The Death of Peace of Mind

Five

-Olivia-

Noah kept texting me about tonight. He told me I needed to text him the second Marie and I got to the venue so he could give us our VIP passes.

"George still isn't feeling too good but he told me to enjoy myself tonight and to not worry about him too much." She smiled at me, "So come on I want the gossip!" I looked at her grinning, "How did you manage to get VIP tickets? Okay never mind the VIP tickets... you have his number! Are you two official?"

I rolled my eyes, "I don't know what we are Marie. I only met him yesterday but..."

"Everything feels right?" She smiled as I nodded, "That's how everything feels with George. Where do you want this to go Liv?"

"I honestly don't know. I think I'm going to let him control whatever we are. I don't want to come across too desperate you know."

"That makes sense," I heard my phone chime, "Is that him?" I blushed and nodded, "Seems like someone is already obsessed I mean can you blame him? You're like a walking goddess Liv and he is a self proclaimed king." She smiled remembering the line in Concrete Jungle.

Noah: Morning pretty lady, would it freak you out if I said I'm excited to see your face again?

Olivia: Not at all unless you want to class this as our first date?

Noah: It's like you've read my mind. Doors open at 7 for general public. Normal VIP opens at 6.

Olivia: Normal? So what am I classed as?

Noah: Special VIP and that starts at 5 which means I'll see you and your friend in an hour.

An hour? How the fuck am I meant to get ready in an hour?!

- - - -

Marie and I stood at the backstage door as Noah had told us to do. It took 5 minutes from us arriving to actually be invited in.

"I'm Matt, tour manager and front of house." He smiled as he let us in passing us our VIP passes. "The guys have told me to tell you to wear these just in case you run into the normal VIP guests."

We quickly put the lanyards our necks before I heard a familiar voice, "Hey! You guys made it!" I turned to see Noah and Nic.

"Oh my God!" Marie gasped quietly at the side of me.

I smiled as both parties started to walk towards each other, "Why have you got sunglasses on?" It's so dark in here have you boys never heard of natural light?" I laughed

"We prefer it to be dark." Nic spoke quietly, "Plus this one's eyes hurt for a couple of days after a show." I pulled a face looking at Noah.

"Are you okay?" I didn't like the idea that he would be performing in pain.

He looked at me and smiled, "I'm okay Liv, it's just the lights on stage. You think I'd be used to them by now." He chuckled as we gave each other a hug. I could feel him tense up but he instantly relaxed.

"So what do special VIP's do?" I smiled feeling his fingers link with mine.

"You know what, I never thought of that." He smiled, "I invited you both here with no thought of what to do when you got here." He looked over to Nic for help.

"We have an hour before the normal VIP's get here. Normal VIP's just get the chance of a meet and greet so how about we take them on a backstage tour? Introduce them to Jolly and Folio properly?" Nic suggested.

"That okay with you two?" Noah asked as Marie nodded enthusiastically, "Get ready to follow us ladies."

- - - -

-Noah-

That fucking scent was here again. The second Liv and I's bodies came into contact with each other I tensed. But I relaxed to her touch. I just wanted to be close to her without freaking her out too much. Maybe holding her hand was a bad choice but the second she linked her fingers with mine I knew it was right.

The scent is here again. I said to the guys. We had been on red alert since I mentioned the scent to them last night. It wasn't just me that lost Lou that night. We all did.

So that's why you tensed when Liv hugged you? Nic asked back.

From Noah's reaction I highly doubt that it's Liv but what do we know about her friend? Jolly joined. I watched as Nic moved closer to Marie. We could both sense she was attracted to him.

Friend is human. I internally sighed as Nic confirmed what I already knew. But they both have two scents to them, maybe we should ask how they got here?

We're not too far from the green room, Jolly and Folio meet us there and we can carry this on when we're together. I opened the green room doors for the girls, letting them walk in ahead of me and Nic.

"Hey," Liv squeezed my hand and whispered, "is everything okay?" I could hear the concern in her voice. I just smiled and nodded as Jolly and Folio walked in.

"Oh hey Olivia!" Folio waved as he walked in, "I feel like I was an ass last night. I get really cranky when I'm hungry." She started laughing. God it was like music to my ears.

"Don't we all when we're hungry?" She was still laughing, "But apology accepted." She smiled, "I just didn't want Noah to get into trouble for bringing me back unannounced."

"He doesn't make a habit of doing that that's for sure." The Swedish accent was heavy whenever Jolly spoke. "We didn't get a chance to meet last night." Jolly offered his hand to Liv, I remembered when he did this with Lou. The second he shook Lou's hand he knew that she was meant for me and that she would have protected our secret.

Liv was hesitant but she eventually shook Jolly's hand. She's a good match for you Noah, not perfect but you have only just met.

"How did you two get here tonight?" Folio asked. Jesus Christ Folio, talk about ripping the band-aid off.

"My boyfriend offered to drive us but he's not well so we just booked an Uber." Marie finally spoke. There was no denying that the second she spoke, she grabbed Nic's attention.

"Boyfriend?" Nic asked.

She nodded, "In all honesty between us because I feel like we can become close friends... I don't think it's going to last much longer between us."

- - - -

-Olivia-

For the last show of the tour they had so much energy. Marie and I screamed our hearts out. The Grey is a song that will always hold a special place in my heart. Marie grabbed my hand throughout Take Me First.

The stage went dark as the crowd started to scream again. Every now and then there would be the odd flashes of red before Noah stood on stage. "This is The Death of Peace of Mind."

Throughout the song I couldn't help but think Noah was singing it directly to me. I was completely infatuated with this man.