Behind The Camera

Chapter Twenty Three.

I was sat watching Perri dance, watching the whole of Diversity come together and dance was amazing, I felt every emotion, every beat of the music, it was like watching the story come alive. Stacey was texting me and I was replying when I could, I think she was more excited to be spending time with me tonight than Perri coming around. I click onto Instagram and see that some of Diversity have followed me, one being Jordan. I click on the photo I had uploaded this morning, a lot of people asking me how I had met him, what I was doing at Dancing On Ice and why I was featured on Perri's Instagram. I knew I shouldn't but I couldn't help but read the comments, there was only a couple hundred, but it was a lot more than I was used to. 'If she's Jord's new bestie she's something to do with Pel' another one read 'maybe she's a fan they've adopted for a while' but others read 'what does Perri see in her???' or 'she's pretty but not pretty enough' I sigh and click off the social media. I knew this would happen, I knew everything to prepare for, and I thought I was ready, but sitting reading this proved I was far from ready.

My phone starts to ring and I look at the call ID seeing Lacey's name pop up on my screen, I take a quick walk out of studio one and answer the phone. "Hey" I breath, "Tee..." She whispers. "Are you okay?" I ask, worried as to why she would be ringing me when she should be at school. "You and Pezza then?" She chuckles. I roll my eyes, "Seriously Lace?" I ask, sitting down on the pavement, thank god it was sunny and not raining. "Well being on his Instagram, posting Jordan on yours, quite easy to connect the dots" She chuckles. "What do you mean?" I ask, regretting even answering. "Perri hasn't been spotted with a female in years, let alone posted one to his Instagram, of course its going to spark romance rumours" She chuckles. I make a mental note, that's true. No female was ever really shown on Pel's Instagram unless it was family or Diversity and here I was, a nobody on his Instagram, and posting Jordan on mine like it wasn't a big del, when in reality it was a massive deal. "Look Lace, I've got to go but i'll call you later, i'm guessing the original reason for this call was to tell Mum" I mutter. "Well, you might want to hurry up and do that, it wont be long before she knows" she whispers. "Anyway I had better get back to school, only so much hiding in toilets you can do" she chuckles, I roll my eyes, she was always going to be the rebellious one. "I'll speak to you later" I mutter before she hangs up the phone.

I kick a stone and take a deep breath, why did this need to be harder than it needed to be, why couldn't me and Perri just be happy without everyone else getting involved. Of course I wanted to scream from the roof that he was my boyfriend, I just didn't want the hassle that was going to follow with it. "If there's a girl who needs a chocolate bar, it's going to be you" Jordan states, coming out of the door with two chocolate bar in his hands. I chuckle. "Thanks" I say, grabbing one from him and sitting back on the pavement. "Why are you sat out here?" He asks, taking a seat next to me. "Sister rang me, didn't want to interrupt you all with the whole dancing thing" I say, motioning my hands around as if I was mimicking a move, when we both really knew I was just moving my hands around. "it will get easy you know, they just want what's best for him and they will realise that's you in time" He states, taking a bite of his chocolate bar. I nod my head agreeing with him. "I know, but its like I knew everything that would happen, how it could happen, but with it all happening I guess I realised I wasn't ready" I whisper. "No one is ready for it, it doesn't matter how much you hype yourself up and say it, my advice is don't read the comments, I know its a lot easier said then done, but Perri will read them, you will read them, the rest of the world reads them and then it puts strain on you and Perri, and you don't need that" He whispers, taking another bite of his chocolate. Considering Jordan and Perri were known for the pranks and the messing around Jordan really did have good advice to offer out. "Thanks" I whisper, taking a bite of my chocolate bar. "Seriously, if you ever want someone to talk to that isn't your boyfriend drop me a DM, drop me a message, or come find me. You are not alone in this, neither of you are, we are all going to support you guys, you're one of us now" He chuckles. I nod my head, giving him a small smile. "I can do this, I want to make him happy" I whisper. "And he wants to make you happy, don't ever forget that" he smiles, before we hear Ashley shouting Jordan's name. "That's my que, are you coming back?" He asks, standing up and offering his hand for me to take. I take it and stand up, dusting my bum off.