Fame | Joel Pimentel

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Joel's POV:
I drove to Mariana's house since she didn't answer. When I pulled up, I noticed a familiar car. I knocked at the door and waited there. Moments later, Mariana's mom opened the door.

"Joel! Hi, how are you?" She smiled and let me in.

"I'm great, is Mariana here?" I asked knowing the answer already.

"Yes, she's in her room. I'll be in my room" She pointed upstairs and began to walk to her room.

"Okay thank you." I gave her a polite smile and walked up the stairs.

As I was about to open the door, I heard a giggle. Confused, I put my ear to the door and listened. I heard a male voice.

"I said 'the more we hung out, the more I fell for her' well I wasn't lying." Someone said and i'm pretty sure it was Shawn. I continued to listen.

"I'm actually starting to like you, for real. That's why I stormed off." I heard him say and then there was silence for a while. I quickly opened the door and I saw Shawn and Mariana quickly pull away from each other.

"Joel? Why are you here?" Mariana harshly asked.

It took every bit of me to not go up and punch Shawn because I must admit, I'm really jealous right now.

"What is he doing here?" I asked glaring at Shawn.

"It's none of your business. Why are you here?" She repeated, getting up and crossing her arms.

"I came to talk to you." I stated.

"You already talked to me, I think you should go." She says as she walked up to me.

She literally pushes me out the door but me being stronger refuses. I take both of her hands and she struggles to get out of my grip. She stopped and we were both staring at each other.

"Please." I begged.

"I'm gonna go", Shawn comes from behind us, "I'll talk to you later."

He leaves, leaving Mariana and I alone.

"Can you just leave please?" She sighed.

"Not until we talk." I walk over to her bed and sit down.

Without saying a word, she goes into the closet and closes the door. I sighed as I walked up to it.

"Mariana, I wasn't done explaining what happened." I said as I leaned my arm on the door.

I was expecting her to say something but she didn't say anything. So I decided to talk.

"I don't like that girl, I think I just got caught up in the moment. She doesn't mean anything, I don't even have her number. It was just a one time thing. I don't even want to be with her or anything, the only person I want to be with is you." I said hoping she would come out.

"Really?" I heard her say from the inside. Although I couldn't see her, I knew she had a small smile when she said that. There was some muffling coming from inside and she opened the door.

"Of course." I chuckled.

She opened her arms and so did I, I hugged her and planted her a kiss on the forehead.

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Mariana's POV;

Days later, I was attending an award show along with Shawn. I haven't talked to him since that day he came over so I hope it's not too awkward. I'm currently getting my hair and makeup done but when i'm done with everything i'm supposed to meet up with Shawn because we are presenting an award.

After I was done, I texted Shawn asking where he was at and he replied back. I went to go meet him backstage at the snack table. When I got there, I first saw 3/5 of the guys; Christopher, Zabdiel and Joel. Why am I not surprised? I greeted Christopher and Zabdiel and gave each of them a hug. After them I smiled at Joel and gave him a huge hug, rubbing his back with my hand.

"Hola chicos, where is Erick and Richard?" I asked them as I got a strawberry from the table.

After I said that, I slightly felt a tap on my shoulder and someone come behind me saying "boo. " I jumped a bit and almost dropped my strawberry. I knew who it was.

"Really Erick?" I groaned.

He laughed and Erick and Richard gave me a hug. Just then an interviewer came to us and we all smiled. He asked a question and then another.

"Mariana, are you here with Shawn tonight? I heard you 2 are presenting." The interviewer smiled and put the mic closer to me. I peaked from the corner of my eye and looked at Joel who was uncomfortable and looked down.

"Yes we are and I was just looking for him but I ran into these lovely guys." I smiled and right after I said that Shawn appeared.

"Hey what's up guys!" He smiled at the guys and they all did that handshake guys always do. He came next to me, put his arm around me and gave me a kiss on the cheek before he said "Hey babe."

While the interviewer was talking, I looked at Joel, he seemed jealous and quite upset. I looked down and shook off the thought of him being upset.

"Well we have to go, bye guys!" I waved at them and left with Shawn hand in hand. I looked back and saw Joel looking at us.

We went to go prepare since we will be one of the first presenters. I thought it was going to be awkward but it's as if that night didn't happen.

After we presented the award, we kept going from backstage to our seats infront of the stage. I went backstage and I saw Erick with Zabdiel. I went up to them and asked if they had seen Joel.

"Oh he, richard and christopher se fueron agarrar algo de tomar." Zabdiel responded.

I nodded my head and went back with Shawn. We watched the rest of the show.

Shawn and I were taking pictures after the award show outside while we waited for our car to get here. We posed for a few shots for the paparazzi. After a while, his manager called him over to the side, leaving me talking to the paparazzi for a while and I gave them a few pictures.

"Mariana!" I heard a voice yell from the side.

I turned to look and I saw it was Joel. He came standing next to me, wrapping his arm around my neck, "Hey amiga!" He smiled a bit and I sniffed him a little.

"Oh my god, are you drunk?" I asked him whispering and took his arm off of me.

I saw Erick, Zabdiel, Christopher, Richard and the rest of the cnco team walk to us from a distance. Joel caught me and i'm pretty sure all of us by surprise and kissed me right in front of everyone. I was blinded by all the lights and I heard people gasp.