IVY // T. CHALAMET

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It was Timothée and Ivy's last day of Coachella and they were having an amazing day already and it was just 11:00am. They were awaiting BROCKHAMPTON to preform and show support to their friends, who had given them backstage access passes so they could watch the boyband without chaos insuing. Ansel and Violetta had merged with the other couple and they made their way to the stage that BROCKHAMPTON would be preforming at. On their way they ran into Kaia and Ingrid, but it was more that the girls had been waiting for the coupless all orchestrated by Timothée.

The two girls awaiting their best friend were also hiding another something for Ivy, behind them Bailey was hiding and waiting to see his sister. The reunion of the girls was cut short as Bailey ran out from his spot behind an art piece as he ran and tacked his older sister.

The Buxton siblings caught up by yelling gibberish and the only people who could tell what was being said was the other sibling. Once their catching up was done the now seven person group made their way to the stage that the band would be preforming on.

Ingrid, Kaia and Bailey had all been given backstage passes by Timothée (who magically had them and Ivy surprisingly didn't question where they came from) and Ansel and Violetta already had some. The seven New Yorkers a walked together to one of the areas where people with passes could go in and found the trailer that BROCKHAMPTON had. Outside the trailer some of the members milled around with other singers and bands.

Instantly Ivy saw Ciarán and snuck up in him to give him a hug, which startled him a bit. "You're here!" Ciarán yelled and hugged her back, "We go on in a second I was worried you were going to brave it in the crowd and not wish me luck."

"As if," Ivy laughed, "I would never. I'm so excited!" She told him while Timothée talked with Ian and some of the other members quietly and the other people in their group of supporters/fans hung out and talked.

"This is our first festival, Ive I'm so nervous." Ciarán confided in her while leaning against the trailer and tapping his fingers on the metal.

"Who knew me playing one of your songs on my Instagram and a couple DMs would lead to you being one of my closest friends and me coming to your first festival show?" Ivy asked with a chuckle. "It's crazy."

"And it's getting crazier." He added.

Ian waved to Ciarán and he looked up to Ivy and pulled her into another hug. "See you on the other side, bud." She said into his neck and he jogged off to the rest of the group. Ivy walked back over to Kaia, Ingrid, Bailey, Violetta and Ansel while Timothée stuck with Ian and the rest of the band and talked about something.

"Let's walk over to the stage, yeah?" Ansel suggested.

Everyone nodded and their closer walked over to a backstage viewing area that was roped off from the regular crowd. The six of them chatted and talked with fans who noticed them from their area and said hi while they waited for their friends to go on. Timothée jogged over after talking with the whole band as their set started.

The show went on as planned and everyone was ecstatic, cheering and singing along to the songs they knew so well. For the first song which Ciarán usually did solo Ivy cheered so long it caught the attention of the fans in the regular area.

Ivy and Timothée danced together as best they could to the rap music and jumped around hand in hand. All their friends payed attention to the performance but also made sure to take photos of the happy couple so they wouldn't forget their last few minutes of dating.

"I have to go to the bathroom I'll be right back." Timothée told Ivy at the beginning of the second to last song and started to walk off.

"You'll miss the end of their set T!" Ivy told him while he walked away.

"I'll be back before this song is done." He told her and ran off much to Ivy's annoyance.

During the last verse of the song Ivy got nervous that Timothée would miss the ending. She started texting him asking where he was and telling him to get back.

"Guys Tim went off to the bathroom and said he'd be back by the time this song is over and," She said trying to ask the others what to do but the song ended before she could ask. "Dammit Timmy."

All of the members of the band besides Ciarán left the stage for the last song of their set, SUMMER. Right as the song started someone slipped a bandana over her eyes.

"Hey!" She yelled. "Take this off what the fuck." She continued and tried hitting the person who put it over her eyes.

"Jesus Ivy calm down," Bailey told her. "It's for a surprise just go with it we won't hurt you." He explained and grabbed her hand and put another hand on her lower back, leading her forward which she timidly obeyed.

"Who's the other person?" She asked because she felt another set of hands on her.

"Calm down it's just me." Ian said and helped lead her up the stairs.

The into to the final song was finally ending and Ciarán was starting to sing and She was being lead up stairs.

"In the heat of the summer, oh
You know that you should be my boy" Ciarán sang and Ivy was off the dirt and could feel flooding under her feet. The surface moved a little under her feet and made hollow noises.

In the heat of the summer you're so different from the rest

Ivy kept being led on the not-dirt surface for a while and the doing was now a lot louder.

You know, you know, you know
You know that you should be my boy.

"I'm leaving now but Ian's still here." Bailey warned his sister and kissed her cheek, "I love you."

Oh yes, you do
In the heat of the summer

Ivy was lead to walk further on the surface and suddenly heard a whole bunch of screams and cheers while the sound of the orchestra playing along during the set sounded like it was right next to her.

You're so different from the rest
You know, you know, you know

Suddenly the blindfold was off and she was standing on the stage next to Ciarán who was doing his guitar interlude and was keeping up his sad, stand offish act. The lights on her were bright and slightly hurt her eyes and could see the crowd spanning far and the rest of the festival in the distance. Her friends and the rest of the band were now right in front of the stage in front of the security barrier of fans.

It was a lot for her to process being on stage but suddenly Timothée walked on the stage and the crowd cheered a lot. Timothée walked up to her and gave her a kiss then grabbed her hands and lead her in a little slow dance.

"T what's going on," She asked him once he pulled away from their little dance as the interlude ended.

You know that you should be my boy

Timothée got down on one knee and the crowd freaked out and Ivy stood there shocked and feeling her eyes well up with water. Her knees gave out and Ivy was now crouched down on her knees next to Timothée.

In the heat of the summer
You're so different from the rest

Ivy aggressively and quickly nodded her head and tackled him into a hug knocking him off his balance a little but he stayed up.

You know, you know, you know
You know that you should be my boy

Ivy pulled out of the hug and stood up and offering down a hand to help Timothée up.

Oh, yes, you know, oh yes, you know
In the heat of the summer

Ivy held out her hands, forgetting which hand the ring went on, and Timothée grabbed her left hand and softly kissed it then slipped the ring on her finger.

You're so different from the rest
You know, you know, you know.

The song finished and Ivy and Timothée kissed and the crowd went crazy.