Our Kingdom is Gone

During

30 minutes until the concert starts...

Esther was talking with Kirstie as she was getting her hair and makeup done.

"We're headed for Tampa next, right?" Kirstie asked.

"Yup." Esther replied. "So we're going to have to leave by 11:30 if we're gonna be on time."

11:30? There wouldn't be much time to meet the fans...

Kirstie was upset about the time limit. But she was still excited for tonight's show.

Kirstie nodded. "Got it. 11:30."

5 minutes until the concert starts...

Kirstie was ready to perform. She was on her way to be with the guys and do their pre-show ritual.

"Slay them, Kirstie." Esther encouraged.

Kirstie smiled. "Oh, I will."

Both chuckled and kissed each other briefly.

"Love you." Kirstie smiles.

"Love you, too." Esther smiles back.

Kirstie turns on her heel and walks away.

Esther watched Kirstie walk away and couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen.

She shrugged the feeling off and went out to enjoy tonight's show.

During the concert...

Esther was out in the audience, and she noticed Kirstie was... off tonight (A/N: This didn't really happen at the Atlanta show. Kirstie slayed the scene).

She was missing cues, not hitting the right notes; she looked distracted.

What is with Kirstie tonight? Esther thought. She was fine before the show started.

Esther sighed.

I'll have to talk to her later.

Sunday, March 22nd, 2015, 12:46 AM

It was raining that night.

The quintet were telling stories and talking, en route to their next show in Tampa, Florida.

Kirstie was telling the guys about a woman who told her there was a girl towards the back who wanted to meet her when she heard Esther call her name.

Kirstie turned and bit her lip. Esther looked kind of pissed. She must've noticed Kirstie wasn't giving it her best tonight.

She excused herself and walked over to Esther.

"You were off tonight." Esther stated. "Is something wrong?"

Kirstie sighed. Now was the best time to tell her. Besides, it was the reason why she was slacking tonight.

She nodded once, reassuring herself this was the right thing to do.

"I think we should break up."

The words struck Esther like a tidal wave.

"You... Want to break up?" She echoed.

Kirstie nodded, looking at anything around her but Esther.

"Why?" Esther said, trying to keep her emotions inside.

Kirstie sighed. "I just felt like you were too..." She waved her hands around, trying to find the word. "Controlling."

Esther felt a lump form in her throat. (A/N: Say Something just came up on Pandora. How serendipitous!) "Oh?"