Captivate me

Happy End

Don and I are standing at the side of the stage. As always the band plays incredibly well and the fans love it. We sing along loudly to every song and I feel wonderful.

Experiencing a concert makes you feel so fucking free and happy. Seeing Noel in his element is magical, he's like a flower, normally closed up, but strangely very social. However when he's on stage or in the studio he blossoms and shines with a thousand colours.

When it get's to the end of the concert, he turns to us and winks. But I like to think that he's doing it only for me alone and I smile.

Turning back to the audience he says:"I'm dedicating the next song to a very special person...E, this is for you."

I just stand there in shock, he didn't just do that. I side eye Don, but he doesn't seem to have noticed that his father just dedicated "If I had a gun" to his friend. Don just continues to sway to the music and whistles loudly.

I put my focus back on Noel and get weak knees hearing how tender and heartwarming he plays the song.

When I close my eyes, I only hear him and his guitar alone, all the background noise disappears and time seems to stand still. His soothing voice flows through my body and glides over my skin like a warm summer breeze.
The next moment I open my eyes again and everything seems normal.

The band bids farewell to its fans and returns backstage. Noel is thrown a towel and dries his neck as he joins us.

"Tell me dad, do you have a new girlfriend or who is E? You haven't told me anything yet", Don asks with a raised eyebrow and playfully punches his father's arm. Noel looks around and avoids eye contact with him.

"It's a bit complicated, I don't wanna tell you more about it yet. Don't be so noisy", Noel says hitting Don on the back of his head. He scrunches up his face and rubs his head while huffing.

Russel, the band's bassist, approaches us.

"Do you lot fancy a trip to the pub?" He asks. Noel looks at me questioningly and I'm about to decline when Don enthusiastically agrees. So of course we all go to the pub together.

When we get there we all squeeze onto a bench, I sit between Russel and Noel, two other band members and Don sit across from us. We order our drinks and start talking.

Just as I'm excitedly talking to Russel about a new psychology book we both read recently, I feel Noel's hand travel from the side of my thigh to my knee where he places his hand on mine. Without giving anything away, I grab his hand and intertwine our fingers. I rub his knuckles with my thumb and feel him do the same.

After a while our glasses are empty and Noel gets up to get us new drinks. Not wanting to stay behind with the others, I follow him through the crowd. It's very very crowded and I can barely see him, but I know he wants to go to the bar. When I get there he's already waiting for me and wraps an arm around my shoulders.

"What are you doing?" I whisper in shock. "The others can see us."

"It's way too crowded, come on." I pull myself up to him and bury my face in the crook of his neck to breathe him in and feel his comforting warmth for a moment.

Suddenly we hear glass shatter on the floor and turn around. Don stands in front of us with a broken glass at his feet. HIs face is twisted in anger and betrayal.

"E...I should have thought of it straight away, how stupid am I?" He stutters and rushes towards the exit. Noel and I look at each other for a moment in guilt before we follow after him.

"Don... Don, how should we have told you-", I say before he interrupts me.

"How long has this been going on?" He asks without looking up from the floor. He clenches his hands into fists.

"A few weeks. Don, I'm really sorry, we were scared how you'd take the whole thing. We told no one. You're the only person who knows now." I mutter.

"Oh and it was better for me to find out this way or what?" He spits.

"No, of course not, but how should I've told you that I love your father without loosing you." Noel sucks in a breath by hearing my words. He steps forward.
"And how should I've told you that I fell in love with one of your friends?"
Noel takes my hand in his and I look up in his glistening eyes.

We are both vulnerable and emotional right now, I squeeze his hand and give him an encouraging smile. I think we both didn't expect to tell Don that we love each other.

Don takes the whole thing differently than expected. His eyes soften as he looks at us and sees the love we feel for each other. Relaxing his hands again he says:" I'm not even that mad at you, at least you both found someone I can get along with. I always knew that you like older men, but wow it never occurred to me that it could be my dad." Smiling now he sighs.

"I've noticed that you've both been more happy lately, but... I really have to get used to this now." He chuckles.

We walk towards him and hug him.

Nothing stands in the way of our relationship anymore and I smile happily

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