I'll be there for you. || A ritzneer fanfiction

The Interview

~Ritz's POV~

"Hm?"

"I said, you're picking me up, right?" I repeat, leaning over the back of the armchair he's sitting in.

"Oh. Oh, yeah, I'll be there," he replies, turning off his phone as he feels me leaning over the chair.

"What're you-" I begin, but he waves me off.

"Bye, Ritzy. Have a good interview."

I stand there for another minute before pulling on my beanie and kissing him on the cheek.

"Bye, Cam," I walk toward the door and add, "I love you."

"Uh-huh." I hear him answer. He's immersed in whatever he's doing on his phone again. I frown, but this happens a lot, so I shake it off and leave.

When I get to the studio, I find Katie waiting for me.

"Ritz! You'll never believe who you're interviewing today." She practically pulls me inside as she hands me the set list for the night. I skim it, but two names catch my eye.

"Holy shit." I look at it one more time to make sure I didn't read it wrong. "Velvet and Veneer?! THE Velvet and Veneer want me to interview them?"

She grins at me and nods. "Hurry, they'll be here any minute! Go get ready!" She doesn't have to tell me twice. I sprint to my dressing room to freshen up. Camdyn is gonna be psyched when he finds out I interviewed Velvet and Veneer! I grab my favorite jumper, the one with the rainbow blobs, and rush out of my dressing room.

"Ten minutes until we're on the air!" I hear the cameraman shout, and I head to the set to wait. I fidget my hands nervously. It's just now dawning on me how famous these two are, and I've never met any serious celebrities before.

I sit up quickly as I hear someone's voice behind the door to the set room.

"Don't say anything stupid, Veneer. I don't want you ruining our reputation." Velvet, THE Velvet, walks into the room, Veneer following closely behind her. Velvet takes a look at me, scrunches her nose, and looks away as she sit down in one of the two chairs across from me. Veneer gives me a friendly wave and sits down in the other chair.

"Five minutes!" calls the cameraman, and Velvet turns on her phone to start scrolling on who knows what. I don't want to seem awkward, so I drum my hands on my knees until Veneer speaks up.

"So, Ritzy... Can I call you that?"

"Sorry, but n-" He doesn't let me finish and continues talking as if he hadn't just asked me a question. Usually when I get interrupted it makes me angry, and I'm about to interrupt him back, but something about those deep blue eyes never leaving mine stops me from saying anything. I can only listen to what he has to say, although I'm more focused on him than I am in his story.

"We're live in five!" The cameraman snaps me back to the room, and I tear my eyes away from Veneer's. Velvet pockets her phone and quickly plasters a camera-ready smile on her face.

"Four!" Veneer puts his feet up on the side of the chair.

"Three!"

"Two!"

I take a deep breath.

"One!"

The red light on the camera begins to blink, and I introduce the twins. My anxiety melts away while I'm doing an interview-it always does. The interview goes really well, although Velvet keeps trying to take over.

"And... we're off the air. Great work today, guys." I smile awkwardly at Velvet and Veneer, my anxiety coming back quickly. Velvet rolls her eyes and grabs Veneer's arm, pulling him out of the room.

"Thanks for the interview, Ritzy!!" he calls as Velvet shuts the door behind them. I slump down in my seat, exhausted. I can't get Veneer stupid eyes out of my mind. I shake my head and get up, heading back to my dressing room. I grab my things and head to the front of the studio to leave. I look out the window and see that one, it's raining hard, and two, Cam still isn't here to get me. I'm about to call him when I get a text. I breathe a sigh of relief. It's Cam, probably telling me he's on his way. I open the message and my smile fades.

"hey ritzy i cant drive 2 get u rn u can walk rite x"

I turn off my phone angrily. Of course it's the one night that it's pouring outside. I brace myself and walk into the cold rain. I'm halfway across the parking lot when I hear someone shouting my name.

"Ritzy! Ritzy, over here!"

Followed by a

"Veneer! Shut up!"

I turn and see Velvet and Veneer's limo pulling up next to me.

"We were just about to leave. Do you have a ride?" Veneer says as he sticks his head out the window, not seeming to care that the rain was washing his hair gel out.

"My boyfriend was gonna drive me, but he can't make it. I'm just gonna walk home." I reply.

"Do you want us to drive you? It's pouring, you'll catch a cold." He frowns at me sympathetically. I'm glad it's raining, because I'm pretty sure my face is red. Knock it off, Ritz, you have a boyfriend.

"Is your sister okay with it?" I ask.

Veneer's head disappears back into the limo for a minute before popping back out.

"She says she doesn't care. I think that's a yes." He grins at me, and I smile back, partly because I don't have to walk in the pouring rain and partly because the rain has washed out most of his hair gel, making it fall in more of a floppy mullet.

"Thank you so much." I say as I climb into the seat behind Veneer and Velvet.

"Anytime!" Veneer turns in his seat to face me, and we talk for most of the ride. He gives me his number, and I give him mine. Inside I'm freaking out because a famous pop star just exchanged phone numbers with me, but I try not to show it.

Eventually the limo pulls up next to my driveway, and I open the car door.

"Thanks again for the ride." I say to the twins, smiling at them. Velvet miraculously glances up and nods at me, and Veneer hands me an umbrella.

"Hey, take this to the studio next time." he waves through the window as I walk up to my front porch and walk inside. I watch the limousine drive away, and I close the umbrella. I'm about to call out to Camdyn when I hear a noise coming from the kitchen. I quietly approach the door and open it.

My grip on Veneer's umbrella tightens as I take in what's in front of me. My boyfriend. My boyfriend with his arms around a girl. My boyfriend whipping his head around and staring at me.

"...Cam?" I say as my heart drops.