f/n = Fans name
Luke's POV
Michaels drinking again, it's only 1pm and he's already drinking, we have a show later and I can already tell he's going to go on wasted like last week. Ever since we started the tour he's been like this, he broke up with y/n so that it wouldn't be as hard on either of them while we go on tour, it didn't work. Michael's been drinking almost non-stop and y/n has been talking to me a little and she's heartbroken over it. 'Michael...' I say getting his attention away from chugging the beer in his hand. 'Hmm, yeah?' he asks, it's like there is no life left in him anymore. 'Stop Michael' I say seriously, 'stop what?' he asks, he can't even see what he's doing to himself. 'Michael, its 1 and you're drinking. It's not healthy' I tell him but he doesn't listen, he just shrugs and carries on, there's no stopping him on my own so I go to find the guys. 'Cal, Ash' I shout down the hallway when I see them, 'yeah?' they both ask at the same time, looking to each other in confusion before looking back to me. 'He's drinking again. Help me stop him' Ashton and Calum sigh before following me into the dressing room. 'Michael, stop drinking' Ashton says, getting right to the point, 'guys I'm fine. Promise I won't get drunk on stage again' he tells us, opening another beer already. 'Michael you said that last week. You know the concert where you threw up during the break and then couldn't remember half the concert' Ashton tells him in concern, trying to get him to listen. 'I promise I won't drink that much' he tells us, walking out of the room, probably to go hide in some closet and cry again, he won't admit he misses y/n because he's too 'punk rock' but tries to drink his pain away and goes to hide and cry whenever he can. '5 minute's guys' one of the stage managers shouts to us. 'I'll find him, you get ready' I say running down the hall where Michael went, I've always been closer to him. 'Mike?' I ask knocking on the door when I hear sniffles, 'um ... yeah. Just a sec' he says, trying to sound okay. 'Can I come in?' I ask, already opening the door, he's not gonna tell me I can come in but I'm going to anyway. 'Lu-' he starts when he realized I've already walked in, I see him sat on the floor with his knees drawn up to his chest, his head on one arm on his knees with the other hand holding the beer bottle. He looks up at me and I can see his red puffy eyes and tear stains on his cheeks, 'Michael...' I say sympathetically, crouching down to his level, 'Something in my eye' he tries to defend, rubbing his eyes. 'I know you're crying Michael. We all know this is what you do' I tell him and he stops, clearly giving up trying to defend himself. 'If you miss her just call her' I tell him, 'I can't. I ended it and I bet she doesn't even want to talk to me anymore' he tells me, tears coming to his already glassy eyes. 'She does Michael, she's spoke to me since this tour started and she's heartbroken. She understands why you broke up with her but she still misses you like crazy' I tell him but he doesn't listen, just stands up and walks out towards the stage before turning around, 'we have to perform Luke' he tells me and grabs his guitar, running onto the stage, once again pretending he's okay. I follow, grabbing my guitar and running on behind him.
*half way through the concert*
'Who wants to play for Michael?!' I shout, we do this every show, get someone on stage to play Michaels guitar for a few minutes. After panning the camera around for a minute we pick someone to come up and Michael hands them the guitar, 'What's your name?' Calum asks and Michael holds the mic to the girls' mouth, 'F/n' she tells us with a huge grin, I love seeing fans so happy to see us, 'have you ever played guitar before?' Michael asks, half heartedly, Ashton told the fans before the show that Michael didn't feel to tell as a cover up so no one suspected anything when he sounded miserable. 'Nope, never' she replied, 'who are you here with tonight?' I ask and she points to the left side pit where she was standing, 'my boyfriend', the second she said those two words I seen Michaels face drop and all the colour drain from his face, no one had mentioned a relationship besides his since they broke up. Michael motioned for me to take his mic and I did, he soon enough ran from the stage, confusing us but we had to cover, 'he's just gone to get some tablets for his headache' I tell them, the best excuse I could come up with. Ashton walked off to find Michael while me and Calum carried on with the girl on stage.
