Forbidden Love

~ 7

On the weekend, I was planning to do a little shopping for my dad since he told me he'd come home on Sunday. I woke up early in the Saturday's morning, called Ally and Dinah and told her to come over my house. I called Nancy as well, but unfortunately, she had plan of her own.

"Camila, come on," Ally sighed, plopping herself down on my bed. "We're just going to the mall, why are you dressing so long?"

"Dress up like you're going to die in the outfit," I muttered, fixing my black crop top through the mirror. "And you know I have to die in a slay outfit."

Ally rolled her eyes and started scrolling through her phone. "And Dinah takes so long in the bathroom. Poor girl, she ate way too much spicy chicken last night."

I chuckled. "Really? What had you guys have?"

"Some Chinese spicy food," she mumbled. "Camila," She suddenly got up, eyes widened.

"What?" I looked at her through the mirror.

"You're in the news!"

"And?"

"Oh, you wouldn't believe what it is about," She walked towards me and handed her phone.

"Let me see," I took it and read the press. My eyes widened and I gasped in pure terror. "What the hell?"

"Well, in the other news, is it true?" Ally looked at me.

"What?" My mind was processing too hard, I barely could hear anything.

"That you date him? Is it true?"

"What? Of course not!" I scrolled down through the press and bit my lips and the sight of a picture of me and Alex in the school's park the other day. "How did they get this picture anyway? They were in school?"

"That's not possible," Ally looked at me.

"What?"

"I think someone's spying on you."

"Spying on me?!" I jerked my eyebrows. "How is that even possible? Why would someone do that?"

"Those paparazzi would do anything for a damn press, you know," Ally said. "They could pay someone in the scool."

I sighed in frustation and looked over the vanity to fix my hair. It was hard since the press have distracted me- I didn't even care about how my hair turned out anymore. Seriously, a picture of me passing my number to Alex and claimed me dating him? That was just plain stupid.

"Hey Cam,"Ally called out. "Relax, alright? Take a deep breath. Don't bother about this, it's just a rumour. You know it'll be gone by the next day."

Processing Ally's words in my head, I finally took a deep breath and calmed myself down. I knew rumour flew all the time, it was just part of my life. Ally was right, it'll be gone by the next day. I hadn't need to worried about anything. But maybe part of me felt bad because Alex was in it - Alex was on the the press because he talked to me. I wondered if he even have read the it? Or if he was even cared.

"Okay, okay. I'm cool. Now, can we go?" I grabbed my bag and looked over Ally.

"I'm done!" Dinah walked out of the door and stopped as Ally and I looked at her. She gulped. "Did I miss something?"

I laughed. "No, you don't. Let's go now."

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"I'm tired," Dinah complained on our halfway through the mall. Hours passed by and I still haven't found any of stuff I wanted to buy for my dad. In fact, I didn't even know what to buy him. I couldn't blame Dinah for that - we've been walking for a few hours and my feet have started to feel sore inside the heels I was wearing.