Page 100 of I Knew You Were Trouble

‘It’s all over TikTok already,’ Miller grins, waving his phone, and I’ve already seen some of the footage spreading like wildfire across social media.

Aidan is holding my video camera, rewatching my footage of Cal, grinning as he does so. He pauses it, the image showing Cal and Bianca looking into one another’s eyes.

‘It’s like theNew York Postall over again,’ he jokes, the boys gathering round to look.

Ziggy comes over. ‘’Ere, let’s see that.’ He takes the camera from Aidan. ‘Management will want a copy of that.’

‘Why?’ J.B. asks.

‘You’re onGMAtomorrow. Be great for publicity.’

J.B. rolls his eyes distainfully.

‘It’s a great picture,’ Ravi adds. ‘Cal would flip.’

‘I’ll run it past Management,’ Ziggy says.

‘Can we do it?’ Aidan asks, looking to me.

‘Sure,’ I say. ‘Come to my room, I’ll hook it up to my laptop,’ I throw in casually, and, not that anyone else would notice, but his eyes flash in my direction.

I’m not even inside my room when Aidan’s arms wrap around me from behind, still holding onto my camera, and I feel his lips on my neck. The lock beeps twice and I nudge the handle, the pair of us colliding with the door as it opens. Inside, Aidan draws me into his embrace, kissing me deeply, before pulling back and placing my camera on the table.

‘That was incredible, this morning,’ he whispers into my neck. ‘You did that. Cal and Bianca, that was all you.’

‘I didn’t do anything,’ I laugh, before he’s captured my lips again. ‘It was Cal’s speech that made her run downstairs.’

‘But if you hadn’t contacted Bianca, none of that would have happened,’ Aidan says. He presses his forehead to mine, breathless. ‘He would never have had the balls to contact her himself, he’s too stubborn. You’ve forever altered Cal’s destiny. Just like you did for J.B. You’re an incredible human being, you know that?’

I pull back, looking up into his eyes. My heart flips over.

‘Will you come to my room again tonight?’ he asks softly.

‘Yes.’

He takes my hand in his. ‘Last night was…’ He sighs.

‘I know,’ I whisper when he can’t finish his sentence.

Back in the suite, breakfast is being served by the hotel stewards. Everyone is digging in hungrily. Ravi is quick to come bounding up to me.

‘Can I talk to you for a second?’ he grins, his delightful dimples on full display.

I offer him a big smile. ‘Of course.’

He lowers his voice conspiratorially. ‘Can you interview me again?’ he asks. ‘I want to… I wanna come out. I want to do it in an interview for the documentary. Things between Tun and I… well, they’re serious. I can’t keep sneaking around like I am anymore. I feel inspired by what happened this morning.’

‘Ravi, we haven’t even finished making the documentary yet, then it has to be edited, publicised… it might not be released for another year… more than.’

‘I know that, I do. But… baby steps, you know? First, I need to come out to the band. To the boys. That I trust. So Tun and I can at least be open in front of them. I don’t know how my family will react, the management company will react, the record company, let alone the fans. I feel like I need a platform… to announce it to the world. Then I can’t go back on any of it. I think I’d like to do it this way.’

‘Is Tun happy with that?’

Duncan is coming over. Ravi nods and grins.

‘Let’s find a time.’

Ravi grips my hand before rejoining the rabble.

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