The Miami show is...awkward, to say the least. The crowd is reserved, having seen the utterly insane blow up on tumblr over what happened at the Pittsburgh show. Everyone is concerned about Grace, after the crying fiasco on stage. She's seen many posts on tumblr in her late night scrolling through the hartbig tag of people worrying about her. She feels badly she's worrying people, but it does make her feel slightly better that nobody is looking at her differently after finding she is, in fact, not straight.
Neither Grace nor Hannah have spoken to Chester since he accidentally posted the snapchat and Mamrie will only communicate in brief, formal sentences. Mamrie is pissed, but Hannah is more just tired of the drama. Grace is going the route of repressing it and trying to forget it ever happened. As per usual, when things go awry.
The three of the sit in a row on the plane journey to Dallas. Grace takes her phone out to film a bit for Fridiary, which she had been neglecting the last two weeks.
"On the plane to Dallas!" She says softly, panning to Mamrie and Hannah. Hannah's hand was interlocked with Grace's but she quickly yanks it away when she sees the camera. She doesn't want to fuel to ship fire. The trio get off the plane and Chester happens to be getting off his around the same time.
"Hey-" Chester begins to say cheerfully before the trio pushes past him to bag check. "guys." He finishes softly. It's juvenile behavior, but it's to the point where Grace can't look him in the eye without feeling angry and frustrated and just plain sad. So in attempts to avoid all of that emotion she so despises she quite rudely ignores him and hopes he gets the hint to back off.
Soon enough the girls are heading down to the theater in their onesies to host the meet and greet. Grace spends the walk picking at the cuticles of her fingers, which Hannah has picked up as an anxious habit of Grace's.
"You good?" Hannah whispers, her hand going comfortingly to Grace's back.
"Yeah...just a little anxious, you know?" Grace replies. Hannah nods.
"Everything okay back there lovebirds?" Mamrie asks, trying desperately to lighten the mood. Grace manages a small laugh.
"Yes, mom." Hannah jokes. The three girls enter the theater and get set for the meet and greet. Soon after a crowd of people gush through the doors and Grace is more at ease. Big crowds used to make her anxious but these are people who 100% support her, and that gives her comfort. As Mamrie is finishing up taking pictures with a girl they all just chatted with, Grace goes over to Hannah.
"Do you want to have a little date with room service and Netflix when we go back to the hotel?" Grace whispers, her lips practically pressing on Hannah's ear so nobody can hear her.
"That sounds gre-" Hannah begins to reply, but is interrupted.
"HARTBIG!" They hear someone in the crowd cheer excitedly. Hannah is taken aback, stopping short to look into the crowd, trying to find who it was that shouted. They don't see who shouted but they see a tall, dark haired girl scold the shouter.
"Hey! You're here to meet the girls, not make them uncomfortable by talking about shipping. Their relationship, real or not, is none of your business so be respectful or leave." Grace silently thanks the girl for telling off the shouter, who promptly leaves in embrassment.
When the dark haired girl takes her turn to meet the girls, Grace pulls her into an extra tight hug. "Thank you so so much for telling off the human who shouted." Grace whispers. The girl steps back from the hug and blushes. "What's your name?" Grace asks.
"Mariana." The girl answers.
"That's such a pretty name!" Grace says happily. "Han, come meet our savior Mariana." Grace calls out to Hannah. Hannah comes and hugs Mariana too, thanking her again. And then Mamrie comes, hugging Mariana tighter than should be humanly possible.
"You're a great great contribution to society, your parents raised you well." Mamrie announces, giving Mariana a big smile. Mariana says a shaky thank you and takes pictures with the girls. As she's about to go, Grace calls her back.
"Would you mind if I took a picture with you for my Instagram?" Grace asks. Mariana's eyes go wide, and she stammers a response.
"N-no of course not I'd love to!" She says. Grace, Mariana, Hannah, and Mamrie all take a picture on Grace's phone and Mariana is off while the girls all call more thank yous.
"She was such a sweet girl." Hannah says to Grace. Grace nods, looking again at the picture of the four of them on her phone. She is again in awe at how kind her subscribers are to her, and how much they really care about her and her privacy.
After the show Grace posts the picture.
@gracehelbig: had such a nice meet and greet tonight! this human was a particular highlight
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A/N- Big big big drama coming up in the next chapter! Might even be the climax, if I do say so myself. A pre warning, if you're sensitive to inner story yelling/anger take caution reading next chapter. I'm not trying to spoil anything I just want everyone to be safe and happy!
Also a huge thank you to my best friend Mariana for letting me basically exploit her in my fanfiction. You're a good egg cashew <3
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PS. Happy Holidays!! I'm hoping to post some festive one shots this week, so you can look out for those! Have a safe and happy holiday season.
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