Today, Forever, And Always

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Annie's POV
After the little. Uhm, scare. Hayden and I have been careful. Very careful. It's been about ten months since then and everything been a-okay. We're getting married in uh a little over a year. We'll both be 21. But I've gotten back into acting. I got a role in a freeform show. "The bold type." It's my first real adult role. And I found it on my own. I play Jane. The pilot is coming out tonight. I have to get ready for this interview. I put on my outfit that Katie picked out for me. She says it's professional but young and hot at the same time.

My hair was already done. I did some light makeup. I walk downstairs. Hayden and I are waiting till we're married to move in together, but half the time we stay at my secret house.
"Okay does this say I'm professional but still young and hot." I ask Hayley, whom is sitting at the counter doing homework.
"Yes. I'm gonna take a break from school so I can watch your interview with the cast." She finally looks up from her books and says.
"Did mom and dad okay it?" I ask. The show talks about very mature topics.
"I'm 16 now Anns. And remember the signal." She says laughing.
"Double tap, finger twirl, wink." I say fast. "Okay I gotta go. Love you Hales" I say and run out the door. It's only a five minute drive to the studio.
"Annie!" Meghann and Aisha squeal. I hug them both.
"We're going on. Like right now." They say. We walk on stage.
"Here with us today is. Annie LeBlanc, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy." The host introduces us. The others talk about their characters. And she gets to me.
"Well Annie you play?"
"Jane." I reply.
"Ah yes. Tell us about Jane."
"Well Jane, she wants to write about big important topics. Politics, in so many words more than fashion. And scarlet magazine it had a big impact on her when she was a pre teen, young adult. And she gets a column. And her first topic is about sex. And that is really challenging for her and you'll soon find out why. So stay tuned." I flash a big smile.
"I can not wait for this show! Okay now enough. Let's talk about your personal lives." We all laugh.
"Okay Annie let's start with you. You're engaged! Let's talk about this charming young boy who stole your heart." I blush.
"Well, Hayden and I have been together since we were about 12. And he proposed about ten months ago after filming my music video."
"Wow, wait let's break this down. You're what 20?"
"Yes, I'm the baby of the show." We all laugh.
"So you've been together since you were 12." I nod. "Have you ever broke up?" She asks.
"Nope. From a young age I knew, I personally didn't want to date a bunch of people before I was married. I wanted a lifetime commitment right away. And I was lucky enough to find that with my best friend." Awws erupt from the audience.
"Show them the rings." Meghann says. I laugh. I turn my hand up.
"Wait, there's two?" She points out.
"Yeah. The smaller one is the promise ring he gave to me on my 13th birthday. Which he had engraved to say Little Do you know... how much more I love you everyday. Which was the cover I did my first music video to, which was dedicated to my brother." My voice cracked.
"Is this a sensitive subject?" She asks.
"Of course. But it's better to talk about it than ignore the fact completely." I say weakly.
"You lost your brother Caleb at 10?" I nodded. Aisha put her hand on my shoulder.
"From a heart condition on my mom's side." I added.
"As we all know, your life has been public since you were very young."
"I started gymnastics at 3 I wanna say. And my dad he was overseas and the only way he could see them was on YouTube. So we started my YouTube channel acroanna now known as Annie LeBlanc. And from there we made our family channel Bratayley. Little fun fact, my little sister who's at home watching right now. When we made the family channel bratayley she was going through the terrible twos. So as a play on her name 'hayley' we named the channel bratayley and never changed it. Shes now 15 and hates that fact. We had a little over a million subs when Caleb passed." I explain.
"Your a very strong young woman Annie. Your fiancé is a very lucky man." I smile.
"Thank you so much." She carried on to Aisha and Meghann.
"Thank you all for coming. I, along with hundreds of thousands other people can not wait to watch the show tonight." We all stand up. I do the signal. And walk off the stage. We walk in my dressing room.
"You okay?" They ask me.
"Yeah, just don't like being put on the spot." I shrug.
"Wanna meet up later?" Meghann suggests.
"Yeah. How about 8?" Aisha asks.
"Eight is great. I just wanna spend some time with Hayden before I come home wrecked." We all laugh.
"Ooh." They say in unison. We all laugh.
"Not like that. Okay maybe it is a little. It's just we've both been busy. And we agreed to wait to move in together till we're married. Because he knows I'm gonna miss hayley. But any spare time I have. I'm writing, or at my house with him anyway so what's the point?" I groan. I fall back onto the couch. They sit with me.
"Okay you know what. Your not even going home. You need to come straight back with us. And we're going to top last sleepover. We're gonna get cast party 4 am trashed." Aisha squeals.
"God I'm so glad I have you guys." We all laugh.
"Hey at least we're letting you drink in the privacy of our homes. Not bringing you out, wearing trashy uncomfortable clothes, using your fake. But instead sitting in Aishas living room in sweats drinking tequila." Meghann says while laughing.