Late Night Drives - BWS (completed)

10

The past few days have been nothing but awkward. You could cut the tension with a knife. Bradley has obeyed my orders so far and has barely spoken to me.

If I'm honest, I miss him and I miss the friendship we had and I wish I said no to Bradley, that way we wouldn't be in such a mess.

However, I don't feel as if I should be the one to apologise.

So I guess I'll just have to wait.

Moreover, the boys have played two shows since the incident and they're doing great, although scrolling through fans photos with Bradley, he doesn't look his happiest. And me? I've stayed well out of the way when it comes to the fans. They're probably already suspicious and I really don't think I'll be able to deal with the questioning at this current moment in time.

We're now currently on our way to London's O2 arena for the boys to play there for two nights. I never realised how successful they were until now; how did I not know who they were?

I'm snapped out of my thoughts by the familiar Birmingham accent of Bradley's.

"We're here love" he speaks, attempting to smile at me.

"Okay, thanks, I'll be out in a minute, let me just put my laptop and camera in my bag" I smile.

The boys do the usual, meet the fans outside the arena and then go in for soundcheck.

After the boys had finished soundcheck and went to chill backstage, me and Dean proceeded to set up the cameras for tonight.

Tonight was the biggest night so far as we are videoing the tour DVD, tonight is the one night everything has to be perfect, everyone knows that.

To say I'm nervous is an understatement, I just hope that everything goes to plan.

"Are you and Bradley okay?" Dean suddenly asks.

"Yeah, we're fine, I guess I'm just stressed about tonight" I lie and luckily he buys it.

"I understand, it's just going to be like any other show, think of it that way. But there's no need to stress, you will be fine, I can assure you of that" Dean smiles.

"Thanks Dean, you the man!"

We both laugh.

"Right, well we're all set up now, we're done here for the time being" Dean smiles as I follow him back to the boys dressing room.

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We're now nearing the end of the concert, everything seems to be going to plan, every so often Dean would look over to check up on me and give me a thumbs up in between songs.

I've got some good shots tonight, in between my videoing, and everyone appears to be having a good time.

Now there's only Can We Dance to go; looking around as Bradley begins to sing the whole arena erupts into screams, many of the audience jumping and singing along.

Bradley then pauses as Con, Tris and James continue to play their instruments, there's just the crowd singing along; the smiles on their faces make me feel happy. To know they're achieving their dreams and people are singing their songs back to them, it's beautiful to watch.

I know me and Bradley currently aren't on the best of terms, but it doesn't mean I can't be happy for him.

Eventually the boys take their final bow before running off backstage.

Around five minutes after the boys had left the stage, Dean finally gives me a nod to say I can now join the boys backstage.

"Guys that was incredible!" I smile as I run over and hug each one of them in the dressing room.

Bradley seems surprised when I hug him, it was like he didn't know how to respond. But after a few seconds, he seemed to process what was happening and eventually hugged back.

"Right guys, let's get going, I've booked us into a hotel nearby for the next two nights, we need to get there before the fans find us!" Joe speaks and before we know it, we're out of the arena and back on the tourbus again.