"Hey Mel?"
My eyes shot up drowsily. I stared back at Celena, seeing her tiny hand waving in front of my face rapidly. I smiled, wiping my eyes quickly.
"What's up?"
I chirped sweetly.
Celena raised her brow at me.
"Did you hear anything I said?"
I shook my head, being completely candid with her. My honesty brought me to a soft chuckle.
"I'm sorry, I completely missed the last part"
Celena laughed.
"Are you good? You look exhausted!"
I nodded, moving a piece of my hair from my face to behind my ear.
"I'm fine.. I am tired.. Definitey going to take a nap after this before the party."
Celena nodded at me, grabbing her tools, to get ready for Austin.
"Yeah, you look like you need about 72 hours"
She burst into a fit of giggles. I smiled back at her.
I didn't get even an hour of rest. I tossed restlessly until we needed to go. Smitty's words kept me up all night and I tried my best not to overthink it. But of course my curiosity was getting the best of me. There's really only a handful of girls on the team. Me and Celena. There was another girl who helped Smitty with sound, Jenny. Another girl who was part of his PR team, Aubrey. I couldn't think of anyone else. Which narrowed my candidates down.. Unless he fucked them both, which was totally likely.
Ugh, it was probably not even any time recent. Why would I convince myself of foul play again. This did no one favors.
"So Austin is just in for a dry style now, and we only need to bring his outfit for tonight. Oh! Did you get your costume for tonight?! They left it in our room this morning."
I shook my head, I actually hadn't seen it yet.
Celena squealed from excitement.
"You and I are going to be on the top floor, the old western floor. I got this freakin' cute ass Saloon girl outfit, I think you got something similar too"
I smiled, it was exactly what I'd want to be in.
"That sounds awesome."
We stayed in silence for a moment. My mind continued to race. Staring over at Celena my mind started catapulting ideas into my head. Celena has been here since almost the beginning of Austin's career... She probably knows the most of what happens here..
I felt myself open my mouth to speak.
Shut the Fuck up, Mel. Don't do it. Don't fucking ask her. You might as well draw a target on your face. Don't-
"Hey Cel?"
You fucking idiot.
Celena whipped over in my direction. She smiled.
"What's up babe?"
I took a moment to think over what I was about to say.
"I heard some gossip in passing.."
Celena walked over to me, sitting down on the sofa next to me, leaning in with an inquisitive look on her face.
"What kind of gossip!"
She half whispered.
I leaned in.
"I heard that it's not uncommon that people have sex with others on the team.."
Please don't let this have shot myself in the foot..
Celena widened her eyes.
"Where'd you hear that?"
I gulped. Be honest?
"I heard Smitty mention it to someone"
Celena placed two fingers over her mouth and looked away from me. She looked back up at me and giggled. That made me feel better.
"Fuck, are you talking about Smitty and I hooking up? I'm sorry I didn't tell you! It was so long ago, like 4 years.. Fuck, I should've told you since he totally wants to bag you. I'm sorry I'm such a shitty friend!"
I widened my eyes back at her. Not what I was talking about, but definitely a good diversion from me completely ruining myself.
"No of course not! I didn't even have an inkling, actually, that you guys hooked up"
Celena covered her face with her hands.
"Ugh that was so embarrassing!"
"No don't worry about it!"
A gentle silence fell between us.
"Who were you talking about then?"
She looked up at me with her large doe eyes.
Fuck.
"I wasn't really talking about anyone in particular. I was just wondering what your take on that was.."
Celena nodded.
"Well, yeah, people have definitely hooked up on this team. It was totally a bigger thing a few years ago though, a lot of our crew members have gotten married and gotten into relationships, so its not as prevalent as it was."
I nodded, listening. I can do this.
"Austin too?"
I said sarcastically, trying to insinuate that I wouldn't believe he could ever.
Celena shot me a knowing look. My heart dropped.
"Let's just say the one's closest to you, usually end up being the one's you'd least suspect."
I gulped. Was she talking about me?
She began to start speaking again, but the door to our studio opened, Austin walked in, looking just as tired as I did. Celena shot up, our conversation was officially over. He yawned, sitting in the chair.
"Hey, Cel."
She stared him in the face through the mirror, her hands on his shoulders. She glared at him.
"Did I miss the memo? Why did I sleep like a queen and everyone else couldn't sleep for shit??"
Austin smiled, I chimed in.
"I never sleep well when the moon is at this phase"
Celena and Austin looked at me through the mirror.
Austin spoke.
"I think I drank too much at dinner, I was just laying there, my head spinning."
Celena patted his shoulder.
"You two need naps. Also, Aust, come on.. you need to cool it with the drinking. You're going to end up being sloppy again."
Austin nodded. Celena began to work on his hair and I spaced out watching them.
It's so like Celena to answer me with a riddle. Fuck, I don't know what that even means.
"Hey Mel? We're going to go with Austin to his tv interview, he's wearing another suit, so we gotta make sure he looks A1. They're gonna do a closeup of him playing."
I nodded.
