Stella's POV
Everything about my set went exactly as it should. I wore this outfit Ava had picked out at the very beginning of tour, which was very sparkly and glittery. Then I wore some beaded friendship bracelets Leo told me would break while I was onstage but they didn't. I sang one new song, and gave a little speechy speech.
"I just wanted to thank everyone for being here for the last night of my first tour ever." I started. I paused for the fans to scream. I don't think they were screaming because they were particularly stoked for me, but just because that's what you do at concerts.
"I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be here. I only started doing music less than a year ago and look at how far I've come in the last year." Pause.
"Some of you may have seen some videos of me online..." I paused but they weren't screaming. They were listening. Everyone had seen those videos. "And in those videos, I look small and sad and scared. Because I was being bullied."
"I'm not gonna lie, I've spent a lot of my life being bullied. My best friend Ava calls me a 'walking target' like I'm a magnet for people who treat me like shit. And I know there are a lot of you out there that maybe feel the same way. Small. Insignificant."
"And I just wanted to let you all know that no matter how bad things might get, there's always going to be light at the end of the tunnel."
"You're going to get hurt. Bad things are going to happen to you. People are going to be mean. But the thing is that the mean people? All they're ever going to be is mean. And liars. And pathetic. But maybe one day they'll be in the crowd at your concert, listening to you be exactly who you were meant to be. And that's pretty cool." I paused so they could scream. I didn't know for sure if Olivia had stayed for the show, but the fact that she showed up at all was interesting in itself.
"The girl that bullied me is proud of what she did. She's proud that she made me feel like shit. She's proud that she made me afraid to go to school. And she's proud that she took videos of me when I was 14, 15, 16, 17... she's proud that she's held onto these videos of me looking so sad and scared and small and she's proud to be the one who made me feel that way."
"Making other people feel bad doesn't make you strong. Or tough. Or cool. Or brave. Or powerful. Being a bully isn't something to be proud of. But being a good friend? Being a good sister? Being a good person? Being brave when things are scary? That's something to be proud of." I paused for screams again.
"And speaking of things I'm proud of, I'd like all of you here tonight to be the first to know... with the help of my brother and my friends, I will be releasing my first album on October 6th." Scream break.
"It's called Brave... um... actually my brother named it for me. My brother's helped me with a lot of things, but one of the biggest things he's helped me with is actually being brave. Being brave is standing up for yourself. Even when you've had a really bad ass best friend to stand up for you your whole life. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for brother, so in honor of that we"
Louis stepped onto the stage then, and the crowd went nuts. He came over and put his arms around me for a quick second and then let go, and we waited for the applause to calm down before I started speaking again.
"We are going to sing a song of Louis' called Only For The Brave."
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Ava's POV
It's common knowledge that Stella was the hottest girl in Midtown Science High School. In my personal opinion Stella was one of the most beautiful girls in the entire world. Especially when she smiled, like she did when she got off stage after the last show. She was so happy and bouncy and the first person she hugged when she got off stage was Peter, but then it was me. And then Louis because she loves her brother or whatever. Could not be me. My brother was here, but she didn't hug him because that would be weird. She just thanked him for coming and by the time she was finished hugging Aunt May, mans had completely disappeared. He had brought a girl with him. Arianna. He didn't say they were dating, but why else would he bring a girl to a concert. And to be fair, I didn't really talk to him much at all because I spent Stella's entire set in the VIP area with Louis and he spent Stella's entire set watching from side stage. I thought it was weird he was there for Stella. Part of me thought that I wished I was performing, so that he would be showing up for me, but we all know what happened last time he showed up for me. We were only in the same room for a couple of minutes, and in that time we didn't even look at each other.
