Ghost of You ♡ LRH

24 - Brother

If I was dying on my knees

You would be the one to rescue me

And if you were drowned at sea

I'd give you my lungs so you could breathe

Brother – Kodaline

♡

Luke

"You guys have been a lovely crowd tonight," I said into the microphone. "We recently released a music video, who's seen it?" The crowd went wild at this. This was one of the most rewarding parts of my job. "It was a good one, wasn't it?" I couldn't help but laugh a bit at this. The video has received an overwhelming positive response, for the most part. My gaze met that of the woman who the song is about. She was already looking up at me with a huge smile on her face. Her eyes were slightly glassy letting me know she was on the edge of tears.

"I've said it many times before but this song holds such a special place in my heart so it means the world to me that you are all enjoying it." I know what I was about to say could cause some problems but I wanted to say it for her. After her breakdown, I have been biting back the desire to say something. Our fans are great, so the way they were treating Aria was more than upsetting. "We hope you will continue to show it love, not just parts of the video but all of it."

Throughout the entire song, I couldn't help but keep glancing down at the girl in front of the stage. Aria was facing the crowd; she was in awe at the sights. Thousands of lights shined back at us casting the beautiful girl in light. The smile on her face warmed my heart. She spent so long alone and sad but now she doesn't have to feel that way anymore. I am here for her. The boys are here for her. Crystal is here for her. We may all not be blood but we are family.

I wasn't the only one who was having a hard time biting their tongue at the recent hate. Over the years we have all learned to desensitize ourselves to the comments of others but Aria hasn't yet. Since the beginning of our tour she hasn't felt adequate to be working with us even though time and time again we have reassured her.

Reading all of the comments about her have been harder than reading hate about myself. People have been trying to tear her down when they don't know her. She may say that she can learn to live with the comments about herself but I know they are destroying her. Aria is the strongest person I know, but even the strongest crack. When she threatened to leave me the other night, I felt my heart stop. The thought of continuing on without her is unacceptable and I will do what it takes to keep her by my side. I will make her see she belongs by my side just as much as I deserve to be by her side.

I finished the last note of the song, eyes locked on my love. She was struggling to get past a security guard who was refusing to move for whatever reason. I felt my anger rise at this. Even if she wasn't my girlfriend she was a member of the crew so she needs to get past him. This was going to cause her to have to walk too close to the barrier, much closer than I feel comfortable.

I turned around to give my guitar to a crew member as the light cut down. As he was handing my other guitar, the sounds of screaming could be heard. Instantly I turned around to see Michael jumping off the stage towards the sound. My mind was racing with a million different serranoes and none of them were good.

I raced towards the edge of the stage, my heart stopped when I saw what was in front of me. Michael was crouched down in front of Aria who was on the ground. She had a sizable gash on her face that was pouring blood. Security was completely ignoring her injury, instead focusing on Michael.