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𝟬𝟭𝟵 - 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬

❝𝘖𝘩, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 // 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩❞

ꨄ

𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟯𝟬𝗧𝗛 , 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗦 , 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗔
𝟵:𝟬𝟵 𝗣𝗠

A week ago Tate McRae had invited Kiana to a Halloween party she was attending. The two had gotten close after Tate was asked to be Kiana's opener for the Nothing's Forever tour in Europe. They hadn't hung out in person due to their busy schedules, so the Halloween party would be the first time they would see each other in person. Tate dressed as Jane Smith from 'Mr & Mrs Smith' and Kiana had gone the basic route and chosen a cowgirl as her Halloween costume.

The two friends met up at Tate's place and pregamed before heading over the the party. When they arrived Kiana went straight for the alcohol, and Tate followed.

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Kiana and Tate were playing beer pong and they each had one cup remaining. Tate tossed the ball at the cup, the ball circled the rim before falling into the beer. The crowd around Tate cheered and playfully pushed the younger of the two singers in celebration of her beer pong victory. Kiana threw down her cup and made direct eye contact with a woman who had just entered. Despite being slightly drunk, Kiana recognized the woman almost immediately, there wasn't anything in the world that would ever make her forget those brown eyes.

Kiana pushed through the crowd to get to Julien, but when she'd reached the other side of the room, she was gone. She spun around frantically in search of Julien as if her life depended on finding her. Kiana spotted the same yellow hoodie Julien wore being led over to the drinks area by someone in a black and white plaid shirt. Kiana ran to Julien and reached her before she could disappear again.

"Julien," Kiana called out. "Hey!"

When the two had turned, Kiana recognized the person Julien had come with; it was Lucy.

"Oh," Julien said awkwardly. "Kiana, hey" She glanced at Lucy and gave her a small nod, letting her know that she'd alright talking to Kiana.

"I'll leave you two alone, I'm gonna go get a drink"

"You look different. If I were someone else I wouldn't have recognized you" There was a soft chuckle that escaped Kiana to ease the tension. "Look um, can we talk, please?"

Normally Julien would want nothing more than to walk away from a conversation with Kiana, but after that night in Tennessee she wanted to know if Kiana was sober or not.

"Sure" She replied finally.

The two walked out the house and onto the front porch where they could talk without yelling over the music.

"I know that the last time we saw each other I wasn't... in my right state of mind"

"Right state of mind?!" Julien interrupted. "You overdosed, Kiana! You fucking died!"

"I know" Kiana sighed. "I know, I'm sorry"

"Are you clean?"