Say Ur Mine | Gracie Abrams

000. [prologue]

Estelle Arden is a well-respected photographer who has worked with dozens of celebrities. She's been hired for Vogue shoots and other magazines, and most recently; she's the tour photographer for Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR TOUR.

Olivia and Estelle met through Rolling Stone when Olivia was featured on the "Musicians on Musicians" cover story in October 2021. The two kept in contact and quickly became friends, talking regularly.

A month later in late November, Olivia asked Estelle to be her tour photographer and she happily agreed.

"So... I was thinking you could meet my opener soon," Olivia mentioned. She had announced the 'SOUR' tour about a week ago, one of the openers being Gracie Abrams.

Gracie was what some people called a nepo baby, her parents were J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath. But, she had managed to start making a name for herself, quickly growing a dedicated fanbase.

"Oh yeah of course!" Estelle exclaimed; she wanted to know everyone, making sure she familiarized herself with her environment on tour.

"Great, does Saturday at noon work for you?" Liv asked, checking her calendar.

Estelle rummaged through her purse, searching for her phone. She quickly retrieved it to look at her calendar, "Yeah, I don't have anything going on, let's do that. Where am I meeting you guys?" she questioned.

"We can meet at my house," Olivia offers.

"Okay awesome... shit I've got to run, I have a shoot in two hours," she says as she stands up, grabbing her purse and her jacket.

"Oh yeah of course," Liv exclaims, getting up from the couch, "I'll see you Saturday?"

"Yeah," she smiles, hugging the younger girl before walking out the door.

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Gracie sat in her room with her guitar, she had just gotten off the US leg of her first real tour about a month ago. The This Is What It Feels Like tour was a huge step for her. I've missed you, I'm sorry the tour had only one international date, this tour had 17 dates.

But of course, the tour came with anxiety, Gracie was no stranger to that. She's been an anxious person her whole life, in middle school she had to go on medicine it got so bad. Songwriting was how she coped, it calmed her and gave her an escape from the real world. So she sat on her bedroom floor strumming her guitar, the lyrics just coming to her.

I'll say whatever you want, but I've become such a liar
I used to follow my gut, but now I'm just gettin' higher
It's been a couple of months since I turned to something violent
I should be happier now, so why do I feel this quiet?

She was interrupted soon by her phone ringing; setting her guitar down, she grabbed her phone to check who was calling. Her screen lit up with a FaceTime call from Olivia, she quickly answered, "Hi, Liv!"

"Hey, Gracie, are you free Saturday at noon?"

"Let me check my calendar real quick hold on," Gracie clicked off of FaceTime and entered the calendar app, "Yeah, I'm free, what's up?"

"I was thinking you could come over to meet my tour photographer. I know it's sudden and all but I want you both to be comfortable and familiar with your surroundings, you know?"

"No, Liv, it's okay I'll be there," Gracie reassured.

"Thank you, Gracie, it means a lot."

"Of course, I'll see you then," Gracie smiled.