The Tour

23

"Welcome" a man said from behind the bar as we walked into the suite revealing a small table full of snacks, a table next to it with two piles of merch one for me and one for Kensie, and loads of seats which looked into the arena directly facing the stage

"Can I get you girls a drink?" The man asked as I smiled and nodded

"Just a Diet Coke for me please and she will have a normal Coke" I replied before he nodded and began pouring out drinks as I stood looking at the large spread of food in front of us

"This is all a bit posh for me" I laughed staring at the food not recognising half of the things on the board

"Do you remember the chips we had when we came to see twenty one pilots years ago?" Kensie asked as I gasped as nostalgia overtook me and the memories of that night overtook me

"We have to go grab some" I said jumping up and down like a small child "how do we get to the food stands?" I asked the member of staff as he looked at me confused

"You want to go to the food stands? Do you want me to get you security to escort you?" He asked as I shook my head

"No thank you we should be fine we just want to go get some chips" I explained as he looked at me confused as to why we wanted to leave this suite that had been paid for us and was full of food anyway

"It's just down the hall and the first left will take you to general admission where the food stands are" he explained as I nodded and grabbed kensie's hand basically running towards the door. There was something about this place that just felt free and like home. I don't know if it was because id spent my childhood coming to concerts and shows here with my dad or if it's because this arena is on the doorstep of my family home but it just felt comforting being here.

"What if you get recognised Nicky" Kensie quickly said as I shook my head entering the main area of the arena

"We will be fine" I explained as I began walking towards the food and drink stands trying to be as quick as possible.

As we walked we seemed to pass the same doughnut and popcorn stand easily 5 or 6 times before we finally stumbled across the burger and chips stand with a queue that seemed to go on for miles.

"Let's just go back surely we can order this to the suite" Kensie suggested as I shook my head

"No it's fine come on I don't want special treatment I want to Nicky I want to be normal" I explained as a girl in-front of us turned around and gasped as soon as she locked eyes with me

"Oh my god" she practically screamed causing a larger amount of people to turn around and also start to stare

"I'm sorry but I love your music" she explained smiling "I never thought I'd see you here! Could I get a picture?" She asked as I nodded

"Thank you that's so kind of course you can" I replied before smiling and letting her snap away taking a few selfies. As he placed her phone down I suddenly realised a second queue had formed next to myself and Kensie but this time it wasn't for food. It was to meet me and it was causing a large blockage to the walkway of people trying to find their gates to get to their seat.

"Whilst I'm so happy you all want to take pictures I'm really sorry but this just isn't safe guys I'll take a few selfies but then I'll have to leave" I shouted feeling extremely bad that people are going to be left out even though they were excited to see me here unexpectedly

"I didn't know you liked bring me the horizon" one of them said as she came over to me making me smile

"Oh I'm a huge fan I just keep it to myself" I lied knowing I couldn't answer truthfully that the lead singer was someone I'd been seeing and that's why I was here

"How's Luke doing?" They suddenly asked causing me to freeze slightly at the mention of his name "I can imagine you can't say much I just wanted to know if he was on the mend" she continued as I awkwardly coughed

"Umm yeah he's okay thank you for asking he just really needed rest" I explained before I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked around to see a tall security guard behind me looking beyond angry and the extra crowd that had formed around me

"I've been asked to ascot you to your suite" he explained as I smiled at him

"That would be great, thank you everyone" I said before following the security guard closely wanting to make it back as safe as possible.

As we walked I mentally prepared myself for the fact I would be seeing photos of myself all over Twitter in the next few hours or even now as the word got out of my whereabouts and the fact that I was no longer in America would be exposed.

As we got back to the suite I sighed seeing the crowd from the distance get busier and there was a part of me that wished I was in the crowd. A normal person. No spotlight. No one knowing who I was. I could just get on with my day to day enjoying what I want without anyone knowing who I was, who I'm with, or who I'm dating. I wish my business was still only my business.

A few moments pass and the arena suddenly goes dark causing Kensie and I to move to the front of the suite making sure we had the best view of the start of the show. Loud screams overtook the venue as the loud sound of guitars joined the screams and competed for the title of loudest. Suddenly it went dark again quickly before the drums also kicked and suddenly there Oli was, stood front and centre of the stage dancing about with no care in the world. He was doing what he loved and clearly enjoying every last second of it and I was so happy I was here to see it