And Always.

Chapter 34

(Freedom! '90 By George Michael)

Harley's Pov

The curtain went down, and I've never felt more amazing about a concert since we started this tour. Or since we started with Kevin. This is the funniest concert I've had since before we got signed. I felt almost like myself again. Slowly I'm putting those pieces of myself back together.

"Holy shit! That was amazing!" Abu hugged me with a smile on his face while the other boys hugged.

"I think that was the best concert we have put on in a long time. Ace, you fucking killed it!" Yomar spoke, hugging me now.

"Enough about me! Let's talk about D'Angelo's vocals!" I screamed in excitement and he laughed, wrapping his arms around me and hugging me.

"Group picture!!" Our camera man looked over at us, and held up his camera.

Dlo put me over his shoulder, and faced away. All of the boys had their backs turned to the camera, while I was facing the camera over Dlo's shoulder with a smile on my face. He put me down, and we took a normal picture before running back into our dressing rooms.

"Hurry up! I'm excited to do what i want!" Dlo screamed, inside his dressing room, and you could hear him from the different areas of ours.

"We are hurrying as fast as we can!" Yomar screamed back, and I quickly grabbed my phone, slipping it into my bag.

I really had no time on it, and I know it was making not reaching out to Nicholas easier, but I needed to figure everything out. I needed to fix everything before I called him, or showed up anywhere.

I owe it to myself.

I needed to make sure that I was completely free, before I let myself fall back into the rabbit hole with Nicholas. I had to put myself first as much as i didn't want to. But it was so refreshing putting myself first instead of someone else.

I changed my clothes into black skinny jeans, and a cropped graphic t-shirt, with black boots. Finally I was out of heels. I loved how amazing I looked in them, and how powerful I felt, but god did they hurt.

I made sure i had everything, i swung my bag onto my arm, and i let it sit on my shoulder, as it fell down to my hip. I loved long purses.

I swung the door open in a rush with a giant smile on my face as Dlo ran around with such excitement. Dlo and I took off running through the stadium. Yomar and Abu walked quicker to at least have us in their line of sight.

"Dlo! Ace! What a performance tonight!" Paparazzi yelled, and both of us laughed as we ran past them.

A couple of paparazzi started to chase us, but we were too happy to care. We were free. Even if it was just for some crazy month, we were still free of Kevin Matthews. The laughter could be heard from us as we reached the steel door, pushing it open with smiles on our faces.

"What is up, pretty ladies!" Dlo ran over to a group of girls, hugging them, taking pictures with them, and signing parts of their bodies.

"Is he signing someone's tits right now?!" Yomar yelled with laughter, as I stood there shaking my head with a smile on my face.

"You get em' tiger!" I screamed, as the girls started crying.

"Ace! What was the reason behind the contracts?" Someone asked as I stepped down, taking in the huge ass crowd. This was the biggest one we've had waiting outside for us.