The Death of Peace of Mind

Two

"Where the hell have you been?" Marie screeched as she ran towards me. "We have 5 minutes before the interview and I'm already freaking out!"

I looked at her, she didn't exactly scream that she was panicked. "Do you know which members we're interviewing?" Part of me was hoping that it wasn't going to be Noah after that awkward encounter, but then there was part of me that was dying to see him again.

"Noah and one of the Nic's. George wouldn't tell me which." No surprise there. Of course her boyfriend knew about her crush on Ruffilo. The whole world knew about her crush on him. "What's wrong Liv?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." We started walking towards the green room, "I kinda walked into Noah and fell straight on my ass." I blushed, "So I was hoping he wasn't one of the members but he is the lead singer."

We walked into the green room just as George had finished setting it up for us. "Ladies, here's what you'll be doing." He passed Marie a sheet of paper, I guessed it had the questions that we needed to ask on it. "The main focus of the interview will be about the success of the album and how it feels to have a sold out headline tour." He looked at us both sternly, "Try to stick to the questions otherwise my boss will have my head."

Marie leant over and gave him a quick kiss. "Don't worry babe we've got this. Even if Liv has already made a fool out of herself in front of Noah." I rolled my eyes as I heard George groan. "We will be fine." There was a knock on the door. "Go get yourself ready for your job, we'll hold the fort here and make you proud."

- - - -

I couldn't focus. Throughout the interview I just kept my eyes on my hands. The feeling of his eyes on me was taking its toll.

"Noah, can you tell me what had inspired most of the songs off your latest record?" Marie was trying her best to be professional but I could tell she was dying inside. She was directing most of her questions to Noah, ignoring the fact that Ruffilo was even in the same room as us.

"Most songwriters dwell on events that have happened at some point in their lives. I honestly don't believe in the idea of being a tortured songwriter. Most of the time ideas will just pop into mine or Jolly's heads so in that moment I have to write it down or put it in my phone so I don't forget."

I looked up, "You carry a notebook?" I asked, the first time in the whole interview I matched his stare.

"Not everywhere Olivia." The way he said my name in a seductive manner made a blush creep up on my cheeks. "It's on the bus at the moment but I could show it to you later if you would like?"

The rest of the interview was even more awkward than the earlier encounter I had with Noah. Once it was finished, we had posed for photos to go along with the interview, Marie trying desperately to get as close to Ruffilo as possible which had left me awkwardly next to Noah.

"You're watching the show tonight right?" Noah whispered, all I could do was nod. "The offer about going to the bus still stands. It can be pretty dangerous at night for pretty ladies like yourself." He quickly thanked us before he and Ruffilo left the room.

"Okay," Marie turned to me, "what the fuck was that?! Noah fricken Sebastian invited you to their tour bus!" She was practically screaming at this point, "He definitely wants a piece of you. He was giving you the fuck me eyes all throughout that interview."

"Mar, I don't know." I gulped, "I'm not about to go onto a strange bus with someone I hardly know there's just no way."

Marie rolled her eyes, "Well whatever you decide, we're watching the show from the side of the stage." The excitement creeping in her voice again, "I'm hoping they'll allow us to stand on Nic's side rather than Jolly's. That man kinda gives me the creeps." She laughed.

- - - -

The lights on the stage went off as the crowd started screaming. "Why do you care about these people?" Noah's warped voice asked the crowd. I felt my arms wrap around myself. I couldn't lie when I say I was excited to see him perform.

Jolly made his way onto the centre of the stage and started playing the opening chords to Artificial Suicide as the crowd were slowly starting to lose their minds. I silently watched as the rest of the band made their way on stage, but my eyes seemed to focus on one man and one man only.

- - - -

"This is Dethrone you fucks!" He growled down the microphone. There was something about this man. It baffled me how a lanky 6 foot 3 man could control a crowd but boy he could. I turned to look at Marie to see she had vanished from my side leaving me completely alone. When and where did she go?

Once the set was complete I rushed off to find Marie but once again, I found myself coming face to face with Noah.

"Where did your friend go?" He asked

I gulped remembering his words from earlier. "I'm not sure. I'm not even sure what part of your set she left me." I grabbed my phone from my pocket to see if she had text me but there was nothing from her.

Noah raised his eyebrow, "So you're telling me she left you here alone?" I nodded slowly, "and I'm guessing the man who left you both in the green room is connected to you two somehow?"

"George. He's Marie's boyfriend. Maybe I should message him to see where she is?" Noah started to chuckle, "What?" I was getting annoyed now.

"They left already. I saw them leave during the break for Miracle. You were so engrossed in the show to realise." Great, I was stuck here with no way of getting home, "Listen, it wouldn't be right if I just left you here to fend for yourself. Come back to the bus with me and I'll make sure you get home safely." I looked at him slowly as he offered his hand, "I'm not going to bite you Olivia."

He smiled, "I prefer Liv." I took his hand slowly following him to the bus.