Chapter Thirteen -- Pop Lives
"Lori... what the hell is this?" Jonathan handed me the newspaper. People found out about Nick coming to Hong Kong and coming in the hotel I was staying in. Rumors about me and him were even more wide-spreaded.
"What is Nick doing here? I mean I just left for a day, taking care of something really small, and when I came back this morning... it's such a big mess already!" Jonathan yelled and it woke Nick up.
"Lori... do you know you just started your career not long ago, and THIS between you and Nick is gonna ruin it." Jonathan said.
"But Jon, it's my life. Don't I even have the right to love someone." I said as I felt Nick holding me from the back.
"Well, Jon..." Nick said, "there's only two ways to go. One is do not comment on it, or two, is to admit it..." He then looked at me... "Jon, I know exactly what you're worrying about, but just to make myself clear, breaking up is not an option, k?"
"but it affects Lori..." Jonathan answered.
"Jon," I looked at him seriously, "I don't care, I'm not gonna give up my relationship just because of my career. If the fans really like me for my music, it doesn't matter to them whom my boyfriend is."
"One way to deal with these things," Nick said, "is to be usual. By means, me and Lori will go out as usual, not answering questions regarding this matter, and eventually, fans should have an idea what might be going on between us, and when it's the right time, we'll just admit it. It won't be a really big deal by then as the fans are kinda prepared for it after hearing all those news and rumors."
"You guys are crazy..." Jonathan said.
"Maybe we are." I said as I was looking at Nick."
I spent the rest of the day showing Nick different places in Hong Kong. Many fans recognize us and we signed autographs for them, and take pics with them.
Nick's flight was 9:00 pm that night. Before he got on the plane, he held me tightly in his arms. I started to cry. I was not gonna see him for another 2 months.
"Lori... don't cry, we're gonna see each other real soon."
In the following month, rumors about Nick and I were spreading around non-stop. Every single time we have interviews, questions about our relationship were "must-ask" ones. Neither of us admit out relationship, we felt that it's not time yet. The rumor started to die out, but rumors never stop. They were then saying that Jonathan is actually "the one" for me.
<Lori... it's me.> Nick spoke as I picked up the phone.
"Nick... hmm... did u read the newspaper?"
<Yes Lori.>
"I wanna make sure you know that will never happen, it's not true..." I said anxiously.
<Wo wo Lori.... don't worry, remember? TRUST... I just call to make sure you're okay with all those rumors going on.>
"Nick... honestly, they are bothering me a lot... I wondered who are the ones who's spreading the rumor about me and Jonathan."
<Just relax baby... don't worry that much okay? I'll be very worry about you. When is your flight tomorrow? I wanna show you something.>
"What is that?"
<It's suppose to be a surprise!>
"Okay... I shall arrive at Orlando at around 3:30 pm."
<I'll go pick you up then.> "Nick we gotta go..." I heard Kevin from the background.
<I gotta go now... can't wait to see you tomorrow... love ya Lori.>
"Love ya too... bye!"
~ Orlando Airport -- 3:38 pm ~
I came out and see Nick. He held me tightly in his arms once he saw me. Jonathan is not with me, he still need to take care of something in Hong Kong. He would be back in a week. Nick drove to a really nice house. He took out the keys and led me into the house.
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