[TEXT to Justin @likefatherlikeson]

[valuetosurvival]

I know you have someone new now. I hope you're really happy. I'm sorry more than you will ever know that I hurt you. I still love you, and I always will, but I won't stand in the way of your happiness. Not when I know how hard happiness is to come by for you. I hope we can be friends like you said. I miss you.

"If I just lay here. Would you lie with me and just forget the world?"

[beautifulday]

Who: Sasha Stanford and Justin Campbell
What: Date night!
Where: New York City
When: After this

It was a toss-up for Justin and Sasha where to go for dinner between Planet Hollywood and the Hardrock Cafe. Stardust Diner had initially been on the list, until Justin told Sasha he had actually done a couple of nights performing there, and that night, he didn’t want to deal with being flanked by fans when he was trying to have some fun. Stardust was quickly ditched off the list and Hardrock Cafe won.

Justin actually surprised himself by how much he was laughing that night. It literally hit him when they were standing in line waiting to go into the movie. It started when Sasha sneezed at dinner and accidentally ended up with sour cream on his nose. It had to be something to do with remembering how to be young and have fun, not like an old married couple headed for divorce and getting quality time felt like being shackled in a torture device. Justin remembers his dad’s words, that he was still young, and it was okay to want to have fun. It was okay to give himself peace.

And it was. It was really okay.

It just happened that he had someone to share it with who was on board with the fun and the peace. Sasha had told him it felt like a long time since he had fun that wasn’t related to Andi dying. He would never deny her anything she was trying to clutch hold of in her last few months on earth, but it had become exhausting because the end result would always be the same. Justin wanted to help Sasha forget about that for a little while, and in turn, Sasha helped him forget his own troubles.

( Justin had to admit one of his favourite parts of the night was when Sasha took his hand to hold while they walked to the movie theatre... )

RP LOG, COMPLETE

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[oneofmykind]

OMG, Justin just gave me a job as his new back-up singer!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!

THIS MEANS I CAN STAY ON A WORKING VISA!

[ FACEBOOK ] with Justin Campbell

[beautifulday]

Got to see the Christmas Tree at Rockerfeller Plaza last night. Absolutely incredible! I love Christmas so much :)

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[beautifulday]

[ TEXT MESSAGE ] To Will @ valuetosurvival

[friendsforever]

I know you don't want to talk to me, or anyone. Whatever. Just so you know, right this minute, Justin is warming at his rehearsal singing I Will Always Love You. I can legit soundbite him right now. So you better get your shit together and not lose him out of your life completely, whether you date him or not. You shit on the people who love you, you're going to turn into a miserable dick for the rest of your life that no one wants to be around because you weren't there for them when it mattered. Grow some balls, deal with your shit, and get your crap together like everyone else has to do.

"I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all you've dreamed of."

[friendsforever]

Who: Layla Morton, Sasha Stanford, Justin Campbell and Maryanne Spencer
What: When your hopefully-not-ex-BFF's ex-boyfriend is an angel on earth
Where: Christmas concert venue
When: Friday morning

In a heartbeat, Justin had managed to perform a small miracle for Layla and Maryanne. Being the end of the Australian school year, Maryanne's time of her exchange here in New York had come to an end, and they had been faced with the prospect of her needing to go home to Australia and see if they could come up with some other way for Maryanne to get back here... or it would be waiting until they were old enough to get married, which wouldn't happen until Layla was at least in college.

Then in one week, when Justin was already trying to work miracles attempting to grant the wish of a terminally ill girl, Justin had asked Maryanne to come along to a meeting to sing with him. All Maryanne had thought was that she was doing him a favour for something to do with the Shades of Violet, but hadn't thought a single thing about it because Justin worked with a lot of different people for different reasons. Apparently what he had been doing was sound-testing her, and seeing how her voice could support him in back-up. Justin's vocal range was awesome, he could go high or low, and he had a strength to his voice that meant he needed back-up singers who could be versatile with him.

That morning, Layla had been on the end of an excited screaming phone call when Maryanne called her to tell her Justin had a job offer contract couriered over to her, offering her a permanent position as his back-up singer for any performance he did beyond Footloose. What that meant was if Justin's management could employ her officially, and for a skill such as performing arts, they could sponsor her for a visa to stay and work in New York. He just hadn't mentioned it to anyone before then because he had to be able to hear for himself if she had the ability to support him. The only two catches were that she had to work with Reecy any time Justin was incapacitated with his illness and Reecy worked in his place, and that she had to start with him effective immediately for Christmas concert on the weekend.

Like they were even catches! That was how Layla had come to be there at the concert venue that morning with Maryanne, for Justin's allocated time to soundcheck on the stage. It was how she had come to be sitting there in the front row of the currently empty VIP section Sasha, and feeling a lump in her throat as she listened to Justin warm up his vocals singing something of a rock ballad version of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You. Yes, she sent Will a text, because as much as he wanted to ignore shit going on in his life, it was happening. This was how it was playing out, and beside her, Sasha was sitting there, elbows on knees, head in hands, giving Justin an epic case of heart-eyes. Layla had this feeling deep in her gut that something was happening with Justin and Sasha, because Justin singing this seemed extremely poignant. She couldn't shake the emotion she was feeling. All she could hope was that Will used this experience to grow and learn, and not turn into an even bigger incommunicado ostrich. Life was too precious to treat your friends and family like an option, not a priority.

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[ifeelthelove]

I just learnt about the term trans "chaser". I want to vomit. I'm a human, not a fucking kink.