Vapor {5SOS / Brian Dales}

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Giordana

June 24th (Los Angeles, Monti's 21st birthday)

I don't think I'd been so nervous is my entire life. Tonight would be the night I'd be face to face with Michael, and Luke since the night, that I would most likely refer to, as the worst night of my life.

It had been six weeks since the announcement, and things had gone way better than I had ever imagined. The sales from the EP, were exceeding my expectations; and I knew that a large part of that was due to us being signed by Hi Or Hey, and opening for them.
There was one thing, that I wasn't extremely happy with, and that were the rumours spreading around about Brian and I.

I knew that, that was partially my fault, for posting that photo. But if I'm being honest, I did have a secret agenda. I posted that, just to see if Michael would say something about it. He didn't. So I left it.

Another thing that happened over the last few weeks, was the filming of the music video to All My Friends. I wouldn't say that starring in the video was a bad decision. I had a lot of fun on set; and although some of the things I was doing, weren't something I would normally be comfortable with, Brian and the other members of The Summer Set, made me feel really welcome and comfortable. The problem, wasn't that I had to make out with Brian in the video, and make it look like it was heading somewhere further; the problem, was that once word had gotten out that I would be playing Brian's love interest; the rumours started to take more shape.
And it all came down to one thing; in every video they had released, where Brian had a love interest; they all had one thing in common. She was blonde. And me? It was pretty obvious that I wasn't. My hair was pink. I tried not to pay too much attention to it, but somehow, I just couldn't let it slip by.

The one good thing, I guess you could say, was that I was a lot more comfortable around Brian. I guess you could say, it took our friendship to another level. When the announcement was made, I became a lot more aware of paparazzi and the stories, they tried to make out of mine and Brian's friendship. So I was extremely cautious of being seen out with him alone. Knowing that they would twist stories, and create something out of nothing. Once we started filming the video, I had no choice but to face the fact that rumours were going to spread, more so than they had since I made the stupid decision of uploading that photo.

Monti told me not to worry about it, she said they were just creating stories for money. She'd experienced it all before, when she was dating Harry. But she also told me not to be surprised if starring in the video lead to more than just a friendship. She'd seen a rough cut of the video, and she had told me countless times that there was obvious chemistry, between the two of us. I didn't believe her, or pay any attention to her words though.

Monti and I were currently waiting for a car to pick us up, to take us to The Riff; the bar that Jack Barakat owned, and said we could hold Monti's party there. There was a knock at the door, and when I went to open it, I was shocked to see Brian. I knew he was going to be at the party, but I thought he was just meeting us at the bar, "hey," I smiled. It wasn't a huge smile, but it was genuine. I was happy to see him, I was just extremely worried about how tonight would pan out
"Hey," he leaned in for a hug, and I hugged him back, "you okay?" He asked. I didn't say anything, I sort of just shook my head, it was blatantly obvious that I wasn't okay. But I knew that if I spoke, that I would probably burst into tears.

He lead me to the couch, where Monti had sat down with a glass of champagne, "i thought you were meeting us at the bar?" She questioned Brian
"I was, but I figured G, would be more comfortable if I was with her when she showed up, he's already there," he explained, and he was right; I would be a million times more comfortable with him by my side if the first person I saw when we entered the bar was indeed Michael Clifford. Monti just nodded, and left the living room. Obviously trying to give us some privacy.