3 months later
Dinah's POV
Interviews. Oh, what fun! I love spending a whole day talking about the same thing over and over again to an awkward person who doesn't know how to pronounce my name! Thank the Lord we were almost done.
"So, I have a question for you ladies. Can I be the 5th member?"
Again, really. Do these people know how to ask interesting questions?
I just cover up my irritaion by chuckling softly. I see the other girls doing the same, clearly just as much annoyed as I was.
"Okay, that's a wrap!" A voice called out from the back.
We hugged the interviewer, just to be polite. We were all squealing inside because we were finally done. The girls and I started to walk back to our car, to go to our hotel for the evening.
As the other girls walked ahead, I pulled back a little to walk with Normani. She noticed this, and smiled. We immediately interlocked hands and swung them back and forth. The other girls just think we're being friendly, but Mani and I both know it's much more than that.
We have successfully kept our relationship a secret. Sure, there have been times where we were just about to get caught, and it was scary, but it just made the experience that much more exciting. There have been numerous times on the tour bus where we would be in the back lounge, in a heated make-out session, and we would here the loud stomps of someone walking towards us. Thankfully, we pull back just in time, and made it look like we were just in a friendly cuddle.
Ever since we expressed our feeling to eachother, I have been on top of the world. Mani was too, I could tell. Her smile was brighter, her eyes were filled with bright stars. It made me fall for her even more.
As we reached the car, Lauren and Ally were already in the passenger and middle seats. That left me and Normani in the back. Perfect. We all got situated, and we were off.
Normani and I were still holding hands, rubbing the pad of my thumb across her knuckles. It stayed that way until we got to our hotel. Of course, there were hundreds of fans outside the hotel, waiting for us. Unfortunately, this was also where Mani and I had to seperate, because we couldn't risk the chance of being caught. I had to just about shove my way to the hotel doors, with the help of Mondo, of course.
We all met in the lobby, catching our breath.
"Okay ladies, we will meet here tomorrow at 7am sharp. Is that clear?" Will, our manager told us, mostly glancing at me when he said the time.
We all nodded our heads, then went up to our rooms. Ever since that eventful night in the hotel room 3 months ago, Normani and I never not shared a room. So we headed up on the elevator together, along with Ally and Lauren.
I don't know what had gotten into Normani today, but she has been extra touchy-feely. So on the elevator ride up, she was leaning into me, holding my hand, and even kissed my neck when she knew the others weren't looking. And hey, I'm not complaining, but it was just kind of odd.
We reached the floor, and walked to our designated rooms. As we walked in, I could see that Normani was trying to tell me something, but she was hesitating.
"What's up Manz? I know you want to tell me something, just say it," I asked softly, not wanting to push her into anything.
"Nothing, it's just I'm so happy that your mine and I love you, but I want to show the world that your mine. I want to hold your hand in public without looking around frantically for paparazzi. I want to kiss you without having to do it quick because someone might catch us. I just want us to be a normal couple," She exclaimed sadly, as she huffed and sat on the edge of the bed.
The sight made my heart break. She looked so vulnerable, and sad.
"Aww, baby, don't be sad. Trust me, I want to do everything with you too. I love you. Maybe we should come out. But I think we should tell the girls first. That will at least let us be ourselves around them," I said as I sat next to her and wrapped my arm around her shoulders.
"Hmm, yeah we should do that. But when, though? Tomorrow?," she asked as she rested her head on my shoulder.
"I think tomorrow sounds perfect. Are you sure your ready for this though? It's a pretty big step," I said softly.
"I'm positive. I want to show the world how much I love you," Normani said, adding a cheeky smile.
I grinned back at her, and gave her a proper side hug. We laughed as we fell backwards on the bed, still clinging on to each other.
The next day
Beep. Beep. Beep . Beep.
"Ugh, noo," I groaned as I forcefully hit the snooze button. It's too early for that shit.
I felt Mani begin to shuffle around, still securely in my arms. I somehow dozed back off, and was rudely woken up again by a hard hit from a pillow.
"Babe, wake up. It's 6:30 and you still gotta get ready and be at the lobby by 7. Get your ass up," Normani yelled at me, still repeatedly hitting me with the pillow.
"Noo, go away. Just 5 more minutes," I tried to negotiate with her, but she was having none of that.
"Nuh uh, you are going to wake up right now." She said forcefully, and that made me spring up real fast. I learned never to disagree with her when she uses that tone.
I miraculously got ready on time, probably because I decided not to curl my hair today.
"So, you ready?" Normani asked, taking my hand as I approached her.
She partly meant me being ready for the day, but mostly meant about our coming out today. I was ready, but that doesn't mean I wasn't nervous.
"Yep, let's go," I answered, leading her out the door and to the elevator.
As we reached the lobby, we saw that the other girls were already there, as to be expected. We walked towards them, hand in hand.
Here goes nothing.
"Okay guys, time to go," Will announced, before we got the chance to say anything.
Normani gave me an annoyed look, but I just smiled and waved it off, later.
Unfortunately, this was another long day of interviews. But I made sure I was next to Mani at all the interviews, because today, she was the only one keeping me sane.
We finally got a break to eat lunch a few hours later. But to me and Mani, that meant we got to sneak off, for some alone time.
We found a secluded area, away from all of the chaos.
"Finally," I breathed out, just as Normani connected her lips with mine.
I happily responded, because right now, this was the only thing I wanted.
" I'm so glad we finally got a break, that was awful," Normani said as we broke the kiss.
"Yeah, I know, I mean they could at least pronounce our names right, you know what I mean?" I responded, still mad that the lady interviewing us kept calling me Deenah.
Normani chuckled, " You have to admit, that was pretty hilarious."
"Yeah, I guess."
We laughed again, and Normani connected our lips again. She rubbed my cheek softly, caressing it. I had my hands on her hips, pulling her closer to me.
She deepened the kiss by slipping her tongue into my mouth. I happily welcomed it, and we fought for dominance. She ran her finger through my hair, as my grip on her hips tightened. God, I love it when she does that. Just as we were about to get even more heated, we heard a gasp.
We immediately pulled apart, scared as to who caught us.
Standing there with her mouth wide open, was Lauren.
"Holy. Shit."
