Gableen: The Back Row

(15)

Colleen's POV:
I quickly left to let Gabbie have a shower, as I felt the vibration of the tap being turned on and water falling onto the fall, I made my way downstairs to make some breakfast. I laughed to myself hearing Gabbie subconsciously singing her heart out in the shower, her croaky voice barely making any notes. I guess she lost her voice after last night, I feel so bad.
I quickly ran into my car and drove to her house, finding the spare key I entered and grabbed some of her essentials and clothes so she could stay at mine for a while, and even if she didn't want to, her clothes from last night were dyed in blood and still wet from the bath.
I managed to get home in time before seeing Gabbie walk down the stairs in her onesie, she looked a lot better after taking a shower. "I went to your house to pick up some clothes while you stay for a while" I say pointing to the pile of clothes on the sofa, she greets me with a smile "I'm staying?" She asks in an excitable tone "I mean you don't have to, but I'd prefer for you to stay here for a couple nights, just so I can be sure you're ok?" "I'd love to" she says in reply, I relax back into making breakfast, knowing she'd be able to stay here longer.
As I gave her some pancakes she sulked into her chair sighing "What's up babe?" I ask concerned, rubbing her back with the tips of my fingers "I think I should make the video today, I just want everyone to know, I'm done with hiding from the camera, from my fans" she says picking at her food in a shy tone "Are you sure your ready? We can wai-" I get cut off, "I'm ready" I smile knowing everything can only get better.

We talk for a while, getting to know each other better, are hobbies etc "So, where was your favourite stop on the tour?" She asks making conversation as we talk about the places I went. "I loved them all, but to be fair, probably the stop were I first met you" I say blushing hard, it was true though. In return the corners of her lips turned upwards as her skin pigmented the same red as mine "Out of all the places you visited in the world, your favourite place was mine? Yet you travelled the whole world?" She says in awe, I simply nod back in certainty. "Right now, the only place in the world I want to be is with her." She suddenly laughs, "What?" I giggle "I want to be with you too" she says giggling back. "Did I really say that out loud" I blush embarrassed, throwing my head into my hands. "Well I only feel the same way" she mutters back, placing her cutlery on her plate making a clink noise across the room. Not much more was said after that, it's pretty safe to say we both like each other, after everything we've been though this past week it's brung us so much closer than I ever thought, who would've known I'd be falling for a fan. She's not like any fan though, there's something different about her.

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After breakfast Gabbie ran upstairs and got ready, I set up my camera ready to film one of the hardest videos either of us had ever had to attempt. By the minute fans were getting more and more concerned, it had gone viral now and was starting to hit local news that worry had spread over her. People began blaming me, after spotting Gabbie in the audience, fans quickly took to twitter throwing all sorts of hate at me for letting this happen, I did feel ashamed, but there's nothing I could do until this video revealed what had happened.
Gabbie appeared after walking down the stairs and stood staring at me from the other side of the room, I could feel the fear in her eyes, how the audience would react. I could tell people all ready were going to think she's telling a fake story, but there's nothing else we can do to prove it's real, but hope our fans believe the injuries on Gabbie's swollen face. She wasn't wearing makeup and it was pretty obvious the bruised she sustained are real, the only hope is that our fans believe too.

I stood up and walked over to her before taking her hand and helping her sit in front of the camera. Her breathing was irregular "Its going to be ok Gabbie, I'll be next to you the whole time." She seemed comforted by my words and breathed normal again. I turned the camera on and we both took a deep breath as she began talking, the whole time I gazed into her eyes, supporting her and willing her on to tell the truth "Hey guys, it's Gabbie.." she continued in a low tone, still in a croaky voice "... as many of you have realised, I haven't been posting on social media recently, a lot has been going on" "To cut straight to the point as many of you question, yes I have been attacked..." a deep silence fell as I felt her strain back the tears, I held her hand and eager her to carry on "... this has been no ones fault, so please don't spread rumours about Colleen, Joey, Liza, or anyone who you think is involved, because I'm safe now" her crying broke my heart as I too began to well up, keeping things together is so hard when seeing someone who means so much to you brake. "I'm not sure when I'll be posting next, but in the mean time I want you guys to know I'm fine, and I'm getting better and I love you all so much, please continue to spread support, and not hate" with that I turned the camera off, and cradled Gabbie into a tight hug, we both cried for a while. Yet it felt like a huge weight at been taken off our shoulders, and no more pressure to be questioned was lingering.