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BONUS FIVE: GRAMMY
AWARD WINNING ARTIST,
LUNA HAYES
I wanna teach you how forever
feels

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no hate to victoria monét because yes she deserves it go off queen, but for the sake of this story I'm going to be giving luna the grammy for best new artist <3

REAL LIFE

THE ONLY HUGE thing that was supposed to happen to Luna today was Egg Wars in Purgatory, where her and the rest of BOLAS?!?! would show everyone how insane they actually were and attack some stone eggs that resembled the ones that were missing. Yet as she sat up in the bed she used at the Roomies house in LA, her headphones on and Noah's arm wrapped loosely around her waist, her world flipped upside down.

Egg Wars was a huge thing in her streaming career, a help to elevate her QSMP character. But this . . . this was an enormous thing in her music career.

It was no secret that she submitted Good Riddance to the Grammy's — with the headlines it got and how it pushed her music further, it would've been silly not to. Yet she wasn't expecting anything, since it was her first album. See, every year, Luna watched the Grammy nominations, just to see what was up. She was a huge fan of seeing everyone's accomplishments, so on a Saturday morning while everyone else was asleep, she watched it by herself.

Luna yawned as What Was I Made For? got announced for Song of the Year. Beside her, she could feel Noah shuffle a bit, his arm tightening around her hips and the top of his head brushing her stomach. She smiled slightly and looked down at him, reaching down and running her hand that wasn't holding her phone through his hair. Even in his sleep, just from her touch, he moved towards her subconsciously.

God, she loved that man.

"For Best New Artist, the nominees are . . ." the voice announced, now switching categories. "Luna Hayes."

Everything stopped.

Luna froze, the hand in Noah's hair pausing and the smile slipping off of her face. Her heart skipped an actual beat — she could've sworn she heard her name be said. She snapped her head up and saw her name listed. But . . . no, this wasn't real. Luna blinked a couple of times, but no matter how much she thought she was dreaming, she was wide awake, and her name hadn't gone away.

To be honest, Luna didn't even know what else to do besides burst into tears. Tears instantly started pouring down her face, and Luna reached up a hand, covering her mouth as happy sobs expelled past her lips. Ever since she was a little girl, she had always dreamed of making it big. But this, a Grammy nomination . . . no matter if she won or not, the Grammy's acknowledged her.

"Lunes?" Noah's sleepy voice cut in.

She pulled her headphones down from her ears to rest on her neck, pausing the video so that it was stuck on the full list of nominees for Best New Artist. No doubt she would watch the rest of the nominations later, but right now, she was way too overwhelmed with emotions to focus on anything else.

"Woah, hey." Noah sat up, now extremely awake, staring at her in concern. He gently moved her hand way from her mouth, placing both of his hands on her cheeks and his thumbs trying — and failing — to wipe away her rapid flow of tears. "What happened? What's wrong?"

"I got nominated," Luna told him through a sob. "I'm nominated for a Grammy."

"What?"

Luna said nothing else and just handed him her phone. He took it, and his eyes immediately went to the top of the list where her name was. After a moment, he let her phone drop back down to their shared bed, completely discarding it to the side.

"Holy shit," Noah let out. He reached forwards and captured her waist in his arms, pulling her to practically sit on top of him as he hugged her tight. "Lunes, oh my God. I'm so proud of you, baby."

She latched her arms around his neck, burying her face in his neck. There was no doubt she had her first I made it moment the first night she opened for the Eras Tour, but a Grammy nomination was just an extreme confirmation of that fact.

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IMESSAGE CONVERSATION

moon girl [ luna ]
sunshine boy [ foolish ]

sunshine boy
hey quick question

moon girl
yes

sunshine boy

can I frame this and
put it up on my wall

moon girl
LMAO?????

sunshine boy
no I'm being serious
a work of art some
may say
I want it all over
my house

moon girl
I'm not sure if
nolan would agree
to that

sunshine boy
well then FUCK
NOLAN

moon girl
OH OKAY

sunshine boy
okay I'm kidding
(I'm not)
moving on
how's grammy
prep going

moon girl
I'm anxious as
fuck

sunshine boy
lunes :(

moon girl
I'll be fine though
mostly excitement
I've just been doing
a lot of performances
with a lot of people
and I love it but
it's stressful
I just want to pause
and play a silly little
block game with my
silly little friends and
my silly little pixelated
egg daughter

sunshine boy
soon!
I'm sorry I wish
I could be there

moon girl
don't worry about
it
you barely see your
sisters, enjoy time
with them
oh shit I have to
go to another fitting
I'll call you later???

sunshine boy
absolutely
cheering you on
always ❤️

moon girl
💌
I love you

sunshine boy
I love you more
have fun baby

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REAL LIFE

"AND THE GRAMMY goes to . . ." Samara Joy announced.

The Grammy's had been nothing short of a dream come true. She had walked down the carpet she had seen over and over again every time she watched the Grammy's, she had been interviewed, she had seen some of her friends, she had met so many incredible people, she had watched so many amazing performances . . .

Yet now it was time. Luna stared up at the stage, her heart pounding against her chest. There was no doubt that everyone in the Best New Artist category was incredibly talented. It didn't matter to Luna if she won or not, because she loved every one of them. If one of them won, then she won.

"Luna Hayes!"

Except . . . she won.

Luna froze for a moment, her eyes widening. The whole room erupted into cheers, and over it, the chorus of I know it won't work started to play. Luna slowly turned to Mary Jane, who she had brought as her plus-one. Mary Jane squealed in excitement and stood up, clapping hard with nothing but pride in her eyes. Luna stood up and threw her arms around Mary Jane, hugging her tight.

It was one moment later when Luna realized she had to go accept her award up on the stage. She pulled away from Mary Jane, but latched onto her hand, not really wanting to go up there by herself. On the way up, Aaron Dessner joined her, and she used her free hand to squeeze his arm excitedly. Together, the three of them walked up the stairs to the stage. Samara held out the award to her with a big smile, and Luna took it with her two hands.

Holy shit . . . she was holding a Grammy. Her Grammy.

"Wow," Luna let out, going up to the microphone on the stage, and her song dimmed to silence. "Oh my goodness, I . . . I just don't know what to say." She let out a small laugh, staring at her Grammy incredulously. "First of all, thank you to the Recording Academy. This is the biggest honor of my lifetime, it's incredible. I'll remember this moment for the rest of my life. Thank you to my fans, you guys got me here and I'm forever grateful for you. Um . . . thank you, Aaron." She glanced back at him quickly. "Good Riddance is one of the best things I've created, and it's all thanks to you. You just get me. Thank you to my best friend MJ." Luna's breath hitched in her throat, and she looked back at her. "I wouldn't be the person I am today without you — in fact, I wouldn't be anywhere without you. You believed in me from the very beginning, and that has meant more to me than anything else." She turned back to the microphone. "And thank you to Noah, the light of my life, my sunshine boy, who is always the first one to hear all of my songs. Your support has given me strength, and I love you so much . . . a stupid amount, some may say." Luna smiled, as bright as the stars in the sky. "Just, thank you, from the bottom of my heart."

The room erupted in cheers again. Luna held onto her Grammy tightly and walked off the stage, going into the wings. The most extreme I made it moment, for sure.

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lunahayes beyond honored. beyond grateful. thank YOU for being here and listening to my silly little songs because I would've never won that award, or even be near that room if it wasn't for you. I wouldn't be anywhere without your love and support.

to the recordingacademy, I told you once, but I'll say it again — you have given me something that I will treasure forever. thank you for including me in a week that I will never forget. I'm completely blown away from all the storytellers and performers in that room. thank you jenny.shoo.pumps bobbyeliot tyronmchhausen betina_goldstein and chanelofficial for being such geniuses and making me feel like the prettiest girl. thank you maryjanebrooks for coming with me and being by my side always. thank you foolish_gamers for streaming that day so I could calm my nerves. just so completely overwhelmed with gratitude.

also THANK YOU JONI

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REAL LIFE

COMING BACK TO the QSMP after a long hiatus was always a little bit nerve-wracking, considering there was always so much to catch up on. Luna hadn't been on in about a month due to tour and Grammy's week, but here she was, using the setup Noah usually used in the Roomies' house in LA. After Australia, it made sense just to go straight to LA since all of the Grammy stuff would be happening . . . which also meant she hadn't seen Noah in a month, but that was okay. His sisters were visiting him back in North Carolina, anyways.

She had spent the first hour and a half to two hours just talking with her chat, catching up on things and telling stories. Luna had even placed her Grammy on the shelf on the wall, right next to the Leo egg. Yet now, she stared the QSMP loading screen, smiling wide. After being gone for a while, she had really missed just streaming and playing games in general.

"So, what I've heard is that it's a server reset," Luna began as her Minecraft encrypted. "I've been watching a lot of Noah's streams while I've been away, and from what I've found it, Quesadilla Island now has Playboy bunnies and has become a capitalistic society." She loaded into the world and landed in front of a big black and gold building. "Oh, there we go." She looked down at her inventory slots. "I mean, I didn't have much on the other island, but now I really have nothing. God, I don't have shit."

Phil immediately typed in chat, OMG IS THAT GRAMMY AWARD WINNER LUNA HAYES?!?! Followed by Tubbo's, HOLY SHIT LUNA!!!

Luna giggled to herself. "Oh, goodness." She typed hi guys <3 before turning around and blinking. "Is that a fucking giraffe? Where am I?" Luna turned towards the building again. "I'm so fucking confused."

Phil, out of fucking nowhere, came sprinting out of the building, followed by Chayanne and Tallulah. "Luna!" He punched her a couple of times. "Holy shit, dude. Congratulations on your Grammy, that's huge."

"Hi, Phil," Luna replied. "Thank you so much." She crouched, reading the eggs' signs saying hi and congratulations. "Oh, thank you, guys. I missed everyone. I'm so glad to be back."

There then came the sound of galloping. Luna turned to see none other than Tubbo and Sunny riding towards her on ridiculously fast horses. Her smile widened, and she made her character jump up and down.

"Luna, you're back!" Tubbo exclaimed, him and Sunny putting their horses in cages. "I can't believe we have such a famous person on the server now, that's crazy."

"Hi Toby," Luna responded. She then gasped as Sunny jumped around her. "Oh my goodness, hi my Sunny girl!" She crouched down to get closer to her. "I'm so glad to see you, mija."

Sunny placed down her sign. MAMA I MISSED YOU I'M SO PROUD OF YOU

"Aw, thank you, honey."

"Yet you didn't seem to mention us in your speech, though . . ." Tubbo joked. "Awkward."

"I actually thought of you guys up there," Luna insisted with a laugh. "I actually did, I'm not just saying that. But I wasn't sure if the Recording Academy would appreciate me talking about my egg daughter in Minecraft, or how I was a part of a gas mask cult named BOLAS?!?! and burned myself on a campfire ten times in a row because I lost my mind."

"No, that's fair."

"Now, can anyone tell me what the hell I'm supposed to be doing?"

It was a long couple hours of adventuring — mining, visiting people's houses (most notably the Town of Fobo), talking with eggs, building her own house, and getting coins. After about maybe five or six hours of that, Luna decided to log off and end stream. It had been a fun time, and she was ready to get back on tomorrow and do it all again. She pulled off the headset, placing it on the table as she stood back up. Luna stretched a bit until her attention went to the door, where she heard a knock.

"Come in," Luna stated.

She thought it was going to be Tina, Rae, or Miyoung, but it wasn't. Not at all. Instead, it was Noah, wearing the red plaid jacket she loved so much and stole often because it smelled like him, his usual Ohio State backwards hat, and a duffel bag slung over his shoulder. She stared at him in shock for a moment.

"What the . . ." Luna trailed off, blinking fast as if he was going to go away. "What . . ."

"Hey, baby," Noah greeted, letting his duffel bag drop to the ground.

He crossed the room to her in two steps, instantly wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close to him. Luna's brain still wasn't really registering what was going on, so she slowly looped her arms around his neck, staring at him incredulously. Noah laughed slightly at her, pulling her in even closer like it would wake her up.

"Why . . ." Luna voiced. "Why are you here?" She shook her head a bit, trying to clear the fog in her brain. "Not that I don't want you to be, but Ems, and Moo . . ."

"I bought a plane ticket to LA the second they announced your name," Noah explained. "Ems and Moo encouraged it, actually. So, here I am." He leaned his face a little closer to hers. "Come on, you really think I wouldn't rush to come see you after you won a fucking Grammy?" Noah let his voice drop a little quieter, something more vulnerable. "My beautiful girl, I'm so proud of you."

Luna paused for a moment before she smiled again. And finally, Luna pressed up onto her toes, planting a kiss right on his lips, one that was so sweet she felt it throughout her entire body. Noah immediately kissed her back, filling her heart with so much love Luna thought she was going to explode.

She didn't care if they were still young, but Luna knew that she wasn't ever going to love someone the way she loved Noah. They absolutely, positively, and definitely belonged together — and nobody was going to take that away from them.

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and . . . that's it :)

check out my author's note for a little send-off!!!