Behind The Cameras

Chapter 4

~Carmen~

A few minutes after Xavier left my hair stylist and makeup artist arrived and got started right away. By exactly five o'clock I was ready. My hair was curled in loose waves and a section from each side was pinned to the back. My nails were painted silver and my dress was black and fitted at the top before flaring out into a tulle skirt. My shoes were basic black open toe heels with silver sparkles.

When Noah arrived I walked downstairs and greeted him. Instead of saying "Hello" or "You look great." He simply responded with "Don't screw this up for me."

We walked out to the limo and both got in before I spoke again. "Where are we going?" I asked.

"Patina if that's good enough for you." He snapped. That's another annoying thing about him, always acts like I think I'm entitled and nothing's good enough for me.

"Yeah, it's one of my favorite restaurants." I responded, looking out the window. The rest of the drive was spent in silence, not the comfortable kind me and Xavier often slip into but uncomfortable silence where neither person knows what to say.

When the car rolls to a stop Noah says "Just follow my lead." Before stepping out of the vehicle, a bright smile plastered on his face. He turns and offers me his hand and I accept it and gracefully step out. The camera flashes from the mob of paparazzi surrounding the limo were blinding and their yelling just turned into one giant roar.

Noah wrapped an arm around my waist and led me into the restaurant and away from the madness. "Reservation for Benton, table for two."  Noah said simply to the lady at the hostess stand. She nodded and we followed her to our table in a secluded part of the restaurant. She set menus down in front of us before walking away.

All through dinner we made polite small talk with fake smiles on our faces incase anyone were to snap a picture of us.

After we had ate and Noah had paid for our food we walked out of the restaurant and back into the crowd of paparazzi. They kept shouting commands, the most common being. "Kiss" So, going along with our plan he turned to me and leant down, placing a gentle kiss on my lips. After a few seconds we pulled away and entered the awaiting limo.

The first thing I did once I arrived home was call my best girl friend name Faye. Faye is an actress and we met when I did a couple songs on the soundtrack for one of her movies and we became best friends instantly. She was the only person I had told that me and Noah's relationship was fake. She answered the call on the second ring.

"Hey girl, how was your date?" She asked as soon as she picked up.

"Ugh. It was terrible he's just so rude and obnoxious and I had to kiss his which was so terrible." I complained.

We talked for a few more hours before we hung up and I changed into my pajamas before falling asleep.

A.N. Hello everyone! Finally a chapter that is up on time. From now on I will only be updating on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays unless it's a special bonus chapter but there will be a new chapter every weekend. Leave you thoughts on this chapter in the comments and vote if you liked it!