The Voice (Luke Hemmings)

35. Charlotte

"How late do you have to be there?" My mom asked. She sat in front of me at the kitchen table, in my old house, sipping from a cup of tea. I checked the time on my phone and sighed. "In an hour." I said and she nodded. "Well, it's good to see you again. I know you've been busy with Luke and all that drama... And then the Voice too..." She said and I smiled. I already told her everything. It was kind of messed up actually. But I'd do whatever I have to do. My phone buzzed. It was Anna. I unlocked my phone and smiled at the background. It was Luke and me, him kissing my cheek and me grinning. I opened Anna's text.

Anna: How late do we have to be there again?

I sighed.

Me: My mom will pick you up at 2.

Anna: Kaykay. If I don't see you before the shows, good luck Turtle!

Me: :)

Anna and my mom will come tonight. Just in the audience though, I don't think they'd like walking around between all that running and yelling. I opened Twitter and sighed. I gained 4.000 followers since yesterday. And #CalumsGF was trending yesterday. The girl that made a photo of me and Calum put it on Twitter, saying I was his girlfriend. Of course, people wanted to know who I was, so now everybody knows I'm a contestant at the Voice. Great. More people that know about my existence. The boys had an interview tomorrow, and they'd definitely be asked about the photo. And then Calum will tell them that I'm his girlfriend. And then I'll probably have to quit Twitter. Eh, whatever. Didn't use it that much anyways. I looked at the time and saw that it was 12.30 already. So I had to go. I stood up and put my phone in my pocket. "Gotta go buffalo." I said while pecking my mom's cheek. "What did you just call me?" She asked and I chuckled. "Byee!" I said while closing the front door behind me. "Good luck!" I heard her faintly yell before I walked towards my car. I shot her a thumbs up through the window and saw her smile. I got into my car and put some loud music on, to come in the mood. Luckily Hayley accepted the song after Luke helped me. It was way more my style and I liked it better now too.

I parked my car in a free spot and turned the radio off. I sighed before I unplugged my phone from the speakers in my car and walked outside, towards the building. There weren't many people... Yet. I knew that in 10/20 minutes the place would be filled with hundreds of people. Not the audience, but only the staff. I quickly walked to Luke's dressing room, which was in a corridor no one was in. Luckily. I listened closely if anyone else was with him. I didn't hear anything so I knocked. "Come in!" I heard him say and quickly opened the door and closed it behind me. I turned around and there he stood. In only his black boxers. I felt my cheeks heat up and I turned around quickly. "I... uh..." I began and Luke chuckled. I heard him walk towards me and his hands slipped around my waist. "You're so cute." He said while he turned me around and pecked my lips. My hand rested on his chest and he shivered. Probably because my hand was cold. He closed the gap between us and I leaned in. My hands were around his neck and going through his hair. I smiled through the kiss and pulled away slightly. His bright blue eyes looked into mine. "Hello girlfriend." He said and I giggled. "Hello boyfriend." I said before pecking his lips. I heard people talking in the hallways and stepped away from him. "I should go before someone notices me walking out of your dressing room." I said and he nodded. "Goodbye girlfriend." He said and I grinned while shaking my head. Were we going to be one of those couples?

I quickly walked to 'my' dressing room. Luckily no one saw me walking out of Luke's dressing room. I closed the door behind me and saw the 3 girls preparing their torture instruments, aka makeup and hair products. "Ahh, come sit." Jay said and pointed to the chair. I let out a deep breath and walked towards the chair. She immediately started combing my hair. "The last time your mentor chose your hairstyle and outfit, but she told us that you could choose this time." She said and looked at me expectantly. Hmm... Curls? Straight? A braid? I thought for a moment. "Maybe like... A couple of braids at the side of my head, and the rest just a slight curl?" I asked and she nodded. "Kendall Jenner style?" She asked and I nodded. I really liked that look. Just like the one where girls shave the side of their heads off... If I see people who have that I seriously have respect for them. Because I know I'd never do it. But these braids made it look a little bit like that, without shaving my hair off. So that's good. The girl began braiding my hair, and at that moment I saw Lisa walking in through the mirror. I greeted her and she laid all her stuff out on the table next to the mirror. The door opened and a girl with short brown hair walked in and walked towards me. "Hey, I'm Maisie. I'll be doing your outfit from now on." She said and I nodded. "Hi, I'm Skyler." She smiled. "Okay. Just like your hair and makeup, you can choose." She said while riding a rack full with clothes my way. For fireproof, I needed something cute. Because people would think it was Fireproof, but then BOOM. Rock. Y'know? She held up different outfits and I shook my head at each one of them. Then she held a cute blue white pattern crop top up with a black high waisted skirt. And I really liked it. "Yup, that's the one." I said. She nodded. "Okay. I'll put this in the dressing room already." She said and walked away to the dressing room. Jay was done braiding my hair and was now curling it. "What shoes?" Maisie asked when she walked back. She had black heels, dark blue heels, and All-Stars and Vans in the same colours. "Umm... Dark blue Vans." I said. They were really nice. She nodded and laid them with my clothes in the dressing room. "Okay, I'm done." Jay said. I looked into the mirror and it looked really nice. "Awesome. Thanks." I said and she nodded. "Okayy, makeup!" Lisa said while rubbing her hands. Mehh. "What do you want?" She asked while grabbing some brushes. "Maybe like... Winged eyeliner? With dark grey glittery eyeshadow? But not too much. Just a little." I said and she nodded. She began rummaging through all her stuff and I sighed. Welcome to hell.

After the makeup was done I walked to the dressing room. I quickly but carefully put the clothes on and smiled when they fit me perfectly. I put the shoes on and opened the curtain. I walked to the box with accessories and grabbed grey studded earrings and some bracelets. I was careful to put them on my left arm, because if I put them on my right arm they'd be in the way of the guitar. I had my own small diamond earring in my helix, what I got a few months back. I loved it. It was very... edgy. The girls came back into the room and they fixed the last things quickly. There stood a black electric guitar in the corner of the room. I picked it up and put the strap around me. "Okay. You have to go to room 216 now. It's out the door right, first one right, then it's the second door on your left." One of the girls said and I nodded. "Okay. Thanks for the makeup and hair and clothes and everything." I thanked them before saying goodbye and walking out of the dressing room.

I opened the door to room 216, only to be met with Hayley and the rest of the team. "Hey." I greeted them and sat next to Jenna and Stefan on the couch. The door opened again and in walked Tom. "Great, we're all here." Hayley said. "First of all, I want to tell you guys that you're all amazing singers. And whatever happens tonight, don't let that stand in the way of following your dreams." Hayley said and I smiled. "I know you are all going to be kick-ass tonight, so just do your thing. But Skyler, focus on the solo. It went wrong a couple of times during the rehearsals." Hayley said and I nodded. She gave the others some tips too, but I zoned her out. My hands were clammy. Luckily I wasn't shaking or something. That wouldn't be a good thing while playing guitar. Someone knocked on the door and opened it. "Okay guys, go follow this man." Hayley said. She stood by the door and gave us all a hug before we had to follow the guy. "Good luck!" She yelled and then walked in another direction. We followed the man for a while in silence. He stopped at a door and we all walked inside. There were the other teams too. Without judges. I greeted them and sat down on the couch, next to a girl who had actually shaved the side of her head. Awesome. "Hi, I'm Skyler." I introduced myself. She smiled. "Charlotte." She said. "You play guitar too?" She asked while pointing to my guitar. I looked at her and saw that she had one too. "Yup." I said and nodded. "I love your hair by the way. It's really cool. But I wouldn't get it myself because I'm a pussy." I joked and she chuckled. "Well, you got the look with the braids. That counts too right?" She said and I nodded. I really hope she won't be sent home tonight. I really like her. "You're Team Ed right?" I asked and she nodded. "You Team Hayley?" She asked and I nodded. "She didn't turn around at my audition... Else I would have definitely picked her." She said and I nodded. Yea, she seemed more like the rock type than the Ed Sheeran type.

One by one the contestants were called to go on stage. There was a big tv screen in front of us so we could see the performances, since it was live. First up was Elliot, from Team Luke. I really didn't know why Luke had him in his team. Elliot was a huge douchebag. Really arrogant kid. And I got that from the 2 sentences we spoke. Well, he could be gone after tonight.