The M&G That Changed It All (a Lauren Jauregui story)

Chapter 5

"Come on, guys. Lets go find our seats." Jenny pulled her three friends through the halls, towards the seating area.

"No! Jenny, lets go get t-shirts." Isa argued, pulling the girls in the other direction.

"Ugh! Fine." Jenny gave in. She huffed. She did want another t-shirt, but was desperate to get to their seats and see the stage.

The four friends made their way over to the queue of people standing in front of the clothes stand. They stood behind a group of girls, who were giggling and laughing, loudly.

Anna gazed up at the items that were for sale. She caught sight of a red t-shirt with an image of Lauren, Dinah, Camila, Ally and Normani on it. She looked at the price tag and pulled money from her back pocket.

When the four friends got to the front of the queue, they ordered their items and payed the young man behind the counter, who handed them their orders. They left the queue.

"Now can we go to our seats? I don't want to miss anything and the show starts in like ten minutes." Jenny complained.

"Alright." Isa sighed. She ran her hand through her blond hair.

The three girls followed Jenny through the halls. They showed their tickets to a young woman at the door, who let them into the arena with a smile.

The girls found their seats at the front of the arena and sat down. Jenny stood, taking a photo of the stage on her phone. She smiled then took her seat again, looking at Anna. "You alright?" She asked, her voice laced with concern.

"Yeah. Its just....." Anna's  voice trailed off. she thought for a moment before continuing. "When we were in the meet and greet room, Lauren kept staring at me and it made me feel really uncomfortable."

"Yeah. I saw that. She couldn't take her eyes off of you, especially when we were singing." Jenny smirked. "Maybe she likes you." She whispered into Anna's ear, so that no-one else could hear her.

"What? No!" Anna said a little louder than intended.

Charlie and Isa stopped their conversation to look over at their younger friend.

"She hardly knows me, we literally just met like ten minutes ago." Anna argued.

"Who?" Isa asked, curiously. She noticed Anna's distress.

"Lauren Jauregui likes Anna." Jenny said casually. She flipped her dark hair behind her shoulder.

"Yeah. It was so obvious." Charlie nodded, a small smirk appeared on her face. "You are so lucky, Anna. She'll probably ask you out later."

"What? No! That's impossible." Anna shook her head. "That's impossible, she's a world famous singer, how could she like someone like me?"

"What do you mean 'someone like you'? You are a great girl. Anyone would be lucky to be with you." Jenny said. She squeezed Anna's shoulder. "Especially Lauren." She whispered in Anna's ear.

Anna shook Jenny's hand off of her shoulder and stood up. "I'm going to the bathroom. I'll be back soon." She walked away, leaving the arena. Anna made her way to the bathroom. She splashed water on her face and took a deep breath, looking at her reflection in the mirror on the wall. "What if Jenny's right? What if she makes a move tonight? Do I even like her? Of course I do. I always have. If she does anything, what do I do?" Anna thought.

Anna composed herself and left the bathroom. She headed back into the arena and took her seat beside her friends, just in time for the lights to fade to black and the stage lights to come on.

Ally, Camila, Dinah, Normani and Lauren appeared on stage. Lauren caught sight of Anna with her friends in the front row and flashed her an award-winning smile. The two girls made eye-contact and the younger girl's face turned red, she became shy. Anna hid her face from Lauren, who couldn't take her eyes off of the blue-eyed girl as she sung.

"Maybe she does like me! And I DO like her." Anna thought. A smile appeared on her face and she began to sing along, watching Jenny dance.

Isa, Charlie and Anna laughed at their older friend.