As Long As I Need You

A Turn of Events

We got to the gig about an hour early and were let into the back of the small bar venue by security and greeted by Kat's sweet boyfriend Chris.
They were such a perfect pair and immediately grabbed hands walking into a dressing room where 4 other guys sat watching a football game on a small television.
Once we entered they all turned and a tall one with floppy hair named James yelled "ayyyy here comes Kit Kat! who've you brought along tonight?!"
"This is Mandy everyone. Mandy here's the lads."
A tall slender man with a deep husky voice said softly "hey I'm David".
Then another introduced himself as Liam. And finally the last one turned and pulled off his circular bug shaped sunglasses to reveal a striking chiseled face.
I stood and just stared in awe for a minute when suddenly he waved a hand in my face saying "Ayyeup, you alright love? Name's Ben. Need a drink?"
Yes I did after that embarrassing first impression!!
"That'd be great" I said "Got anything sweet?"
They all laughed. "Mandy? Right?" James asked "I don't know what you fuck with in America, but here we go for gin"
Liam went to the rider and poured us all tall glasses of gin and tonic. We made a quick toast and Kat and I left, going out onto the floor to make sure we had a good view.
The alcohol burned my throat, I had never been one to drink anything hard as I'm a total lightweight but hopefully the booze would ease my nerves. That Ben was awfully cute, but I needed to snap out of it. I couldn't fall in love with the first person I saw right?!
After a shitty local opener, the band came on and I have to say they absolutely smashed it! They were a proper band, and every song was a banger! Every time I glanced at Ben his eyes were on me, which made me both uncomfortable but special at the same time. They played a short seven song set, and after their last song "oceans", Ben tossed me a drum stick and I caught it and held it up in the air as one would after receiving an Olympic medal!
Kat and I went to the back bar to wait for the boys and have a quick drink chatting over how great the gig was. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder.
"Well, what'd you think, I see you got a little bit of me on ya already?" Ben flirted gesturing to the drumstick.
"Well I'd have to say you've got horrible aim as this was coming straight for my face!" I replied with a smirk.
"Wouldn't want to mess up anything that pretty now would I?" he responded.
I felt a wave of butterflies come over me. Ben was really cute and I loved his wit but didn't want to commit so quickly.
I downed my drink and turned to the rest of the lads who were doing some weird recreation of the Lion King opening scene. James held up Ben as if showcasing him off to the world while Chris yelled "AAAAAZZZAAAAPENNNNAAA" like the cartoon.
Kat and I exchanged glances and rolled our eyes while subtlety chuckling at the silly boys.
"Are you ladies ready to head back to mine?" David asked and we both shook heads, Chris draping his arm over Kat and I lagging a bit behind scrolling through my phone.
"Watcha got there?" Ben asked.
"Errrrm, my phone?!" I replied a bit annoyed.
"You trying to ask me something?" Ben asked while grabbing my phone quickly and began entering his number.
"Bit deliberate aren't you?" I came back, us laughing at our immaturity.
After the quick walk down the road, we made it to David's flat, your typical messy bachelor pad with a fridge stocked with booze and a cupboard filled with assorted chips.

James immediately handed my a beer upon entering and we all chatted and laughed and played card games around David's little table in the front room.
I checked the kitchen clock which read 4:15 and couldn't believe how fast the time had gone. Chris and Kat were off to bed in one of the spare rooms, and David and Liam had suddenly disappeared. I began to wonder where I was going to sleep when I chose a comfy looking couch in the corner, but then discovered James dozing off in my spot once I had made my way over. I realized then how drunk I was as I began to close my eyes while making my way across the room and tripped over a beer bottle on the floor.
"You alright love?" I heard someone say and then I blacked out.