Point Of View 2 [*Do not read until you've read the same chapter of ATW]

Chapter 147 Don't Let The Days Go By

Nate was a different person. PR stunts, lying to your fans who adore you, lying to yourself... it all got to Nate. It's not him. He hates that damn shit. All he wants is to write songs and sing up on that stage. Not all the other bullshit management piles on top to make things hard. Then, when things started feeling real to Nate, when it was no longer a PR stunt but genuine emotions being involved, everything fell apart. Nate fucked up, got a DUI and Mila wanted no part of it. She left him without so much as a goodbye at the time.  Her own management team ended the relationship with her best interests in mind, whether Mila liked it or not, and send her back home to Italy.

I know Nate would never admit it, but he was heartbroken.

"Speaking of drama..." Casey's eyes are glued to the reporter on the news.

The dark, handsome well-known middle-aged reporter, Gideon Grey, drops some major breaking news.

"Well, Caroline," Gideon looks to the blonde bombshell reporter sitting next to him. "Looks like things could evolve between America's heartthrob and the Italian supermodel while touring together, seeing as Mila Giovanni is currently single."

My eyes widen hearing this.

"What did he just say?" I ask, even though I heard it clear as day. My breathing becomes a bit heavier as I stare at the enormous TV in Nate's living room.

"She broke up with that MLB baseball player from L.A." Casey answers.

Mila is single. Just in time to go on tour with Nate.

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*James*

"Can I ask you a question?" Lindsay holds my hand while we sit outside in the garden and watch our dog play in the grass.

"Go for it."

"Have you told Julia about...you know...us?"

I drag my hands down my face and shake my head. Me and Lindsay aren't ones to label things. We certainly haven't labeled "us" even though we have spent almost every day together lately.

"It's complicated, Linds." I avoid eye contact and focus on the blades of grass under us instead.

"You still love her, huh?" My Barbie Doll friend rests her head on my shoulder and looks out in the distance.

"I'll always love her. That will never change. Just like I'll always love you." I nudge her with my shoulder a little making her smirk.

"We were good together for a while there, huh?" She reminisces.

"We are good together now too."

Lindsay lifts her head off my shoulder and gazes at me. Shifting, I turned to face her. 

"I travel too much for work, James. That was part of our problem before. Our schedules made it almost impossible to see each other. We became bored with one another, remember?"

"I remember." I kiss her forehead. "My schedule is pretty open these days." I laugh at the fact I'm here at The Avalon, unable to leave the premises being under house arrest. 

"Sorry. I didn't mean it like that..." Lindsay frowns. "I just, I love you. You know that. I don't want to compromise the friendship we have now."