The Beautifully Reckless

Chapter Thirty Three

Mila-Rose's POV

It's been a week and a half since the pictures on my door showed up. I had to reschedule my concert in the park. With what's going on, it would have been too dangerous. I have a radio interview today and I wasn't going to miss it. "Jonah I'll be fine. He wouldn't try anything during a radio interview. Too many cameras." I say. "I just don't think you should go. I want to keep you safe." He argues. "I will be. I promise." I say. He sighs. "I'm not winning this argument, am I?" He asks. I shake my head. He waves me off and disappears downstairs. I smile and get ready. I put on a white cropped tank, a red jean skirt, white socks with frills around the top and white high top converse. I put on mascara, eyeliner and red lipstick. I leave my hair down and grab my phone and my purse. I bound down the stairs only to be met with Zach. "Are you my bodyguard today?" I ask. He nods. He's wearing a red shirt and white pants with white shoes. "We'll look so cute! Twins!" I say. He smiles and shakes his head. "Dork." He mutters. I roll my eyes and walk into the living room. "Zach and I are leaving. We'll see you later!" I say. The guys nod and Jonah ignores me. Guess I upset him. "Come on Zach. I don't need to be late." I say. He nods and follows me out to my car. I hand him my phone and he turns on my Spotify. The voice of Shawn Mendes fills my speakers. I grin. We head down the street with the windows rolled down and us screaming the lyrics. We ignore the strange looks from people in other cars.

As we sit at a stop light Hands To Myself by Selena Gomez starts to play. We start dancing in our seats and singing along. I laugh once the song finishes and turn the radio down. "You're a pretty cool bodyguard." I say. He rolls his eyes. "It's only because I like you." He says. I roll my eyes and pull into the radio station. We climb out of the car and Zach follows me into the building. I talk to the lady at the front desk for a couple minutes until I find out where I'm supposed to go. We walk down a series of hallways until we come up to the correct door. I gently knock and Julian opens the door. "Hey! I'm Julian, the interviewer slash host." He says. I shake his hand. "I'm Mila-Rose. And this is my friend Zach." I say. Zach shakes his hand as well and he lets us into the studio space. I look at the blue walls and see posters and pictures of all the people he's met. He's got signed pictures from everyone. "This guy has interviewed a lot of people." Zach says, looking at the pictures. I nod. "At least that means he know what he's doing. He won't be fumbling around." I say. Zach nods. "We're gonna start in about five minutes. Zach feel free to sit anywhere." Julian says. We nod and I sit by the table and Zach sits by the wall. He makes sure he's out of the shot and pulls out his phone. He starts tapping away so I do the same. "Ten seconds!" Is shouted by someone in the room. I put my phone down and Julian settles in his seat. He nods and the interview starts. "It's Julian from 104.9 and I'm here today with Mila-Rose!" He says. The people in the room cheer and I wave. "Thanks for having me here Julian." I say. "Thanks for coming." He says.

"So how are you doing Mila?" He asks. I run a hand through my hair before answering. "Good. Slightly stressed but other than that I'm good." I say. "Only slightly stressed?" He asks, giving me a knowing look. I give him a fake glare. "You're Mila-Rose. You're starting a music career, you are one of the most popular YouTubers ever and you're only seventeen." He says. "Fine. You caught me. I'm super stressed but I wouldn't trade a second of it. I absolutely love how busy my life is." I say. "Really?" He asks. "Totally. There's never a dull moment. And I'm constantly with my friends so it's always a good time." I say. "Makes sense. What's one of the best parts of the job?" He says. "Definitely meeting people. I have so many amazing friends from all over the world. Plus my fans are insane! I absolutely adore all of them." I say. "Limelights are better!" Zach calls. "Looks like someone disagrees." Julian says. I roll my eyes as he waves Zach over. Zach is handed a pair of headphones and he squeezes into my chair with me. "You could have pulled up another chair." I say, wiggling around. "Where's the fun in that?" He asks. "Just sit on my lap." I sigh. He stands up and lets me get comfortable before sitting on my lap. He leans to one side so I'm still visible. "You're quite comfortable." Zach comments. "I wish I could say the same to you. You have the most bony ass ever." I say. Julian laughs at our little argument. "Zach introduce yourself and explain what limelights are." Julian says.