The Reason Behind Me

Chapter 4

Olive's POV 

"Charlotte!" I screamed and Charlotte immediately ran into my room, "What is this?" I asked holding up my cell phone. 

"It's not me!" Charlotte defended, "I'm just the accomplice. It's Amelia's idea!" 

"I heard my name." Amelia said as she strutted into the room, "What's up?" 

"The ceiling." I replied rolling my eyes, "Now, seriously, why did you ask Mia out on a date on behalf of me?" 

"I just thought that it's time you go out on a proper date with her and ask her to be your girlfriend." Amelia replies simply. 

"I agree!" Isabella shouts from the upper bunk and Amelia reaches out to high five her, "Yeah! See? Even Ally thinks so." 

"But you should've asked me first?" I groaned, "Now I have a date tonight and I don't even know where to bring her." 

"Sure you do. You have a whole list of places planned." Charlotte grinned and her smile immediately faded when Amelia shot a glare at her, "Charlotte!" 

"Shit." Charlotte mumbled, "Sorry." 

"What list?" I asked in confusion, "Hold up, did you guys read my diary?" I questioned in disbelief. 

"Maybe." Amelia shrugged, "But in any case, you have a date at 6 tonight." She helpfully reminded me. 

"I realized." I said with sarcasm. 

"It's 5." She added. 

"That means I have one hour to prepare." I muttered, "One hour?!" I repeated upon realization, "Why didn't you guys tell me about this earlier?" 

I scrambled off the bed and looked through my closet, picking out a dress, a pair of high heels and a leather jacket. I took a shower and put on light makeup to make myself look natural then curled my hair. I changed into my dress and looked into the mirror. 

Olive Macpherson, you look smoking hot. 

Mia's POV

Olive just asked me out on a date and I'm really nervous to the core. She's coming to pick me up at 6 but I have no idea what she has in mind for the rest of the night. I do hope everything will go as planned though. 

I'm smoothen out my red dress in the mirror and looked down at my stilettos. I'm praying so hard I won't fall and embarrass myself later. 

The bell rang and I know that Olive is here. I opened the door and damn, I was blown away. She looks so hot in her tight-fitting dress that's above knee length. 

"Hey." Olive greeted, "Let's go." She said offering her hand to grab mine. We walked down the aisle to her car, and she drove us towards the beach. 

"God I'm so full." I muttered as we walked down the beach, "The food was fabulous." 

"I'm glad you liked it," Olive smiled, "I had no idea where to bring you and I thought of that restaurant." 

"It was a good choice Macpherson." I replied and we continued strolling down the beach. 

Olive's hand bumped into mine for a few times before she interlaced our hands together and I felt electricity running through me. Suddenly, Olive stopped in her tracks and walked us into the sea. 

"Can I do something?" Olive asked staring into my eyes. 

I nodded, mesmerized by the way her emerald eyes shine under the moonlight. She pulled me into her and her face inched closer to mine. Her lips was a breath away from mine and she closed the gap between us, lighting up fireworks and sparks. It was magical and amazing. 

We pulled apart and Olive leant her forehead gently against mine, "Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Olive Michelle Macpherson Morgado!"Mia screeched, jumping onto Olive's bed. 

"Ah!" Olive screamed and pushed Mia off the bed in reflex, "Who the f**k are you?" 

"Oli." Mia whined, sitting on the floor. 

"I'm so sorry M’z, are you alright?" Olive asked and immediately helped the younger girl up from the floor. 

"It'd be better if you'll give me a 'feel better' kiss." Mia grinned cheekily. 

"There." Olive said pecking Mia on the lips, "Feeling better?" 

"Nope." Mia replied, trying to hide her smile. 

Olive chuckled and pulled Mia in for a kiss, "What about now?" 

"Much better." Mia answered and interlaced their hands together, "I've made breakfast. Care to join me and the rest of the girls for Nutella pancakes?" 

"Of course. I wouldn't miss it for the world," The green eyed smiled, "especially since it's made by you." 

"Enough of the sweet talking and get your ass downstairs." Mia joked and made her way out of the room. 

Olive's POV 

"Oli! Hurry up! Your pancakes are getting cold!" Mia yelled from the kitchen. 

"I'm coming!" I replied and ran down the stairs, almost tripping on the last few steps like Isabella did, "Woah, that was close." 

"Damn it, I was hoping you would fall." Charlotte pouted. 

"You're plain evil." I muttered, giving Charlotte a death glare. 

"Hi beautiful." I greeted, my serious tone changing into a loving one once I saw Mia. 

"Hey." Mia giggled as I pulled her into my arms. 

I leant in and kissed her, feeling the fireworks like I did the first time we kissed. 

"Please mind your PDA!" Isabella interrupted. 

"What's PDA?" Mia asked. 

"Public display of affection." Amelia answered. 

"Oh." Mia mumbled, "Anyway, go eat your breakfast Oli, I have something important to discuss with you guys." 

"What is it?" 

"I've decided to try my luck and post a video of me singing a cover on youtube."Mia replied excitedly, "I don't know if people would like me, but I really want to try." 

"That's a good start." Charlotte said, "Why not we make it a group cover? We can sing as a group and upload on our official YouTube channel so more people will have access to it." She explained. 

"That's a great idea!" Mia exclaimed, "Are the rest of you okay with it?" 

"Totally." I smiled. 

"I'm down with that." Isabella replied. 

"Me too!" Amelia squealed, taking another mouthful of pancakes. 

Mia's POV

"I'm Isabella." 

"I'm Amelia." 

"I'm Olive." 

"I'm Charlotte." 

"And we're CIAO." They introduced in unison.

"We have a special friend with us today." Olive grinned looking at me. 

"Hi, I'm Mia." I greeted into the camera, "And we'll be singing a cover of I knew you were trouble by Taylor Swift." 

I strummed the guitar once and started playing the tune to the song. 

"Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago, I was in your sights, you got me alone. You found me, you found me, you found me." I sang and looked over at Olive. 

"I guess you didn't care, and I guess I liked that, and when I fell hard, you took a step back. Without me, without me, without me." Olive continued and her voice gives me literal eargasms. 

"Thanks for watching! Bye!" We said and turned off the camera. 

"That was so fun." I said, wrapping my arms around Olive's waist. 

"Super fun." Olive corrected, "We should do this more often." 

"I second that!" Charlotte shouts, "I've just uploaded our video." 

"I'm gonna tweet and tell our CIAOzers about the new cover." Isabella grins. 

Soon, my twitter notifications start to blow up with mentions. I saw some hates but they're manageable, I'm not too affected by them. But one tweet caught my eye. 

@OliveIsSexy: Damn, @miahudson97 is such a beautiful singer! She'll make a good couple with @OliveMacpherson

I smiled when I saw the tweet, I'm glad that there's at least one fan that's approving of us dating even though she doesn't know that it's real. 

@5thHarmony: The girls should do more covers with @MiaHudson97! She's really good!

Seeing all these comments make my heart jump, maybe this is the start of my dream that's coming through.

"Let me listen to the new song you composed M’z." Olive requested, throwing pieces of paper at Mia who was looking through her tumblr feed. 

"I'm done with it yet Oli." Mia replied closing her laptop. 

"But you've always let me listen to your songs even before they're finished." The green eyed pouted. 

"It's different this time," The younger girl explained, "I promise you'll be the first one to hear it." She assured, leaning in to capture Olive's lips with her own. 

"And what if you don't?" Olive challenged playfully. 

"Then I'll be abstained from kisses for a month." Mia daringly replied, "And you know how much I can't stand not kissing you at least once a day. Not being able to kiss you for a month would be hell for me." 

"I'll take you for that." Olive nodded, satisfied withMia's promise. 

"Have you come up with a decision about joining CIAO?" Olive asked, running her fingers through Mia's hair. 

"I really want to join you and the rest of the girls Oli," Mia muttered, "but what if the fans don't like me?" 

"I'm sure they do." Olive grinned, "Look at the responses we receive when we upload covers together, it's literal crazy." 

"Give me some more time yeah?"  Mia said, "I need more time to think about it. This is a really important decision to make. It'll change our lives forever." 

"I understand." The older girl smiled, giving Mia a peck on the lips. 

Mia's POV

"Sign this contract and you're officially in the group." Simon said handing me the pen and paper. 

I took the pen in my hand and signed my name on the line, smiling like an i***t when I handed it back to Simon. 

"Welcome to the family." Simon smiled as we hugged. 

"Thank you." 

"And you can officially move in with the girls anytime you want from now till the weekend." He informed, "The girls are also having a recording session this weekend." 

"Noted." 

"If the girls bully you, just call me up." He joked, "Be careful of their pranks. Who knows you're the next since you're new to all this." 

"I will." I replied and left the building, hailing a taxi to go back to the loft.

"Guys! I have an important news to announce!" I shouted once I stepped into the loft. 

"What is it?" Isabella asked from the couch which the girls are sitting on watching the movie. 

"I'm moving in with you guys." I squealed, leaving the bigger news to the end. 

"Really?" Olive asked, her eyes lighting up. 

"Yeah. And one more thing." I smirked, "I'm officially part of CIAO!" 

"What?" The girls screamed with joy, "I can't believe this is happening!" Charlotte hollered. 

"You're not kidding right?" Olive asked. 

"I'm not baby. We're in a girl group together." I muttered. 

"Oh my god." She mumbled, tears starting to stream down her face, "This is like a dream." 

"It's not." I smiled wiping off her tears. 

"I love you M’z." 

"I love you too Oli." 

"CIAO is also officially complete!" Amelia yelled. 

Mia's POV

I took a deep breath to calm myself down and looked up to see a large crowd of excited fans cheering for us; Our group name, our names and encouraging sentences. 

Soon, instructions were given through our earpieces and we walked out onto the stage, the sound of my thumping heart drowning out the screaming from the fans. I felt adrenaline pump through me and soon, our instrumental version of our single came on and I got ready to start off the song. 

"Hi I'm Isabella." 

"Hey, I'm Amelia." 

"I'm Olive!" 

"Hey Dawgs! I'm Charlotte." 

"And we're CIAO." We greeted and the crowd cheered wildly. 

I noticed that most of the signboards had my name on it, welcoming me to the family and I'm so touched by it. 

"So, we have a new member with us today." Olive smiled and gestured to me, "Her name is Mia. Well, I call her M’z, but yeah, she's Mia." 

"Hi guys! How's the show so far?" I asked and the crowd screamed. 

"I really am truly blessed to be able to be a part of CIAO. And I would really love to thank you guys for the sign boards." I said, "I love you guys." 

"I have one more thing to say." Olive spoke, "This is pretty important, and I really hope you guys would accept whatever I'm about to say. I know this is sudden but no matter what you think, we still love you." She assured. 

"M’z is not only our new member." She admitted and looked at me, "She's also my girlfriend." 

I smiled like and i***t and she walked over to me with a face eating smile, "I love you." 

"I love you too Oli." I replied. 

"Hold up. This isn’t cool Dawgs." Charlotte interrupted and my heart broke. 

What if the girls don’t accept us?

"Why didn't we know?" Amelia asked. 

"Yeah this isn’t fair!" Isabella said into the mike. 

"But we totally support the both of you. You guys are so cute as a couple!" Charlotte cooed and I let out a sigh of relief. 

"Olia! Olia! Olia!" The crowd shouted and tears started streaming down my face. 

"Thanks guys. You're the best fans I could ever ask for." I said and we continued on with our show.