The Beautifully Reckless

Chapter Thirty

Mila-Rose's POV
I wake to my phone vibrating and the quiet chatter of the boys. I grab my phone and see Jeff texting me. Since Jeff is my kinda manager, he gets gigs and other weird shit for me to do. I rub my eyes and keep my head on Zach's shoulder. I look at his text and see a number and a text saying I need call it. I stand up and walk outside and call the number. "Hello? Is this Mila-Rose Paul?" The person answers. "Yes this is she. May I ask who this is?" I respond. "This is Margret Lilac from Cosmopolitan magazine. I'm calling to ask if you would like to do a photoshoot for our prom article?" She says, turning super professional in seconds. "I'd love to. Just tell me when and where." I say. "It will have to be sometime later this week. I know you have shows next week because of your upcoming music career." She says. "That's fine. Do you mind if I bring my boyfriend and his friends?" I ask. "No! They can be part of the shoot!" She says. "Perfect. I'll tell them the news and see you later this week." I say, hanging up.

I walk back into the house and stop in the kitchen, taking a couple deep breaths. "You okay in here?" Corbyn asks, walking up to me. I nod and lean against the counter. "Just a headache. Nothing major." I say. He hesitates but nods. "What was that phone call about?" he asks, dropping the subject. "Just a photoshoot for a magazine. And I'm dragging you guys along." I say. "We spend more time with you than anyone." He jokes. "It's because I'm ugly and you guys look beautiful compared to me." I say. He laughs. "Yup that's the only reason we hang out with you. Well that and the fact that Jonah is totally infatuated with you and everything that surrounds you." he says. "Like you aren't like that with Christina." I say. "Not the way you and Jonah are. I've never seen two people be confident in their love so quickly. A blind man could see how in love you two are. It's fascinating to watch you guys interact. He's known you just as long as me yet when he carried you down here crying this morning, he knew exactly what to do to help you. I had no clue." Corbyn argues. "He's right. Watching you two is like watching a movie. It doesn't seem real." Daniel says, walking in. "Are we all congregating in my kitchen to talk about the extreme infatuation I have with your band mate?" I ask. Jack, Zach and Jonah walk in.

"That's up to you." Corbyn says. "I'm completely and one hundred and ten percent in love with Jonah. Whether it looks like we just came out of a Disney movie or not doesn't matter. What matters is that I love him and he loves me. We don't need a fairytale romance. We just need real and we have that." I say. Jonah kisses my cheek and the other guys cheer. "Fucking dorks." I mutter. Jonah laughs and I smile. "You guys are doing a photoshoot with me Friday." I say. "Since when?" Jack asks. "Since ten minutes ago. We're going to prom bitches." I say. "You'll look beautiful in all the dresses." Jonah says. "Corbyn said you guys only hang out with me because I'm ugly and I make you all look good." I say. "Liar! You said that. I only agreed to it." He argues. "Which makes it true! Never tell a girl she's ugly. She could already have self esteem problems." I say. "If you're ugly than I'm ugly too." He says. "Well it takes one to know one." I say. He shakes his head.

"I've never been to prom." Zach says. My hearts swells at the thought of that. He did school online for the band. He never got to live that out. "Well I'm having a prom themed photo shoot and you guys are my dates." I say. They nod and I absentmindedly start planning something for Zach and the other boys. Since Zach said he never went to prom, I'll give him a fake one. All the boys will come. Rosa, Mariana, Gabbie and Christina. We can have some fans come too. Everyone can dress up. It won't exactly be the real thing, but it's the thought that counts. It will be a nice night for everyone. "Milly? You still there?" Jonah asks, shaking my arm. "Sorry. I was thinking." I say. I grab my phone and text the girls. I start looking up rooms to book and look for plane tickets for Christina. Everyone agrees to the idea and I turn my phone off. "Can we do something?" Jack asks.

"Like what?" Daniel asks. "We can go to the mall." I suggest. "That's fine." Corbyn says. "I'm gonna change so I don't look like I crawled out of a hole." I say. They nod and I head to my room. I put on a pair of ripped black jeans, a olive hoodie, Adidas, and a Why Don't We cap. I brush on some mascara and eyeliner and grab my purse before heading back downstairs. "Okay. We can go." I say. They nod and follow me out to my car. I toss Jonah my phone and he sets up the music. "How come he gets to know the passcode to your phone?" Jack asks. "He's my boyfriend?" I ask, glancing at Jonah. "We spent weeks trying to figure it out." Corbyn says. "Well it's not that hard to figure out now." I say. "Are you that person that has your significant others birthday or the day you started dating as their passcode?" Zach asks. "Birthday would be correct." I say. He scrunches up his nose and I laugh. "Her birthday is my passcode." Jonah chimes in. "A picture of Jonah and I is my home screen." I say. "A picture of us is my home screen too." Jonah says. "I have a picture of the six of us as my lock screen." I say. "Why all six of us?" Daniel asks. "I love you guys too. But I'm hoping to change it. I wanna get a picture of all ten of us. All the boys with their girls." I say.