Chapter 21
Christina's POV
It was a really nice night. Luke dropped me off this morning to go to school again. Sarah was waiting for me like she was always, with a cup of coffee.
"So Luke texted me yesterday from your phone.." she told me while walking to class.
Everyone in the hallway was always staring at me. I was getting used to it. Kind of.
"Why?" I asked her, wondering.
"He said you had a panic attack. He needed my help", she told me, looking guilty.
"Oh, how did you help him?"
"I am talking to you right now, am I not? You have to tell me what's been going on sweetie", she told me with a worried look in her eyes.
So I talked to her. I told her everything from start to finish. We even skipped first period. She listened to it and just nodded her head and took my hand when she needed to. I liked telling her this. She made it a lot easier. Why did I not tell her before?
"Oh sweetie, I had no idea!" she told me.
"I know.. Luke's the only one I told.."
"You should have come to me.. I know I could not have helped in any kind of way, but I could have been there for you like a good best friend."
"I am sorry for not telling you.."
"I forgive you, this time!" she laughed.
I felt way better now. She always made me laugh. I knew this was hard on Luke too because he was the only one who really knew the whole story. I had forgotten how good of a friend Sarah really was. I loved her so much. I was glad Luke texted her. And now I was a little bit depressed again. Because Luke was leaving, tonight.
"What going on? You have that look on your face!" Sarah called me out.
"Okay, so Luke's leaving tonight.. I will miss him.." I told her in all honesty.
"Yea, I know. I'm here for you babe. He'll be back soon, just to see you", she reassured me.
"You want to go to the concert with me?" I asked her.
"YEAH!!" she yelled.
We had been hiding in the bathroom. No one ever came here. It was upstairs and no one wanted to take the stairs if there was a bathroom downstairs. So we were really safe in here. I really had no intention of going to class today. I hated it now I was spending time here that I could spend with Luke.
"Want to ditch this place and go to see the boys? They're doing a soundcheck right now!" I asked Sarah.
"Why are we still here?" She pulled me up and took me downstairs.
We had to be really quiet. No one could notice us slipping out of the school. We were so silent and no one saw us. Until we got outside. There was another horde of paparazzi. We ran to the backside of the school and hid there for a while.
"We really need to get out of here.. Without being seen.. My parents will kill me!" Sarah shouted.
"SSSHHHTT they can hear us if you shout like that!"
I found a street at the backside. We got out without being seen. This was awesome. I just needed to navigate my way to the boys.
"I'm really going to meet all of them??" she asked me for the millionth time..
"Yes, Sarah, you are.."
"DAMN YOU! You've got some connections babe!"
We walked on, joking around until we got to the venue. There were like 100 girls waiting out there and we went straight to the front of the line.
"Sorry girls, you have to wait in line with the others.. The show starts at 9.." The man at the door said.
"Sorry, I am here to see Luke. I know him", I told him.
"Yeah, you're not the first one that has tried", he told me, rudely.
"Let's see about that."
I texted Luke: 'Waiting outside, guys at the door won't let us in'
'Coming'
5 minutes later he got to the door. All the girls started screaming. He walked over to me and hugged me. And even kissed me. In front of all of his fans. They were all screaming: oooh!! And some were screaming: BOOO! I hated to hear that.
"They're with me", he told the guy and he want pale.
"I'm sorry mister Hemmings, I had no idea.. All these girls say they know you", he tried to explain.
"That's no reason to be rude to them.." he put the man in his place.
"Sorry sir, that'll never happen again!"
We walked inside and it got dark. It was always dark in New York venues.
"I'm sorry he didn't let you guys in", he told us with a smile that lighted up this whole place.
"It's nothing, wow, can't believe I'm at the sound check of 5sos!" Sarah said.
"You're welcome!" he told her.
We walked to the stage and he took us backstage. There were so many people running around. All doing things that were important and I had no clue of. He took us to their dressing room. When we walked in Calum was in his boxers.
"Dude! You can't just come in here with girls without telling me!" Calum yelled.
"Like we haven't seen your butt before", Sarah told him.
"And you are? I don't believe we've met.." Calum asked her.
"Sarah", she told him.
He didn't even bother to put on some pants anymore. He was staring at her boldly. She stared back.
"Asshole, she muttered under her breath. It was only so loud I could hear it.
"Come, let's sit in the lounge area", Luke told us.
We were taken further back into the backstage and found a room with couches and seats. There was a piano too.
"Oh, you have a piano!" I shouted.
"Yea, but no one ever uses it but me and Cal to play stupid things", Luke told me with a smile.
"You mind if I play it?"
"Go ahead babe", he smiled.
I sat behind the piano and let my fingers slide over it. I was compelled by piano's. They were magical. I decided to surprise Luke.
'And we both go down together
We'd stay there forever
Just try to get up
And i'm sorry
This wasn't easy
When i asked you, believe me
And never let go'
I saw him smiling. I knew he knew this song. It was Mayday Parade after all.
He was standing next to me right now. And put a hand on my shoulder. He started singing.
'Well I'm thinking of the worst things
That I could say to you
But a promise doesn't mean a thing anymore..'
We sang the whole song as a duet. When we were done the whole room clapped. I hadn't even realized there were people in there besides me and Luke. I saw he rest of the band and a lot of crew members. They were all smiling at us. It was a beautiful sight.
"You're really good!" Ashton screamed.
I just blushed and looked up at Luke. He was smiling and had those twinkling eyes I loved so much.
"You really were babe", he whispered.
My cheeks went a deeper shade of red. He knew what he did to me and liked it too. We just stared at each other until I heard Sarahs voice heating up.
"You're so infuriating.." she said.
I looked to see who she was talking to. I saw her staring at Calum and he was smiling at her. Why were they always arguing?
"What did you do?" Luke asked Cal.
"I asked if she liked seeing my butt and if she'd like to see it again" , he said with a boyish grin.
"Oh damn.. You don't talk like that to a girl!" I told him.
"Exactly! I knew he was rude, but this rude?" Sarah said.
"Better get used to it.." Ashton said. "We hear this all day long.."
She smiled at Ashton. She liked him. But I had to remind her that he was taking my someone else. Rachel, my friend from dance class was like madly in love with him. Dance class.. I had to leave!
"I have to go to dance class now! I'll see you in an hour or two", I told them.
"I'll miss you", Luke told me.
"I'll miss you too babe" I told him with a big smile.
He leaned down to kiss me and I felt his lip ring against my lip. It was cold and only made this so much hotter. I curved towards him and he grabbed my waist.
"Uhum?" someone coughed.
We snapped out of our daze and looked around. Michael was standing there with one eyebrow raised. We forgot we were still in a full room of people.
"Uhm, sorry. Sarah you can stay here if you want.." Luke said, his voice all hoarse. That turned me on even more.
"Okay! Chris, see ya later!" she said.
I took off to the door and walked out. The sun was beginning to set. I looked over to the girls, still standing in the line.
'Come and meet some girls please?' I texted Luke.
'I'll be out in a minute xx' he texted back.
"Hey you guys! 5sos is coming out in a minute to talk to you! Have fun!" I told the girls.
"THANKS!" they all screamed.
I took off again and practicly ran to dance class. I was lucky it was only a few blocks away. When I got there I was still the first one. I changed and went into the room. Jamie was there too now.
"You still dating that boyband guy?" he asked me.
"He's not in a boyband.. Geez", I told him.
"Whatever, I take that as a yes."
I walked over to him. "Why are you so mad?"
"Because.. You didn't want to date me, but you'll date that guy?"
"You're my friend Jamie, I don't see you like that. And you should get to know him. He's really nice, you'll see", I told him.
"I don't want to get to know him", he told me.
"Okay, let's drop it then.."
"Sorry.. I was out of line", he whispered.
"Let's just forget about it okay?"
"Yes", he told me and then the teacher walked in.
"Today we're going to do the same routine as last week! Jamie and Christina, pair up and let's dance!" she shouted.
We started together and it was going so smoothly again. I loved dancing with him. He knew what my body was going to do before I even did it. We knew each other really well. And I knew he was upset about me dating someone else. He always had liked me. Just because I was the one he could never get. And now I was even further out of his reach. It must've hurt him.
We danced for 2 hours straight to get everything right. We didn't miss a step and the teacher praised us again.
"I think we're ready for that performance in 3 weeks! We still need someone to sing!" she shouted.
"I think Christina should sing!" Jamie screamed.
"Okay that's settled!" the teacher said.
"Hey? What if I don't want to?" I asked him.
"I know you do, you love to sing!"
"But not in front of a large audience!" I screamed.
"Oh, pussy!" he laughed.
Suddenly someone walked in and all the girls started screaming.
"What's this all about?" I said in an annoyed voice.
"You're an amazing dancer babe", I heard a familliar voice say. I turned around and stared into those beautiful blue eyes.
I reached up to kiss him and he kissed me back, greedy. I looked around and everyone was staring with open mouths. Exept for Jamie. He looked bitter and was scowling.
"Luke, this is Jamie, my dance partner. Jamie, this is Luke, my.."
"Her boyfriend", he finished for me.
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