Water and Desert

17-Secret

Camila padded on the floor with heels in her one hand, as she stepped in, trying to make no sound. She stopped by a study room as she heard Nicholas voice, curious to know what he was talking. The door of the room was slightly opened, so she peered to see him on his phone.

"Don't worry he didn't have any idea that I knew him already." Nicholas said to the person on his phone. His face was turned towards the window with his back towards the door.

"Camila was with Rob all the time, they didn't even get a chance to talk I think. Shawn was with some chic all night." He told putting his one hand in the pocket of his jeans.

Camila's breath caught in her throat, as she heard him 'He knew about Shawn and I.' She thought to herself but it was good that he didn't know the chic he was talking about was actually Camila. She thought of the moment when someone was knocking on the door but Shawn didn't open it. That person was probably sent by Nicholas to check in and he went back to tell him that Shawn was with someone else in the room. A relief flashed on her face.

"He's already caught in his own net..poor Shawn thought he was smart but guess what he doesn't know Nicholas Galitzine that well." She heard him saying on his phone with an evil smirk on his face,visible on his side profile.

"Once he'll under my command, he had to do what I'll tell him..and don't worry about Camila, he would've thought that she loves Rob that's why she rejected everyone..I didn't invited him and Rob together for no reason." He suddenly took a turn but luckily Camila hid before he saw her. She quickly moved in opposite direction, rushing towards her room. Nicholas saw the door was open, he moved towards it to shut it.

Camila was out of breath when she reached in her room. She locked her room and plopped on her bed. Her thoughts were all confused, trying to put all the pieces together. She concluded that no matter what, she had to inform Shawn that Nicholas knew about him and her as soon as possible but she was forbidden to contact him. Currently she was relieved that he didn't know about their recent interaction but then a sense of worry was bothering her that what if Rob would tell him that he wasn't with her, he will again fall in suspicion which wasn't good at all.

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"I know I said I'm out of this whole thing but truth is that I wanna solve it now..I mean not through that dating thing, of course it's not gonna work that way." Shawn told Louis as they arranged this meeting to know about Shawn's intentions.

"Then what are you going to do." Hannah asked flipping the ballpoint in her hand.

"You guys told me that Galitzines don't work with someone unless they've trust on them but guess what." He stretched his arms on the backside of the couch, he was sitting on. "He not only invited me to be his guess but also offered me to work with him."

"But how is it possible?" Louis asked in surprise.

"I won a fight for Rob, his friend and he's apparently impressed by me." He said proudly.

"This would be excellent...I mean, you'll work for Galitzines and then maybe you'll get the evidence of his sins." Louis said in excitement.

"I know, so I'm not going anywhere." He declared.

"But what about that girl, didn't you want to find what she was hiding from you." Hannah asked in curiosity.

"I already told you all that I'm not gonna run after any girl and she's interested in Rob Gomez, they were together that night. She seemed happy with him." He lied now knowing that someone is leaking the information, he didn't wanna take a risk, it would remain a secret between him and Camila only.

"Alright." She sighed. "What's the plan then..I mean did he tell you what does he want from you."

"Not yet but he had called me earlier and invited me to some charity event that Alejandro Galitzine is attending as a chief guest. He wants to introduce me to him and then he'll talk about further stuff." He told.

"Alejandro will be in town tomorrow, according to our resources." Louis informed them and Shawn noded.

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Camila was biting her nails in anxiety.  She didn't know what to do, Shawn had strictly prohibited her to contact him through any device. She passed the whole day, patiently waiting for him to show his face but he was nowhere to see. She had to tell him about the conversation, she heard but how? That thought was irritating her.

"What's going on with you?" Ava said sitting down on the floor with Camila in makeup room.

"Nothing." She shrugged.

"Then why you were completely out of focus during practice..you know tomorrow's our performance and we have to give our best or Mrs. Thomas will kick us out of her studio. I don't know about you but I really need to get a job in her brother's dance theatre."

"Come on Ava! dancing is my passion, you know that..I was just.....god!!!" She groaned. "I want to meet someone so bad that's it."

"Look Camila, if that's bothering you then go and meet that person coz I don't want you to mess anything tomorrow." Ava suggested.

Something clicked in Camila's mind 'go and meet the person'  That's it, he forbade her to contact him through phone or computer but she could still meet him in person by herself if he wasn't coming. She suddenly stood up and rushed to grab a blonde wig from the dressing table.

"What are you doing now?" Ava looked at her in confusion.

"I'm gonna come back in an hour within the break time, just tell everyone that I'm in washrooms if someone will ask." She said in a hurry without giving Ava any time to speak and disappeared.

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Wiping up the sweat from his neck through the towel, he stepped in the hallway which was empty. It was the lunch time and everyone seemed to be having break. He had a slightly long session today with his students and now was moving towards canteen.

"Shawn!" He turned back as he heard someone calling his name to see an invisible figure in the dark. The sunlight was coming right behind from that person which was making it difficult for him to recognise the individual.

"Who's this?" He said, carefully taking steps towards it when a soft hand grabbed his arm to pull him aside.

"It's me Camila." she said pulling off her blonde wig.
 
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