Saved - Ashannie

25. Music Video

A couple days later Johnny dms me on Instagram,

johnnyorlando-
hey

annieleblanc-
hey

johnnyorlando-
so I'm filming my music video for my new song, Sleep, and I wondered if you wanted to be in it?

annieleblanc-
by be in it you mean what exactly...?

johnnyorlando-
like we'd be acting like were dating, but no kissing or anything like that

annieleblanc-
Johnny I have a boyfriend. Don't you think
it's a little wrong? Especially while he's in the
hospital?

johnnyorlando-
it's not like we're doing anything bad. I know my boundaries.

annieleblanc-
fine. let me talk to asher first.

I go to the hospital to talk to Asher, who seems a little more awake and active today. I show him the dms and talk to him about it. "He said right in the texts that you guys are going to act like you're dating. That could cause a lot of drama in fandoms."

"I know. That's why I came to talk to you. I want to do it, but I don't know what could happen if I do." Asher nods, "I understand. Look if you want to do it, I'm not stopping you. I trust you. I just want you to be careful. Don't go falling for someone when you have a boyfriend." I laugh, "I could never. But I think I'm going to do it, this could help me become a little more known." Asher smiles at me, and pulls me into him so I can kiss him. I text Johnny, telling him that I'll do it, and we make plans to shoot the video.

Day 1 of shooting video

I arrive at the warehouse that Johnny told me to go to, immediately becoming overwhelmed by all the people. "Are you Annie?" Someone interrupts my thoughts, "um yeah."

"Okay. I'm Paige. I'm here for hair and makeup. Let's get you started."

"Okay." We walk into a large dressing room, filled with racks of clothes and makeup and hair products. First, they have me pick out an oufit, I choose a greenish blue dress with flowers. They curl my hair and leave it down natural. Very light makeup is applied to my face, as a request from Johnny. We first film a couple shots with just me or just him, nothing too complicated. The first shot we do together consists of us sitting on the floor in the mock bedroom they have set up, Johnny shows me pictures that he has in a journal. The next shot is us sitting in the same spot but this time he has his arm around me. They start filming and tell us to act normal, since they don't want this to look scripted. Johnny tells jokes, making me laugh. He gives me his jacket and we sit outside, again doing another laughing shot.

We film for about 2 hours, but as soon as I'm done, I take the first Uber to the hospital. "Hey princess, how was the music video?"

"It was pretty good. He really did know his boundaries, the only thing he did was hold my hand, give me his jacket, put his arm around me, and make me laugh."

"Oh. Okay." Asher says in a low tone, his face hard. "Hey what's wrong? You said you trusted me." I look down at my feet, letting my hair fall over my face. "I do it's just you sound like you had a lot of fun. You look really happy and you haven't stopped smiling since you got here. But you never talk about me or what we do like that," Asher says, his eyes filling with hurt. "Asher you don't know that. Ask Jayden, my bestfriend from home. All we talk about is you! Yes, I had fun with Johnny, but it was all acting. I've never had to act with you, this is all real!" My eyes start to tear up and I quickly put my head down to cover it. "But you've never smiled that big when you're with me." I look at Asher, anger replacing the hurt, "the happiness I feel with you can't be measured in how much I smile. Maybe I'm just happy because I know this is a start to my career!" Asher looks away, breaking the little eye contact that we had. "Or maybe you're happy because something happened. Did something happen?"

"Wow. I can't believe you just asked me that question. Do you really think I'd cheat on you? Look Asher, I spend all of my free time here. If I was cheating on you, I wouldn't ever be here. I love you too much to lose you! But maybe you don't feel the same, since you're accusing me of this." I stand up and walk out of the room, "I'm going home. Call me when you want to talk and not assume."

"A-annie come back! I'm sorry! I don't know what I was thinking. You would never cheat on me!"

I don't even stop to hear him talk. I keep walking until I'm outside, calling an Uber and going back to school.

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Ouch. My ashannie heart😭.
damn y'all really don't want asher to die omg
DONT HATE ME FOR THIS PLEASE
ASHANNIE IS STILL ENDGAME!!