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Chapter Nine

The next stop on the tour, Pittsburgh, comes quickly. The girls settle into their hotel and then head to the nearby theater to do a run through of the night's show. The run through goes smoothly, and soon the gang is hanging out in the theater before the show actually begins.

Grace and Hannah sit on the stage, legs dangling over the edge. They talk about anything and everything, content to just talk and not feel a need to censor themselves. As much as coming out to her friends with her relationship had scared Grace, it surely was nice not to have to sneak around so much.

Hannah scans the room quickly, only seeing Chester on his phone standing farther into the crowd of seats, back to them. So, feeling safe, she slips her hand into Grace's. Grace smiles widely.

"You're cute." Grace says, leaning over and kissing Hannah's cheek. Hannah feigns shock.

"Says you, the most beautiful girl on the planet." Hannah replies, thumb rubbing gentle circles on Grace's hand. Grace blushes, looking away. Hannah leans down and kisses Grace on the lips quickly before pulling back with a grin.

"Do you want to get dinner before the show?" Grace asks.

"I would love nothing more." Hannah answers. "But I'm paying!"

"No you paid last time Hannah!" Grace argues, still gleeful.

"We'll settle this later." Hannah says calmly, kissing Grace's forehead before jumping off the stage edge. Grace follows suit and the girls walk swiftly down the aisle of seats. They pass Chester and Grace says hello.

"Hey Chester! What's up?" As much as Grace is trying it will never not be awkward. It hurts for her to see him and she knows it must be ten times worse for him, especially when she's holding hands and being all sappy with Hannah.

Chester gives a forced smile and replies, "Nothing much, just updating snapchat and such." Grace nods.

"Cool cool." She says, awkwardly glancing downwards. Carrying conversation has never been her strong suit.

"As much as we'd love to stay and chat we're going to hit a nearby resteraunt for dinner before the show. We'll see you backstage Chester." Hannah swoops in, saving the conversation for Grace.

"Alright then. See you backstage." Chester says. His voice certainly isn't cold. Chester See isn't capable of being cold. But there is a certain icy touch to his voice that tells Hannah and Grace clearly he's still upset about what happened. Rightfully so, but Grace wishes things could go back to how they were.

Hannah and Grace go outside the theater and walk down the street to a nearby cafe. They are seated quickly and soon have glasses of wine in front of them. Hannah always helps Grace pick a wine, partly because Grace knows she'd never find a wine to her taste herself but also because Grace loves how enthusiastic Hannah gets about stuff like that. The girl really knows her wines.

"So that conversation with Chester was..." Hannah says, sipping her wine to avoid finishing. Grace goes red and buries her face in her hands.

"That was the most awkward conversation I've ever had in my life." Grace mumbles.

"At least he didn't get surprise attacked by your girlfriend in a robe and panties this time." Hannah tries to joke. Grace groans.

"Don't remind me."

"Sorry babe."

Their food arrives then and as their settling into the meal Grace picks up her phone to go check social media quickly. She doesn't have notifications on, otherwise her phone wouldn't stop buzzing. So ignoring twitter, tumblr, and instagram, she goes to snapchat, preparing to do the classic picture-of-my-food thing when she sees Chester's story update. She watches it, skipping through some pictures with Mamrie, airport stuff, etc. Then, she sees something that catches her off guard.

Chester is talking in the snat, going on about coming out to the show if you live near Pittsburgh. And then there's Grace and Hannah in the background, holding hands. Grace feels her heart rate pick up immensely.

"Gracie, what's up?" Hannah asks quietly. Grace doesn't respond.

She watches herself lean and kiss Hannah on the cheek. And just when she thought it couldn't get any worse, the digital Grace and Hannah kiss on the lips. Suddenly Grace can't breathe.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck." Grace mutters, her hands shaking.

"Whoa whoa what happened?" Hannah pushes, looking at Grace in concern. Grace's pallor is suddenly paler than normal and her breathing is heavy.

"Chester posted a video of us." Grace manages. "We were kissing."

"What?!" Hannah nearly shouts.

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A/N- Yes I am doing this. I'm sorry for the cliffhanger (just kidding I'm not really that sorry.) but it's writing goddammit! I hope this gets everyone on edge for the next couple chapters and stuff.

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