Lost in Lies

Chapter 4

Chay could hardly contain both his excitement and nerves as he walked up to the building. In itself the building didn't look anything special, but what was going on inside made Chay get goosebumps at the thought. Ever since last week, when Kim's manager Nile had given them 'boyfriend lessons', he and Kim had been texting and calling each other a bit, to get to know each other a little more. Nothing heavy, but it was still nice when Kim texted him to ask how his classes went of if he had slept well. The last week he had been busy with university and Kim had been busy with his own work, so they hadn't actually seen each other, which was great for Chay. He still remembered all the giggling and stupid things that had come out of his mouth in his nervousness, the last time he had been around Kim. But he challenged anyone to do better when they were being closely cuddled by one of their idols, nerves were normal right? He knew he would be nervous again today and didn't want to come out with something equally as stupid. Not that anything could be equally as stupid as his Pinocchio comment! At least today the focus would be on Kim alone, Chay would simply be in the background watching. He could deal with that without making a fool out of himself ......at least he hoped so.

Today was the first day he was having to, at least semi publicly, play Kim's boyfriend and the longer he stood in front of the building without going in, the more nervous he seemed to be getting. He wasn't a fool, despite what people thought. He knew what he had agreed to and he knew that as soon as people saw him and Kim (well WIK) together some people would hate him without even knowing it. Chay once thought he would be jealous of WIK's eventual romantic partner, without thinking for even a second that he would find himself in this position one day. He also knew that despite liking Kim, because well who wouldn't, this was just something Kim had needed from him as a friend, and he needed to be adult about it and not have any expectations. He was also happy, possibly for the first time since it happened, that Porsche was off the grid somewhere in his new job and would have no idea what he was doing in his absence. Porsche would have had a heart attack at the idea of him being WIK's boyfriend, even if it was fake. Taking a deep breath in, Chay forced his feet to move towards the door. Although he was sure he wasn't very far from him the door seemed to be moving further and further away with every step as it took him so long to reach it. Breathe Chay, nothing to be nervous about! He told himself.

Pushing the door open, before he could chicken out and run back home, he stepped inside. There seemed to be a maze of doors, corridors and people walking about. He had no idea who to speak to in order to find out where he needed to go.

'Excuse me!'

He tried to get one persons attention but to no avail, so he tried again, this time a little louder.

'Excuse me!'

A woman stopped and gave him an assessing glance from head to toe before speaking.

'Can I help you?' she asked in a clipped tone.

Obviously she was busy and I disturbed her.....Chay thought to himself, not wanting to bother anyone.

'Can I ask which studio WIK is shooting in please?' he asked politely.

'Another fan of his?' She asked. The clipped tone more obvious now she obviously thought she was dealing with an obsessed WIK fan.

'No.....No......I was invited!' Chay tried to explain, flustered. 'Nile invited me to come over. If you don't want to let me in I understand. I promise I won't go anywhere but please can you tell him I'm here?'

The woman looked him over again, as if assessing the truthfulness of his statement, before shouting to someone behind her to call studio 2 and tell Nile he had a visitor. Chay nodded his thanks and found a seat to wait, out of the way of the general hustle and bustle. Nile must have worked out who was waiting as he was there in a matter of moments and didn't look at all surprised to see Chay sat waiting. Wrapping his arm around Chay's shoulders he bustled Chay through the people gathered as he almost shouted.