Trapped in your Fame...

Chapter 13

The day came.

We were at the beach in California, and Lillian was telling us what to do for the picture Wesley would post to confirm our relationship. It was really early in the morning and no one was around, we still had about an hour drive until we got to the venue.

We ended up waiting until sunrise to take the photo. We posed and Lillian took the photo. The way the sun hung in the sky caused us to appear as shadows standing on the beach, holding each other.

Once Lillian was satisfied with the picture, we got back on the bus to head to the stadium and Lillian sat down with Wesley at the dining booth while I sat on the couch.

"It has to be perfect." Lillian said.

"How about this?" He asked, showing Lillian his phone.

She read what he wrote out loud. "I was told to write something cute, so here it is- something cute." Wesley and I laughed as Lillian glared at him.

"Really?" She was annoyed, even I could tell. "I need you to be serious about this."

"Fine." He said while rewriting what he wrote a smile still stretched on his face. I got up and stood over his shoulder, reading what he wrote.

"You're the reason I get up each day- really Wesley?"

"What?"

"That's too cheesy."

"Stop it Arli. I'm not good at this."

"Let me then," I took his phone from his hand and deleted what he wrote. "You've got to make it cute but not cheesy. Simple, but at the same time, complex. Like this." I wrote a caption and then handed back his phone.

"There's only two times I want to be with you- now and forever," He snickered. "That's not cheesy?"

"Fine. What about this?" I showed Wesley his phone after writing something new.

"You are all the thoughts in my head and all the love in my heart- ehh good enough." Wesley said.

"Do you not like it?"

"It's not that, I just think it should be something basic."

"What? 'Here's my new favorite picture of us.' That's-"

"Actually good." Lillian interrupted. She had Wesley caption the photo and then have it set to post in an hour.

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That hour went by way faster then Wesley or I had wanted it too. As soon as the picture was posted, articles were written and it was quickly trending.

"Look Wesley." I showed him my phone.

"Another article?" He asked without looking, he was packing his bag, getting ready to start sound check.

"Well, yeah, but that's not what I wanted to show you. Look," This time he actually looked. "I've got way more followers and likes on my Instagram."

"That's gonna happen." He zipped up his bag and walked to the driver, said a few words, and sat at the table.

"Are you ok, Wesley? You've been acting strange since the picture was posted."

"I'm fine, Arline."

Lillian walked up behind me. "We're here." I wanted to talk to Wesley more, but he was taken to soundcheck by other people in his team while I was taken to the greenroom.

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I stood in the wings watching Wesley. It was towards the end of the show and I was recording as much as I could of the show. Since this was the last show, there was something special happening during the last song of the night, and I wanted to see Wesley's reaction.