Chapter 26

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Kyler's POV.

November 3, 2018 - 2pm

A day has passed since we got to New York and I opted to stay with Bella at her apartment since my apartment was a bit further from the venue. As soon as we arrived, Bella took me to Gigi's apartment to hang out with her and Zayn which was nice. Then, we were at a dinner with them and Kendall and Ben who flew in to surprise her. After our dinner, Bella and I decided to walk around New York for a bit to relax ourselves before the chaos of the show begins, which officially starts today. Yesterday was my free day, so I went to do a final quick fit for my outfit for the show along with a look at my performance outfit.

No one has any clue who the mystery performer is yet except me and my mom. The Victoria's Secret online accounts have only been promoting me as the "new debut performer," or whatever else they've been saying and not many people have been guessing me. I know I don't have much to promote, but by the end of the show, mom is releasing the song I'm gonna sing and also announce my album release which is set to happen sometime early December. The exact date hasn't been decided, but it will be soon!

Today is supposed to be a dry rehearsal of my performance of "I Think I Like You," meaning no models, just me and the music, to test any and all of my gear, from my mics to my in-ear monitors. It was also meant to figure out the lighting of the performance and the pace to set for the models that'll be walking past or beside me depending on what I do. The producers honestly gave me free range to either stay in one place with my mic stand or hold it and walk beside the models. But, they did make me change some words since I do have some curse words, but it wasn't a problem.

Bella left me a few minutes ago after some kisses to go to the final fitting and looks of their outfits for the show, not knowing that I'd be going out too. Here I am getting ready for the dry rehearsal. I decided to go with a chill fit with some white Air Force 1s, black slacks, a white long-sleeved shirt, and my favorite guitar pick necklace. After looking into the mirror, I decided to roll my sleeves up to elbows and gather my stuff before I was out the door.

After arriving at the back entrance of the venue to avoid the crowd and keep my identity hidden until the day of, I followed a staff member who led me to the main stage

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After arriving at the back entrance of the venue to avoid the crowd and keep my identity hidden until the day of, I followed a staff member who led me to the main stage. As soon as I entered, I gulped at how big the stage actually was as staff and crew were setting up the stage and putting everything up. With the show happening at Pier 94 here in New York, it was expected that it'd be a huge event, I mean, it's a Victoria's Secret show, but seeing it all in front of me is making me that much more nervous.

After greeting the other artists, talking with Bebe Rexha and Shawn Mendes on working together in the future, we all sat on the seats watching each performer and hyping each other up. While watching Shawn perform in the middle of the runway, I was called backstage to get myself prepared for my performance since I was set to perform during the 6th segment called "Downtown Angels," which Bella will be walking.

After setting up the stage and making sure my gear worked, testing the mics and the volume and bass in my in-ears, I moved to the very start of the runway where my mic stand was and did some little vocal warm-ups to prevent myself from any strain before the real thing. I then looked behind me at the band and gave them a smile with a thumbs up wondering if they were ready. Once we were all set, I turned around and started to just calm my mind from going into overdrive by cracking my fingers and cracking my back a few times.

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