Invisible String

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Natalie's POV

"How is everything going?" Taylor asks.

"Good. I'm just getting ready to head to the arena. It's a sold out show." I say as I button up my pants.

"Well isn't that nice, tell Ariana I said hello and that I'm sorry I couldn't make it." Taylor says.

I'm at Manchester for Ariana Grande's concert. I'm so stoked to go. Ariana is so sweet an angel. She has always treated me well. I think they're not allowed to talk though. I THINK.

"I will." I say as I place the phone on the bed and put it on speaker. "Hey T?"

"Yes?"

"I love you."

"I love you too. I'll see you in two days." Tay says.

"I'll see you in two days. Bye."

"Bye."

I grab the keys to my rental car as I head down to the garage. Once I get in I play some music and drive to Manchester arena.

After a long drive I arrive to Manchester arena. I head to the back as I show my pass to security who lets me in.

"Miss. Swift." A security guard says and I nod.

Miss. Swift that's a new one.

I walk backstage as I look for Ariana.

"I'm gonna need you to stop right here. Your pass." A security asks.

I grab my pass and show it to him, he grabs it from me and looks back at me as he stares me down.

"Can I help you?" I ask.

"Nat!" I look behind the security and I see Ariana waving.

"She knows me." I say.

He returns me the pass, moves out of the way and I head over to Ariana.

"Ari!"

"Nat! So nice to see you." Ariana says as she hugs me. "I'm so glad you could make it."

"It's nice to see you again. Well thank you for inviting me. Taylor says hi and that she's sorry she couldn't make it. She has things going on currently." I say rubbing the back of my neck.

"Oh no worries, I'm glad at least one of you came. It's nice to have company you actually know." Ari says and I nod.

"Of course. Oh yeah I definitely get that." I say nodding my head.

"Come on I'll show you around. The concert doesn't start for another two hours."

Ari shows me around and I say hi to Mac as she Facetimes him.

Soon enough the two hours go by and Ari is ready to head to the stage.

"You got it. Good luck." I whisper as I give her a quick hug.

- - - -

As the concert was ending I was getting ready to head to the front of the stage to greet Ari and congratulating her on her concert. I grabbed my phone and I smiled as I saw a text from Alex.

Alex: I love you. Christen and your number one fan aka Tobin says hi. Well Tobin says 'sup'. Miss you.

I started to type out a message when I heard a loud boom. My head snapped back up as I saw everyone start running.

"A bomb!" I hear someone yell.

My eyes widen as I hear the person yell that it's a bomb.

I run over to Ari as I cover her with my sweater. I grab her microphone as I look around the arena.

"No don't speak into the system, we don't know what's happening. Go go out there and help them. I know that's what you want to do." Ari shouts and I nod.

"You're okay right?" I ask.

"I'm fine, now go and come back in one piece or else your sister will come for my neck."

I run towards where I heard the bomb. I see everyone running in different directions.

"Help! Someone please help!"

I see a young girl who's probably in her teens as she grabs her leg. I run over and I crouch down.

"What happened?"

"I hurt my leg as I tried to run out. Please help me I can't find my friends." The girl says and I nod.

"Come on I'll take you to the back. I promise we'll find your friends and we'll get some help for your leg." I say. "Okay I'm going to pick you up, is that okay?"

The girl nods and I nod as I slowly pick her up.

The commotion keeps going as people run around. I walk to the back as others start noticing me they start to follow me.

God I only hope I'm not moving them to a trap I don't know about.

Taylor's POV

"Oh my god. Oh my god." I mumble as I cover my face with my hands.

"What? What's going on?" Austin asks and I motion to my phone.

"Oh my god." I whisper as I sit down.

"I'll call her. You get a hold of Alex." Austin says and I shake my head.

"I'll call Alex, Austin you get a hold of Nat." Selena says.

"Oh my god." I mumble as I place my elbows on my knees, my hands covering my face.

"She's fine. I'm sure she's fine. It's Nat we're talking about she'll be okay." Selena says as she grabs her phone.

"And if she's not?"

"Don't think like that."

"Well we never know." I say.

"You should tell your mom Tay."

"Absolutely not."

"She'll find out sooner or later through the news. She should find out by you."

Alex's POV

"Did she answer?" Tobin asks and I laugh.

"I told you I'd tell you if she answered back and she hasn't yet." I say.

"Call her." Tobin says and I shake my head.

"She's busy."

Tobin continues to bicker with me and I shake my head. As we bicker back and forth my phone rings. I furrow my eyebrows as I see it's Selena.

"Hello?"

"Alex have you seen the news?"

"No why?" I ask as I sit up and grab the remote control.

"A bomb went off at Manchester arena."

"Oh my god."

"What? What happened?" Tobin asks and I raise my hand up to be quiet.

"We're trying to get a hold of her right now. Just keep tight until we find out where she is. Okay?"

"Um yeah sure yeah okay." I say.

"We'll let you know." Selena says.

"Okay."

I hang up and look over to Tobin and Christen.

"What happened Al?" Christen asks calmly.

"A bomb went off at Manchester arena."

"Oh my god."