Note: I DID NOT WRITE THIS FIC! Lj user cold_campbells did. FULL CREDIT goes to her. Im only posting this so those without a livejournal can read :)
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Some of the cast and crew get a limo to ride to the awards together and it's crammed so Selena ends up pressed up next to David in the very back. Her whole side is touching his and at first it makes him a little nervous but she wraps her arm around his and smiles up at him. Her chin's almost sitting on his shoulder.
(There's just been stuff with them lately. After everything he said while they were filming the movie about how hard it would be if they weren't friends, there's been this sense that they both need each other. He's not sure at 20 years old he wants to need anyone, so sometimes he is not at all sure how to deal with it. Like it's too many emotions at not at all the right time with not all the right person. At the very least he's pretty sure that making out with his TV sister could be a bad move for both their careers.)
"I think tonight's going to be fun." She says, and she's doing that thing she sometimes does where she looks beautiful in this way that catches him off guard and makes him take a deep breath and think through everything he says.
"Me too." He says quietly despite all the noise that's around them.
He resists the urge to kiss her forehead or cheek or mouth (she is so, so close to him and it's all he really wants in the world right now)
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When they get to the red carpet there's a lot of cameras flashing and everyone's yelling her name and David's torn between being really happy for her and getting overly protective and weird (jealous) because they are taking all her attention.
So he stays close, hugs her for the camera's and almost accidentally kisses her on the check again.
He pulls her forward when it time to move and she almost trips, making him feel like a total douche.
He leans over and whispers really quick. "I'm sorry."
Her arm hooks around his again and her check brushes his shoulder. She grins, just as smiley and excited as ever. "It's fine."
He doesn't respond to that at first, so she tugs on him a little. "Hey, tonight's going to be awesome. Just smile and have some fun."
So he tries his best to do that, but she just keeps touching him. Normally that would okay, it's just that there's all these people all the time and the age thing and the fact that anymore all he wants to do whenever he sees her is tell her she's beautiful and perfect that maybe he might be in love with her.
And it's not even like that this something between them is new. It's not, and they both know it, it's just now that everyone's watching them all the time, he doesn't feel like he can control it.
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Once they are seated and the awards have started he feels better and starts twittering and playing with his phone while Selena laughs at everything and freaks out about the this famous person or that (And okay, yeah he's kind of freaking out about all that too, because sometimes it's so hard to believe that not all that long ago he never even thought he'd ever get to be at something like this). Her joy is infectious and so before long he's joking and laughing with her, so when he goes to the restroom he returns to find her giggling ridiculously (adorably) with his phone in her hands.
She points at it as he sits down. "I just told the world you love me." She's got this little smirk and he so badly wants to say, "You weren't lying" and kiss her right there, but instead he settles for dramatically prying it from her little hands and sending a tweet that doesn't deny anything at all.
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When they win she takes the time to say, "I told you so, " as they take the stage.
He's so, so happy and when she get's her phone out and takes that celebratory video he's glad because it makes the moment feel more permanent. Like he'll always remember the way it felt to hear her shouts ringing in his ears and feel her happiness spreading to him so that he felt so full that he wasn't even sure what to do with all of it.
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At the after-party there's music and lights and before she even says anything about it he can tell that it makes her feel like she's at one of those high school dances that she never got to go to.
So of course, he asks her to dance.
He's cautious with her, concentrates on his feet so he doesn't say or do too many things he means.
He does say, "Have I told you yet how beautiful you look?"
She blushes and looks down and says, "No."
"That was stupid of me."
She puffs out a short little laugh. "Thank you, David." Maybe he imagines it, but her voice got really low as she said his name.
It's time like this he almost wishes things weren't going so well, because he could be like to hell with everything and kiss her like they were going to get canceled. Which is stupid, because Selena's so right every time she says how blessed they are and he knows they've got the whole world in front of them. It would be stupid of him to wreck it for them. (And for her, especially, because they shout her name like they think she's almost as special as he does.)
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After a while most of the camera's leave and it's late enough into the night they both don't care so much, so they pull closer together as they dance. He leans down and brushes his nose against her neck. She shivers when he does this and even though he knows it's not because she's cold he pulls her closer.
They stay that way until the song ends and she pulls away from him, wraps one hand around his tie, and asks, "What's going on with you tonight?"
His arms stay wrapped around her waist. "Do you wanna talk?"
She nods and he takes her hand, pulling her off the dance floor.
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He finds this unused and unlocked ballroom a few doors down from where their after party is being held. There's a couple chairs sitting against the wall. He gestures for her to sit in one and pulls the other so that's he can sit in it, facing her.
After David sits he slowly rubs his hands together, suddenly not sure if he really has anything that he wants to or should say.
She leans forward, sitting her elbows on her knees, and bumps his leg with her hand. He grabs her hand with both of his.
The words feel caught in his throat, and it makes him feel so, so young.
She's says, "David," and there's an edge and a question in her voice, and he knows she just wants him to say something. To explain to her and make her feel steady and safe because that's what he does.
He squeezes her hand just a little. "Selena, I'm - I'm pretty sure I'm in love with you."
She gasps, which makes him think that wasn't at all what she was expecting. It makes him panic a little, so he looks down at her hand in his and continues, "I know it makes everything more complicated, and that why I've been so weird, It's just - "
She cover his mouth with her hand, making him look back up at her. "I've been feeling it too." He smiles underneath her fingers.
He reaches up and wraps his hand around her wrist, pulling it down so that their hands become intertwined together on his lap.
"So what now?" she asks.
He lets go of her hands and sets both of his on the each side of her chair so that his wrists brush her thighs. He leans forward. "I'm going to kiss you," he says.
"And after that?" she whispers.
Underneath her dress, his feet tangle together with hers. "We'll figure it out. "
"You promise?"
"I promise." (He's not sure that he believes himself, but he's trying to and he can tell by her face that's enough for her)
Then he kisses her, and she sighs into his mouth and he hears the sound of things clicking into place.
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Some of the cast and crew get a limo to ride to the awards together and it's crammed so Selena ends up pressed up next to David in the very back. Her whole side is touching his and at first it makes him a little nervous but she wraps her arm around his and smiles up at him. Her chin's almost sitting on his shoulder.
(There's just been stuff with them lately. After everything he said while they were filming the movie about how hard it would be if they weren't friends, there's been this sense that they both need each other. He's not sure at 20 years old he wants to need anyone, so sometimes he is not at all sure how to deal with it. Like it's too many emotions at not at all the right time with not all the right person. At the very least he's pretty sure that making out with his TV sister could be a bad move for both their careers.)
"I think tonight's going to be fun." She says, and she's doing that thing she sometimes does where she looks beautiful in this way that catches him off guard and makes him take a deep breath and think through everything he says.
"Me too." He says quietly despite all the noise that's around them.
He resists the urge to kiss her forehead or cheek or mouth (she is so, so close to him and it's all he really wants in the world right now)
---
When they get to the red carpet there's a lot of cameras flashing and everyone's yelling her name and David's torn between being really happy for her and getting overly protective and weird (jealous) because they are taking all her attention.
So he stays close, hugs her for the camera's and almost accidentally kisses her on the check again.
He pulls her forward when it time to move and she almost trips, making him feel like a total douche.
He leans over and whispers really quick. "I'm sorry."
Her arm hooks around his again and her check brushes his shoulder. She grins, just as smiley and excited as ever. "It's fine."
He doesn't respond to that at first, so she tugs on him a little. "Hey, tonight's going to be awesome. Just smile and have some fun."
So he tries his best to do that, but she just keeps touching him. Normally that would okay, it's just that there's all these people all the time and the age thing and the fact that anymore all he wants to do whenever he sees her is tell her she's beautiful and perfect that maybe he might be in love with her.
And it's not even like that this something between them is new. It's not, and they both know it, it's just now that everyone's watching them all the time, he doesn't feel like he can control it.
---
Once they are seated and the awards have started he feels better and starts twittering and playing with his phone while Selena laughs at everything and freaks out about the this famous person or that (And okay, yeah he's kind of freaking out about all that too, because sometimes it's so hard to believe that not all that long ago he never even thought he'd ever get to be at something like this). Her joy is infectious and so before long he's joking and laughing with her, so when he goes to the restroom he returns to find her giggling ridiculously (adorably) with his phone in her hands.
She points at it as he sits down. "I just told the world you love me." She's got this little smirk and he so badly wants to say, "You weren't lying" and kiss her right there, but instead he settles for dramatically prying it from her little hands and sending a tweet that doesn't deny anything at all.
---
When they win she takes the time to say, "I told you so, " as they take the stage.
He's so, so happy and when she get's her phone out and takes that celebratory video he's glad because it makes the moment feel more permanent. Like he'll always remember the way it felt to hear her shouts ringing in his ears and feel her happiness spreading to him so that he felt so full that he wasn't even sure what to do with all of it.
----
At the after-party there's music and lights and before she even says anything about it he can tell that it makes her feel like she's at one of those high school dances that she never got to go to.
So of course, he asks her to dance.
He's cautious with her, concentrates on his feet so he doesn't say or do too many things he means.
He does say, "Have I told you yet how beautiful you look?"
She blushes and looks down and says, "No."
"That was stupid of me."
She puffs out a short little laugh. "Thank you, David." Maybe he imagines it, but her voice got really low as she said his name.
It's time like this he almost wishes things weren't going so well, because he could be like to hell with everything and kiss her like they were going to get canceled. Which is stupid, because Selena's so right every time she says how blessed they are and he knows they've got the whole world in front of them. It would be stupid of him to wreck it for them. (And for her, especially, because they shout her name like they think she's almost as special as he does.)
----
After a while most of the camera's leave and it's late enough into the night they both don't care so much, so they pull closer together as they dance. He leans down and brushes his nose against her neck. She shivers when he does this and even though he knows it's not because she's cold he pulls her closer.
They stay that way until the song ends and she pulls away from him, wraps one hand around his tie, and asks, "What's going on with you tonight?"
His arms stay wrapped around her waist. "Do you wanna talk?"
She nods and he takes her hand, pulling her off the dance floor.
---
He finds this unused and unlocked ballroom a few doors down from where their after party is being held. There's a couple chairs sitting against the wall. He gestures for her to sit in one and pulls the other so that's he can sit in it, facing her.
After David sits he slowly rubs his hands together, suddenly not sure if he really has anything that he wants to or should say.
She leans forward, sitting her elbows on her knees, and bumps his leg with her hand. He grabs her hand with both of his.
The words feel caught in his throat, and it makes him feel so, so young.
She's says, "David," and there's an edge and a question in her voice, and he knows she just wants him to say something. To explain to her and make her feel steady and safe because that's what he does.
He squeezes her hand just a little. "Selena, I'm - I'm pretty sure I'm in love with you."
She gasps, which makes him think that wasn't at all what she was expecting. It makes him panic a little, so he looks down at her hand in his and continues, "I know it makes everything more complicated, and that why I've been so weird, It's just - "
She cover his mouth with her hand, making him look back up at her. "I've been feeling it too." He smiles underneath her fingers.
He reaches up and wraps his hand around her wrist, pulling it down so that their hands become intertwined together on his lap.
"So what now?" she asks.
He lets go of her hands and sets both of his on the each side of her chair so that his wrists brush her thighs. He leans forward. "I'm going to kiss you," he says.
"And after that?" she whispers.
Underneath her dress, his feet tangle together with hers. "We'll figure it out. "
"You promise?"
"I promise." (He's not sure that he believes himself, but he's trying to and he can tell by her face that's enough for her)
Then he kisses her, and she sighs into his mouth and he hears the sound of things clicking into place.