This One's For You

"Thank you thank you thank you!" Me and Beth squealed with delight after Mike handed us our VIP tickets. We each hugged him, his tall lanky figure clung a little tighter to Beth than myself and a rage of jealousy threw over me. I don't know why, but PTV were my favourite band, and I guess it was just a little bit of over fangirl instinct. I mean, if Mike Fuentes hugged your best friend tighter and longer than yourself, you would feel jealous.. right?

I smiled through gritted teeth and sunk back into the couch between Vic and Alan. By now it was around 9pm and the stars were starting to come out from the beautiful sunset of mixed oranges and pinks. It was beautiful. The warm air was starting to cool down gradually, so Austin decided to grab a load of blankets and set them down in a circle for the 11 of us to lay down on. It was nearing the end of the summer holidays, me and Beth had to start working or find a place in college or university. It wasn't fun being an 18 year old.

"The stars are so pretty tonight." Beth smiled up at the now almost pitch black sky, then closing her eyes. The alcohol had rung through us all, creating little turn arounds in our mind. It was a giddy sort of feeling, but it felt right with me being hunched up next to Alan with his arm draped around my shoulder letting my head rest on his arm, making me feel sleepy. I yawned and shifted slightly towards Alan's body, getting closer to his own embrace and finally turning over on my side and put one arm over his chest.

I heard several snoring noises coming from the circle of blankets and realised everyone was asleep. Everyone but me, Vic and Alan. I felt amazing.
"Are you cold? Here, have a blanket little lady." Vic laughed and gave me a blanket he was lying on. To tell the truth, I was absolutely freezing. I only had a t-shirt and shorts on because of how hot it was that day, and since I didn't bring an overnight bag, I couldn't change into anything warmer. I hugged the warm blanket and sat up slightly, only to see body's crashed around in a circle, almost like a clock.

"Do you always sleep out on the roof Alan?" I looked at his body, his shirt slightly risen up to reveal the bottom half of his belly and a blanket over his skinny jeans.
"Well not all the time, the guys from PTV are here and we don't really have that many bedrooms to fit 9 of us unless we shared a room. Plus you're here now, and we really don't have enough bedrooms for 11." He propped himself up on his elbows and smiled lightly. Vic was now shifting awkwardly on his feet as he walked around aimlessly before deciding to lie down on a hammock.
"What's up Vic? You don't seem to happy mate." Alan called over to the other side, trying not to wake the others up.
"I'm fine, just looking up at the stars. I'm happy, I've never been this happy before. This all seems right you know? I'm happy, with you guys here. It feels like everything has fallen into place all of a sudden." I could see a slight smile spread across his tanned face which also made me smile.

I got up and laid down on the free sofa, also staring up at the sky. I had always loved the stars. I knew most combinations and always wanted to study astrology ever since I was about 8. It fascinated me that there were so many stars out there, burning brightly. But nobody could ever visit them, because they were years in our past. By the time we got to them, they would already be dead. And that scared me quite a lot.

I heard footsteps come over to the sofa and lay down next to me. It was obviously Alan. I sighed deeply and smiled at the stars. I let a tear escape. I always thought a lot when it came to the stars. I overthink too much. Especially on mild summer nights like these where I'm lying down looking up at the vast sky and lying next to the band member I had grown to like so much.

"Stace? Why are you crying?" Alan's hand came to my face and wiped the tears that slipped down my cheek.
Honestly, I was thinking about my future. What would happen after tonight? Would Alan and I still be good friends or more than friends? Or would we be complete strangers after this and pretend nothing happened? Would Austin remember us? What about my college life, what will I do? Will I ever have a child and get married, and if so, to who? I was full of questions about my future that nobody would ever know.

"I'm just... scared." I sniffled.
"Of what?"
"My future, my past, you." I let an extra tear escape before Alan squeezed on my hips, pulling me in for a hug.
"Don't be. After tonight, I'm going to do something I've never done before. And you're going to be a part of that." He kissed my head lightly. I had a surge of butterflies flutter around my belly.
"What do you mean?"
"You'll find out tomorrow, I promise." He kissed my forehead again and again as I cried.

After I wiped my tears, I laid back down. My tear stained face was now looking up at the sky once more. I had so many questions to ask Alan, but none of them came out. I laid there in silence until I heard Vic gasp from his hammock, almost tipping it over.
"What Vic? What is it?" Alan looked alarmed, standing up quickly looking around.
"The stars! They're moving!" Vic looked up at the sky, eyes wide open in shock.
"What the fuck Vic?" Alan had an annoyed expression and laid back down next to me as I laughed a lot.
"Vic, haven't you ever seen shooting stars?" I looked up a the sky, admiring the beautiful stream of stars that whizzed through the pitch black sky. It gave me a lot of shivers and a wave of excitement.
"Nope, it's always been a dream of mine to actually do this. I never thought it would happen on accident!" He didn't take his eyes off the sky.

I smiled at his words and decided to jump off the sofa and roll over everyone that was lying on the blankets to wake them up.
Groans of 'fuck off!' and 'let me sleep' came from the mouths of the bodies and I laughed before rolling over them one more time before I heard whispering 'oh my god'.
I laid back down with Alan, hugging him tightly. It was such an amazing night. Thoughts of my future vanished from my mind. All that mattered now was that I was in the arms of Alan Ashby, sitting with my two favourite bands and my best friend, looking up at the magic that stars can do. It was honestly so beautiful, no words could describe it.

I guess you had to be there to see it.

Notes

lots of fluff but cute i guess