My Inspiration (An Ansel Elgort Fanfiction)

"I like that one." Marie says, her reflection behind me in the large mirror hung on the wall. I slowly turned around in the mirror to look at the whole dress, my expression showing that I was unsure about it.

The dress was a knee length, white Chanel gown. The neckline was covered in diamonds and it pinched at my waist. I know that any other girl would die to be in my position, picking out a designer dress and getting all done up, but I just wasn't like that.

I turn to face my aunt who was sitting in the corner of the room, the fact that I was unsure clear on my face. "Whatever you want, sweetheart. It's a very pretty dress." She says with a small smile.

I shift to face the mirror again and shake my head once. "This isn't it, I just don't feel comfortable in it." I say and Marie nods, walking behind me so she can start undoing my dress.

"Make sure you like it and that you're comfortable in it, don't pressure yourself." Marie says calmly and helps me step out of the dress, then hangs it back up on the rack.

I was thankful that Ansel's stylist was so calm and patient, because I'm sure unlike me, most celebrities she works with can make decisions within seconds because they can pull nearly anything off.

I make my way over to the rack, my hands fumbling over the fabric of the dress on the end of the rack closest to me. My finger came in contact with the price tag and out of curiosity I flip it over to check the price, my eyes immediately widening.

The price was higher than anything I've seen in my life, anything I've ever heard of for that matter. I start looking at the other dresses prices, amazed by how just a work of fabric could cost so much. Marie catches me out of the corner of her eye and pulls my hand away from the price tag.

"Don't worry about the prices, I deal with that. Just look at the dresses." She says encouragingly and I nod, bringing my eyes up to examine each of the dresses on the rack. One at the opposite end of the rack catches my eye, but all I can see is silver.

"I like that one" I say, nodding toward the gown and Marie follows my gesture, taking the dress off of the rack and nods once. "Good choice" She says before taking it off of the hanger and helping my step into it. She helps me get it on and starts zipping it up and I glance over at my aunt.

Once the dress is on all the way, I turn to look in the mirror, and I'm intrigued by what I see. The dress is covered with silver sequins down to the top of my thigh, where it fades throughout the rest of the gown, making it almost see through. There was a thin, gray belt around my waist to show my curves a bit more.

I look over my shoulder at my aunt, who is raising her eyebrows at me, smiling. "You look absolutely beautiful, Mads. I really like that one." She says and I nod in agreement, looking over at Marie.

"This is the one."

-

After multiple appointments for hair, nails, and makeup, the day came. It was a foreign feeling being pampered like this, it was almost like a small taste of the life of a celebrity.

I met Ansel at his apartment where our shared stylists for wardrobe, hair, and makeup. I showed up just like Marie had told me to, in clothes easy to change out of and make up free.

When I ring the doorbell, I'm greeted by a woman I have never seen before. She shorter than me like most people were, and had shoulder length black hair. She gave me a warm smile and opened the door all the way, explaining who she was before I even needed to ask.

"I'm Kim, Ansel and now your hair stylist." She says and shakes my hand in a friendly manner.

"Hi, I'm Maddie" I say with a smile and walk into the apartment, setting my bag down on a table near the door.

"Madeline, that's Madeline." I hear Ansel's voice before I can see him, but a few seconds later he appears from around a corner in only a pair of sweatpants, holding an apple in his hand.

"Ansel sit down, I'm not finished" She says with a laugh and Ansel puts a finger up to tell her one second and walks over to me.

"Hello, Madeline." He says with a crooked smile and leans down to kiss my cheek before walking over to a chair that was set up with a table full of hair supplies next to it.

"Hi" I say with a light giggle and tuck my hair behind my ear, walking over to stand a few feet away from his chair.

"Are you excited?" Ansel asks with a small smirk, wiggling his eyebrows at me and I can't help but laugh, this one a bit louder than the one before.

"Of course I am, but I'm nervous. I've never been with celebrities before, well other than you, but I don't think of you as a celebrity." I say, biting down on my bottom lip. I didn't even have close friends from my school, and now I was going to a very highly awaited movie premiere with my celebrity boyfriend.

"Don't be nervous, everything will be fine. But I will kind of be announcing you to the world as my girlfriend." He says with a shrug of his shoulders and glances up at Kim, who gave him the okay that she was finished.

It had just now clicked that this was it, after this the entire world would know I was dating Ansel Elgort, one of the fastest rising celebrities today and chances are they would want to look into my life.

My mother was a famous dancer in her time so she was familiar with paparazzi, and the paparazzi were familiar with her. If they asked me about my life, that would most likely include my mother and I don't know how I would react to that, especially with cameras.

"Mads, you okay?" I snap back to reality when I hear Ansel's voice and I immediately look up at him, nodding my head.

"Yeah, fine" I mutter and give him the best smile I could, which was apparently enough because he nods and Marie peeks her head around the corner of another room and waves to me before motioning for Ansel to follow her to get changed.

Ansel follows Marie and Kim gestures for me to sit in the chair Ansel was in only a few moments ago. I move to sit in the chair and Kim turns the chair so I'm facing her, and gets to work.

-

"Absolutely perfect" Marie says, standing a few feet away from me and looking me up and down.

Here I was standing in the same, sparkly gray dress, but now it was different. My waist length brown hair fell in loose curls down my back, with my bangs pulled back from my face. My face had not too much makeup, and other than the silver eye shadow, black eyeliner and lengthening mascara, and bright red lipstick it looked natural.

I smile at her before she gestures for me to turn around and I do slowly, looking at the full length mirror that hung on the wall. My eyes widen when I take in my reflection, and I almost didn't recognize it.

"Oh my..." I say as my eyes look my body up and down in awe. I had never looked this way before, never really gotten this dressed up before. The long dress complemented my long, thin figure and the eyeliner made my eyes pop out. I had always wanted to wear red lipstick but I never thought I could pull it off, and the makeup artist worked a miracle.

"Shall we let Ansel in to see you? You must get going soon anyway." Marie says with a wide smile, handing me a designer handbag that held only a few necessities in it.

"Of course, let him in." I say hesitantly, my eyes trailing towards the door. I knew I looked good, this is the first time I've actually been confident in my appearance, and I was anxious for him to see me.

I clutch onto the handbag as she twists the doorknob to pull it open, to reveal a waiting Ansel standing right outside the door.

*Authors Note*

I know you probably hate me for stopping it right there, but I had to.

Anyway, if you want to know what the dress that Maddie is wearing looks like it's the one that Elizabeth Banks wore to one of the Catching Fire premieres. I don't know exactly which one, but it is very long and covered in silver sparkles, you can just google "Elizabeth Banks Catching Fire premiere" and it should come up.

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