Chloe's cheeks coloured as she walked into the stadium and everyone in the room turned to stare at her. She couldn't help but notice that wherever she went the past few weeks, men seemed to stare at her. A small smile played on her lips when she remembered Danny's words, when he'd pointed out to her that because her confidence has grown and she was wearing more fitted clothes, men were now unable to tear their eyes away from her. She quickly sat on one of the chairs, staring up at the Blue boys as they carried out their sound check. Her eyes flickered to Lee as he began to sing his verse, his gaze fixed on her as his powerful voice echoed around the stadium.
"Okay guys, I think we're good!" Matt announced as soon as the boys had finished singing. Duncan smiled at Chloe as he walked over to the edge of the stage, holding out his hand to her to offer to help her onto the stage. Chloe smiled, quickly standing up and taking his hand, giggling as he pulled her onto the stage and into his arms, hugging her gently.
"How's it going Chlo Bo?" he asked.
"I'm good. You guys sounded awesome." she replied, smiling at each of them in turn, quickly looking away from Lee's intense gaze as he stared at her.
"Where's Freyja, Chlo?" Lee asked softly.
"I thought I told you that my name is Chloe!" she snapped, still angry with him because of what he did to Danny.
"She's with your Mum." she added when he didn't respond. Lee opened his mouth to respond, quickly closing it again when Matt hurried over to them.
"Right, you boys have an interview in the dressing room." he announced, sighing to himself when Lee rolled his eyes. Chloe sighed in relief as she watched the Blue boys walking away from her, the four of them following Matt to the dressing room. Even though she had managed to let go of some of the bitterness the past few months, she couldn't help but feel a deep sense of anger towards Lee at what he had done to Danny, particularly since Danny hadn't done anything wrong. She sighed to herself as she sat down on the stage, quickly placing her legs over the edge and swinging them. A small smile played on the corner of her lips as she gazed out across the stadium, gasping when she realised how large it was, and how many people it would hold at full capacity. She couldn't help but feel a deep sense of admiration for Danny and the Blue boys, that they were able to walk out on stage with their heads held high and perform to such a large audience. Chloe jumped, snapping out of her thoughts as someone sat beside her. She turned to face him, her cheeks colouring when she suddenly noticed how handsome he was.
"Hi, I'm Chris." he told her, holding his hand out for her to shake, chuckling to himself when he noticed her flushed cheeks.
"Chloe." she said quietly, quickly looking away from his gaze as she silently picked at the seam on her jeans.
"I'm one of the dancers." he said quickly, watching her closely as she nodded slowly, not quite able to bring herself to look at him, in case her cheeks coloured once again.
"Aren't you the one that all the rumours are about?" he prompted her, trying to engage her in a conversation.
"What rumours?" she asked quickly, her head snapping to look at him, her heart sinking at the thought of being the subject of gossip once again.
"The ones going around social media." he said quietly, nodding slowly as she raised her eyebrow at him.
"You mean the ones where the fans think that I'm cheating on Lee with Danny." she said quietly, sighing sadly when he nodded slowly.
"Yeah, well I'm not." she said firmly.
"The truth is, I broke up with Lee months ago, he just refuses to tell the fans that we aren't together anymore." she continued, her stomach churning with anger that despite the fact that she'd asked Lee on numerous occasions to inform the fans that they were no longer together, he'd refused too, and now as a result she was the subject of yet more rumours.
