Gossip Column (Carmilla Fanfic)

Chapter 11

When she could finally control her laughter, Laura was unsure if she should just approach Carmilla and be done with it or wait until she noticed her too. She looked around and saw that there were many photographers from media outlets there, so maybe approaching her wouldn't be the best plan right now. She turned and walked in the opposite direction from the singer. Taking out her phone she sent her a quick text.

19:23 Adorkable Cupcake: Guess what Carm? We're at the same event. What did I tell you about our luck, uh?

She waited for a minute, when there was no answer she decided she had better do her work. She located Carmilla in the crowd again and carefully walked in the other direction, trying to always keep the singer in her line of vision so she could avoid an accidental meeting right in front of a photographer. She found two of the board members talking and introduced herself, being lucky enough that they didn't mind giving her a small interview. She recorded their conversation and took some notes, but her eyes never lost sight of Carmilla at the other end of the room.

She was walking around talking to some other people and taking notes for her article when someone approached her.

"Aren't you Miss Laura Hollis?" The man asked.

"Yes, that's me." She answered a bit wary, afraid he might be someone wanting to know about her "relationship" with Carmilla.

"I'm Vordenberg, from the Vordenberg Media Enterprise. I suppose you've heard of us?"

"Yes, Mr. Vordenberg, of course I did. It's a pleasure to meet you." Laura answered in awe. Vordenberg Media was one of the biggest media companies in the country and she would love to be able to work there someday.

"The pleasure is all mine, Miss Hollis." He said. "Now, I hear that you're a journalist yourself?"

"That's correct sir, I'm actually here to cover the event for the newspaper where I work."

"Good, good. And you're Miss Karnstein's girlfriend?" He asked.

Laura's face fell. Of course he knew who she was because of that damn gossip. She wasn't sure what to say. She didn't want to correct him straightforward, after all, he could publish her declaration in any of his newspapers and magazines. But she also couldn't tell him it was true. She and Carmilla had come to an agreement about this and she would keep her word to her friend.

"Actually sir, I prefer not to talk about that." She said.

Vordenberg laughed.

"Smart girl, smart girl. I like you miss Hollis. You see, my family has an old connection with Miss Karnstein's family. It wasn't always peaceful, mind you, there was a bit of a nasty business with an arranged marriage that didn't happen." He said wiggling his eyebrows in a way that actually made Laura cringe.

"But this is all in the past and I try to live in peace with the family. I was wondering if you might be interested, in light of your relationship with Miss Karnstein, to join the journalism team at Vordenberg Media Enterprises?"

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Laura was breathing hard, she could not believe anything that had happened in the last 10 minutes. She'd never have imagined that coming to this event would not only bring her to another accidental meeting with Carmilla, but that she would meet the owner of a place where she'd always dreamed of working and be offered a job by the man himself.

While she was talking with Vordenberg she had lost sight of Carmilla, she was now walking around frantically looking for the singer, she needed to speak with her right away. After five minutes searching and not seeing any sign of her she had started to think that maybe she had left when her phone buzzed in her purse.