Once in a lifetime

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Me and Gigi didn't speak for a few days. It was getting closer to the time where we were meant to make the movie and I was scared Gigi wouldn't do it anymore, my overthinking caused me to believe that Gigi would never want to see me again and that I'd ruined everything.

"It's a fight, dumbass. It's not like you broke up." Daegen said everytime I'd mention the fact that I was worried Gigi wouldn't come. I knew she was right, as usual, but a piece of me was still terrified that she was wrong for once.

The day before we were due to start filming, I still hadn't heard from Gigi. I decided to text her.

Crys🥰 : Hey! I just wanted to say I'm sorry about our fight, are you still coming tomorrow? xoxo Crystal.

I refreshed my phone over and over again. When it had been a reasonable 12 minutes, I decided I should text all the people she was coming with. One by one I texted Rosy, Rubber, Marco, Caleb, Hunter and Grant. Symone hadn't been online in a while for some reason so I didn't bother texting her.

I sat on my phone for 2 hours, waiting for the text reply. It never came. Eventually Daegen came in to see what I was doing to find me sobbing on the floor.

"Listen... if it's about Gigi just know she would've told you if she's not coming" Daegen starts. "And I'm not good at this comforting thing but I can definitely distract you if that's what you want."

A distraction. That was perfect.

"Can we do something today?? You and I and all the others." I ask. "Please?"

"Duh! You'll need to get dressed first though." Daegen replies, gesturing at me and rolling her eyes as if it wasn't perfectly reasonable to be wearing pajamas at 3 p.m.

I huffed as Daegen walked out and began to pick out an outfit for the day. I didn't want anything too bright and colourful, yet that seemed to be all I owned.

I sighed as I got dressed and walked downstairs to where Daegen was writing her own lyrics to "stupid hoe" by Nicki Minaj for the video. I laughed when I heard her humming it to herself, oblivious to the fact that I had walked in. I snuck up behind her to scare her but before I could do so she stopped humming.

"Crystal you ain't slick." She said.

I just folded my arms and slumped in the seat opposite her.

"So what are you going to do for the video." She asked me.

"I'm going to do like, a whole scared girl running away from a monster thing to Maneater by Nelly Furdato" I said "I'll need tictac for it though, which means going to my parents house."

Daegen looked up at me as I said that.

"You're going to their house? Are you sure? I can go for you if you need" she said.

I shook my head.

"My mom works in the morning, if I go around then I won't have to deal with her" I replied.

"...And your dad?"

"He said he accepts me." I say, tearing up. "I'd really like to see him."

Daegen gives me a sympathetic look.

"Ok you can go, but you're not going alone."

I roll my eyes. "Fine."

There's a sudden knock on the door, the others.

We head out, leaving our worries behind us so we can truly enjoy the moment.

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Not me writing this on airplane mode because I'm ✨stressed✨ over an Instagram post.

I'm sorry if this isn't the best, my hands are shaking so bad hdksnek

- J