I Depend On You ~Zach Herron~

18

Iris's P. O. V.

"Hello?"

"Hey."

"It's been a while. What's up?"

"Well, uh. I just saw something and I wanted to ask you about it." I was so anxious talking to Kayla.

"Um, okay. What is it?"

"I saw this picture of two people that I knew... and it kinda upset me."

"Well.... What was it?"

I hesitated before quickly replying, "I saw a picture... of you and Jesse kissing at a party and I didn't know what to do."

"You saw me, and Jesse, kissing?"

"Yeah, you were wearing my friendship bracelet." I went to our messages and sent her the same picture.

I heard her sigh through the phone, then sniffle. "I'm sorry Iris. I did kiss him, but it's not what it looks like."

I was bursting on the inside, but I kept calm and let her talk.

"So what actually happened?"

"So I know you told me not to talk to him, but I couldn't help myself. He was pissing me off, so I went to confront him. I started yelling at him, and he started yelling back about how he missed you and missed being friends with me. I told him it was too late and it got quiet for a second. Then he kissed me. I pushed him back immediately, you can see my hands on his shoulders in the picture, but someone was quicker than I was."

"So it was all him?"

"Yes, I promise," she said. I could hear her soft cries, which made me start to cry.

"Kayla, don't cry."

"I feel bad. I shouldn't have even talked to him."

"No, it's okay. You were trying to stand up for me."

We both calmed down, and I said what we were both thinking.

"What about Daniel?"

"I don't know. We aren't dating so I don't have to tell him unless he asks about him, which he won't because he doesn't know about it. Right?"

"I didn't tell anyone," I told her.

"Well, then there's nothing to worry about.... Except the fact that I'm gonna meet Daniel freaking Seavey in three days!!" She squealed through the phone. I was thankful for her sudden change in tone.

"And don't forget about being on the tour bus with him."

"I know!!"

"I'm so happy for you." I smiled.

"You should come to the show, too!"

"Zach already asked me, but I said no." I tapped my fingers on my legs.

"What? Why?"

"I think Meghan is right. I have a song that I feel really passionate about, and I feel like if I get distracted I'll lose that passion."

"You really want to impress the record label, huh?"

"I just want to do the best that I can, for me. I don't care what Atlantic records thinks. I just want to make the music that I am proud of."

"Well, I'm not stopping you from following your dreams."

"Thanks. I have to go. I have a slot at a recording studio," I told her.

"Oooh, fancy," she said laughing.

"Bye."

"Byee!"

I hung up and went inside where Logan was vlogging. He was facing the other way, so I tried to walk up behind him and scare him.

"Boo!" I yelled, but he didn't move.

"I could see you the whole time, Iris." He laughed.

"Oh, right." I awkwardly scratched my head then walked off.

"Wait, where are you going?"

"I have to go record some music."

"Oh, cool. Soon you'll be as famous as me." He laughed.

"It shouldn't take that long. Hey! What's good Logang? Go follow me and look for my music video coming out in three days. @iriswatson. And don't do your voiceover thing," I said making Logan point the camera at me.

"Always plug. She got it from Zach," he said pointing to the sweatshirt he was wearing and laughing.

I laughed and walked over to the couch where I had my bag full of clothes. I grabbed my black pants, a black crop top, and Zach's black hoodie. I changed in Logan's bathroom, then put my hair up in a bun. I brushed my teeth and put my shoes on, then grabbed my stuff and left.

I drove to the recording studio and found the room I was in.

"Okay, so this is my first time so can you explain what I need to do," I said to the guy who was at the sound board.

"You just stand in front of that mic, and sing your song. I'll do the rest," he told me.

"Okay, cool."

                          ***

"Guys it's about to go up!" I shouted from the couch. Logan and Ayla came to the couch and sat next to me.

My music video was being uploaded on YouTube in like five minutes. I wanted to celebrate it with the boys or Kayla, but they had the show tonight. Logan and Ayla were the next best thing.

I tweeted, snapchatted, and instagrammed about the video all day, up until right now when the video was going up.

I refreshed the page and the video popped up on my VEVO channel. I immediately clicked on it and the video started. I hadn't seen the full video, so I was super excited to see how it turned out on the screen.

"The song is very emotional so the video had to be, too." I thought as I watched myself cry and rip apart pillows.

The video ended and I closed my laptop looking at Logan and Ayla for their reaction.

"So?"

"Iris, that was incredible," Logan said.

"You had so much emotion. You're really a great actress," Ayla complimented

"Thanks, but it wasn't really acting." I shrugged.

"What do you mean?" Logan asked.

"A lot of that was improvised. I told them I wrote the song about my ex boyfriend and they told me to express my feelings. The crying was fake, but I ripped apart pillows and threw stuff at the walls because I was so upset about him," I said sort of laughing.

"Weren't you dating Zach while you made this video?" Ayla asked.

"I was, but it was easy to tap back into my emotions from when it happened. I just thought about what he did.... and what I did after that... and I got so pissed off that I broke everything. The studio was shocked, but mostly impressed.. I think," I said laughing a bit at the end.

"Woah. I didn't realize you could be so violent," Logan said making an 'o' with his mouth.

"So, what's your next step?" Ayla asked.

"They'll start playing this song on the radio, and if my publicists release my other songs then those will be played, too. I'm not sure about other music videos, though." I shrugged.

"Well, we're all so proud of you."

"Thanks, Ayla." I reached over and hugged her, then pulled Logan in the hug too.

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