Artificial Love [Lauren/You]

Ch.8

Cover My Ass

"I should've gave you a chance such a long time ago. You were amazing." Selena laid naked underneath me with only the thin white bed sheets over her chest and I pecked her lips before getting back up to put my shoes on.

"Y/N you're late for your show! I'm so sorry baby, I kept you back." Selena hopped off of the bed and I checked the time, seeing that I had already missed almost all of the show. There were only twenty minutes left so I shrugged and kissed the brown eyed girls forehead.

"It's fine. This was fun and I'm glad I stayed back. I would miss anything to spend time with you." I slipped on Lauren's jacket and Selena smiled widely.

"By time do you mean sex?" She asked and I laughed nervously, "Ehhh...maybe." I playfully admitted, giving her one last kiss and making my way to the show. By the time I got there, there were only ten minutes left and Lauren looked very pissed upon my appearance. Camila had retreated next to my band to cover my role and I'm pretty sure Lauren had covered most of my songs as she knew them by heart.

"Oh look it's Y/N!" Dinah announced and I walked on stage to steal the guitar away from Camila so she could return to her proper position. Lauren retreated next to me and kept on singing but her eyes stayed on my neck and the collar of the plain white shirt I was wearing.

"You got red lipstick on my shirt and I know it's not yours or mine. You have hickeys all over your neck. You could've at least cleaned up or not have come to the show at all." Lauren moved the mic away from her mouth as she spoke and I tried to apologize but she ignored me for the next five minutes and stormed off stage after her set was finished. My throat went dry and tears welled up in my eyes, I was losing Lauren and it hurt knowing that someone else who didn't deserve her, had her.

"I'm sorry for being late but there are five minutes left and I'd like to sing a new song I wrote. It's called Mr.Brightside." My voice shook but I cleared it in an attempt to sound normal. My fingers lazily strummed against the guitar until I could fully remember and play the chords, my mouth moving up to the microphone in front of me.

I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss

Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his

Chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
I just can't look it's killing me
And taking control

After singing the pre-chorus I had already stopped playing my guitar. Memories of Lauren taking a drag from Brad's cigarette distracted me from being able to multi-task and more thoughts of them kissing made me want to stop this song I'd written.

Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
Cause I'm Mr. Brightside

I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss

A smile crept on my face when I began thinking about my first public kiss with Lauren. The way her eyes looked into mine and the cute blush on her face made my heart pound like crazy. Kissing her was magical and her lips felt like pillows, I remember having her blue lipstick all over mine from how much I'd kissed her in a single day.