QOTD: favourite song on the HSMTMTS Christmas Special?? i low key haven't listened to most of it so i can be surprised on the 11th!
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𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺 𝑩𝑬𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑩𝑨𝑳𝑳
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Adeline's POV
Everyone around me seemed to just mutter inconsequential words as I continuously moved things around...or walked back to triple check that what I set up was untouched. Today was a day that I realised that I couldn't rely on other interns get shit done right. Or maybe I was still just a control freak; the Adeline Phillips we know and tolerate.
There was only 3 hours before we had to start, and we were fairly low budget so we had to do everything ourselves. But I needed to leave soon, so I didn't smell like shit and I could look like a Walmart Rapunzel.
Before I left, I couldn't help but notice that Josh had already left, right after talking to my super helpful little brother, as he sat in the corner playing his Nintendo Switch. Olivia was elsewhere and I'm pretty sure Blaire was with her.
"You heading out now sweetie?" Aunty G asked me as I grabbed my backpack. She was really good at seeming controlled even though every square inch of this place was chaotic. I simply aspired to have that energy.
"Uh yeah, I'm gonna find Boba and we're gonna get ready and then I'll come back and check on the food and maybe then -"
"Addie calm down you're acting as if you birthed this event, your main job was to create the flier and I swear you didn't even care about the ball then. You nailed the graphic design now just relax and...get a job in the arts after this. Just get dressed, your nose is sweating."
I shyly rubbed my nose and cleared my throat, "Okay fine I - I don't know, I figured if I just kept working, I wouldn't have to think about everything actually being shit, wouldn't even have to see Josh around or - "
"God such a drama queen." She mumbled and I stopped speaking mid-syllable.
"I-I'm what?" I defended and she gave me a pitiful smile.
"Sorry but, both you kids are, when I was speaking to him yesterday with that small girl - the boy couldn't think straight, kept touching his hair it was exasperating - "
"Okay roast us why don't you," I muttered and my Aunt giggled.
"Well, he couldn't look me in the eye after I sent him that thank you note, and then I learned that you guys were done-zo" she responded and I nodded slowly.
"Wait, did Mom tell you...everything?" I suddenly went pink; I didn't want to deal with the embarrassment that Aunty G knew our relationship began, just to stop my family from discussing my single status. Telling Mom was humiliating enough and I knew that those sisters shared everything.
"Uh well, she told me that Josh was leaving for his album and show soon, and you guys chickened out of going long distance and you being a celebrity's girlfriend before it even started...to put it bluntly." She sassed and I rolled my eyes.
I mean I knew that my Mom would've said all that a lot gentler but my Aunt had some sort of filter to make it sound much more...embarrassing for me and Josh. But at least she didn't know about the white lies. Mom had my back.
"Well it's...a bit more complicated than that but - that's one way to put it" I said with defeat but she then walked over to me and rubbed my back encouragingly.
"Hun, it might be complicated but have you guys even tried to speak to each other, I mean you can't just ditch the boy you brought here - "
"Okay technically I didn't! He brought himself into this mess I didn't ask him to meet with you so he could perform - now I'm just doing my unpaid job before he does his paid gig and we can go our separate ways."
"I feel like both of you talk about each other to everyone on earth, except each other." she queried and I was about to interrupt with another defense, but I fell short.
"I'm gonna find Blaire okay? We'll come back with Jordan" I announced, and I was about to walk out. I was clearly irritated, but it was only because she was too correct, and I wasn't in the mood to confront how maybe both of us were truly just cowards.
"Hey hey hey" she rushed as she tapped my shoulder, "You know I say this 'cause I love ya, and we love a niece that's self-aware," she joked and I had to let out a chuckle.
"No I know, I'll see you later?" I ask and she nodded, but then she quickly handed me a few sticks of gum which I happily took. I mean I could only take her in doses, but Aunt Gwen was always a breath of fresh air, an irreplaceable one.
I walked down several halls, chewing on gum, on the lookout for my best friend and soon found her in an empty event room, giggling with Olivia as they played the piano. There was a part of me that just wanted to leave them alone so they could get to know each other; every comment that Boba made on Olivia's laugh, grace and talent flooded in my mind - and I wasn't mad if they were finally getting that time. But there was a bigger part of me that was getting suffocated with this hall...they could get to know each other tonight.
I knocked on the door and it took an extra loud knock for them to hear me, I legitimately felt like I was interrupting a date. I made a mental note to tease the shit out of Blaire on our way home.
"Sorry to interrupt but I really gotta get outta here and look like a princess or I'm gonna explode." I teased and they both laughed. The girls looked at each other before standing up and walking to me.
"Okay let's go I'm fucking excited, Liv is gonna do a cute Mulan inspired moment" Blaire said with glee in her tone. I looked over to Olivia and she just watched as my best friend spoke.
"Yeah and oh my gosh Addie this place looks amazing, I mean I wanted to help but I didn't wanna mess anything up - "
"Uh - yeah same." Boba interjected and I smirked over to her. Yeah it was not that she was a little lazy, and that she wanted to spend time with this girl, of course not.
"It's okay guys, it's pretty much done, even though I keep helicoptering over everything to...distract myself" I replied and they both gave me a slight frown.
"Tonight's gonna be fun okay, and y'all are on your way to your money goal, now let's go I need to to fix your sweaty face!" Blaire exclaimed and I forced a smile. The girls across from me had their own moment to say goodbye and then Blaire was ready to leave, however Olivia held onto my wrist.
"Uh, actually before you guys go c-could I talk to you for a second?" she looked to me with nervous eyes. I nodded with my own concern very apparent.
"I'll just wait by the car, plus there's a hotdog cart down the street and it's been one hour since my last meal" she added, and we all laughed heartily. She walked out and I turned back to Liv, she seemed like she was convincing herself to even speak.
"Are-are you okay Liv? I mean if this is about...you and...Blaire having - "
"Blaire? Wait did she say something about me?" she then seemed to swerve her thoughts and turned stunned. I coughed nervously; I realised that's not what she wanted to talk about and I may have ruined it.
"Uh wh- no! It's all good I just assumed - okay Addie will shut up, you talk" I rambled to Liv and she let out her falsetto laugh.
She pulled a Debby Ryan ear tuck before chuckling, "I will get back to you on that but...okay so I've been meaning to talk to you since that phone call at Josh's," she began and she made sure to observe my reaction to his name. I tried to stay as nonchalant as possible.
"Okay yeah I wasn't meant to tell you but he's been just - a fucking wreck and seeing my best friend so depressed and awkward is pissing me off! I miss my hyper Joshy" she complained.
I couldn't help but mentally 'aww 'at how adorable their relationship was, there was also a part of me that felt more at ease that Josh was feeling as bad as I did. Slightly evil but, I mean don't we love it when everyone's sad together?
"What aren't you supposed to tell me, 'cause I'm so fucking lost."
"That night, when you hoped Josh would call...he didn't call," I squinted as that seemed like the obvious but then Olivia sighed, "he didn't wanna call, he wanted to make up in person. He was gonna drive to your house to make up."
Her vague wording was throwing me in for a loop, "...And he didn't? Did he? I wasn't there, I mean clearly - "
"He was actually on his way, but then he saw you at the skate park with...the other JB, smiling laughing whatever, he made it sound like it was the end of a rom-com" she said with a heavy huff.
And everything made sense.
"He could've just - he could've told me off, yelled at me asked me...talked to me about it. How was I supposed to know!"
"Okay I 100% agree but also to play devil's advocate, he thought that his worst nightmare came true of you always wanting to go back to Jordan...plus I mean...you could've talked to him too, instead of waiting for him." She muttered as she see-sawed her feet.
That was the second time today where I was about to defend myself, but then realised that the other person had a point. Wow, I really wasn't winning today.
"Okay well, you're not wrong and that pisses me off," I kidded and the petite brunette giggled, "like of course Jordan and I aren't a thing I went there to get my closure, so I could happily date your annoying best friend - "
"But then invite him as yours and Blaire's date to the ball tonight." Olivia sassed with crossed arms.
"Wow you and Boba have covered - a lotta information" I groaned, and I pretended to not notice her slight bite of the lip.
"Addie, you need to talk to him, tell him that it was all a misunderstanding because this is crazy. You guys are so good together - I saw it in Salt Lake! You had this whole thing of coming as Rapunzel and Flynn and what's happening now, you're going with Pascal? Okay Pascal is an icon, but you can't ruin my favourite Disney ship like this!" Liv ranted and I couldn't help but laugh with her.
But as she encouraged me to talk to him, all my reasons for why I never did came flooding back.
"I'm so - I'm so fucking scared Liv, that we would have this amazing time...I wanted it so badly, for my fairytale ball would happen. But then Cinderella has to go back to her place and it all goes away...Josh is leaving a week from now, Jordan is leaving - you're leaving! Everything I've come to know, love and hate - but I guess like again - recently, is leaving because there's better prospects out there. I just know I'm stuck here, and if that whole long-distance thing eventually didn't work..." I drift off and look down to Olivia who was holding so much sorrow in her mahogany eyes.
And yet, as I was about to go over the same list of fears, I remembered what truly mattered, and how I truly felt.
"But, I've gone over this 100 times...and I know that I would be even more pissed if I never tried."
"Thank god 'cause I was about to fight you" Liv exclaimed and I cackled before taking in a deep breath, just to let no tears come out; I definitely felt them begging to be released.
"I'll probably end up heartbroken or he might change his mind because I'm holding him back but hey, it's these thoughts that count." I kidded, but Olivia shoved my arm and I pouted.
"You just had this whole moment and went back to your fears, you really think you're holding back? From what?" she begged. I just scoffed and shook my head.
"I-I don't know, he's got all these things he needs to do and I don't want him thinking of some girl in San Diego, he's got the next season, that second album, WHICH he hasn't even mentioned to me so I'm beginning to think he didn't even start it which is the whole reason he came back to San Diego in the first place! But I distracted him with my whole 'the housewife life is getting on my nerves' melodrama" I then said in one breath.
"The only reason he will ever release a second album is because of you!" Olivia suddenly yelled out of frustration.
I merely blinked with my lips slightly parted. What?
"Fuck it, Josh can hate me later if he must." Liv mumbled through a laugh, she hesitated to take something out of her pocket but then brought out her phone with such verocity.
"That...is so far from the truth. But since you mentioned you didn't even want to watch him perform since it would hurt too much, maybe you can see how he feels...since he can't say it either" she vaguely stated before handing me the phone. I looked down to it with 0 expression and gazed back to Olivia, who took a deep breath.
"Every time you ever saw him suspiciously speak into his phone, or rapidly type into it when hanging out with you - is on that phone. I copied it all from his...you're the last thing from a distraction, Adeline."
"I don't get it - "
"Listen to It all, read it all. You can see what the first thoughts that came into his mind whenever you were there...about some girl from San Diego" she responded. I looked simply dumbfounded at the unlocked phone, before Liv held onto my other hand and squeezed it.
And she walked away with a wave, leaving me with too many emotions to count.
I opened up the Notes app and there was one long page - an extremely chaotic vision of words and verses.
It was titled My Inspiration: Adeline.
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GUYS WE ARE REACHING THE END OF MY CELEBRITY BOYFRIEND!!
this story has been hectic but i'm keen to see if i can come up with any new stuff, i'm ready for a change.
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