More Than A Stepbrother → The Rewrite

fourteen

fourteen

~ Vanessa ~

"Babe, wake up. We're in LA" Nathan's voice echoes in my head. I flutter my eyes open to see we have landed and everybody is getting their things together. I smile stretching and standing up joining the others.

Since we are staying in LA longer, management have rented us a house to live in for the time being. We pull up outside of what looks like a villa. It's amazing!

"Oh my gosh" I gasp. "Alright guys first come first serve basis for rooms so run and pick em'" Kev announces and all of us shoot upstairs looking at all the rooms. "We tax this one!" Nathan shouts as we stand in a nice big bedroom with a big bed and a balcony too!

"Oh damn. That ain't fair, they got the best one" Max pulls his sad doggy pouty face making us laugh. "Should of got here first, George!" I stick my tongue out at him making Nathan laugh. Soon everybody has chosen their rooms and once we are settled in, everybody is doing their own thing. Right now, we are all sitting around the sofa area with the FIFA game on and the boys are screaming at each other. Nathan returns back to his position on the sofa next to me after having his go, and losing. "Better luck next time babe" I kiss his cheek and he smiles gratefully.

Suddenly his phone buzzes and he takes it out, reading through something and grinning widely. "Who's that?" I ask trying to not sound suspicious or clingy. "Oh just Ariana. You know, Ariana Grande. She's our support act for the next couple of shows here in LA and she's gonna be staying here with us" He explains and I just nod.

"Hello?" A feminine girly voice calls making Nathan jump up. "In here, Ari!"

Then entering the room, is the one and only Ariana Grande. With her hair curled and in her half up half down style, she wears some denim shorts showing off her glowing tan and her thigh gap, a white strapless peplum top showing off her defined collarbone and some nude heels. She smiles when she sees Nathan, showing off the dimple in her left cheek.

"Hey" She hugs Nathan when he approaches her. "I'm so glad you're here" I hear Nathan mumble into her shoulder and they pull away. "It's so great to be here, hey guys!" She waves over at us. "Hi" Everybody waves, except me, but I don't think she noticed.

"Oh Ari, meet my fiancé. Nessa, this is Ariana" Nathan introduces. "So this is the famous Vanessa" Ariana giggles giving me a quick hug. "I've heard a lot about you" She winks. "Oh really?" I raise an eyebrow directing it at Nathan. "?Yeah. Nathan never shuts up about you when we're in the studio" She laughs. "Who in the studio? You and him?" I point between them confused. Nathan never mentioned anything about being in the studio with Ariana, he just told me it was for the album. Why would he lie to me?

"Yeah Nathan and I are bringing out a duet together, called almost is never enough. Have you heard it?" She asks brushing some of her light brown hair off her shoulder. "Er, no I haven't" I bite my lip. "Well we're performing it tonight during the boys' show, are you going? You should totally hear it. Nathan here has got some real talent" She smiles over inspirationally at Nathan. He rubs the back of his head awkwardly, knowing he's in some shit for not telling me.

"Well good for you guys. It's good to have you here" I smile politely at Ariana and she returns it giving me another hug before sitting beside Nathan and I sit surprisingly by myself. Thinking no one would notice, I stand up making my way into the kitchen. But I hear footsteps behind me and those familiar arms around my waist. "What Nathan?" I snap a little too harshly, pushing his arms off me. "Babe don't be like that" He is pouting when I turn around.

"You lied to me. Why would you lie to me? Your own fiancé!" I exclaim slamming the kettle down on the marble counter. "I didn't think it was that big of a deal" He shrugs awkwardly, shuffling his feet. "Big of a deal? Nathan I'm your fiancé, I'm going to be your wife one day. Couples never keep secrets from one another, even if it is something like this. I still ought to know! So I can praise you and be happy for you! I haven't even heard the song yet" I huff folding my arms.