Forgotten Night

Chapter 8

"Are you excited for tonight! I'm so excited oh my god, We're going to the Visionary Awards! like the actual real awards. I've gotta delete all the games from my phone just in case I run out of room for selfies!.." Brenna continued to blab on for about another minute about how many talented people are going to be there and she asked me about 3 times whether Ian Somerhalder would be there. I keep telling her he's too old for her, but I mean come on, what's a little 20 years age gap?

"He's my one true love though" she joked.

"I have to admit I am pretty nervous" I said. It had just been announced last night who the presenters for the night were and if I'm going to be completely honest, I had totally forgotten that I was even one of the choices. It's kind of surreal really. I basically live in this world in between normal life and fame and it can be hard sometimes because you just get stuck with the bad from both lifestyles. But this is one of the really great things about it. Tonight, along with the announcement of who won Most kind and influential, which is one of the only categories voted for online by the general public (and by general public I basically mean the fan girls of twitter lets be honest), I get to give a presentation about a chosen organisation from the list that i've supported in the past, and I've chosen the Trevor Project and I'm so excited!

"Dude, I haven't even bought a dress" Brenna said.

"Just borrow one of mine, we need to get going though if we want to get to the back stage change room early" I said, zipping up my bag.

"Oh my god, do you think they'll like have a star and everything?" Brenna asked. I laughed. Brenna is so aspirational and I love it. She really helps push me to aspire to get involved in things I want to do in life and I'm so thankful for that. She's the only person who could even get me to contemplate going on a plane next year for our gap year.

We put our bags in the boot of Brenna's car and started the drive to the place where the show is being held. It's only about 30 miles away but the traffic is always ridiculous and we have to drive back and forth around the city a little bit to get everything we need. It didn't take long until I fell asleep from the exhaustion of our rap sing-along battles.

I woke up to Brenna nudging me.

"Come on, I need to get my nails done and then figure out where I can get my makeup done!" she said. I usually do her make up for any kind of event, but with everything going on today I won't have time. We got out of the car and continued to zip around town for the next couple hours running errands and getting ready for the night.

It's about 5.30 now and I'm freaking out. I'm so excited to be doing this but it is a little nerve racking to be here. Brenna is out with the guests now while I'm doing finishing touches on my make up and waiting for my dress to be delivered. As soon as I put my lipstick away a staff member wheels in the rack with my dress and heels on it.

"Thank you" I said as she nodded and walked out the door. My dress is a gorgeous Givency, silver long sleeved gown with an open back and sides. It is covered in jewels and is the most beautiful dress I've seen in real life that has actually been mine. And the best part is I get to keep it. I put it on and it fit perfectly. My tanned skin looked so healthy in comparison to the silver shimmer of my dress. And the heels weren't anything short of amazing. Once I'm all ready I pick up my speech and practice again. I haven't written down what I'm going to say on my own , aside from a few statistics just to be safe. Before I know it, its 6.15 and the red carpet arrivals are about to start. I pick up my clutch and head out.

There are cameras everywhere. And when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere. It's a little bit strange to be walking down the red carpet and being interviewed rather than interviewing people, which I had done before. I freak out a little bit when I see the one and only Tyler Oakley waiting to interview the next celebrity. My publicist for the night, Leah, is talking to Tyler's people and tells me that they would like to interview me.

I walk over to Tyler and like usual he is radiating positive energy.

"Hi! You look incredible!" he said, engulfing me in a huge hug as if we were long lost best friends.

"Hello Tyler!" I said smiling genuinely.

"So, word on the internet is that you are announcing an award winner tonight!" Tyler said.

"Yeah I am! I'm super excited because this award is going to go to someone who really makes a big impact on the young people of today and I'm excited to see who the public look up to!" I said, knowing all too well that he was one of the fan nominated choices to win.

"Totally, any hints on who you think might be up on that stage receiving the award tonight?" he asked.

"Honestly all great nominees, I do like that one internet star though, he seems pretty cool" I said, making Tyler's face turn red.

"Oh God, you're gonna make cry Queen, I'm thinking Justin Bieber might have a pretty good chance, he seems to be making quite a positive public change in the past few weeks, what do you think about his recent interviews?" Tyler asked.

"Ummm.." I stumbled, "I think he's young and everyone deserves a second chance, he's definitely a very talented and notably kind-hearted person and we all go through rough times in our lives so who knows! Lots of incredible creators and influences are nominated so it will be interesting to see who wins!" I said, trying to smile and remain as composed as possible.

"Thanks for hanging with us! See you later on inside!" Tyler said.

We hugged goodbye and I continued to make my way around the red carpet, pausing for photo's and having many interviews, but I couldn't help but let my mind slip back to Justin.

When I'd finished up on the carpet I made my way back to the dressing room, not having to try too hard to avoid people considering I was one of the first to finish. I sat in my chair and looked in the mirror questioning my every thought. I was usually pretty on top of all celebrity gossip, but I had been pretty preoccupied with everything. When I heard the tv host say Jelena was back on I believed the possibility, but maybe it really was true. Maybe she was the reason he's stayed away from his bad boy tendencies. I took a deep breath and noticed Brenna entering the room.

"You won't believe who I was just talking to! Guess! Guess! Oh my god okay it was Ian Somerhalder! Or I guess I should be referring to him as Ian now that we're friends! Oh my god wait why are you in here shouldn't you be heading out soon?" Brenna said.

"Yeah I just needed a minute that's all, lets go!" I said, trying to push my pointless unnerving thoughts to the back of my mind as I grabbed her arm and followed the crew member to our seats.

A/N

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