Fame

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Liam

I was walking down the street as everyone flashed their cameras in my face. Hailey Evans, a model was holding my hand next to me as we walked into a restaurant. Hailey and I were in a casual relationship and she knew about it too.

I had an interview today after dropping off Hailey and I drove to the interview.

"Liam, how are you?" Justin, the host asks and I shake his hand. It was a radio interview and I was dressed down in my sweats and a basic top.

"Good, how are you?" I ask as I put on the headphones and point the microphone towards me. This was live so I had to be careful about what I say.

"Everyone we have Liam Carson today," Justin says and I smile.

"Hey guys," I say and we start off by talking about songs.

"Alright let's talk about your life now shall we?" he asks and I nod.

"Sure," I say smiling.

"Do you have any new songs coming up or new things?" he asks and I think.

"No, I don't think so. But I am planning on releasing a song or two but I need some inspiration for it you know," I say and Justin nods.

"What kind of inspiration do you need?" he asks curiously.

"Well people usually write songs when they are either in love or when they are heartbroken usually and I have done both already and I have no emotions to release now," I say.

"So you and Hailey are not serious?" Justin asks.

"No we are not and she knows about it too. I don't have emotions to have a serious relationship right now," I say admitting the truth.

"You have heard about Avery Brooke's engagement to Alex Peyton," Justin says bringing Avery up like I knew everyone would.

"I mean who hasn't heard about it? She is an internationally known model and singer and he is a soccer player," I say laughing and Justin nods.

"Are you happy about it?" he asks and I sigh.

"I mean I am happy for her but when I think about myself, no I am not happy about it," I say admitting it.

"Why not?" Justin asks.

"Because it's not easy. It was not easy moving on from her because she was this person who came into my life and changed it and made me so happy. When she left, she took everything she gave me with her and I was left with nothing," I say and Justin nods.

"It's never easy for anyone to see their past lover doing so good without them but I am happy for her. She deserves the best, she really does," I say and Justin nods.

"If you loved her so much, they why did you guys break up?" Justin asks.

"I mean I think everyone knows the reason behind it. I messed up, big time. Even though I was drunk, there's no excuses for what I did so even though it hurts to admit the truth, I was the one who broke her trust and I deserved her moving away from me," I say and he nods.

Everything I said was true. I was madly in love with Avery but I messed up everything and now she was with another man who made her happy. All I hoped was that Alex would not break her like I did.

"Don't you think Liam, that by being in a relationship with Hailey, Hailey is breaking a sister code with Avery? Since the both of them are friends?" he asks and I knew about it too.

"I think so but I don't know. Life is messed up man, I messed up big," I say and Justin drops the topic of Avery there and moves on. After I finish the interview, I sit in my car and drive back home.

I looked at a picture of myself in a magazine and they were comparing me when I was with Avery and the me I am when I am with Hailey and the difference is uncanny.

I looked so different when I was with Avery. I had no tattoos but now I had 35 of them of different sizes on my arms and chest and neck. I had light brown hair but now I had bleached hair. I never smoked before but now I did and I even drank often.

Just as I was reading the magazine, I lit up a cigarette and smoked it as I read about it. I was so innocent back then but now, I was different. So different that I couldn't even recognize myself back then.

Avery

"Avery Brooke everyone," Justin says as I settle down in front of my microphone and puts on my set of head set.

"Hello everyone," I say and hug Justin quickly.

"How are you today Avery?" he asks and I smile at him.

"I am good thank you," I say truly meaning it. Justin started out by asking some basic questions for my interview with him.

"Alright, have you and Alex set a date for your wedding yet?" he asks and I smile.

"No we haven't. We have been like engaged for like what? 5 months? And we both are busy in our careers and with my tour coming up, we want to wait," I say honestly.

"Are you excited for you tour?" Justin asks.

"Oh yes I am! Like the tickets were sold out within minutes of it being online and I was shocked. This is my first tour and I don't know what to expect from it but I am excite to see where it goes," I say laughing.

"We had Liam over about a week ago," he says and I nod. I knew he was going to bring this up.

"And when asked about your engagement to Alex, he says this following," Justin says playing the clip from his interview with Liam and I watch it. He says that he is not happy about it and he hates that I am doing better without him. He wished me well though.

"That was sweet and very bold of him to admit his feelings," I say and Justin nods.

"It is isn't it? What do you think about Hailey's and his relationship," he says and I sigh.

"I mean, they are doing fine aren't they," I say and Justin nods.

"Yes they are but how do you feel about Hailey breaking the sister code by dating your ex?" Justin asks and I sigh.

"It sucks obviously because she knew me longer than she knew him and she knew how much our split affected me. Like obviously it hurt to see that the person I thought was like my sister with the person I thought I was going to end up with." I say and Justin nods.

"Do you still talk to the both of them?" Justin asks and I shake my head.

"No I don't. I don't see the need of me talking to either one of them anymore," I say.

"Do you wish Liam and you were still together?" he asks and I play with my bracelets.

"I mean, I wish our relationship didn't end so abruptly and on bad terms because we did have something deep and serious going on," I say after hesitating and he nods.

"So you think it might have been better if you both didn't part ways right?" Justin asks and I sigh again.

"I wish he didn't do what he did," I say.

"He says that he messed and you say that he shouldn't have done what he did. What is it that he did because it doesn't seem like it was just a kiss that broke you guys apart," he says curiously.

"I don't think I am comfortable saying it but it hurt me more than anyone ever has hurt me," I say and Justin raised his eyebrows. I knew that this was live so I didn't want to say much.

"Did he?" Justin asks and I nod.

"He did and it broke me. Like I couldn't stop picturing it and that was what made me end our relationship," I say and he nods. I know I should stop talking about my ex when I have a fiancé and thankfully Justin stopped asking about it.

We sang a few songs, a few more questions were asked and I came back home. I knew that now everyone was going to keep talking about the fact that I just almost admitted Liam cheating on me.