She's Not Afraid

CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE: DIRTY LOVE

CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE: DIRTY LOVE

"You were great, Marshall! Totally out of this world!" I gave my manager the best compliments that I could think of.

"Right back at you, Cher." He proudly smiled.

"Oh, I'd like you to meet someone..." He added while motioning me to turn around and that's when I became awestruck.

I swear my mouth must've dropped hard on the floor when I came face to face with 'The Punk Princess' of all time.

"OH MY GOD! I'M A FAN! WOULD YOU PLEASE SIGN ON MY BELLY?!" I lost it.

"Yeah, sure. I've heard so much about you from my friend here... He says that you've got a lot of talent to offer to the music industry." Avril smiled.

"You guys are friends?! How come you never told me about this? You know how much I love and respect her just like you!" I turned to face Marshall.

"Yeah, I figured you'd freak out like this..."

"So not the point here!" I argued like a total brat.

"You coming to the after-party, Cher?" Avril brought my attention back to her.

"Will you be there?" I asked.

"You bet I will." She's a real doll, I tell you!

"Then I'm there! Sorry, I'm not usually like this... I usually get tongue-tied whenever I see one of my idols right in front of me but---" Why couldn't I stop talking?! So not cool.

"Want to go ride with me all the way to the after-party?" She offered.

"Uh-huh." Completely starstruck here that I forgot about everything else.

"I see that you guys made it to my concert." I heard Eminem conversing with One Direction not that far from where I was standing.

"Would you excuse me for a sec? I'll be right back so please don't leave me." There goes my image... but I don't care. Avril Lavigne's definitely an exception!

"I promise that I won't, honey." She looked rather amused.

"What's going on here?" I walked over to the guys.

"And I see that you've finally stopped fangirling over my friend." Eminem's voice was filled with sarcasm.

"Nothing's going on, love. Well, at least not yet." Harry said.

"We were just telling Eminem here how mind-blowing his concert was." Zayn flashed me a happy smile.

"What's this I heard about an after-party?" Louis asked, clearly intrigued.

"I'm having one. Would you lads want to come with?" Marshall asked.

Whoa, did I just hear him right?

"You guys can ride with me in my limo..." He added.

"Uh-huh." Niall and Liam sounded like I did when I responded to Avril's invitation to ride with her just awhile ago. Fanboys.

"Then I guess I'll see you all there? Bye!" I just couldn't make Avril wait that long for me now, can I?

"Wait! Can I take off the dress and the wig now?" Louis asked.

"Yeah, go ahead."

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"Are you two dating in secret?" I can't help but ask.

"I'm dating who?"

"Eminem." I just thought that they would make a pretty cool couple if ever.

"Maybe. We're thinking of collaborating too." She chuckled which made it harder for me to tell if she was joking or not.