Irreplaceable {1}

Chapter 22

The next day started crazy. Leo's alarm woke us up just in time for breakfast to be delivered. While Leo ate, I showered. Then he showered while I ate. I decided that I didn't have too much time to mess with my hair if I wanted to look good with makeup, so I braided my hair back into two french braids on each side of my face.

I took some time making sure I didn't look tired, but put on some light pink eyeshadow and mascara mostly. Then a little bit of blush.

For clothes, I put on some black jeans and a baggy grey t-shirt. I made sure to put on extra deodorant and a little bit of perfume. Then I put a few things in my purse. Lip-chap, phone, wallet, passport.

Leo was ready to go soon after, also in black skinny jeans and a tight black t-shirt.

"Are you wearing a different outfit for the show?" Leo asked then grinned, "I can get you a shirt with my face on it."

I laughed, "I actually would love a shirt with your face on it."

Leo got his jacket and we left the hotel room hand in hand. I was a little nervous but also excited. I get to see him sing live tonight. I also get to watch their sound check, but I was more excited to see the show with the crowd. The atmosphere was bound to be amazing.

We went down the elevator to where the cars were and piled into our own car. There were three that were going and it was all in twos. I watched as Levi and Nash got into one car and Hudson and Zeus got into the other.

Each car left at a different interval. We were last, and we turned right when we got out of the parkade. We had a few cars following us and in front of us and Leo explained that they were undercover security and police. Based on the crowd that was waiting outside the hotel, I figured they were more than necessary. 

When we got to the arena, I was amazed. There were this many people here this early? I looked outside the car and tried to pretend I saw this every day. But Leo laughed and squeezed my hand, "it's still super weird to this day."

"It's 11 in the morning, you don't open the doors till 6 tonight."

Leo nodded, "yeah, the fans are dedicated."

The car went into a tunnel into another underground parkade under the arena and we waited until the doors of the car opened for us to get out. Leo led the way and pulled me along with him as we followed security to an elevator and then into the arena.

They didn't even bother bringing us to the dressing rooms, just straight to the stage and I felt like I was doing something illegal seeing the stage for the first time from the back.

Then everyone dispersed and Leo pulled me around the side of the stage and all the way to the front. It was a T formation and he brought me around one of the sides of the long edge and found a seat for me to take in the middle of the chairs. He gave me a longer than needed kiss - because it made me weak in the knees - and then grinned and went back to behind the stage.

After that it was a lot of commotion from Leo and his bandmates as they tested their mics and different equipment on the stage. They went through only a couple songs, making sure everything worked and then making sure the backups and backups worked.

Leo jumped off the stage to come get me when we got to break for lunch and we were back in the car with more of a crowd to get through and on our way across the city to eat somewhere they wouldn't think to look.

It was a Subway. They got lunch for us in the Subway.

Somehow Leo got us some time to explore as our car went a different direction and we were able to go take pictures in front of a few landmarks with our masks on.