~~~~~ Nicole ~~~~~
I woke up in my bed, confused. My hair was curly from being wet, and I was in a pair of basketball shorts and a teeshirt. I got of bed and walked down the stairs. My brother was sitting on the couch and he was talking to someone. As I was walking towards the living room, I stopped and looked at my appearance In the mirror by the steps. My hair was a bit messy, and I still has some makeup running down my face. My eyes were pink and puffy, and I felt so sick. I walked into the room and sat by my brother who was on the phone.
"Okay. Thank you, Shelley. Yeah, she should be okay tomorrow. Bye."
He looked up at me, and have me a half smile.
"You okay?"
"Why were you talking to my boss?"
"I was telling him you weren't going in cause you were sick."
I sighed.
"Thank you, cam."
"No problem."
The room filled with silence. Cameron cleared his throat.
"Ross came by."
I sunk into the couch.
"Why? I'm so confused. It's almost like he cares about me. That's so impossible. He's a celebrity and I'm nothing."
Cameron ignored my statement. "He wanted to make sure you were okay."
I sighed, Said nothing, and walked back upstairs to my room. I got right back into bed, curled up, and felt tears streaming down my face. I can't go back to that studio. I can't face Laura. And I sure as hell can't face Ross.
***** Ross *****
Yesterday was strange. Laura was acting strange, and Nicole was acting stranger then normal. I went to check on her, but her brother told me she was asleep. When I got home I kicked off my shoes and dove into the couch. I flipped onto my back and looked up at the ceiling. I picked up my phone and went onto Instagram. I found myself stalking Nicole's... She looks so happy and confident in these photos. Maybe that's just in front of the camera. And her shyness is all behind the scenes. I kinda understand it. In front of the camera, you can be whoever you want to be. I mean, come on. I'm Austin Moon. I kept scrolling down when I came across an interesting photo. It was her I'n her room with some girl in front of R5 posters. The caption read:
@nicoleawkwardpants: #ThrowbackThursday Katlyn and I were so close. I miss her so much. The night before the incident, she made me promise her that I will live out my dreams and become of director, direct a R5 music video, and fall in love with Ross. Although we were only joking, because this was our last moments together, I will not give up hope. I plan on moving with my brother to Cali to make my dream possible. I can't guarantee it will all happen, but I will try, for her. RIP beautiful.
I smirked to myself knowing that she's a fan, and I'm her celebrity crush, but.. I felt so sad. This must be her best friend, such a shame she's not around anymore, I wonder what happened.
Just then, Rocky had walked into the room snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Sup little brooo."
I sat up on the couch.
"Hi."
"Woah." Rocky sat next to me. "What's wrong? I sense sadness."
I explained everything that had happened. And I showed him the photo.
"Well, Ross, if you look at it, it seems the two must have a past. Laura's a bitch, we know, but she wouldn't just Go off on someone like that."
I nodded.
"Whatever happened to that girl in the photo, must've made A Huge impact on Nicole's life. Let me point out something." He grabbed my phone and started scrolling through her photos in a timeline. "In this photo, you can tell this was an easy smile. She's happy. Actually happy. But as time progresses, and this Katlyn girl passes, all though she is smiling the same smile, unless she has sunglasses on, you can see the hurt in Nicole's eyes. In each photo.. It's harder and harder for her to smile." He handed me back my phone and sighed. "Ross, it's so obvious you're developing some type of crush on her. But, she's gunna be a hard catch. Pictures and captions can tell a lot about a person, Nicole's a little hard to read, but in her photos she comes alive. Photography and filmography means so much to her, and if you really wanna try, that's how you'll win her heart. But, she is a fragile girl. So.. Be careful. "
Before I could even say anything, Rocky got up and headed back to his room. That's when i thought of it.
I don't think I have a crush on her, but I want to make her happy. I want to see her smile for real. I then called Shelley and told him my plan. He agreed and told me it was a good idea. After I got off the phone with him, I showered, got into my pajamas and went to bed.
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