This = Love

Chapter 58

I felt so much better as I entered the dressing room, I think being out with Rina today and away from the tour has really helped.

"Where's Danny?" I asked Glen as we walked into the dressing room and Rina went straight over to see Mark.

"Dunno" Glen replied.

"Mark, where's Danny?" I shouted over.

"Dunno, he didn't say" Mark told me.

"I'm going to find him." I said to nobody in particular, I don't actually think anyone was listening.

I wandered through the corridors looking for Danny until I eventually found the smoking area. I opened the door to look outside, it was deserted as usual with the exception of Danny stood against the wall as he inhaled the smoke from his cigarette. He jumped a little as the door opened and then smiled when he saw it was just me.

"Thought I'd find you here" I said as I wrapped my arms around him. "You had a good day?"

"It's been OK" Danny said, sounding a little surprised by this "Glen's invited Natalie to the show tonight"

I looked at Danny wondering if I should know who Natalie is but there was no need to ask as he saw my look "The girl who interviewed us this morning, apparently he really likes her" Danny said, rolling his eyes.

"Danny, I know she pissed you off this morning but if Glen likes her, let him get on with it, she's not coming to interview you" I tried to reason with him.

"No, she'll probably try to interview you" he said sarcastically "Don't trust her Kay"

"Danny, she was doing her job this morning, she might be totally different tonight"

"But why her?"

"Why not? Look just try to get on with her for Glen's sake, you never know, you might even like her"

Danny looked at me as if to say 'that's never going to happen', and then smiled as he offered me a cigarette and went to light another one for himself.

As he lit the cigarettes he asked "How was your day?"

"Really good. Me and Rina had fun and we've decided to get into the crowd tonight so I'm quite excited"

"In those shoes?" Danny laughed.

Maybe I hadn't thought my outfit right the way through as I looked down and realised he was referring to the 6 inch heels I was wearing, probably not the most practical footwear for the standing area of an arena.

Trying to style out my error of judgement I laughed and said "I'll be fine as long as you don't tell everyone to bounce"

Danny laughed as he stubbed out his cigarette before saying "Come on, let's go back in"

When we got back to the dressing room Danny went straight over to hug Rina which wasn't unusual but I noticed that he was being quite cold towards Glen, I wish they would just do their handshake now and put all the shit from today behind them.

Trying to mask Danny's mood, I sat down with Glen. "I hear you've met someone" I said as I nudged him playfully.

"Yeah, she's really nice Kay. I've invited her down to the show tonight but Danny's not happy about it" Glen told me. Well so much for masking the cold front in the room.

"Well lucky for him, he's not trying to date her" I laughed "Just ignore him, he'll be fine"

Glen smiled before saying "Thanks Kay"

After chatting for a while Rina came over "Come on then Kay, doors open in 5 minutes, let's go and be Scriptettes for the night" she said pulling me up off the sofa.

"Does anyone actually call themselves that?" I laughed.

We wished everyone good luck for the show and just as we were about to leave I turned to Danny and said "Remember, no bouncing" he laughed as we left making our way out into the empty arena.

We chose a spot at the barrier, near the middle but slightly over to Mark's side of the stage. Rina handed me a beer "Someone came prepared" I laughed.

"Cheers" she said as we clunked the plastic bottles together before taking a drink.

After a minute or so, we heard the crowd being let in and we watched as the first few ran for the barrier like their lives depended on it.

We were soon lost in the sea of people, this felt so much better than the last time I did this. I was actually part of the crowd.

The support act was absolutely brilliant, as usual. I think I may be becoming a bit of a fan as I found myself singing along to every song. Rina also seemed to be enjoying herself and I heard her screaming and whistling a few times.

As the stage was cleared and prepared for The Script, Rina turned to me and said "Why have we never done this before, it's so much better down here"

I nodded my agreement. I've always thought that there is so much more atmosphere in the first few rows of a gig.

The show started and everyone around us was going crazy. As soon as Danny arrived on the stage he started shouting "Bounce, Bounce, Bounce, Bounce" into his mic.

I didn't seriously expect him not to ask the crowd to bounce at some stage in the show but this was just taking the piss. I've seen them perform this set so many times and I have never know 'Bounce' be the first thing Danny said.

I bounced, not that I really had much choice, the crowd were going crazy around me and I would have just been lifted up and down with their movement if I hadn't done it voluntarily.
The show was fabulous and definitely the best one I have seen so far. I felt so alive in the crowd.

As Danny jumped from the drums, Sean came over and pulled me and Rina out the crowd and over the barrier so that we could make our way backstage.

Our spirits were high as we reached the side of the stage just as the lads were coming off.
It felt like a real celebration as the lads weren't the only ones full of adrenaline tonight.

We headed back to the dressing room for a few drinks. This was when Glen took the opportunity to introduce me to Natalie. My first impressions were that she seemed really nice but maybe a bit shy, a good match for Glen if you ask me.