Arianna's POV
"I lied, Vic. I know exactly who she is. I just hate her."

He seems taken aback, and very grateful when Jeremy walks in.

"What the hell happened, Vic? Arianna?"

"She punched the mirror, and keeps talking about how she did it because she hates the girl in there. Dude, I don't know what to do. It's not a matter of calming her down, even. She's calm, that's what scares me most." Vic sighs.

"Go. Go find Alex, and Rian."

"No, Jeremy. I don't -"

"I don't CARE Arianna. We all need to talk. Clearly, you're not okay, so don't pull any of that bullshit."

"Fine."

Vic comes back in. "They're on the way. Do you want me to stay, or....?"

"Please stay, Vic." I say.

"Alright then. Let's go to the back lounge and wait."

We don't even get all the way to the back lounge before Rian and Alex come bursting through the door. I don't know exactly what Vic said, but he clearly worried them.

"Arianna? Are you okay? Shit, I knew I shouldn't have left you!"

"Rian, calm the fuck down. We just all need to talk, that's all." Jeremy assures him.

Alex doesn't say anything, just takes a tight grip on my hand and bites his lip, as if he's about to cry.
This should be bunches of fun.

Jeremy clears his throat as we all sit down. "So, Vic, you want to start this off by telling us what just happened?"

"I walked out to call you, because Arianna wanted to hang with you. She seemed upset because of Martin, but like she was dealing with it. I suddenly heard a crash and came in to find that she had punched the mirror. She kept talking about how much she hates the girl in the mirror, and that's when Jeremy came in and I called you guys, Rian, Alex."

All the while Vic was talking, Alex's grip got tighter and tighter on my hand, as if he was trying to keep me from running away. When Vic stopped, Alex immediately pulled me into his chest in a protective hug.

"Why, baby? We all love you so much. I've never understood it. You seem to hate yourself, when you're one of the most beautiful people in the world. I can't lose you Arianna. I just can't. It would destroy me, it would destroy all of us."

"I-I'm sorry. I've never gotten over it. All I see every time I look in the mirror is damaged goods, Alex. I love you all too. It's never been about me feeling unloved, at least by you all. Seeing Martin......it just brought back how I always used to feel worthless. Like I was ruining people's lives. I mean look at what happened to Austin, to you! That's all because of me."

I feel more arms wrap around me.

"No, Ari. It's not because of you. You can't put all of this on yourself, sweetie." Rian whispers to me.

"You. Are. Wonderful. I don't care about your scars, none of us do, and we never will. We love the Arianna that is right here, and it's time you did too. For the rest of this tour, I don't want you to wear makeup. Only look in the mirror when one of us is around. I just want you to understand how beautiful you are, and if this will help, then so be it." Vic said.

"I don't know if I can do that."

"We'll help you," Jeremy speaks up, "You mean that much to us, Arianna, and don't you dare forget it."

Notes

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