Behind The Cameras (Datalie fanfiction)

Chapter Five

David's P.O.V

Waking up to a flashing camera isn't exactly the way I expected to wake up today. I opened my eyes, then shut them again when I realized that there was too much light.

I tried to move my hand to rub my eyes, but I couldn't. So i opened my eyes again and noticed that it was because Nat was in my embrace and she was deeply asleep.

My heart started to beat faster, and all I could think of was woah. She really is genuinely beautiful without even trying.

The camera light flashed again and I looked in front of me to find zane on the chair across from us, taking pictures of us as we slept.

"Jesus, Zane," I said softly, in an attempt to not startle Natalie and wake her up. She was kind of a deep sleeper though so that was good.

"Baby, I'm leaking all of these," He laughed as he flipped through his phone, looking at all the pictures he took.

"You don't dare."

"Of course I dare, they're just friendship photos. After all, you guys are just friends, aren't you?" Zane teased me. God, he was good.

I couldn't help but laugh nervously, "Zane, get out of my fucking house."

"Not going to, I wanna hang out with Natalie when she wakes up," He stated as he continued to flip through his phone.

"Usually people call to ask," I joked and he just laughed.

"How'd you get in here anyways?" I asked.

He shuffled and threw some keys on the table, Nat's keys to be precise.

"Nat forgot her keys with me," He explained.

Natalie moved around softly in my arms before her eyes fluttered open.

"What the fuck?" She asked directly as she realized that she wasn't in her room.

"Hey," I softly spoke to her. She turned around to look at me, and then she smiled.

"Hey," I expected her to move out of my grip, but she just got more comfortable, which accelerated my heart beat again, "What time is it?" She asked, closing her eyes again.

"4 pm," Zane replied.

Nat shot up directly, "Is it actually?"

"Yeah, Nat, we fell asleep at like 6, what else do you expect?" I softly laughed, which cause her to laugh as well.

"What were you guys doing till 6?" Zane said with a smug look on his face. Natalie's eyes widened and she directly blushed.

I smiled so hard when I saw how hard she was blushing, "We were watching a movie, obviously," I replied to Zane, as Nat just sank into my embrace trying to hide her beautiful blushing face.

This. This moment was perfect. Zane was laughing at us, Natalie was shy as fuck, and my heart was almost falling out.

But of course, all good things had to come to an end. The doorbell rang, and so Nat got up and said that she'll get it before walking to the door.

I felt so cold and empty without her between my arms, but I ignored the feeling and tried to focus on who was ringing the door bell.

Natalie's P.O.V

I walked to the door, trying to calm my heart down. Honestly I didn't know what the hell was going on, but I no longer gave a fuck, I was really happy with whatever it was.

My happiness wasn't going to last much, and I knew that because as soon as I opened the door, Liza stood there with the biggest smile on her face. It low key looked like a fake one.

"Liza, hey!" I greeted her with enthusiasm that wasn't completely true.

She pulled me into a hug, "Hello, Natalie."

I hugged back, "Come in," I said as I pulled away. She nodded at me, the smile not leaving her face. She then walked in and straight up to the living room to greet David and Zane. They both got up and gave her hugs, she then sat down next to David, exactly where I was laying a couple minutes ago.

I mentally sighed and walked up to them, sitting down next to Zane.

"What are you doing here, boo?" Zane asked Liza.

She looked at David, then back at Zane, "Didn't David tell you?"

"Tell us what?" I jumped into the conversation, demanding to know.

She raised an eyebrow up at me for my sudden interest in the conversation, but she answered regardless, "We decided to start hanging out again until we can give our relationship a second chance."

Fuck, that hurt.

"Oh," I said. I felt like crying, I didn't even know why. I felt like screaming too. There was a lump in my throat and fucking hell did it make my heart ache.

"That's wonderful," Zane said, without a single sign of excitement, "I need to, uh, talk to Nat real quick," He continued, grabbing my hand and pulling me up with him. Then he took us to my room.

"What was that for?" I asked him as soon as we were inside the room. He shut the door and walked up to me, sitting down on the bed and patting for me to sit next to him. And so I did.

"For you," He said, without any further context.

"Me?"

"You looked like you were about to cry, Natalie, yes, you."

And that's when the first tear rolled its way down my cheek.