CHAPTER 45

Demi's POV

I woke up to Natalie, my assistant, shaking me. I threw my pillow at her and snuggled back into Mac, who was giggling. "Demetria Devonne Lovato get your ass out of bed. The hair and makeup team will be here in 20 minutes. You need to shower and so does Mac. Now get up, before i throw a bucket of water on you." She said. I moaned and literally rolled out of bed and onto the floor. Natz half carried/dragged me to the bathroom. "Shower. Now." Was all she said. That's the great thing about Natalie, shes not afraid to boss me around because she knows i wont ever fire her. She's the best assistant ive ever had. I showered as quick as i could, then pulled on the gucci sweatsuit that Natz had laid out. When i walked downstairs i saw Mac eating breakfast and Natz running around getting things in order, talking non-stop into her cell phone. When she saw me she abruptly hung up on whomever she was taking to and said, "They'll be here in five. Once Mac finishes i'll give her a bath and they'll start on you. Jeffery will be here soon too." Jeffery was my stylist, he was amazing. Once you got over the flamboyantly gay part, you really grew attached.

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I sat in a chair in the makeup room with a bright light shining down on my face while three makeup designers plucked at my eyebrows, powdered my cheeks, and debated in what color eyeshadow to use. Jeffery was here, and was doing last minute adjustments on the dress, and Mac was getting a bath from Natz. The door opened, and Mac walked in with wet hair. Mine had already been curled in gorgeous waves. "Hey babygirl." I said, waving away various brushes as I sat up. "Are you all clean?" Mac nodded, she was still a bit shy around strangers. "This is Claire, she's gonna put some makeup on you and do your hair is that okay?" Mac nodded and shyly walked over to the other chair, I was pushed back into my chair by the others, Madison and Shirlee.

Once we were done with hair and makeup Jeffery came in with mine and Mac's dresses. Mine was a gorgeous yellow one, and Mac's was the same yellow, but more of a child look. "Go ahead say it, i'm a fucking genious." He exclaimed, I clapped my hand over his mouth. "Jeffery! Hello? Daughter in the room!" He just rolled his eyes, "like she doesn't get it from your sailors mouth?" It was my turn to roll my eyes. But as he helped me get the dress over my head and fixed my hair around it, i turned to look into the mirror and gasped. "Holy shit Jeffery it's gorgeous." Forgetting my own rule. Jeffery smiled, "I knew you would love it. Now, Mackenzie? It's your turn sweetie." I stopped him, "Maybe i should help her with the dress." He nodded and stepped back. I helped her get her arms through the sleeves and stepped back, "There, now you're perfect." Mac looked into the mirror and smiled, "Wow momma!" I laughed, "Now say thank you to Jeffery for picking out our dresses." Mac turned and looked at Jeffery, "Thank you." she said in a soft voice. He smiled warmly, "It was my pleasure Mackenzie."

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Mac fidgeted in the car seat next to me. We were waiting in a long line of escalades at the beginning of the red carpet. "Hey," I said, taking her hand. "It's gonna be fine, you'll love it." Mac nodded and smiled nervously at me. I could tell that something was up, "Okay what's wrong?" I asked, Mac just looked down, "Mac, honey tell me." I lifted her chin with my hands, when she looked up at me, I was brought back to the first day I saw her, how she refused to even tell me her name. The love that has grown for her is crazy. Sometime's I can't even understand it. "Tell me what's wrong." I murmured. "What if people don't like me?" Came her reply. I sighed, "Mackenzie, they'll love you. Have you met one person who doesn't like you yet?" She nodded, "Wilmer doesn't count." She shook her head. "You see? Everyone loves you. And anyone who doesn't isn't even in our life, and if they are. I promise they won't be in it for very long at all. Okay?" Mac nodded. "I love you baby." I pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "I love you too Momma." Came her muffled reply from under my arms. I pulled back and looked her in the eyes, "Forever."

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The red carpet was crazy! But it was os much fun too, Mac had a blast and the paparazzi kept the rudeness to a minimum. Which I was grateful for. They took thousands of pictures, we saw Justin and Selena, but they promised to meet up with us later and ran off. Most likely to go makeout away from the scene. Their love was so adorable and innocent, sometimes it was hard to stand.

"Demi Lovato?" Said a voice behind me in a strange accent. I turned to see a familiar looking boy with blonde hair and blue eyes standing there, a few inches taller than me, even in heels, he was very cute. "Yes?" I said, smiling. "I'm just a huge fan, my name is Niall Horan, from-" "One Direction." I finished for him, he blushed, and the tips of his ears went red. "I loved your single, That's what makes you beautiful?" Niall nodded eagerly, "Erm, yeah that's us! My mates are around here somewhere, Harry, Liam, Louis, and zayn. I'm sure they'd love to meet yo-" before he could finish, an arm slung over his shoulder. It belonged to a tall, lanky boy with a mop of long hair. His face was lit up with amusement. "Oi! Did he ask you out yet?" He roared, Niall's face turned even redder. He shoved the boy off of him and hissed, "Liam!" "Ohhhh I see! He didn't ask you. Well this is now extremely awkward. I'll just be off..." He waggled his eyebrows at Niall and ran off into the crowd. Niall turned to me, looking extremely embarrassed. " I.... Uh... I'm sorry about that.... I don't know what he's talking abou-" i held up a hand to cut off his ramblings. "Let's start over, Hi i'm Demi, and this is my daughter Mac." Mac looked up at him and waved, Niall smiled and waved back at her, "Hi... I'm erm, Niall."

     From there, the conversation flowed. It went from touring to x factor, to Mac, to the albums. Niall always was able to Incorporate Mac into it. She always giggled at whatever he said, and he would crack little jokes every now and then, it never got awkwardly silent which was good. After a while, a lady in a dark grey suit came over, tapped him on the shoulder and whispered in his ear. He nodded and turned back to me, " I guess I have to go, i'm performing and they want us to go get mic'd up." He looked regretful. "Oh okay! Good luck!" He smiled, and then looked like he was going to say something, "I'll uh, see you after?" I nodded and he walked away. Mac looked up at me, smilimg. "Whaat?" I said, laughing. She just shook her head and kept walking.

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       "For a lot of teens, the world can seem to be moving too fast and life can be frightening and overwhelming at times. So it's easy to lack self-confidence and motivation, So Acuvue has created 'The Acuvue Inspire Award'  to go to a star who has inspired many teens." Tyler Posey said, as me and Mac sat in the audience waiting for the winner to be announced. "Demi Lovato broke through with her role in the movie 'Camp Rock' and her own series 'Sonny with a Chance' and sold out shows across the country and South America." The other announcer said, the camera turned to me and I put on my best smile. "Unfortunately her latest tour was cut short as Demi made the brave decision to seek help for personal issues including depression, and an eating disorder, that she has been dealing with for most of her life. So, she has helped fund the 'Love is Louder than the Pressure to be Perfect campaign, in conjunction with the J.E.D foundation" The cheers were starting in the audience, My smile was growing by the second. "She's such an inspiration to all of us, she also wins a teen choice award this year for song of the summer for 'Skyscraper.' The Acuvue inspire award goes to, Demi Lovato." Skyscraper began to blast throughout the stadium and everyone stood up to clap, I was smiling hugely as I got up and walked to the stage. 'Please God, don't let me fall, I thought, as I walked up the stairs carefully. I managed to get to the podium without falling or embarrassing myself, I quickly touched some fans hands on my way there and then went to the Mic. 

        "Hi! Thank you so much!" I laughed into the Mic as the crowd began to die down. "Uhm, well first of all I'd just like to say thank you to Acu- Acuvue.. I can't even speak i'm so nervous right now." Well, there goes my 'No- Embarrasing streak.' "And teen choice, but first of all thank you, you guys who did this for me. I couldn't have made it through the incredible journey that i've been through without your help and your strength that got me through it. You guys are what got me through this last year, I love you all so much. Uh, I want to thank all of the writers on skyscraper, my management, my family. And i'd like to thank one special person, my daughter Mac, who I adopted in Febuary. She has been my rock for so long and she doesn't even know how much strength she gives me everyday. Thank you all! I Love you!" The sea of people stood up again and clapped. I hugged Tyler and the other girl, then went backstage. People were hugging me, then I was shown to a dressing room where I could wait for my family and friends. After about five minutes there was a knock on the door, "Come in!" I called. 

         "Hola." 

Knock knock,

 Who's there?

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-Rachel