Chapter 9:
All About You
"This just in, Cloe of the Rock Angelz was spotted coming out of a movie with Nick Jonas! Her long time boyfriend Cameron was nowhere to be seen. There wasn't any sign of them breaking up. Cameron even tweeted just yesterday 'Spent an amazing day with my soul mate today'! Cloe however hasn't tweeted about Cameron in the past week. Could this mean that Cloe is now cheating on Cameron with Nick? She's certainly turned out to be the scandalous Rock Angel!
That day the Rock Angelz were in the recording studio working on the next track for their album. They were on a break though and the girls were sitting on the couches chatting. Jade was eating a Panera sandwich, Sasha was snapchatting, Yasmin was eating salad.
"Sasha don't snapchat me eating!" Yasmin exclaimed.
"Why? This is the kind of thing the crowd wants to see!" Sasha said laughing.
"But I look weird when I eat!"
Jade elbowed her. "Cade would disagree," she said teasingly.
Yasmin elbowed her back. "Shut up."
"Oh my god!" Cloe suddenly exclaimed.
"What?" Sasha said.
Cloe showed them the article on . "Look at this! It says I'm cheating on Cameron and that I'm scandalous. What the hell?!"
"That's crazy, you're like, one of the least scandalous people i've ever seen. You're like an open book," Jade said.
"And like, have they even seen you and Cam together?" Yasmin said.
All of a sudden one of their producers popped in. "Cloe, you're cheating on Cameron?"
"No!" Cloe exclaimed horrified that people believed it.
"Oh, that's what the news is saying."
"It's not true!"
She left and Cloe sighed. "I can't believe this is happening!"
Then the door opened and Cameron came in. "I brought lunch for a special Rock Angel," he said handing her a Chipotle bag.
She hugged him and kissed him. "Thank you baby."
"You sound upset. What's wrong?" Cam asked concerned as they sat down.
"Have you seen this?" Jade asked handing him the phone.
He glanced at the article. "Oh that. That's bullshit right?" He looked at Cloe. "Right?" he said kinda desperately.
"Of course it is baby!" Cloe said. "I'd never do something like that to you. I mean, Nick Jonas is cute but he's not you."
Cameron kissed her. "I knew that."
"Who cares what tabloid shit says anyway?" Jade said taking another bite of her sandwich.
"Well...I don't," Cloe said turning off her phone. But she did care. She wasn't like Jade, she couldn't just brush off what people said about her. Those kinds of things got to her, a lot more than she wanted it to.
*WW*
The Rock Angelz were onstage for another concert singing All About You. Cloe was at the front mic opening the song with her beautiful vocals.
"You've got style looking so sharp
Rocking hot smile you're gonna go far
Just believe in yourself
You don't need to be who you're not
All you need is all that you've got
Just believe in yourself
You should know what you are
Money can't buy
Cuz you should know
It's all about you
It's not about the money you make
It's not about the little mistakes
It's not about the people you know
You'll be fine on your own
It's not about the clothes you wear
It's not about the car I swear
It's the little things you say and you do
It's all about you
Have fun in all that you do
Listen to your heart it's always so true
We believe in you
You can't stop reach for the stars
Time will tell tell people who you are
We believe in you
You should know what you are
Money can't buy
Cuz you should know
It's all about you
It's not about the money you make
It's not about the little mistakes
It's not about the people you know
You'll be fine on your own
It's not about the clothes you wear
It's not about the car I swear
It's the little things you say and you do
It's all about you…!"
After the song she took a bow and noticed her girls smiling at her. Cloe worked hard to be the fabulous blonde bombshell she was, maybe a little too hard. If only she took the lyrics to her song to heart. It's not about what people think about her, or what anyone thought about her or said to her. It's all about her and what made her happy.
She rocked out giving an awesome performance a she did every time they were onstage. She always felt that she could have given more though. She promised to herself that she would at the next show.
After the concert they met with fans. She shook their hands and signed autographs and took pictures with them. She heard things like "We love you Cloe!" and "You're so awesome Cloe!"
Suddenly the world around her started swimming. The sound of screams clouded her mind and the flash of cameras from fans and paparazzi exploded in her face. She froze for a moment until Jade grabbed her arm.
"Come on girl!"
Cloe snapped out of it and followed her backstage. Meeting with fans was done.
*WW*
People were always asking the girls to do photoshoots and interviews for magazines. This time Cloe was posing for Vogue. She was at the studio wearing a long white robe while people bustled around her getting her into hair and makeup.
She was doing a nude photoshoot today. She went onto the photo set and shed the robe. On the pictures she was surrounded by cloud like pillows and blankets and manipulated them around her and played with her hair during the shoot.
"Yes! Excellent! Love it girl, keep it coming!" the photographer said as he took the pictures.
The girl was a natural model. Beautiful in every way and she looked great in pictures.
After leaving the shoot she noticed posts being shared everywhere on her social media. She opened one sand was horrified by the headline.
Cloe's Nudes Leaked On Twitter!
She gasped as she scrolls through and saw the pictures of her, private photos that she has sent to Cameron, all over the internet for the world to see. She felt like she'd cry.
Everywhere she looked she felt like people were talking about her and calling her everything from a hoe to a slut.
As if she didn't already feel suffocated by the world enough, now she felt even worse. With people everywhere breathing down her neck, expecting nothing but the best from her and then the constant rumors about her and now this. She sometimes wondered if there was anywhere she could go anymore to get away from it all.
*WW*
The Rock Angelz were at a red carpet a few weeks later. They were there in their long flowing dresses to pose for pictures and ask press questions before they went into Cannes. They did red carpets very often, it all came with the territory of being one of the most popular bands in the world.
They walked the red carpet together and posed as the camera flashes went off constantly. They were stopped nearly every few feet to answer questions from a reporter.
The constant camera flashes were starting to get to Cloe. She tried to ignore it, she couldn't let this happen, not here. She was fine.
But with every step she took she felt weaker. The world was starting to fade around her. She could barely hear the questions being thrown her way. Her heart was beating fast. The only thing she could think of was getting out of there.
"Cloe."
"Ah!" she jumped startled. Then she realized it was just Byron. "Oh, Byron."
"That man over there is from the billboard awards and he wants to have a word with you girls," Byron said pointing to the man in a strapping Italian suit nearby surrounded by people. "You girls are going to go over and talk to him. Standard questions and I told those reporters if they ask anything about your leaked nudes my people will slit their throats in their sleep."
Cloe still felt sick. "I can't."
"What do you mean you can't?" Byron said surprised.
"I-I can't go over there. Just let me sit down for like five minutes."
"They're expecting you right now. You're fine," Byron said ushering her over where her friends were also gathering.
She shook her head quickly. "No, Byron, I…"
Too late, she was already there and she couldn't dip out now.
They talked to the Billboard guy and answered tons of questions from the what seemed like millions of reporters surrounding them.
"I can already tell the second album is going to be a huge hit," he said. "I have to say I'm definitely saving a nomination spot for you."
"You have no idea how much that means to us," Yasmin said.
"Tell me about your single that just came out, All About You. What was the inspiration behind that?"
The girls looked at her to answer because she had been the main one to write the song.
She took a deep breath. "It's everything that I want to be, and everything people should strive for. You life is not about anyone else but you."
"That's one of the things that everyone loves about your songs. Each of them are so inspiring and have a true message behind them..."
Cloe could hardly hear what was going on anymore. She just needed to get out of there. The dizziness became too much and she ran.
Everyone looked at her shocked.
"Excuse us for a moment," Jade said and then they ran after her.
Cloe pushed through the crowd until she got inside and then found somewhere that was away from everyone. She leaned up against the wall hardly able to breathe with tears pouring down her face out of fear and embarrassment.
"There she is!" Yasmin said.
The girls ran over to her.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Sasha said.
"I don't know..." Cloe said.
Byron spotted them in the corner comforting Cloe and came over to them. "Girls what the hell?! You cannot just walk off a red carpet like that, let alone from an interview with him!"
"I just, I can't do it anymore!" Cloe exclaimed. "It's just too much! I can't handle it!"
"Girl, relax, you're fine!" Jade said.
"No I'm not!"
"Look, you just had a moment of weakness. It's okay, it's all in your head." Sasha said.
Cloe started to calm down. Maybe they were right, maybe it was all in her head.
"Look, there's 20 more minutes of the red carpet left. Do you have any idea how this looks? All of you need to get back out there now!" Byron said sounding stressed.
They headed back outside.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Yasmin asked Cloe.
Cloe nodded but she wasn't so sure. "I'll be fine."