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everyone looks up at the stage as performers started to sing and dance to songs, cheering and singing to songs we all knew. after a few hours of singing and everyone dancing, it was time to go home, or for most, go to the after parties. "are you going to the after party?" i ask timothee. "no, way too tired already." "yeah, same." i feel a tap on my shoulder, causing me to turn around. olivia stands there, smiling. "i'm gonna go now," she says. "oh okay, have fun at the after party!" she smiles, nodding. i watch as she walks off next to conan, and i turn back to timothee. "no goodbye hug to olivia?" he asks. "uh... no." i reply, half wishing i did give her one.

i lay in bed, scrolling through instagram and seeing everyone's met gala posts. i search up olivia's name, seeing she posted her met gala post too.

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10:21am

⚪️oliviarodrigo

liked by conangray, gracieabrams and 5,339,810 others

oliviarodrigo   best night at the met! ily donatella_versace , versace  , voguemagazine💟💟💟

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dan_nigro   Insane!!

irisapatow   Slayed❤️

donatella_versace   Soooooo gorgeous!!!!

recordingacademy   2022 Best New Artist 🦋✨

frankierodriguez   Gorrrrrrgggggggggg💜💜

11 hours ago

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i smile, liking the post.

olivia's pov

i tap on my recent post, checking who liked it. my eyes stop at y/n's username, seeing she was one of the millions that liked it. "oh shit!" i yell, smiling. i go to comments, seeing if she commented. not being disappointed she didn't comment anything, i go to y/n's post, liking it.

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⚪️y/nl/n

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y/nl/n   another year another met🤍

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jennaortega   so pretty!

user8   JESUS CHRIST

user11   it's y/n's world and we're just living in it

tchalamet   a night to remember

harrystyles   you look amazing wow

madelyncline   SO HOT

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12:21pm

i hate everyone in this gc

me

GUESS WHO LIKED MY 

MET GALA POST BABYYYYY

cone

let me take a wild guess

y/n😧

me

how did you know?!

madison

everyone knows liv

it's been everywhere this hour

"omg y/n and olivia

liked each others post 

after 2 months"

i am sick of it.

me

now you know how i feel

when nwh came out

edits of y/n were EVERYWHERE

istg i was gonna throw myself off

a bridge

gracie

are you complaining 

miss rodrigo?

madison

i bet you saved them all though

cone

literally just go and ask

her to hang out

me

this is why you haven't

been in a relationship conan

cone

at least i'm not the one who's

still obsessed with her ex

me

daily reminder for u to read

the name of the group chat

cone

GIRL I'M JUST TRYING 

TO HELP YOU OUT

gracie

okay if you're that desperate 

i can get madelyn to

get a 'reunion' with everyone else

me

seriously?

gracie

yessss madelyn's your cupid

i'm sure y/n would go

or madelyn would force her

me

okay okay

just DON'T LET ME DRINK!!

gracie

you're not even supposed

to be drinking

me

18's close enough right?

gracie

also update the reunions tmr

and y/n's coming since she doesn't

have work

me

oh god

i'm nervous

madison

at least you can't use the 

'y/n's a celebrity card'

bc you're quite the

celebrity yourself

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friday , 5:21pm

after getting changed, i go in front of my mirror, starting to plait a braid on both sides of my hair, leaving the rest of my hair out. 

(what liv's wearing)

i get in my car, going to meet at gracie's house.

y/n's pov

(we're wearing this)

i start to drive to the restaurant madelyn booked, turning the heater on in the car. eventually, i park in the car park and start walking. "reservation for madelyn cline," i ask the waiter, who leads me to where everyone else was sitting. "and i thought i was early!" i say, smiling as i see literally everyone sitting down. "clearly not, everyone's here before you." i roll my eyes at timothee, sitting at the only available spot next to olivia at the round table. coincidence? i think not.

i tuck my chair in, placing my phone on the table. "hey, olivia." i say, smiling at her. "hi y/n," she replies, smiling back. "how was your day?" i ask, starting the conversation. "it's been good thanks, how was yours?" she asks back, keeping eye contact with me. "it's been good too, thanks for asking." "hey y/n, don't look to your right, but there's someone filming you." timothee whispers next to me. i look at him with a nod. "really sucks, right? i've had my few shares of paparazzi and that stuff lately" olivia says. "yeah, i saw you got swarmed by your fans at your hotel for the mtv awards." "yeah, that was taking it to the next level. like, how did they even find where i was staying?" "that's the thing, you don't know."

olivia and i were the first to finish dinner, sitting and waiting for the others. "can i ask you something?" i ask olivia. "what's up?" "are some of the songs on the album... about me?" i ask. olivia looks me in the eyes, nodding. "some of them. before you say anything, i know the whole reason we broke up with because of me. and i'm sorry you've been getting backlash for it," she says. "like i said, don't worry about it. if that was your way of dealing with what we had, which it was, so be it..." i say, taking a deep sigh, "but i want you to know the thing between hailee and i wasn't anything. we were friends, my management had us perform a pr stunt, which i hated by the way."

olivia's pov

my shoulders relax at the news y/n says, and honestly, i could run around this whole restaurant out of pure happiness. "oh..." i say, managing my feelings in my chest for now, "so half my album was a whole lie." i say casually, making y/n laugh. "at least it was a good album!" i smile, fiddling with my pants. "well, i want you to know that whatever i said the night we broke up i didn't mean. gracie was right, i was drunk." "there's nothing we can really do about, i guess. what's done was done." i hum with a nod, and we all decide to go home. 

we all stand in front of the restaurant, everyone hugging goodbye. after y/n finishes hugging gracie, she turns to me. was she going to hug me?

y/n's pov

"your tv shows on disney plus, right?" i ask, knowing damn well i've seen her face on the disney plus cover every time i open it up. "yeah, it is." she replies, smiling. "i was wondering if you wanted to come to mine... and we can watch it." i ask, olivia's eyes beaming. "yeah!" she says eagerly, before replying in a calmer tone. "i mean- yeah, just let me tell the others." she turns to everyone and i wait for her to say goodbye. 

olivia and i start to walk off to my car, before i ask her a question. "didn't you get your license? where's your car?" i ask. "oh, it's at madison's house, i came here with her." olivia opens the door herself, and i get in the driver's seat, closing the door.