𝕃𝕆𝕊𝔼ℝ • conan gray

𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟠

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I entered the elevator and pressed the button of the floor according to the details Christine had sent me. Once I got to that floor, I started searching for the room. I felt like I was in a damn labyrinth.

How big even is this building?

After what seemed like hours of finding the right room, I finally find the door labeled with the audition details. I entered the waiting room and saw around 30 or more people waiting as well. That's when I started getting nervous.

I sat down on one of the chairs and did my habit of playing with the chains attached to my jeans. I looked at some of the people who were gonna be auditioning as well. They looked so talented and beautiful. They were so dressed up and everything. They seem to be the really professional type as well.

And here I am sitting in my fucking hoodie.

I stopped thinking about what I was wearing before i got to the extent of overthinking, and possibly flaking on this huge opportunity.

I decide not to let the events a while ago get to me again, and avert my attention to random areas of the waiting room. Well, I attempted to, because my mind always went back to that damn brown haired boy. I still don't even know his name.

Why would I even want his name? It's not like he's gonna be stuck with me for the next few months. Stop being so creepy, Prairie.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when Christine opened the door. "Prairie Taylor, it's your turn." she waves at me and I return the gesture, following her into the other room.

"Alright Prairie, before we start, I'd like to introduce you to our drummer, Bianca, and the man- or should I say boy- himself, Conan Gray!" she exclaimed as I laughed at her bubbly personality. "They will be watching you audition along with me. Don't worry though, I already know you're great." she says to me in a low volume so that the people at the table wouldn't hear.

I look at the table to see who'll be watching me audition and see a dark colored woman smiling at me.

She must be Bianca. She looks nice.

My eyes then go to the person sitting beside her and-

Jesus Christ it's him again.

I make eye contact with him and both our eyes widen, except mine soon turned into a glare. He's everywhere and I'm officially crazy. I rub my eyes and checked if it was really him. I look at him and see that he also changed into a hoodie.

Wait. Don't tell me...

I look to see if anyone else was sitting with them.

Oh no, he's the only guy in this room.

It didn't take long for me to realize that this boy sitting in front of me was in fact Conan Gray. The exact same guy who I spilled milkshake on.

The same guy who I saw when performing on stage the other night (and he was there to watch me what the hell). The same guy who spilled his iced coffee on me (and I still think he did that to get revenge).

But he wouldn't know I was gonna audition, right? He might have know my name but he must have not known I was gonna audition.

I was snapped out of my thoughts for what seemed to be the hundredth time today. "Uh, Prairie?" Christine waves her pale hands in front of my face. "Earth to Prairie." she tries to get my attention once more.

"Shit, sorry. I just..." I paused and glanced at the boy who was apparently the fucking Conan Gray before finishing my sentence, "spaced out. Sorry, you were saying?" I cleared my throat and look at the confused Christine.

"Okayy... It's time to start your audition!" she says and I nod. I pull out my bass guitar and Bianca starts playing the music that was given to me for practice.

Once I knew it was time for me to start, I plucked the thick strings of my bass with all the precision I had. The three musicians watched me with intent as I plucked the final chords as the musics comes to its end.

I made sure not to look at Conan, as I had learned from my past experience that I would gravely mess up. He was burning holes into my head but I payed no attention to it.

Each pluck I did passionately, desperately wanting to earn this position, for the money but most importantly, to reach my dream of becoming a full time musician.

Once the music finally finished, the three applauded me, except for Conan who just clapped slowly, not making eye contact with me anymore. I internally roll my eyes and gave the two girls a wide smile. "Did you like it?" I ask, nervousness evident in my voice.

"You definitely have the talent." Bianca happily remarks and I reply with a genuine 'thank you'. "It was good, I guess." Conan shortly commented, to which I scoffed, but not loud enough for them to hear.

"Awesome! Thank you for your time, Prairie. We'll contact you for any updates." Christine says. "Alright, I'll see you guys around." I say and exit the room.

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I quickly walked back to my car and called Alisa to tell her about everything that happened as I had promised her. Alisa quickly picked up my call, already expecting me. "Well? How'd it go?"

"Lis, I think I'm gonna make it!" I say with a squeal, which she replied with an even larger squeal! "I can't believe it! You're going on tour with Conan fucking Lee Gray! My place, right now!" she exclaims as I laugh at her sheer excitement.

"Don't get your hopes too high, though. They haven't even decided yet." I laughed as I start the engine of my car and drive out of the parking lot, making my way to the familiar streets where Alisa lives in.

Once I arrived outside her apartment door, Alisa instantly opens it before I could even knock and pulled me in so fast my soul must have stayed outside her door.

"TELL. ME. EVERYTHING." she says with so much seriousness that it made me burst in guffaws. "Don't even leave a single detail out or so help me I will make sure to turn your life into a living hell!" the blonde with blue streaks says as my laughter finally dies down.

"Alright, alright. But before I tell you about my audition, I have something to tell you." I say, recalling my first encounter with Conan but being oblivious to who he is as I graciously spilled chocolate milkshake on him. "I didn't tell you days before 'cause I didn't know it would actually be important now—"

"JUST SPIT IT OUT SIS." Alisa says and I get to my point. I take a deep breath and readied myself for what's about to go down.

"I my have spilled milkshake on Conan Gray a few days back and I don't know what to feel."

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Have another pic I found :>

God bless and hope y'all enjoyed this chapter!

-iana <3