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Michael

Sydney, November 2014 (The Aria Awards)

I didn't know it at the time, but when I walked back in to the backstage area of the Enmore theatre back on that last day of April; I already knew it was too late. It just took one glance at the two of them, and I knew it was too late. I just walked in on Gia and Luke kissing. It took everything I had in me, not to walk over there and punch him in the face. But I couldn't do that, I couldn't let a girl come between the band, even if it was Gia. I would never forget the scene that went on that night.

Flashback, April 2014

"Because you never know, who might steal her away," Calum said. I just nodded and decided to head back inside. Hoping to steal Gia away for a minute so I could talk to her and tell her how I felt. I knew that it was probably pointless, because I knew there was no way she'd feel the same about me. But it was worth a shot. For too long I'd sat on my hands and did nothing. It was time for me to do something about the way I felt about Gia.

To say I was crushed when I walked in and saw her and Luke kissing was an understatement. I wanted nothing more than to walk over there and punch the shit out of him, but I knew I couldn't. Even if it was Gia, there was no way I'd let a girl come between us. So I took the comedic route, that I'd taken so many times before, "oh my God, seriously?" I asked, I hoped that they couldn't tell, that I was upset. I was a shit liar, but I was good at hiding my true feelings, "can you two get a fucking room?" They pulled apart at my words and Gia buried her face in Luke's chest. It was something she always did when she was embarrassed. I remember the amount of times, she buried her face in mine. I missed that.

Seeing them like this was hard, but I knew that I couldn't do anything about it. I knew that I had to act like nothing was wrong, I had to keep my mouth shut. I knew that if I said anything, it could possibly ruin my friendship with Gia, and the last thing I wanted was to lose her.

Flashback Over

We were currently at the hotel, waiting for us to start heading down the Red Carpet, at the biggest night for Australian music.  I'd had to spend the last seven months listening to Luke and her having Skype conversations and hearing him saying how much he missed her. There was only one other person I'd told about my feelings for Gia, and that was Louis. He said that if they liked each other, just to let them be happy, and as much as I hated to admit it, he was right.
It was hard to talk to her, and act like nothing was wrong, or that I had feelings for her, so I kept video chats and phone calls to a minimum so I wouldn't slip up. It was hard hearing her tell me how much she missed Luke. I knew she missed me, I just wish she missed me almost as much as she missed him.

Calum and I were standing around having a beer with Harry Styles, when Gia walked in. She wasn't going to be walking the red carpet with us, but she was going to be sitting with my mum. I hadn't seen Luke in a good while, so now was my chance to at least talk to her for a little while. Because I knew that after she saw Luke, all her attention would be on him.

Tonight was the first time I had seen her in seven months. She had blonde highlights put through her hair, and it made her eyes look brighter. She was wearing a long black dress, that had gold detailing up the top, and a split at the front. Her hair was parted to the side, and curled. I'm pretty sure it was the same dress she wore for her year twelve valedictory dinner. I remember seeing those photos and thinking the exact same thing I was thinking now, "hey stranger," she said walking up to the three of us
"Hey yourself," I said, "uh, Harry you remember Dana right?" I asked him
"How could I forget," he laughed, "Luke wouldn't stop talking about you on tour," fan-fucking-tastic, I thought to myself, now that's going to be the topic of conversation
"Hey," I interrupted, "can I talk to you?" I asked her, "I just feel like we haven't spoken in ages, and I miss you,"
"Yeah," she smiled, I loved her smile
"So what's been going on with you?" I asked her
"Well as you know, I literally just got back from my trip two days ago," I couldn't believe I forgot about that, her parents sent her on a Contiki trip, as an award for doing well at school, I was extremely proud of how well she did. The result she got was something I would never even be able to dream of achieving myself
"That's right! How was it?" I asked
"It was amazing! Everyone I met on the trip was so nice and the places I got to visit! Oh My God!" She was beaming just talking about it, "I definitely have a new career path in mind now," she laughed. I knew she wanted to do something related to art, she was an amazing photographer, but she chose to study fashion design at some fashion school in Melbourne. In hopes to become a fashion designer or a stylist. Either one of those three jobs, she'd be amazing at
"Oh and what's that?" I asked
"I want to open a bar in Laos, and move there. It's just so relaxed and laid back, you'd love it there,"
"Of course you'd do that," I laughed, wrapping an arm around her and pulling her in for a side hug. I used my other hand to mess up her hair
"Oi," she said, "stop that, it took the fucking hairdresser like two hours to do this,"
"Sorry," I laughed, putting my arms up in surrender. Note to self, never mess up a girls freshly styled hair
"I must say Mikey," she said, "I love the red,"
"The red?" I asked, slightly confused
"You're red hair idiot," she laughed, of course she was talking about my hair, "it suits you, brings out your eyes,"
"Thanks G," I smiled, "the blonde suits you,"
"Really?" She asked, "I'm thinking of going blue next, changing it up a little,"
"Blue hair would suit you as well,"