𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 // 𝙟𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧

[ 𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙚 ]

the next morning, stella threw a grey zip-up sweater over the clothes she woke up in: pajama pants and a t-shirt. she found a small notecard on her night stand. it was asking if she wanted to do the debutante ball or not.

maybe it was because she was still tired from just waking up or maybe it was because she needed a distraction from all the mixed feelings going on in her heart, 

but she checked yes. she would participate in the debutante ball.

stella picked up her phone and looked at the time. to make sure that she would be on time for daniel's gig that was apparently at dawn, she told herself that she would only give herself five more minutes to sleep in.

five minutes turned into ten minutes.

ten minutes turned into thirty minutes.

thirty minutes turned into an hour.

an hour after the time that she was supposed to get up, stella's back was being rubbed to wake her up.

"stel?" stella knew that voice anywhere. jeremiah. "stella... stel..."

she groaned and turned her body the other way. "what?" her voice was muffled by her blankets.

"didn't you have plans to see daniel perform at the ass crack of dawn, stel?" jeremiah teased her about her timing.

stella promptly lifted her face out of her blankets and looked around for her phone. "shit! what time is it?" she frantically searched for her phone.

"it's already, like, seven o'clock," he chuckled. it was much too early for either of them to be awake. he didn't want to be too mean though. "you know what? you can probably still make it for the very end of the set if you leave, like, now."

stella smiled and hugged jeremiah tiredly. "ugh, you're the best."

"i know," he sighed, standing up and fixing her pillows for her. "come on. i'll drive."

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"oh god, i think i'm too late." stella jumped out of jeremiah's car and searched the beach, since that was where daniel's performance was.

at the last minute, stella caught the eye of a certain boy who had just performed for two hours. "hey! stella!"

she turned around and saw the boy whose show she had accidentally missed. "daniel, oh my god. i'm so sorry for being so late. i slept in way too late but luckily, j woke me up just in time to catch you on your way out," she rambled all in one breath. 

daniel laughed and gave her a hug. "don't worry 'bout it. it's all good. this show was hella early so i completely understand," he smiled.

stella sighed of relief. "okay, okay. i love live music though. i wish i would've seen you perform!" she tilted her head to the side.

"oh cool! do you play any instruments?" daniel asked. "i play drums, guitar, piano, you know."

stella's eyes widened. "wow!" she laughed. she wasn't going to lie. she was impressed. "i mean i play guitar and piano, but i'm still learning drums. i'm doing terribly."

"i'm sure it's not that bad," daniel smiled. "how about i come by and help you out? maybe we can try and write a song?"

stella didn't hate that idea. "sure. that actually sounds really fun."

they exchanged numbers and talked a little more. daniel ended up having to leave with his band, so that left stella to find jeremiah. he had gotten distracted during their conversation and had started cluelessly playing the drums that hadn't been taken down yet.