1 YEAR LATER

Lauren was sat in the backseat of her new car, watching the world as it flashed by. Her thoughts travelled back to him. It was days such as these when she couldn't get him out of her head. She'd had no contact from him, nothing since she sent him that letter. They'd seen each other at award ceremonies but had just nodded to each other across the room. In some ways it was a relief. She had to get over him, and she had, sort of. She needed time to get over what had been and look towards what could be. She needed to let the possibilities of the future weigh out the could have been's of the past, and that was what she was beginning to do. Lauren Hadley had to get over Zac Efron, and she was going to, no matter how long it took.

Her driver called to her that they'd arrived and she stepped out. The car had been 'an investment' her manager had said. It was a ridiculously large Mercedes, it looked like a monster. It was huge and black with sliding doors. The seats were heated and black leather and it got incredibly hot when the sun was shining. There were T.V. screens in the seats for you to watch on long journeys. It didn't matter to Lauren; she just turned them on even if it was a five minute drive. Kyle had also insisted on her having a driver. It was only right he said, seeing as she has become much more of a celebrity.

That's right; Lauren had gone on from being the girl next door on the Disney channel to being a star in Hollywood. She was a down to earth girl at heart and all the excitement of Hollywood had worn off. She was returning back to audition for a Disney movie, it was more her sort of thing.

As she stepped out, she could feel people watching her and whispering. She remained standing and stood with the other people auditioning who were all relatively unknown. She was the only famous one here.

'Looking good'. She rolled her eyes as a guy walked past her, checking her out. She'd been taught well though and smiled fakely before walking across the room to get a coffee. All eyes were on her.

She was wearing white wide-legged trousers that reached halfway down her calf and she had strappy heels on. He top was made of floaty material and was see through red. Underneath she had a red vest and she had her hair up in a ponytail but it was curled, she also had a side fringe. She had light make-up on with smoky eyes and lots of kohl. The only pieces of jewellery she had on were a charm bracelet and diamond ear-rings.

'Hey' said a voice behind her.

Lauren froze, she knew that voice anywhere. She slowly turned around hoping she was wrong but no such luck. There stood Zac, smiling nervously.

She smiled back, just as nervous.

'Hi'

'What are you doing here?' he asked.

'I'm trying out for Jasmine'

'Oh, I'm up for Tom'

'Cool'

There was an awkward silence and Lauren couldn't take it anymore, suddenly she just started giggling. Zac stared at her.

'What?'

'All these people are watching us hoping for something big to happen, it makes me laugh' she whispered.

Zac laughed with her.

'I miss the way you used to make me laugh at anything' he said, reproachfully.

Lauren stopped laughing and looked at the floor.

'Wow, way to kill a moment huh?' he said to her.

She looked up and smiled,

'I guess'

'So, you're into coffee now then, not just sprite all the time?'

'Yep, but there still has to be loads of sugar in it.'

'Same old Lauren then'

'Same old, same old'

There was another silence. Lauren opened her mouth just as a young girl walked up and asked for her autograph. Zac watched as she smiled and knelt down, signing her piece of paper and addressing it to her. She told her she was wearing a pretty dress and the little girl smiled and ran off. Lauren stood back up again as Zac said,

'You're good with children'

'Yeah, oh you don't know do you! Rowan's got kids now'

'Really?'

'Yeah, his girlfriend gave birth to triplets'

'Wow, sounds hectic'

'Hell yeah, they love their Auntie Lo though'

'I bet'

After another awkward silence Zac said what he'd been thinking since he walked in and saw her.

'You're looking good Lo, what happened?' he joked; when they went out they always made fun of each other.

Just then, before she could answer, they announced over the tannoy that all people auditioning for Jasmine were to make their way to studio 3.

Lauren put her cup down and picked up her bag before saying in a small but strong voice,

'I grew up'

Zac watched her walk out, she turned her head and smiled, he smiled back and the door closed behind her.

A/N

Will he go after her or let her walk away yet again? You decide!! Also, read my spring break aftermath update, I need help with my new story and I've got ideas I just don't know which to pick!!! Review xx