One person can change everything

Chapter 32

Laya’s POV:

I woke up again to the lovely song of Mateo. I smiled to myself but then the memory of yesterday came floating back at me. The comments on the pictures weren’t the best one. I felt a little bit of sadness in my heart of the thoughts of all the rude comments towards me.

But I remembered the text Mateo sent me and I picked myself up and decide to be strong. I walked to the bathroom and got ready for work. I put on some of the new clothes Mateo bought for me.

Mateo and I were back at the camping. Happily no one had found Mateo, so for now he was safe. The most of the morning had gone by to talking and joking around. I hadn’t thought so much about the horrible comments on twitter and Mateo had told me not to think about it. It was his opinion that counts for me, not what everyone else thought about us being together.

But I admit that even if I decided to stay strong, it was a little hard to just ignore it.

When I got home from work in the morning, I turned on the TV to watch the news. Seeing if there was anything on Mateo.

“Mateo Hortez has been seen on a mal outside the city together with an unknown girl, rumors has it that Mateo is mostly staying at a hotel or camping on the outside of the city.” The picture of Mateo and I came up on the screen while the reporter was talking.

“According to some twitter statuses, has he ben seen on the mal and other places outside the city. Together with this girl almost every time.”

Some different twitter statuses came up on the screen and one of them wad Janelle’s.

“The fans is wondering who this girl might be, and everyone want the world known star to get back”

I turned of the TV walking back up to my room. Not long after, I had to go back to the camping for my afternoon work.

“So, they were talking about you on the news today” I told Mateo as he came inside the store, sitting down on the couch beside me.

“What did they say?” he asked, looking at me.

“That you mostly were somewhere outside the city and that you had been seen on a mal and some other places together with “an unknown girl””. I said, making quotation marks with my fingers when I said “an unknown girl”.

“So they didn’t say exactly where I was?” he asked, looking  a little concerned.

“Nope, just that they thought you were at an hotel or camping outside the city.” I told him and he relaxed a little.

“Okay, lets just hope they don’t start looking right away”

But both Mateo and I knew that wasn’t possible, they were probably already starting looking for him.

The day went by and Mateo had just gotten back to his cabin and I was soon ready to leave. Just had to wait for my grandparents.

Then a black car came driving inside the camping and stopping in front of the store. I looked at the car and it had black windows so I couldn’t se how many persons who were inside.

The front door opened and a man in a black jacked and blue jeans came out. He also had a set of black sunglasses, which made him look a little bit scary. I tried to not look scared, and forced a smile to the strange man that made his way over to me.

“Hey, I was just wondering if Mateo Hortez were staying at this camping?” he was straight at the point and I suddenly got a little anxious. What if he knew me from one of the picks. But in the picks you could really se me, since my face often was turned away from the camera.

“Sorry, but I cant tell you who stays here or not. That’s only if I have gotten the information of someone coming for a visit, and I haven’t gotten that from anyone today.”

“Look, girl. You probably know who Mateo is, so wouldn’t you be glad to know where he was?” he asked, starting to get a little irritated.

“Yeah I know who he is, but I also know that if someone is going away for a while, and not telling where they are going. It’s a signal on that they want to be alone and don’t want to be found before their ready”. I say, getting more confident by the annoyed look on his face.

He then scoffed and walked away, pretty annoyed by my answer. Maybe not what he had thought would come from a teenage girl, who probably was a fan of Mateo.

Finally my grandparents came down and I was allowed to go home. I walked quickly inside my room and laid down on my bed, relaxing. Thinking about what would happen now. If he would come back or something. Who knows, maybe he would come in the night when no one was there and look for Mateo’s car.  Luckily that one stood safe and hidden up here with me.

I decided to text Mateo and tell him about the mysterious person.

“Someone was here looking for you, but I sent them away, just wanted to let you know in case they come back. :)”

I sent the message. Not long after, he answered.

“wow that didn’t take long, thanks for telling me though :)  I will be holding an eye open if they get back. Good night beautiful ;)” 

I smiled at the text and wrote bask.

“Night for you too handsome :*”