Hurt Somebody - Noah Kahan, Julia Michaels
Camila's POV
February, 2016
I would be lying if I said I wasn't too invested in spending time with Shawn, but... Oh my God. I couldn't stay way from him and I knew he felt the same way, we were just too afraid to admit it. The sad part was that this era was coming to an end and I didn't know what we were doing after.
"Ready for this?", he said while we waited for Ellen to announce our performance. It was the last one we had booked. It was... special.
"Yeah", I replied with a smile, holding the microphone between both my hands.
The moment the staged doors opened for us and we were in front of the cameras, adrenaline took over me. I felt in my core every word that left my mouth and all body followed the vibe. It was electrifying being on a show that I had watched too many times before and even performed as well, but this time singing a song that had my entire heart and soul.
Shawn also brought a sense of calm to me. Knowing he was right beside me made it all so much easier and fun. I felt like touching him so many time during the song, holding my hand up, close to his cheek or shoulder, just centimeters away from caressing his skin but not doing it. I never got the courage to do it before the song ended.
"Congratulations you two!", Andrew said when we got back to our dressing room. It was not every day that Ellen DeGeneres calls your song one of the biggest hits of year. This had been the perfect end for an amazing era.
As much as I just wanted to stay there for a little longer, I had to run because the girls and I still had some things to get done with before releasing our next lead single in just a couple of weeks. I didn't want to make them wait because things had been tense enough ever since I began this solo project. I said goodbye to everyone and mamá and Roger hurried me to get going.
I hugged Shawn extra thigh this time because I knew I wasn't going to see him for a while.
"Go", he whispered sweetly when I wasn't letting go of him and people were waiting for me.
We both had shy smiles in our faces when we pulled apart. I turned around giggling to run to my team and I tried my hardest to not be so obvious about my heart beating fast and the butterflies making a mess in my stomach.
"You ok?", my mom asked in the car.
"Yeah", I said cheerfully.
She shook her head with a soft laugh.
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[S: Happy birthday! I hope you have a great day being a year older. You're absolutely amazing. Can't wait to see u this saturday, it's gonna be amazing. xo]
His message was the first one I opened the morning of my birthday. My phone was flooded with nice comments from family, friends and fans but I wanted to see his first. I tried to hide my smile even though I was alone in the room before replying and then reading the rest of the birthday wishes.
We hadn't seen each other and that's why I was always looking forward to a message from him. When he told me he wanted me to sing with him on his sold out concert at Radio City Hall I freaked out. It was an important venue and I was touched he had thought of me to share the stage that night.
