Beautiful When You Don't Try

Chapter 46

           

"Oh, coffee for us? You shouldn't have." Meg teased, beaming as Kim approached the studio building from the opposite direction with drinks in her hands. Lauren and Meg had just wrapped up a small shoot on location and were returning for the day.

"No. These are for Camila and the interior designer." Both Lauren and Meg dropped their brows in confusion as the trio waited at the opened door for someone else to make the first move. "They are going through your photos on the computer to see what ones would go best in your new apartment..." The assistant added hesitantly, thinking Lauren should have already known about this.

"That would make sense if I knew anything about us having an interior designer." Lauren remarked as the trio entered the building and into the elevator. "I can see her wanting one, but not getting one without at least talking to me about it first."

Kim shrugged. "Maybe she did and you just weren't paying attention."

Lauren was unamused at the suggestion that she would ever ignore anything Camila said while Meg just laughed, looking down to Kim. "You really will agree with her on anything, won't you?"

The shorter woman hesitated, shifting nervously as they reached their floor. "I would if I felt she was correct. It just happens to be that most of the time I feel she is." The other two women just shook their heads as they walked out.

Camila must have heard the elevator arrive because she was already running out of the office to greet them. "I have a surprise for you." She sang through a beaming smile before pecking the brunette's lips as she stripped off her coat.

"An interior designer from what I heard." Camila nodded while she smiled at her biggest fan, who unconsciously smiled just as big right back, feeding off of the diva's excitement.

"Not just any interior designer either. He's the best!"

"Is he now?" Lauren asked questioningly. Not just of his talent but of his very existence in her office.

Camila sensed this. "I know what you are thinking, and I wasn't going to originally hire anyone. But we literally ran into each other while looking for furniture. I was browsing so I would have an idea of what I liked for when we went together..."

The brunette nodded her head. "Right...because you couldn't figure it out when we were there...together..." She was teasing the brunette. Camila was excited but so was she. She let the diva have her fun.

"This was just more efficient. You were busy anyway. He was there working on an account that was just wrapping up and we hit it off right away. I want you to come and meet him. You'll love him. I know you will." Lauren arched an eyebrow and looked to Meg who arched one for her as well. She took a deep breath and followed the energetic diva. "Baby, I would like to introduce you to our interior designer."

"Keaton?" Lauren was so shocked she actually took a step backward into Meg who stumbled back into Kim who almost lost both coffees. "Holy shit!"

He stood and brushed his hair back in a very Keaton like fashion and straightened his perfectly coordinated outfit. "After all of these years I would have thought that someone with an intelligence level such as yours would have managed something a bit more refined as a greeting. Something more like: What the hell! You knew you were gay in high school and you left me hanging out there by myself?"

"She didn't really know then." Ally announced, drawing all the eyes to the fact that she was sitting in the office. Meg diverted her eyes. "She was in complete denial. Lauren just thought that her dreams of doing Cabello up against the choir room piano were completely normal for a girl of her age." Both Keaton and Meg shook at the mental image.