Distance

13. Fireflies

June 2015
My first year of College is officially over and I am thrilled to say the least because in my college I was one of the lucky few who were unpopular and didn't get spoken to very often so I dont have as many new friends as Aubrey or Delilah or Chelsea, and to be honest I don't see those 3 hardly anymore because im so busy juggling college and work but I do know that Aubrey has a boyfriend now and so does Del but Chelsea just seems to be the most popular as she has a big bunch of girls who are always hanging around with her and it's strange because when I worked in the coffee shop I used to see her and say hi (since she was one of my best friends) but for some odd reason she blanked me continually until one day she messaged me that she didn't want to be friends with me, Aubrey or Del anymore, I didn't even get a reason but I guess it was because we werent 'as' popular as she was or something daft.

Anyway, today I have to go to work, which is actually not that bad and I quite like it since you only have to go in when there's a concert on (yes, I work in a concert arena) and you get to meet some of the artists, since I go afterwards to clean up but I also hear the end of the concerts to. I've met a few celebs like Ariana Grande who was playing last week and she was really nice actually. But I go into work at 10pm so I have all day to get ready.

I make my way downstairs to be greeted by Darryl who was whipping up a batch of pancakes "hey kiddo" he said happily "hey Dar" I replied "how was your sleep?" he said placing a pancake on my plate "good thanks wbu?" "yea it was great" he winked "good." Darryl and my mum have been dating for 6 months now and she seems happy with him and that's all I really want for her to be happy again, "hey lottie!! Darryl." Andrew said, he's not as fond of Darryl as my mum and I are, he'd happily rather have her die alone than happy but I guess he's not his dad. "hello Andrew" Darryl said bluntly while Andrew rolled his eyes "Lottie excited for work tonight?" Andrew asked "absolutely ecstatic" I said with fake enthusiasm, as much as I like watching concerts I don't like cleaning them. "ooo you woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning" Andrew giggled "shut up Andy" I chuckled as Andrew flicked me. "hello kiddywinkles, hi dar" my mum said kissing Darryl on the cheek "hiya babe" Darryl said while I made a gagging sound "don't call her babe" my brother said clenching his teeth "you never do Andrew" my mother teased getting a laugh from Darryl and I "because youre my mum! God im going upstairs, im going out today so I won't be here," he said excitedly "ooo that mystery girl again, is it Jennifer? I bet it's Jennifer" I said since he's been going out everyday after school and at the weekend to see a girl but im guessing it's Jennifer from our close who's in his chemistry but I don't know all I know is he's happy. "no not her and you won't get me to tell you guys either so poke your big noses out of it!!" he pointed at me "what?! I would like to know who my future sister-in-law will be " I joked only earning a groan from my defeated brother. With that he grabbed a piece of toast and left. "okay Lottie, Darryl and I are going out for the night and wont be back until tomorrow lunch time and Andrew is staying at his friends house so you'll be home alone for the night" yea of course Andrew is at a 'friends' house he's probably making out with that girl in a back alley "okay when are you guys leaving?" "about 6:30-7ish" Darryl cut in "okay have fun" I said and walked out.

Here I am stood at the train platform waiting to catch my train to the city, its actually so annoying not being able to drive but I am having lessons... As soon as I earn enough money for a few but until then mum has been giving me tips in abandoned parking lots and such.
When I got into the city I strolled down to the area, but getting myself some energy-foods like Starbucks, a quick subway and some cookies, ya know snacks. Anyway I arrived at the arena at 9:30 and all I could hear are the screams of thousands of fangirls and some "How ya feeling tonights?!" from the band. I don't even know who's playing but im sure I'll find out, "hey Karen, who's playing tonight?" I asked Karen who was on the merch store "ermmm.. 5 seconds of summer? I think... Yepp says so on EVERYTHING anyway" she joked, my eyes immediately grew wide, Luke's here? I mean LUKES HERE!!! But there's thousands of girls here who are dying to meet the aussie breadstick and they probably have to go straight away to get to the next city.
I wheel my mop for later to one of the stands doors to check them out and I could recognize that song anywhere, it was amnesia and they played it beautifully. Wow he's done well.

It's now 10:20pm and the concert ended 20 minutes ago and here I am cleaning up the shitty floors of the arena with a few other cleaners scattered around the place, when I clean I just stick my headphones in and put some blink on and just use my mop as a guitar. So here I am muttering lyrics to 'feeling this' by blink-182 until I get tapped on the shoulder by a big bloke in all black clothing "hello?" I asked "there's been a spillage backstage can you get to it?" he asked "yea sure 1 momento" I chuckled. I travelled back with my mop tripping over everything "why the fuck do mops get tripped up by everything?!" I screamed to myself "hey you wanna hand there mop lady?" a familiar voice said and I looked back and it was calum "er.. Yea thanks this bloody mop is tripping over everything" he chuckled and we began wheeling the mop to a presume a dressing room? Idk. "what's your name?" he asked "you don't remember cal?" I asked half joking half serious "ermmm no.." he said rather quietly "Lottie? Australia last year?" "LOTTIE!!!" He practically yelled immediately taking me in for a bone crushing hug "yea CALUM!! WHOOOO" I yelled back "wow small world how've ya been?" he asked while wheeling the mop for me "good, college has been going.. Alright wbu?" "good well this tours been going great!!" "good anyway do you know where this spillage is?" "oh yea, it's right in there... Where everyone else is, I could re-introduce you?" he mentioned with some hope "that's sweet cal but I'd rather quickly mop it up and go," his face slightly dropped "what about Luke he's in there? I thought you guys had something?" "yea so did I.. But still please just leave it please?" "okay then I'll see you later lottie have a good one" he said and went to I presume is the rest room i don't know.

I entered the room full of teenage boys and testosterone and thankfully un-noticed, finding the spillage and trying to quickly clean it up. After I cleaned it up I quickly turned to leave but it's just my luck I bumped into someone "shit I mean sorry" I cursed "no its oka- Lottie? LOTTIE!" I looked up and saw Ashton, shit and unfortunately everyone heard him and turned around "shit.." I cursed under my breath, so I turned around slowly "hello.. Everybody" I said with a fake smile plastered to my face and I was soon met by Luke's surprised face "hi" I mouthed to him until I was taken by surprise by a sweaty 6ft 4 teenager wrapping his arms around me, and I was not hesitant to wrap my arms around him "I missed you" he said "I missed you too but you stink" I joked "oh sorry" he laughed "im a bit sweaty" "I can see that" I chuckled "so whatcha doing here?" he asked "well I came to clean up the spillage over there and you're in my home town so I thought Yolo why not? Come clean Luke hemmings dressing room" I joked earning a laugh from the boys " kidding I work here and yea I clean" "ohhh right I see" "how long you here for anyway?" I asked "well we're staying over night and going tomorrow night" he replied with the biggest smile in his face "oh" I smiled back "anyway I better go back to my mop duties, nice seeing you Luke" I smiled nearly leaving until I heard my name being called again "wait! Lottie! Do you wanna get coffee like after you're done? Because I need a shower as well," he asked quite eagerly "yea sure, well, I mean all the coffee shops are closed but you can come back to my place? It's empty tonight so we can talk and stuff" I suggested "yea I'd like that" he smiled "great see you in half an hour? In the main arena?" "it's a plan" he smiled once again with his big white pearls "great" I smiled back and walked back into the main arena with my mop with a contagious smile on my face.
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Smooth Lottie.
Smooth. ;))