Miss Popular

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I swore I would never let our managers book another early morning flight again unless it was necessary. I woke up at 3:30 to finish last minute packing and getting ready, Ev came to my house at 4:15, we had to get to the airport, go through security, and finally wait on our plane.

"You're not a morning person." I commented as I let Ev lay on my lap

"Not at all." He mumbled

"What time is your first event?" I asked him

I could see people taking pictures with their phones 'discretely'

"Well today is just welcoming day, so it's just PR stuff, but tomorrow I'm performing at 9:30 at night for an hour, and Sunday we both have interviews which you know." He answered

Then they announced that our flight that boarding, we were definitely not ready for five hours on a plane.

Luckily it was nonstop.

When we landed, the time change hit us yet again. It was eight in the morning in LA but would be ten back at home.

Our managers drove us to our hotel that was pretty spacious.

They gave us a basic run down of the next three days plus an apartment update. I couldn't believe we were about to move into our own apartments.

"Oh, Grier, this may come as a shock, but would you be okay performing tonight at the welcoming party?" My manager asked

I practically joked on my water, "What?"

"Tonight at 8:30, just a thirty-minute set. You could do some originals, some covers, anything." She explained

"But I haven't rehearsed or anything." I reminded her

Everett rubbed my back, "You can do this."

"Okay b-" I started before Kate cut me off

"Great! I'll tell them you're in, remember you have to be walking around by three, Grier I'll bring you to hair and makeup at seven - wear something cute and trendy." Kate spoke quickly

Then Kate and Adam disappeared from the room.

"Well then." I mumbled

"You got this, Gray, if you can wing a graduation speech then you can wing this." Ev encouraged me

I kissed him, "Okay."

"Can we sleep until like one?" I asked him

"Oh hell yeah." Ev agreed

Everett took his shirt off and we got under the hotel cover and just laid there.

"Can you take your sweatshirt off? I like feeling your skin." Ev spoke

"I'm cold." I added

I looked at him, "Are you gonna spoon me?"

"I'm gonna get a boner and it's gonna be awkward." He said

I sat up to take off my sweatshirt, "No, shit. I'm pushing my butt on you on purpose. It's fun, pull me closer."

To Everett's surprise, I only had on a sports bra under my sweatshirt.

"I adore you." He grinned as I laid down

He put his arms around me and spooned me just how I liked it. That's how we slept until two - yes we badly overslept, that didn't stop me from posting on social media.

I just threw on a white dress, did my makeup quickly, and straightened my hair.

As soon as we walked into the convention, we were immediately crowded, despite the two security guards.