LIAM
An hour later I pulled up to Delilah's in the red Jeep Wrangler that I bought with my signing bonus, to see her and Tessa waiting for me with their beach gear. Being the gentleman that I am, I quickly hop out of the car to load up their things. Delilah gives me a kiss on the cheek before hopping into the front passenger seat as Tessa climbs in the back. She smells like vanilla and sunshine and I want to bury my face in her silky brown hair and stay there forever.The beach that we are headed to is about twenty minutes away. The weather is perfect today, sunny and 85 degrees outside, without a single cloud in the sky. Delilah is quick to commandeer my radio, putting on their current favorite song from One Direction.I can't stop myself from rolling my eyes. Is it bad that my girl's favorite band isn't the one I'm in? I'll have to work harder on making her a fan. Delilah's taste in music has always been varied though. She likes a little bit of everything from punk rock to country. She even introduced me to one of my favorite bands, Nirvana. It's one of the things that I love about her. Wait, did I say love? Where did that come from? She would run the other direction if she heard that word. I need to reign it in before I scare her away.We are driving with the top off my Jeep, wind blowing through our hair and they are both singing the lyrics loudly while dancing in their seats. "I got a river for a soul, and baby you're a boat." It's hilarious and adorable. I have to make myself focus on the road instead of the leggy brunette beside me whose turquoise blue sundress has ridden pretty far up those tan legs of hers. I can't help myself, I need to touch her. So I casually move my right hand to her thigh and give a gentle squeeze before leaving it there. Somehow the physical contact makes listening to One Direction just a little bit less painful."So what's the story with you two?" Tessa asks, looking between Delilah and me. If there's one thing I know about Tess, it's that she can smell bullshit from a mile away. I'm not sure what the right answer is in this situation so I stay quiet, pretending to be concentrating on the road."The story?" Delilah decides to play dumb. Does she not want people to know about us? I thought girls usually couldn't wait to share this kind of news.Is she second guessing us? My past is a bit questionable. I can see why it may make her think twice, especially after I ghosted her. I guess we never really decided if we were keeping this a secret or not, so I'm going to keep quiet for now and follow her lead."Oh come on, Lilah. You know what I'm talking about. Did you make it official? The blogs are already claiming that you two are secretly together. Apparently, there is this whole page for Gladstone fans whose only goal in life is to nab Liam as their boyfriend slash baby daddy. There were so many people posting their crying videos last night that it crashed. Isn't that hilarious? But seriously you can tell me. I won't tell a soul." She deadpans."Are you kidding? There's seriously a website about that?" I roll my eyes and shake my head running my hand through my hair. Some of my fans are crazy. A few months ago, a couple of fans broke into our penthouse in LA and made themselves at home in my bed. When I got home they were waiting for me. Naked. Claimed we had a cosmic connection, I'd never even met them before. We had to call the police and get a restraining order put against them. It was creepy. Hopefully, the fans will tone it down a little now that I'm taken. My heart is with Delilah, even if she chooses not to let people know.Lilah and Tessa both laugh. "You wouldn't believe half of the pages they have dedicated to you, Liam, some are pretty cringy." Lilah says and then she turns around towards Tessa. "To answer your question, we just made it official last night. We didn't really discuss if we were keeping it a secret from everyone." She puts her hand on mine and laces our fingers together. The contact soothes my soul, I could stay like this all day.Tess squeals clapping franitcally and I cringe at the high pitched squeak coming from the backseat. "You probably should have decided that before coming to a public beach together. You do realize the paparazzi are bound to find us today. If they haven't spotted Ty, Luke, and Noah already."She points to a crowd gathering in the distance. "See? Looks like they were hard to miss."
I pull into an open space towards the end of the lot and put my Jeep into park, assessing the situation. There are reporters and paparazzi all around my bandmates, who are indulging them by answering questions and letting them snap photos.Luckily, I keep spare baseball caps in my Jeep for occasions like this one. I grab a few and hand both of the girls one. They immediately put them on and I pull mine down over my eyes to throw the reporters off for as long as we can. We should be able to sneak by with them currently distracted by the guys.I turn to Lilah and steady myself with a deep breath. Here goes nothing. "Dels, I want to tell the world about us, but I will let you make the call. If you want to keep it a secret, then I'll tell them we're just friends and maybe they'll go away, or we can just ignore them. Whatever you want. It's up to you."In the back seat I hear an "aaaawwww," from Tessa and I roll my eyes. I forgot we had an audience. I never thought I'd be such a sap.Lilah smiles. "I don't mind if people know, but do we have to talk to the reporters right now? Let them make their own conclusions. Why don't we just set up a little ways down the beach and send the boys our location pin. They can come over once they are done signing autographs and taking pictures. Maybe the paparazzi won't spot us with our hats and sunglasses on.""They are fabulous disguises." Tessa teases playfully swatting the bill of her cap.
With Lilah's parents being famous she knows the deal with paparazzi, and up until now she's been able to avoid them pretty easily, which is surprising with all of the modeling and acting roles she's did when she was younger. Her dad has always been very careful about keeping their private lives private."Sounds like a plan." I say as I give her a quick kiss on her soft lips and open the door."You guys are disgustingly cute together. It's too much. I just can't deal." Tess giggles. We all grab some gear from the back and quickly bypass the area currently being swarmed by screaming girls and flashing cameras. I can hear Noah telling someone that "Liam couldn't make it here today" and I'm hoping that'll be enough to throw them off our scent.Lilah and Tess set up the beach chairs and towels and I stash the cooler underneath an umbrella. The girls want to lay out for a while, so that's what we do.The August sun is punishing though and before long, I'm ready for a dip in the ocean to cool off. "Come in the water with me." I say to Lilah. She's smoking hot in her yellow bikini, and I can't wait to get my hands on her. In the distance, I can still spot the crowd around the guys, so I don't think anyone will notice us. She smiles, setting down her book and taking my hand to pull her up. "Alright, let's go." She chirps and Tessa says she'll watch our stuff while we're gone.We stroll down to the emerald surf hand in hand. She's absolutely gorgeous, so I have no problem letting her win when she decides to race me down to the water. I mean that view of her from behind was amazing. Come on. I'd pay good money to stare at her running in a bikini all day.She turns around once she reaches the water and I quickly grab her up bridal style and walk us in deeper before taking us both under. When we break the surface again she is laughing and I want to memorize every second of this moment with her.I'm so wrapped up in Delilah that I don't notice the crowd has dispersed, until I see my band mates hugging Tessa. They settle on the sand, throwing a football back and forth in front of where we are currently swimming. I don't see any other people close by for now, so I think they must have thrown the wolves off of our trail.Lilah laughs and dunks me under the water before quickly swimming away. She's been on the swim team since we were kids, so I know she'll be hard to catch, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to try."Oh you're going to get it." I say before chasing after her. She only laughs as she splashes water my way.Luckily I have height on my side, so I am able to reach over and grab her before she can escape again. I pull her in and decide to make the most of our close proximity, turning her cap around so that I have better access to kiss her soft lips. She hops up so that her legs are wrapped around my waist and I have both hands gripping her firm ass. I decide to dip deeper into the water for better coverage just in case someone spots us before crashing my lips onto hers. It never fails to surprise me the intense emotions I get just from having her lips on mine. I've never had this feeling with anyone else and I've kissed more than my fair share of girls. It's not something I'm proud of, especially knowing that I could have been with Dels this whole time instead. I should have never let her go. I won't make the same mistakes again. She runs her fingers through my hair and I'm in seventh heaven. I swear I'd do anything for this girl.She pulls away to take a breath and that is when I notice the commotion on the beach. I look up and Tyler is in some reporter's face and Tessa is trying to get him to back away. "Just leave them alone man!" He yells at the reporters. "Yeah," Luke chimes in. "We gave you your interview. You've taken your photos. Now go, security is already on their way." He crosses his tattooed arms in front of his chest flexing his muscles menacingly."Crap." Lilah says. "What should we do?" She looks up into my eyes and the trust in those brown orbs floors me."Well, we could make a break for it while they are distracted by Luke and Tyler? Use those awesome swimming muscles of yours." I wink at her playfully and she chuckles."I'm game. What's our destination?" I point to an ice cream stand beside the pier. "What do you think? Up for a cone?" She nods and we make a break for it. I glance back to see my band mates blocking the reporters from following us.We are currently sitting on the curb behind the ice cream stand sharing a double chocolate chip ice cream cone. She innocently licks where the ice cream is beginning to melt before it drips. It does something to me and I have to look away.The last thing I need is a camera catching me with a giant boner right now. I adjust myself and glance around the stand in the direction where our friends are waiting. It looks like the reporters finally gave up. They must've gotten what they wanted and left. Probably a good decision on their part.The boys and I are a close group. We've been friends since preschool. They have all known Dels and Tess just as long as I have and are just as protective of them. Not to mention the tattoos and six packs are pretty intimidating. It goes hand in hand with the bad boy band image you know."Looks like the coast is clear. Want to head back?" I ask and take her hand to help her up when she nods.We make it back to our crew and Lilah lays on a rainbow striped towel beside Tess. The boys decide to throw the football around and I join them."Thanks for covering for us earlier," I say to them grinning.Ty chuckles. "Yeah, well, you looked a little busy." He waggles his brows at me.I look down, smirking. "I mean, she may have distracted me a little bit.""Can't blame you man. I don't think there's a dude on the beach that hasn't noticed her today. She's quite 'distracting' in that bikini she's wearing." Noah says and I look to see where she is, suddenly feeling protective."Shut Up Noah!" I say punching his arm. "That's my girl you're talking about.""I'm sorry man! It's the truth though. Your girl is smokin hot." He says and I purposefully throw the ball a bit harder at him this time."I never thought I'd see the day when you would willingly settle down. I have to say though if you didn't snatch that up someone else would jump on the chance real quick. How the hell was she still single? I mean, we've been gone a whole year and she was hot when we left but DAAAAMN." Luke joins in ragging on me.I roll my eyes, "Seriously guys?" He's right though. I am lucky. I don't know why she's still single, maybe she was waiting for me. I know I want to believe that's the reason why.Apparently Ty thinks it's funny. "We're just messing with you man. It's the first time we've seen you whipped." He makes an exaggerated whipping motion with his hand in the air.I shake my head grinning, "You guys can call me whatever you want to. As long as I'm going home with her tonight, I don't care."Ty chuckles, "That's it then. So when's the wedding? I get to be the best man right?" He says nudging me in the arm with his elbow."I just convinced her to be my girlfriend. She would think I'm crazy if I asked her to marry me." I say. Although, marrying her does sound nice. I'm already wondering if her dad will be pissed if I sneak into her room two nights in a row. Waking up next to her this morning was amazing and I want to do it every day for as long as she'll let me.I glance over my shoulder towards the only girl I've ever wanted to call mine, to see two guys approaching while they are asleep laying on their stomachs. "Who the fuck is that?" The boys quickly look to see what I'm talking about and we all start jogging in their direction."Hot damn. Ladies, you are fine. If I flip this coin, what are the chances of me getting head?" I hear one of the guys yell as Lilah and Tess sit up looking confused as hell. Is this guy serious?"Are you shitting me right now? That has to be the worst pickup line I've ever heard." Dels says while narrowing her eyes at the boys. Next to her Tess also looks less than impressed.The chumps are not done yet though, "Let's play Titanic. You'll be the iceberg and I'll go down." The other boy says as we finally make it back to where the girls are sitting."Wow. Congratulations." Tess says while slow clapping. "That one was even worse.""Does your mama know you talk like that? I'm sure she's so proud." Dels adds, rolling her eyes. She then lays back down and pulls my cap back over her eyes, motioning with her hands for the boys to move along."Are these guys bothering you?" I ask and she scrunches her nose up. I just need her to say the word, so I can knock this joker out. It's been a while since I've had a good fight. After his last comment I'm already seeing red.She scrunches her nose up in frustration and pushes my cap back so she can see what's going on again. "It's fine babe. These guys were just leaving." She then narrows her eyes on the guys and if I were them, I'd be scared. "Why are you still here? Move along and you should work on finding some less cringy pickup lines. I speak for every female when I say that the ones you have aren't working." The jerks finally take a hint and walk away, muttering something about big muscles and tattoos."I'm starving," Tess groans. "You guys wanna grab something to eat?" We all nod in agreement and pack up the cars to head to the diner.DELILAHThe town we live in is on the small side, so once again we find ourselves at Lulu's Diner. I'm not complaining though, the retro vibe and 90's music is just what I need after a long day in the sun. R.E.M. is playing in the background as we walk in and just as we're sitting into the shiny red booths, our phones all start dinging simultaneously. If I've learned anything in the last few days, it is that rapidly dinging phones are not a good sign. Ever. I wonder what it is this time."So, how bad is it?" I ask, refusing to look at my phone at all. I order cheeseburgers, fries, and milkshakes for all of us while everyone else quickly scans through their notifications. "Depends on what you consider bad." Tessa chirps and smiles at me questioningly. "The good news is that you look gorgeous as always. I don't know why you stopped modeling. I mean, I know why, but cameras just love you." I nod thoughtfully. She's not lying. I'm very photogenic, but I haven't modeled since mom died. It
DELILAHThis week has been rough. Despite it being our first week of senior year Liam's manager called to let them know of an event back in LA that they could not get out of. They have been in LA for three days, doing photo shoots and concerts. Meanwhile, I'm stuck in Mr. Wright's Physics class debating putting my sharpened pencil through my eye just to be able to get out of here early. He's been droning on for thirty minutes about particles, but I just can't seem to make myself care. I was up until 3 AM last night on FaceTime with Liam and it's taking everything I have just to keep my eyes open. Beside me, Tessa nudges my elbow and my forehead hits the desk with a thunk. "Ouch," I hiss at her."Late night?" She teases. I roll my eyes as the bell finally rings releasing me from this prison. Tess and I both have lunch now and today we're having pizza and I am here for it. Sitting across from Tess, I pick up my piece of cheesy goodness and bring it to my mouth. "Mmmmmm so good." I mo
DELILAHTwo flights and twelve hours later, Tess and I are on a mini girls trip at a tiny island in the middle of the Caribbean. My Aunt Rose, my dad's younger sister, moved here a few years ago and agreed to let us crash with her for a few days to escape the craziness that has become my life back home. While we're here I have a small swimsuit modeling shoot scheduled as well. My mom's former agent contacted dad yesterday after seeing my photos with Liam making their way around the internet. I decided to give it another try. I have been modeling since I could walk. It's fun, and I love being on photo shoots. Not to mention I am all about keeping my schedule busy right now, that means there won't be any time to think about that Asshat.We are currently at a little beach side diner named Lolitas getting breakfast when I spot the first photographers lurking behind some bushes. My dad had some of his security team come with us, so I'm not worried, just a tad annoyed that even on this t
DELILAHMy alarm blares at me and I groan while slapping at it until it shuts off. Today is the first day of senior year with the guys being back at school with us. It's also the first time I'll see Asshat since his photos with all those girls in LA and my mini trip to the Caribbean with Tess for a much needed girls trip. I pick out my favorite cami and sweater and put on a pair of skinny jeans, checking myself in the mirror before heading out. I pull up to Ridgedale High and mentally prepare myself for the worst. Hopefully, I won't have any classes with Liam. If I do, I've decided to do what I did the time we got into a huge fight in fifth grade. I ignored him, pretending like he was not even there. It drove him insane. If that doesn't work, I'll just act like it doesn't bother me that he's there. Maybe even find some other guy to flirt with to make sure I've really driven my point home. There's always Jeremiah. He wouldn't mind me flirting with him.Tess meets me at the door. "Hey g
LIAMIt's finally Friday, the last day of our first week of senior year. Technically, senior year started last week, but we were busy ruining my love life in LA. I'm sitting in the back of our calculus class with Tyler. I know Delilah can feel me staring at her, I saw her tense up when we walked in, but she wouldn't even look in my direction. It's been like this since Tuesday. It reminds me of this one time in fifth grade when she ignored me for a week straight. Of course she's been in every one of my classes, torturing me with her presence, as if taking up space permanently in my mind wasn't enough. Ty nudges my arm as we're walking out the doors to get lunch at the coffee place across the street, "Hey man, isn't that the guy from her beach trip photos?" I look to the left where sure enough the "yummy mystery man" himself is waiting against a blacked out Expedition."Yep." I confirm while wishing I had laser vision so I can zap his ass back to wherever it is he came from. "I though
LIAM Entranced is putting it mildly. Enamored maybe? Captivated. Engorged. All of those words could easily describe the state I’m in after checking out social media this morning and seeing photos of Delilah everywhere. Apparently she decided to get back into modeling and holy hell it just had to be for a swimsuit designer. She's gorgeous, curves in all the right places, and I know I'm not the only guy in school who has been checking out the photos repeatedly today. From the drool visible on Jeremiah’s chin, some have given up any pretense that they’re paying attention to the teacher today.I have to admit, I was surprised to see that she's modeling again. She quit suddenly after her mom passed away a few years ago. She said something about it being too hard with missing her mom. I'm proud of her for trying again. She's an incredibly talented model, even if it kills me to have every guy at our school drooling over her body.Tonight, my plan was to come to this party for a distraction f
DELILAHThis is what happens when I put myself out there. I tried to seduce Liam and he actually turned me down, again. You'd think by now I would learn my lesson. Liam, the guy who has probably slept with hundreds of girls, doesn't want to sleep with me. I just don’t see where I went wrong.I am so mortified right now. Tess and I are currently hanging out in her hot tub with Noah and Luke. Tess is showing me hilarious cat videos on youtube to make me feel better. Around us people have started to head home, the party quickly winding down. I see a flash from the bushes, but I write it off as a coincidence. No new photos of me have surfaced in at least a month, at least none that I wasn't paid to be in. My swimsuit fashion campaign came out today and it's received a lot of positive feedback. I'm so engrossed in this one video of a cat sneak attacking his owner that I don't even notice Liam getting into the water next to me. That is, until I hear his sultry voice in my ear. "I'll do it.
LIAM I hear the front door open downstairs and slowly start to wake up from my dream. There's a warm soft body curled up in my arms and everything that happened last night comes back to me. Delilah is still here lying in my arms, head nuzzled between my chest and my neck. Then I remember that someone is in my house. "Liam, are you up honey? We're home early, I thought I could make you breakfast. Oh my." My mom opens my door, which I didn't think I needed to lock, since no one else was supposed to be home this week. I pull the blanket up over Delilah as she wakes up looking confused and embarrassed. My mom being the nosy person that she is, decides to come in instead of closing the door like any normal mortified parent would. "Liam, I thought we talked about this. Just because you're in a band doesn't mean you need to be a man whore. I thought you were going to straighten up. Who's this with you? What about Delilah? I thought you were going to try to make things work with her?" M
DELILAH I’m not sure of the exact moment that I realized I wanted Liam Anderson to be mine forever. It could have been on the beach when we would collect shells and build castles when I was 6. I remember thinking that his smile reminded me of sunshine and I couldn’t control the butterflies when he would unleash it on me.Or it could’ve been the times we snuck out in fifth grade to catch lightning bugs in jars or when we’d sneak some of moms freshly baked cookies before dinner. It could’ve been any of the numerous times he had my back if the other kids at school teased me. It could’ve been the time in middle school when we held hands or when he saved me from having to do 7 minutes in heaven with Gavin in 7th grade. Liam has always been such a large part of my life. Staring at him up on stage now, I try to think of what my life would be like in ten years if Liam wasn’t in it. A tear slips down my cheek as I realize that’s not the life that I want. The guys have just finished playing th
LIAM "Are you two officially back together?" A reporter chirps shoving her recorder in our faces after we just finished filming a segment for the live show. I look at Delilah, wondering what she's thinking as I reply, "We're still working things out." Dels frowns at my response as the reporter steps in closer. "That's too bad. So who will you be kissing at midnight then?" She asks winking at me and stepping in closer. "I'm free." She mentions, raising a brow at Dels. I'm not sure if that comment was meant for me or Delilah at this point, but I'm not taking any chances. I take Delilah's hand and thread my fingers with hers before quickly responding. "I can say with certainty that if I'm not kissing this amazing girl at midnight, I most definitely will not be kissing anyone else." I look hopefully into those honey brown eyes that I love so much to see if she feels the same way. "I don't know," she teases coyly, but her eyes are telling me that she agrees with me completely. The re
DELILAH I haven't heard from Liam at all today, which is strange considering he was all over me last night. I've been replaying last nights events in my mind and I don't remember anything happening that would have made him upset with me. It's New Years Eve and we are supposed to be hosting a party together in a few hours. I'm hoping it won't be awkward but at this point I'm pretty annoyed that he hasn't even attempted to talk to me or even sent me a text after sneaking out of my room early this morning. He must have changed his mind.After spending an hour with hair and makeup Tessa and I are all dolled up and ready for tonight's shenanigans. The event is being held on top of a fancy hotel in Time's Square. The place is decked out in gold trimmed everything, looking extremely extravagant and festive. When we arrive the guys are already testing out their microphones and chatting with the camera crew. Liam notices me first nodding in my direction, but makes no attempt to talk to me. T
DELILAH A knock on the door wakes me from my drunken slumber. I roll over and notice that Liam's not in the bed anymore and all of his belongings are gone. Strange. I could have swore he stayed the night. Why would he sneak out in the middle of the night without saying bye? Did I do something to upset him? I climb out of bed and make my way to the door cracking it open to see who is knocking."Hey Tessa. Why are you waking me up so early?" I grumble. "It's not early Lilah. It's almost noon. You need to shower and get ready to host the New Years Eve party." She smiles at me, before glancing around the room in confusion. "Is Liam not here? I thought you two made up last night." "I guess he didn't come back with me last night. I'm not sure, things are a bit hazy." "Huh, well anyway you need to get showered and then we can grab some brunch before we head over to the party." I nod and head to the bathroom to get ready. Maybe a hot shower will help me remember last nights events a bit b
DELILAHWe sat at the bar for hours tossing back shots and drinking together before I finally got the nerve to ask him on our way to my room. "Was that little stunt you pulled tonight completely necessary?" I cock my eyebrow and pucker my lips as I wait to hear him explain his actions earlier. "I wasn't running off.""I'm sorry babe. You weren't where you said you'd be and I saw you by the exit and I don't know. I just panicked." His words slurring a bit as he runs his hand through his hair and then takes my hand in his and squeezes. "I thought you were taking off and I reacted before thinking. I'm sorry."I shake my head at him playfully. "You owe me big time, calling me out in front of all those fans and celebrities." I continue walking down the lit corridor until we arrive at my room. I turn toward him to see him awkwardly standing with his hands in his pockets, unsure of his next move. Smiling I reach for my room key in my bag and take it out to tap it against the lock. "Well, thi
LIAM The huge rush that I get when I walk out onto the stage for a show never gets old. My adrenaline is pumping when I look out into the crowd and it's only heightened when I feel her brown eyes on me from the side of the stage. I turn my head raking my eyes over her one last time before I have to divert my attention to the crowd of people screaming our names in front of me. I'll have her screaming my name later. Damn, she looks so good tonight, I could eat her. There is actually nothing that I'd rather do at the moment. I feel myself getting more excited than I need to be in front of all these people and give her a wink before forcing myself to pull my eyes off her. "Hey New York! Are you ready to party? How about we play you some tunes?" My questions are immediately answered with cheers, whistling, and camera flashes as I put the microphone back into the stand and swing my guitar around to begin playing. "Alright then. My boys are a bit hungover from last night, so let's show the
DELILAH Before I realize it, Liam has me pinned between his hard body and the bar. His lips just inches away from mine. "What if I don't want you to kiss me?" I ask coyly glancing from his hazel eyes back to his soft lips. I so want him to kiss me right now. My heart is pounding in my chest and I wonder if he can tell just how badly I want it.Liam's breath hitches as he leans in, "Dels," he whispers, his voice husky. My knees feel shaky and I'm pretty sure that if it weren't for the bar behind me, I'd be a puddle of mush on the floor by now. His lips barely graze mine and as I lean in to close the distance he pulls back, his eyes full of mischief. My jaw drops and I stare at him in disbelief. I can barely form a coherent sentence. "Wha... Why did you pull away?" I manage to mutter as he eyes me amused."You said you didn't want me to kiss you. I was just following orders." He places his hands on my hips, his fingers caressing the exposed part of my back where my dress dips down low.
LIAM"Are you sure she's coming tonight?" I ask Ty for the hundredth time impatiently tapping my foot on the tile floor.He nods, a sympathetic smile on his face. "Tessa said they'd be here. You know how they are. They are probably still getting ready. You should have a drink and relax. You're not doing yourself any favors getting all wound up like this."I roll my eyes at him, "Easy for you to say. You're not the one in love with someone who's constantly running away from you. I need some kind of tracking device for her." I joke and Ty raises his brows at me questioningly. "I'm not sure that joke would go over well." He states glancing around the room. These celebrity parties are always well attended and tonight is no different. Dozens of actors, musicians, and celebrities mingling together to bring in the New Year. "Don't look now, but they just walked in." He whispers his eyes motioning behind me. Of course I do exactly what he says not to do and my eyes instantly lock with her go
DELILAH "Are you sure you don't want to go to the Stones shoot today?" Tessa asks me hesitantly for the fifth time in an hour. "Of course I'm sure. That would be so incredibly awkward. We both know what kind of questions they would ask and we both know what kind of photos they are after. I can't even manage to send him a text to apologize. There's no way I'd make it through the interview." I explain again. Tessa frowns, "You should just talk to him Lilah. You're both suffering and you don't have to be. You know he will forgive you.""You don't understand." She keeps pressuring me to try to talk to him, but I was such a bitch that night. I didn't even give him a chance to explain. He's better off without me. I'm sure he's found someone to distract himself with by now anyway. I check my phone again and there's a message from my dad, but still no word from him. He must be over my bullshit. He hasn't even tried to call or text me since the party on Christmas Eve. I can't really blame