There's more to life (Adopted by Brendon Urie) | #2

#19

Song of the Chapter: So Far Away by Caroline Dare

Anna's POV

I was releasing my ep today in about an hour at 12 pm and I was so excited and nervous. Dad, mum and James all reassured me that they were going to love it. No one else knew about it, not even Abi who was on holiday in England. I paced up and down the living room while James sat on the couch, listening to me rant.
"What if it's a flop and no one likes it except my family and what if even then they don't actually like it and are only saying they do because they feel obligated to. Like what if the kids at school bully me even more?"
"A, baby, calm down this is your anxiety talking, calm down, you're going to have a panic attack. No one in your family is going to say they like it because they have to. They'll say it because they like it and don't worry about the kids at school, you don't see them anymore." He gets up off the couch and wraps his arms around my neck and I lean into him.
"Sorry." I whisper.
"It's completely ok."

Dad comes in with a bowl of popcorn and another full of chips. Mum is behind him with lemonade and glasses. She pours all of us a glass and hands them out.
"To Someone We Know, Anna's first of many eps." Dad says.
"To Someone We Know." James and mum say and I just stand in shock, I couldn't believe this was about to happen.
"You ok?" Dad asks.
"Yeah just shocked that I'm doing this."

@/annarurie:
Something special happening in 30 minutes 😉

Dad retweets it on both his and the Panic! account. Fans were tweeting wondering what was about to happen and my family were messaging me.

From Mikey: what are you talking about?

From Dallon: Anna what are you planning?

From Tyler: I don't trust that tweet

From Patrick: Little Urie? What are you plotting?

From Mike: what are you and Brendon up to?

From Josh: what are you doing?

I reply to all of their text messages with the same reply '😉' and giggle.

"I just wanted to say, I am very proud of you Anna. When we first adopted you, you were too scared to even play in front of us and now you're about to release your first ep." Dad says.
"Thank you dad and mum and James, I love all of you."
"You want to do the honour?" He say pointing to the computer. I nod and click the button that says 'upload'.
"I did it." I say and they all cheer.

@/annarurie:
Please be nice 🥺.

I attached the Spotify link and tweet it. Mum, dad and James all retweet it and, just like when I released 'Chlorine' my phone starts blowing up, only this time, worse.

From Pete: holy fucking shit! You can't scare me like this!

From Tyler: Anna! All I was trying to do was have some Mac and cheese don't attack me

From Frank: Anna Urie! I told you not to do anything crazy!

From Gerard: Anna, you're making me cry, I'm trying to do soundcheck! I'm so fucking proud!

From Josh: Little Urie!

From Abigail: wtf! You didn't tell me about this! I'm so proud of you! What the hell! I'm crying and my parents are looking at me as if I'm crazy

From Dallon: uh hi? You can't drop that without warning

From Layla: hi? My friend the musician?

From Nicole: girlie wow! Well done

From Patrick: Little Urie! Little Urie how, what, when, why this is amazing I can't English.