The Sacrifices of Fame

Chapter Fourteen

"Lauren!"

I turn around and see Bea running towards me. She jumps into my arms and I catch her. She wraps her legs around my waist and I wrap my arms around her, so she doesn't fall. We hold onto each other for a little longer than we should, be its whatever. I put Bea back on the ground and she kisses my cheek, I don't think too much of it.

"Oh my god, I missed you so much." Bea says.

"I've missed you too love." I say.

Bea takes my hand and we start walking. I met Bea in Paris at the venue we're preforming at. The fans don't know that I'm going to preform, they just think I'm here for mortal support. We go inside the building and it's a really cool set up.

"The show doesn't start for a few hours, what do you want to do until then?" Bea asks.

"Let's go get food and then we can watch Netflix or something until its time." I say.

Bea agrees and we tell security where we're going before we leave. Unfortunately they won't allow us to walk around by ourselves but its okay. I also understand because some fans are, I'm not going to say crazy but invested. We find a noodle place, it looks like they sell Roman which is hella good. We decided that noddles are fine, so we order then sit at one of the tables and wait.

"So how are you and your boo?" Bea asks.

I smile thinking of Mal but my smile falters a little thinking about this morning.

- - - - -

"Mal, babe are you really not going to talk to me?" I ask.

I woke up this morning and ever since she's been ignoring me. I just got out the shower so I'm only in a towel. I walk over to Mal and take her phone away from her.

"Lauren-"

"Oh wow, she speaks."

"Can we just not today, I'm not in the mood."

"You're not in the mood to talk to me. Really? We just told my mom that we were moving in together and you won't talk to me?"

I wrap my arms around her and this time she doesn't pull away. I start kissing Mal's neck but my phone chimes, so I leave her to go get it.

Cuddle Buddy 🐢: I just made it to the venue, can't wait to see you!

I smile at her text, it's low-key cute.

"Talking to your girlfriend huh?" Mal asks.

I scoff and roll my eyes.

"You know for a fact that I only have eyes for you. Why don't you trust me?" I yell.

"Lauren if I didn't trust you, I would he convincing you to not go or I'd be trying to come with you. I'm letting you do you own thing!" Mal yells.

I drop my towel and put on my boxers and sports bra.

"I want you to come, if I didn't I would have never asked you!"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"No you don't get to do this Mallory. You don't get to accuse me of something then end it because you don't want to talk about it!"

Mal doesn't say anything she just looks at the floor. I shake my head before grabbing my Nike windbreaker and my Adidas track pants. I take one last look at Mal then leave.

- - - - -

"We've been good, you know couple of arguments here and there but nothing major." I say.

I look up at Bea and sue just raises her eyebrow at me. I sigh because she can tell I'm not telling the whole truth.

"Okay fine, she's mad that I'm here with you instead of with her." I say.

"Why?" Bea asks.

"You already know the fans ship us together, but it's getting to her. A lot of people are telling me to dump her and go out with you. They're also saying she isn't good enough and it's getting to her. I mean it would get to me too and I understand where she is coming from, but this whole thing is about trust. I feel like she should trust me, no matter what the media is saying."

Bea has this look on her face and I can't tell what it is, its like a mixture of sadness and anger.

"I feel like all couples go through this, but its harder because you guys are famous."

I nod understandingly.

"Hey, let's not think about that right now okay? Let's get these noodles, watch Netflix, preform, then if you want to we can talk about it all night if you want." Bea says.

I smile and agree to this plan. Our names are called, out food is ready. We grab the food and head back to the venue. As we're walking back I'm thinking about Mal. I scroll through my phone and find a picture of us, we both have no tops on but you can't see anything because of the angle. I keep scrolling and find another one of us. I was getting dressed and Mal wrapped her arms around me and kissed me on my cheek. We get back to the venue and we go to the dressing rooms in the back. Bea turns the TV on and hooks her computer up to the tv using the HDMI cord. We decide to watch The Fosters and can I just say damn Callie!

"Lauren."

I look up at Bea, she has her phone out and I'm assuming she's recording me.

"Oh god, no I probably look homeless." I whine.

Bea laughs and looks around her phone.

"No you don't, you look beautiful."

I smile a little and Bea puts her phone down. I grab my phone and scroll through social media, #Bren is trending. I look through the hashtag and see the video of Bea running into my arms earlier. I scroll through and read some tweets from the fans.

MemeDaddy: As cute as they are LaurenElizabeth and BeaMiller have both said they aren't together. Not only that but Lauren is dating MalPugh. People really need to stop and just let them be.

xJellox: MalPugh just needs to let LaurenElizabeth go so she can be with BeaMiller. They might be coming just friends but, you don't look at the friend the way they look at each other.

I keep scrolling and find a tweet from Mal.

MalPugh: I don't know anymore, I need you and you aren't here but I guess that's my fault...

LaurenElizabeth: I'm always here for you, forever and always. I told you in the beginning that I'm not going anywhere. Now you just have to trust me.

My phone buzzes, its a message from Mal.

My Everything 😍: I'm leaving, I can't do this anymore. I'm sorry...