The next 2 shows, New York and Pennsylvania, were exactly like the first, but with different teenagers who came to support us. We would wake up early, dress in our tiktok personas, have time for a meet and greet to take pictures with everyone, and we would cause little moments of drama so each show had something to make it special. Then we would preform and go on our fan 'dates'. We would talk and engage with them, and of course, because I was seated with Milo, Chase and Noen we got tons of questions, wanting our personal information. There were fans I remembered more than others because of their reactions or stories that touched me in some way.
One of the girls being Ash, a 14 year old girl who was about 5'3", brown hair, and blue eyes. She was a gorgeous human and started to break down crying when she saw me, talking about how I was such an inspiration to girls around the United States. She had given me a scrunchie which I was wearing all the time, and I signed hers, which was matching to the one she gave me, which made her break down more. I could only imagine how she responded to the boys.
I couldn't be happier with how much love and affection I was receiving from these girls and some boys. These girls made me feel so loved and influential that with every hug I was overwhelmed with emotion. I had another fan, Lei, who was about 13, maybe 5'1" as well, light tan skin, light blonde hair with beautiful hazel eyes, who had said that although she loved Noen from the bottom of her heart, she thought me and Jaden made a cuter couple and stronger connection, which made me shake my head lightly, a smirk plastered on my face. I remembered the video shoot in the moment, which was now, today.
The warehouse I stood in was already decorated to the theme of the music video. The story behind the lyrics was of a boy who fell in love with a girl, and he sits in his room thinking of their greatest night together at a dance. The boy remembering the greatest moments of her and her kiss but, withering in the sadness that she had fallen out of love with him. Supposedly, Jaden knew how to lipsync the words and was a perfect fit for the video although he was not of Latino decent, like me.
"Its to early for this." Jaden had appeared at my side, giving me a cup of coffee before sitting in his makeup chair next to mine. Immediately, Jaden was getting worked on, his hair being blow dried to poof up like Mexican curls, and foundation to cover his light blemishes. I was currently getting my makeup done, while someone curled my hair, my lips ruby red, like said in the song.
"Its to early for anything really." I respond, sipping my coffee, picking up my phone and seeing the time was 6:45. I had been here for 30 minutes already, getting most of my face and hair done, all that was left was to get in my pink dress. I looked over to Jaden who was taking a picture of me. He held it for me to see and I smiled before he captioned it for his story. I felt my phone buzz and saw his post, captioned 'Something special with the girly' with the heart eyes emoji. I featured it on my story saying 'Handsome boi hours'.
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"And now for the kiss." I raise my eyebrow, as the producer announces our final scene. Jadens face starts a devilish smirk. The producer looks up at our hesitation, shaking his head in a chuckle. "Its not real, I mean its for dramatic effect. Ya know. like close but not touching." We had been here for 8 hours and I was so tired that I was still confused. I eyed Jaden and he shrugged. The producer rolled his eyes, whispering to Trent, our manager and he smiled, pulling out his phone, walking over.
"We're just friends." He said holding out his phone for me and Jaden to see. It was the trend where you pretended to almost kiss your friend, tricking the camera. Me and Jaden both let out a long 'OHHHHHH' and laughed. We nodded waiting for the camera countdown.
"3...2..1..action!" Jaden took my hand, placing it on his cheek, his own hands moving to my waist. As I hear the final seconds of the song start to press us, I feel Jaden's presence lead into the kiss as I close my eyes. I knew it wasn't real and we weren't going to touch, but I was so nervous. "CUT!" I opened my eyes, Jaden's face not an inch from mine, his sparkling green eyes piercing mine.
