Publicity // Luke Hemmings & Lauren Jauregui

Chapter Six: On The Phone Again

Camila Cabello
(lmao long time no see)

"She's on your bus?" I asked the dark-haired boy on the other line. He mumbled a "yeah" and continue to ramble on about how much he needed his sleep.

"Okay, okay Calum. Just go to sleep." I chuckled, hearing an earful of him talk was no nightmare but it was some kind of weird dream you'd like to get out of.

"Okay," Calum yawned loudly, "we take her to the airport tomorrow, she flies to Vegas, I'm sure you can figure out the rest."

I nodded, "Yeah, we find her and then we go on the plane."

He yawned again before saying, "Night, Cabello."

"See you, Hood."

I pressed the end button on my phone. A smile spread ear to ear recalling the conversation I just had. Dinah perked up from her seat and eyed me, "What's up with you?"

"Nothing." I said with a shrug. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, for starters you look like a lovesick puppy." She replied.

I laughed silently, shaking my head disapprovingly at her statement. "I don't know what the hell you're getting at."

"What's his name?" Dinah fished her phone out of her purse, going to her Twitter app. "Twitter name, to be clear."

I scoffed. "I'm not telling you."

Dinah eyed me closely. "You said his last name.. Hood, right?"

"I believe you're mistaken that's Little Red," I said in a joking manner, "that's definitely not Calum's last-"

I covered my mouth immediately, making Dinah's smirk widen. "Calum Hood.. That name flows pretty well if you ask me."

"No one asked you.." I mumbled under my breath.

"Don't worry, I won't try to steal your man." Dinah winked, then went on quoting One Direction, "I won't take his heart away. Couple billion in the whole wide world,"

"Find another one 'cause he belongs to me." I laughed slightly at the lyrics. Calum obviously didn't even like me very much as a friend, better yet his girlfriend. Plus, we had just met this morning. No special connection could happen in that time span.

"Oh, he's in that band." I heard Dinah say, "He's pretty hot."

I raised an eyebrow. "Definitely doesn't sound like your trying to-"

"I won't, don't worry." She continued to stare at a picture on her phone. I looked over at Ally, who had no idea whatever the hell was going on between us two but could tell from my facial expression something was up.

"Dinah, stop bullying Camila." Ally said.

Dinah's head snapped up. "Excuse me? I'm not doing anything!"

"Then why does Camila look like she's in pain?"

"I don't know! That's her problem!" Dinah jumped up from her seat, continuing to defend herself. "I only said he was hot then she got all jealous-"

"Woah, hold up." Ally held up her hands, signaling us to shut up. "There's a guy?"

"Yeah, her boyfriend."

"Woah, woah, wait." I shook my head feverishly, "Calum is not my boyfriend."

Dinah tilted her head to the left, "Then you got friend-zoned?.."

"What? No!"

"Then what is it?" They said in unison. 

"I just met him!"