Beautiful When You Don't Try (Camren)

Chapter 29

A/N: So I think this is the longest chapter yet. Hope you enjoy...this is my warning for anyone at work or school...read at your own risk.

As always, you are awesome with your reviews. Love, love, love you all.

~/~/~/~

Camila was lost in the day. It was like she couldn't focus on anything. It was just hazy as she let it pass, oblivious to everyone around her. Scott had to keep poking her between interviews to announce when someone was approaching so she could snap into 'Camila Cabello' mode with wide eyes, a big grin, and an exuberant amount of energy.

"Are you okay?" He asked leaning over in his chair as the brunette sat in her dressing room looking into the corner of her vanity at nothing in particular. She turned her head up to his worried gaze, smiled her smile and nodded. "Liar. I know you better than that. What's wrong? You seem distracted."

Scott had known Camila for a few years. They met just before she landed her first big role and he had supported her ever since. While the two never formed as close of a friendship as she had hoped because of her busy schedule, he was someone she had always felt comfortable around. He had never seemed to want anything from her and just fed off of her excitement for life and the business. He had once told her that he was getting bored with the drama and the divas of it all but she had been a breath of fresh air that kept him in it. It also didn't hurt that he was faithfully married and Camila was friends with his wife. There was no pressure around him for anything.

"I'm...fine. I'm fine, just...I don't know. It's hard to explain." He sat back in his chair and waited for her to continue, knowing full and well she wasn't wanting to. She rolled her eyes. "I just feel...different. Work use to be my life. I woke up wanting to come in and make things better, to perfect things that were already perfect until the curtain came up. Then I would want to stay after to figure out what else I could be doing. But now..."

"You'd rather be somewhere else." He finished for her. "You know she wont let you do that though, right? I may not know her or have really had time to talk with her, but she is absolutely smitten with you. She's not going to let you slack off on your dream."

Camila smiled in pride. "I know she's not. And oddly, knowing that makes me want to come back to work everyday. When I think of being at work I want to be with her, but then when I think of how she would react to that, or what she would say, I want to make her happy by being here." The diva shook her head quickly, dismissing the thoughts. "It's all very strange."

"Love is strange." He remarked as his eyes drifted behind her and he straightened his posture. "Last one is here."

Camila put on her smile and greeted the interviewer, a young man in his early twenties, fashionably dressed, hair a complete mess, and oversized glasses on his face. After shaking hands and going throw all the formalities he sat down across from her and began.

"So, I'm sure that you have already been asked a million times already today, and that it is the last thing you want to talk about, but my boss would fire me if I didn't, so... Your relationship with Lauren Jauregui. What can you tell me about it?"

Camila had her elbow propped on the armrest of her chair and was playing with her ear lobe as she studied the man in front of her. He was nervous. She figured this may have even been his first interview, especially with how he worded the question. She had been asked about this in every interview she had had this morning. She had darted around the question with each of them hoping it would all just fade away if she didn't answer, but that was clearly not the case. "I could tell you quite a bit." She answered coolly. "Is there anything in particular you are looking for."

"Uh..." He fumbled with his papers in front of him, clearly stalling for time. He must have either expected to be shot down or for her to just spill all the details. Scott watched Camila out of the corner of his eye. She was taking a different approach with the question this time. The last four interviews she had left it with the simple statement of 'I can tell you that I'm happy'. "I...uh...well, how long have you two been together?" He finally managed to ask, not even looking at his papers which signaled he was expecting to be shot down. This endeared him to Camila. The other interviewers had been waiting on the edge of their seats for the juicy details.