chapter ten

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July 24th→ 2019→ Charleston, SC

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July 24th→ 2019→ Charleston, SC

Bella looked up at Chase, a smile creeping up on her face. She pulled out her phone, checking the time. 10:37. 1 hour and 23 minutes until her song will be released. She smiled to herself before looking back to the brunette.

"What?" Chase asked, smiling awkwardly.

"Well, do you remember a few weeks ago, when Dom posted the announcement of 11 minutes?" Bella asked, looking around the room at the faces who were listening intently.

"Er, yeah" He answered, sitting back and pulling Mads into his side.

"Well, do you remember what you commented?" Bella asked, causing Chase to furrow his brows. He thought for a moment before shrugging.

"Fuckin typical" Bella huffed and rolled her eyes, "Welp, maybe you didn't mean it and me and Dom wasted weeks on it."

"No no, tell me bells" Chase pressed, instantly feeling terrible for forgetting.

"You commented about a song dedicated to you" Madison pointed out, remembering it for the brunette.

"Oh shit ye. I did" Chase rubbed his head, "What about it?" Madeyn shook her head, realising what the girl had done.

"Are you stupid, or are you stupid?" Mads asked, smacking him upside the head.

"What??" Chase whined, rubbing the back of his head. Mads smack must have worked, because his eyes lit up in realisation.

"You fucking didn't" Chase shouted, jumping out of his seat.

"Oh, but I did" Bella smiled as Chase picked her up, throwing her over his shoulder and spinning her around.

"Chase! PUT ME DOWN I HAVEN'T FINISHED" Bella shouted. Chase smirked, before looking at the couch Rudy and Drew were sat on.

"Yes ma'am" Chase answered, throwing her off his shoulder and onto the two blonde men.

"You bastard" Bella snarled as Rudy snaked an arm around her. She looked up at him and smiled, before turning back to Chase and death staring at him.

"Okay, Bella. Stop, what else do you need to tell us" Austin huffed, growing impatient.

"Well, I have a few songs ready to release. BUT. I need to shoot some music videos" Bella smiled at the Maddies, who jumped up squealing.

"Will you all be in the video?" Bella asked, as a chorus of 'yes' broke out. Each member of the group jumped up to hug her, muttering thank yous into her hair.

"One last thing" Bella spoke up from Rudy's hug, spinning around so her back was resting against his stomach.

"Madison Bailey. You are one of the most beautiful people I have ever encountered. And I was wondering if you would be one of my main models on the album cover?" Bella asked as Maddie's face dropped.

"OMG OMG OMG YES YES YES" Maddie shouted, running over and enveloping her into a hug, even though Rudy still had his arms around the small girl.

"Let me go" Bella whispered to Maddie, who nodded and moved to the side.

Bella smiled, looking at each of her friends who sat waiting eagerly to listen, "Actually, I want you all to be in at least one video, and one some covers"

The boys whooped while Madelyn squealed, hugging Chase and jumping up and down. Bella locked her eyes with Mads, who smiled at her.

"I forgot to mention, Madelyn Cline, James" Bella looked between the couple, "You two are going to be starring one of the main videos"

Mads's jaw dropped, running to hug her with Chase close behind. Soon, the group was in a huge hug, with Bella in the middle of it. She had explained to her friends how they were all invited to star in the multiple music videos, and she wanted Chase to be with her on the main cover of the album. She was chuckling to herself, glad she had found more friends that she could call family.

"Wait" Drew interrupted the group, "Who's James?" The group looked at each other before bursting into laughter, each shaking their heads at the blonde man.

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Bella checked her phone for the fifth time in five minutes. The time read 11:57. Three minutes until she could reveal the song to Chase and the rest of the world. Bella looked around at her friends. The group had opted to stay inside for a few hours and spend some quality time inside. Well, it was mainly Maddie and Chase who basically forced the group to stay home, and they were acting extremely secretive. Madelyn was curled into Chase, smiling while looking up at him, her eyes full of admiration as he talked to JD about the football games he played back home. He was part of the Maryland adult league (a/n- I have no idea if that's a thing, don't hold me to it) and he was recalling his first game Mateo had come to watch. Bella smiled, over the moon for her best friend, happy he had finally found somebody who would look at him and treat him the way that he deserved. Her eyes then moved to Drew, Rudy and Austin, who had squeezed themselves onto one loveseat, arguing over who has to sit in the other lap so they could get comfortable. Rudy looked up and caught the girl's eye, and decided to send her a cheeky wink before returning to his all important argument. Lastly, she looked down to see Maddie, who had laid her head on the girl's stomach and wrapped her arms around her torso, squeezing her as she drifted in and out of sleep.

The two girls had quickly grown even closer over the time Bella had spent in Charleston, and neither would change it for the world. The brunette picked up her phone again and read the time. 12:00. It was the moment her and Dom had been waiting for. The time where they were releasing Chase's song. And soon, Bella would be releasing her album, filled with songs that she and Dom had worked so hard on.

"Maddie, baby, I need you to move for a second." Bella whispered. Maddie groaned as she lifted her head and sat up straight, rubbing her eyes and yawning. Bella opened the instagram app and clicked on 'add new post'. She pressed on the picture that she had decided to use as a temporary cover, and captioned it. She tagged her brunette best friend, her British friend and her brother. And then, she pressed 'post'.

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I never imagined this story would go far at all, and i wrote it on a whim when i was bored. I wasn't really going to finish it, but i think some people actually like my writing!  Thank you so much for reading. I love you all ❤️

I know this is short and a tad boring, but I wanted to do like, a slow burn you know? Thank you for reading <3

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