Sign For Love ((ON HOLD))

Chapter Five

I woke up the next morning curled up next to Brandon in his bed. After I had cried myself out last night, he had made me sit down and tell him what happened while he cleaned my face. Because of that stupid girl, I had a lovely gash running the entire length of the left side of my face. Charming. 

After that, Brandon said he and Simon were going to see about finding me another translator, but since I had a contract I couldn't just leave. He suggested I just keep a bit of distance between me and Harry. 

I poked Brandon in the stomach for a couple minutes before he groggily opened his eyes. I kissed him on the nose before bouncing out of bed to my vanity to do my makeup. It was 6:40 now. We had to leave by 7:15. Let's see if I could get ready in record time. 

I didn't bother with foundation, my complexion was fine, I didn't need it anyways. For my makeup, I did simple black winged eyeliner, applying false lashes along the top, and a little white kohl pencil along the bottom, with black along my bottom lid. It gave it a nice smokey look, making my eyes look bright. For my hair, I pulled it all over my left shoulder, curling it slightly, and curling the bangs up into an upwards curl, with my now curly locks cascading over my left shoulder. I painted my lips a dark red color, which made my skin look slightly paler, but not in a bad way. 

For clothes, I pulled on a floral print bandeau, with a white loose, low cut, crop top tank. It showed off a lot of my stomach, and you could see the bandeau peeking out from the top and the sides. I had on high waisted denim shorts, and a pair of brown wedges on my feet. It was a cute....yet mysterious look. I liked it. I was assuming Brandon was still getting ready, so I walked into the living room, turning the tv on. Brandon had subtitles on the tv, so I could read what was being said on it. After a couple minutes of poinltess babbling and stupid rumours, a familiar face popped up on the screen. 

"Is Harry styles cheating on long-time girlfriend Victoria Lebreton? Last night Harry was seen meeting with a rather rebellious looking girl at his hotel! Victoria and him were seen later that evening, out an about, seeming just as in love as always. Looks like Harry needs to tell off this new mystery girl, before he loses what he has!"

I just stared in hurt shock at the television. Yeah. He had a girlfriend. That was...just lovely. I felt footsteps behind me, and turned to see Brandon pulling on his jacket. 

 <<Did you hear that?>> I signed to him. 

Brandon nodded. 

<<Well. I hope he and Victoria work out. She's such a lovely girl.>> 

I saw Brandon laugh, obviously picking up on the sarcasm in my response. 

<<Come on sugar. I'll buy you coffee on the way.>>

I jumped up excitedly, skipping over to the door. Brandon was following behind me, shaking his head and laughing. I bounced down the stairs, feeling some new energy. I got into my passenger seat, sitting on the very edge of my seat. When Brandon got in, he was talking on the phone quite quickly. 

He started driving, so I started to think about my...current situation with Harry. He...acted like he felt something. Which was weird because I had JUST met him yesterday. The way he looked at me, nobody ever looked at me like that. But then there was that Victoria girl. Did he look at her like that? Did he look at everyone like that? He had her...and I had nobody now. I was just little old screwed up Rosalie.

Brandon was still on the phone when we reached the Starbucks drive-through. I scribbled "pumpkin spice latte" in my sketchbook, passing it to him He looked at it and ordered our drinks, driving up to the window to pay and pick them up. Brandon passed me my drink, continuing to Syco to meet the boys.