chapter thirty-four: london night four (part 1)

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tom
Hey beautiful
I just landed
And I got a message from Daya saying she's landing soon as well (wifi on plane is expensive but so worth it)
Her and I are coming together from the airport
And you don't have to worry about getting us rides to the venue 🤍
I cannot wait to see you again 🤍🤍🤍

ariana
!!!!!! i can't wait to see u again either bubba
hugs and kisses await
ily
hurry home 🤍

tom
We're probably gonna get there just as you're starting to perform
But I'm definitely rushing backstage as soon as your set is over

ariana
i can take u guys to dinner!!

tom
Sounds like a plan, my love 😂🤍

...

Spidey
you remember the plan right?

Daya
The plan to not say anything?
Yes I do

Spidey
Again... I'm really sorry for everything Daya
I didn't mean for things to go this way

Daya
I'm sure you didn't

Spidey
And I know you need time to trust me again
But if there's anything I can do to help you do that

Daya
Well... the fact that you've felt like shit for the last week about it makes me feel slightly better
So I guess that's helping

Spidey
Cruel... but I deserved that

Daya
Yes you did
But don't worry
My mouth is shut

Spidey
Thanks Daya

...

"hey."

dalton slowly peered into ariana grande's dressing room. he had knocked several times and waited for a response for the last 5 minutes ... but to no avail. he knew she had to have been in there getting ready since the main concert event was to start in an hour. "ari, are you in here?"

sure enough, she was. but she was sitting in her chair, with her phone firmly attached to her hands, and the sounds of muffled cries were echoed across the dressing room. concerned, dalton rushed over to ariana's side, finding her tear-stained face and red-shot eyes staring back at him. "what's wrong, ariana?"

saying nothing, ariana continued to sob, shaking her head. instead of telling him what happened, she handed him her cellphone with the newspaper article that caused her to burst into violent tears.

AFTER YEARS OF SPECULATION, TOM HOLLAND AND ZENDAYA SEEMINGLY CONFIRM THEIR RELATIONSIP AFTER BEING SPOTTED KISSING

AFTER YEARS OF SPECULATION, TOM HOLLAND AND ZENDAYA SEEMINGLY CONFIRM THEIR RELATIONSIP AFTER BEING SPOTTED KISSING

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"tom and i had been casually dating for the last few months." ariana explained once she regained some of her composure. her words were slightly broken, but she at the very least regained her ability to speak. "i told him i needed time before i could fully commit, and he told me he understood. just a week ago, i told him i was finally ready, and he was so happy." her words became closed once again by heavy sobs. "i asked him if there was anybody else in his life, and i told him i would've been alright with that as we both agreed to being open... and he lied to me and said there was nobody else."

ariana brought her teary eyes to dalton, who looked mortified with what he had just read and heard. "i just wanted him to be honest... i feel so played." she covered her face with her hands. "i thought z was my friend! and tom... how could he just lie to me like that?!"

dalton placed both his hands on her knees, trying to soothe her. dalton didn't know what to feel; he felt devastated seeing the woman he was in love with in so much pain, he felt pain knowing that ariana was about to give her heart to someone... someone that wasn't him, and he was angry beyond words enough to kill whoever this tom holland was for causing ariana to cry as much as she had. "i'm going to kill that motherfucker. i swear to God he's dead -

ariana placed a hand over his own that were still on her knees. "i'm going to go talk to my band really quickly. i'm going to change the track listing. if anyone asks any questions... just let them know i'm taking a brief walk outside."

...

groupchat: operation tom foolery

bri
That motherfucker

vic
I'm gonna kill him
Right after I claw out zendaya's eyes

scott
Tom is a little shit for doing what he did but
Why the hell would Zendaya do this to Ariana?
It's not like she had no idea what's going on

tayla
I'm sure Tom tells her everything

court knee
have any of u spoken to ari?

doug
i went by her dressing room as soon as i found out but i found dalton there instead
told me she went for a walk to get fresh air

court knee
well he lied to u bc ari went to change the set list for the show
she erased the entire act before the encore
and added the four songs she swore she wouldn't sing live again

mikey
I'm afraid to ask which ones she added

court knee
imagine
ghostin
in my head
better off

tommy
...
Is she
Insane?
She's going to have a mental breakdown if she sings those songs
And in a row!!

fredo
She always told me there was no was she would ever perform ghostin live
Until she believed that she was completely and truly mentally alright again
But she's going to sing it after finding out her supposed-to-be-boyfriend was actually fooling around behind her back and lying about it?

scootie
If he would've just told her
She would've been fine
She asked him and he flat out lied
I fucking hate people like that

court knee
i want to talk her down from this but
maybe it's best we leave her be with this one

tayla
Scuse??

mikey
Shouldn't we at least ask her if she's doing okay or if she needs anything?

court knee
if she wants to sing these songs... this is going to be her way of addressing her pain
let her do what she needs to on stage
and we know ariana... if we all go and ask her if she's ok, she's going to fully shut down
i don't want that
none of us should

scott
Alright...
But I'm gonna have a word with Thomas

doug
His parents and brothers came to see Ariana's show
I mean... this is just the worst time for a family get together

court kne
fuck...
maybe we just let ariana talk to him
let's not intervene please
we don't need to make this situation worse
we will console ariana when everything has been dealt with

scootie
That might be the best thing we can do rn...

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