Babysitting Bands

14

"Brandy? Can you hook me up, Sweetie?" Kellin asked, turning his back to me. I smiled and brushed his hair out of the way to pull the ear plugs through his shirt and hook them up to his head set.

"Okay you're good." I said. He turned to face me and stuck the ear pieces in.

"Thank you." He smiled and sighed. He and his band were about to go on stage, but he was all wormed up and they had a few minutes. Kellin snaked an arm around my waist and rested in on my lower back, yelling me a bit closer to him. I smiled and ran my hands down his chest. My eyes met his and I got lost in them. His eyes traveled down to my lips and he eventually leaned in to kiss me. He was so passionate in his kisses and touches and everything that he did with me. His nose brushed against mine when he pulled away and he chuckled before nuzzling his face into my neck, kissing me there as he spoke. "You don't know how much I love you." He said softly. I smiled and combed through his hair with my fingers.

"I think I do, Kells." I said back. I felt him shake his head slightly and mumble in disagreement. We stood there for a moment as he continued to kiss me softly. No one else was in the dressing room at the time and it was just nice to relax with each other for a moment after all the stress of tour and releasing the album. Kellin placed a kiss on my cheek and brushed his nose against my jaw line.

"Happy anniversary, Darlin'." I mumbled in agreement and kissed him.

"Happy anniversary, Babe." We had officially been together for a year and I was still just in love with Kellin as I was when we first started going out. We never lost that spark.

"You remembered." Kellin said, satisfied. I nodded and laughed.

"Of course I did. I thought you would forget with all that's happened this year." He shook his head and pulled back just enough to look at me.

"I could never forget the day I first saw your pretty face." He said, brushing his thumb across my cheek as I giggled. He leaned in and kissed me again. "Are you going to watch the show tonight?" He asked like he didn't already know. There was a certain undertone to his voice which I couldn't quite place; like he was expecting something. "Because you should." I saw a mischievous glint flash through his eyes and he had a somewhat cocky smirk on his face. I narrowed my eyes at him for a moment before nodding.

"Of course, I always do, don't I?" I asked. Kellin bit his lip and nodded. "Why do you ask?" He shrugged and pulled me into another tight hug.

"I don't know, I just really want you there tonight." He said, his voice sounding normal again. I hugged him back and forgot about his strange behavior; he was especially clingy tonight, not that I minded.

"Kel? You guys are on in two." The manager said quickly as he popped his head in the door. Kellin nodded to him and sighed, looking back to me. He twisted the ends of my hair between his fingers, looking a little nervous.

"Are you alright, Kellin? You seem a little...off tonight..." I said, getting a little worried for him. He smiled and shook his head quickly.

"I'm fine. I gotta go Babe." He said before kissing my cheek and starting toward the door.

"Are you sure?" I asked quickly. He nodded and flashed me his winning smile as he rushed towards the stage.

"I'm sure, just make sure you stay for the whole show!" He called back to me as he ran towards the stage.

"I will! And good luck!" He waved back and grabbed his microphone from a stage guy.

"I love you Brandy!" He screamed. Then he ran out on stage.

"Love you too." I said back, even though there was no possible way for him to hear me. He knew. I knew he knew.

I did as Kellin said and took my place at side stage for the show with Copeland crawling on my lap. I was in a daze as I watched my boyfriend jump around stage screaming his lungs out and lazily stroked Cope's hair.