A New Life

Chapter 23

It's nearing 8pm, the party starts in about a half hour. There are meet and greets happening at the moment and then it kicks off.

Bzzz.

Chris: Hey how far away are you? X
Me: I'm just doing the final touches. I'll be there soon. X
Chris: Okay, hurry, I don't want you to miss the set. X

I put my phone down and decide 1 drink won't hurt. I'm nearly finished with getting ready, and I'm going to be in a room full of fans so maybe a small drink would be okay. Keep my nerves down. I drink a vodka redbull while pining my hair to the side, I touch up my lipstick and put my heels on. There. I'm ready.
I do a once over and head for the hall.

Me: Leaving now x
Chris: Drive safe x

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Chris' POV:

I get the text that Katys on her way. I feel the butterflies pick up and try to prepare myself. We sign the last of the autographs and take the last of the photos. There's so many people here, it's amazing. All the fans have been so great, we've heard some really sad stories and some funny ones. We have such a great collection of fans. I'm in a black and white suit with a black bunny ears mask, and the guys are all dressed up to. We take a group photo and then went to start getting ready for the set.

Bzzz.

Katy: I'm here x

I walk over to the door to see Katy, Holy fucking shit. She looks stunning. Wow! She's beautiful! My heart literally feels like it's stopped beating.
She's just talking to the security. "She's algood, she's with me." I say, she smiles up at me and walks over to me. "You look... I mean you are..  I mean... Wow. Katy you are absolutely stunning!" I say pecking her check. "You think so? I hope I don't look overdressed..." she says looking down at her dress. "You look perfect." I say pulling her face up to mine. "Well thank you I guess. You look great too Chris, I guess we had the same idea" she giggles looking at my ears. "I guess so" I chuckle along with her.
I take her arm in mine and we walk over to where the guys are. They all look at her jaw dropped. They offer her compliments and she just blushes and brushes them off.
"So we have to go on stage in 5, will you be okay?" I ask looking a little concerned. "I'll be fine Chris, I promise. Go get ready!! I'll see you after! Good luck!" she says pecking me on the cheek and walks off. Damn.

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Katys POV:

The guys are just getting ready for their set. Chris looks so hot! I mean he normally does anyway, but oh god. So hot. I look around for the bar, another drink can't hurt. I've been so good lately, and it's not like it's gonna effect me too much.
I find the bar and walk over. "Can I please get a vodka redbull please?" I ask the bartender. They nod, I pay and he makes my drink. The lights go down just as he hands me my drink. Ohhh!!
I go and stand some where close to the stage, but that was kind of hard as there were fans everywhere. So I opted to stay by the bar.
The music started and the 5 guys are up. I take a sip of my drink just as the fans go wild. This is gonna be so fun!!

The guys play for a solid hour, they even played my favourite song of their's, Catharsis. I ordered two more drinks in that time and I was kind of feeling it. After the set I went over and sat down at a table. After about 10 minutes Chris and Ricky come over. "Hey you guys!! Good job! You were amazing!" I say feeling like my words came out a little slow. Oops. I guess after a while of not drinking, I've become a little lightweight. They just smile and say thanks. "Wanna go dance?" I ask Chris taking his hand. "Sure, I guess. I don't really dance though." we go onto the dance floor, and I feel a few eyes on us. "Are they all looking at us? I ask looking up at him. "Yupp." he says looking back at me. I just shrug and keep dancing with him, wrapping my arms around his very high neck. "You were so good up there." I say looking up at him. "Thank you" he says bringing himself closer to me. "You can really tell you love it up on stage." he just laughs and thanks me again. "I'm serious, it was hot seeing you up there." I say. Uhhh. Fuck. I stop dancing and excuse myself. Okay, time for another drink. I go back to the bar and order another vodka and redbull. I pay and take my drink. Why would I say that to him? Now he probably thinks I'm a psycho. God I'm so embarrassing...

After about an hour of being at the party, I decided I was over all the stares of the fans. Some had smiles, some were looking at me as if I had just eaten their child. I go to find Chris.
He was standing by the stage talking to a couple girls with Ricky. I look to see if they're nearly done, but it doesn't seem like it.
I go and find Vinny, but he was off talking to a girl. I come across Justin and Ryan just chatting by the food. "Hey guys, I think I'm going to go.." I say, they both look at me weirdly. "How much have you had to drink?" Justin asks, "Not too much. I just wanna go home." I say looking for my the keys in my bag. "Yeah I don't think you should drive Katy, I'll go get Chris, okay?" Ryan says starting to leave. "No it's okay. He's talking to some girls. I'll be fine." I say grabbing his arm. I can't go home with Chris, he'd be mad that he has to leave. "It's okay, he won't mind." he says continuing over to Chris. Justin hold his hand out. "Pass me the keys, I'll give them to Chris". I pout a little. I'm not a little girl. I hand him the keys. After about 5 minutes Chris comes over. "You ready?" he asks. I just nod.

"I'm sorry I dragged you away from those girls... I didn't mean to. I could have driven myself home." again. Feeling my words coming out slow. "It's okay, I don't mind. You definitely couldn't have driven yourself home. How many drinks did you have?" he asks, concern laced his voice. "Not a lot, maybe 6 or 8?" I say blushing. God embarrassing. "8 drinks? That's a lot Katy, especially for you..." he says a little stern. "I'm okay I promise, I just wanted to have a little fun." I protest. "And did you? Have fun I mean". I nod. "It was so much fun! You guys rocked, the fans loved you, I love you!" shit. What? Oh god. It fell silent.
Soon we pulled up to my house. Chris got out and opened my door. I can't believe I just said that. We both walked up to my door. "Chris I-" I felt a pair of warm lips on mine. I pulled away. "Oh shit. I'm so sorry Katy. Please, I'm so sor-" I stopped him by pulling him back onto my lips. It felt so nice. I didn't think I'd be ready for this. Maybe it's the alcohol, but I don't want it to stop. It just feels right.