catfish // mgc

☼ t w e n t y - s i x ☼

"What the hell am I supposed to wear?" Kat shouted, angrily flinging her entire wardrobe - which she managed to stuff all in a bag and bring to my house - around my room.

"Clothes," I deadpanned, hiding behind my closet door as she chucked a shoe at me. "Why does it matter?"

"It's Halsey, Mae. She's hot as fuck. I want to look nice so she'll make out with me," she stated matter-of-factly. "Plus we got backstage passes too."

I rolled my eyes, pulling out my Twenty-One Pilots t-shirt and a pair of black skinnies. Continuing to hide, I yanked my plain grey shirt off of my body, quickly replacing it with the other. Peeking around the door to see Kat still rummaging through her clothes, I shed my lazy Sunday shorts off and pulled on my jeans, jumping in place to get them on.

"You know I'm not going to judge you, right?" Kat spoke suddenly, making me jump. She pushed the door closed and my cheeks heated up as I scurried around her.

"I know," I mumbled.

"Then why do you hide?"

I shrugged and grinned at her. "Old habits die hard? Not c'mon, we have a concert to get ready for, plus a 3 hour drive."

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"She looked at me!"

"She looked like, five seats behind us."

"I swear to you she looked at me."

"She didn't look at you."

"I think I'm gay."

"You are gay."

"Gay for Halsey, woo!"

I shook my head at the strange person I called my best friend as I continued to cheer for the glorious woman on stage. We were having an absolute blast dancing everywhere as Halsey bounced around the stage singing Hurricane. She did wave at us once, driving Kat insane. Once the concert was sadly over, Ash told us that Halsey told him to tell us to just sit back and relax, and security would come get us once everyone left the arena. Once that happened, I swore Kat started hyperventilating next to me as we walked backstage. Halsey wasn't even anywhere to be seen yet Kat was still freaking out. And once Halsey finally showed up, Kat froze up.

"Hi!" She exclaimed to us. She gave me a tight, friendly hug, while she gave Kat a nervous one. "You must be Mae and Kat? Um, is she okay?"

"Erm," I started, shoving Kat's shoulder.

"I love you," she blurted out. Halsey burst out laughing, throwing her head back.

"I'm so sorry," I apologized for Kat, shoving her shoulder again. She sent me an angered look in return.

"It's fine. Oddly enough that's not the first time that's happened," Halsey said, still laughing lightly. "So, look, I'm starving and I'm really craving some chicken wings and fries. You guys down? Ashton said you guys are pretty chill."

My jaw dropped as Kat nodded furiously. Halsey just smiled and headed for the exit.

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After riding in Kat's car behind Halsey's big black SUV, we found a pizza joint somewhere in Atlanta. We ate plenty of chicken wings and fries, and took a ridiculous amount of pictures together. Kat had finally loosened up and struck up millions of conversations with Halsey. I sat back and relaxed, enjoying what was happening. I occasionally texted Michael so I could properly fangirl, and sent him a few silly pictures us girls took. I couldn't believe I was hanging out in a pizza place with Halsey, like, how often does this kind of thing happen?

"So, Halsey-"

"You can call me Ashley," she chuckled. For some reason my face heated up.

"Ashley," I smiled. "When are you dropping a new album?"

She rubbed her hands together and took a sip of her water. "I'm not sure yet. I'm thinking maybe July or August?"

Kat and I nodded in approval.

"Those boys sure do talk a lot about you," she nodded her head towards me, shoving two fries in her mouth. "Especially Mike."

My face got hot again.

"Oh?" I squeaked out. She nodded, chewing.

"He's told me a lot about you."

Okay, this could go one of two ways:

1.       He's said only good things about me or

2.       She knows I catfished him for a good three months

I fidgeted in my seat, gulping down half of my sweet tea. She gave me a supportive smile.

"As long as he's happy, everyone's happy, right?" She knew, she just didn't want to torture me about it. Bless her fucking heart. I nodded, smiling weakly.

Kat checked her phone, nudging me in the ribs afterwards. "It's almost 11."

"Crap," I said under my breath.

"Oh shit, you guys live like 3 hours away, don't you?" Ashley pointed out, her eyes widening. Kat smiled at her.

"Kind of."

"You guys should get going!" Ashley said, licking her fingers and scooting out of the booth.

I dug a 20 out of my purse and threw it on the table as Kat hugged Ashley goodbye.

"It was awesome hanging out with you guys. I didn't think something like this would happen, but they greatest things happen with the greatest people," Ashley said, pulling me into a hug. She smelled like almonds and honey, which made me smile.

"This was amazing," I said, grinning like an idiot as I pushed my glasses up my nose. Ashley pulled her phone out of her pocket, shoving it into my hands.

"Give me your number," she laughed when I gave her a confused look. "I want new friends."

I quickly typed in my number, putting the crescent moon emoji next to my name and saving it. I handed her her phone back and she shoved it into Kat's hands. She pulled me into another warm hug.

"It really was nice meeting you guys," she said, taking her phone back from Kat. "Hopefully we can hang out again soon?"

Kat and I nodded, grinning. She smiled again before saying goodbye and jogging out the door. Kat sighed.

"I think I'm in love."

I rolled my eyes. "You're ridiculous."

She looked at me, pouting.

"I didn't even get to make out with her!"

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(a/n)

*yawns* i'm not happy with this chapter but i'm not happy with any chapter in this story so oh well!!!!!!

life is so dull and boring at the moment i just want to go back to work cause i miss having money and i want it to be september 9th so i can see my babies finally

i might not be able to update on sunday (not that any of you probably care) cause i might not have wifi but i'm gonna work real hard at throwing something interesting into this piece of shit story

song: eyelids by PVRIS

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