Within The Lights. (Series)

Chapter 2 - Rumors.

"I'm bored."

Cody looked over the top of his laptop and raised his eyebrows.

"Can we please do something?" I asked.

He sighed and closed his laptop. "Like what? There's not much we can do before a show."

I groaned over-dramatically and fell into my back.

"Fine, fine." he laughed, closing his laptop. "We could go surprise the fans outside."

"We can do that?" I asked, sitting back up. "Won't Matt get mad?"

"Please, mad is like Matt's middle name. He gets mad at everything I do. It's just his thing." Cody laughed to himself.

"Okay, what about Greyson?" I asked.

"Text him." he shrugged.

"Nah, he's too goody-two-shoes. He'll rat us out." I said, wondering why I even asked if I already knew the answer.

"Okay, let's go then." Cody smiled, standing up and offering me his hand.

****

"Ready?" Cody whispered to me, his hands on the door handle that led to the lot of fans outside.

"Ready." I nodded.

He threw the door open and the sun hit my face, nearly blinding me.

The fans started screaming the minute they saw him and all rushed forward.

The security guards weren't too happy about our little "Appearance," but they managed to get the fans in a single-file line to meet Cody.

For some reason, they wanted to meet me, too.

"Hey, you're Macy Black!" one said to me.

I was a little confused as to how she knew my name, but I figured magazines and such. After all, I hang out with Cody quite a bit.

"Yeah, what's your name?" I smiled at her.

"Rebecca. It's so cool talking to a celebrity!" She beamed.

I shook my head and laughed. "Oh, no, I'm not a celebrity."

"Sure you are!" she said, rummaging around in her bag and pulling out a new-looking magazine. Must be a new issue. "Right here, you're Cody's girlfriend!"

I swallowed my own spit and it lodged in my throat, making me cough violently until I lost all my air and I had to punch myself in the chest to try and clear my throat and be able to breathe again.

"Are you alright...?" Rebecca asked, looking at me like I had 7 heads.

"Can I see that?" I asked.

She handed it to me and raised her eyebrows curiously.

"What page is this on...?" I muttered to myself.

"Oh, page 17!" she said, forgetting that I had just choked right in front of her.

I flipped to page 17 as fast as I could, finding the article and folding the other page over. Published just yesterday.

*Singer Cody Simpson was spotted recently in Phoenix, Arizona with newcomer Ryan Black's sister Macy.

"The two have become very close through the (Waiting 4 U) tour," says a source close to the couple."

Their flirty tweets to each other also suggest a relationship between the two.

We've even seen a few fans call them "Cady." The c for Cody, a for Macy, and dy for Cody. How cute!*

My jaw dropped.

"You think me and Cody are dating?" I asked Rebecca.

She shrugged. "It's in the magazine."

"And how many other people think that we're dating, exactly?" I asked.

"About all of Cody's fans."

I put my face in my hands. This was not happening.

After a minute of cooling down, I looked back at Rebecca. "We are not dating." I said. "Please go tell all of Cody's fans that I said so myself."

She shook her head. "I can't do that. They'll all think I'm lying and call me "Mariah Yeater 2.0. I've seen it happen."

"Then I'll get Cody to tell them."

She shook her head again. "They don't trust Cody. Whenever he tweets about NOT being in a relationship with a girl, they believe it even more. When he dated Stella Hudgens? He denied it forever, he still denies it. But we all know he did."

She was right. Cody did date Stella Hudgens, but he dumped her a few months after.

"So I'll do it myself." I concluded.

"Then they'll think you're attention-seeking." Was Rebecca's reply.

This girl was really starting to piss me off.

"So what do I do?" I asked, as if she had an answer.

"I would just ignore it until the rumors die down. That's what Hailee did."

"Yes, I get it, Cody has a lot of ex's." I snapped.

She looked a little taken-aback.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to snap. I'm just not too pleased with this." I sighed.

She smiled again. "It's fine. It was nice meeting you, Macy!"

I handed her back her magazine. "Nice meeting you too, Rebecca."

****

"Cady!?" Cody yelled.

I nodded.

"Where the hell did they get that!?" He screamed.

"Apparently a 'Source close to us' revealed that we're an item." I said with air quotes.

"When I found out who that was..." Cody said, clenching his fist.

"Cody. Calm down. We should just ignore the rumors until they die down." I said, repeating Rebecca's advice to me.

He sighed. "Sorry. I just get really pissed off when my friends are dragged into the stupid rumors in my life."

Friends. Rumors. That's all it is.

"I've gotta go take my seat. I'll see you after the show. Good luck." I said encouragingly.

"Thanks, Macy." he smiled at me.

"No problem. Break a leg." I laughed, and walked out to sit in my seat beside Alli.