Follow You (Oli Sykes Fan Fiction) COMPLETE

Fame

In April, my life changed forever when my manager sent me off for an audition with the world's biggest lingerie brand in the entire world. They had single-handedly created most of the most famous models in the world and turned them into celebrities in their own right. To say I was nervous was an understatement, and while I didn't get my hopes up, I kept telling myself to be positive. I got two callbacks, and after what felt like so many steps, I got the call from my Luiz, my manager that every model dreams of. They had chosen me. They apparently loved my positivity and bubbly personality and were excited to have an Australian model in their mix. Excited doesn't begin to cover how I felt. The contract I signed was six figures, and even though it wasn't about the money, that was the turning point for my entire life.

They say that money and fame changes people, but I didn't really feel any different. It was strange the very first time I had paparazzi in my face when I left a nightclub with some famous models who also worked for the brand, but other than that, nothing really changed. The parties I got invited to in LA were full of A-lsiters, and my workload got more and more insane, I was now jetting off around the country – and the world – just for photoshoots and editorials for the biggest magazines, but I still loved being in LA and just hanging out at the beach with Behati. Luiz promised me that if I put in the hard work for a couple of years to really build my brand and get exposure, that I could be, in his words; "legendary". I had to laugh.

My manager had me working like crazy; I'd been to Paris, Italy and all over the USA and I'd spent quite a lot of time in New York working too. I'd been to amazing events and landed some huge campaigns, and even though I felt the same, I guess I wasn't. I was confident now, successful, driven and most importantly, happy. I had my old friends Behati and Hannah, plus many new ones from the modeling, music and acting world – it was impossible not to become friends with celebrities when you are constantly rubbing shoulders with them. I got to go VIP to my first ever Coachella which was beyond incredible, and I was asked to be involved with a stack of music videos. My favourite being when I got to be a fake-killed in a music video for Fall Out Boy after befriending Pete Wentz and his wife at a party.

With my new lease on life, I also decided to dip my feet into the dating scene a little and accepted a few date offers, but in the end, nothing really happened with any of them. I was so busy and focused on my career that unless I felt a ridiculous connection, I wasn't going to persue too much and I guess most of the guys talked mostly about fame and money, which didn't interest me at all. I was open to trying to find someone to share life with since the rest of my life seemed to be going so smoothly, but I certainly wasn't looking for it. I was travelling all over the place so frequently that it would be almost impossible to hold down a relationship anyway. I could lie and tell you that I didn't ever think about Oli, but I did. I know that he'd ghosted me, and for whatever reason he didn't want to keep in touch, but I still thought about him when I was on a working with someone with a similar haircut, or hanging out with someone covered in tattoos. I always thought about him when the conversation was awkward with the date I was with too. It was never awkward like that with Oli, even at the very start.

In the middle of May, I flew to Cannes for the international film festival. I had never been to France, and I was so excited. I had premieres to go to, after parties, industry events and press-related parties too. I went through 22 outfits in 8 days which was just crazy! I spent the following few weeks jumping around Europe for fashion shows, photoshoots and promotional events, before eventually ending up in London at the end of May.

Landing in London was interesting. I felt strange since it was the first time I'd been back there since living there almost 8 months ago. My agency had me staying at a fancy apartment right near Covent Garden, and of course it brought back all the memories of being there with everyone all those months ago. I even passed the boutique where the girls and I bought our dresses for our night out seeing Skrillex, and the place we had lunch. It was impossible not to think about Oli and the memories, but I had a lot of work to distract me.

My manager travelled with me most of the time and since I had a pretty long stint in Europe, had come along with me. You could almost say he was an assistant – if there was anything I wanted or needed, Luiz was happy to help. I was his muse, after all and the more I succeeded, the more he succeeded. We were at the hotel one night and were running through what I had on my plate work wise, and also the days that I had off. I generally would get a week off tops, but often it was 2 days here, 3 days there. Luckily for me, I had a day off on the weekend of Download festival; a UK music festival that I'd always dreamed of visiting but had never managed to do. I knew Linkin Park were headlining since I followed them on instagram, and I absolutely loved them, so I told Luiz how amazing it would be to go. I knew there was no way I would get tickets being only a couple of days out, but I could dream. "If you want to go, you shall go." Luiz told me. I laughed. He thought he was a fairy god mother or something, I swear. He told me that Fall Out Boy were playing too, and reminded me that I'd been in a music video with them, so he could contact their manager. I thought it was a long shot, but I was happy for him to try. Within 20 minutes, I was on Fall Out Boy's VIP list and was going to Download. Luiz insisted on going with me, but I was fine with that. He was pretty cool, and despite being my manager and working me like crazy, was kind of like a fabulous gay best friend.

I was a little surprised that he'd accepted an invitation for me to go to the Kerrang! Awards and their after party while I was in town. He said it was because he knew I loved alternative music, and he was right... I'd been to other music awards shows, and I had loved them, but the first thing that popped into my head was Bring Me The Horizon. Would they be there? It made me feel slightly nervous, even though I doubted that I'd cross paths with them even if they were. I just didn't know how I felt about possibly seeing Oli. I didn't hate him or anything, but I guess it could be a bit awkward. Maybe he hated me.

I was only in town for 6 days, but with Download, the Kerrang! awards and 2 photoshoots that I had scheduled, I was going to be pretty busy.