LA Big Break

Chapter Eleven

I looked at each of the magazines. They all had about two pictures of the time Cody and me were at the beach, having our awkward conversation which lead to our situation now.

'They're not too bad are they?' I said.

'People will ask questions, but I guess it's fixable... ish.' Matt replied, scanning through some more magazines.

Cody hadn't said anything the whole time, he was just stood with his back to the wall staring at his phone.

'It's all over Twitter. The pictures of us at the beach, I mean.' He eventually said, showing us numerous tweets.

'I'm sure we can sort it, can't we?' I said, trying my best to keep things together. I'd never experienced anything like this before, but I guess Cody had, but I guess most of the time they were just rumours. This stuff is real.

'We might have to call rumours...' Matt said.

'No. I think we should tell them. Before anything else gets leaked that we can't cover.' Cody said.

'Are you sure?' Me and Matt both said together.

'Definately. Plus I hate lying to my fans, it doesn't feel right.' He smiled, taking my hand.

'And I want to show you off to the world.' He whispered in my ear, out of earshot of everybody else.

I couldn't help bubt blush at that. Cody made me smile, uncontrollably most of the time. It was getting late and I was getting ready to go home before I got the dreaded call from my mother, but was interrupted from my thoughts by Cody's voice in my ear.

'I want to show you something.' He whispered as he took my hand. He guided me up some stairs at the back of the house and opened a door at the top. I went through the door, still holding his hand and he took me over to some garden loungers. It was nearly pitch black, the only light I could see was the yellow glow of the tea tree lights placed on the wall around the outside of the roof. He sat down/ half laid down and stuck his arm out for me to do the same. I rested my head on him.

'I come here almost every night, to look at the stars or to look out over LA. I wanted to share it with you, because it's beautiful and it reminds me of you when you're not with me.' He said, smiling. Although it was pretty hard to see. 

'It's... amazing. Thank you.' I said looking up at the stars. He put his spare arm around me and pulled me in close. I closed my eyes and huddled closer too him. It was perfect. I couldn't think of anything that could make this better. 

'Tomorrow morning, I'll post on Twitter that I'm no longer single. Is that okay? I'll try not to make it too formal, keep it cool.' He laughed.

'As long as you're sure, tell the world however you want to.' I replied and I smiled at him. He nodded and I went back to resting my head on his shoulder.

I woke up early the next morning. I didn't get in until 1 am, much to the disapproval of my mother. I looked at my clock.

* 7:30 am* 

I looked at my phone and saw I had a message from Cody.

'Morning beautiful, come to mine at 11? xoxo' It read.

'Sure baby, see you then <3' I replied.

I ate my breakfast at the table where my mum was working, but we actually got to talk today, seeing as she only had a few papers to sign and assingments to grade. I had told her about Cody when she asked why I was out so much, and she asked me how he was. I told her before trying to show some interest in her work. We have a good relationship, we just don't do early morning conversations I guess.

It was 10:30 and I decided to leave for Cody's, I kind of missed him and I wanted to give my mum some space. I walked down the drive and all the way to Cody's. It was so hot, but nice hot, not the stuffy English heat we used to get. I thought about Melanie stuck in the UK, with the muggy weather and started laughing to myself about the fun times we'd had during the summer. Water fights, picnics at the park, swimming, everything. 

I missed her. I knew, just knew I had to call her and tell her about Cody before everybody else knew. I wanted her to see that I do still think of her, which I do. And that I trust her, and I need her. Now I wish I'd never taken this walk, I've over thought this. 

*Ring, Ring.*

'Hello?' I said when she answered the phone but didn't speak.

'What do you want?' Melanie said, but a little less visciously than she had the other day. She wasn't the kind of person to get angry and stay angry.

'Mel, I want to tell you something, before we tell anybody else. I miss you so much and I never meant to hurt you. I let the connection slip and I shouldn't make excuses for doing that. I'm sorry.' I said, being met with silence on the end of the phone. I had to really try to not cry.

'It depends how good this secret is.' She said, a little bit jokingly. I knew she had forgiven me, whenever we had fought before she would always forgive me but still play it a bit cool to make sure I really meant it. She was cunning, and I couldn't put into words how much I wanted to give her a hug.

'You know Cody Simpson right?' I said. I had to try to keep my voice down so people wouldn't hear me, seeing as I was walking down the street.

'Sort of, why?' 

'Well, we've been dating for about two weeks. And magazines kind of caught on to this, so we're going to tell everybody today. I wanted you to know first, because you're my best friend.' I smiled.

'No. Freaking. Way. Aw, Hannah, that's so cute.' She laughed. I had Mel back. I did a half happy dance to avoid looking weird.

We spoke for about twenty minutes, and it was like old times. I almost didn't want to say goodbye, but it was quite late in England and she needed to go to bed.

'I miss you!' I said before saying goodbye and hanging up. Again I had to fight back tears, but knowing that Cody was so close made it all better. I couldn't wait to hug him.

I got to the top of the drive and he was waiting for me. He put his arm around me and kissed the side of my head.

'Are you ready?' He smiled.

Boy, am I.