Fame || LRH

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Josie’s P.O.V.

My mind was constantly stuck on the process of writing that it consumed my life for a few weeks. Once my concussion was fully healed, Lily and a few other friends brought me out of my cave and I saw real sunlight and breathed fresh air for the first time in ages.

The one thing I did not miss though was the flash of cameras from paparazzi trying to capture my first steps out of my recovery.

"They just need to have their pictures don’t they?" I asked rhetorically taking off my sunglasses as Lily and I walked into a restaurant for some lunch

"Guess your life is back to normal now with them watching your every move again," Lily commented once we were seated

Thankfully the place we were eating at didn’t have two way glass in the front so photographers or tabloids couldn’t come in or take photos through the glass so I was safe for the time being.

"Yeah it’s totally back to normal," I said sarcastically slapping my turned off iPhone onto the table between us as I sighed

It’s been weeks and I still haven’t brought it upon myself to turn it on. I refrained from using any sort of social networking the entire time I was recovering because I knew that the new rumors being spread about me were probably going to put even more stress on me and I was one mental breakdown away from being hospitalized again.

"Still haven’t opened it yet?" She asked picking it up and looking at me for a gesture of approval

"Just do it," I said closing my eyes as if this would help in any way

At least my concussion was gone so anything impacting me wouldn’t hurt as much as it would’ve when I was still injured.

"So. Many. Notifications." Were the only words Lily spoke as I watched her fingers repeatedly slide down the screen keeping me from seeing what she was seeing

"Good or bad?"

"Most of them are just get well soon tweets, and the occasional hate, then a- oh," Lily stopped mid sentence worrying me even more

"Then what?"

"Nothing you’d want to see," she said quickly closing my phone and putting it back down

"Well now I have to see it," I said about to grab it in front of me until she took it away

"Trust me. You wouldn’t."

"Is it worse than hate?" I asked

"For you, yeah," she nodded

"Is it… Is it about him?" I finally asked

"Unfortunately,"

"Did he get hurt? Is he alright?" Concerning questions were the first things that flooded to my mind when she confirmed my question and I couldn’t help but worry

"No, he’s fine. It’s just something you wouldn’t want to see right now," she explained as I was slowly starting to understand

"There’s another girl, isn’t there?"

Luke’s P.O.V.

Julia was everything that I needed right now. She took my mind off Josie completely never even giving me a reason to ever think about her again. We’ve been talking for a few weeks now and there was just something about her that I couldn’t seem to let go of. When I was with her, If I was going to be honest, she didn’t make me completely happy, but she filled enough of me to keep me going through the day. I knew that this wasn’t the same feeling I had with Josie, but at least it was a feeling. She was making me feel something and I wasn’t going to risk losing her until I figured out what that something was.