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paranoid 1.1

I woke up once again, but this time the sun was shining into the apartment, not the haunting glow of the neon.

I checked my phone and had a text from Ivory.

Ive 🌿

Sunshiiiine! I'll be over in 20. We NEED
to find something fun for you to wear to WOW your future husband {Austin Post} when he's here next week! 😉

I rolled my eyes at her text. There was a 98% chance that I wouldn't even be able to get anywhere near Austin. I'm sure he'd just be flown in to play the small show, then whisked back off to some other grand place.

Meadow 🌻

A girl can only dream of being married to Austin Post. The door will be unlocked, help yourself to some coffee ☕

I sent the text and made my way to the bathroom to get ready for the day. I clicked on my Apple Music app and sent the songs into a shuffle. Paranoid by none other Mr. Post began to play.

I listened to the lyrics closely. "And I wake up every day, I wake up every day with this anxiety."

I related completely to what Austin was singing about. It seemed like we actually had something in common with each other. Our anxiety was probably on completely different things, but it was nice to know that there was some normal human in him.

After I was finished with my shower I walked out to Ivory drinking a cup of coffee at the island in the kitchen.

"Morning sunshine!" Ivory beamed at me.

"Ive, it's too early for this perky shit." I grumbled.

"Well excuse me, I sell houses for a living. I have to be perky. But what's with you? Did you not sleep well again?" Asked with concern.

I gave Ivory a sheepish look.

"The neon woke me up. I went for a smoke, then attempted to go back to bed. It wasn't the worst night of sleep I've had." I shrugged.

Ivory gave me a look of relief, but yet still worry.

"You're right, you have looked worse so I'll drop the topic. But we're going to get you a killer outfit for next week. You need to show his photographer Adam up. Maybe he'll see that the midwest offers more than just Adam." Ivory said.

I rolled my eyes at her again.

"I highly doubt that Austin would ever drop Adam, let alone pay any attention to me next week. He'll be on stage, and he won't have time to pay attention to the many girls trying to hurl themselves on stage." I said.

"You never know Meadow. It'll still be fun to get all cute though. You'll be able to get some killer insta pics for me." Ivory suggested.

"Ah, that's why you love me. You love having high quality pics to post." I said while rolling my eyes.

"Damn right, sunshine." Ivory beamed.

~*~

"Is Bennett going to hang with us on the balcony next weekend?" I asked.

"I figured he would. There's no way he'd miss a chance to see Posty live." Ivory said.

I nodded in agreement and continued to look at the rack of clothes. I didn't want to get my hopes up with an outfit.

"Meadow! I found the perfect thing!" Ivory yelled.

I walked over to Ivory to see what she had found.

(Ignore the hair, just focus on the fit 👀)

"White cowgirl boots?" I looked at her confused.

"Meadow! They're perfect, you'll fit the aesthetic and I'm sure you'll be boot buddies with Austin." She said while she winked at me.

"I guess they are a statement piece." I shrugged.

I eventually decided on going pretty basic with my outfit. A high rise denim skirt with a sweater tucked in. It got chilly at night, and we'd only be on the balcony. I had nobody to try and impress in a bar.

I looked down to a notification on my phone.

@PostMalone Tweeted
Deadwood! We're 1 week away from the Koolest night in SD!

I immediately liked and retweeted his tweet. I decided to reply to his tweet out of excitement.

@meadow
Make sure you pay attention to the girls on the balcony. I hear they're fun 🤠

I continued to browse with Ivory until I got another notification.

@PostMalone liked your tweet

I froze in my spot looking down at my phone. No fucking way he liked my tweet. It had to be a fan account.

Another notification popped up.

@PostMalone Tweeted
@meadow bet 👀

I froze in amazement. It was THE Post Malone Twitter. There was the little blue check mark and everything.

Ivory came to find me because I had stopped following her.

"Hey, is everything alright?" Ivory asked.

"What the fuck." Is all I could mutter out.

"What the fuck, what?" Ivory asked with more worry in her voice.

I shoved my phone into her hand so she could see what had just transpired.

Ivory looked up at me with big eyes.

"Meadow! What the fuck!" She shouted in excitement.

"He won't even remember that tweet in a week, Ive." I said

"Uh huh, sure. I can't wait to plan your wedding." Ivory teased.

I shook my head at her and continued to browse around.

All I could think of is, what the actual fuck.

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