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Next Day
Mitchie's POV
"Teen pop star Mikayla Gomez has officially been released from rehab this past week. The young star was spotted yesterday afternoon with girlfriend, Mitchie Torres. The duo enjoyed a romantic lunch on a hill followed by a movie date." The news flash appears as Mikayla lay out on the couch watching TV. "Sources at the movie theater say the two were inseparable as they caught a late showing of Titanic 3D."
"We can't even blink without them getting coverage of it." I say to Mikayla. She laughs but then focuses her attention back on the TV.
"As many remember, the pop sensation was admitted to rehab earlier this year for an alcohol addiction. Sources close to the teen say she successfully completed her four month stint and is looking forward to a sober life style. We bet her girlfriend, Mitchie, is thrilled to have her back."
"You bet I am!" I say to the TV.
"Who the hell are these sources?" She asks.
"I don't even know babe." I say. "People who see us?"
"Well yeah but my apparent close friend?" She asks.
"You know they work in weird ways." I say.
"Change it to E! I want to see if they're on our ass too." She says.
I grab the remote and change the channel to E! They were talking about the premiere of a new movie so I went to change it again until they stopped.
"Stay tuned and we will bring you information on a popular teen singer who was recently released from rehab." Ryan says to the camera.
"Leave it." She tells me. "Was this what you went through?"
"Pretty much." I say shrugging. I couldn't watch the television for almost a week when I got out of treatment.
"Does it get better?" She asks.
"It always gets better." I say. "Once it blows over you'll be fine."
"Welcome back to E! News." Giuliana says with a smile. She looks at Ryan and they begin to discuss Mikayla, without mentioning her name. "So if any of you guessed, we are talking about Mikayla Gomez who was released from rehab two says ago. We can't help but wonder, will her career last? Or are we headed for another Lindsay Lohan here?"
"I think her career will last." Ryan says. I always liked Ryan... "She's got a nice support system, her girlfriend's been through the same process."
"That's very true." Giuliana agrees. "I guess we'll have to see with time."
"Turn it off." Mikayla begs. She crawls over to me and buries herself in my chest. I can hear the muffled cries and it breaks my heart. I hate seeing her go through this.
"It gets better, I promise." I say as I run my fingers through her hair repeatedly.
"My career is over." She says between sobs.
"Look at me, baby." I tell her as I stop. She pulls back from my chest and looks up at me. Her eyes are bloodshot and the tears have taken over her entire face. "You can rest assured that your career is not over, okay? You're so freaking talented that something like this can't ruin what you have."
"They compared me to Lindsay, Mitch!" She says.
"Because they have to in order to keep their sorry ass jobs, babe." I say her as I begin to wipe away tears. This reminds me of having to watch my own news coverage with Dallas, she had to witness my fit which was worse than how Mikayla's reacting now. "You are nothing like her, you hear me. That girl has issues that she can't even control. You, you were able to get help and successfully finish your stint. You didn't go to jail and you didn't repeatedly fuck up."
"But I fucked up..." She says.
"In the past you did and now you're healthy and sober, which is all that matters. People are going to see that and your true fans will stick with you." I tell her. "You have dedicated fans who will stick with you through thick and thin, I promise you."
"But what if I don't? What if this is the end?" She asks.
"It's not, okay? Stop thinking that way." I say. "Look at your wrists right now, babe."
She looks down at her wrists and smiles. "What does it say?" I ask her.
"Stay strong." She says to me.
"Now look at your ring.. what's the meaning of that ring?" I ask her.
"For me to stay strong and that you'll always be here for me." She says with a smile.
"Well, can we come to the agreement that you'll stay strong no matter what?" I ask her.
"I promise it's just.." She starts to say but I interrupt her by brining our lips together. She kisses back but I pull back.
"There's nothing more to say, you're going to be okay." I tell her.
She leans in to kiss me again and I grab her pulling her onto me. Her legs wrap around my waist as she straddles me. Just as our kiss begins to get heated her cell phone begins to vibrate on my leg.
"That scared the life out of me!" I say as she reaches into her bottom pocket to remove her cell phone. She clicks the screen and holds it up to her ear.
"Hey Margo." She says as she gets off me and sits down.
"Speaker." I whisper to her.
"We need to talk." Margo says to Mikayla as she turns on the speaker of her phone.
"I've seen the news, I know they know." She says.
"That's not what I need to talk to to about." Margo says. "But yes, you're all over the media today."
"Aren't you proud?" Mikayla asks sarcastically.
"It's good for you to have media coverage, Mikayla. I mean if you want to stay relevant." Margo says.
"I guess you're right, so what do we need to talk about?" She asks.
"Well, Ellen's people called me and she'd like to do an interview with you again. More serious this time, no performance." She says. This is a great idea for Mikayla.
"I don't know." Mikayla says a little skeptical about it.
"It's a good idea, baby." I say to her.
"Oh, hi Mitchie." Margo says.
"Hey Margo, sorry, Mik's got you on speaker." I tell her.
"It's fine." She says. "Well then, are you going to do it?"
"You already booked it, didn't you?" Mikayla asks.
"Yeah, I did. I'm not going to say no to Ellen." Margo says.
"I don't want to do an interview yet." Mikayla says.
"Well you're going to have to do it because it's tomorrow." Margo says.
"No, I'm not going to do it." She says stubbornly.
"Look Mikayla, I already schedule you." Margo says growing angry.
"Don't worry, Margo, I'll talk to her. She'll be there, okay?" I say to her as I take Milayla's phone and hang up. I put it aside and look at her. She's crying again. "Mik.."
"No, Mitchie." She says shaking her head repeatedly. "I'm not ready!"
"You're fine." I say.
"No one is going to care about me." She cries.
"What did we just finish talking about a minute ago baby?" I ask her as I bring her back onto my lap.
"I'm going to breakdown in front of the whole nation." She says.
"No you won't because I'll be there with you, backstage supporting you." I tell her.
"But you have that meeting about your next album." She says.
"You're more important to me right now." I say. "Plus my next album won't be out for a long while."
"I'll only do it if you're there with me." She says to me. When Mikayla is stubborn, she's stubborn.
"I said I'll be there right?" I ask. "When do I break my promises?"
"You don't." She says.
"Stay strong for me Mikayla." I tell her as I kiss her cheek.
"Only for you." She says as she wipes off her tears.
Next Day
Mikayla POV
"Okay, you have ten minutes before we need you." A worker says to me as I finish up my make up in the dressing room.
"You know what I love about coming here?" Mitchie asks. "She always has the best fruit!"
"She does, doesn't she?" Margo says as she grabs a strawberry.
"I'm freaking out about this interview and you two are worried about fruit?" I say as I stand up from the make up chair and turn to them.
"Babe, breathe you'll be okay." Mitchie says as she stands up and walks towards me. She puts her hands on my shoulders and I look into her eyes. "Deep breaths, in and out."
I close my eyes and do as she says, breathing deeply before exhaling. My mind is raving a million miles per minute but I need to stay calm.
"Okay, you ready to go?" She asks me. She puts her hand out, opening her hand so my fingers can fill the space. She holds on to my hand tightly as we walk to where I am to wait.
"You'll do fine, okay?" She says as she kisses my forehead. "I'm here if you need me."
"Our next guest has done it all. She's conquered the music charts, appeared in the big screen, tackled a guest staring role on Hannah Montana and today, she's here to open up about a new experience. Please help me welcome, Mikayla Gomez." I hear Ellen say before the music starts to play. I walk out through the regular door and wave towards the audience. I feel my stomach tighten from the nerves but I continue to smile regardless.
"Welcome, gorgeous!" Ellen says. She waits for the audience applause to die down before speaking again. "Thanks for coming back." she says.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." I say half lying.
"You look very elegant." She says. "What kind of dress is that?"
"It's Max Azria," I tell her. "I took it from my girlfriend's closet."
"Ouch, was she mad?" Ellen says with a slight laugh.
"Nah, she doesn't mind." I say. Sometimes she does though but it doesn't matter.
"Well what have you been up to?" Ellen asks.
"I'm sure you know." I say.
"Would you like to talk about it?"
"That's why I'm here right?"
"Oh, well I thought you were here to visit me." She says laughing.
"I mean, aside from that!" I say. "But yeah, um, I've been in rehab for the past four months."
"And how was that?"
"It was emotional and something I have never done before."
"Was it hard at first?"
"Oh yeah! That first week was extremely difficult. Having to learn to accept that I have a problem and just having to admit that to myself."
I say. I'm actually less nervous now. "And it was hard being away from my girlfriend."
"Are you happy to be better now?"
"I'm happy and I'm proud of myself, actually. It was all a wake up call."
"Do you mind letting the viewers know why exactly you were in treatment?"
"I had a problem with alcohol." I say. "A huge problem with it actually. I was rushed to the hospital at one point and it was causing me to be act like a bitch. It got to the point where it almost ruined my relationship with my girlfriend."
"Now, you keep saying 'girlfriend' like if I don't know who she is." Ellen says.
"Oops." I say.
"She's here today isn't she?" She asks.
"She's backstage." I say. Ellen looks at me with a smile and then the TV behind her shows video of Mitchie sitting in the green room, watching the interview. She waves at the camera and then looks back to a TV.
"She came to support you, that's cute." Ellen says.
"She did." I say. I don't know why she's making me nervous but now I'm nervous again.
"And what do you have to say about that?" She asks.
I can feel my cheeks burning red. "That she's an amazing girlfriend." I say as I look down at the ground.
"Well look at that America," Ellen says as she stands up an points at me. "We've got her blushing."
"Ha. Ha!" I say as she sits down.
"You two are the power couple! You are both inspiring." She says.
"Thank you. I always say that Mitchie and I, we're each others rock. We are each others support system. We've gone through hell and back in different ways but we help keep each other whole" I say.
"I was waiting until you said something else other than 'my girlfriend'." She says.
"Don't do that." I say as I blush again.
"Do what?" She asks with a smirk.
"Don't make me blush." I say.
"Fine... I noticed you have a ring on your ring finger, is there something you aren't telling us?"
"It's not what you think."
"What is it?"
"It's a promise ring. We have matching promise rings." I say.
"That's lovely. Do you think she is the one?"
"I-I think so." I say blushing again.
"Well, I wish you both the best. You're both so strong and make a beautiful couple."
"Thank you." I say with a smile.
"Now let's take some fan questions, they sent in some questions via twitter are you ready to answer?"
"Bring it on" I say glad that the conversation wasn't making me blush anymore.
"So our first question comes from Mikaylamylove and she wants to know what your biggest regret is?"
"That's a funny username." I say. "But I guess my biggest regret is letting my drinking lead to an addiction."
"Fair enough. Next we have a question from MitchMikaylaFan who wants to know if you're going to your again soon because you missed her city."
"Aw, I'm sorry. I'm not planning a tour anytime soon. I've got a lot of material that I wrote before and during rehab that I need to start recording. Maybe I'll tour again after my next album."
"musicismyboyfriends asks if you have specific routines before a show?"
"I used to not have any actually but since Mitchie and I have been together I have her kiss me before I go on." I say as I blush. I shouldn't have admitted that to everyone.
"Well isn't Mitchie a lucky girl?" Ellen laughs. "Lastly, we have a comment rather than a question from Mitchietorres.." She starts.
"That's Mitchie's twitter." I say with a laugh.
"I'm not done yet!" She says. "Mitchietorres said 'Mikayla, I love you xoxo'. Aw, where the hell did you get one of those girlfriends? I want one for myself."
"I don't even know, but I'm lucky to have her." I say. "And in response, I love you too." I say looking straight at the camera.
"Well thank you for stopping by and opening up to us." Ellen says as she hugs me. "You're welcome back whenever."
"Thank you, I might just take you up on that." I say with a smile.
Ellen closes the interview and I wait until the cameras are off to stand up. When I do, she gives me a hug again. "Thank you for coming." She says again.
"No, thank you." I say. "I was a little nervous about being here and stuff but you made it easy."
"Oh don't worry!" She says. "Where's your girlfriend?"
"Right here!" Mitchie says as she appears behind me. She wraps her arm around my waist and I drape mine around her shoulder. "Awesome job baby."
"Thanks." I say as I kiss her temple.
"We need to have you back here soon." Ellen says to Mitchie.
"I'm down." Mitchie says.
"You two have a good day." Ellen says as she leaves.
"How do you feel?" Mitchie asks me when it's just the two of us.
"Better now that I've got you in my arms." I say.
"I'm proud of you for coming and doing this." She says to me.
"I only do these things for you." I say with a smile. "So I'm glad that you're proud of me."
She leans up and places a soft kiss on my cheek. I let my free hand come up and touch the place that she kissed. "Let me take you out for lunch." I say as we begin to walk.
"It's like our first date all over again." She says.
"Except this time I won't order you a cake." I say. "Or maybe I just might."
So do you think Mikayla will have her career back or that things will slowly fall apart for her? Hope you liked the chapter and are liking the story! Revieww awayyy