I Know You Care
Lauren's POV
It had been two days. Only two days. And already I had gotten more hate than ever before. The morning after Ben had asked me to be his girlfriend, he had posted a picture on Instagram of me in bed with the caption "So now you all know. Introducing my beautiful girlfriend, Lauren. She's Ryan and I's photographer on tour, and she is the reason for the smile on my face now, so please, stop the hate. If you're a real fan, you'll be happy for me."
Since then, I had still gotten hate, but less of it as time went on. I still hid behind Ben when we went out. The papz were incredibly nosey and rude about the entire situation, not letting Ben and I have a moment of peace while we were out.
Ryan had been supportive about Ben and I, but Tricia on the other hand... She wasn't happy at all. And that brings us to what was happening today...
"She's just using him." I heard Tricia say into her phone, trying to be quiet, but failing.
I rolled my eyes at her jealous attitude. She had been like this for two days now, giving me scowls every chance she got.
We were both sat in the dressing room, across the room from each other as the boys got ready. As I listened to her continue to make comments about Ben and I, I tried to ignore them, finding things to do on my phone to drown her out.
"You alright?" Ben questioned softly in my ear, standing behind the couch I was sitting on.
"I'd be perfect if she would stop talking shit." I replied softly as I glanced up at Tricia.
"Still?" Ben asked with a sigh.
"I don't think she's stopped." I said.
All of a sudden, we heard Ryan yell, everyone in the room surprised by his tone and his words.
"Tricia I swear to god if you say one more word about Lauren, you will go back to Seattle and we will find a new manager." Ryan said angrily.
"You wouldn't." Tricia said with a scowl.
"Keep talking shit and I guess you'll see." He said with a simple shrug as he put in his ear piece and headed for the stage to prepare for soundcheck.
Ben and I let out light laughs as I got up and grabbed my camera, heading out of the room hand in hand with Ben, walking to the stage as well.
When we got to the stage, Ben went off to do something quickly while I walked over to Ryan. I wrapped my arms around him in a hug, to which he wrapped one lightly around me.
"Thank you for that." I said.
"I don't know why we haven't just kicked her off tour already. After everything she has said, she deserves it." He said as he kept one arm around me and one hand fumbling with his sound equipment.
"What even happened with her and Ben? They used to seem so perfect together." I said.
"They just kind of fell out. Ben was dating this girl, Bree. Tricia was dating some other guy. They just kind of lost what they had. And then Ali passed. It seemed like no one could help Ben, so Tricia gave up on him. But something tells me she still has a thing for him, because if she didn't, why would she be so jealous of you?" Ryan replied.
"It's because I'm fabulous." I said as I flicked my hair to the side.
Ryan let out a chuckle at my comment before going back to adjusting his sound equipment.
"So how are you liking tour so far?" Ryan questioned.
I unwrapped my arms from around him and walked down so that I was standing infront of his set up.
