Found out

Chapter twenty two

Camila's POV

ArianaGrande: hey Camila! I'm working on a new project of working with smaller creators and saw your performance of your song on YouTube. I think your voice is amazing, Would you be interested in doing a cover together for my YouTube channel? It would be a good opportunity to get your music out there! Please let me know!

Camila_Cabello: omg Thankyou so much! I'd be absolutely up for that! Just let me know where and when and I'll be there!

ArianaGrande: meet me tomorrow at 5? I'll text you the address x

Camila_Cabello: Count me in!

"Okay Dinah I'm freaking out" I spoke to my best friend. I couldn't believe that anyone would be this interested in my music, never mind Ariana grande.

"Sorry Mila, can't reply right now, I died about 5 minutes ago" Dinah replied, clearly sharing in my excitement. I couldn't believe this had just happened, I never thought anyone would actually take an interest in my music, I'd come to terms with it being something which I did for myself and myself only, never mind for the whole world to see. I knew that the video Dinah posted had gained a lot of views, something around 100,000 by now, but I didn't think that that was anything more than just pure luck.

"Wait, what am I supposed to wear? And what if she doesn't like me? And what if I don't sound good? And what if..." I spoke but Dinah cut me off.

"You're gonna be amazing girl, this is your chance ok, take it" My best friend spoke, offering me a smile.

"You're right" I smiled back, knowing I should make the most of this opportunity whilst I have it.

"I'm really proud of you y'know" Dinah spoke and I was glad to know I had given my best friend a reason to be proud.

"Thanks Dinah, I couldn't have done this without you" I replied, knowing I probably wouldn't even have done the performance if it wasn't for my best friend. Not to mention she was the girl who put it on YouTube which is how it was found in the first place.

The distraction was good, but there was still one person I wanted to tell this to more than anyone else, Lauren. I knew how proud she would have been if she was here, even though the older girl was most likely good friends with Ariana. However, I wasn't doing this for Lauren, I was doing this for me. I guess this is the universes way of repaying me for putting me through all that shit lately with Lauren, like giving me a chance to make things better and I couldn't wait to give it a go. I'd never recorded myself singing like this before, I suppose it makes the concept a lot less scarier when you can't see the audience you're performing for, but that didn't make me any less nervous for the day ahead.

It was the following day and me and Dinah were on our way to meet Ariana to record the song. Dinah had practically begged to come with me, but I wasn't too bothered, having my best friend beside me would most likely ease my nerves. I'd been worrying all night about how I would act around Ariana, probably really awkwardly knowing my track record. It wasn't even that I was worried about singing, mainly about doing something stupid and embarrassing myself. I knew that she'd probably had an insane amount of vocal coaching meaning her voice would most likely be perfect in comparison to mine, meaning it would probably be a bit of a reality check for me in regards to my future career.

When we arrived at Ariana's, Dinah literally looked like she was about to pass out, her fangirl side clearly taking over. I was surprised to hear she wanted to record at her house rather than at a studio but my curiosity was explained when I saw the basement of her home. Ariana lived in America but was living in the U.K. for a year in order to work on her music. Her house was amazing, it was largely sized and in a perfectly isolated spot. The decor inside it looked just how I imagined it and not to my surprise, there was a recording studio downstairs which she led us to as soon as we arrived. Our initial shock and excitement soon subsided as we realised that Ariana was pretty much just like anyone else, she was genuine and made conversation the same as anyone else would.

"So I was thinking you could choose the song for this, seen as though you seem pretty good at that" she spoke and I began flicking through my Spotify trying to find the perfect song. One caught my eye especially, a song that I'd listened to a lot these past few weeks and I figured if I was going to sing, it had better be with the usual drive and passion I seemed to demonstrate in my music. I always saw music as my escape and didn't see the point of singing a song that had no relevance to yourself. Music was my way of expressing my feelings, it made me feel empowered and strong and I loved that liberating feeling. I was worried that Ariana would see the song as rather dark, but I'd rather that than sing a song I felt nothing towards. I suppose that's why I'm pretty against pop music now, I guess I just don't see the point of performing a song where you don't feel something when you're singing it.

"I was thinking this one might sound cool" I spoke, showing Ariana the song on my phone to which she instantly smiled.

"I love that song" she replied, pressing play on my phone to get a feel for the tune. "Anyone in particular?" She finished, i sent Dinah a confused look, not understanding what Ariana meant by this.

"What do you mean?" I spoke, voicing my thoughts.

"The song, did you pick it for anyone in particular?" She reworded and I looked down at my lap, knowing exactly why I'd chosen the song.

"Let's just say it hits pretty close to home" I explained before standing to go sit next to Ariana on the sofa, ready to film. It wasn't that I was singing it in any way to get back at Lauren, or to make her feel guilty as I knew if that was going to happen, it probably would have by now. However, singing a song that means this much to me makes my passion in my voice increase drastically, which is something that appears to have quite the impact on a performance.

"Well whoever it is, they missed out" she smiled before placing the camera in its stand. "You ready?"

"As I'll ever be" I replied before taking a deep breathe as the camera started rolling.