Falling Into You

Chapter 26

Someone knocks on the door to my dressing room. I pray in my head that it's Rene. I clear my throat, trying my best to sound like I wasn't crying.
"Who is it?"
"Angeline" my stylist
"One minute" I stand up and run over to my makeup table I wipe away the mascara on my cheeks and try to look like I haven't been crying. I walk over to the door and let her in.
"Alright, let's get you ready shall we" I smile weakly. I sit down in a chair as she does my hair. I start doing my makeup. Hiding the puffiness under my eyes and my mascara stained cheeks.
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"Chicago you were amazing! Thank you, goodnight!" The crowd roars as I walk off stage. I walk straight to my dressing room avoiding eye contact with anyone. I lock the door and change into my clothes from earlier. I brush out my hair and take off my makeup. A few tears fall down my cheeks as I walk to the door. I quickly wipe them away and walk out the door.
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I walk into the hotel and walk straight to the elevator. I press my floor number, and get out when it reaches my floor. I pull out my room key and freeze when I get to the door. Alex could be in there. He might not be but I don't want to take the chance, I don't want to face him. I think of where I can go, then I think of it. I walk down the hallway a few doors down, and stop in front of a door. I hesitate before knocking on Rene's door. He opens the door.
"Céline?" He says with a surprised look on his face "What's wrong?"
"Alex cheated on me" I say as I burst out in tears.
"What?!"
"With Cheryl"
"Your backup singer Cheryl?" I nod
"Do you mind if I come in? I can't go back to my room, not yet"
"Yes of course come on in" I walk in the door and he closes it behind me. "How did you find out?"
"We were all going to get coffee and I put on his jacket cause I forgot mine when I was running late. And I put my hand in the pocket and there was a note from Cheryl, saying she had fun last night"
"Oh my god Céline I'm so sorry. You went to get you coat and then Alex followed, when you guys didn't come out for a bit we all just thought you... got distracted. If I had known what was really happening I would of came to you. Now I feel awful that I wasn't there for you" he says
"No no don't feel bad you couldn't have known. Believe me I think it was better you weren't there I was a hot mess" I laugh a little "Um he came in and I asked him about him and Cheryl and then he read the paper, and confessed"
"Why did he do it, did he say?"
"He saw me talking to you the other day, he saw me touch your hand, he thought we looked a little too comforatable and he jumped to conclusions. He thought we were together. I ended up telling him I've kissed you a few times. He flipped. I said I ended things and tried to make it work with him, but he just wouldn't hear it. So I ended it"
"Céline I'm so sorry. This is all my fault"
"No it's not don't say that. It's not your fault at all"
"Céline I'm so sorry" I start to cry more, Rene pulls me into a hug. I break down in his arms, he holds me tighter. He strokes my hair.
"I'm so sorry this happened to you. You don't deserve this"
"Yes I do. I did the same thing, I kissed you when I was dating Alex. I kissed you more than once. I deserve this"
"NO. No you don't, you felt so guilty about us kissing, you stopped it. That's as far as it went, we never did anything more. Alex got jealous and slept with someone else, that's way worse then just a kiss. It's not your fault, you don't deserve this. You deserve to be happy"
I hug him tight as I cry. He hugs me tighter, I feel so safe in his arms. I can't seem to stop crying, I'm so hurt and betrayed by Alex.
"Céline, look at me" I look up at him "Alex messed up. I don't know how he could do that to you. He made a big mistake losing you" he said as he wiped a tear from my cheek. I gave him a small smile and looked away. I hugged him tight. I looked up at him again as he looked at me. He wiped another tear from my cheek. Suddenly I knew what I wanted, I smiled shyly at him.
He brushed my hair out of my face and rested his hand on my cheek. "He doesn't know what he's missing"
Without thinking I lean up and kiss him. A soft, short kiss. He pulls aways.
"Céline, are you sure you're-" I press my finger to his mouth, hushing him.
"Please, just kiss me"
He does. He moves his hand from my cheek and onto my back. I have butterflies in my stomach, it feels nice to be able to kiss Rene and not feel guilty. Instead I feel happy, excited, and nervous all at once.
I put my hand on his chest as he puts his arms around my waist. He pulls back from the kiss.
He looks at me. I smile at him, happily.
"Is everything alright?" I ask him, curious as to why he stopped the kiss.
"I just want to make sure you're okay. I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of you"
"You're not" I place my hands on his cheek and kiss him slowly. The kiss quickly became more passionate than before. He moved his hand to the door and locked it, then he moved his hand onto my waist.
"Are you sure about this?" He asks me
"I've never been more sure about anything in my life"
He picks me up and carries me to his bedroom...
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Authors Note:
I don't want to go into detail with what's implied happens next. It just feels to weird to write. Anyway I hope you enjoyed... 😂