Bad Intentions

twenty two.

"You sound amazing," Normani told me, as I was coming down the stage after I finished soundcheck. "Are you excited about tonight?" She asked me, handing me a water that she had been holding.

I took a sip of the refreshing, cold drink and nodded. "Very excited."

Tonight was a big event in Los Angeles. It was the Summer Bash and tonight had amazing headliners, and me and Normani were included in the line up. Many of them are artist that I haven't met, so hopefully, I run into them backstage and have a quick little chat with them.

"Are you excited is the question?" I asked her.

She grinned widely and nodded her head excitedly. Her facial expression quickly changed once she tilted her head and made a face. "I am, but I'm more so nervous." She grimaced.

I hit her shoulder softly, "Don't be, you'll do fine."

"But, it's my first time performing at this event, and I just want to do a good job." She stated, frowning a bit.

"I understand this is a big event, but you just want to have fun. The more you worry, the more nervous you become. Just have to let things happen as they come." I smiled at her, placing my hand on her shoulder.

"The Summer Bash has so many good artist coming too," She stated, "what if I embarrass myself in front of them." She pouted.

I placed my arm around her shoulders and looked at her. "You are Normani Kordei, I've never seen you embarrass yourself onstage. Even if you have, it's never noticeable! You kill every single performance you do, and I know for sure, you'll kill this one." I smiled at her.

She reciprocated the smile, and moved out of my grip. "You're an amazing friend Lo." She said softly.

I gave a small smile and nodded my head lightly. "I'm just here to help."

Me and Normani are at good terms in our friendship. Still not dating, I don't know if it'll happen again, but I'm honestly okay with that. She'll always have a special place in my heart. If anything, I think we've gotten closer than we were before. I'm happy about that too. We aren't afraid to tell each other anything, and it's like nothing even happened between us.

"Normani, your turn." Scooter called Normani up to the stage. She looked at me before she and took a deep breath. We smiled at each other and she turned on her heels and rushed towards the stage.

I sat in the audience and watched her as she was performed new songs with new dance moves too. There was one acoustic song, and she sat on a stool, and her guitarist was next to her. I actually am pretty excited to see her perform this one tonight. Her voice sounds so pure and amazing when she is doing an acoustic set, and it happens very rarely. I wish she did them more often, they are honestly my favorite types of performances from her. Don't get me wrong, I love her dances and her rhythmic beats, I just get a different feeling from acoustic sets.

Normani came down stage, and pulled her in ears out.

"You really should perform acoustic sets more often." I said once she got to me.

She chuckled lightly, and dabbed her forehead with her towel, wiping off some sweat. "I really want too." She addressed. "I posted a cover last night with my guitarist and I got a lot of great feedback from it, so I'm going to try to squeeze a couple of songs on the tour set list."

"You should, everyone would love it. Your voice is pure amazement."

  She smiled at my words, and we began walking backstage to go grab a few snacks.

"I really love doing acoustic sets too," She stated, placing a chip in her mouth. "Since the fans love it so much, I'm going to try to do a private concert for them." She smiled happily.