2022

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A night with Noel at Glastonbury
(a/n: bit tame and not romantic)

It was your first time going to Glastonbury. You had been wanting to go your whole life but your parents would never let you. They were too scared to let you go on your own and they weren't going to take you there, but that didn't matter now. You were 22 and had finally saved up enough money to get a ticket and to go with some friends. You were extra excited because this years lineup had both Paul McCartney and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. There were your two favorite people from your favorite bands, Oasis & The Beatles.

Since you had never been there before, you wanted to explore everything Glastonbury had to offer. As you had some money left over, you decided to rent a tent. Since you wanted to stay overnight and it would save you trouble trying to get home so late. You arrived earlier then your friends to set up your tent. You brought an extra sleeping bag in case one of your friends decided to stay.

You walked around the site, taking everything in. It was only afternoon so it wasn't as crowded yet. You visited every spot available on the lands to check it all out. You grabbed a schedule to see who all was playing. You knew that Noel was on before Paul McCartney so you wanted to get a good spot to see both of them on the Pyramid Stage. Your friends arrived shortly midday and you all went of to grab some food before Noel came on.

As you sat with your friends, you all started talking about the day and the festival. One of your friends was determined to meet someone famous. You dismissed them saying the festival was too big and there was thousands of people here. Your friend said that she was going to go looking whether you came or not. You decided why not just keep an eye out for her and that you would stay up. You weren't much of a drinker but still liked to stay up and hang out with people.

You and friends made tour way over to the pyramid stage to get a good spot. You all managed to push your way through the crowd and get in front of all the flags and banners so nothing would block your view. It was getting closer to Noel coming on and your heart started beating more loudly. You turned around and saw a sea of people standing behind you. Fort Knox started to play and you started screaming with your friends. Noel walked out, looking as amazing as ever. Noel played all your favorite songs and it was better and better with every song he did. It came to the final song Don't Look Back In Anger. You couldn't believe how fast it had gone by and took in the feeling for this one. All the voices in the crowd singing, Noel stepping back to let everyone take control. You closed your eyes as you sang the words. The song ended and Noel and his band clapped and waved to the crowd as they left. But the excitement was not over yet as Paul McCartney was to come next.

Paul's set came and went just as amazing as Noel's. You were having such an amazing time. It was midnight but the excitement from the day still ran through your body. There was no way you was giving up on the night now. As it was nearing 1 am all of the acts had finished but there was still partying going on. DJ's had come out and were playing rave music around the park. You weren't much of a club person but you're friends dragged you over to one of the tents playing. You didn't want to drink too much so you could watch over your friends in case something happened. But it didn't mean you weren't having fun. It was great just to dance around and not think about anything.

Time had passed so quickly dancing around to the DJ's that when you next looked at the time it was 4 am. You figured it was about time to get you and your friends some rest. As you all walked back to the tent, the fields were quite empty. There was only a few groups scattered around. You then noticed one man just walking around looking lost. You felt a bit bad for him and started to head in his direction. As you got closer the face started to seem familiar. The man looked so much like Noel Gallagher but you couldnt really believe it. Why was he all alone in the middle of Glastonbury at 4am? When you got up to him, it really was Noel and asked if you could get a picture. You couldn't comprehend that you had run into Noel fucking Gallagher, your favorite musician and who had just played on the Pyramid Stage not so long ago. After you got the picture, you decided to not bother him too much and be on your way. But you felt something was not right. You watched as Noel walked off, stumbling around and looking like he didn't know what was going on. The caring in you couldn't just leave him in that condition. You ran back to him and wrapped your arm around his back to help him stand up. Noel just smiled gleefully at you and didn't say a word. You walked him back to your tent with your friends.

Although Noel was taller than you, it wasn't hard to hold on to him. He didn't try to get away and seemed happy to be with you. Noel kept trying to say some things but it all came out slurred so you couldn't understand him. When you got the tent, you laid Noel down on one of the sleeping bags. Noel got settled onto the ground and laughed a bit. You watched as Noel closed his eyes and he said goodnight. It was so cute, Noel acting so carefree. You leaned down to him and gave him a little kiss on the cheek and said goodnight.

When you awoke the next morning, Noel was gone. You were sad you didn't get to talk and say goodbye to him but you felt lucky enough just to have him in your company for a little while. You sat staring at the empty spot next to you when you spotted a little piece of paper. You picked it up and it read:

"Thanks for letting me crash at your tent. Hope I wasn't too pissed up. Big Love ♡ Noel Gallagher"

You held the note in your arms and shed a little tear. This was most certainly the best night you ever had.

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