourself and climbing out of the car. He was already on the porch, as you shut the car door.

Seeing him standing there waiting, you quickly ran across the grass and onto the porch “just want me to open it?” you asked, he nodded, and so you turned the metal knob and pushed the door open. Not wanting to seem rude, you gestured for Kyle to go first, he nodded his head and stepped into the house. And before you were able to even step foot into the house, the other boy bombarded you two. “where have you been, man?” James asked, Kyle just lifted up the pizza and made his way towards the kitchen “sweet man thanks!” James said following after him. Chris’ eyes were fixed on yours, it took you a moment to realize it, but once you did, you felt awkward. “what?” you asked, worrying that something was wrong “nothing, nothing” he said with a smile touching his lips, as he just turned and headed for the kitchen. ‘that was weird’ you thought, as you slowly made your way to the kitchen.

Reaching the door frame, you found the guys piling their plates up with six to seven slices of pizza “here (yourname) we saved you a few slices” James said handing a plate to you. Taking it in your hand, you became agape as you saw the possibly six slices of pizza laying there on the plastic plate “so you think i’m gonna eat this all?” you asked pointing to it “well Scotty did say you were a bottomless pit, so i bet you that you could” Kyle said, as he walked passed you, taking a bite of his pizza as he sat down on the couch. Licking your lips, you turned in Kyle’s direction and walked over to the couch, he patted the cushion by him, and you quickly took a seat.

Lifting a piece to your lips, you took a bite of it and chewed quickly, wondering if you were actually going to be able to eat it all. “come on everyone! Idols on!” Kyle called just then, as he turned the TV on. Your eyes widened in excitement, as Kyle turned the volume up and the familiar music filled the room.

Kyle’s parents filled the loveseat, while Chris took the empty seat next to you, leaving James with having to sit on the floor.

Like usual the announcer announced the judges then Ryan.

Ryan from there would start the show and bring the contestants out to stage. This night, was elimination night, which had you freaking out inside, but you kept a cool persona so no one would realize.

Last night Scotty had sang ‘for once in my life’, it fit his voice really well. And you must admit, he was looking pretty good, his blue eyes stuck out with the different shades of blue changing background, while he was in an all black outfit.

It was a bit weird to see him grow his hair out, you haven’t seen it like that since before him and the boys adopted the ‘short hair dont care look’ which was before 9th grade.

Now before they even decided to go through the contestants they now were showing a clip of the idols with Jennifer Lopez’s husband, Marc Anthony, who was helping the contestants with their ear pieces.

They showed Scotty with Marc and all of a sudden the boys in the room roared, ‘what the heck’ you thought, then you realized Scotty was wearing his Garner baseball shirt. This caused you to laugh softly, as you set your empty plate down on your lap, Kyle looked at you for a moment, laughed, then turned back to the tv.

After the clip ended, it went to the idols performing together. “aww doesn’t Scotty look cute in his tux” you said accidentally out loud “oh yeah, what a charmer” James said, as he turned and winked at you, your cheeks went from their usual pale color to a rosy red.

The three, and Kyle’s parents were cracking up laughing, this caused you to blush even more “lets just get back to the show” you said pointing to the screen. Everyone let you go this time, as they turned their attention back.

After the idols finished singing, they spread apart as more music came on, and the screens in the back divided. Revealing Stevie Wonder. The idols did back up singing as Stevie sang ‘signed, sealed, delivered’ and played the piano.

“hello, hello, Steven” Stevie began to sang as the song ended “steven, steven Tyler, how you doing?” Stevie continued “i’m doing good” Steven called back “are you ready for a celebration, are you ready for it?” “i’m ready” “you know this is what friends do for friends, and i’m betting this is something you know about, can we hit it, can we hit it, alright, one two” Stevie began to say as Steven Tyler stood up and music began to play, then Stevie began to sing his rendition of the ‘Happy Birthday’ song as Lauren Alaina and Pia Toscano walked out with a birthday cake ‘don’t they look beautiful’ you thought, as Steven, Jennifer, Ryan and Randy all walked onto the stage.

They went to commercial break then, all three boys got up then and ran upstairs, yelling at each other for who gets to use the bathroom first. rolling your eyes, you set your plate on the coffee table and then laid down on the couch.

Before you knew it, Ryan was back on your screen and then a new Ford music video appeared. This caused you to sit up, to see what they had to put Scotty threw this time. An amused smile appeared on your face as you seen all eleven of them appeared in raincoats as they were putting together something with recycled materials. Then the sun appeared and the contestants stepped back, revealing a tree. The audience began to clap, as the video ended.

Ryan talked for a moment, then he got to it.

“Now for the tough part, dim the lights, here we go. we’re looking for the bottom three tonight. Can i have Lauren, Pia and Scotty, center of the stage please.” You watched as they all stood up, and Lauren’s face looked a little nervous, while Pia looked a bit cheery and Scotty looked calm.

They all reached the center of the stage, and joined hands.

“Lauren, you sang, you keep me hanging on. Pia, you sang, all in love is fair, by Stevie.  Scotty did, for once in my life, also by the great Stevie Wonder. The judges all had positive things to say about you last night, but because of the out come of the vote, I’m afraid you’ll all be packing your bags” A shiver ran down your spine ‘what no, this can’t be possible’ rushed through your mind “in a few months, to go on that summer tour, because your save” Ryan finished. You choked out a gasp of air, as you watched Lauren Alaina jump up and down, Pia turning to Scotty, and Scotty pulling the two into a hug.

You could hear Scotty say things like ‘oh my goodness’ ‘are you kidding me’ while they showed Scotty’s and Lauren’s parents. The three boys came running down the stairs then “is Scotty safe?” Chris asked “yes!” you said excitedly, the boys began to jump in yell in excitement, then Kyle’s parents told them to calm down and take a seat.

Ryan sent them to commercial break, and for the rest of the show you barely paid attention, while the group SugarLand came out and while they went through other contestants.

It wasn’t until practically the very end of the show, that anything had caught your attention.

They had just stopped Casey Abrams from singing for his life and told him that he would be staying. You were happy about this, Casey was a good performer, but yet, what if American doesn’t vote right and Scotty gets voted off, there would be no way to save him. Quickly you shrugged the idea out of your head, knowing that Scotty would atleast make it to the top 3 or win all together, as the credits of the show ran.

“ready to go?” Kyle asked, you stretched for a moment then nodded, as you got up “see you boys tomorrow” Kyle said, pulling his keys out of his pocket, as Chris and James were getting their jackets on “later man, see ya (yourname)” they said, as they walked out of the house first, and headed for their cars. You waved to them and quickly walked over to Kyle’s car.

—-

“later Kyle” you said, climbing out of the car “(yourname)” he said softly, stopping you in your tracks “yeah?” you asked, sticking your head into the car “Scotty and you are meant for each other, just remember that, okay?” he said, you nodded your head “i will Kyle” you said, then pulled your head out of the car and shut the door.

Quickly you ran up the sidewalk and through the front door of your house. Your parents were in the kitchen, your dad sat there at the table, busy eating some chocolate pie while your mother was cutting some chicken up to fry. “hey” you said, “hi, bud” you dad said, with a beard covered in chocolate “dad” you said with a laugh, picking up the napkin and quickly wiping his face “i was saving it for later” he joked “whatever you say dad” you said, throwing the stained napkin away “hun, Scotty left you a message on the answering machine, did your phone die or something?” your mom asked “no, i left it here by accident” you said as you quickly ran out of the kitchen and into the living room, pressing down on the white button on phone dock, the room then filled with the robotic voice saying “1 new message” you sat down on the couch as Scotty’s deep voice came from the speakers “hey (yourname) thought i’d call you, guess your lost your phone or something, get back to me soon, alright, later” as soon as it ended, you go up off the couch and walked to the door frame of the kitchen “i’m going upstairs” you said, then turned around and ran up the staircase.

Shutting your bedroom door behind you, you quickly jumped on your bed and grabbed your phone off the bed side table. Pressing the button, you found three new texts messages, all from Scotty. So, instead of texting him back, you went to your contacts and found his number, then pressed call.

It rang a few times, but then he picked up “there you are” he said. You could hear the excitement in his voice “yeah, sorry, your friends decided to kidnap me and take me to their house to watch idol tonight” you said, he laughed then, causing you to smile. “i knew about that” he said, mischievously “you know, you really need to stop making plans with your friends to kid nap me, it’s not very fun from my point of view” you joked “hey they’ll only kidnapped you twice, and this one was their idea, no blaming me” he said, letting another laugh slip past his lips. You let out a loud breath “you okay?” he asked “yeah, i’m fine” you simply said “okay, good” he said, once again you could hear the smile in his voice.

There was a moment of silence before either of you spoke “you know, Kyle told me something today” you simply said “what he’d say?” Scotty asked “well he says that were meant to be” you said slowly. Scotty just laughed then “whats so funny?” you asked, “nothing, nothing at all” Scotty said “then why’d ya laugh?” you asked getting a bit frustrated “because, well, he’s right” Scotty said, in an all but nothing serious tone.

Chapter 81 is done! (: please tell me what you think, I love getting feed back! (: hope you all liked it!!! <3

‘Another group that learned a tough lesson about the beatles is, Lauren Alaina, Denise Jackson and Scotty McCreery.’ played throughout the McCreery’s living room, as it went on to Lauren Alaina talking about how they had a tough week, as Scotty made an arm movement like a roller coaster. You sat there, on the couch, biting your nails, as they showed their groups practice and how Jimmy Ivene things they need to go to the a different song.

“Scotty can handle any song, just watch” was all you could say as Scotty, Lauren and Denise took the stage.

Suddenly a red telephone booth, with the word American Idol across the top, appeared onto your screen. Scotty stepped out and began the song ‘you say yes’. ‘I say no’ you say stop, the two girls sang as they came into the song. ‘and i say go go go’ Scotty continue.

A soft laugh, slipped passed the tips of your lips, as Scotty and Denise began to run around the telephone booth, as Lauren kept singing. Then Lauren just shrugged and ran after the two, Denise kept on running while Scotty stopped and looked on both sides of the booth, as if he was gonna catch one of them. By this time you couldn’t control you laughter, along with the three adults in the room.

After there little act, the three got in a row as the judges gave them good yet bad criticism. And with some parts of what the judges were saying, you agreed on, and with others you didn’t.

But as Scotty, Denise and Lauren left the stage, you gave a little relieved sigh, as the other competitors came on.

—-

‘What Scotty brought back in Milwaukee was one of the most memorable auditions from the road.’ Ryan Seacrest said, as Scotty made his way down that long walk.

For once, you weren’t in your normal seat, you were laying on the floor, starring up, wide eyed at the TV, nervous out of your wits. Even though you already knew Scotty made it into the top 24, you just couldn’t imagine taking that walk, to get the answer, that could possibly change your entire destiny. But Scotty handled it pretty calmly.

It went through Scotty’s final solo song, long black train by Josh Turner. Your heart was fluttering.

You’ve only ever heard Scotty sing this song once, it was summer time before sophomore year, you were sitting outside on the back porch, watching as the sun was setting, misty eyed. All because the boy(Scotty) you had liked for awhile, had been talking to you all about the new girl that he liked. Of course you were happy for him, but there resting in the back of your mind, was screaming, wishing you were that girl. But there was nothing you could do. The next thing you knew, the McCreery’s car pulled into their driveway. Three doors slammed closed, that deep voice said something to his parents, then you heard him walk in your direction. Quickly with the sleeves of your shirt, you began to dab at your eyes hoping to get rid of any traces of tears. Moments later, he was standing in front of you, with his blue eyes digging into you “(yourname), whats wrong?” he asked ‘crap he saw the tears, he saw the tears’ you thought to yourself. “oh nothing” you mumbled “are you sure?” he asked, setting his guitar case down on the steps, you just nodded, then looked to the case “why do you got that?” you asked “oh my grandma wanted me to play a song for her” he said with a shrug, as he began to open it “wanna hear it?” he asked, biting you lip, you nodded and watched as he got the guitar out and placed the strap around his shoulder, as he began to run his fingers along the strings “well i can hear the whistle from a mile away, it sounds so good, but i must stay away, that train is a beauty, making everybody stare, but it’s only destination is the middle of no where…” this instantly brought a smile on your face, causing Scotty to smile with you.

Soon enough you were brought back into reality by Ryan’s voice, as Scotty continued walking ‘how long could that possibly be?’ you thought to yourself.

You laid there, nawing on your nails, nervous habit of yours, as the judges continued talking on, and on, and on, it felt like forever.

”Well listen dude, youre seventeen, were all fans since day one, that authenticity of the guy that you wanna be and the man that you wanna be and you stepping up, we love, were big fans, guess what that means” Randy say, Scotty suddenly smiled ‘CONGRADULATIONS YOU IN THE TOP 24 DAWG” Randy said, as jennifer cheered. Scotty couldnt stop smiling as he got up, shook their hands, and made his way back and was greeted by a proud family, surrounding him with hugs, and excited screams (mostly from Ashley) and hugs from other contestants.

You got up and jumped around, like you always did when Scotty would advance.

Suddenly your phone buzzed in your pocket, pulling it out you looked at the screen and smiled “Must be Scotty” you heard your dad say, glaring at him, you stepped out of the room, pressing the button, you put the phone up to your ear “hello?” you said, “hello there” Scotty deep voice, smoothly said from the other end, you could hear the smile in his voice. “oh hey, so just saying you did extremely amazing with long black train” you said, a bit too excited “thank ya, thank ya very much” he said, with his elvis impression “the producers and everyone asked all us contestants to make a twitter, and i know you have one, so follow me okay? It’d be another way for us to stay in touch” he said, in a hopeful tone “okay, what is it?” you asked “SMcCreeryAI10” he said slowly “alright got it, i guess you gotta go right?” you asked, knowing that he would have to “yeah, but i’ll text you, i promise, keep Garner under control for me, okay?” he asked “don’t worry i will, love you” you said, biting you lip “i love you too” and with that, and a smile on your face, you hung the phone up.

—-

Running through the front door, of your house, you quickly shut it behind you and sprinted up the stairs.

It was March 1st. It was the day the 12 boys would be performing their songs in front of a LIVE audience, including Scotty.

There was literally only ten minutes till the show started, and you were now just getting home. You had completely forgotten about it as you were at your friends house, studying for an english test tomorrow, and once you remembered it, you asked her to drive you home right there and then. When she asked why, the first words to come out of your mouth was American Idol, and she instantly understood, grabbed her keys and you two were out the door.

Now here you were, quickly changing out of your school clothes, tripping all over the place, starring at the clock. Stopping for a moment, you had to calm yourself down, you took a deep breath, then went back to getting dressed in something more comfortable.

Now we only three minutes to spare, you were running across your lawn, and rushed up the front porch steps to the McCreery’s house, the door opened up before you even had to knock. “There you are, we all been wondering where you were, it’s almost starting” Ashley said, stepping aside, allowing you to come in, you nodded, thankfully, and stepped into the house “sorry i was studying for a test with a friend and had completely forgotten about it” you said making your way through the house to the living room, where you found your parents sitting in there usual spots on the love seat, and Junior and Becky running around the room, excitedly.

“there you are sweetheart! It’s just starting!” your mom said, pointing to the screen as the American Idol logo came onto the screen, as their familiar music played in the background, quickly you took a seat on the floor, by the couch, as goosebumps began to form on your skin ‘please let Scotty not mess up tonight’ you thought to yourself.

The stage appeared, as lights flashed across, shining into the audiences faces. A voice came on as the show began “Here are you judges, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson” it called as the screens moved, revealing the judges, with smiling faces as they walked to the front of the stage, waving and blowing kisses to the screaming audience. Then they moved out of the way as the announcers voice came back on “and here’s your host, Ryan Seacrest” Ryan Seacrest walked out and towards the front of the stage, with that stunning smile of his already on his lips. He did his normal greetings and then went on with the show as he announced the top 12 guys.

The screens moved again, showing the guys, as they walked down to the front of the stage, in awe, at all the fans yelling for them. They waved too as many as the possibly could, but stopped at they were in their positions. A smile crept onto your face, as you instantly noticed the ‘shdc’, baby blues eyes, leather jacket wearing teen, standing there among the rest, as he clapped and smiled.

Ryan rang off their names, as the contestant either waved, smiled, or made a funny face. The butterflies were soaring inside you, as they quickly showed Scotty, with that quirky little smile on his face, then the camera kept going down the line of contestants.

The Idol logo shot onto the screen as it had come back from commercial break. “Thanks for making American Idol a part of your night this evening, now Garner North Carolina’s hometown hero, here is Scotty” Ryan said, lowering his voice on the word, Scotty, as he stood by the girls, then turned to face the screen.

The screen in the back popped up wide, showing Scotty’s idol experience so far, from him auditioning to playing baseball in your guy’s hometown, to other performances and judges comments. “Singing’s what i wanna do in life, and it’d be great if American idol could make that happen” Scotty’s voice said, as a simple since of him standing there, serious look on his face, came onto the screen.

That disappeared quickly, but what reappeared was Scotty, sitting there on a stool, microphone in hand. “My dear son, it’s almost june, i hope this letter catches up with you, and finds you well, it’;s been dry but their calling for rain, and everything the same old same, in johnsonville, your stubborn old daddy aint said to much, but i’m sure you know he sends his love, and she goes on, in a letter from…” he sang, while he made goofy faces towards the audience, showing his charm.

Every performance Scotty gave, and every single move he made, proved that he deserve to be there. It was his destiny to be there. His blue eyes revealed how grateful he was, that god gave him this unbelievable chance, that only happens to one in a million. With every word he sang, it just proved how much talent, the kid actually had. And with every word he spoke, well that revealed how humble, and down to earth he is.

”.. and it keeps me driving on, waiting on, letters from home, waiting on, letters from, home” Scotty sang, closing his eyes for a mere few seconds, then opened them back up, to the applauding audience.

The camera pulled away, and began to show scenes of the audience, including the proud parents of that singer on stage.

“Scotty, you hear that” Steven Tyler said pointing out towards the audience “yes, sir” Scotty said, you could easily hear the smile in his voice “you’re going to be getting a lot of letters from home real soon” Steven continued, as they shot to a Scotty who was laughing at Steven’s little joke.

The judges continued with their opinions on how well they thought Scotty did, which they all gave positive feedback.

“so talk about what was going through your mind as you were up here singing on this stage tonight for everybody” Ryan asked, looking from the audience, then to Scotty.  “you know it’s just been so surreal. this whole experience, and uh, to be on this stage after watchig the show for nine years is its uh, its been a dream, but uh, ye- haha i dont even know man, what in the world , goodnight” Scotty said giving a true honest genuine answer. The audience began to cheer once more as Ryan began to name of the number to vote for Scotty, as Scotty began to say “eight” a few times, then looked from the camera to Ryan, then back to the camera, pointing his fingers at it, as he starred intently at it, then turned back to Ryan shook his hand, and walked away.

The smile that you had on your face, was going to take some time to come off, but you just lived in this moment, enjoying how happy Scotty was, being able to do something unique with his gift. You just starred blankly now at the TV, as the show went on.

—-

Days passed, and before you realized it, it was Thursday, March 3rd. Also known as the day for elimination to get the top 13 on American idol.

This night you were wrapped up in a blanket, on your warm familiar sofa, instead of being over at the McCreery’s house. Which you’ve spent being there for the past few weeks.

Mike and Ashley, were both out in California, with Judy to cheer Scotty on, in hopes that he makes it to the next step of his journey.

These last two nights were nerve racking, all with the excessive voting for Scotty on Tuesday night, and the praying for him to make it, while it was the girls turn to perform, on Wednesday night.

Now here you were, as the familiar music and same logo popped up onto the screen.

Everything went the same. The judges were brought out, then Ryan, and then they showed the contestants. But this time the contestants were separated into boy and girls and on other sides of the stage.

Ryan began the show, with small very quick interviews, and once that was done, he looked towards the camera. “nobody wants to go home, but right now, we have got to face the music. For the first time this season, dim the lights, here we go.” he said, then the camera zoomed out. “Scotty and Robby, center stage, lets get too it”.

When you first heard Ryan begin to say ‘Scotty’ your breath caught inside of you ‘no, why so early? Couldn’t youve kept him towards the end of the show?’ you thought as you now watched Scotty and Robby walk to the center stage.

Scotty stood there, hands halfway in his pockets, mostly looking down, as Ryan began to talk about what each of the boys sang. Scotty looked up, towards the judges, as Ryan reviewed the judges thoughts about the performance.

“Here we go gentlemen” Ryan began, as Scotty and Robby put there arms around each other in a comforting way “American voted, and has decided the fate of both of you.” Ryan continued as the camera zoomed in on the boys “Scotty” Ryan began again, as Scotty looked towards him “the nation has decided, that you” he said pausing for dramatic effect “are in the top ten!” Ryan said excited, as Scotty smiled proudly, as the audience went crazy, then he turned to Robby and whispered something along the line as “go get ‘em”.

The camera shot to a scene of Scotty’s family, sitting there practically crying over how proud they were. Then they began to stand, as Scotty began to make his way to the couch, but not without giving two of the girls a hug.

The audience still cheered on as Scotty sat down. Then Ryan went to Robby “Robby, after the nation wide vote, you, have not made the top ten, i’m sorry about that Robby” he said, as the audience began to  boo.

“(yourname), (yourname) are you okay?” you heard your sister Alana say, as she sat back down after cheering for Scotty.

Since the moment Ryan said Scotty made, you seemed to be frozen in that exact moment. Your mouth was still agape, as you could still hear Ryan say ‘Scotty, the nation has decided, that you, are in the top ten.”

“mom, i think she went into shock” Alana said, jokingly, as she began to run her fingers through your hair. Letting in a deep breath then, you looked from the TV to everyone in the room “thank goodness, she’s okay” Alana said with a laugh “he, he, he did it” you said jumping up off the couch. There was a slight pain on your head from where Alana’s fingers caught onto your hair, as you jumped up, ripping a few strands out, but you ignored it, as the smile of your stretched out ear to ear.

“(yourname), now since your best friend made it to the top 13, what are you gonna do?” your dad asked in a joking manor, holding his hand out as if he had a microphone “i’m gonna go leave him a voice mail!” you said excitedly, as you ran out of the room and up the stairs.

Shutting your bedroom door tightly behind you, you grabbed your phone out of your pocket and quickly dialed Scotty’s number. Placing it up to your ear, the deep ringing sound played in your ear, as you waited for the voicemail to come up.

After a few rings Scotty’s voice came on “Hey, this is Scotty, i’m not able to answer at the moment, so leave a message and i may get back to y’all” then there was a beep. “AHHHHHHH!” you let out your scream ‘that’s gonna scare him’ you thought, “oh my gosh Scotty, i’m so so so so so proud of you, i knew you had it in you!!!! Top 13 wow!!! this is so amazing!!! When you get the chance call me back, please! Love you! bye” you said excitedly, then pulled the phone away from your ear and pressed the end button, hanging up the call. With a smile on your face, you shoved your phone back in your pocket and headed back downstairs.

Scotty’s P.O.V

Turning the knob to the door of his hotel room, he pushed it open and stepped inside. His smile was still stretching from ear to ear, and he thought it would never come off.

With a relieved sigh, he went straight to his bed and fell onto it. “what a night” he whispered, as his family had just walked into the room “were so proud of you sweet heart” Judy said, walking over and kissing the top of his head “good job sport” Mike said, ruffling his little amount of hair “great job bro, i knew you had it in you” Ashley said, as she hopped onto his bed, giving him a hug.

“thanks you guy, this, this is just incredible” he said, looking around the room as all their smiling faces. “alright, well we’re gonna go get something to eat, we’ll be back up in a minute, okay?” Judy said sweetly. Scotty just nodded and picked up his phone. He pressed a button and realized he had one miss call.

As the door to the room clicked shut, he called his voicemail and waited a moment, then typed in his password, and placed the phone up to his ear “AHHHHHHH” was the first thing he heard come through the speaker. It made him jump slightly as he whispered ‘dagum’, but then he instantly put his phone back to his ear “oh my gosh Scotty, i’m so so so so so proud of you, i knew you had it in you!!!!” a smile arose on his face, as the sweet gentle voice of his best friend continued to talk “Top 13 wow!!! this is so amazing!!! When you get the chance call me back, please! Love you! bye” the voice mail ended then. Slowly he pulled his phone back down, and placed it on his lap. There was no trace of a smile on his lips now, just the solemn look of missing the girl he liked for years. 

Gentle he bit his lip as he began to toss his phone in the air, then catch it swiftly back in his hands. Bored with doing so, he pressed the button and slid his finger across the screen to unlock it. The sadness drifted away, as a smile replaced the frown. As he looked at the picture of his background. It was a simple picture, taken not recently at all.

“Scotty, scotty, come on already!” her voice trailed in from the hallway. Looking up from strumming his guitar, he found her standing there, in his doorway. The smile on her lightly tanned face, sent a shiver down his spine “and why should i come out, (yourname)” he said, smirking at her. She rolling her eyes, and placed her hands firmly on her hips, “you know why” she said, soft giggle passing her lips. “nope, i have no clue what you’re talking about” he said, sending a wink her way. Rolling her eyes, she stepped into the room, walking in his direction. Her american flag tank top, flowed with every step she took, as her flip flops made a clicky sound. By the way she was dressed, anyone could tell it was the middle of summer. “come on Scotty, i dont want to miss them!” she said grabbing onto his wrist and tugging on his arm, trying to get him to come, but he wouldn’t move. He loved to do this to her, the little faces she made when she was annoyed were priceless to him. But no matter what he did, he’d always made it up to her, she had that affect on him. Suddenly they heard a loud pop noise “Scotty!” she said worriedly as she looked out the window. From what she could see, their parents and friends were already starting the fire works. He chuckled once more, as he got up “come on southern belle, lets get you out there before you miss your little fire works” he said, heading out of his room “finally!” she said, running out of the room, and passing him down the stairs. Running out of the front door, she grabbed onto his hand and pulled him along with her, as they walked off the porch. “there you two are!” Judy McCreery said, “sorry, Judy, he was being stubborn” (yourname) said pushing him slightly “well get to the park you two, before you miss the fire works! we’ll be down in a bit!” Judy said, turning towards (yourname)’s mom. (yourname) tugged Scotty along in a hurried pace, not wanting to miss too much. Once they reached the park, they found their dad’s placing fire works on the ground and lighting them up. Some of them spun around, other made bright colors, and the rest made ear screeching noises. One was so loud it made Scotty cover his ears, (yourname) laughed at this “hey, it was loud!” he said “what ever you say Scotty” (yourname) laughed, as she turned back to the fire works. Minutes later, another loud one went off, but this time (yourname) jumped, and ending up wrapping her arm around Scotty “sorry” she said, blushing a deep shade of red. Having no clue what he was doing, Scotty slipped his fingers in between hers, holding onto her hand protectively. (yourname) looked at their hands, then up to him, confusion written all over her face “it’s okay, i’m here to protect you” he said smoothly, ‘thanks” she said, placing her fingers fully inbetween his. “Scotty, (yourname) look this way!” Judy said  excitedly. Turning around the two found the woman holding a camera. Still holding eachothers hand, they leaned in closer and smiled, as the flash of the camera went off.

Scotty was brought back into reality then. He looked at his phone, the screen now black. Clicking the button and unlocking it again, he looked at the picture once more. But then quickly went to his contacts, till he found her name. Just as he was about to press call, he realized it would be almost one in the morning there “well she did say call when i got the message” he said cleverly, as he placed the phone to his ear.

It rang three times before he heard a sleepy voice answer “hey beautiful, sorry to wake you” he said innocently. “it’s okay” she said stifling a yawn “here how about i let you get back to sleep” he said, “no, no, no!” she quickly interjected “why not?” he asked, curiously “i miss you” she said, sheepishly “well, then how about we talk until you fall asleep, sound good?” he asked “sounds good to me, country boy” she said, still with a sleepy voice, Scotty let out a soft chuckle, but didn’t answer “i love you Scotty” she merely said, in all honesty “i love you too, (yourname) he whispered quietly.

CHAPTER 80 FINALLY DONE!!! sorry this is extremely boring :\ but i hope you all liked it!!! please tell me what you think? (:

It’s almost been three weeks since Scotty left. And like Judy had said, in the American Idol episode of Scotty’s audition, Garner certainly did erupt. Everyone was talking about Scotty day in and day out.

Weeks ago, you thought this would be torturous to you, having to hear all about your best friend, who would be gone for months. But in reality, it wasnt too bad at all. You handled everything pretty well, joining in on conversations about how far Scotty was gonna go, how well he was gonna handle the pressure, and some of the conversations about who you think he’d be attracted to, which if you HAD to choose; you’d definitely think he’d go liking that Lauren girl.

The one thing that bugged you though, was why Scotty had to leave so early. They had only shown parts of Hollywood week, such as two solos and a group round, but that was it. And the LIVE shows werent coming until the beginning of March.

The ice clinked against the clear glass, of your cup of sweet tea, as you brought the brim up to your lips and took a quick sip. Then you carefully set it back down on the table.

You were sitting in the middle cushion, of the large sofa, in the McCreery’s house. Mr. McCreery was sitting in the recliner in the corner of the room, while your parents were sitting on the love seat, against the other wall. And the McCreery’s dog’s, Becky & Junior, were sitting right there, starring at the TV, just as the rest of you were.

The American idol logo shot across the screen, as the show came back on after commercial break. Minutes before Scotty had just finished singing his signature song, Your Man by Josh turner, and of course he made it to the next round.

But now, you watched as he helpless wondered around the place, searching for a group, for the next round of the competition. With a deep voice like his, he was getting shot down but a lot of people, this made you want to jump into the screen and make someone take him into there group, but that was impossible to do. So you just sat there, clinging to the couch, hoping for someone to take him.

It changed to a few other contestants faces, as they aimlessly wondered around, but then minutes later it was back on Scotty. Some guy, who you believe name was Jordan, asked him to sing a song, which Scotty quickly responded with ‘baby lock them doors…’ but before he could even continue, Jordan instantly said no. Scotty, being desperate to find a group then said that he could sing a different song and began to sing ‘some day, when i’m awfully low..’ but once again the guys said that “that’s just not gonna work for me. I’m sorry”. This made you grit your teeth. You wanted to scream in there faces and say “ARE YOU KIDDING ME! HE HAS TALENT! YOU ARE MAKING A VERY VERY VERY WRONG DECISION!” but once again, that was impossible to do.

And Scotty being himself, rolled his paper up to his lips and said “alright so i don’t have a group, that’s cool with me, brotha’ this made you laugh, being typical Scotty.

Everyone in the room looked at you, except for Mike, who was sorta laughing with you. Your parents just rolled their eyes and went back to watching the TV.

The group round performance didn’t happen till the next day, and you were getting nervous, even though you absolutely knew Scotty was already in the LIVE show rounds.

As scenes from the hectic night before, of hours of practicing, they showed a scene of Scotty in the corner of the room, red face from crying, as he watched his group get rid of one of the members. You could see how helpless Scotty looked and felt, but you were hoping something would change this.

By the time it was for Scotty’s group to come on stage, your knuckles were red from gripping onto the couch so hard.

The judges instantly brought up the Jacee situation, Scotty smoothly said “everythings cool” and this made you feel slightly hopeful. As Steven made a joke about the situation Scotty spoke up ‘I just wanna go on the record, and say for me personally I apologize for not sticking up for him, cause i love all of y’all, but Jacee’s the best kid in this whole competition’ and a scene of Jacee crying popped on the screen.

Your jaw was slgihtly hanging, Scotty did the right thing. “that’s my boy” you heard Mr. McCreery say proudly, but for some reason you couldn’t take your eyes off the screen, as their performance began.

And of course when Scotty made it through you began to jump and yell with joy “(yourname) calm down, please” your mom said “sorry” you mumbled, quickly sitting back down.

At this very moment you just wanted to hug Scotty, but you couldnt.

‘This whole dagum last twenty four hours have been crazy, I mean the whole Jacee thing, I mean….’ ‘i’ve never felt this way before, so i can’t really describe it, this is unbelieveable.’ Scotty said, in tears. Your eyes began to slowly tear up, and you just let them flow.

Then a week later, it was another solo song for the contestants to move to the next round. When it was time for them to talk about Scotty they did a whole little segment about the Your Man song that he apparently couldnt get out of his head. But since that song wasn’t on the list, he chose “I hope you dance” and you were getting nervous as Ryan said Scotty didn’t know the words, as scenes of Scotty having trouble with the words popped up on the screen.

‘He should know those by how many times your always singing it’ your mom said pointing to you, you just nodded and put your attention right back on the screen.

Slowly, you began to bite your nails as Scotty got on stage and began to sing.

‘I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean. I said this zone zoo talk and nuts of wonder..’ when those lines came out of Scotty’s mouth, you looked towards your parents and Mr. McCreery who were laughing, a soft giggle past your lips as you went back to watching Scotty.

‘Nang da wonger un your jeans, your fighting chance’ were the last lyrics they shown Scotty sing.

You were still laughing as you watched Scotty walk up the aisle as he began to talk and say how he thought he deserved to get cut, and how mad he was at himself. You wished Scotty would of told you this all when he was here, so you could of comforted him, but he never did.

“Time is love, gotta run, love to hang longer, but i got someone who waits, waits for me and right now she’s where i need to be….” Josh Turner’s voice, blasted through your TV speakers, causing you to quickly sit up. Looking over towards the clock on your night stand, you saw that you have doze off for half an hour.

Frantically you began to search through your blankets, until you found your unharmed phone. Pressing the button, the screen lit up, revealing three new messages. Rubbing your eye, with one hand, you clicked a few more buttons till you got to your inbox. All three messages were from Scotty.

“yeah, everythings going great, were just getting everything ready for the shows, it’s fun actually, but i wish you were here, wait even better, i wish i was there, i miss you :)” -Scotty :); 9:00 pm

“hello? you there?” -Scotty :); 9:10 pm

“well looks like someone fell asleep, wake up! I need someone to talk too! haha!” -Scotty :); 9:23 pm

Shaking your head, and softly biting your bottom lip, you opened a new text box and quickly ran your fingers across the letters.

“I’m awake! sorry :P gotta remember, different time zones now ;) and i wish you were here too, I miss you more :D haha!”

After you pressed the send button, you laid back down against your pillow and set your phone on your stomach as you starred at the TV screen.

Moments later, your phone buzz on the center of your stomach, causing you to jump slightly. Laughing at yourself, for being a bit stupid for a moment, you picked up your phone and opened the message.

“yeah, yeah, yeah i know time zones, it’s only 3 hours! and of course you miss me, who wouldn’t? ;D kidding!”

Rolling your eyes in a joking manor, you opened a new message and began to type.

“-_- you are so conceited! kidding! :P you know i love you :P haha! well, country boy, it’s getting late, and i have school tomorrow :\ i hate Mondays!”

Quickly you set your phone down and climbed out of bed, and went to get changed.

Once you were changed, you turned your bedroom light off, then walked to your bed and picked your phone back up and found a new message from Scotty

“I am applaud! and i know you hate Mondays, but i make them better. But tomorrow shouldn’t be too bad, you know what tomorrow is right?”

Biting your lip, you starred at the screen as your fingers danced across the keys.

‘umm no, am i suppose to know?’

It was barely a minute before you received another text.

‘nevermind, you’ll see, goodnight southernbelle :)’

With a smile on your face, but yet feeling slightly confused, you just clicked clear a few times until your home screen was shown, then you set your phone on your bed side table and crawled under the covers.

Once your eyes were closed, you began to slowly doze off.

Mike McCreery’s P.O.V

He ran his fingers through the white curly fur, of one of the little dogs that were sitting by him on the couch. With a slight smile on his lips, he took his hand away from the dog and rested it back o his lap.

But moments later, the dog was already curling up on his lap, softly barking at him, wanting to be petted once more. “sorry, Junior” Mike said, running his fingers through the dog’s warm coat, once again.

A soft vibration came buzzing from his pocket then. Picking the remote up, he paused the movie that was playing on the screen in front of him, then quickly pulled the phone out of his jeans pocket and glanced at the screen.

‘Call from: My Wife’ The smile on his lips got bigger as he pressed a button, then held his phone up to his ear.

“Hi hun” he said softly into the phone ”Hey sweetheart, how’s everything going there in Garner?” Judy voice rang through the other end. ”We’re holding up over here, that’s for sure, but it’s a bit lonesome, i must say” Mike said back, with a slight chuckle at the end. Judy returned the laugh ”aww, poor baby, well what i mainly called you for, well it deals with Scotty” Judy said, her voice suddenly saddened “is everything okay?” Mike asked, all serious now. “oh yes, everything is fine, but i think he’s missing you-know-who a little more than we thought” she whispered “oh, that’s not good” Mike said, understanding completely “hold on” she said.

He waited, as he suddenly heard his wife talking to his very deep voiced son, in the background.

“alright back” she said, you could hear the smile in her voice “alright, what was that about?” Mike asked, smiling himself. “Scotty wants to talk to you real quick, okay? Here he is” Judy said, right before she passed the phone to Scotty.

“dad” Scotty’s voice came through “yeah son” Mike said, relaxing back into the couch “can i ask you for a favor?” Scotty asked, worry in his voice “depends, what will i have to do?” Mike asked, sitting up in his seat, interested. “it involves (yourname)” Scotty said after a deep breath.

Mike got up off the couch and headed for the coat closet “i know where this is going, what kind?” Mr. McCreery asked, then he was out the door.

Your P.O.V

The start of an engine coming to life, woke you up. Blinking rapidly for a moment, you sat up and looked out your window. The only thing you could see was darkness, as the only light was the moon shining high and bright in the sky. A quiet yawn slipped past your lips, as you put your hand in front of your mouth to muffle the sound.

A sudden light from below caught your attention then. Looking down, you saw someone in the McCreery’s car, pulling out of the driveway. ‘Mr. McCreery’ was the name that had popped into your mind.

‘where is he going?’ was the thought you had, as you watched him drive down the street.

Still being curious, you laid back down, hoping for sleep to come back soon. And with your luck, it did, once you had closed your eyes.

—-

Your eyes twitched repeatedly, until finally they opened up. First thing you noticed was the sun light pouring into the room. With a smile playing on your lips, you stretched for a mere second, then placed your hands behind your head.

It was minutes later that you remembered you had school. Quickly you threw the covers off and turned to look at the clock, seeing that had only just turned seven in the morning, you let out a deep breath.

Swiftly, you pulled the covers away, and placed your feet on the ground. Your toes curled up against the cool carpeted floor, for a moment, then you pushed yourself up off your bed and headed towards your dresser.

Taking the stairs, two at a time, you kept your eyes on your feet, while your backpack was slung around your shoulders.

Looking up, once you had reached the bottom of the staircase, you turned and headed towards the kitchen.

Barely through the kitchen door, you stopped in your tracks, and backed up a few feet into the living, as you kept your eyes towards the far side of the room. A flash of confusion ran across your face, as you turned your body in their direction, and crossed your arms.

Sitting there on the couch, was Kyle, Chris and James, Scotty’s friends.

“what are you guys doing here?” you asked, in a confused tone. Smiles appeared on each boy’s face, as they got up off the couch and headed towards you.

Watching there every move they took, you waited for something to pop out and scare you, but there was nothing. The only strange thing was the boys had one hand behind their backs. But you didn’t pay any attention to it.

Once they were merely a few feet away from you, they pulled their hands out from behind their backs. Each revealing a white colored rose. “Happy Valentines (yourname)” they all said at once.

Suddenly everything clicked, ‘Valentines day, that’s what Scotty was talking about last night! I’m so dumb!’ you thought, as you began to softly laugh “shouldn’t you be getting your crushes these flowers, and not me?” you said, arms still crossed. “Well, you know, you’ve been there for us so much these past years, helping us with girls” James began to say “but you also been there for our brother Scotty” Chris continued “so we thought, what the heck, why not get you something for Valentines day, it’s our way to thank you” Kyle finished. By now your cheeks were a rosy red “well, i should than all of you boys” you said, as you carefully took each flower from the boys “why?” they all asked in unison “reasons” you said with a laugh, as you turned around and headed for the kitchen “mommy, can you find something i can put these in?” you asked, as you began looking around the kitchen “right there sweet heart, already have it set up” she said, pointing to a water filled vase in the center of the table “oh, thanks” you said placing the roses into it.

Turning back around, you found all the guys standing in the door way “ready to go?” Kyle asked “huh?” you asked a bit confused “were taking you to school” James said “this again?” you asked, crossing your arms. The boys just nodded “come on” Kyle said, as the three of them turned around and headed for the front door.

Looking back towards your mom, she just shrugged her shoulders, and shooed you away. Rolling your eyes, you turned back and walked out after the guys.

—-

The school day was halfway over, and you were sitting there in lunch. Looking around the room, you watched as couples were holding hands, giving each other gifts, and many other things. A smile was playing on your lips, as your eyes soon met the couple sitting in front of you, James & Clara.

“what?” Clara asked, catching your eyes on them “nothing, you guys’ are just really cute” you said, tapping your fingers against the table. Clara bit her lip and looked down “thanks” she mumbled a bit embarrassed “the cute one here is Clara” James said, quickly kissing her cheek, she looked up at him and smiled. You were having the hardest time holding back an ‘aww’, so you quickly just shoved a piece of chicken into your mouth. “well someones hungry” Kyle joked, you turned and glared at him.

Just then a buzzing sound came from under the table, looking over, you found James looking down at his phone, smile slowly appearing on his lips as he continued reading the message. Then he looked up and caught you looking at him, quickly he closed his phone and shoved it back in his pocket.

“Oh my gosh guys, James Baker, the James Baker, is texting in school” you said, putting your hand up to your mouth and making a sarcastic shocking gasp. James looked from you to everyone else who was starring at him “i don’t know what you are talking about” he said, crossing his arms and sitting back in his seat, raising an eyebrow at you. “man, who are you texting?” Kyle asked, giving James a serious look “i’ll tell ya later man, it deals with” he began to say, then he looked towards you and back to Kyle “you know what” he finished. Kyle nodded in understanding and went back to eating.

—-

Kyle pulled into your driveway, and put his car in park “well here you go” he said, resting his hands on his lap “thanks, Kyle” you said with a smile, as you un-did your seat belt “no problem” he said, sending you a smile, you returned the smile and climbed out.

Just as you were about to shut the door, you heard Kyle call your name. Opening the door farther, you stuck your head in “yeah?” you asked, curiously. He bit his lip for a moment, looked in the opposite direction, then turned back to you “nevermind” he said, smoothly. “umm okay?” you asked, confused. Then shut the door and turned to head into your house.

Shutting the front door behind you, you tossed your back pack in the recliner and turned to head upstairs “(yourname)” your mom called after you. Stopping, you pivoted in her direction “yeah?” you asked “when you open your bedroom door, be careful” she said, from the bottom of the steps “umm okay?” you asked really confused, but then kept climbing the stairs.

‘why is everyone being so weird today?’ you thought to yourself, as you reached your bedroom door. Grabbing onto the metal doorknob, you began to slowly turn it, and then slowly pushed opened the door.

Peering your head into the room, your jaw dropped slightly. As a slightly noticeable, sweet smell, filled your nose. Opening your door farther, you stepped into the room and slowly did a turn as you starred at the large vases filled with the cherry blossom’s and the pink and red carnations, that were arrange all over your room.

Walking over to your bed, you carefully sat down, as you just starred at the pink florescent colored light the flowers were giving off, and were hitting your walls.

Taking a deep breath, you fell back against your blankets, and starred up at the ceiling. Suddenly you made a strange face, as you felt something behind your back.

Sitting up, you found a light pink envelope, with your name scribbled on it. Biting your lip, you opened it up and pulled out the white folded up piece of paper. Unfolding it, you began to read it.

‘Well, (yourname) hope you liked this little surprise. I know you’re not that big a fan of the color pink, but i thought these would be nice. It’s really all thanks to my dad for setting everything up… and thanks to my mom for giving me the names of the flowers, that she thought you’d like best. Well Happy Valentines Day, I’ll see you soon.

-Scotty’

Your eyes were wide, with surprise. ‘Scotty did this for me?!? You can’t be serious’ you thought, as you looked around the room ‘that boy is sure crazy’ you thought, as you laid back down on your bed, hoping to see Scotty soon.

Faintly, you heard your mom yell your name then. “coming!” you yelled as loud as you could, as you got up off your bed and headed out of your room.

Looking over the banister, your mom was no where in site ‘she must be in the kitchen’ you thought, as you began to descend the stairs.

Reaching the first floor, you headed for the kitchen. But, your mom wasn’t there either.

Confused, you kept walking and looked out the back door, your mom wasn’t there either. Turning back around, you stopped in your tracks, as you found Kyle & Chris standing there, evil smiles on there faces, as there arms were crossed against their chest.

“umm, hi guys, who let you in” you asked, standing on your tip toes, in hopes of finding your mom standing behind them, but you gave up, after not being able to look over them.

Before they could even say anything, someone wrapped a blind fold over your eyes and quickly picked you up. “hey put me down!” you said “no way, you’ll ruin the fun!” a familiar voice said “James! Put be down now, or i’ll tell your mother” you threatened “sorry, but she already knows” he chuckled.

With a groan of frustration, you just crossed your arms and waited for what ever that was going to happen, to happen.

For the next five minutes, you were in the back seat of a car, still blind folded, and getting annoyed by the minute.

The car began to slow, and you could hear as the car was being put into park. A car door opened and you were getting excited, hoping you would be able to see soon. “have fun (yourname) see you guys tomorrow” James said, as he shut the door. Kyle rolled down the window, “you too, brotha” he said, then rolled the window back up and put the car in drive.

“where did James go?” you asked, getting nervous “he has to spend time with his girl” Chris chuckled “oh” was all you said, as you just relaxed back into your seat.

After what seemed like forever, the car slowed down to a complete stop again, but this time, the engine was turned off. Quickly you sat up, and buckled your seat belt, in hopes to get out of the car as soon as possible.

Both doors in the front opened and closed,then suddenly your door was opened. One of the boys took your hand, and began to pull you out of the car, as he placed his hand on top of your head “watch your head” he said, making you realize it was Kyle, you just nodded as you got out.

“can i take my blind fold off yet?” you asked, getting edgy “not yet.” Kyle said, now holding onto both of your hands, as he lead the way.

Only a few more steps, when Kyle stopped you “sit down” he said, nodding your head, you slowly crouched down and finally sat down. ‘a blanket?’ you thought as you ran your fingers against the grass “you can take the blind fold off now” Chris said, with a smile you removed your blind fold and looked around.

“Lake Benson” you instantly said, as you looked back up at the guys. They nodded their heads “what are we doing here?” you asked, confused. Kyle held up his finger as he turned around and ran back to the car.

Moments later, he ran back with a backpack in hand. Carefully he placed it on the blanket. “don’t touch it just yet, okay?” he asked as he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and began to dial a number, he put it to his ear and walked a few steps away.

Biting your lips, you turned you gaze towards the water, as you watched it ripple in the wind.

“yeah man, everything is almost ready here, yes she’s here, no she doesn’t know anything about it, haha yeah, just get ready alright? later” you heard Kyle softly speak into his phone, this peaked your curiosity, causing you to turn back towards the backpack, sitting before you. ‘what’s inside there?’ you thought to yourself.

Kyle turned back towards you then, he then looked to Chris “everythings good, lets get this show on the road” he said, as the two of them walked towards you.

Crouching down, Chris opened up the back pack and pulled out his laptop, ‘his laptop, whats that for?’ you thought, as he opened it up and started pressing buttons, then he faced it towards you. Kyle pulled something black out of his pocket and set it on the ground by the laptop “what is that?” you asked, looking up at him “portable wifi” he shrugged. You mouthed an ‘oh’ and then went back to looking at the laptop screen.

There was nothing on the screen, just Chris’ background, of him and some friends.

Looking up, you found Kyle on the phone once more. “everything’s set here man” he said.

Turning back to the computer screen, your eyebrows furrowed, waiting for something, then suddenly a black rectangle popped up.

You leaned in a bit closer, hoping you’d see something in the blackness.

The black began to fade as a picture began to appear. Slowly you sat back, and looked up towards Kyle “alright man, there ya go, talk to you later Scotty” Kyle sai, pressing a button on his phone then shoving it into his pocket ‘Scotty?!?’ you thought, then you turned and looked back at the screen.

Your eyes widened, as you found Scotty sitting there, looking down at his phone, then he put it back in his pocket, as he looked back up towards you. His smile brightened. Your eyes widened even more, as you looked from Scotty to Kyle and Chris, who were laughing at your expression, then turned back towards Scotty “well, look who’s getting even more beautiful everyday that i’m gone” Scotty said, winking at ya.

You just starred at him, open mouth, not knowing what to say.

Chris suddenly leaned down, into the view of the webcam “i think she’s speechless, Scotty boy” Chris said, with a laugh, then got back out of the way.

“well dagum, didn’t think ya would miss me that much” Scotty said, smile so wide on his face, it looked like it hurt. “Scotty” you finally said “in the flesh” he said with a laugh “oh my goodness, i miss you” you said smiling even bigger “i’m glad to hear that, i miss you even more” he said, getting a little closer to the webcam, you bit your lip, at how cute he was looking.

It was as if you were one of his ‘fangirls’ or something, you felt all tingly, it was a strange feeling.

“we’ll see you in an hour or so” Chris suddenly said “where you guys going?” you asked, taking your eyes off the screen “don’t worry, we’ll be around here” Kyle said with a smile “okay” you began “thank you” you finished, they just nodded and walked away.

Turning back to the screen, you found Scotty just smiling at you “what?” you asked, smiling bigger “nothing, you’re just beautiful” he said. Looking down, you blushed slightly, then looked back up “so how’s idol and everything going?” you asked, “lets not talk about that right now” he said “well then what do you want to talk about?” you asked “anything that doesn’t involve us being so far apart” he laughed, the sound caused you to smile bigger, you missed that. “well than” you said quietly, as you looked around and spotted Kyle & Chris walking around the lake “that sounds good to me” you finished, and watched as Scotty laughed quietly.

—-

‘Scotty it’s time to go back to rehearsal’ you could hear a girl in the background say, as Scotty looked up from the computer “okay, hold on” he said, turning back to the screen and smiling at you “what are you doing exactly?” the girl asked, as you suddenly found her sitting next to Scotty. That’s when you realized it was Lauren Alaina “oh my, i’m sorry, i had no clue you were videoing chatting” she said embarrassed “it’s okay” you said, smile on your face. Lauren then looked from the screen to scotty, then back to the screen, then back to Scotty “wait, Scotty isn’t she” she began to say, but Scotty had quickly covered her mouth “i’ll be in rehearsal in a few minutes. Lauren pulled away from Scotty and looked to you “nice, talking to you, (yourname)” she said with a smile “you too” you said sweetly, then she got up off the couch. You could hear her foot steps fade away.

“Scotty, how did she know my name?” you asked remembering that you never mentioned it “well, i may have said your name once or twice, or said something about you” he said, rubbing the back of his neck, nervously, “oh Scotty cooke McCreery you have some explaining to do” you said, giving him a serious look “I’ll explain everything when i get back, i gotta go now, i love you” he said, with a smile as big as it could possibly be spread across his face. Biting your lip, you began playing with your hair “i love you too, Scotty” you said, he than waved quickly and the screen went black.

Blushing like crazy, you slowly shut the lap top and looked around the lake.

Kyle and Chris were on there tenth lap around and were just a few feet behind you, standing up, and fixing your jeans, you turned and looked at them. They picked up there pace and walked over to you “chat over?” Chris asked “yeah it is” you said with a smile still plastered onto your face.

Kyle picked up the portable wifi, and then placed the laptop into the back pack, and zipped it up. He got up and handed it off to Chris.

The three of you began to walk to the car, and soon enough you were driving back home.

back in your driveway, you quickly climbed out, and shut the door. About to turn for your house, you turned back towards the guys, Chris rolled down his window, knowing that you would have something to say “yeah?” he asked “thank you” you simply said “any time” they said, as they showed off their pearly whites, you waved goodbye to them and headed towards the house.

—-

Laying there on your bed, you starred out your window. It was now pitch black outside, and you were on the verge of passing out.

Your phone suddenly vibrated in your pocket, pulling it out, you stifled a yawn and opened up the brand new text from Scotty.

‘Hey you… I miss you, i’m glad i got to see your beautiful face tonight (: Happy Valentines Day’

A smile very slowly crept onto your lips, as you read the little message over and over again. Giddily, you opened a reply box and began to type.

‘aww, well it was good to see that adorable face of yours (: Happy Valentines day to you too!’

you quickly wrote, then sent the message.

Before you knew it, your phone vibrated again.

‘adorable? nah i don’t think so, have you see my ears? :P’

Laughing softly, you quickly texted the boy back.

‘You and those dang ears of your’s! I’ve told you countless times that they are cute, and i bet you that, that will be some of your fangirls favorite thing about you! ;D’

‘yeah yeah yeah, whatever you say, and thats a lie, all they want me for is my baby blues and this voice, and my fangirls do have a name :P’

Curious as to what the name could be, you quickly texted him back.

‘oh yeah? and whats that? :)’

‘well actually i have two, McCreerians and Scotty’s Hotties, not sure which one i like better though’

You thought about the two names for a moment, then texted him back.

‘I like McCreerians, it’s unique, yet simple :)’

‘hmm me too than, well i better let you get to sleep now, night southernbelle ;D’

That little nickname, always sent a smile on your face and shivers down your back.

‘haha, alright :) night country boy

And with that being said, you put your phone on your night stand, and climbed into bed, closing yours eyes and drifting off to sleep.

CHAPTER 79 DONE! OH MY GOODNESS THIS TOOK ME LIKE A YEAR TOO WRITE, SORRY ABOUT THAT GUYS!!! (: please tell me what you think it’d me a real lot to me

It was now Monday morning. Slowly, you awoke to the little, light, seeping in through your bedroom window. Tossing over in your sheets, you glanced at the clock. It was barely a little past five in the morning. A long yawn came from your mouth, as you sat up in bed, and looked out your window. Pinks, and oranges colored the sky as the sun was just rising, then you looked over towards the familiar neighboring house, and looked into the window across from yours.

Inside, Scotty was laying there, sprawled out in his bed, sound asleep. That’s when it hit you, like a ton of boulders falling from the sky. Your heart sunk deep down inside you, as your breathing began to pick up. That’s when you realized, it was the day Scotty was leaving for the American Idol LIVE shows. Today was the last day you were going to see him and for who knows how long till he gets back.

Pushing the comforter and sheets away from you, goosebumps began to cover your skin as the cool air surrounded you. Your stomach began to heave, you felt like you were going to puke, as you quickly ran for the bathroom.

Ripping your hair back out of your face, you waited, as your gag reflex began to work. You were gagging, but yet, nothing was coming up. Not sure if you should trust this or not, you slowly stood up, with your stomach slowly beginning to stop heaving, and leaned back against the wall. And before you knew it, you were sprawled out on the smooth tiled floor, not willing to move, you just laid there, hoping that nothing would come out of your system.

Grogginess, over came you then. Your eyelids began to droop, as a sudden tiredness weighed in on your mind. You just laid there, not sure if you should try to get up and go back to your bed, or just lay there and wait for someone to come find you.

You decided on the first decision, not wanting to give anyone a sudden fright when they’d walk into the bathroom.

Gripping onto the tub, you wrenched yourself upwards, and soon enough you were on your feet. Taking each step with care, you slowly made your way out of the bathroom, down the hall and back to your room.

Shutting the door behind yourself, you quickly climbed back into your bed and pulled the covers up to your chin. Craning your head, you looked up at the clock and realized it was almost six thirty ‘has all that time really passed?’ you thought, then just shrugged and turned to look out the window.

The oranges and pinks were now brighter than ever as they were surrounded by the different shade of blues, while the sun was almost in full view now.

Inside the house next door, Scotty was still sound asleep in his bed, but he seemed to be handing halfway off the side, this made a smile creep onto your face, as your eyelids slowly closed, and darkness over came you as you were slowly pulled under.

The next thing you knew, you were practically being dragged out of your bed, by your mom. “no! i don’t wanna go!” she yelled “and why not?” your mom asked, tearing away your sheets “because” you said firmly, pulling your sheets back over your head. Crossing her, arms she shook her head then turned her attention towards the window.

A minute later, her arms slowly dropped as she looked down towards you “is that why?” she asked, pointing out towards the window “is what?” you asked, trying to stall her “is the reason why you don’t want to go to school, because so you don’t have to see Scotty on his final day here in Garner?” she asked, sitting down at the end of your bed “n-no” you stuttered out “(full name) that’s not how things work in this house, this is going to come to a stop right now” she said, as she quickly got up and ran out of the room. Starring at the door, you sat there, wondering what she was about to do.

Minutes later you were back to laying down in your bed, head covered by your pillow and blankets pulled up to your chin. But when the door made the slightly creak as it opened, you shot right up and looked over. You furrowed your eyebrows, as you found Scotty standing there, leaning up against the frame. Trying to ignore him, you fell back down, curled up into a tiny ball and shut your eyes so tightly you felt like you’d never open them again.

“rise and shine (yourname) get up, get dressed, and come on, we have to get to that wonderful building of education” Scotty said, as he walked over and sat down at the foot of your bed. Opening your eyes, you looked to see where he was, and once you spotted him, you picked up your pillow and chucked it at him. “well aren’t you a grumpy gus, this morning” he said placing the pillow back onto the bed “i’m a girl” you mumbled into your sheets “well pardon me, negative nancy” he said with a chuckle to follow. Siting up, you glared at him, as you crossed your arms “what do you want?” you asked, eyes piercing into his. “it’s not what i want, it’s what you want” he said scootching a bit closer to you “huh?” you asked, confused. “(yourname), youre too easy to read, i can see that you don’t want me to go but then i can also see that you want me to go, so what do you want me to do, stay or go?” he asked, grabbing onto your hand. You looked down at your guys’ hands, and watched has he held onto your hand tightly “I, I, I want you to go” you said, smile on your face as you looked back up at him “you sure?” he asked “definitely” you said, with a real smile on your face “alright then, well come on we have to get to school” he said, getting up off your bed and pulling you with him “fine” you groaned, as you walked over to your dresser drawers “be out there in the next fifteen minutes, or i’m leaving you here” he said, as he walked out of the room and began closer your door “good, i hope you do” you said barely above a whisper.

With your back pack firmly on your shoulders, you were walking down the school hall way, with Scotty by your side.

Walking into first period, you quickly took your seat, towards the back of the room, Scotty sat down in the seat in front of you “are you okay? You look a little pale” he said, worried “yeah, i’m fine” you said, half way lying. You weren’t feeling okay, you felt like you were going to pass out at any second from exhaustion, but other than that, you were sure you were fine. “alright” he said, but before he could continue the bell rang, he got up from the seat and walked out of the room, to head to his first period class.

Minutes later the class began, you sat there tapping your pencil against your open notebook as you starred out the window. The birds that were perched in the tree, outside the class room window, were singing a happy tune. This bugged you, how was every one else able to be happy, and you had to be stuck with this bad mood.

And before you ever realized, you were venting into your notebook, as the class dragged on.

The next three classes passed, and you were finally in fifth period.

‘just this class, and then i’ll be seeing Scotty’ you thought to yourself, as you took a seat. Pulling out your notebook, you looked towards the board to see if there were any notes that needed to be copied, but there were none. Looking around, there was no teacher in site.

You watched as all the other students just chatted along with each other. Waiting for class to start, you began tapping your fingers against your desk, as you turned around every so often to see if the teacher was about to walk into the room, but he never came, everytime you looked.

Half way through the period, you began to feel tired, as your stomach did summer salts, inside you. Slowly, you lowered your head, and rested it on your hand, in hopes your teacher would show up soon.

Just as you felt like your eyes were about to close, the teacher walked into the room. “sorry i’m late class” he said in an enthusiastic voice. Quickly you raised your hand “ahh, yes (yourname)” he said, pointing towards you “can i go to the bathroom?” you asked, he nodded his head. Getting up pout of your seat, you collected your things and walked out of the room. 

Walking down the dim lit hallway, you kept your eyes on covered walls, and as you approached the show case, you slowed down to complete stop.

You starred at the trophies resting there, showing the pride of Garner Magnet Highschool. Everyone could tell, by just looking at these shiny sculpted pieces of metal, that sports were a big part of the school.

Then slowly you began to walk again, as you looked at the sports team pictures. You came to a halt, as you reached the last seasons baseball picture. You looked at each boys face, all too serious in a way. Then you stopped at Scotty’s face, serious but yet a smile on the verge of showing. This caused you to smile slightly, and just as you were about to touch the glass of the picture frame, the bell rang throughout the hallway, causing you to jump slightly.

Students began to run out of classrooms, in hopes of getting to the cafeteria. Shaking your head slightly, you just adjusted the strap of your backpack on your shoulder and turned in the other direction and walked down the hallway.

Stepping foot into the cafeteria, you took in the energy around you. Everyone seemed fairly in good moods, you couldnt help but have this change your mood.

Reaching the usual table, you took your seat next to Scotty. “hey” he said, lightly nudging your arm “hey’ you said, quietly, biting your lip “you seem in a better mood” he pointed out “yeah, actually i am” you said, meeting his eyes.

“Scotty, you’re not gonna go all Hollywood on us, are ya?” James asked from across the table “nah, brotha, my feet are glued to the ground and staying there” Scotty said, smacking the table with his hand. “wait, what are you guys talking about?” Clara asked, looking towards James, who, you could see, holding her hand under the table “oh you didn’t know? Scotty tried out for American idol” James said, beaming a smile towards her “oh no i didn’t, i havent watched that show in awhile” she said, shrugging “Well you definitely should now, Scotty’s going onto the LIVE shows now!” James said excitedly “well good luck Scotty!” Clara said, excitedly “thank ya” Scotty said, gratefully.

The talk about American idol dimmed down, as you all just switched to different topics or began eating.

And before you knew it, you were walking down the tiled hallway to your sixth period class.

As soon as you took a seat, you rested your head on your arms, praying that the class would end before it even starts. You could hear the teacher walk to the front of the class room, so you decide to seat up, so you wouldn’t get in trouble.

“alright class today were gonna go over” but before the teacher could continue speaking the telephone rang “talk quietly” he said, as he swiftly walked over to phone and quickly picked it up.

Slowly, you laid you head down once more, closing your eyes this time, hoping that you’d fall asleep and would wake up in your bed. “(yourname) you heard your teacher suddenly said. Sitting up, you looked at him, he gestured for you to come over.

Every one in the room was starring at you as you picked up your things and walked over to him “they want you in the office” he said, opening the door for you “okay” you said a bit confused, but just left the room quickly.

As you walked down the hall, you kept your eyes on the tiled floor below you feet, not wanting to get distracted by the things hanging on the wall.

Turning the knob to the office, you walked in and one of the secretaries looked up at you, with a questioning look “i’m (full name)” you said, sheepishly “please take a seat” she said, pointing to one of the chairs, against a wall. Looking over in that direction, you found Scotty sitting there, waiting.

Taking a seat by him, you set your stuff on the floor “whats going on?” you whispered to him “not sure” he said with a shrug. You two sat there in silence then.

Minutes later, the office doors opened, looking up you found your mom and Mrs. McCreery walking in. About to stand up, you stopped as your mom held one finger up towards you, you sat there, waiting as she walked over and signed something then Judy signed the same thing and then the two motioned for you guys to come. Standing up, you both followed your moms out of the office and the school.

“scotty, take you and (yourname) home in your truck, alright?” Mrs. McCreery asked. Scotty nodded and you both got in.

The car turned into Scotty’s family driveway and you both quickly got out. “honey, put your back pack inside and then come next door, alright?” your mom said, from the McCreery’s front porch, you nodded and quickly ran up the front steps to your house.

Opening the door, since it was already unlocked, you walked inside and tossed your back pack onto the couch, then you turned right around and ran out of the house.

Running across the yard, and up the front porch of the McCreery’s house, you stood there for a moment and tried to think if you should knock or walk right in. Not wanting to be rude you decided to knock, but once your fist was about to come in contact with the wood, the door opening, revealing Scotty on the other side. He just lightly chuckled, and stepped aside, allowing you to come in.

Walking through the house, you found everyone sitting there in the living room. Looking around at everyone, as they talked, you quickly took a seat on one of the empty couch cushions, Scotty sat down next to him, and you couldn’t help but smile at him.

After a few seconds of just looking at each other, you quickly turned away and looked over towards the blank tv. “so why did you take us out of school early?” Scotty asked the question that you were wondering yourself “well, sweet heart, we just thought maybe, you like to spend time with all of us before you and me left”  Judy said, brilliant smile shining on her face, Scotty nodded his head in understanding.

“how was school?” Mr. Mccreery suddenly asked, after a few moments of silence “good, it was good, in chorus they made me a cake, it was in the shape of a boot” Scotty said, bright smile on his face while he starred down at his hands “was it any good?” your dad asked “yeah, actually it was” Scotty said, looking up at them.

A few hours later, Mrs. Mccreery finally got up off the couch and picked up her purse. “where are you going mom?” Scotty asked, looking at her confused “well i thought maybe we all could go to bojangles, since you know Scotty, there isnt a bojangles in California” she said “what! there isn’t?” he said “mom get your money ready, i’m gonna buy everything there!” he said, getting up off the couch and running out of the house. “that boy and his chicken” you said, shaking your head as yo followed everyone out of the house “well you gotta admit, that is some good chicken” Ashley said, as she walked next to you “got that right” you said, walking down the porch steps. Looking in the driveway, you found Scotty standing by his truck “(yourname) wanna ride with me?” he asked, hoping for a yes. Looking towards you parents, to see if it was okay, they nodded their heads, you thanked them and then turned towards scotty “sure” you said, walking over to the truck and getting in.

Scotty pulled out of the driveway, after his parents and yours had.

“lets take a different route today” he said, as he suddenly took a turn. You knew for a fact that the ride to bojangles was gonna be longer now, since he had made the turn, but you didn’t care.

Starring down at your hands, resting in your lap, you bit your lip, and looked up at Scotty, who had one hand on the steering will, and the other resting on the seat. It took him a moment before he realized you were looking at him, but once he did, he smiled. “what?” he asked, looking at you for just a second, then looking back towards the road. “promise me something?” you asked, smiling slightly “depends, what is it?” he asked, as he came to a stop sign. “promise me” you began, but stopped “promise you what?” Scotty asked, as he got closer to you “promise me, that you won’t forget about me” you said, quickly looking down.

Scotty grabbed your hand, safely in his. Quickly you looked up “there is no way i could forget you, it’s impossible” he said, while his blue eyes burned into yours “okay” was all you could say. Scotty slowly began to lean in then, and so did you. Just inches apart, a car behind you suddenly honked, causing you and Scotty to quickly separate. You both quietly laughed, as Scotty sped forward, while he still held onto your hand.

Pulling into the Bojangles parking lot, Scotty instantly spotted his parents car, parked in the nearest parking space towards the building. Turning the truck into the space right next to his parents car, Scotty pulled his hand away from yours, as he turned off the engine and then looked towards you “ready?” he asked, unbuckling his seat belt “ready? as in to see you stuff yourself with so much bojangles that you’ll burst, well then i guess so!” you said, with a little giggle as you unbuckled your seat belt and climbed out.

“well missy, i betcha that you’ll eat just as much as i will” Scotty said, as he met you at the front of the truck “not gonna happen” you said, as Scotty opened the door and held it opened for you, you thanked him, then walked inside.

“well ya know, since this will be the last time you’ll be eating bojangles with me in who knows how long, you might as well eat as much as you can!” Scotty whispers, as you guys stand there for a moment, in search of your family. “fine” you mumbled, and began to walk to the back of the restaurant, where you found the McCreery’s and your parents and sister, already digging in. “Scotty, yours & (yournames) food is right there” Mr. McCreery said, after swallowing a bit of biscuit. “thanks” you and Scotty both said, as you took a seat in the booth across from the parents.

Sitting there, on the table, was the largest order of bojangles, you’ve probably ever seen. There was four large cups of bojangles sweet tea, five boxes of fried chicken, two boxes of biscuits, and three bo berry biscuits.

Looking up from the food, you laughed, as you found Scotty starring at the food, practically drooling. “Scotty, you got a little something right there” you said, pointing at your lip “huh?” he asked, wiping his hand across his lip “yeah, there, you got the drool away” you said laughing “ha, ha, very funny, now come on i’m hungry, lets eat!” he said, as he began to dig in.

Some time later, Scotty and you were walking back to his truck, belly’s full of food, and arms filled with the extras that you absolutely weren’t able to eat. Opening the passenger side door, Scotty helped you in, even though he knew you were capable of doing it yourself. “thanks” you whispered, he shut the door and leaned in through the open window “youre welcome” he whispered back, as he winked at you then quickly pulled away and walked to his side. You watched as he opened the door and climbed in, then he buckled up and turned the engine on. “what?” he asked, realizing you were looking at him “nothing” you said, shrugging your shoulders “alright than” he said, shaking his head, but smile still placed on his face. Biting your lip, you looked ahead, as you relaxed into your seat, while Scotty pulled out of the parking space. 

Looking around, you realized the McCreery’s & your family, were long gone. ‘those men sure know how to get away’ you thought about your dad and Mr. McCreery. And soon enough Scotty was speeding off down the road.

The wind whistled through the open window of the truck, as the sun began to fade down. Laying your arms on the door of the truck, you rested your chin there, and watched as you zoomed past houses, the wind began to blow harder, causing your hair to fly all over the place. “you need to put a warning on that hair of yours” Scotty said suddenly “huh?” you asked, looking at him, as you furrowed your brows. “the wind blew your hair into my face, i couldnt see for a moment, it was scary!” Scotty said, in a joking tone “ha, ha, ha, very funny, you need to get a warning sign on that mouth of yours” you joked. “why? is it because they swoon over it?” Scotty asked, smug smile on his face, as he pulled the truck into the driveway. “no, it’s because you sound like youre fifty, you’ll scare those girls away!” you joked, getting out of the truck. “okay that was harsh” he said, getting out of the truck himself “well if you can’t take the heat, then stay out of the kitchen” you said, winking at him and beginning to head for his house.

The sound a boots pounding against the ground made you want to run. But just as you were about to take that first step, his arms were already around your waist, picking you up in his arms. Once you were locked in his grip, he smiled at you, then began to spin out of control. You couldn’t even scream, your voice was gone, the sound was coming from Scotty, who was laughing out of control.

You were guessing he was starting to get dizzying. Because he began to wobble as he spun, then suddenly, he lost his footing and came crashing to the ground. In that second all you could think was ‘oh no, he’s gonna land on me, this is gonna hurt’ and you braced yourself for the pain.

But when you actually did fall, there was no pain at all. Opening your eyes, you looked over and realized you were on top of Scotty, he must of known that he was going to land on you, so at some point, he must of spun around, so that you would’ve landed on him, instead.

“you alright?” he asked “yeah, i’m fine” you whispered, looking at him, deeply in the eyes. He began to sit up slowly, so carefully you got up off him, but just sat there in the grass. “you sure?” he asked, leaning in closer to you. You opened your mouth to speak, but nothing came out, so you quickly just nodded.

Blood flowed to your cheeks, staining them pink, as you realized Scotty would look from your eyes, to your lips, then back to your eyes. He then began to slowly lean in. But you just sat there, still, not moving, and in your head, you could only think was of him leaving.

When you were almost able to touch his nose with yours, the front door suddenly opened. “Scotty! (yourname)! Come on in you two, it’s getting cold out there!” Judy yelled, if she knew what was about to happen, she wouldn’t of yelled to you guys, you knew that for sure, but it was too dark to see anything. “okay!” you yelled, once you found your voice again, as you got up. “dagum” you heard Scotty quietly whisper to himself, as you two headed in for the house, you just smiled to yourself, not going to say a word.

Walking into the living room, there was no one in there, you were guessing everyone was in the kitchen. “wanna watch a movie?” Scotty asked, looking at you “sure, what movie?” you asked, taking a seat on one of the couch cushions. Scotty crouched down, as he scanned the movies, then he pulled one out and stood back up “how about Remember the Titans?” he asked looking from you, to the DVD in hand. “sure” you said, smiling.

Judy walked into the room then “can you two watch that in Scotty’s room? Your parents want to see something on tv real quick” Judy said, smiling at you with her sweet smile “oh yeah, sure we can” you said, standing up and looking at Scotty “if it’s alright with him that is” you said, wanting to make sure “yeah, come on” he said, flipping the movie in his hand, then running for the stairs.You quickly followed behind.

Walking into his room, you jumped onto the bed, and got comfy, as he went and put the movie in. Once it was in, and he hit play, he walked over to the bed and sat down by you, placing his arms behind his head.

“Everywhere we go, everywhere we go, people wanna know, people wanna know, who we are, who we are, so we tell them, so we tell them” Scotty and you say along with the movie, suddenly Scotty stands up on his bed and begins to jump up and down “scotty what are you doing!” you said “oh come on, stop being stubborn and have some fun” he says grabbing your hand and pulls you up “fine!” you say jumping up and down on the bed along with him “we are the titans, we are the titans, mighty mighty titans, mighty mighty titans,who ha oh yeah” you two finish yelling, then you both jump up off the bed and land on the floor, with a loud thud. “oops” you both whisper “Scotty Cooke McCreery what is going on up there?” Judy yelled up the stairs. Scotty stood up and ran to his door, and opened it “oh nothing, (yourname) just fell off the bed! You know how clumsy she is!” Scotty yelled back. “alright! tell her to be more careful!” Judy yelled back up “i will!” Scotty yelled back down, then shut his door and turned around. You were standing there, hands on your hips, glaring at him “what?” he asked “next time don’t blame something on me that was your job” you said, lightly pushing his shoulder, then turning around and going to lay back down on the bed “hey you’ve fallen off my bed like twice already! You know that saying, third times a charm, so i might as well of said it!” he said, while laughing as he laid down by you “well i think its your turn” you said, trying to push him off the bed, but you gave up after a few seconds of getting no where. He just laughed, and placed on arm around your shoulder, as he turned to look at the TV.

Scotty’s P.O.V

The credits rolled on the screen, as the movie ended. Removing his arm from (yourname), who fell asleep some time ago, he got up off the bed and walked over to the tv, to take the disc out. As he pressed the open button, and the disc came out, a sound from behind him caught his attention. Turning around, he found (yourname) mumbling something in her sleep, he just laughed, and turned back to the tv. He took the disc out, then placed it back in the case and turned his TV off.

Walking back over to his bed, he sat on the end of it, and just watched (yourname) for a moment, as she began to toss in her sleep. Once again, he couldnt help but laugh. “well i guess its time to make sure i got everything” he said, walking over to the corner of his room, and grabbing his suitcase. He then placed it in the middle of his room, and sat down. Opening it up, he pulled out the list of items, that his mom had suggested for him to write, and began to go through everything in the suitcase.

After pulling everything out then putting it all back in, Scotty zipped his suitcase up, and pushed it to the side. Looking up towards the bed, he smiled as he found (yourname) still asleep. Her hair was all over the place, with her mouth slightly hanging open, but he couldn’t help but think this was cute. Slowly he got up and sat back down on the bed.

A light knock sounded on his door then “come in” Scotty said, looking towards the door. The wooden door creaked open, revealing Mr. McCreery on the other side. “it’s time to go, Scotty” Mr. McCreery said, Scotty could hear the crack in his fathers voice, but he didn’t say anything about it. “alright, can you take my suitcase? I’m gonna carry (yourname) out to the truck” Scotty said “why?” Mr. McCreery asked, but still taking the suitcase in his hand “you know how much she hates these kinda things, a silent car ride would make it worse for her, so i’m just going to wake her up when we get there” he said, turning to face (yourname) “alright, see you out there” Mike said, turning out the door.

Putting his arms under (yourname)’s knees and behind her back, he lifted her up, and easily carried her out of the room. He carried her down the hallway, and even carefully down the stairs.

Reaching the bottom of the steps, everyone was standing in the living room “ready?” Judy asked, Scotty just nodded and headed out the front door.

Mr. McCreery had the back door opened already, so Scotty carefully placed (yourname) in, then climbed in himself. Quickly he buckled her up, then buckled himself up and got ready for the ride.

The quiet rides were always the hardest part, he could never tell what anyone was thinking, but it’d be a bit better, since (yourname) was sleeping and he wouldnt have to look at her tear filled eyes for another twenty minutes. In that time he would be able to prepare himself for this, so he just sat back in his seat and starred up at in the moon, as they drove down the street.

“we’re here” Mr. McCreery said, as he shut the engine off. Scotty came back out of his day dreams, realizing they were at the airport. He took a deep breath, as he turned towards (yourname) and gently shook her shoulder “(yourname) wake up” Scotty whispered. Her eye lids flickered for a moment, then they opened fully. She looked around, confused of course “scotty” she began to say, but Scotty held his finger up to his lips and made a shh-ing sound “we’re at the airport, come on” he said, motioning for her to follow.

She got out and followed everyone into the airport. Scotty could see the pain running through her, but she was being strong this time, stronger than she ever was before.

With suitcase in one hand, he reached for her hand with his open one. She looked up at him, once he had a hold of her hand, it wasn’t in the relationship lovey dovey kinda hand holding, it was int he reassuring kinda way. “thanks” she whispered, holding onto his hand even tighter “no problem” he whispered back, then looked ahead.

Minutes later, after going through the whole process, it was time for Scotty to board the plane.

“bye dad, i’ll see you soon, okay?” Scotty asked, giving his dad a hug “see you soon son! the house is gonna be lonely with out you and momma” he said, hugging his son back tightly “i know, but you have Ash to keep you company” Scotty said, as he moved on to his big sister “only when im not away at college” she said, pulling her brother into a hug “just keep him as much company as you can, love you” Scotty said hugging her back “i will”. He then moved onto Mr. & Mrs. (lastname), “i’ll see you guys soon” Scotty said, hugging Mrs. (lastname) and then bumping his fist with Mr. (lastname) “sure will, we’ll be rooting for ya” Mr. (lastname) said “thank ya” Scotty said.

Then, he moved onto (yourname). She was starring at the ground, not wanting to meet his eyes. “(yourname)” Scotty said, and reluctantly she looked up at him. His blue eyes looked deeply into hers. “yes?” she asked “i’ll miss you” he said, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand “i’ll miss you too, country boy” she whispered as she hugged him, calling him the little nickname she gave him years ago “not as much as i’ll miss you, southern belle” he said, hugging her tighter. They pulled away then, “scotty come on, we gotta go now” Judy said. He looked from her, to his dad, sister, Mr. & Mrs. (lastname) then to (yourname), his eyes stayed locked with hers. “bye” he whispered to all of them, as he slowly began to step back.

He turned away and began to walk with his mom. The thought of (yourname) looking at him with those eyes, sent a shiver down his spine. He turned his head, and found her still starring at him, then he looked at his mom, she turned to look at him “go ahead, hun, i’ll be waiting right here” she whispered, knowing what he wanted to do. He nodded his head and turned around, and ran back to (yourname).

“Scotty, what are you doing?” (yourname) whispered. He didn’t say anything, he just gently (yourname)’s chin, and kissed her.

Your P.O.V

A shiver slid down your spine, as your lips came in contact with Scotty’s. It was a soft gently kiss, but had more passion then the other two kisses you and Scotty shared. One part of you was thinking ‘seriously Scotty, You had to kiss me, now? When you’re going off to idol, these next four months are gonna be torture, you stupid, stupid boy’ but another part of you was yelling ‘SHUT UP STUPID AND JUST ENJOY It! THOUSANDS OF GIRLS ARE GONNA WANNA KISS THIS BOY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO JUST BE HAPPY!’ The two thoughts were fighting each other, you didn’t know if you should just enjoy it and move on, or be angry with this blue eyed country boy kissing you right now.

Slowly he pulled away, but pulled you into a hug, and held you there, for a moment or two. “Scotty come on” Judy called. He looked at her, then back to you. He bent down and kissed you quick, then looked you in your eyes “i love you” he whispered, then without waiting for a reply, he turned back around and ran off to his mom.

“I love you too, Scotty” you whispered as you watched him go off to bigger and better things.

Chapter 78 done! really truly hope you guys liked it! Happy Valentines day <3 please give me feedback, it’d mean a real lot to me <3 

Turning the key in the ignition, the atmosphere became quiet, as the music died down in the truck. Scotty looked over at you, you turned to him, meeting his eyes “ready?” he asked, you nodded “mhm” and then started unbuckling your seat belt. 

Adjusting your dress, Scotty was already out of the truck and at your door, he opened it for you and held his hand out. Graciously, you took it, with a hint of a smile on your lips, and he helped you out of the truck.

Slamming the truck door shut and without letting go of your hand, Scotty and you made your way towards the building “did i tell you how beautiful you look?” he said, slowing his pace down “i think you may have mentioned it” you said, biting your lip and looking briefly down at the ground “well i’m gonna tell you as many times as i possible can tonight” he said with a wink “and why would you wanna do that?” you asked, slowing down your pace a bit more “cause i know for a fact that once you step through those doors, you will be comparing yourself to every single girl in room, and i just want you to feel beautiful” he said, squeezing your hand lightly “Scotty, you truly are a charmer, whoever you end up marrying will be one lucky girl” you said, lightly nudging him, he just shook his head and laughed “come on, let get in there” he said, pulling you lightly.

The colorful lights flashed over you and Scotty, as you stepped through the doors, as the music bumped through the speakers. And like Scotty had mentioned only moments ago you began to look at every single girl, in there glitter covered dresses, in the room “hey look at me” Scotty whispered into your ear. Turning to look at him, you saw how he was only inches away from you “don’t pay attention to the other girls, you’re beautiful and thats all you need to think about” he said, as he began to pull you across the dance floor, over to your guys’ friends in the corner of the room.

“well look who it is the two in blue” James said, once you guys were in hearing distance. “who? Where?” Scotty asked sarcastically, as he spun around in circles, repeatedly. Covering your mouth with your hand, you tried to control your laughter, as you quietly walked over towards some of the girls. Scotty stopped and once he realized you were busy he began to talk to some of the guys.

“yo (yourname) love the boots” James said, you did a swift turn and looked at him “oh thanks, you know i just thought it completed the look, dontcha think?” you asked him “definitely” he said with a wink, then turned to look at the other guys.

Rolling your eyes, you turned back to face the girls, they were all smiling at you “what?” you asked “you did the cowboy boots for Scotty didn’t you?” Jordan asked “maybe” you said, lightly rubbing your arm.

“why didn’t you compliment my shoes? Don’t you think they complete my outfit?” Kyle said loudly. All you girls turned to look “well you know, i guess” James said nervously “thanks, boo” Kyle said putting his arm around James’ neck, then pulling his head down and quickly rubbing his knuckle against James’ hair, giving him a noogie. Laughter came over the whole group “man, cut it out, you’re not my type” James said trying to get out of Kyle’s clutch “but, but but” Kyle began to say “dude come on, the girls are watching” he said, finally getting away. Quickly he walked over to Clara and place his arm around her waist “come on?” James asked, looking at Clara, who nodded and the two began to walk away, but not without everyone hearing him say “i guess i’m just too irresistible”.

“oh my goodness, he certainly is one strange guy” you said turning towards the other girls, they all nodded vigorously. “i’d have to agree” you heard that familiar deep voice say. Looking up, Scotty was standing there looking at you “wanna get something to drink with me?” he asked, nodded towards the refreshments “sure” you nodded. He slipped his arm around your neck as you slipped your behind his back and you both walked towards the drinks.

Taking the plastic cup from Scotty, you took a sip of the fruity drink. Looking away from Scotty for a moment, you scanned the room, and instantly spotted Clara and James dancing together, a smile softly slipped onto your face “what are you smiling about?” Scotty asked, then taking a sip of his drink “nothing really, just don’t you think James and Clara are so cute together?” you asked, pointing them out on the dance floor “well i guess so” Scotty shrugged, then took another sip of his drink “oh come on! look at them, the way they look at each other, the way they act towards each other, it’s all so cute!” you gushed “i’m not a girl, so i don’t get all hyped up over this lovey dovey stuff, but for your benefit i will say, yes it’s cute, okay?” he asked tossing his empty cup into the garbage “fine, now come, lets see if i can teach you how to dance” you said, grabbing onto his wrist and pulling him out onto the dance floor.

As the music bumped through the speakers Scotty just stood there “oh come on, show me those McCreery moves of yours” you said, grabbing onto his shoulders and shaking him, he jokingly rolled his eyes and then began to do what looked like to be the robot, but yet was a very failed attempt “hahah! okay, no, none of that!” you said between laughs as you tried helping him dance, even though you werent much of a dancer yourself.

Clara/James’ P.O.V

“man, i really gotta thank (yourname)” James whispered, not meaning to say it out loud. “what was that?” Clara asked, scrutinizing James “what?” James asked, confused “what did you say about (yourname)?” she asked, getting slightly closer to James “oh, i said how i need to thank her” he said, shrugging “why?” Clara asked, being on the edge of confusion “well she’s the one that helped with this whole asking you out” he said, blushing for a brief second “aww, well speaking of (yourname), her and Scotty are looking over here right now” Clara said, pointing across the room. James looked over in there direction and instantly spotted the two just standing there, smiles on their faces looking in their direction, but once they realized they were being watched they looked in completely opposite directions and turned around. This had caused James & Clara to laugh “just looking at those two makes it seem like they’ve known each other their entire lives” James said, between laughs “what, they haven’t?” Clara asked, “nope, here lets go over there and i’ll tell you the story” James said, pointing over towards the far corner, Clara nodded and the two quickly walked over there. Passing (yourname) & Scotty, who had confused looks plastered to their faces, along the way.

Pulling a chair out from the table, he gestured her to take a seat, which she quickly did. James then sat down in the seat closest to her. “well, see, she moved here when she as ten, i think she was from the north, she’s told me many times, but i can’t remember, and well, um” by now Clara was looking at him so intently that James had got lost in her eyes “well, umm, uhh, wow, you have really pretty eyes” James said, sweetly “thank you, now come James pay attention and tell me the story, please?” Clara asked, biting her lip gently “alright, sorry” he said, sitting up and shaking it head quickly to focus once again “It was one hot July day, the summer before fifth grade. I was at the baseball field, warming up and Scotty was no where in site, and me being only ten was getting worried because he was my partner for all our practice drills. The coach was calling us in to play a quick practice game, when suddenly Scotty came running down the field, duffel bag swinging all over the place, we all seriously thought he was going to fall at any moment, but he never did. He quickly threw the bag in the dug out and came running towards the coach and you could hear his little high pitched voice say ‘sorry coach, i couldnt find my mit’ and the coach just quickly patted his back and sent him towards are way.” James stopped speaking for a moment to take a breath, while Clara eagerly urged him to continue “well soon enough practice was over and we were all getting our stuff around, i ran up to Scotty after i finished getting everything together, because i was going to his house to hang out, like we always did and once he saw me, he began to speak in a rush ‘man, guess what, i got a new neighbor’ and i simply asked who and then i could barely understand him at how fast he was talking ‘it’s a girl, i havent talked to her yet, but i seen her playing in her back yard, my parents met hers, and Ashley met her older sister, but i havent met her yet’ and seeing him being all excited i hurried him up and told him maybe that she was still out there, so he got really excited and we ran to his mom’s car and drove away” James stopped talking as he watched (yourname) and Scotty walk past them, Clara was getting a little bit excited as she started bouncing in her chair and once the two were out of ear shot James went right back into his story “so we got to his house, and decided to toss the baseball in his back yard, in hopes that whoever this ‘mystery’ girl would be there. Well we got out there, and she was there, sitting on her porch, looking around he backyard. So trying to get her attention me and Scotty began to toss the ball and saying things like ‘good job, Scotty! You’re gonna be an allstar one day’ or ‘James great throw, brotha’ and so on. Well then suddenly i got this idea, i took a step back and chucked the ball so hard, that it went over Scotty’s head and practically landed at the feet of the girl, Scotty’s eyes widened as if he was like a deer in headlights and he ran over to me and started freaking out, i must admit it was pretty funny he was like ‘dude how am i gonna get that ball now, i’m  not gonna go talk to her, i you crazy!’ but the funny thing was, this whole time he was going crazy, behind him i could see her get up off her porch, and pick up the ball, she was twirling it in her fingers as she slowly walked over to us, she was definitely shy” James said, before taking another breather “she doesn’t seem like the shy type” Clara quickly commented “trust me she is, but then when she was only a few feet away from us she said ‘excuse me’ in her ‘sweet little northern accent’ as Scotty would say back then. Well then Scotty turned around and looked at her, i bet he still remembers the exact outfit she was wearing, and trust me her hair was really long, and all Scotty said was ‘yeah?’ and me and Scotty both could see the cute smile form on her face, as she took a few steps closer to us, then she held out her hand with the ball in it, towards Scotty and said ‘i think this belongs to you’ and Scotty took it and all he said was ‘thanks’ and she nodded and turned around to walk back, but then he looked at me and i pushed him towards her, and him being him he stumbled all over his feet and fell to the ground just behind her, and then she turned around and looked down at the ground and quickly bent over ‘are you okay?’ she asked and he just nodded and quickly got up, and then he was like ‘I’m Scotty’ and held his hand out to her, and she shook it and said ‘I’m..’ but then her dad opened the back door, and said ‘bud, time to come eat’ so she quickly pulled her hand away and ran up the porch steps and Scotty looked from her to me and then back to her and was like ‘wait what’s your name?’ and she turned around, ran towards the steps and yelled back ‘you’ll have to find out for yourself, Scotty’ and began to head for the door and then the next few words that came out of his mouth started their friendship, and all he said was ‘alright, i’ll see you later then, southern belle’ and thats how they met” James said, shrugging his shoulders and leaning back in his chair ‘aww thats cute, but how did he ever find out her name?” Clara asked, leaning in closer towards James. He took a deep breath then leaned in himself “well I think it was the last day of summer and (yourname) and Scotty were hanging out in their backyards, i think they were tossing a foam football around and he was trying to get her to say her name, but she wouldn’t budge and then her mom came out and (yourname) quickly ran out the porch to go inside, for dinner or something and Scotty asked again and she looked towards him and asked why he wanted to know and i think he said something like ‘because i’d like to know the name of my future best friend’ and then she smiled and was like ‘my names (yourname), (full name)’ and then she ran into the house, thats everything i know” he finished, she smiled and pushed a piece of hair out of her eyes “wow, from how they look though, it seems like theyve been best friend since they were born” Clara whispered, as she looked across the room towards the two sitting at a table. Suddenly a familiar soft melody filled the room “wanna dance?” James asked, as he stood up and held his hand out, Clara nodded and took his hand, he lead her out to the dance floor.

Your P.O.V

“Everytime our eyes meet, this feeling inside me, is almost more than i can take, and baby when you touch me, i can feel how much you love me, and it just blows me away…” The lyrics to Amazed, by lonestar, filled the room.

“wanna dance?” Scotty asked, looking at you with those deep blue eyes. The butterflies flew in all different directions inside you, as you nodded. He took your hand and helped you out of your seat. Then you two made your way into the middle of the dance floor. Slowly, you placed your hands on Scotty’s shoulders, as he rested his on your waist. Since neither of you were very good dancers, both of you just moved side to side.

Scotty began to softly sing along to the words “I dont know how you do what you do, i’m so in love with you, it just keeps getting better. I wanna spend the rest of my life, with you by my side, forever and ever, every little thing that you do, baby i’m amazed by you…” that entire time, he kept his eyes on yours and you fought the urge to kiss him.

Soon enough the song began to fade to a close, you dropped your hands from Scotty’s shoulders as he took his off your waist “come on” he whispered to you, as he took your hand and led you out of the building.

You both ran, hand in hand to his truck. Being the gentlemen he is, he opened your door for you, and made sure you were in properly before he shut the door and ran to his side. Then he climbed in, buckled up and turned the truck on “ready?” he asked, you nodded and he backed out of the parking space and pulled out of the parking lot and went cruising down the road.

Minutes later, Scotty took a familiar turn, only a few blocks away from your guy’s street. And soon enough he pulled over into the grass, at Lake Benson. “what are we doing here?” you asked, looking around “you’ll see” he said, as he got out of the truck, without shutting it off and quickly walked to your side. Opening the door, he held his hand out to help you, you took it and then he lead you to the back of the truck. Where you found a blanket laying there, along with a few pillows. “i just thought you’d like to stare up at the stars, on a beautiful night like this” he said with a shrug “i could never turn down the offer to look at the stars” you said excited. He nodded and you watched as he ran to the front of the truck, cranked up the radio, so that music was flowing through the open windows, then he came back to the bed of the truck.

“need help?” he asked, after putting down the tailgate “if ya don’t mind?” you asked, a laugh slipped pass his lips “of course not” he then, climbed into the bed of the truck and took your hand and pulled you up, carefully.

Soon enough you and Scotty were laying there, against the warm blanket, starring up at the night time sky, as country music flowed out from the truck’s speakers.

It was quiet for a few minutes, until you looked over at Scotty. He didn’t seemed relaxed, he seemed focus on something “what are you thinking about?” you asked, in a soft whsiper “life” he simply said, turning towards you. “what about life exactly?” you asked, “school, idol, college, family, everything” he said, sounding a bit worried “you have time to think about that, lets not do that right now” you said, lightly rubbing his arm “i know, but it’s nice to think of it sometimes” he said. You weren’t sure what to say, so you just stayed silent.

Minutes later, Scotty suddenly sat up “are you okay?” you asked. He didn’t say anything but got up off the bed of the truck and turned towards you “wanna dance?” he asked “here? right now?” you asked, slowly sitting up, he just nodded. Rolling your eyes, jokingly, you got out of the bed of the truck and Scotty led you near the lake, where he slowly placed his hands on your waist and you placed yours on his shoulders. Your kept your eyes wandering, you didn’t want to meet eyes with Scotty’s, but once you did, your cheeks were stained pink in an instant, causing you to quickly look down. “what?” Scotty asked, you just shook your head no “come on, look at me, i can tell you have something to ask” he said. Slowly you lifted your head and looked at him “alright, we got you that far, now whats on your mind?” he asked, with sincerity “when you said you were thinking about everything” you began to say, but stopped “yeah, what about it?” he asked, “what about us, am i gonna be in your future?” you asked, nervously “well” he began to say, but stopped as he looked down at the ground for a moment, then looked back up at you ” since i’m planning on making you Mrs. (yourname) McCreery, your gonna have to be in my future” he said, smile on his face. but seriousness in his eyes “what, you can’t be serious?” you said in a dumb founded tone, he didn’t answer. All you got from him was a small laugh and that was it, as you two swayed there back n forth.

An hour and a half later, Scotty and you were pulling into his driveway. You both sat there in silence for a moment, looking ahead of yourselves. Then suddenly, you heard Scotty unbuckle himself and get out of his door. Unbuckling yourself, you watched as he walked around the front of the truck and quickly opened your door, he held his hand out and you took it. Then, still holding onto your hand, he walked you across your lawn and up on your front porch, he turned to look at you, cheeky smile planted right on his face “i’ll see you tomorrow, alright?” he asked, you nodded “yeah, see ya” you said, letting go of his hand and turning towards your door. But before you could even grab the handle, you felt him grab your hand once again, turning to look at him, you watched as he softly planted a kiss on your cheek, and once again your cheeks became stained.

Biting your lip you watched as he began to walk backwards off the porch “goodnight, (yourname)” he said winking at you “night” was all you could whisper, as you quickly walked into your house.

Chapter 77 is finally done! hope you all liked it <3 tell me whatcha think :D please? feedback is always welcome <3

“(yourname). honey, wake up” you heard someone whispered into your ear, as they removed the covers. Rolling over, and gently rubbing your eyes, you looked up and found your mom standing there “what time is it?” you asked, confusion spread across your face “a little pass ten, i know you didnt want me to wake you till eleven, but someones here to see you” she said, turning for the door. “who?” you asked, sitting up and placing your feet on the floor “well, you’ll have to come and see for yourself” she said, leaving the room and heading down the hall.

Getting up off the bed, you made your way out of the room and down the hall. Looking over the banister for a moment, to see if you could see anyone, you gave up and quickly made your way down the stairs. No one in sight “mom, where’d ya go?” you asked, turning in repeating circles, but there was no answer.

The back door creaked open then, quickly you ran into the kitchen, but no one was there. Running over to the screen door, you looked out it and saw two very familiar brunette girls running down the back porch steps. Your eyes widened slightly, as you pushed through the door and ran out, without thinking.

Running down the steps of the porch, and around the corner of the house, to the driveway. You found the two girls at their car, unloading their luggage. “Alana! Ashley!” you yelled, as you jogged over to them. They turned around, and dropped their things as they ran towards you and grasped you into their arms, hugging you tightly “oh my goodness i didn’t know you guys were coming this weekend!” you said, pulling back slightly to look at them “well, baby sister, we couldnt miss seeing you all glam’d up for winterball!” Alana said excited “of course, Alana, you couldnt miss that” you laughed, as you reached back into the hug “mhm, so i’m here to help you get ready” she said still hugging you “while i’m here to help Scotty” Ashley said pulling away slightly “alright, so Alana, do you want to get started now?” you asked, taking a few steps backwards “well, we could do that, but i think someone else wants to see you” Alana said, with a smile slowy but gradually growing on her face “who?” you asked confused. Ashley & Alana both pointed behind you, you whirled around and found Scotty was slowly walking towards you, hands shoved into his pockets. “are you sure, he’s just not here to help you get your stuff?” you asked Ashley as you turned back around ad faced her “if he was here to help me get my stuff, he’d already have the things in his hands and heading back for the house and not cautiously walking at the pace of a snail” she said, crossing her arms “she has a point” Alana said, nudging her hear head in Ashley directions “okay, so what do you just want me to go up and talk to him?” you asked looking at them, they just nodded and shooed you away. 

Reluctantly, you turned around and headed in Scotty’s direction. When he realized you were coming towards him, a smile crept onto his face. “morning” you said, once you two were in speaking distance “morning” he said, pulling one hand out of his pocket and placed it on the back of his neck “so, ya ready for tonight?” you asked “sure am, how ‘bout you?” he asked “hmm, i guess, are you ready to see me go from this unkept look to more of princess?” you asked, as you jokingly twirled around. He took a step closer to you, once you were facing him again “well in my opinion, i think you look better in a t-shirt and sweatpants, then in all that chalked up makeup and glitter” he said with a hint of a smile touching his lips “you really think so?” you asked, smiling at him “i know so” he said, winking at you, then taking a step back. Biting your lip, you looked down at the ground for a moment, then looked back up at him. “alright, (yourname), lets go, we have a lot of work to do” your sister called from behind you. Looking back at them, then towards Scotty, you just shrugged “looks like i gotta go, maybe i can run away before she can even put any of that make up on me, see you tonight Scotty!” you said, as you began to run for the house “(yourname)! I heard that! You wont be able to hide for long!” your sister yelled, as she chased after you. You could hear Ashley & Scotty, laughing in the driveway, while he picked up her things and began to carry them into their house, as you ran into your house.

Running up the stairs, you began to run for your room, but was stopped when someone had a hold of your shirt. Turning around you found Alana standing there with a smug smile on her face “told you, you weren’t gonna hide from me for long” she said, as she pulled you back and picked you up in her arms and began to carry you towards the bathroom, you tried to wiggle out of her arms, but her grip was too strong, so you gave up and prepared for the torture she was about to put you through.

After a few hours of washing, drying, pulling, curling, spraying and a million other things, Alana finally spun your chair around, towards the mirror. Your eyes were still closed, since she has told you to close them, “you can open your eyes now” she softly said. Slowly, you opened your eyes, you stared at the girl in the mirror. Your mouth fell slightly, as you leaned towards the mirror more, but then you got up out of the chair and walked closer to the mirror.

The softly curled locks of hair, gently rested there. Raising your hand up, you softly grabbed onto one of the curls, it was a little tough feeling, with so much hair spray on it. Dropping your hand back down towards your side, the curl went swinging back in forth, until finally it settled back in it’s rightful place.

“there should be enough hair spray in your hair to not let a single curl go straight” your sister suddenly said “alright” you said, turning your head to the right then to the left. “now since we still have a few hours left, i’m gonna let you relax for an hour or so before i do your makeup, sound good?” she asked. You just nodded, and watched as she walked out of the bathroom.

With a smile growing on your face, you turned around and headed out of the bathroom. Walking down the hallway, you stared at your shadow, as the curls swayed back and forth with every step you took. You had no clue why they fascinated you so much, but they did.

Stepping into your room, you ran to your bed and jumped on it, and looked out the window. Across from you, in the McCreery’s house, you could see Ashley sitting there on Scotty’s bed as every few seconds he would spray a different cologne. A little laugh slipped passed your lips, as Ashley at one point began to cough and waved her hand through the air, trying to get rid of the smell “looks like Alana has it easy” you laughed, as you looked away from them and picked up the remote and turned your TV on.

Scotty’s P.O.V

“Okay, okay okay, Scotty! That’s enough cologne already!” Ashley had said between coughing “sorry, but which one?” he asked as he sprayed the two colognes again “well, i say that one” she said, pointing to one, then getting up off the bed and quickly running out of the room “Ashley! Wait!” Scotty called, but it was too late, she was already down the stairs. Shaking his head, he tossed the two glass bottles onto his bed, then ran out of the room in hopes to get Ashley to continue helping him.

Your P.O.V

“oh (yourname)!!!” rang through the hallway. “here we go again” you whsipered as you turned the tv off and walked out of your room. 

Reaching the bathroom, you found your sister standing there in front of the door, makeup bag in hand. She gestured for you to go in and with a bit of hesitation you stepped into the bathroom and quickly took a seat in the chair.

Setting the bag on the counter, she turned in your direction and began to push your hair out of the way of your face “you sure are a natural beauty, but a little makeup won’t hurt” she said, lightly tapping your nose with her finger then turning back towards the bag and began digging through it.

The skirt of your dress was sprawled out around you, as you sat there on your bed. You’ve been sitting there for the past twenty minutes, just starring out your window, into the dark sky. Scotty would be over at any time now.

The clattering sound of a door being shut, feet hitting the concrete and a mumble of voices talking all at once had caught your attention. Taking your eyes away from the sky, you looked down at the ground and found Mr. & Mrs. McCreery and Ashley all walking towards your house, but no Scotty in sight. Then out of the corner of your eye, you saw the front door to the McCreery’s house open for a brief moment, as Scotty stepped out of the house. Your heart went a flutter as you saw him, he shut the door behind himself then ran down the stairs. “hurry up, son” Mr. McCreery called back, looking towards Scotty “I am” Scotty yelled back, reaching them and once again they were all walking towards your house.

Getting up off your bed, you looked into the mirror one last time. The blue dress fit you perfectly along with making your eyes pop. Your smile widened as you examined yourself and saw your colorful socks covering your feet, then you slowly turned around and headed out of your bedroom door.

Quietly as you could possibly be, you made your way down the hallway, and once you reached the banister, you placed your hands on it and stood there, watching.

Your mom had just opened the door and was giving everyone a hug, when Scotty got to her however, she pulled him into a hug and then back away, with him still in her arms and smiled at him. She said something to him, but you couldnt hear it with everyone else talking, but you watched as he nodded and his smile widened.

Just then your dad walked out of the kitchen, video camera in hand, “oh wonderful” you thought, realizing there will be more home videos to go into the awkward and embarrassing file. Your mom ran up to him, hugged him and kissed him on the cheek, then she turned to the others, said something and they all nodded. 

The room go quiet, you slowly backed away from the banister, not wanting to be spotted.

You could see your mom walk over to the steps “(yourname)! Scotty’s here” she called up. Gulping in a deep breath, you turned to the stairs “be down in a second” you called, then just stood there. Over the banister you could see her walk back over to the others.

After a few deep breaths, you took a step towards the top of the stairs. Tightly you gripped onto the railing, knowing that you get a bit clumsy when you’re nervous. Then you began to descend the stairs.

Each step you took, the room got quieter, as you kept your eyes on the stairs.

Then once your feet touched the hardwood floor, you looked up, all eyes were on you.

Your eyes scanned the room, your smile got bigger with every set of eyes you were met with. Then suddenly you were looking at that set of baby blues, you took a step or two towards him and now you were only barely a foot away.

“Scotty, you look, so handsome” you whispered as you looked him over.

His hair was as normal, but a little more well kept. His black suit fit him nicely, and the blue of his tie made his eyes look more blue than usual.

Once you met his eyes again, he was still just smiling at you. “you okay, there?” you asked, placing your hand on his arm in a reassuring way. “you look… you look..” he began to stutter “don’t worry, it’ll come to you” you said dropping your hand from his arm. A light laughter came from everyone in the room as he shook his head slightly and brought himself back into this planet “wow, you look beyond beautiful” he whispered “thank you” you said, quickly looking down at the ground as you began to blush.

“alright you two! lets get some pictures!” your mom said excitedly, this caused you to look up at her, then you looked towards Scotty, he just shrugged and grabbed something from his dad. Turning towards your mom, she handed you the boutonniere “thanks” you whispered. Scotty took the corsage out of the little plastic box, which he handed back to his dad, then he turned towards you. Holding his hand out, you placed your left hand there and he carefully placed the corsage on your wrist, as you mom snapped a large amount of pictures. “okay hopefully i don’t stab you with this thing” you said, grabbing onto his jacket “lets hope not” he said smiling “but i’m trusting you” he said “thats adding more stress” you whispered, as you began to try and safely pin the boutonniere in.

Finally minutes later it was safely pinned into Scotty’s jacket “told ya, you could do it!” he said, smiling at you “yeah, but i think i poked you a few times” you said with a laugh, as you turned towards the camera and your mom began to take even more pictures “well i didnt even notice” Scotty said, as he placed his arms where his mom told him to.

“okay this is the last one you guys, (yourname) i want you to face Scotty and all you two gotta do is hug each other but yet look deeply into each others eyes, okay?” your mom asked “mom!” your groaned “oh come on, honey!” she said, a little bit excitedly “fine!” you said, turning around and looking Scotty in the eyes.

“okay you two are free to go, wait, honey, where are you shoes?” your mom asked, as she realized you were only in your brightly colored socks. Everyone in the room looked down at your feet “please tell me your not going to wear sneakers?” your sister asked “oh of course not” you said, rocking back and forth on your heels “i got something that i feel Scotty would like better” you said excitedly, as you turned towards the closet “(yourname) you know i’m okay with you wearing heels, right?” he said, walking after you “oh i know, but i feel like this would be better” you said excitedly as you opened the closet door and walked inside, Quickly you bent down and picked up a box then walked back out into the living room. “honey whats that?” your dad asked, as you carried the box over to the couch. “oh just a little taste of country” you said as you sat down and opened the box.

Everyone leaned over the couch and looked into the box, smiles appeared on all their faces, as they watched you pull out a pair of cowboy boots. They were brown and had a blueish pattern in them. Quickly you slipped them on your feet and stood up, you looked at everyone “what’d think?” you asked, spinning around quickly “beautiful” your dad said “thank ya” you said, doing a quick curtsy then walking towards Scotty “ready to go?” you asked, smiling gleaming on your face. He took a deep breath, as if he was holding it, then nodded his head.

Stepping out the front door, Scotty took your hand in his and you too walked off the front porch “be careful you too!” Judy and your mom called after you “we will!” you both yelled back.

Scotty opened your door for you and you quickly climbed in. Making sure you were alright, he closed the door and ran to his side of the truck and got in.

He pulled out of the driveway and began to head down the road.

“i hope this isn’t as lame as i heard it was last year” you said, looking towards Scotty “what do you mean?” he asked “well last year at the end i heard that all the malfunctions were going on” you said with a shrug “well it’s a good thing we’re not gonna be there the hole time!” he said “what do you mean?” you asked “we’re leaving early” he said, looking from the road to you then back to the road “why?” you asked “oh you’ll see!” he said with a grin as he turned up the radio and continued driving.

CHAPTER 76 IS DONE! :D HOPE YOU ALL LIKED IT!!! <3 PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU ALL THINK <3 (: