Younow Love // Mark Thomas

Chapter 3- Meet and Greet Time

Rachel-

Today is our first show! I was so excited I didn't even need an alarm to get up. The boys were fast asleep when I got up to take a shower and when I got out, they somehow managed to get into a semi-cuddling position. I chuckled a little and took a picture of them with their mouths wide open. Mark's eye popped open and focused in on me. The corners of his mouth turned up and cuddled closer to Jacob. "Come here my love, your flaming hair calls to me," he whispered. Jacob's eyes popped open and he pushed Mark off the bed.

"You two lovers better hurry up and get stressed," I tease, sitting on my bed, "You have 30 minutes to get ready." They both shot up and started to frantically get ready, I ran to get Hunter and Brandon up. I knocked on the door until a tired Hunter answered the door still in a t-shirt and boxers with his hair tousled. I smiled big and pushed into the room, "Come on you sleepy heads get up!" I flicked on the lights and heard groans from Brandon, Blake, and Weston.

"We're up, okay. Can you please stop yelling now?" Blake smiled, sitting up exposing his bare chest. I blushed with embarrassment, "Sorry, just trying to wake you lazy bums up." We smiled at each other before he got up to go to the bathroom. I turned back to Hunter who managed to fall back asleep on his bed. I pushed him off the bed before running out of the room to avoid him capturing me. As I looked over my shoulder, I crashed into someone and fell back. I look up into Mark's eyes and smile.

"Sorry about that, just trying to escape my brothers," I laugh and take his hand to help get up. He pulls me up a little too fast and I fall into him slightly. For a second, it seemed like time stopped as we looked into each other's eyes, but that moment passed when Jacob came running down the hall blasting 679 by Fetty Wap. Jacob wrapped his arms around both Mark and I and he lead us towards the main stage area.

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Standing backstage, I felt a rush of energy buzz through my body. The crowd was cheering with excitement as they waited for us to run out on stage. "Now introducing Magcon!" The emcee announced as the lights came up. Everyone ran on stage in front of the crowd as the DJ played a song. Cam grabbed a microphone and stepped to the center of the stage saying, "Hey guys, how is your day." Everyone shouted a mixture of responses back to him.

As Cam introduced the tour, we all grabbed a chair from the side of the stage to prepare for a q/a. The first question was a girl in the front row. She smiled and looked to Mark, "Other than Jacob, who are you closest to in the Magcon group?" The group stared down Mark as he contemplated his answer. Blake gestured to him as if he was cutting his neck, which made some of the fans laugh, including Mark. "Good question, probably the three some: Hunter, Brandon and Rachel." I smiled at Mark when he said my name and we made eye contact. The way he had is hair and the red bandana made me smile even more: his signature style lately.

"This question is for all the guys." My heart twinged a little. I was afraid something like this might happen since I was the only girl on the tour, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. The girl continued, "Have you had a crush on Rachel at one point?" I was shocked and my face turned a bright red as the crowd filled with 'oohs'. The guys all looked at each other waiting for someone to speak up. Hayes cleared his throat and kept his eyes to the ground as he lifted his mic, "Um, well I thought she was pretty, but I don't know if you would call it a crush."

Once again my face burned and oohs filled the room. Daniel and Blake both admitted to having a crush on me a couple months ago. I was so surprised because I barely talked to them, but next were my three best friends: Weston, Jacob and Mark. "I think Rachel's pretty and any guy will be lucky to have her, but she is like a sister to me and that would just be weird," Weston said. I smiled glad that things won't be weird after the event. Mark and Jacob looked at each other and it was complete silence. After the live last night, I was terrified of what may happen if one of them said something about liking me.

Mark looked me in the eyes and held the mic up to his lips, "Um....Yeah, I kinda realized it when we were on digi tour." The breath in my lungs seemed to leave as another wave of oohs float through the crowd. I had no idea Mark liked me like that and for some reason my heat fluttered just knowing he saw me this way and not as a little sister. Jacob smiles and steals the mic from Mark's hands, snapping me out of my trance. "Rachel has been my best friend, but I will admit to it. I did at some point have feelings for her, but now, Mark," Jacob nudged Mark's arm,"gets to win her heart." The crowd awed and I couldn't help but smile a little at the two of them.

After the question and answer session, we all cleared the chairs off the stage and Shawn grabbed his guitar. The whole crowd roared with applause as he took center stage and announced that he was gonna sing a couple songs. I went to the backstage room and couldn't help but wonder what to do about Mark and Hayes. I sat on the couch with a sigh, "this is gonna be an interesting tour."