Torn - Katy Perry (Completed)

Chapter 18.

*Day of the Graham Norton show.*

"Come on Cheryl!" Lily said, holding the door open as Katy and Shannon passed through under her arm.

Cheryl appeared at the bottom of the stairs, looking at her watch reading 5:30am"Okay, let's go." She said, yawning.

*In the car.*

"This is gonna be a longggg ass flight." Katy sighed, resting her head against the window as they pulled up at the airport.

"Tell me about it." Lily yawned. Cheryl stayed silent.

Katy, Lily, Cheryl and Shannon opened the car door and were instantly greeted by 20,30,40 paparazzi and flashing lights.

"Katy, did you get bored of men?!" "Cheryl, why her??" "Katy, Cheryl, look here!" "Cheryl!" "Katy!"

The estranged voices surrounded them until they got into the airport.

"I wasn't expecting such a reaction." Cheryl explained, confused.

"Get used to it, there's gonna be a whole lot of that for the next few weeks to come." Katy replied, rubbing Cheryl's shoulder as they stepped on board the plain.

*In the UK.*

As soon as Katy and Cheryl stepped out of Heatherow Airport, paparazzi surrounded them again.

"Cheryl, why have you decided to return?!" "KATY!" "Cheryl, why Katy?" "Katy, why Cheryl?"

Again, flashing lights and voices filled their head.

They bundled into the car waiting for them, Lily and Shannon following closely behind. "They're a lot worse than I remember." Cheryl said, putting her head in her hand.

"What did you expect? You run off to America as a single straight woman and return as a taken lesbian with one of the most high profile pop stars in the world? What did you seriously expect?" Lily snapped. "You can't have it all." She added.

"Lily?" Cheryl asked, sympathetically. "What?" Lily snapped. "I know you don't agree with this, but could you at least see it from my perspective?" Cheryl said, sighing.

Lily shook her head slowly. "You don't get it do you, Cheryl?" She said.

"No I don't, feel free to explain??" Cheryl replied, sarcastically.

"It's like you're oblivious to what you're doing these days, I don't know how you think you can just run away to LA with your new girlfriend, forgetting about everything you need to be HERE for." Lily explained, sighing.

"Lil, I know, I just... It was the heat of the moment..." Cheryl replied, shrugging.

"It was my fault." Katy chipped in. "I made her come to LA with me, I gave her no time to say otherwise" She added.

Shannon raised her eyebrows. "Look, we are about to go on the Graham Norton show. You are going to get grilled. You are going to get asked questions you don't want to answer. But you know what, you're going to have to deal with it. If this is what you really want, you will have to go with it, and we certainly can't be arguing before hand." Shannon said.

Everyone shrugged and remained silent.

*At the Graham Norton studio.*

"10 minutes until set!" Someone shouted amongst the crowd of producers, camera men and directors.

"Right, remember; lots of laughter, smiles and nodding. Even if you don't feel like it." Shannon said, clipping the microphone onto Katy's dress.

"You're good to go!" She said, smiling. "You look gorgeous."

Katy smiled and took a deep breath, she turned to Cheryl. "Are you ready?" She asked, smiling nervously.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Cheryl replied, warmly.

"Let's go!" Katy said.

"Good luck." Lily murmured, fiddling with something, avoiding eye contact.

Cheryl smiled, faintly.

*On the show.*

"As a chat show host, I am obliged to ask, are the rumours true?" Graham asked.

Katy laughed "Oh, these rumours never lie!" She said, sarcastically.

"But this one... Is true." Cheryl added, resting her hand on Katy's leg.

The crowd cheered and clapped,

"Well I never!" Graham said, smiling. "Congratulations." He added.

"Thank you." Katy and Cheryl replied, in sync.

They smiled at eachother, feeling a sense of achievement.

It was finally out in the open.