Reach For The Stars (Dallas Liu & Ian Ousley)

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Star's POV

I woke up to the sound of Ian and Dallas in the living room. After brushing my teeth and letting my hair out of my braids, still in my pajamas I left my room to see what they were up to.

"Good morning." I say.

"Hey! Good morning Star." Ian greets me.

"How are you feeling?" Dallas asks me.

"Pretty good, you guys knocked out last night." I chuckle.

"I know I'm sorry. Ian went out first and I laid down for a bit and I passed out." Dallas tells me.

"You guys sleep okay?"

"Yeah, did you?" Ian asks.

"Very."

Dallas hands me a latte and Ian slides me a plate of food.

I thank them then we hear a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" I ask as Ian answers.

"Uh." Ian opens the door and Kass my manager comes storming in.

"Morning Kass." We greet her.

"Good freaking morning. I come with some great news for all three of you."

Confusion overtakes the room.

"And that is?"

"Well if you guys have been keeping up with social media you guys are trending." Her ponytail sways as she speaks.

"Really? What for?" I ask.

"The internet loves you guys. They find you guys witty, cute, and exciting. Everyone loves the bond between the three of you."

"Well what can I say, I don't blame them." Ian grins causing Dallas to roll his eyes.

"That's cool and all but how is this great news?" I ask.

"Vogue reached out and wants to shoot and interview with the three of you today. I have reached out to your managers and they thought it was a great idea. They should have contacted you two with the details last night. Everyone is on board so what do we say?" She proposes.

I look over to the boys as they check their phones.

"Oh yup. I see the email." Dallas says.

"I think it's a great idea." Ian looks up from his phone.

"We already had plans today." I remind them.

"What were the plans? Tourist stuff?" She remarks.

"Sort of." Ian lifts a brow.

"Okay you can either go be a tourist and not get this opportunity which may I add, will be great for the careers of all three of you or go on the shoot and basically keep your plans but you get paid and you look cute." Kass tells us. "You guys, the shoot is going to be all over town. From central park to the Met gala."

I look over at them and I can tell they really want to do it.

"Well at least we'll be doing it together, right?" I say.

Their smiles are beaming of excitement.

"When do we have to be ready?" I ask.

"Asap!" Her tone rises. "They will send a car and you guys will go straight into hair, stylists, and all that good stuff."

"Oh and.... There are two parties for tonight." Kass adds.

"Kass please." I groan.

"Hey! You promised me in Boston that in New York you would go to the parties."

She wasn't wrong, but at least I'll have Ian and Dallas.

"I'll go if Ian and Dallas agree."

Kass gives them a look, "We'll go together the three of us." Dallas says. "It'll be more fun that way."

I sigh, "Then the parties it is."

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We arrived to Vogue and we quickly got sent into hair, makeup, and styling.

Once dressed we met with the creative director and discussed what he had in mind for this interview. He wanted to have us as the cover of the next issue. Along with that he wanted to a video version of the interview as well. The plan was to go all over Manhattan and shoot. The vibe was fun, young, and our friendship. The team wanted us to be ourselves and show our personalities.

I loved the outfits we were in. They felt fresh and fun. I was in a long laced maxi skirt with flowers trimmed in. The stylist said she's noticed the pattern of flowers in my outfits. The top was a strapped blue cropped top with a border of white laced flowers on the bottom and on the top framing the chest area. My shoes were the Gucci loafers and for accessories I wore a pearl necklace and bracelet. My hair was slightly curled and put up into a claw clip bun.

Ian wore a white shirt with a faux leather jacket on top, because we don't support real leather, he had blank pants with a belt and he wore the men's Gucci loafers.

Dallas wore black slacks with a white button up underneath a vintage varsity jacket on top, also paired with the men's Gucci loafers.

"So once we get in the car we are going to start filming. Through out the experience you will be asked questions and those will be the same ones in the printed issue. We want you guys to have fun, be yourselves, and just show how good of a friendship you all have, okay?" The director tells us.

"Got it." The three of us respond.

Ian opens the door for me and I go in the car, there was a small crew of a camera man, light person, and an assistant.

We introduce ourselves to them and they begin to record. They let us know that they will be randomly playing music so it made us feel more comfortable.

"My name is Dallas Liu."

"I'm Ian Ousley."

"and I'm Star! Today we are going to take you guys all over New York City with us."

We arrived to our first stop which was Central Park, we were told to basically run out to the car and just explore the park.

The door opened and I let the boys out first they help me out the car and the camera was in my face. My only reaction to that was to wink. We ran around the park and we posed in certain locations.

Some of the questions we answered here were simple stuff like what's our favorite activity together, movie, and etc.

Our next stop was Grand Central, there was a crowd of people watching us film. They began to play "I Like Me Better" by Lauv and it sent chills down my spine. This is the perfect New York song.

This song just stimulated all the right parts of my brain.

I grabbed Ian and Dallas and we ran to the famous Gossip Girl location of the station. Where Serena first gets spotted.

I can tell the boys were feeling the song as well as they were dancing around.

We were having a blast, we posed and danced around as they shot pictures of us.

Back into the car we were and of to the Met Gala. I let my hair go from the claw clip and smiled into the camera.

I put my arms around both the boys as we posed together. They both lean in and kiss me on the cheek.

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Back at our hotel we were and we went on and on about how fun today was. Kass called us and pulled a "I told you so."

The Vogue team was wonderful and they gifted us our outfits. Dallas and Ian decided to say in them for the parties tonight. I on the other hand changed into baggy jeans and a cropped black long sleeve as it got colder. I matched with Ian and also wore a faux leather jacket.

"Are you guys ready to party?" I ask as we get into our car.

Let's see how tonight rolls out.