Saving Us || l.h

T W E N T Y N I N E

"Thank you for letting me perform! Enjoy 5 Seconds of Summer!" I smile, heading off the stage. I hand my microphone off, Luke pulling me in for a hug. "Hi." I laugh, wrapping my arms around his neck. "Hey. Nice job." "Thank you. Have fun out there. I'll be back here, eating pizza." He nods, kissing my forehead. I head back to their dressing room, opening the pizza boxes and grabbing a slice. Still warm, thank god.

I hear the screams grow louder, making me smile. I live for that sound. My phone buzzes, Alyssa calling. "Hello?" I ask, taking another bite of pizza. "Dylan, you're on tour with the guys, right?" "Sí." "Great, can you come tell security to let me backstage?" I laugh. "Yeah, which entrance?" "Hold on." I hear quiet talking then, "north." She answers. "I'll be right over." I stand up, walking down the north tunnel and seeing security. "Hey, she's good. She's Ashton's girlfriend and my friend." I tell him, handing her a backstage pass. He lets her through, giving me a smile. "Thank you." She breathes, rolling her eyes. "I don't know how you guys do this famous thing! The guards would drive me insane!" "You get used to it. And it's really fun sneaking off away from them because then you see grown men flustered and running around a city." She laughs, sitting on the couch.

"What brings you to the tour?" "Surprising Ashton. I couldn't see him on his time off but my partner is letting me take this week off to see him so I took it." I smile, watching her. "That's nice. Everything still good?" "I think so." She nods. "That's not very reassuring." I accuse, watching her. "We got in a fight a couple weeks ago about the long distance stuff and not being able to see each other very often. I think we're okay because we talked through it last week but I can tell there's still something there and I'm hoping me coming will help it." I nod, giving her a small smile. "I'm sure it will. Ashton's a good guy. If not I'll talk to him." "Thanks. How's life as an opening act?" "Brings back memories." I laugh. "It's nice though, I still get to tour, but without the stress of being the true act." She nods, smiling.

"That's good. What about your break?" "It was nice.. Very relaxing and I got a lot done song wise." "Awesome! I'm very excited for this album." "Me too. It's a little different for me and not all the songs are life experiences but going off of other people's stories but it's still really fun. I think people are going to like it." "That's good. You should have like a listening party or something with your friends." "Ooh, good idea. That'd be really fun. Maybe I could do something like Taylor where she did the secret sessions and stuff. I can talk to her and get some advice on that." I nod with a smile. Alyssa nods, the door opening. "Ashton's extra drum sticks?" The guy asks. Alyssa gets up and grabs them, handing it to the man. He runs out, Alyssa sitting back down.

"How'd you know where they were?" I ask. "When I visited a couple months ago." I nod, grabbing a pillow and leaning back on it. "I haven't seen Anna... Where is she?" "Back at the hotel. Ashton has someone watching her so she can get some sleep." "That's good." Alyssa nods. I nod, grabbing my phone. "I'll be right back, Blake wanted to talk to me about something." She nods and I go out into the hall, sitting down.

"Hello?" Blake answers, letting out a yawn. "Hey you wanted to talk to me?" "Right, um, hold on, I just woke up from a nap, let me think." I sigh, rolling my eyes. "Um, I think it has something to do with the mansion." "Blake, go drink a coffee then call me back." I laugh, hanging up. I go back in, shaking my head. "I woke him from a nap and he has no idea what year we are in." I laugh, sitting down on the couch. "Naps can be evil or wonderful, there's no in between." Alyssa chuckles. I nod, sighing. "He better call back soon, otherwise he'll be waking me up." I admit, trying to stifle a yawn. I fail, big time.

"No, but he said he thought he had to talk to me about the mansion so I'm wondering if something happened to it or something." "Maybe he's moving and wants to give it to you?" "If that's the case I'd buy it in a heartbeat. The place is gorgeous and imagine the parties you could throw there! It's like that go to house for high school parties! If I was a regular teenager living in that house in high school I'd have a party every weekend."

"Now you're going to be sad when he doesn't give it to you." Alyssa laughs. "Eh, I still live there anyways, I can still throw parties when I get back." I laugh, my phone buzzing. "Speak of the devil." I laugh, going out into the hall.

"How's your coffee?" I ask. "It's fine, I'm wondering when you get back from Luke's tour so you can house sit." "In a month or so. Why do you need a house sitter?" "A couple houses have been robbed out here lately so I'd like someone here since we have a lot of stuff here." "When are you leaving?" "For my tour in a month and a half." "Wow, for once you're actually planning ahead. I'm proud." "Taylor's worked wonders on me." He laughs. "Good. She's teaching you how to be a human." I laugh. "Is that all you needed?" "I think so." "Wonderful. Adios, love you, all that." I laugh, hearing him chuckle. "Bye." He says before hanging up.

I peek into the dressing room, looking at Alyssa scrolling through something on her phone. "I'm heading back to the hotel, be sure to tell Luke when he gets back." She nods, giving me a smile. "Bye Dylan."

Alyssa's POV

Dylan leaves, leaving me alone. I continue scrolling through Twitter, seeing all the tweets about tonight's show. I see a few fans tweets wondering if they had seen me and I laugh, clicking on one. "I'm backstage! Shh!" I respond, going through the other tweets. I'm glad Ashton's fans like me so much. The fan tweets me back, making me smile. "I expect many selfies of you guys! We need more alyshton pictures!" I retweet it, continuing my scrolling. Rena comes in, giving me a smile.

"How's life down in Florida?" She asks, sitting on the other side of the couch. "It's good. Long ways from here though, it makes talking to Ashton hard." I admit. She nods, giving me a small smile. "The distance is hard but if you're able to work through that, you guys can get through anything." I nod, thinking about that. The door opens, Rena and I looking over. The guys come streaming in, laughing and sweating.

"That was awesome! They definitely liked the cover tonight!" Calum grins, stripping his t-shirt. I look over at Ashton, who was checking his phone. "Wait, guys, is Alyssa here?" He asks, looking around. He spots me, smiling. "Surprise!" I laugh. "How'd you know?" I ask, walking over. "I have your tweet notifications on." He admits. He wraps his sweaty arms around me, hugging me tight. "You smell!" I inform him, trying to get out of his arms. He laughs, kissing my forehead. He releases me, looking down at me.

"Alyssa, is Dylan here?" Luke asks, making me look over at him. "Went back to the hotel to sleep." He nods, grabbing his things. "I'll see you all in the morning." He says, leaving the dressing room. "Why are you here? I thought you had work?" "My partner gave me the week off since he was off last week. Only fair." I grin. "Well. I'm glad you're here." He says, grabbing a towel. "I'm going to shower then we can hang." I nod, watching him go into the bathroom. I turn around, Calum and Michael watching me.

"What?" I ask, looking between them. "Nothing. Ashton just really missed you. We were waiting for him to invite you into the shower." My face goes hot, embarrassment coursing through me, Michael laughing. "Only kidding." He says, sitting down on the couch. "But he did miss you." "I know. Work's just really hectic right now because we had to fire two guys and we are trying to replace them, but once they are replaced I can visit Ashton more, then once I-" I pause, remembering this was a surprise for Ashton. "What?" Calum asks, looking excited.

"If Ashton finds out about this I will murder both of you." I warn them. They nod, crossing their hearts. "Michael, you remember when my dad opened a second office in Florida before I went to college, right?" "Yeah, he was flying between offices a lot then." I nod. "Well, he's letting me open one in LA, and I'll be heading that one, then I'll get to see Ashton a lot more. It should be up and running within the month so when you guys get back, I should be there." "That's awesome! It's going to make family visiting so much easier now!" He grins. I nod, smiling.

"I really want to surprise Ashton with this because I know he hates the long distance. Please keep this to yourselves." They nod. "I'm gonna call Ellie before I go to bed, so I'll see you guys in the morning." Calum leaves, and I turn to Michael. "How are you and Ashley?" "We are good. She's really busy interning in New York right now but she's having a lot of fun with it. She loves everything about the fashion world." I smile, watching him talk about her.