𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐸𝑦𝑒𝑠 (𝐽.𝑀.)

𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆

"I'm telling you, I am absolutely shit a Geoguesser." Two days later Amaris and James were on call again. She was getting ready to go out with Schlatt and Minx, plus a few more of Schlatts friends.

"You can't be that bad." He rolled his eyes. He was at home writing lyrics for new songs. It had been a while since he had written some lyrics, but him talking to Amaris gave him some inspiration.

"I can barely tell my left from right. I've lived in Texas for about five years and I still don't know the street I live on." She deadpanned after flattening out her dress. She did some finishing touches on her makeup before turning on the camera.

"Next time I stream with you we're playing Geoguesser. I ref-" he looked at the camera and he was speechless.

"What do you think? Is it too short? I feel like it's too short?" She quickly tried to pull it down a bit further.

"I, uhm, no you look great. Like really great. Who's all going? I know that Schlatt, Minx and your boyfriend are most likely-"

"We broke up. I'm single now. This is kind of a celebration of that." James was already happier. He wasn't going to make a move though considering the breakup was fresh and he was thousands of miles away, but- wait did she say celebration? He thought for a second. People really only celebrated breakups when they were in a toxic relationship.

"Celebration?"

"Bad relationship. I don't want to get into it right now."

"That's completely fine. I don't need to know. If you'd like to tell me, feel free to. I'm not going to force it out of you." Amaris was finally glad someone didn't try to force things out of her. Force her talk about everything that's happened.

"Thank you. Now mr. Marriott, I must go party until my feet are so sore they won't work for a week." She smiled picking up her phone.

"Don't you work Monday?"

"Then I'll drink until colors don't color."

"Colors don't color?"

"That's what I said. Bye James, I shall see you whenever I see you again." She smiled and waved walking downstairs.

"Bye Mari have fun." He smiled and she hung up.

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They were currently at their second bar of the night. Amaris was already a bit tipsy but not drunk. She didn't really want to get drunk, she only said that to James because it's all she could think of. Minx and Schlatt were already drunk, but still manageable. She'd been hit on a few times and luckily when she turned them down they didn't try to go further. Those were men. Carter was a boy. Amaris stood at a random table before getting pulled onto the dance floor by Minx. At that point she did want to dance and have fun. As she danced with Minx she felt hands on her ass. She thought it was Minx until she realized that she was in front of her and not behind. Amaris spun around and there he was. She couldn't get rid of him. It was like a leech that refused to let go. "Hey baby." He leaned in.

"Get off. I'm not your baby. We broke up." She seethed pushing him away.

"Oh come on. This again. I thought you let that go. We're meant to be." He tried to weasel his way in but Amaris was determined not to let him.

"We aren't meant to be. The only thing meant to be is you and the restraining order I'm going to get." His grimy hands gripped her wrists.

"Don't try to get rid of me. It's impossible to get rid of your soulmate."

"We aren't soulmates. Never were. Never have been. Never will be." She ripped her hands out of his grip and ran out of the bar. As she ran down the street to get away as far as possible she started to hyperventilate. She quickly sat down and pulled her phone out of her pocket. She could barely breathe, let alone see from all the tears clouding her vision. She thought she called Minx or Schlatt to go home, but that wasn't the voice she heard.

"Mari? I thought you'd still be celebrating." The soothing voice came through the speaker.

"He...h-he was t-there. James- I- I can't b-breath." She stuttered out as the tears fell harder and her breathing became worse. 'She's having a panic attack.' James thought before speaking.

"What do you need me to do?" He asked hoping to help.

"Talk- p-please just tal-talk." So he did. He talked about upcoming songs and a few new lyrics he'd written. Some streams he had planned and was really excited for. As he talked she calmed down. Her breathing evened out, the tears fallen had dried, and the ones in her eyes were gone.

"How're you feeling now?" He asked after he noticed her breathing pattern wasn't as bad anymore.

"Better now that you talked to me. Thank you James. I know it's late." She picked at her nails, phone resting on her knee as she sat agains the wall.

"If you need to call me, call me. I don't care what time it is."

"I will. I guess I need to call Schlatt or Minx now."

"Okay. Be safe going home. And don't hesitate to call if you need to."

"I won't. Good night James."

"Night Mari." She softly smiled as she hung up. She called Minx and she got Schlatt so they could leave. She didn't want to go back into the bar, in fear he'd still be there. They walked out and Ubered home. Once Amaris got Schlatt into bed and Minx into hers, she went online to figure out how to get a restraining order. She couldn't sleep after what happened, no matter how tired she was.

"Amaris, come to bed before I drag you over here." Minx said from the bed, her own eyes hurting from the computer screen light.

"One sec." Amaris said signing off on the document before sending it in.