summer '17

Chapter 3

The flashing lights of cameras through the window were blinding. Quinn and Theo stand opposite one another, Theo now taller than Quinn compared to when they were in high school. The pair had only been in the store for five minutes before Quinn's assistant came over and said that there was a car waiting for her in the alleyway behind the store.

Quinn's team began to usher her towards the back of the store, in a hurry she turned around and called to Theo,

"Do you want to get a coffee sometime?"

Theo looked at her in surprise, a smile came across his face.

"Yeah, I'd like that, what's your number?" He asked with a smirk.

Quinn rolled her eyes and gave him her number.

"Cya later." She called over her shoulder.

"Bye, I'll call you." Theo replied.

Theo P.O.V

Theo turned to look at the crowd of paparazzi at the front of the store, they began to run around to the alleyway, this was his chance. He thanked the store owner, quickly left the store and managed to reach his car peacefully. As he turned around the corner, he saw a black S.U.V with tinted windows drive away from several paparazzi. He smiled to himself and turned on the radio.

Quinn P.O.V

Everything was a blur to Quinn as her team rushed her into the car. She had come so far from Chesterbrook that she simply pushed so many memories to the back of her brain. The busier she got, the further back those memories went, but suddenly they all came back to her.

She was still in a trance when a dozen cameras came up to the windows of the car. The sound of voices and yelling took over and she now began to hide her face in attempt to give them a bad shot.

The car drove off, leaving the paparazzi in its dust. It was only now when she realised that the entire time she was talking to Theo, the paparazzi was at the window snapping pictures of them. Her hands began to sweat.

"I need to call my publicist right now!" She demanded.

"Why?" Her manager questioned.

"Because they got photos of Theo and I."

"And does that upset you?" Her manager replied.

"Well, yes, I think so."

She couldn't put her finger on why it upset her, but it did. It won't be easy to get rid of those pictures and she knows that her team can only do so much. She never wanted to bring Theo into this life. After all, it is why she secretly left Chesterbrook.