𝕃𝕆𝕊𝔼ℝ • conan gray

𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟜

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I arrive at the bar and notice there weren't a lot of people yet. I decided it was time to meet with the people I was gonna play with that night. I enter the backstage and see a pale blonde woman sitting on a stool while tuning her electric guitar.

She heard my footsteps and looked up at me with a smile. "Hello! You must be Prairie Taylor, I assume?" she says as she holds her hand out.

"Yep, that's me." I said with a smile as I grasp her hand to shake it. "It's a pleasure to work with you, even if if it's just for one night." she then responded with a smile and a nod.

"I'm so sorry we called you on such short notice. Our bassist said he had to take care of something and left the city yesterday. Don't worry about the songs we'll be playing though, Your resume says you're very familiar with the songs we'll be playing so it won't be too hard, and we still have about an hour left to rehearse our song numbers." the blonde explains as I listen eagerly.

"Oh crap, I forgot to introduce myself! Excuse my forgetful ass." the woman says as she chuckles. "I'm Christine Meisenhelter. It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Prairie." she returns the gesture in a bubbly manner to which I responded with a smile.

"Now come on, let's introduce you to the other members playing tonight." I follow her through the backstage and greet the other band members playing.

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It was time to perform and a good number of people started gathering in the bar laughing, drinking, talking, or a combination of those three. I started playing with the chains attached to my belt loops; something I unconsciously do when I'm nervous.

The lights started to dim and the drummer entered the small stage first. Once the music started playing the rest of us also entered the stage and Christine started singing the lyrics to the song we were currently performing.

Everything was going well and I started singing my part of the lines. I forgot to mention that I also loved to sing so oops.

I made eye contact with different people in the crowd and only made my smile bigger when I saw them enjoying their time. Sadly my smile came to a halt as I made eye contact with a certain brown haired boy.

My eyes widen as much as his did and stop singing for a split second, but I quickly regained my composure and gave a smile to the audience. Christine noticed what happened but continued singing anyway.

How the hell is he even here? Is this a sign that i'm getting fired?

Once we finished our entire set we thanked the small but active crowd for listening to us, and went backstage. I hurriedly went to the women's comfort room, ignoring Christine's worried voice calling my name. I opened the door and quickly turned on the faucet to wash my face.

Thank God I don't wear mascara.

After a short while, Christine entered the comfort room and approached me. "Hey, Prairie, you okay? I thought you looked pale that one part in our set." she says as she places her hand on my shoulder.

"Sorry Christine, i messed up there." I say to the blonde, ignoring the part where I possibly saw an apparition of the boy I spilled chocolate milkshake on.

Is it even possible to see an apparition of someone who's alive?

"Aw, i appreciate your concern, but you did so well considering we only practiced for an hour!" Christine cheers me up and pats my shoulder.

"I'm gonna head out now. You already have my number and vice versa so I'll call you if there's gonna be any event, alright? See you later!" Christine says as she exits the comfort room.

Shortly after, I also exited the comfort room and grabbed my stuff, then proceeded to head out to the parking lot. I was about to enter my car when I noticed Christine talking with the curly haired boy from earlier.

Hold up. Now hold on just a damn minute.

I stop in my tracks and watch their interaction. After some talking they hugged each other and waved goodbye, heading in separate directions, when the lanky Asian boy caught sight of me.

I noticed his eyes glancing down my body, but only for a split second, and went back to make eye contact with me once more. This time he was wearing a simple large hoodie and a clean pair of black shorts, with a pair of simple white sneakers.

I decided it was time to end the staring contest and quickly get in my car, turning on the engine and driving away from this place as fast as legally possible. I took a quick glance at the side mirror and saw he was about to walk after me but decided not to and walked towards his own vehicle.

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I entered the hallways leading to my apartment door and noticed a piece of paper that seemed to be slid under the door. I unlock the door and enter my apartment, picking up what seemed to be an envelope off the ground.

I opened it and instantly regretted doing so, for it had big red bold letters attached to it that haunted my very dreams.

EVICTION NOTICE

Oh great, first my parents cut all possible connections with me, and now they stopped paying my rent. Then again, they do kind of dislike me. I guess I deserved it, but that didn't stop my temper from heating up.

After changing into more comfortable clothes, I angrily stomped towards my bed and jumped in it. And with all the power I had left on me, I screamed into my pillow and punched the blankets.

Eventually I grew exhausted of doing this and decided to roll over, having my back on the mattress now, and stared at the ceiling.

Before dozing off, I turned my phone on and opened twitter, scrolling through my feed. Once again I saw Alisa retweet something from Conan Gray.

Why does she keep retweeting this dude's posts?

Tweeted by @conangray
"ur everywhere how is that fucking possible"

Same, kid. Same.

That was the last thought I had before finally giving in to my heavy eyelids, and dozing off to sleep.

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Oh boy, oh boy, another day of misery.

Oh wait, it's Sunday today, I could finally rest. I open my phone- something I've been doing a lot the past day- and log on to my twitter, when someone followed my account. I checked to see who followed me and found out it was Christine.

Huh, looks like I'll be performing with them a lot.

Immediately after she followed me she sent me a dm.

Sent from mistinemusic to prairiesndaisies
"heya! wanna hang out tonight? we never rlly got to celebrate ur first performance with us :D"

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Ooh she hasn't figured it out yet hehehe

We stan an oblivious sister

God bless and hope you enjoyed this chapter!

-iana <3