The Girl In The Dirty Shirt

Chapter 25

Sally and I screamed with the rest of the crowd; everyone in that room had their drug of choice pumping through their veins
I watched Liam from my place on the floor as he addressed the mass of people.
He and Noel both looked so comfortable on stage, so at home.
I looked around the venue at all the people, all of them with their eyes fixed on the stage.

"This one's for the girl in the dirty shirt"

I whipped my head back around looking back at Liam on the stage. "She's out there somewhere"

I looked up at him, his eyes searching the crowd. Sally nudged me in the ribs and I smiled with a laugh.

"You don't even understand that do you?"

She shrugged. "I know he meant you" she grinned before screaming as they tore into Rock 'n' Roll Star.

I couldn't get over the amount of people singing right back to them; the album hadn't even been released yet and there were hundreds of people singing the song like they've known it for years, my sister included.

The setlist wasn't very long, but Liam and Noel still managed to get into a fight halfway through. Something about retuning a guitar before they started Married With Children.
They played the song and from where I was standing I could already tell it had gotten tense on stage. They started in on their final song and I walked around my sister leaning next to her ear.

"I'm going backstage, this is gonna be ugly"

"I'll come with you"

She followed behind me back through where we'd come from at the start of the show. I climbed the stairs and stood just off stage; Noel was absolutely livid.
They finished the song and Noel stormed offstage without saying anything to the ecstatic crowd, just shoved past Liam and came off.

He glared at me and kept walking as Liam followed behind him.

"Fuckin' cunt" Liam muttered

He wrapped his arms around my waist, his shirt clinging to his body and his hair clinging to his forehead.
I glanced over my shoulder; Guigsy wrapped an arm around Sally's waist leading her back towards the dressing room.
Liam turned my face back to his and kissed me.

"Don't let him ruin your night"

The six of us, sans Noel went back to the bus. He knew the bus left at one, if he wasn't on it, too bad.

I climbed in one of the beds with Liam turning his watch to read the time.

"Y'worried about Our Kid?" He asked

I scoffed shaking my head. "Not even a little"

Liam just laughed kissing my forehead as he pulled me closer.

A few minutes later Sally threw an empty red plastic cup on the bed hitting me in the head with it.

"Let's play a game!" She grinned.

I chucked the cup back at her and missed hitting Guigs instead. "Fucking throw cups at me" I muttered and Liam just laughed sitting up.

"Which?" Liam asked looking over at the couch.

"Flip cup". She smiled

I sat up shaking my head. "We're not playing flip cup on the bus"

"Then what do you suggest your majesty?" She glared

"I think another game of poker is in order"

"Strip poker?" Guigs asked as I sat on the other side of the table.

"Is there any other kind in this group?"

"As long as you're here, not if I can help it" he smirked.