The Tour

35

"I miss you" Oli's voice said sleepily as I sat on FaceTime to him in the spare moment we both had when our timezones aligned

"I miss you too! Only a few more weeks" I said as he nodded

"You never told me how the lunch went yesterday?" He said as I smiled awkwardly not wanting to tell him the truth and have him worry

"Oh you know how these things go...spoke about streams and how the singles are doing and how well the tour had gone for the boys bit boring really" I explained as he nodded appreciative

"I just worried as I didn't hear from you again once you were out, didn't want that creep of an ex of yours to of done something" he said as I shook my head

"We were opposite sides of the table, I had a migraine by the end of it I just got back to the bus and slept till this morning" I replied as he nodded and suddenly looked behind him as his name echoed through the arena speakers on his end of the phone

"Soundcheck time" he explained as I nodded feeling sad that our small time together was coming to an end once again.

"Speak later?" I asked as he nodded and smiled

"Of course! Have a good day" he explained as I replied you too and the beep sounds of the call ending echoed through the room as I stood up from my seat and decided to make my way to the venue. We had arrived in Nashville over night and had another show this evening. I was one show closer to home.

I threw small waves and smiles at the fans who had been queuing since the early hours of the morning and quickly walked in flashing my access all areas pass at each security guard I saw knowing occasionally they don't believe in the support act. I'd given up saying I was a girlfriend years ago after I had an argument with a security guard who thought I was a fan because of my age leading me to have to call Luke to come and collect me from the stage door.

"Sleep well?" I heard a voice shout as I walked past a dressing room causing me to come to a halt revealing Michael sat in his dressing room

"Very well thank you" I said stood in his doorway placing my hands into my hoodies pockets "thank you for last night" I said quietly as he smiled

"It's fine, you needed a friend and I'll always be there for you Nicky" he said as I smiled

"You promise?" I asked as he nodded

"Pinky, now please go chill out before tonight" he said pointing behind me as I saluted him and walked my way to my own dressing room

Although each venue was different I could always guarantee my dressing room would be on the same place every time. Either opposite or next to Luke's. Something he had asked for when I agreed to come on the tour. To have our own spaces but to also be close at all times when in the venue. Looking back now it was a control technique but I didn't care, I was opening for 5sos it was my big break.

As soon as I saw my name on a door I opened and entered it swiftly not wanting to be disturbed and hope that no one had seen me walk into the venue or this room. Peace and quiet was what I was craving and what I needed more than anything.

I made my way to the black leather couch and sat down trying to make myself as comfortable as possible before opening up my phone to scroll through Twitter before shock overtook as I saw an influx of tweets including my name.

Dailymichaelpics: You all owe Nicky an apology this is insane!

Owe me an apology? Apology for what?

Lukescurls: All of the crap we gave to Nicky for him to be just as bad...

What?

I continued scrolling to try and find my answer but nothing came it was the same thing over and over again. People saying I deserved an apology or people apologising for the way the spoke about me or the things they had called me.

As I continued scrolling I suddenly got the answer I had been looking for

5sosupdates: Photos of Luke and unknown girl taken the same night Nicky was photographed with Oli in London...

Attached as a photo of Luke in a club with his arm wrapped around a beautiful blonde woman as he kissed her. I couldn't help but feel a rage overtake my body as I stared at the picture that was on my phone. He had been nothing but horrible to me about the fact I was seeing Oli and the things that happened that night and the online hate that followed. He called the paparazzi on me that night. He exposed my relationship. All before he went to go kiss a random girl whilst he pretended he was better than me online and in-front of his fans.

I quickly stood up and made my way to the door not thinking twice about the force I used to open it causing a loud slam to follow before I was faced with the words Luke Hemmings written on the door in-front of me.