Behind The Camera

Chapter Twenty Four.

"Stacey's pretty cool and Sam seems like a great laugh" Perri says as he sits on the end of my bed. "They're great people, just they can be a little too the point" I chuckle, lying on my stomach, facing him. "Sometimes they are the best type of people" He breaths, using his hand to trace shapes on my back. "Oh, actually I have something for you" I exclaim, jumping up from the position I was in and jogging over to my table on the other side of the room. I pick up his jumper that's been washed and ironed and hand it to him, sitting next to him on the bed. "Don't girlfriends usually steal boyfriends hoodies, not give them back" He says, raising his eyebrows, "Technically yes, but its your favourite one, I wouldn't steal that" I chuckle, leaning my head on his arm. "Yeah but I think it looks better on you" He whispers, kissing the top of my head, something he did all the time, but something I knew I would never get tired of. "I need to make a move, i'm meeting Starr and Georgia to go over some routine, but i'll ring you later?" He whispers. I nod my head, I didn't want him to leave but I wasn't going to stand in the way of his life style either. He stands up from the bed, and I do the same, following him down the stairs. Stacey comes out of the living room with Sam. "You leaving Pel?" Stacey asks, eyeing me up and down, making me feel like its my fault his going. "Yeah, busy person" He mutters back. "I'll wait for Dave with you" I whisper. "It was lovely to meet you finally Stacey, and its been nice to see you too Sam" Perri says politely. His manners were something he never lacked. Stacey nods her head, "Like wise, no doubt we will see you again" Stacey states. Perri nods his head smiling.

Me and Perri sat on the wall outside the house, it was still a nice afternoon. "You okay? you seem out of it" Perri whispers, pulling me closer to him. "I just feel weird, I guess its been a weird few days" I chuckle. "Yeah, I know what you mean" He whispers, kissing my head. I smile and lean my head on his chest, his arms wrapping around my shoulders, pulling me as close as I could get to him. That's one thing I liked about Perri, it didn't matter how close we was, he would always try to get closer. I spent majority of my time in his chest, which I never would complain about because he always smelt so good, even when he was sweating. "I don't want to lose you" He whispers into my hair. I stay silent, I didn't want to lose him either, but no one could predict the future we had together, who knew where we would be in a months time. "If it gets too much I want you to call me, tell me, I want to keep you safe, the only way I can do that is by us talking about things" He whispers. Had he spoken to Jordan? Nathan? Starr? I nod my head. "I like you a lot, i'm prepared for whatever is thrown at us" I whisper. "I want you to be happy, I don't want to be the reason you're sad" He whispers. I nod my head again, "I know Pel, like everyone's said in a few days it'll blow over" I whisper. "What's your plan for tomorrow anyway?" I ask, changing the doom and gloom subject. "I believe its a Diversity meeting in the morning, then Dancing on Ice rehearsals" He whispers. I nod my head, not seeing him tomorrow then. "I'll ring you when I can though" He continues, almost as if he was reading my mind. "Time apart is normal" I whisper, turning around to face him. "Don't want to get fed up of you already" I chuckle, he rolls his eyes. "Yeah, you was starting to get annoying" He chuckles, kissing my cheek. "I don't know Kiely, I feel like if there's anyone annoying in this relationship its you" I laugh, a proper laugh.

I sigh as Dave pulls up, a few houses away from where we was sat. It just made the fact I wouldn't see Perri for a day or two real. We had gone from spending a couple of days together to going to have to be apart, and get used to that fact that we couldn't be attached twenty four seven. I stand up, pulling Perri up with me, who just looks down at me, his eyes glossing over. Was he really this upset that he wasn't going to see me for a day? "I'm gonna miss your dorkiness" He mutters, pulling me in for a hug. "I'm not the dorky one" I chuckle, pulling away. "Well, I beg to differ" He chuckles. I lean up and kiss his lips softly, just savouring the moment. "I'll call you later" He says, smiling. I nod my head. "Yeah, i'll speak to you later" I whisper as I watch him walk down the street, getting in the car. I didn't want to be the girlfriend that stood there watching their boyfriend drive away like in a film, but my feet just didn't want to move. After I knew the car was way out of sight, I decide to make a move back to my bedroom, I didn't really want to deal with Stacey's questions right now.

I sit on my bed, looking up at my roof, I didn't really know what to do now that Perri had gone. I didn't think Id feel this way before. The room still smelt of him, it was almost like he was still here. I look up and notice his Jumper hanging off the table, did he not take it? I text Perri saying he left his jumper and the text I get back makes me smile. 'Thought you would need it more than me, when you wish I was with you just hold it close x' I smile, and sit the jumper in my lap. I missed him already and he hadn't been gone five minutes, I sigh to myself and look over Instagram, feeling brave enough to do so.

I click on Perri's Instagram first, I look at the picture he had uploaded of us both, I skim through the comments knowing full well I shouldn't do it, but part of me wanted to know what people was saying about me. A lot of the comments was people saying we looked cute together, they adored the fact that Perri was happy, some still said they didn't know who I was, some still said that he could do better, but that was okay, everyone was allowed their own opinions. I click onto my profile and look at the photo I had uploaded earlier, It had caught the way Perri was looking at me, I was laughing with my hand over my face and Stacey was pulling a random face. I smiled looking at it, thankful that everyone had got on, and no one had made anything awkward. I look at the comments, Stacey had commented saying 'dynamic three, watch out Diversity' I liked it and replied with a laughing emoji. Some of the comments were horrible though.

'What's Perri doing with a nobody'  'she doesn't suit him'     'she's the girl who was arguing with him at college'

I didn't know what Perri was doing with me, he liked me? wasn't that enough for people. I didn't care if I didn't suit him, I liked him, he liked me, we made each other happy. But yes, I did argue with him at college.

I put my phone on charge and leave it on the table, deciding to watch some Netflix before having dinner, I wasn't that hungry, which was slightly weird as I could eat for England most days. As I lie on my bed, I watch my phone out of the corner of my eye, the notifications flooding in, I dreaded what they said. How could people be so mean?

I ignored my phone and decided that it was time to have some food, I walk into the kitchen and Stacey is watching the news in the living room, which was loud enough for our neighbours to here. "Tee you're going to want to watch this" I hear her call. I walk into the living room and Stacey and Sam are sat on the edge of their seats. What was the problem?
I look up to the TV that's placed on the wall and look at the headlines in front of me.

'Mysterious girl captures dancing sensation Perri Kiely's heart'

A women appears on the screen, giving an insight on what information she had found. "Local girl named Tee Smith has been seen with Diversity and Perri Kiely. Tee was spotted last night at Perri's semi final on Dancing on Ice, as shown below you can see the picture she captured with Diversity Star Perri's best friend Jordan. Perri then later on added a photo of him and Tee to his Instagram with a quote from his favourite film, Harry Potter. This afternoon Tee had uploaded a photo of her and Perri with a friend, initiating that they was all sane people. Neither party have addressed the news on Perri's relationship status, more to follow as the information comes in"

I look at Stacey, tears filling my eyes. Was this really what they called news?