She's So Particular (Complete)

Like Father Like Son/Living My Life All Alone

"Hey Manny, guess who I was speaking to last night?"

My dad looks up from his coffee and pushes his glasses into his already spiked hair, 9 am and he's already 'rockstar ready' I on the other hand look 'hungover horrible'

"Jesus?"

I snort out a laugh and stuff a spoonful of cereal into my mouth "Your favourite pop princess"

"Oh really? And how'd that turn out for you?"

"Well to be honest when I say 'talked'"

"You fucked her?!"

"Steady on old man, you're going to give yourself a fuckin hear attack jumping that far to conclusions, that fast"

"I know you too well Shawny Boy" he rubs my shoulder with pride and I shake my head

"Well not this time, no I was going to say I managed to say one word before her entire team had a joint panic attack and hauled her out of there" I stuff more cereal into my mouth and laugh as I chew and remember the look of terror on the faces of the men that surrounded and then took her

"Fuck em!" My dad slides his glasses back on and takes a sip of his coffee "Is that why you're here with your old man instead of being in bed with some hot chick?"

"No I'm here with my old man because you go back to Canada tonight and I wanted to spend time with you before you go"

"Pussy" he says as he taps his code into his phone and I stifle a laugh

"Grandpa"

"You said one word to the little princess did you?"

"Just the one" I nod and confirm

"Well what the fuck was it?! Look at this"

He hands me his phone and shows me the picture on The Ellen Shows Instagram from last night and I can't help but splitting cereal onto his screen as I laugh at Camilas face in the photo

"I just said hi, I swear"

"Bullshit did you just say hi, look at that face, that's a girl wetting her panties over a Mendes Man, I would know that look anyways"

I hand him back his phone, still laughing and shaking my head "I'm telling you I just said hi"

"Well that girl is a God damn virgin then if a 'hi' had that effect on her. Get in there son, go get you some"

"Like father like son eh?"

"You know it boy"

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"What the fuck did I tell you?!"

My father slams his phone down onto then the kitchen counter and stands with his back to me, his hands gripping the surface tightly

"I'm sorry papa but Ellen asked for that photo"

"Do not make excuses! You knew what I said, you could have demanded separate photos, you could have demanded the band stand away from you, you could have demanded..."

"But papa, I didn't want to demand anything"

"And look where it's got you. Humiliated in front of the worlds press"

I sigh and rest my chin on my palm, there's no point telling him I like the picture or for once I thought I looked cute and there's definitely no point telling him how much I had enjoyed having the lead singers arm around my shoulder, his body providing a warmth I had never felt before and his voice on my skin causing my entire being to tingle

"I'm sorry papa" I apologise again and hope that eventually it will appease him and cause his temper to cool

"We have worked to hard on your image to throw it away so easily Karla"

"It was one photo"

"One photo? One photo?!" He spins around, his face red, his veins bulging "One photo with one of the most depraved bands out there and the way he's drooling on you and the way you're falling for it!!"

"He said one word, just one single word"

"I told you no words" he slams his hand down onto the table at which I'm sitting "You went against what I told you as a father and as a manager"

I want to scream he's being ridiculous, slam my own hands on every surface I can find. Cry and rant about how unfair it is and how this was what he wanted not me but instead I sit silently, I take the telling off like a good girl, I nod and I give in

"I'm sorry I embarrassed you papa, it won't happen again, I'll do better I promise"

He looks at me with his eyes screaming disappointment and nods his head once "You listen to me Karla, if this fails then we will leave mama and Diego with nothing, you understand that don't you?"

"Yes papa"

"Your career, our family, it all rests on you"

"Yes papa, I understand sir" I lower my head in my final act of submission and he seems to finally accept it as he grabs up his phone and then stomps out of the room.

Only when I hear the front door close and his car start do I allow the tears to fall

"I thought I looked cute" I whisper to no one because there is no one here, I'm in my house, all alone. Living my life... all alone

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