Ashleys pov:
This was beginning to turn into a bloody disaster "i cant get your mom to answer me ash" terry spoke holding up my phone. I had taken everybody backstage after sam freaked out. Sam managed to run off the stage and run head first into ruby giving her a nasty red lump on her head and knocking himself out in the process. When he knocked tayla she fell back straight into perri meaning they both fell and perris hand got caught durian the fall.
"Just try her again please" i sighed. My mom had taken the ellie, talisa and star out with paul and jenny so they didnt stick around here and get bored. She just happens to not be here when i need her most.
Terry just shook his head when she didnt asnwer again making me look back at sam. He was lay across the couch infront of me still passed out. I had been sat on this stool keeping his head cool for the last twenty minutes. I had ike sorting out rubys head and jordan had the job of keeping perri still until i can get a look at his wrist.
"Ash will you tell him" jordan wined meaning perri wasnt staying still "take over for me" i asked terry handing him the wet cloth and walking over to perri. I grabbed him by his hips and lifted him up easily to sit him on the window sill "stay still ok, this might hurt" i spoke starting to take off the make shift support on pels hand. He didnt even flinch as i took it off and i took that as a good sign. I held his wrist carefully then felt gently around the bone looking for anything abnormal. "Move your fingers for me" i asked. He wriggled his fingers around whilst keeping his eyes on me steadily "you should be ok pel, theres nothing out of place and the swelling from last night has gone down" i smiled glad that one person was ok. "That doesnt mean go crazy doing whatever you want, that means go to the stage and practice any tricks that include your hand and if anything hurts slightly then come back to me ok" i spoke taking him off the ledge. He nodded then left the room with jordan trailing behind him. I could always count on jord to take care of pel. They may be idiots together but he always got things right when it comes to safety.
"Hows your head ruby" i asked pulling up a seat and motioning for her to remove the ice pack "still hurts" she grumbled. I nodded then brushed my fingers over the lump "do you feel sick or tired" i asked "i dont know" she shrugged getting annoyed "ruby im asking these questions to see if i can let you dance tonight, otherwise your not dancing" i shrugged making her head snap towards mine "ok fine, i feel a bit tired" she shrugged "ok how about pain, is it like headache pain" i asked "kind of" she shrugged "ok you need to get plenty of water in you and try your best to stay awake ok, just tell me if your feeling any numbness" i said getting back up "thanks ash" she spoke leaning on sophies arm. "Im sure whitney will find a way to cover it up for you aswell" i spoke making her smile slightly.
"Hows he coming" i asked terry "still a dead as a donut" he shrugged with a smile. He was trying really hard to bring light on the situation. "Ok im here, i noticed all the missed calls then the phone died" mom spoke rushing in with her bags "well we have a disaster zone" i sighed glancing around. Even mitch had fallen asleep on a window ledge using sky as a pillow.
"Ok so how many injurys" she asked instantly putting her stuff down "sams knocked out, pel had a fall on his wrist with tayla ontop as more weight, ruby smacked heads with sam and now she has a lump on her head that shouldn't be that big and rehearsals went down like a flop" i spoke lowering myself back onto a chair and putting my head in my hands "wheres Nathan and the little ones" mom fussed already checking over sams head "nath took the three boys out and keiran went with them, theos around here somewhere" i shrugged then a loud bang was heard before cries of pain filled the area. "Oh no thats theo" i spoke running out the room and towards the cries. I found him at the bottom of the frame built for keirans drums with tears running down his face and a guilty looking perri stood there in shock "what happened" i yelled swiftly picking up theo and placing him ontop of a box to look him over "perri" i yelled when he didnt asnwer "whats going on" jordan asked running over "where did you go and why was perri out of your sight" i stressed "i had to go pee" jordan frowned "whatever just snap perri out of it" i sighed.
"Come on theo, you need to calm down so i can do something about it" i spoke wiping away his tears. He just cried more after that "he fell off the top and landed awkwardly on his foot" i heard pels voice say.
I looked back at him and he looked ready to tear up "i threw his hat up there because we were messing around and then he started climbing then got to the top and fell, i didnt mean for him to hurt ash, i really didnt" he spoke starting to cry himself. Perri wasnt the biggest worry about the moment so i let him cry and took a look at theos foot. His ankle was red and he had a little cut but nothing too serious "its just a little twist, it will be ok" i said pulling theo into my arms until he calmed down slightly. I carried him back to mom and she instantly rushed over "he fell off keirans drum stand and landed awkwardly on his foot, its just a twist but he scared himself in the fall" i said setting him down so she can look after him.
When i knew theo was ok i walked back out to where perri was. He was now being calmed down by jordan sat on the floor by the drum stand "come here perri" i sighed sitting on a box. Perri didnt budge for a while he just looked at me and sniffled. He really thought i was here to yell at him. This boy was going to be twenty soon and yet he still needed looking after as if he was still sixteen "perri now" i spoke making him slowly get up and walk over "dont be too hard ash" jordan started "mom might need your help back in the room" i said cutting him off. He simply nodded then walked away towards the room.
"Want to tell me why you were throwing the had in the first place" i asked calmly "we was just passing it back and forth and you know how i get excited and take things too far and then i accidentally threw it too hard and it went up there" he spoke in a baby voice. He looked at me with his big eyes full of tears and then I knew i wasnt going to be telling him off "why didnt you go get it" i asked "because theo already started going to get it" he mumbled "just come here" i sighed opening my arms.
I held him in a ferm hug until he was calm then he came with me back to the room to apologise to theo. "Sams up" mom spoke fussing with rubys head. I looked over and she was right. Sam wasnt on the couch anymore "hes gone with mitch, sky and tayla" she spoke already knowing what i was thinking.
"Ok we are having a half time run through of the show in ten minutes, everybody better be there" i said texting Nathan to get the boys back. I sorted out the music then sat on a chair looking at the stage for a while. "You look ready to pass out mate" terry spoke sitting next to me "first show of the tour and its already falling apart, i just dont know what to do, sams just not ready to go back to normal, mitch is ready to go and i can see it" i said rubbing my face "maybe you were too busy building mitchs life back up that you forgot about how everything would effect sam, hes probably scared to death and the lads confidence hasnt really gone well, he doesnt really throw his talent out there anymore, he hides" terry shrugged "i haven't even noticed" i sighed rubbing my eyes "talk to him like now, ill sort these lot out" terry spoke as everybody started walking onto the stage. He ran up to the stage and began sorting out everybody as i got up "sam can i speak to you please" I called making him look up. He nodded then jumped off the stage to run over to me "come with me a minute" i said walking towards the food bar area "whats up ash" he asked shoving his hands in his pockets and leaning against the bar once we got there "i was just wondering if you wanted to speak about anything" i asked leaning against a pillar "is this about my dancing" he asked pulling himself up on the counter top "no its about you" i shrugged "what about me" he shrugged looking down "i can tell when your not telling me something sam craske" i sighed "ash im fine ok" he said fiddling with his fingers "your not alright sam" i said moving foward and making him look at me "ash im twenty five years old not five, i can handle myself" he said smacking my hand away "sam stop it" i sighed "ashley just leave me alone" he yelled shoving me.
"Thats it" i said grabbing him and taking him out the front doors "put me down" he yelled trying to shake my hold off him. I made it to the door and dumped him on the steps before forcing him to look at me "sam i get it ok, your scared to dead of that stage but you have already done it sam, you did the festival and it went amazing, you need to stop messing up on purpose ok, just let me help" i yelled frustrated.
"Ashley banjo" i heard a girls voice call making me turn and see two girls stood there staring "your ashley, oh my god" she said still shocked "hi girls" i smiled trying to calm myself "is that sam" the other girl asked "uh yeah, sam craske" i said getting out the way "we love you guys, we hoped to find you in nandos or something" one smiled "thanks guys but its the first show so we needed alot of practice" i smiled "are you ok sam" the other girl asked. She had dark hair and tanned skin. She was a very close copy of tayla actually "im fine thanks" sam spoke looking up for the first time "you look like my girl" sam spoke "where is tayla" the blonde girl asked "shes in there probably showing her stuff" he said with a tiny smile "then maybe you should be in there showing her your stuff" the dark girl smiled "its not that easy guys, i lost my touch" he frowned "you couldn't lose your touch if you tried" she giggled coming up the steps "im really looking foward to watching you tonight" she smiled stealing his hat "sam doesnt want to dance" i smirked making him glare at me "why not" the girl frowned "he doesnt think hes good enough and someone told me he thinks hes a disaster zone" i shrugged "im never telling terry anything anymore" sam grumbled.
"But your amazing" the girl pouted "its difficult girls" sam sighed "never that difficult sam, your an amazing dancer, please dont make us suffer by missing you dance" they both pouted making me chuckle.
Taylas pov:
"Anybody seen sam" i asked after we had ran through the set perfectly and we were taking a break "went with ash outside earlier, he started yelling i think" sky spoke cuddling into mitchs side "awww you guys are cute" i smiled taking a picture before running off to find sam "try and cheer him up tay" sky called after me "its my job remember" i called walking out the doors and finding sam sat on the steps with ash stood up next to him. I heard sam laugh then i seen two girls fussing over him "sam" i spoke walking over and trying not to frown. His head turned to see me and gladly i seen that spark in his eyes he always gets when he sees me making me smile slightly "hey tay, come here" he smiled holding his hand out for me "what are you lads up to" i asked taking his hand "talking about you actually" he smiled pulling me into his lap "is that so" i asked glad to see a smile on his face for once "im going to excuse myself and if you dont mind girls" ash spoke getting up and motioning for the girls to follow him. Ash clearly had a soft spot for them because he never takes fans into a practice.
"I love you tayla" sam mumbled snuggling his face into my neck "i love you too sam" i smiled kissing his head. He stayed quiet for a while until i pulled myself out his arms and walled back towards the doors "where you going" he asked jogging after me and going to take hold of my hand. I moved my hand so he couldn't making hurt flash over his face "you know you can trust me right" i asked "yes, whats wrong" he asked "i want to know whats wrong with you" i asked "nothings wrong, why do people keep asking that" he groaned "because im not looking at the sam i fell in love with after he came running off the stage at the festival completely over the moon that he just finished a show with his little brother by his side" i blurt out "i dont get it tay" he frowned "cant you see mitch is fine, sky handled it and yet your still stressing over nothing" i said frustrated "did ash out you up to this" he sighed "sam im serious, your losing yourself, i mean just look at you, your being a cowered and backing out of your first tour show" i spoke "who said anything about backing out" he snapped "sam you dont light up like before, dancing is like a chore now" i yelled "because i do it just to make everybody else happy ok, i do it for mitch, i do it for ash and i do it for you" he screamed starting to pace "why sam" i asked weakly "because im off my game since mitch.." he started then cut himself off "i cant risk him getting hurt again tay, hes everything" sam spoke wiping away a tear before it fell "mitch is fine sam, hes going to do fine because you was there for him and he cant be here for you because he can't remember, but im here and im telling you to stop worrying and try being you" i said wrapping my arms around his neck "i cant fail tay" he choaked out "you wont fail sam, dont look at it like a win or lose situation, its fun thats what its all about" i spoke brushing his hair off his face "it doesnt work tay, i just think of him and it all goes black" he mumbled "then dont think, please try the practice without messing up on purpose" i sighed "its not on purpose" he pouted "we both know its on purpose" i spoke trying to hold back a laugh at his stupid pout "try it for me ok, please" i smiled brushing my nose over his "if i can get a kiss then maybe ill think it about" he whispered "how about you do the rehearsal and then ill let you have me to yourself for a few hours with no distractions, just you and me" i spoke biting my lip to try and temp him "do i get a good luck kiss first" he asked pulling my body flush to his "maybe" i giggled.
He nodded signalling we had a deal before pressing his lips on mine. I let the kiss last for a little while before pulling away and darting back into the arena "tayla" he yelled running after me.
He had a smile on his face and a little twinkle in his eyes making me hope i had my playful sam back instead of grumpy old sam that seemed like he would be sixty soon.
Hi guys. I had a few messages asking for some more sam with ash and then tayla as well as different povs. Feel free to ask me for a different pov or if you want to see more of a character or thier pov and ill make sure you give it a go. Im open to anything you guys want to see in the story aswell but will only be used if I think it would go with the story line. Thank you all for reading :)
