music - Damiano David

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For a second, Lauren stares at the boy in shock, expecting a completely different type of announcement.

"gay?" she questions, "Kaydn I-"

"I know I know, its unexpected" he says, "but its why I came to see you, to tell you in person"

"stop! im so proud of you Kaydn!" she says, pulling him into a hug, "wow I can't believe this! oo we can go shopping, get makeovers and we can-"

"no, god Lauren" Kaydn laughs, "im still the same person, im not James Charles all of a sudden"

"well thank god cause I can't be friends with someone who chats up minors thank you very much" Lauren says, quickly looking at her phone for a second.

"your not wrong" he says, looking back down at his hands, "god I just hope everyone accepts me"

"im sure they will Kaydn, most of our friends are somewhat in the lgbtq area" Lauren says, looking at the boy, "how did you, realise you liked men?"

"I don't know, I just, found so much attraction to them...god that sounds weird to say"

"sir! no it is not" she says, checking the time on her lock screen, "oh god its half one, ive gotta get ready for the carpet!"

"the turquoise carpets today? girl get your arse back at that hotel!"

"alright alright" Lauren laughs, pulling Kaydn into another hug, "im so proud of you Kaydn, and ill always be here for you, okay?"

"oh don't you worry, I know you do" he says, "thank you, Lauren"

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Lauren walks into her hotel room, peaking around the corner with hope to not see Quinn in there. Thankfully, the room was empty, along with all of the girls stuff.

"bye bye, bitch" she says to herself, laughing along.

Lauren takes out her speaker, setting it on the counter in the bathroom

her Playlists starts playing through the speaker, Lauren stepping into the large shower and grabbing her different products off the shelf.

The girl thoroughly washes her hair, her blonde hair looking a lot darker against the water. She turns off the water, stepping into her towel and out into her room, wrapping her dressing gown over her body with her hair in a towel.

The girl does her hair routine and blow dries it, her playlist still holding on strong through the speaker. She straightens her hair, pulling back the front section of her hair behind her ears and bringing the rest slightly forward.

Lauren does her makeup, a light eyelid with a clear gloss, showing off the pink tint in her lips, which is against her foundation, highlight and other products.

She looks through her Large wardrobe, looking at different types of dresses, all different shapes and colours, but one stands out to her. Her eyes look in the far corner, the cropped blazer top and bottom matching set she had yet to wear sticking out to her as she took the hanger off the railing, putting it infront of her.

It was Black with glittery gold streaks down the side, leather parts where the buttons would be, coating the top of her rib cage, the sides of her tanned waist on show.

Lauren quickly returns to her Vanity, taking out her black eyeliner and applying it to her lower ash line and lining up onto the top, connecting it with the gold eyeliner she had previously applied.

The girl checks herself out in the mirror, taking a few photos and adding one to her Instagram story, before grabbing her stuff and exiting the hotel room, walking down the long stairs.

She spots a few other contestants in the lobby, sending a few of them smiles from her behalf. Lauren meets up with her four backups, who were all in shirts and jeans, the top few buttons on them undone.

"alright lads, lets get to this carpet!"

The five of them walk out into the carpark, Lauren looking around for the car she always uses, only to notice it was missing from the area.

"that little snake"

"Lauren its okay, come on, we can take our car." Jack says, leading her over to a white Bmw in the corner, Jack taking out the car keys and climbing into the car, Lauren taking the passenger seat whilst the other 3 climb into the back.

"to the turquioise carpet, we go!"

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The four arrive at the carpet on the water, a heavy load of security guiding them through as they walk through the entrance, being handed UK flags each by people at the front.

Lauren scans the turquoise carpet for familiar faces, seeing Blas in an all white suit, talking to an Interviewer. The boy smiles at her before returning to what he was doing, a few cameras and reporters trying to get the girls attention.

She snaps a few shots with the dancers for a lot of different reporters and photographers. After that, Lauren walks on a little bit further, Running into a few different countries, including Germany.

"oh my gosh! Lauren you look incredible!" Jendrik says, pulling the girl into a large hug, "how have you been?"

"thank you! and I have been so great, you all look amazing!" she says, looking at all of his friends around him.

"thank you! Sofia loves having to wear that massive suit all day"

"im sure she does, god it must be so hot in there!"

"it is.."

for a while the two chat, a few other of the countries joining them for a bit, and the group doing interviews together.

"oh wow, Italys looking great today! w- SOFIA? what are you doing! she's taking my interview! ill speak to you Later Lauren!" Jendrik runs off, Lauren spinning around to her left, The Italians surprisingly close to were Lauren was standing, with only one group in between them.

Laurens attention turns to a reporter infront of her, who was waving her mic around infront of the girl. Mid-way through the interview, Lauren looks around to her left, seeing the Italian band Approaching Lauren and her Dancers, the reporter moving onto someone else.

The band were all in matching purple suits, Damiano still with his eyeliner and complementary earrings.

"hey! wow, you guys look amazing!" Lauren says, facing the group with a smile on her face, "I love the matching suits"

"thank you so much! I love that outfit, god I wish I looked like that" Victoria says, smiling at the girl.

"oh stop it, have you seen yourself? you can literally pull of anything" Lauren says, complementing the girl, "and, you guys as well of course" Lauren looks over at the boys, noticing Damiano look her up and down ever so slightly.

"I was gonna say! I was beginning to think you forgot about us" Damiano Jokes, looking at Lauren in the eye.

The Italians start to walk past them towards another reporter, Damiano hanging behind slightly, "it brings out your eyes" he whispers into Laurens ear, smirking at the girl as he walks past.

Lauren is frozen for a second, before returning back to the British boys conversation,

"we should all have a nine-some" Jack says to the boys.

"what? no! because then we'll all be fucking men! there will only be 2 girls you twats" Dylan says, a few of the others nodding along.

"oo i know, get the cyprus girl!" Will says, hitting jack on the shoulder.

"oh yes please, get the Greece one too" Ronnie says, looking around for the girl.

"jesus christ help me"