And the Award Goes To
Plot: Tori and Ally spend as much of Grammy Weekend as they can together but when Monday comes Ally can't go to the show with her because of group politics. She watches in her hotel room with her loyal band mates and having a good time. When time comes for Tori's category her good mood is washed away and replaced with gut-wrenching sadness for her girlfriend. This is the story of that night.
Ally's POV
I love the Grammys. As a young girl and aspiring musician the Grammys were like music heaven to me. The glitz and glamour, not to mention all the performances by people who love music like they created it themselves. It is a dream of mine to go to the Grammys. Not even to win one but just to go to the magical event. I almost had the opportunity to go this year but I could never do something like that and betray the girls, even if they did say it would be okay. This year is gonna be extra special because Tori, my beautiful girlfriend, is nominated for Best New Artist and she's also performing during the show. I could have went with her as her date but since I'm in the business too some interviewer would have tried to talk to me about the group and I want her to get all the praise she deserves tonight. The show is about to start and I'm waiting for the rest of the girls to get here so we can watch together then get ready for the after parties together. I'm setting up some snacks for us when my phone rings. I answer without looking knowing it's Tori from the ring tone.
(AN: Tori is in italics)
"Hey babe have you met anyone cool yet?"
"I haven't been able to move to talk to people let alone for sentences."
"Relax you'll be fine just find a familiar face. That with help you relax."
"Okay I'll try to find James or PTX."
"You could even find Ed and talk to him. If all else fails you have Noah with you. You're gonna be fine."
"You're right, like always everything is going to be fine."
*knock on the door*
"I know I am but look I have to go the girls are here and you have a show to watch."
"I wish you were here with me."
"Me too. Good luck!"
"Thanks, bye."
"Bye."
I hang up with a smile at how cute my girlfriend is before letting my band mates in. When I open the door I only see Dinah and Normani in front of me. I already knew Lauren was out of town but I probably don't even have to guess where Camila is.
"Hey you only missed the first thirty minutes of the red carpet. Come on in."
"Did they show Tori or talk about her?"
"They've talked about her but haven't shown her yet."
"Do you know what's she's wearing?"
"It's a beautiful green dress you two are gonna love it."
"I hope she wins tonight. I need her to since Kehlani already lost her category."
"Dinah is Zendaya going tonight?"
"When I talked to her earlier she said she was so we'll see her walk the carpet later."
After that we watched the carpet and saw everyone. After about thirty minutes I see her in that beautiful green dress and I completely stopped everything I'm sure I even paused the TV.
God she looks beautiful, I'm so lucky. Watching her walk the red carpet makes me so proud to know her let alone be with her. I hear Dinah and Normani talking but I stopped listening when I saw Tori and now I'm just playing spot the goddess in green with the red carpet show. Once the show starts I relax and just enjoy this night with the girls. We should have watched in Lauren's room I would hate for her to be all alone while she's resting her knee. We watch the show and the spark I normally get while watching the show I mainly just feel bored. Maybe it's because it's the same people every year performing. I have only really enjoyed the Ellie/Andra Mashup and the Lionel tribute so far. Right now it's a commercial and all I feel is bored, even the other girls were on their phones scrolling their time lines during the performances.
"If Rihanna was still performing this year's show wouldn't be so boring."
"They need more people of color in general D. Even Bruno doing Uptown Funk would have been good."
"Did anyone else think The Weeknd sounded like a hurt goat during his performance?"
"Vocals in the studio but not on stage. They should have asked Miguel to perform. He's a much better vocalist and he was nominated this year."
"I'm just tired of seeing the same people perform at every award show. They always do the same songs. It's predictable."
"When is it gonna be our turn?"
"When all our group members start acting like they're in a group again. Our time will come we just have to be patient."
"You right now shh it's back."
The show comes back and the next main stage performance is Little Big Town doing Girl Crush. I liked the rendition of it because I love that song but it was really simple. Before they went on Pentatonix and Stevie Wonder sang a Earth Wind and Fire song and I was more interested in that then most of the beginning of the show. But that's because they're my friends and I love them. In all honesty I'm just waiting for Tori to perform with James. That's why I'm not super into this year's show I'm anxious for Tori. Also Adele but mainly Tori. The longer I wait for Tori to go on I just lose interest in everyone else because she's who I'm mainly watching for. After about another twenty minutes I hear the all too familiar name and I turn the TV up as loud as I can go. Watching her perform always makes me fall more in love with her and right now is no different. Her on stage is when she's the most happy and you can see it when she performs. She just lights up and it's almost like she's glowing.
Her performance ends way too quickly for me but she was incredible all the same. I unlock my phone to tweet about it and my phone instantly blows up with replies and retweets about how she's gonna win and they we need to pray over the award for her to win. After her performance all the good performances come up like Adele, Kendrick, and lady Gaga. Before I know it it's time for the best new artist award. They say all the artists name again and the waiting is becoming painful at this point. I don't even care who wins anymore just say it!
*on the TV* "And the award goes too......Meghan Trainor!"
I am shocked. All I know is that they didn't call Tori's name to win. I don't even care that the person who did win is my label mate and friend, all I care about is that Tori lost. As Meghan walks up to the stage they show Tori in the audience standing for her and clapping for her. The girls and I are silent watching the show and I'm still in shock. Dinah grabs the remote and mutes it so we don't hear the acceptance speech and I'm honestly grateful for it.
"I am shocked. I can't believe she lost."
"I can't believe she lost to Meghan."
"Man now we're never going to get attention from L.A.!"
"You're right. Now that she's a Grammy award winning artist, L.A. is going to push her out to the forefront and leave us in the dust"
"I knew she was a long shot but I thought that if she lost it would've been to James."
"Me too! They're practically the same person music wise. I wouldn't be so mad if she lost to him."
"I don't think I want watch anymore guys. You can stay and finish it but I'm gonna start getting ready."
"You okay with us staying in here?"
"It's fine DJ. I'll just be in the bathroom."
They continue watching making comments here and there and cheering when Zendaya's covergirl commercial came on. I smile before finishing my makeup. I tune back in just in time for the album of the year award. Taylor wins because of course she does but it's the speech that catches my attention. She's talking and clearly shading Kanye but they cut to the audience and show Tori sitting there with stale face.
All three of us start laughing uncontrollably. And I hope the Internet makes that a gif because she just looks so done it's perfect. We stop watching after that because we all have to start getting ready for the after party. After I'm done I text Kamari to ask her what party Tori is going to and we'll meet them there. Once I get a reply I call for a car so when they get here we can go. The other girls are still getting ready so I leave and head to Lauren's rooms to hang with her for a bit. I start tell her about the show but she says she watched it on live stream and that I should give Tori a big hug from her tonight. I pat her good knee and give her a hug before leaving. When I'm done I grab Normani and Dinah, because the car is downstairs waiting, and we head out. We get to and in the party quickly finding Kamari and Tori quickly. Stopping a few times to take pictures with a few members of Pentatonix before finding them in a vip booth near the dj. Hugs go all around before Dinah asks Tori about what it was like to be there. She tells us everything and I watch her eyes light up during some parts of her story but when she starts talking about the award her eyes dim and her smile fades slightly. To someone not paying attention you wouldn'thave been able to notice, but since I'm sitting so closely I can see every facial expression before she even makes it. It's natural to feel sad about losing but it looks like something else is going on in her head. I'm going to talk to her about this later. An hour into the party we find photobooth so of course we took a ton of pictures.
After pictures we got some food. Kamari even claimed it cheat day so we went ham on the buffet table.
After we ate and hung out for a while longer everyone left. I left with Tori while everyone else went their separate ways. We get back to the hotel and I instantly take off my heels and sit on the bed before looking at my girlfriend who is still standing.
"Come here."
She takes her heels off before putting her clutch down and joining me on the bed. She curls herself around me like a snake and I snuggle into her embrace before speaking. I almost thought she was asleep but I can feel her moving against me.
"You okay?"
"Kinda."
"Tell me."
"Earlier like right after the show I was really sad I lost. But as the night went on I felt better."
"Do you have any idea why?"
"Yeah I had you with me."
"Me?"
"Yeah you. Hanging with you and our closest friends at the after party made me realize that I don't need a Grammy to be happy. Like I said in Confetti, 'I'm not waiting for my confetti to fall' the award wasn't going to bring me happiness. Sure it would have been amazing to be a Grammy award winning artist right now but I can settle for just being nominated for now. My time will come."
"I think the award committee found out that you're a woman of color and purposely gave it to the white girl over you."
"Oh yeah everything is a giant conspiracy. Hashtag #GrammyWinnersSoWhite!"
"I'm serious!"
"I know and that makes it funnier!"
"Keep laughing I'm already mad at you."
"What are you mad at me for?"
"Jojo was all over this weekend! Every time I wanted alone time with you she would show up."
"Baby she's straight and just a friend. We were hanging out because she wants to work on a collab for her album."
"Wait really?"
"Yes really. Ally I love you. I would never even think about being with another person besides you."
"That's the first time you've ever said 'I love you'."
"Yeah well I wanted to make sure I really felt it before saying it."
"I love you too."
"I know. Now let's get this makeup off and watch a movie. I don't feel like going to bed yet."
She leans over to kiss me, making the butterflies in my stomach go crazier then they normally do when we kiss, before grabbing her bag and walking into the bathroom to change.
"And the award for luckiest woman in the world goes to......Ally Brooke Hernandez for falling in love with Victoria Loren Kelly."
AN: Hey guys! Tori was so robbed on Monday and I was upset so I wrote a happy ending to a sad day. I hope you enjoyed this story because I enjoyed writing it. Vote comment and share if you want, and give me ideas for other couples or prompts and I'll give them a shot.
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