𝐈 𝐕 𝐘 - 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖

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I was rudely awoken to the sound of my phone blowing up. What could anyone want from me this early in the morning? I groaned into my pillow and rubbed my eyes, sitting up against my headboard and grabbing my phone from my bedside table. Every last one of the notifications I had received, were from TikTok which was strange considering I was hardly ever active on TikTok

I opened the app and then my inbox, clicking on the video everyone had been relentlessly tagging me in. It was an interview and not just any interview, one that Annaka had done last night on the red carpet. "So, who do you think looks the best here tonight?" The interviewer asked her. "Theta Barlowe 100%. She always looks good though." Annaka replied with a smile and a faint shade of pink dusted across her cheeks

There was no way. Annaka Fourneret herself thought I looked good? And not only that but she thought I looked good all the time?! I continued scrolling through my inbox and it was pretty much all ship edits of me and her which in all honesty I kinda liked.
After about 5 or 10 minutes of watching ship edit after ship edit, I went to text Sophia. Sophia was a lot closer with Annaka than I was.

Sophia <3

Theta
Did you see that interview annaka did last night?

Sophia
Yeahh actually, what did you think?

Theta
I'm literally tweaking. Does she actually think
I'm attractive?

Sophia
You really think she would've said that if she didn't? She talks about you like all the time.

Theta
No fucking way, are you serious?

Sophia
Yes bro, she sends the group chat we're in like 60 edits of you a day.

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With that, I closed out of my phone and set it down on my bed, burying my face into my hands. I was feeling so many different emotions, but mainly excitement. It was beyond amazing to know that the girl I thought was insanely attractive also found me attractive, but it was also nerve wracking. I felt like I was obligated to talk to her now which I definitely wasn't ready for. Just then, I heard my phone ring. It was mason as per usual.

"Did you see that interview!?" Mason practically shouted into the phone "trust me, I saw it." I chuckled in response. "This is amazing, I mean you've had a crush on annaka for like 2 years." I felt my face flush, he wasn't wrong. "Yeah, I know..I'm just kinda nervous now. I feel obligated to talk to her and I'm far from ready for that." I responded. "You don't have to do anything just yet. Just let it all happen naturally."

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I just got off the phone with mason and we had planned to go out to the mall together to get my mind off of everything for a little while. I hopped in the shower and rinsed off before getting out, throwing on a simple, oversized t-shirt, a pair of denim shorts and some jewelry. I then put on mascara and decided to braid my hair. Right when I finished my hair, I heard a car horn outside. It was mason. Put on my white high top converse, said bye to my family and ran out the door