Where The Lines Overlap [CTH]

[38] Parallel Lines

"You don't have to reply to them. Just ignore them." She reassures me.

As if it was that simple.

"There's just so many."

"I know, but they don't matter. They're just jealous of you. They WANT to be Calum's girlfriend or any of the boys' girlfriends."

"I don't know if that should make me feel better or worse." I admit, tossing my phone towards her. "Take that stupid thing away from me."

"Oh, um...you just got a fb message from a "Charlotte Kelby"." Lily reports.

"I did?"

I remember sitting next to her once for Seb and I's Philosophy class, but we never really talked much or at all.

"Yeah and she's begging you for a signed t-shirt or CD from Michael Clifford." Lily grins, waving my phone in the air.

"Wow." I scoff, hugging my knees and sitting upright. "The perks of having a famous boyfriend."

"Oh and also...you have 5000 friend requests."

"WHAT?! F-f-five...thousand?" I stammer at her. "You're joking?"

"To be exact, 5482." Lily murmurs. "5483 now, thanks to Sandra Alvarez from Peru."

"How did all these people even find me?!" I exclaim before groaning into my pillow. "This is crazy."

"Well, that's what I came in here for." Lily's voice shook as she spoke. It had guilt all over it. "I-I...sort of tweeted something."

"What?" I asked her in a serious tone.

"I may..." She began, with both her hands up towards me. "...or may not have tweeted in my fan account-"

"What?"

""Bet all of u Calum girls are crying because my sister is at Australia with him, meeting her future in-laws lol." Lily blurted out all at once. "THERE! I SAID IT! I'M SORRY!"

"YOU W-WHAT??!?" I yell before getting up.

"Alexia, I'm sorry! I barely even have followers in that account!" She pleads as she blocks the door, so that I couldn't run to our parents and complain.

"Lily, you have like a thousand followers in that account!" I spat. "What in the world were you thinking?!"

"A thousand followers is NOTHING nowadays." She reasons. "And I just wanted...to brag about it. Please don't tell Mum and Dad!"

"It's only a matter of time before they find out." I roll my eyes at her, before turning away.

"What the fuck am I gonna do now?" I moan, before collapsing onto my bed again, hoping that what was happening was all a bad dream. "My privacy is being breeched."

"What's done has been done." Lily said simply, oblivious to her actions.

"From what I've seen from celeb and non-celeb pairings, you have two options. You can either choose to ignore all of this hullabaloo and live your normal life or Calum can confirm you're dating and still live your normal life but with a celebrity-ish status!"

"Lily, I don't want to live like that. They all hate me already. Calum and I coming out together isn't going to stop that."

"I know BUT everyone knows you two are together now, or at least according to the news: "romantically linked" or "dating". But, at least people would recognize you as a legit couple, right?" She said, before getting under the covers with me.

"I guess so." I mumble back. Thoughts of going back to university tomorrow haunted me, before I slipped into a deep, long, sleep.