✧ Real Life ✧

My name is Elizabeth Octavia Florence, I'm 17 years old and last year I fell in love with Jameson Winchester Hawthorne. And it cost me everything.

About two years ago I found myself in Heights Country Day School, which happened to be the root of where this all started.

My Mother is the founder of a large car company, when I say large I mean large. It wasn't always this way, it took her 23 years to make this business kick off. When I was born we had nothing.

My Mother worked hard to get her business where it is, for not only herself but for her children who often didn't have enough money for food in the mornings. She worked her ass off to branch out the business into more. It was only last year when she got a huge opportunity to expand the business which ended up working out for the best. We moved from New York to Texas when Mom got her first pay check. We enrolled at a private school and moved into a mansion.

My parents always seemed happy, they never argued but they also never spoke. I didn't really pick up that anything was off until one night Dad left the House and I didn't see him for a few weeks. He never came back, he got his own house with the small amount of money he had saved, he turned to drugs and alcohol. I hated him for it.

Whilst all of that was going on, I was unlucky enough to cross paths with one Jameson Hawthorne. He and his girlfriend Emily Laughlin made my life hell. I thought he was awful until I got paired with him for a chemistry project.

Things changed when we were working on that project and I realised I liked him. We became friends, I joined him, his brother Grayson and Emily every time they did something until eventually we all got along like civilised friends.

We were at a party months later, one thing led to another. Before I knew it things were complicated between us, too awkward to keep things platonic. Emily was always possessive, so even when Jameson and her broke up she still felt furious that I was with him.

Things happened, Emily ended up dead. I ended up moving away from Texas with my Mother and siblings to New York.

I decided to take my mind off all the shit I went through by writing music again, it had been a while since i'd actually played anything to anyone. 

I started out with a couple songs but then songs just flowed out of me and suddenly I had an album, I uploaded a song to social media after blocking the Hawthorne's and all connections I had to them. The video of my song blew up and within days I was being contacted by hundreds of record labels trying to sign me.

I signed for a pretty big company and they helped me put my debut album. Fans went crazy and before I knew it some of my songs were top of the charts, my album had millions of plays, i was seeing my face around billboards. 

Right now I have 26 million instagram followers – which is a million more than Jameson thank you very much. Not to mention 6.58 million youtube subscribers, 11 million followers on tiktok and 39 million monthly listeners on Spotify. My first album has been nominated for several awards. 

Everything felt so surreal and I kept writing, the words always seeming to flow out of me. My agent informed me I would be going on a world tour for the album. It was insane.

I spent 12 months in New York before the tour started and I went to Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and now I'm in Texas. As much as i'd love to be anywhere else than this place where I risk seeing a Hawthorne, world tour doesn't mean 'world tour minus Texas' so looks like this i'm doing this.

My Mom and siblings stayed in New York when I toured, but my siblings have all travelled back to  Texas to see me. We're all staying with my Father, unwillingly of course. Mom was 'busy' but i'm pretty sure shes never actually listened to a single song i've wrote.

So Instead of inviting her, we found our Father. He let us in openly, thrilled to see his four kids. His eyes bloodshot, needles and proscriptions sprawled across the tables, flickering lights and smoke in the air.

But he gave us girls a bed we all share, cuddled up tightly. Meanwhile the couch is occupied by Drew, Dad had to move all the prescription bottles and beer cans off the dirty sofa to let him sleep there.

I'm backstage right now, getting my hair curled and makeup put on. I can hear the bustling crowds entering. It's 6:00pm so I still have an hour. I post some photos on my instagram.

✧ Instagram ✧

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𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   Texas, it's been a minute but the bitch is back. I spent over a year of my life in this place, really in my feels to be coming back for a week to perform three nights on my very own world tour?? See you guys in an hour..

𝘐𝘩𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘰

𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐨   bout time lizzie

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   missed you too drew

𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐨   need to borrow your hat

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   you're like five how'd you even know what that word means?

➥ 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐨   stfu

𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐨   That's my sister!!

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   ahhhh can't wait for you to finally see the show abi

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   At least she's self aware with the hat.

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   fr

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬   smash

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   dump your bf for me babe xx 

➥ 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬   what bf??

➥ 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡   i'm literally in your bed

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   OHH??

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   HAVE MY BABIES

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   you're too real for this

𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞   you're in texas??

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   i knew i forgot to block one of the brothers

➥ 𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞   lips are sealed

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   considering buying a flight to texas purely to stand outside the stadium

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞  AHHHHH SHE'S HERE!!!

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   Texas Elizabeth is giving Debut Taylor Swift

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   STOP ILYSM

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   HOLY SHIT I GOT A REPLY

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   Need your makeup routine 🙏 

✧ Instagram DM's ✧

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

so you and greg are sleeping togethre now?? 

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

I fucking wish we weren't

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

poor guy, he seems so nice thooo

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

he's so boring thooo

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

damn

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

soooo..

I saw that xander hawthorne commented on your post

how you doin?

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

yeah wasn't thrilled about taht

a years gone by and i manage to keep them off my back 

but course the second i'm back in texas xander pounces

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

he's probaly just trying to be supportive 

he was always the nice one 

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

yeahh ig

but if one of those fuckers even thinks of showing up to my show istg

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

even if they did its fine

cause you may be a major nepo baby but you made your own money 

they stole it from their feeble grandaddy

OMG DID YOU HEAR BTW??

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

hear what??

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

GRANDADDY GAVE ALL HIS MONEY TO SOME GIRL FROM MASSACHUSETTS 

HE DISINHERITED THE WHOLE FAMILY

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

I knew i liked that old guy for a reason..

good, maybe they'll finally learn the world doesn't revolve around them

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

damn i love this girl and i dont know her

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

should i unblock jameson for a sec to stalk and find her??

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

Bitch immediately no.

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

nah i'm way too sober for that

Idk what i was thinking

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

gl tonight ml <33

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

thanks bestie <33

✧ Real Life ✧

I stands backstage as the band starts playing the opening number of my set. 'The one that got away' starts slowly strumming and immediately the crowd erupts desperately in screams. I can't help but laugh as I stand backstage, winking at my band. The intro to this song has been extended for the tour so I have a minute until I go on. 

I hold the mic in my hand tightly. I bounce on the balls of my feet excitedly. Tonights outfit is a shiny silver one, it clings tightly to my body and shows off so much skin, with it I wear heeled white boots that go all the way up to my knees.

I snap myself out my thoughts before I can let myself miss my cue. I bring my mic close to my mic and begin singing. The crowd already screaming amps up to a hundred percent and I feel my adrenaline boost. 

I run on stage with a smile on my face and everyone in the audience start jumping up and down, reaching for me. I thank god for giving me this earpiece or else I wouldn't be able to hear myself sing.

I can faintly hear the audience singing along but my earpiece is adjusted so i can barely hear anything but myself and the band. The smile I wear is always genuine when i'm touring, I can't help but feel like my heart will explode from excitement.

I finish up the song and take it as a chance to catch my breath. 

The burning stage lights shine directly in my eyes, the lights are so bright but they never blind me. I love the stage lights if i'm honest, they make me feel at home.

"Hey Dallas!" I call out into my mic, everyone cheers again, making me laugh.

"Welcome to the 'Without u' tour! My names Elizabeth Florence. Thank you so much for being here tonight! How we doing?" I call out. I see everyone jump around again and scream. 

When I look at all the bouncing bodies they sort of remind me of minions, like i'm their leader and I have a pack of minions jumping around absolutely enthralled by me.

I jump into my second song of the night 'My tears ricochet' and the audience keeps going wild. I down the stage towards the end platform. Then I jump into my next song of the night without much break, 'Favourite Crime'.

Once that song is finished I place my mic onto its stand and pick up my guitar. Sweat is already teasing my forehead, if it weren't for all the makeup i'd be red.

"So I wrote most of these songs about this guy I was with, these next two songs are sort of about at the end of those relationships when I knew I had to leave. If you didn't know, I spent a year of my life here in Texas and I have mostly fond memories of this place. But towards the end of my time here everything just sort of crumbled and I was left picking up the pieces. I moved away as soon as I could and went to New York, which is when I wrote all these songs about the relationships I built here." I speak with a lost breath into the mic as I tune my guitar.

I start to play the intro to 'its time to go' and then halfway through the song I mix it with 'Can't catch me now' and the audience goes crazy as if videos of me doing the same mashup every other night of this tour haven't gone viral.

Once the mashup is finished I take the mic and head back to the main stage, leaving my guitar. I sit with my band for 'Things I wish you said' and sing whilst looking around at them. 

"I just wanna take a minute real quick and give my thanks to everyone who helped with this tour. First off, the tech crew doing all the lights and sound this evening!" I say. 

The lights start turning all sorts of colors and I giggle at the response to my thank you.

"Next I wanna thank my team for getting this gig on the road. The stadium for allowing me to play here tonight. My family and friends for supporting this dream and putting up with my concerts midway through dinners. Next my band, we've got Marshall on the drums, Catherine on bass, Rachel and Derek on guitar, Yolanda on the keys and finally Stephanie, Nolan and Trinity on vocals." Each of them get a spot light for a moment and play their own little riff – Stef, Nol and Trin all sing some weirdly unplanned harmony in perfect sync making me laugh.

"Now I also want to thank everyone who's listened to my music and actually enjoyed it enough to become a fan, all of you guys for being here tonight, everyone that liked that first music post I made back at the start of this all. And finally I want to thank the dick that all these songs are about, if you weren't such a dick we wouldn't be here. Two three four!" I smile sarcastically for the last part then immediately head into the next song, making all my band and audience laugh.

I start playing 'Teenage dream' then after that go into 'Sad beautiful tragic'.

"Remember that dick I was talking about earlier? This song is one I wrote from his perspective of everything that went down.. in case you haven't noticed I also name drop my best friend so hey Nezzie!" I smile and start to play 'Betty' on my guitar.

Next comes 'Now that we don't talk' followed by 'the grudge' which i play on the piano.

"This next song is one of my.. hardest songs to sing because its so fast so.. have a quick break.. It's literally so hot up here and i'm so out of breath." I say before I can start my next song. 

I give the band a quick look to tell them they need a break too and run off. The audience is left confused as I make an unplanned break.

"How hot is it?" I pant desperately to my stage hand who quickly replies telling me its over 80° F.

I take a towel and wipe my forehead, along with a water bottle which I chug all of. 

"Hey! Whats going on? You gotta get back out there!" My manager pushes angrily. I nod and jog back on, feeling slightly less hot.

"I'm so sorry about that everyone." I say into the mic. They cheer for me and I pick up my guitar and set up the mic. 

I start singing 'Right where you left me' and I manage to make it through without losing breath. 

I move onto 'You're losing me' and walk around the stage. Next I sing 'Clean' on the piano with sweat dripping down my face.

For the next song I take a seat on the edge of the scolding hot stage, my legs being reached for and grasped. The security around the edge of the stage fight for their lives to keep everyone back.

I sing 'Making the bed' and midway through notice someone in the front row is uncontrollably sobbing. 

I give her a soft smile and push myself off the edge of the stage, the security guard goes crazy and grabs me to block away the fans thinking I slipped. I assure him silently its fine and take a step towards the fan, taking her hand in mine and singing directly to her. 

"Sing!" I yell to the audience and point the mic towards them so I can quickly check in with the girl. I wipe away her tear and place a fond kiss on her head. I give her hand one last squeeze and let the security guard lift me back to the stage where I finish the song perched on my knees.

I sing 'Is it over now' and then head towards the end of the stage for my last song. My band starts to play the extended intro to 'Hope ur ok'.

"Unfortunately we've reached my last song of the night. For this song I want you all to sing along with me and give me the chance to hear all your wonderful voices. Now this earpiece here has been turning the sound of the crowd down for the concert so I can hear myself singing better, but what i'm gonna do is take that out and sing this song without the earpiece so I can hear everyone singing along. So you better be loud for me because my manager will literally kill me for this." I laugh and brush the hair off my face with one of my hands.

I pull the two earpieces out both my ears and actually flinch when I hear just how loud the audience is. "This last song is one I wrote during a moment of reflection. Its focused on some people from my life that mean a lot to me which is why this song is so special to me." I explain, 

I bring the mic to my lips and start singing.

" I knew a boy once, when I was small
A tow-head blonde, with eyes of salt
He swam laps with me to kill his time, his parents cared more about their fortune
Than being good to their own child
He never spoke about his dad
And somehow, we fell out of touch
Hope he took his bad deal and made a royal flush
Don't know if I'll see you again someday
But if you're out there, I hope that you're okay "

Whilst singing all I can think about is Grayson Hawthorne, the boy I wrote this verse about. I've always admired him so much but felt like nobody could truly understand him like I did.

" My middle school friend grew up alone
She raised her siblings on her own
Her parents hated who she loved
She couldn't wait to go to college
She was tired 'cause she was brought
Into a world where family was merely blood
Does she know how proud I am she was created
With the courage to unlearn all of their hatred
We don't talk much but I just gotta say
I miss you, and I hope that you're okay "

The second verse was written about my elder sister Abigail. She practically raised us all because our parents didn't care enough to. When she told our Mother she was bi she completely ignored her. I've had so much pride for my sister for as long as I can remember.

" Address the letters, to the holes in my butterfly wings
Nothing's forever, nothing is as good as it seems
And when the clouds are ironed out
And the monsters creep into your house
And every door is hard to close
Well, I hope you know how proud I am you were created
With the courage to unlearn all of their hatred
God, I hope that you're happier today
'Cause I love you, and I hope that you're okay "

I'm very aware of the tears streaming down my cheeks when I sing that last line. The bridge and final chorus was written primarily for Jameson. As much as I hate how things ended with him, I will always love him.

The whole audience screams loudly to me and I snap out of my moment. I smile and blow them all kisses, subtly wiping the tears even though I know they were noticed and recorded by everyone and will no doubt go viral.

"Thank you Dallas! You've been incredible! Get home safe! I love you all so much! Thank you." I call out to the audience as I run off. I can hear the chants and screams even from my dressing room.

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𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨 Texas Night 1. What a night! Thank you all so much for putting up with me for a whole hour and a twenty minutes. Singing here was a dream, can't wait to see you in three days and three more after that. Remember to bring your water and fans because its getting hot! ☀️🤠🫶

50 𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘰

𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   NAHHH WHY TF IS SHE CRYING HAHAHA

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   Probably heard herself sing for the first time

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   did you hear she ran off stage mid show??

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   so unprofessional 

𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐨   You sounded great tonight 👏

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   Thanks drew <3

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   STOPPP HER BROTHER SUPPORTING HER IS SO CUTE!!

𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐨   you slayed hope ur ok 

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   more like it slayed me

➥ 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐨   nooo even without hearing yourself and being knee deep in tears you were great

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨    you're my favourite sibling for a reason

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬   literally obsessed with tonights outfit

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   come over!!

➥ 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬   its a two hour drive bitch?

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   i'm worth it

➥ 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬   check your texts hoe.

𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐨   Sooooo proud of my sister 🥲 

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   <333

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   MY LORD MY KNEES ARE WEAK

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   I WOULD LITERALLY SELL MY INTERNAL ORGANS FOR ONE NIGHT WITH HER

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   the money i would pay to have her slap me and spit in my mouth

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   overrated

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   i was there tonight and you sounded incredible!

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   thank you sm my love <333

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   I WAS THERE!! SHE HELD MY HAND WHEN I CRIED AND KISSED ME!!

➥ 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨   Ilysm Sweetie, hope youre doing okayyy <333

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   YOU'VE MADE MY YEAR ALREADY!!

𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   kys

➥ 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞   Thats actually wild

✧ Instagram DM's ✧

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

NEZZIE!!

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

I'm in the car omw

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

Just so we're clear, we're drinking until we can't remember our names right??

𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐬

ALWAYS!!

𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐨

HURRY!!

✧ Real Life ✧

It was 11:30pm when Inez showed up. Just as promised we started drinking and barely stopped for a breather. Inez is the type of person who could gossip with you for hours and never run out of stories to tell. Everything about her is gorgeous, she could get any guy she wanted without trying. She's hilarious and never fails to make me laugh without even trying. We were best friends in preschool and she was always the same, she would tell me about which juice boxes were best and which ones made Tommy H barf in the sandbox. 

When I moved away to Texas we drifted apart and never spoke for that whole year. But the second I posted that video of me singing she was the very first like. We got to talking and she told me she was playing the lead in an upcoming blockbuster, that she could not tell anyone about. I was the only one that knew and I went with her to the premiere as a plus one. 

Now shes just as famous as me and we're seen as this iconic duo as if we haven't always been.

We've booked a hotel room for the night so we don't keep any of my siblings awake with our drunken laughter.

"I'm gonna unblock him just so I can see who this girl is." I speak abruptly. She immediately knows i'm talking about Jameson and plops down on the bed laying across it on her stomach beside me to watch my screen.

I find his account and hesitate my finger over it. "Is this a bad idea?" I ask Inez carefully. 

"Definitely.. Do it." She encourages with a smirk.

I hit unblock and immediately go to following. He doesn't follow many accounts so its pretty easy to find her alt one. 

"It's private." I state the obvious, "Follow her. If she has any mind i'm sure she hates him." Inez urges.

I consider it and then hit follow. The blue button turns to gray and says 'requested'. 

It's nearly three in the morning, theres no way shes awake and if she was she wouldn't be spending her time accepting my follow request.

I go back to Jameson's account and find myself lingering over some of his posts. It wouldn't hurt to just take a look..

So i hit onto the most recent post, swiping through the 6 photos. It's a photoshoot. The last image depicts him shirtless and soaked wet. My breathing hitches and I feel butterflies in my stomach.

"Is there a reason you've been staring at that image for over a minute?" My best friend raises her brows accusingly.

"My hand cramped, i couldn't move it." I lie defensively, my eyes not leaving the phone.

My hand tries to scroll but instead I end up liking the post. 

Immediately I let out a high pitched scream and throw my phone away from me towards the wall.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! I need to go kill myself!" I yell, completely freaking out.

My friend notices my stress and tries to calm me down. "He has 25 million followers. I guarentee he won't even notice one like." She assures me calmly. 

I nod along with her and catch my breath again. "You're right. He won't even notice." I agree.

But suddenly, my phone pings from the floor and both of our heads slowly turn towards it.

I slide off the bed and creep towards it like its a dangerous animal.

I pick it up and look down at the notification. An instagram DM.

𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞

Hey.