Girls Love Girls And Boys | Hartbig

Chapter Five

The first show of this tour comes quickly, and the girls are flying to Columbus. After having checked into the hotel and taken a minute to assess the fact the summer in Ohio is hot as hell, they head to the Palace to rehearse. Mamrie goes onto the stage and sets up her items for her bit, looking through her marked puns and changing a few words here and there. Hannah and Grace sit backstage, their backs against the wall.

"You doing okay?" Hannah asks quietly. Grace looks up from her phone and nods, trying to give a semi convincing smile.

"Just pre show nerves." Grace says. Hannah nods but still watches Grace, making sure she's alright. Everything about her is tense. Hannah glances quickly to the stage, Mamrie's run through ringing in at about halfway done. Assured the coast is clear, Hannah slides her arms around Grace's middle. Grace's body melts into Hannah's arms and she rests her head on Hannah's chest.

"So you shake that motherfucker like a drunk white girl's ass in a club." Mamrie's voice floats back to them. Hannah and Grace chuckle a little.

"Always keeping it classy, she is." Grace comments. Hannah laughs and presses a quick kiss to Grace's temple. They stay the way they are for a while, nobody passing them backstage. And then Mamrie's final words break the air.

"And now we have the less funny Hart, the smallest human in existence, like seriously she's so tiny, Hannah Hart!" Hannah's head snaps up.

"Shit. I'm supposed to be in the wings." Hannah whispers. Grace's eyes widen.

"Run Han." She hisses out, trying not to laugh. Hannah stands up and bolts across the stretch of backstage to the wings, where Mamrie's looking for her.

"Where were you?!"

"I-uh I lost track of time." Hannah manages out, taking gulps of breath from sprinting.

"I'm just glad this wasn't the real show." Mamrie says. Hannah nods and goes on stage. Mamrie goes back to where Grace is sitting. "Alright Helbig, I know Hannah was back here with you." Mamrie mentions. Grace stiffens. "Was she texting her girlfriend or something?" Grace relaxes slightly.

"I don't know, maybe. She was on her phone but I didn't really pay attention." Grace mutters. Mamrie shrugs and sits down.

"Oh, I have a surprise!" Mamrie exclaims. "Chester texted me earlier and said he's going to come and read the fanfiction bit for us." Grace smiles awkwardly, knowing Mamrie still has suspicions she and Chester are dating.

"That's awesome." Grace replies.

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Fast forward a few hours and the three girls are almost to the end of the show. They wait in the wings as they hear Chester reading the introduction to the fanfiction. Hannah and Mamrie go out on stage and Grace hangs back in the wings to watch. It starts simple. Grace watches as Hannah and Mamrie semi flirt. Her stomach churns little watching and she looks away to take a deep breath.

"There's no way I couldn't be interested in such a beautiful red head like you!" Hannah says, finally getting to the romantic part.

"Mamrie blushes and looks away." Chester narrates. Mamrie pulls out a makeup brush and some blusher, applying it heavily for comedic affect, then looks to the floor. Hannah puts her hand under Mamrie's chin and pulls her head up so their eyes meet. "Mamrie leans in to kiss Hannah gently." Chester continues. Grace watches in anticipation, her toes curling her shoes and her fingernails digging marks into her palms. They can't actually kiss, she thinks. can they?

Mamrie moves forward and pressed a rough but very real kiss onto Hannah's lips. Hannah stumbles back, her mouth open wide in shock. Mamrie chuckles. Hannah looks to the wings, catching sight of Grace with angry tears welling in her eyes. Hannah's heart drops into her stomach and she opens her mouth to say something, to do anything to make Grace not cry, but she can't. Grace looks at her for a minute before walking away slowly.

Grace isn't mad at Hannah or even Mamrie. She's mad at herself for not fessing up to being upset about the fanfic or loving Hannah or even trying to come to terms with her sexuality. Grace goes to her purse backstage and pulls out a tissues, wiping her eyes. She composes herself and goes out on stage. The girls finish the show quickly. Mamrie heads up to bed shortly after so Hannah and Grace head to their room. Grace leans down to whisper in Hannah's ear.

"You're about to have the time of your life."

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A/N- It seems all the drama in my fics begin onstage at NoFilter, don't they? I've finally gotten myself around to writing something that actually contributes to the plot !!!

Also for anyone who isn't comfortable with/prefers not to read/wants to be warned so your mom doesn't kill you, the next chapter is NSFW. Obviously I'll put a warning before it as well but I thought I'd give you a heads up here too.

See you next time kids! Remember to stay hydrated!

Also for anyone who's back at school, you can do this! Go you, getting an education!

Xoxo