Betrayal | A Dobsley Fanfiction

Chapter 7 | The Phone Call

Previously...

I spot her car in the car park and start walking to it when I feel a vibratation on my legs. I take my phone out of my back pocket and look to see who's calling me. I freeze.

Why would she be calling?

Paul's P.O.V

I look at the caller ID, I stand there, motionless, until I realise that if I don't answer it now, its going to stop ringing. I turn around to see if Phoebe's looking through the window, she isn't, and then I press 'answer'.
I hold the phone to my ear until I hear her once familiar voice.
"Hey Paul!"
"Hey...Nina"
"How are you? I know we haven't talked in a while."
"I'm doing great, you?"
"Me too. Um- the reason I actually called you was because, Julie rang me yesterday and she asked if I was coming back. Paul, I don't know what to do. I rang you because, you knew how hard it was on set, to be with Ian, and then Nikki would visit sometimes. I don't want to upset the fans-" I hear her tearing up on the other end of the line.
"Hey, Nina, Nina, it's going to be fine, we'll talk, okay? Just don't cry."
"What am I supposed to do? I have to kiss- I don't want to come back and-" She doesn't finish her sentence but I know what she means. Seeing her ex-boyfriend and her ex-bestfriend on set was one of the reasons why she left TVD.
"Hey, don't worry Nina. We'll talk okay?, tomorrow, usual place?" I hear her laugh, a smile forms on my lips, knowing I made her happy. "Thanks Paul, bye." She ends the call.
"Bye Nina." I whisper into the phone.

Phoebe's P.O.V

I patiently wait for a Paul to get my bag from the car.
What's taking him so long?
I hear my phone chime from the sofa so I quickly run and grab it hoping it's Paul to say he's coming up and an explanation as to why he's so late. I frown to see its not Paul but still pleasantly surprised to see Daniel's text.

Daniel: Hey P-Tonks.
Phoebe: Hey Daniel. Whats up?
Daniel: Getting on a flight to Atlanta for business.
Phoebe: I'm in Atlanta too, visiting Paul. He's taking ages getting a bag from the car 😂
Daniel: I guess those muscles are no use.
Phoebe: You're just jealous. 😉
Daniel: Haha you wish.
Phoebe: We should all hang out, go to the movies or something.
Daniel: Sure, I've got to go, plane's here. See you later?
Phoebe: Bye Daniel x
Daniel: Bye P-Tonks.

I lay on the sofa and look at the clock, watching the hand go by every second, a second goes by and Paul still hasn't walked through that door.

Paul's P.O.V

I start walking back to the apartment, feeling a bit more chipper than I had been before. Then it was as if a dark cloud had immediately hovered over me, my once chipper self had gone, and all the guilt, regret and realisation had hit me.

How do I tell Phoebe about this?

I slowly make my way to the  apartment, coming up with numerous ideas to get out of this mess. By the time I had reached the door, I finally came up with one. Tell the truth.

When I open the door, Phoebe's laying on the sofa, but immediately gets up, when she hears me enter the room. She looks down at my hands and confusion spreads over her face. "Where is it?"
"Where's what?"
"The bag Paul! The main reason why you even left the apartment in the first place." I mentally face palm myself, I had been too distracted by Nina's phone call.
"What were you doing then?"
"Phoebe I-Nina called, she's worried about coming back to TVD. I'm meeting up with her tomorrow. That's okay right?" I see the hurt in her eyes but it goes just as fast as lightning strikes.
"Yeah, no it's fine. I'll go catch a movie or something." I smile and walk over to embrace her, but she moves out of the way, and goes towards the kitchen."Ill go make dinner."

We sit in silence for dinner, except for the mere attempts where I try to make conversation. I silently curse myself for making this happen, for agreeing to meet with Nina, but after a while I just gave up, because deep down, my heart knew that really, I was excited to see her.

The Next Day:

Nina's P.O.V

Beep beep beep.
I groan, half asleep I reach over to my alarm clock and attempt to press the snooze button. My arm knocks it over and it falls to the ground, the endless sound of the alarm just goes on and on.
I try to get a few more minutes of sleep but the noise just gets louder and louder. With all the courage a girl can have in the morning, I finally get up, turn off the alarm clock and put on my fluffy unicorn slippers before heading to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Walking around with my eyes half closed I somehow manage to make scrambled eggs on toast. I eat in silence like I do every morning, scrolling through social media. I stop at Paul's picture of him directing, I can't help but smile and feel proud of how far he's come.
I get up, wash the dishes and go to my closet to pick something out.

Remember Nina, you're meeting Paul, something comfortable but stylish too.

I go through my wardrobe through the endless amount of tops, jeans, dresses and finally decide with a black shirt and leather jeans, a blue denim jacket and a patterned pink and blue scarf just incase its cold. I pair that outfit with beige flats and a black handbag.

I check the time, 11:00, I quickly put on some makeup, brush my teeth and head out the door. I look down at my hands and notice that they're sweaty.

Why am I sweating? Im meeting Paul, I shouldn't be nervous.

I put on my black sunglasses for the paparazzi and walk to the cafe where Paul and I would meet up to practise lines, other than our apartments.

I order two blueberry muffins and drinks for me and Paul and patiently wait.

Paul's P.O.V

I quickly rush out the door, late to meet Nina at the cafe, "Love you Phoebe" I shout before I head out the door. "Love you too." I hear her shout from the bathroom.

I check that I have my wallet, keys, phone and sunglasses and drive to the cafe.

I walk in and immediately see the familiar mop of chocolate brown hair framing her face and her doe eyes looking down at her phone. Nina.

A/N: Heyyy guys! So I know that I said ill update on Friday and here it is! Im not going to lie, I struggled writing this chapter but it's here, I know its not one of my best ones. Can i just say thank you so much for 700 reads, that's insaanne. Love you guys.
New update: Friday 😉