My Brother's Best Friend

t h i r t y - t w o

A week passed by and you were now back in Los Angeles. You had arrived there yesterday afternoon and spent the rest of the day inside your hotel room.

Today was the day of the photoshoot with Calvin Klein. You got up at around 7AM and firstly took a shower before ordering breakfast to your room.

You were currently on a Facetime call with Jenni as you were eating your food that had arrived not long ago.

"You've got the photoshoot today, right?" she asked, looking at her phone screen while she was seated on her sofa.

"Yep." you nodded, taking a sip from your tea.

"Is it going to be with Shawn?"she asked and at the mention of his name, you froze and moved your eyes to your phone.

You hadn't even thought about the possibility of the photoshoot being with him again.

"I don't know, maybe." you shrugged.

It was silent for a bit as Jenni was debating on whether she should bring the other brunette guy up.

"Do you still not want to talk to Tom?" she asked and changed your whole mood.

"No." you said, without even thinking about it.

"Y/n, he's miserable without you." she said, hoping it would somehow change your mind.

"I don't care." you said coldly.

That was a complete lie, you cared. You cared so unbelievably much, you'll always care about him. But you just couldn't talk, see or think of him without feeling your heart ache.

"But Y/N-"

"I've got to go, I'll talk to you later." you said as you grabbed your phone and ended the call.

It was indeed time for you to leave since a couple of minutes later you got a text from Zack, telling you he was waiting for you in front of the hotel.

You quickly put your shoes on and took everything you needed before leaving your room.

You saw Zack leaning against a black car which was currently parked in front of the hotel's entrance.

"Hey, Y/n!" he greeted after hearing you calling his name as you were walking towards him.

"Hi." you smiled, hugging him.

You kept your arms around him for quite a while to which he noticed.

"You alright?" he asked you, pulling away slightly to look at you.

"Yeah, yeah, I just.." you sighed, "needed a good hug but I'm good now." you forced another smile but he could see right through you.

He chose to make it seem as if he believed you and returned a smile but planned on having a talk with you after the shoot.

"Okay, let's go then." he opened the car's door and let you in first before entering himself and closing the door.

Zack noticed you weren't in the mood of talking much, so he left you alone with your thoughts as you looked out of the window, making the car ride silent.

Once you arrived at the location of the photoshoot, a woman met the both of you right at the entrance and guided you to your dressing room.

There were two ladies inside, one was most likely responsible for your hair and the other for your makeup.

They both greeted you with a warm smile and then one of them gave you what you were supposed to put on. It was just a pair of Calvin Klein underwear and a pair of jeans.