Harmony[Lauren/You]

Chapter 5

Your eyes landed on the front page of latest article of the day when Christina threw it down flat on the round table in front of you, her hands placed on her hips looking down at you with an unreadable expression. You tensed up in your seat, shifting to the side feeling uncomfortable under her gaze. After breakfast Christina called you alone for a meeting while the twins and the girls left to the venue for rehearsals. The news spread like wild fire around the world, and I mean social media's, news papers and shows reporting the picture of you and Camila. Different stories and theories about the two of you went crazy on twitter, some ship the both of you while others don't.

You sigh. "Look, Christina I-"

"No." She cuts you off raising her hands for a stop signal. "Stop there for a moment." You bit your lip shut staring at her. "I don't have any problems if you're dating Camila or anyone in their band but please, try to be more secretive about it." She told you. "It's not that I'm shaming you because you're dating a girl, no I'm not like the other managers in the label, it's because I don't want your band to be hated because some fans are going to say that you'll be using Camila for fame. Let's just wait for another few weeks before you and Camila go public, alright?

You lightly chuckle at her. "Inah, we're not dating."

She snorted grabbing the newspaper up and showed you the picture close to your face. "Does this look like We're not dating to you?"

You squinted your eyes closely at it. "Well, if you'll examine it in a different way, yes it looks like we're not dating."

Christina sat down on the seat to your left, leaning her forearms on the table. "So you two aren't really dating?" She asked curiously.

"No."

"But do you like her?" She asked leaning closer.

"No."

"Is there going to be a chance that you'll date her?"

"No." You denied. "Stop asking, you look like a nosy teenager."

She giggled leaning back on her seat. "Can't help it, I'm one of the 

Y/C/SN fan's."

You arched a brow at her. "Are you serious? You too?"

"What? You two would make a great couple!" She exclaimed with a bright smile.

Troy's feet move over the other in haste, staring at his brothers back as he chased him down the hall towards their room that was given for them to rest. Sergio opened the door and immediately slammed it shut on his brothers face in rage, still cannot move on from the news about you and Camila, even after the rehearsals.

Troy groaned opening the door again to face his brother. "Come on, Gio. Do you really believe on those news?"

"They got proof don't they?" Sergio says frustratingly, pacing back and forth in the room. "It's already caught in picture, Troy, how can I not believe?"

"You can't believe it because it's our best friend we're talking about here." Troy pointed out. "Y/N said that she only see's Camila as a friend."

"The pictures doesn't look like it."

"Who do you believe?" Troy asked his brother. "Our best friend who always tell us the truth or the person who wrote the damn article that only does it for the money?"

Sergio closed his mouth shut, speechless, falling back down on sofa burying his face in his palm. His brother sigh, rounding the center table and sat right next to his brother, placing an arm around his shoulders for a brotherly side hug.

"I know you like Camila and I know Y/N knows it too." Troy said. "So don't worry about her stealing Camila from you, 'cause I know she wouldn't do that."

"What if Y/N doesn't know that I like Camila? Do you think she'll date her?" Sergio asked.

Troy gives his brother a toothy grin. "No."

"Why do you say that?"

Troy snorts. "Dude, the first time we met the girls, Y/N's eyes are already caught by someone."

Sergio grinned at his brother while Troy grins back. "Lauren." They both choired.

Troy pressed a chord down on the piano in front of him, leaving it on for a couple of seconds before moving it next for another chord, doing it the same as the first one.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Levine!" Sergio introduced Adam as the three of you moved in the stage to begin your performance.

If I got locked away and we lost it all today.

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

If I showed you my flaws, if I couldn't be strong.

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

[Sergio]: (You&Troy)

Right about now,

If a judge for life me,

Would you stay by my side?

Or is ya gonna say good-bye?

Can you tell me right now?

If I couldn't buy you the fancy things in life

Shawty, would it be alright

Come and show me that you are down

Sergio jogged to the left wing of the stage, his hand grazing the wave of hands of the crowd as they sing along to the music.

Now tell me would you really ride for me? (would you really ride for me?)

Baby, tell me would you die for me? (tell me would you die for me?)

Would you spend your whole life with me? (what's up?)

Would you be there to always hold me down?

Tell me would you really cry for me? (would you really cry for me?)

Baby, don't lie to me (baby, don't lie to me)

If I didn't have anything... (what's up?)

I wanna know would you stick around?

[Adam]:

If I got locked away, and we lost it all today

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

If I showed you my flaws, If I couldn't be strong

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

Meanwhile you trot towards the opposite wing of the stage like Sergio, waving your hand at the crowds

[You]: (Troy&Sergio)

Skiddly-dong-dong-dong dang

All I want is somebody real who don't need much

A gal I know that I can trust, to be here when money low

If I did not have nothing else to give but love,

Would that even be enough?

Gal, meh need fi know (ah-ha)

Now tell me would you really ride for me? (would you really ride for me?)

Baby, tell me would you die for me? (tell me would you die for me?)

Would you spend your whole life with me? (what's up?)

Would you be there to always hold me down?

Tell me would you really cry for me? (would you really cry for me?)

Baby, don't lie to me (baby, don't lie to me)

If I didn't have anything... (what's up?)

I wanna know would you stick around?

Adam stayed at the center of the stage, strumming his electric guitar as he sings his part of the song.

[Adam]: 

If I got locked away, and we lost it all today.

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

If I showed you my flaws, if I couldn't be strong

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

Trot stood playing at the higher lever of the stage at the center, his hands moving coordinately as he play the piano.

[Troy]: (You&Sergio)

Tell me, tell me, would you want me? (want me)

Tell me, tell me, would you call me? (call me)

If you knew I wasn't ballin'

'Cause I need a gal who's always by my side...

Tell me, tell me, do you need me? (need me)

Tell me, tell me, do you love me yea?

Or is ya just tryna play me?

'Cause I need a gal to hold me down for life...

[Adam]: 

If I got locked away, and we lost it all today.

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

If I showed you my flaws, if I couldn't be strong

Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

The three of you stood behind the stage, your wide eyes glued to the five girls dancing sexily on stage. You stared at the raven haired girl as she swayed her hips from the beat. You whimper, biting your lower lip swallowing the lump forming in your throat, your eyes trailing on the fair skin of her uncovered legs and up to her well shaped stomach.

The girls spun through the song, as well as Lauren, your eyes landing on her rear. When the beat dropped her ass jerked making your mind go crazy. You can already taste the blood in your lips as you held in the urge to march right in front of her and dominate her.

Your brows scrunched. What the f**k? Did I just thought of that?

Troy let out a soft sigh, his lips stretching to a wide smile that almost reached his ears. Sergio swallowed, letting out a shaky breath while staring at Camila's rear. Troy blinked and shook his head, shaking out the dirty thoughts forming in his mind. He looks to the side, his brown orbs landing on you, he chuckled and swing his arm behind your neck.

"Take it easy, dawg. You might defile her right in front of their fans." Troy snickers.

You pushed him with your forearm while he just laughed at you. "You hang way too much with Dinah, she's already rubbing on you."

"Dinah's a cool person to be with." Troy stuck a tongue out. "Just ask Lauren out you peep squeak or someone might steal her away."

"Did you hit your head or something? Don't you remember what situation me and Lauren are in?"

"Lauren just need a little more persuasion." Troy stated. "You're a girl Y/N, you should be able to know how you can woo her."

"Easy there you doofus, she's my brothers ex girlfriend, I can't date her."

"f**k Brad, when did you even care about him?" Troy narrowed his brows at you.

"I don't care about Brad, I care about Lauren."

"That's so sweet of you, Y/N." Your body freezes from Camila's voice that came from behind you.

You slowly turn your stiff body around, a forced smile form on your mouth when you faced them. Camila has a teasing smirk on her face, along with her three band mates, Ally, Dinah and Normani. Your cheeks heated up, you can feel it all on your ears. You sneak a glanced at Lauren, seeing her looking away with a tint of blush on her cheeks.

You coughed on your rolled up fist. "You girls already done performing?"

"Yeah, we're heading to the dressing room to get ready for our meet and greet later." Ally replied with a smile.

"And by the way." Dinah prompted. "What're you two talking about awhile ago?" She asked with a smirk.

"Lau-"

You slam your hand on Troy's lips. "Nothing." You awkwardly chuckle.

Dinah arched a brow at you. "Anyways let's go girls before we get scolded by our manager." Normani said pushing Dinah along with her.

Thank you Normani, You let out a sigh of relief. You watch the girls descend the area, you averted your gaze when you hear a cough beside you. Sergio and Troy looked at you with a teasing smile, you squint your eyes at them.

"Did you see Lauren?" Troy says bringing his arm up to cross it against his chest. "She totally likes you."

"Don't talk shit."

"It's true." Sergio chimed in. "Did you see how flustered she was when she heard that you care about her."

You cover your ears, having enough of it. "Shut up you two."

"Come on Y/N, Don't deny. You're always like this when you don't want to believe things." Troy told her. "Specially when it's a fact."

Camila's thumb slide up on her phone, scrolling down the feeds of her twitter. After the meet and greet you all returned back to the tour bus and start on the road to the next venue, while waiting for a few hours to arrive, Camila decided to open her twitter and read some tweets about her fans.

@camaustin21 retweeted @EveryDayNews photo.

@camaustin21: Clearly you can see Y/N is pretending and s**t. She's just using camila for fame.

@Y/NisBae: @camaustin21 bish where? All I can see is how Y/N's eyes sparkle when she looks at Camila.

@camaustin21: @Y/NisBae what look? Like the look Brad gave to Lauren but still used her anyway.

@CamilaY/L/N: @camaustin21 Don't bring up Brad, we all know@AimHigh are better than @TheVamps.

@MamiJergi: @CamilaY/L/N @camaustin21 I second that, just few hours of their released album some of their songs are already on top charts@TheVamps where you at?

@Thevampsgod: @CamilaY/L/N @MamiJergi their songs won't reach the charts if it wasn't for @Fifth Harmony. Y/N is just a really good user, @camilacabello97 becareful.

@LisatheAimer: @Thevampsgod oh really? Did you saw Fifth Harmony promote their album? I think not.

@camaustin21: @Y/NisBae Did you even see what Brad did to Lauren coming? No, so don't assume Y/N won't do it.

@Y/NisBae: @camaustin21 Never saw it coming, but don't assume that Y/N's going to do it either.

Camila turned her phone off and toss it to the side, bringing up her legs against her chest, curving into a ball on her soft bunk bed. The thought of her fans were saying running through her mind. Where you just using her?, hopefully not when she already feels that she's getting closer to you, her and the girls.

She pushed her torso up with a grunt coming out of her lips and sat there running her hands frustratingly through her long hair. She shouldn't never had read those tweets, now it's bugging her mind.

Camila slowly stood up from her bed, her bare feet landing on the rugs, she leisurely walk towards the door to the lounge.

"-that I'm using Camila, don't worry." Camila's heart broke as she heard your voice right when she walk through the door.

Tears prickled down from Camila's eyes, feeling her heart were being trampled on and on. "Y-you were just using me?" Camila whimpered, staring at your backs as you and the twin sat down on the couch while having a conversation.

You and the twins turned around, a shock expression plastered on your faces when you saw Camila standing by the door way. The three of you stood up.

"Why Y-Y/N? What did -I do to you?" Camila sobbed as she wrapped her arm around her body. "I did my best to be your friend...and this what you'll do to me?"

You shook your head frantically and hop over the couch towards Camila. "Camila it's not wha-"

"It's not what you think it is, I know, that's what you all would always say." Camila cuts you off. "But when given a chance to explain what it is you don't even know what to explain."

"It's because it isn't!" You tried to place your hands on her shoulder but she moved back. "Camila let me explain, you clearly haven't really heard everything."

"I heard what I heard, Y/N." Camila's eyes were red from crying. "And clearly you were just using me!" She yelled.

"What's going on here?" Dinah asked as she ascended from outside the room. Lauren, Normani and Ally trailed behind, carrying some paper bags on their hands and watched the scene in front of them.

Dinah look over to Camila. "What wrong walz?"

Camila circled the couch and dashed into Dinah's arms then cried, her back racking from the heavy sobbing. "What happened?" Dinah looks up to you, waiting for an answer.

"I h-heard her -saying that she was only...using me." Camila cried heavily at the last sentence.

Troy shook his head. "No, Camila. Y/N won't do that to you." He says softly to her.

"He's right." Sergio agrees. "Y/N... Y/N loves you, and using you is the last thing she'll do." He flinch at his own words.

Lauren's eyes squinted at the three of you. "Don't even dare defend her when she's already been caught." She spat with a venomous glare.

"I'm not using Camila." You grunted palming your forehead.

"I should've told Camila to stay away from you, I should've known you would do this." Lauren glared. "I should've seen this coming, you're Brad's brother for godsake you're like him, Like brother like sister."

This time you had enough of it. Had enough of her comparing you to Brad. "Don't act as if you're the one I've hurt Lauren." You told her. "Why do you always assume worst things on me? Is it because I randomly say rude things to people and how I act as if I don't care about them? or is it because when you look at me, you see the person who torn your heart to pieces?"

Lauren was taken aback, her emerald eyes staring your own E/C ones. She swallowed, snapping out from her daze and gathered herself to talk back to you. "It's because you're her sister, Y/N. You'll always do what he does, I can see it, like what you've said, the way you talk, the way you don't care about other people." Lauren brought up. "I can see it all, Y/N."

You laughed bitterly, expecting it all just to be a fight about you and Camila, but it escalated to a fight between you and Lauren. "Why do you always look at the side of your own perspective, Lauren?" You don't want to mention it but she left you with no choice. "Didn't you even f*****g thought that the time he broke your heart into a tiny little pieces was the time he turned my life around, the time where my whole world turned into something I didn't even plan of it becoming!" You tried your best not to yell at her but to no avail, those past pain that has gathered In your chest blew up, and unfortunately, it blew up on the girls.

All was quiet, just the prolonged silence and intense aura surrounding the room. Your eyes watered, staring at the girls in front of you. "I f*****g hated this life, I so much f*****g hate it. I was fine back in the Philippines, the things I only worry about is how I can plant seeds, harvest fruits and where we can f*****g buy a damn truck because what we have is a junk."

At the seriousness of times Troy had the nerve to do something that is the opposite of what was happening, he stifled a laugh, hearing you trash the truck and found that your words rhymed.

"Here I have to worry about...worry about." You spread your hands and looked around. "About all of these, about other people, when in the beginning, I'm tired of doing my hardest to please people when all I feel is that in the end, the efforts I wasted is useless, I'm useless."

Camila listened to you intently the whole time your speaking, feeling guilty at herself that she didn't give you the chance to explain, she pulled away from Dinah. "Y-Y/N."

You raised your hand for her to stop. You stare at her. "You don't trust me Camila, don't you?"

Camila shook her head. "Of course I d-"

You laughed at yourself for asking. "Of course you don't." You slapped your forehead again, chuckling. "When you think about trusting a person or not, that's when you'll now that you don't." You paused and shook your head. "Because if you do, you wouldn't have any second thoughts."

"Y/N, I-." Before Camila could even speak to you, you're out through the door slamming the door to the bunk bends you share with the twins shut.

Troy narrowed his brows at the girls. "Really?" He said. "She just came back from the hotel yesterday because she was upset, now you did it again."

Sergio sigh rubbing his temples. "Do you really know what we're talking about, Camila?" He offered to explain.

Camila shyly nodded.

You peeked through the girl's bunks, checking on what Camila's doing but seeing her too engrossed on her phone you backed away, heading towards the lounge to meet the two boys doing the same as Camila is doing.

You plopped yourself on the couch, between the twins, and closed your eyes to take a peaceful nap, but knowing having the two with you in the same room, the chances of resting are zero.

"So the fans called themselves Aimers." Sergio said, scrolling down the feeds of his phone.

Troy nods his head. "Well, that's a perfect way to call our fans, Aimers!" He yelled pumping his fist up. He look over to you. "Have you checked our band's twitter account?" You hear him ask.

"No." You quietly mumbled. "Why? What's the matter?"

You hear Sergio reply. "Nothing serious, Just a fight between our fans and your brothers band." He informed. "...And the photo about you and Camila."

Your ears picked up something unsure about Sergio's voice, was there something he doesn't want to say?.

"Some fifth harmony fans say that you're just using Camila for fame." Troy informed. "Like what Brad did to Lauren."

"Eh, I don't care about them."

"Aren't you affected by what these people are saying?" Troy wondered.

"No, I would never do that to Camila." You told them and opened your eyes, staring at the empty void. "We grew up working hard on things in life, and using other people for our own pleasures is something we all frowned upon." You paused, clicking a tongue. "And besides, I don't care about other peoples opinion about me, I won't be affected by them saying that...I'm just using Camila, don't worry."

"Y-you were just using me?"

The past few days was a blur, after arriving at the venue all you did was sleep in the room you're staying in, eat with the twins, making some songs, meetings about the feedbacks of your album and repeat it all again. Your life became the same boring cycle, it was not the same back when you're at your hometown.

The main thing you always bury in your mind is to just avoid the girls, less them means less drama. There was the time when you're with the twins in the hallways and you would see the girls walking towards your direction, you would try your best to avoid making eye contact with them as if you don't now them, especially when you can feel their eyes on you.

There were times that you notice Camila try to speak to you, but when she comes near you would avoid her and walk away without a word or sparing a glance at her. Then when Ally finds you eating alone in the mess hall she would try to sit at your table, but the same as you do with Camila, you stand up from your seat and walk away, even if you haven't yet finish your food.

Then before performing on stage the girls would approach your band to give you some good lucks, the twins would talk to them though, they don't hold grudges against the girls and you would never ask them to avoid the girls either, it was your choice to avoid the them so you don't need the twins to be doing it as well. They have their own choices.

It was evening, the suns orange rays escaped through the thin curtains dangling before the windows, letting the light shine down on the objects in the room, its shadows stretching throughout the white tiles. Christina folded her arms on the table in front of her, opening her mouth to speak.

"The issues between you and Camila are dying down because apparently there's no news about the two of you or photo's that you two are spending time with each other." She informed.

"Finally." Sergio muttered quietly.

You smirked at Christina. "I hope it doesn't affect you."

She blushed and stuck a tongue out at you. "It doesn't, just a tiny bit." She pouted. "Anyways, few months more Christmas is coming, and Simon wants you all to make songs in advance that is fit for the holiday, it's just like a mini Christmas album with maximum of five songs."

You slowly nodded. "Okay, but can we at least have one artist featuring on the album."

"Sure I mean, your revealed album is quite a hit and you all earned a really lot of money so, who do you want?"

Troy and Sergio looked at each other, then back to Christina with a bright smiles. "Ariana Grande."

Before setting up to the stage for your band's usual opening act, Sergio flipped the pages on your song book stopping on a certain page of lyrics you'll be performing on stage. He stared at the lyrics, his eyes scanning the sentence one by one.

"Y/N, I never knew why you considered to mention your mom in this song." Sergio looks up to you. "It's not that I'm against it I'm just wondering."

"It's not her." You replied. "I call my mother mama not mom."

"It's grandma Y/L/N she's talking about." Troy chimed in. "Y/N sometimes call her mom."

"Ohhh." Sergio finally understood, nodding his head slowly.

"Aim high you're up."

You hop on to the stage, ignoring the girls behind you as they say good lucks to the twins. The three of you run towards the front of the stage, hearing the fans screams slowly rising as you stop just on the edge of the stage, the fans outstretched hands almost reaching you.

"Hey there Aimers!" Troy yelled on the microphone, causing the crowd go wild again. "I swear whoever invented that name deserves an award." 

Sergio sat behind his usual drum set, his microphone dangling down in front of him so he could speak comfortably on it. "Are you guys ready?!" Sergio yelled raising his arms up with sticks in hands.

You took your own mike off of its stand and stepped back to sit on the usual tall chair that is always put there for you. With the mic on your left hand, the tip of your shoes landing on the floor while the other rest on the metal at the middle that is intersecting the feet of the chair.

You sat there watching the crows the same as they watch you up there on the stage. You hear the music play and then back ground singers sing two entrance sentence with a low airy voice.

[Background singers]:

(Oh if you could see me now)

(Oh if you could see me now)

[You]: (Troy&Sergio)

It was February 14 Valentine's Day

The roses came but they took you away

Tattooed on my arm is a charm to disarm all the harm

Gotta keep myself calm but the truth is you're gone

And I'll never get to show you these songs

Dad you should see the tours that I'm on

I see you standing there next to Mom

Both singing along, yeah arm in arm

Now there are days when I'm losing my faith

Because the man wasn't good he was great

He'd say "Music was the home for your pain"

And explain I was young, he would say

Take that rage, put it on a page

Take the page to the stage

Blow the roof off the place

I'm trying to make you proud

Do everything you did

I hope you're up there with God saying "That's my kid!"

I still look for your face in the crowd

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

Would you stand in disgrace or take a bow

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

(Oh if you could see me now)

You pulled the mic away and let Troy sing the second verse of the song.

He moved his lips above the microphone, opening his mouth to sing.

[Troy]: (You&Sergio)

If you could see me now would you recognize me?

Would you pat me on the back or would you criticize me?

Would you follow every line on my tear-stained face

Put your hand on a heart that was cold

As the day you were taken away?

I know it's been a while but I can see you clear as day

Right now, I wish I could hear you say

I drink too much, and I smoke too much dutch

But if you can't see me now that s**t's a must

You used to say I won't know a win till it cost me

Like I won't know real love till I've loved and I've lost it

So if you've lost a sister, someone's lost a mom

And if you've lost a dad then someone's lost a son

And they're all missing out, yeah they're all missing out

So if you get a second to look down on me now

Mom, Dad I'm just missing you now

I still look for your face in the crowd

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

Would you stand in disgrace or take a bow

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

Sergio beat the instrument with great timing, then parted his lips to sing.

[Sergio]: (You&Troy)

Oh, oh

Would you call me a saint or a sinner?

Would you love me a loser or winner?

Oh, oh

When I see my face in the mirror

We look so alike that it makes me shiver

I still look for your face in the crowd

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

Would you stand in disgrace or take a bow

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

Yeah I'm just missing you now

[All]: (background singers)

I still look for your face in the crowd

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

Would you stand in disgrace or take a bow

Oh if you could see me now (Oh if you could see me now)

You could see, you could see me now [x2]

"Great job guys." Normani greeted while waiting at the back stage.

The twins stopped by to talk to them while you kept your head straight and walk past the girl group without even looking at them. Camila watched you pass by with a guilty expression, angry at herself letting the negative tweets about you get to her.

Sergio smiled and laughed along with the others, when his eyes shift they land on Camila, his smile altered seeing her staring at you as you walk past through the backdoor of the venue. Sergio moved behind Camila, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry about Y/N." He told her. Camila turns her head to the side. "Give her some time, and eventually she'll talk to you and girls again."

"For how long though?" She asked, averting her gaze back to the door you walked out of.

"Someday." He muttered.

"Someday never comes."

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