Behind The Glasses (Lauren/You)

Chapter Twelve

"Where have you girls been? We should have gotten to the venue by now." I rolled my eyes and pulled Xander by the arm. We walked to the elevator and waited for the doors to open. I could feel the girls wanting to spill the details as where we were but they knew it was my place to tell him what happened.

When the doors opened, we got inside the elevator and silently yet patiently waited till we got to the van that Xander was going to drive in. When I got into the front with Xander I couldn't hold onto the information much longer.

"Before I explain where I was, could you tell me what you put in my coffee?" I buckled my seat belt and looked right at Xander, not caring if I had the slightest expression of nervousness in my voice. I turned on the radio for some music to drown our conversation to only be heard between the two of us.

"It was a regular Mocha latte. Why does this have anything to do with your disappearance?" He started the engine and drove off to the venue with a very monotone voice. I swear Xander isn't always so blunt. What in the world is his problem?

"Just curious because when I had a Mocha two days ago, I didn't know that it was normal to have caramel syrup in it." All I saw was Xander's face contort in confusion and gave me a look for a slight second before looking back at the road.

"You've never had caramel in a Mocha before?" I hummed a no and continued to stay quiet. To tell him or not? I don't think he did it on purpose. Right?

When we got to the venue, we all got out of the van and made out way to the doors. Opening the doors for the girls to go in first, I waited till it was only Xander left and pulled him close to my face so here me loud and clear. I wanted to make sure that he had heard me loud and clear because the way he was acting was rather douche like.

"I'm highly allergic to caramel Xander." I pulled him away from me and patted his shoulder to then walk in the place without waiting to hear anything come out of Xander's mouth. I hadn't told people about my allergies because it never came up in a conversation so I guess it wasn't entirely Xander's fault. Though the way he was acting was beginning to annoy me like never before.

I stood next to the girls who were already greeting some of the Harmonizers with waves and kissing. Getting the girls to their table, I pushed back some of the fans that were on the brink of tumbling the barrier down but I managed to avoid anyone getting hurt. I made sure to stand beside Ally who was first one at the table as Xander appeared in front of the line, letting a Harmonizer through.

With each Harmonizer that came to the table, they were all super cheerful and happy to meet their idols as they expressed how they've followed them since X-Factor days, turned their bad days to better ones by listening to their music or being clean for a long time. You could tell that they weren't fabricating what they were saying by their facial expressions. It makes me glad that there are fans who genuinely care for artists for them rather the publicity and hype.

After the exhausting two hours of standing and keeping a look out of any signs of danger, the line of Harmonizers went from thousands to none. I internally cheered in happiness and grabbed a water bottle that was behind me for the girls, Xander and I. As I passed down the water down the line for the girls, I jumped on Xander and brought the bottle of water into his sight. I got off him and he took the water bottle, chugging the entire bottle in seconds.

"I'm sorry that I was rude to you when you came back with the girls. I didn't know that you were allergic to caramel. Did you end up going to the hospital?" I nodded my head and walked back to the girls with him following beside me.

"Yeah I did. I had an epipen on me at the time so I didn't die." I laughed but I could tell Xander was feeling guilty.

"Hey you didn't know about my allergy. Don't beat yourself over it alright?" He nodded his head and the girls decided it was time to go grab something to eat since it was around four in the afternoon. They all even agreed to go back to Burgz just to have the Dryer burger and honestly I didn't mind.