My uber had to stop a block away from the France's rented LA home because the number of cars parked outside blocked the road. I sighed thankfully that I didn't bring my car. "Thank you very much, Drew," I said to my uber driver, got out of the car, and walked my way to the party. Damn, I'm wearing a long sleeved white dress that ends above my knees, I didn't know LA can also be this cold.
This party must be special because there's an ample amount of paparazzi outside the house also, this is a subdivision how come they're here. France is my manager's best friend from college and he owns the modeling company I work for. I could say I'm pretty close to him. Also, it's an all white- formal party but we don't even know why there's a surprise party, there just is.
I entered the mansion and recognized most of the A, B, C,- listers, (damn! the KarJenners are here and complete) and some models who are under his company. I don't know where my manager is so I just started looking for France. A lot of these people are multi-millionaires and is very evident with what they're wearing and I'm actually just staring-- in poor.
When I spotted France free from people I immediately came up to him.
"Wow, France!! This. Is. A. Party." I said, he hugged me with excitement.
"Hmm baby girl, the party has not started. I'm very happy you're here. One of my OG models!! I'm also excited for you to be here. I'm talking too much you know what this means. By the way who are you with tonight?" He said.
Yes, when he gets nervous, excited, and jittery he talks more than he should sometimes it's a good thing sometimes not.
"I'm supposed to be here with Krei but she's either late or early. I ubered my way here. So, spill the tea France, the party is almost immediate." I nudged him and smirked.
I was there when France started his company from scratch and will always be there for better and for worse.
"I want to tell you now! But, you have to wait." I can see he's very excited about tonight. I bet it's another franchise for a big brand but we never know until he confirms.
"Damn, fine. I'll go get myself a drink, you entertain your guests and I'll look for Krei." I said and hugged him again.
Krei is my manager but let me talk about how this mansion actually can fit the population of the city where I'm from, exaggerated but really.
I walked around with a glass of champagne on my hand looking for Krei. I bumped into lots of models, and celebrity friends, but I kind of just said hi and left because I really need to look for Krei and not in the mood for small talk.
I found myself at the entrance of a very large Backyard. "Hi, seats are arranged already may I have your name?" The lady said.
"Gabrielle Darodi," I said and smiled.
"Round Table #32," She said and smiled gently. I nod at her and searched for table 32.
I saw my manager Krei and we both waved at each other, she waved for me to come to the table. I smiled at her and rushed to sit beside her.
"Hey hoe, enlighten me. What's this all about?" I said and she laughed.
"Wow, hello there too-- Garrie. I don't know what's happening but who cares nobody here does." She said I gave her an eye-roll and sip on the champagne again "By the way, I'm introducing you to the people around the table" She continued. "This is Andrew, he's a manager." He's also oddly familiar. He said hi and shook my hand. She continued to introduce the people who I would probably forget their names.
"And we lack one person." She said and searched around.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and I look up to see who it is. "Oh, here he is, Shawn Mendes. Ihopeyou'renotmadiloveyou." I looked at her confused and back at Shawn. Frozen. Still. Stiff. Starstruck. Fuck what do I do lmao bitch this feeling do I scream? Do I run?
"I-i-i—" I embarrassingly started.
"I'm Shawn." He smile again. I feel like I need more oxygen than all of the people here combined.
"I'm Gabrielle Darodi. A huge huge fan." He smiled and grab a seat beside mine.
"I heard." He said and glanced at Krei, as if on cue to save my ass France started to announce that he will be giving a huge-ass announcement.
"Hello, hello, hello, Good Evening-- As you, all may know, I'm Frances Jeorgi, I know most of you-- I mean all of you does not know what's happening tonight." He started and chuckled.
"Tonight is very special... We have two huge announcements. First, I'd like to thank everyone for being here and giving time for this event. So without further adieu, I'll be showing you guys a video presentation. Made by my favorite team of Producers-- Paper Planet." He ended and got off the stage.
The video was like a pre-nuptial video of Frances and his boyfriend Justin. Everyone was awe, some were evidently happy, Krei was obviously sobbing, and so was I.
"Tissue?" I looked at my right and saw Shawn handing me his handkerchief. "That's not even tissue, but thanks," I said-- way to go being rude Gab--and took it. "Oh yeah." He blushed, sooooo cute. "You know I'm still freaking out that you're sitting beside me," I said. "Should I move?" He said and grinned. "No, no, no, no, not like that. I'm just very starstruck." I laughed and he did too. "Well......" He said and shrugged. Wow, the ego in this man. I stared at him a little longer and went back to watching the video.
The video ended, everyone clapped and Frances walked to the stage with Justin. "Thank you, thank you," Frances said while blushing.
"WE ARE ENGAGED." Frances and Justin said in chorus and everyone clapped a little louder, some were whistling too. "Thank you, everyone, our second special announcement involves business, we are expanding our company to Asia!!" He continued and talked about how this will be their engagement party and business party at the same time.
The servers then started to serve table to table. Frances and Justin also went table to table to see their guests.
"So Gabrielle, tell me about you." Shawn said. "Wow, the devil moves fast but our boy Shawn moves faster." Said Krei, and everyone at the table laughed and he went from very pale to a tomato real quick.
I just smiled. Wow, what a view. "What is this? First date?" Andrew said and laughed. "I didn't want things to be awkward. I-- fuck you guys." He said and laughed along.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
