I Still Think You're Beautiful
Four
Backstage is cool. I never really been backstage before, I’ve always been at school when they did their shows. But behind main stage was awesome. There were bands getting ready to go on after PTV and techs running around. Just being so close to the music made it worth everything.
I saw a guy alone and I hurried over to him. I think I recognised him but I couldn’t be sure. I tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around to look at me. “Hello,” he sighed happily. He had a British accent. I managed to get a closer look at him. Dark hair and covered in tattoo’s.
“You going on soon?” I asked.
“Straight after PTV,” he replied. Oh Jesus, that accent.
“Bring me the Horizon, right?”
“Yeah. I’m Oli,”
“Alyssa,” I said and shook his hand.
“Who you with to get back here?”
“PTV,”
“They’re good lads. Shit at football, but good lads,” he laughed. “How do you know them?”
“I’m Vic and Mike’s sister,”
“Didn’t know they had one,” he shrugged. I looked behind me and took a step closer to him. I heard loud drums and stood on my tip toes.
“Why are you alone?” I said in his ear and he put his hand on the small of my back.
“My boys are just doing some checks,” he breathed. I ran my fingers over his neck and saw him smirk.
“I like your tattoo’s,” I told him and stepped back. “Have you got your back done?”
“Yeah, all covered,”
“Can I see?” I asked.
“Sure,” he shrugged. He turned around and I helped him pull his shirt up. I ran my hands over his back and went up and down his spine.
“These are awesome. You should be stoked about them,”
“They’re cool,” he agreed.
“Oli!” someone called. I looked behind him and saw someone waiting.
“I’ve gotta bounce,” he said and pulled his shirt down. “Come to Of Mice and Men's bus tonight. They’re having a thing,”
“Sure,” I agreed. He jogged away and I saw him put his arm around the guy waiting. He said something quietly and the other guy looked at me and laughed. I bit my lip a minute and walked back to the side of the stage. I saw the boys head for me and I looked at Vic and Mike. They were both grinning.
“Lyssa!” Vic called and they opened their arms for me. I tried to run away but they caught me and forced me into a sweaty hug.
“Ugh!” I groaned. I felt their hair rub against my face and go into my mouth. “Disgusting,” I moaned and spat it out.
“Warped rule number one,” Vic said as they pulled away from me. “You need at least one sweaty hug a week,”
“I hate that rule,” I said.
“What did you think?” Jaime asked. I walked closer to him and grinned.
“You dropped your bass,” I teased.
“That . . . was a stage move,”
“Sure,” I rolled my eyes. We started walking back to the buses and I looked around. “Which one is Of Mice and Men’s?” I asked.
“Three down from ours,” Vic replied. “How come?”
“They’re having a thing tonight, aren’t they?”
“They always have a thing,” Tony smiled.
“What do you mean?”
“Those guys are constant,” Jaime laughed.
“Like every night?”
“Not every night,” Vic reasoned. “How’d you hear?”
“Oli from Bring me the Horion,” I said and Vic looked at me. “I’ve been networking,” I shrugged.
“Cool,” Jaime commented.
“So, are you going?”
“We’ve got to kick off Warped,” Mike grinned and ruffled my hair.
I saw a guy alone and I hurried over to him. I think I recognised him but I couldn’t be sure. I tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around to look at me. “Hello,” he sighed happily. He had a British accent. I managed to get a closer look at him. Dark hair and covered in tattoo’s.
“You going on soon?” I asked.
“Straight after PTV,” he replied. Oh Jesus, that accent.
“Bring me the Horizon, right?”
“Yeah. I’m Oli,”
“Alyssa,” I said and shook his hand.
“Who you with to get back here?”
“PTV,”
“They’re good lads. Shit at football, but good lads,” he laughed. “How do you know them?”
“I’m Vic and Mike’s sister,”
“Didn’t know they had one,” he shrugged. I looked behind me and took a step closer to him. I heard loud drums and stood on my tip toes.
“Why are you alone?” I said in his ear and he put his hand on the small of my back.
“My boys are just doing some checks,” he breathed. I ran my fingers over his neck and saw him smirk.
“I like your tattoo’s,” I told him and stepped back. “Have you got your back done?”
“Yeah, all covered,”
“Can I see?” I asked.
“Sure,” he shrugged. He turned around and I helped him pull his shirt up. I ran my hands over his back and went up and down his spine.
“These are awesome. You should be stoked about them,”
“They’re cool,” he agreed.
“Oli!” someone called. I looked behind him and saw someone waiting.
“I’ve gotta bounce,” he said and pulled his shirt down. “Come to Of Mice and Men's bus tonight. They’re having a thing,”
“Sure,” I agreed. He jogged away and I saw him put his arm around the guy waiting. He said something quietly and the other guy looked at me and laughed. I bit my lip a minute and walked back to the side of the stage. I saw the boys head for me and I looked at Vic and Mike. They were both grinning.
“Lyssa!” Vic called and they opened their arms for me. I tried to run away but they caught me and forced me into a sweaty hug.
“Ugh!” I groaned. I felt their hair rub against my face and go into my mouth. “Disgusting,” I moaned and spat it out.
“Warped rule number one,” Vic said as they pulled away from me. “You need at least one sweaty hug a week,”
“I hate that rule,” I said.
“What did you think?” Jaime asked. I walked closer to him and grinned.
“You dropped your bass,” I teased.
“That . . . was a stage move,”
“Sure,” I rolled my eyes. We started walking back to the buses and I looked around. “Which one is Of Mice and Men’s?” I asked.
“Three down from ours,” Vic replied. “How come?”
“They’re having a thing tonight, aren’t they?”
“They always have a thing,” Tony smiled.
“What do you mean?”
“Those guys are constant,” Jaime laughed.
“Like every night?”
“Not every night,” Vic reasoned. “How’d you hear?”
“Oli from Bring me the Horion,” I said and Vic looked at me. “I’ve been networking,” I shrugged.
“Cool,” Jaime commented.
“So, are you going?”
“We’ve got to kick off Warped,” Mike grinned and ruffled my hair.
Haha! Thank you :)
11/12/13