"Ramey, I meant to ask you earlier, but why do you have a bunch of bandaids on your face and hand?" Calum asks and the boys all laugh uncontrollably. "Hey, don't be rude. The bandaids look cute in her." Cal says and I feel myself on the verge of blushing
"I was walking to school and this car was following me and I was running from it because I didn't want to get kidnapped of coarse, and I tripped and face planted"
"Cal, we aren't laughing because she looks funny, we're laughing because we were the car she was running from
"What?! When?!" Calum exclaims and I roll my eyes and lean back in my seat
"When you were asleep in the back seat this morning" Ashton laughs
"Time for Ramey to go home, boys." Dave says
"Noo!" Calum says and the other boys frown "SHE CAN! SHE CAN! She can come with us to the show and help out!" Calum exclaims
"If you can figure something out in the next 5 minutes, I'll allow it." Dave mutters
"Maybe she can do the lights?" Mikey says
"Or she can be one of the camera people for the big screen" Luke says
Mikey slaps Luke on the back of the head "that camera would crush her you idiot"
"She could manage the music for before the concert!" Calum says and they all look at each other before nodding and agreeing
Dave sighs and tells the driver to drive to the stadium
*
I walk beside the boys as they hug fans and take pictures
"Luke, who is she?" A girl asks through a smile due to her selfie taking with him.
Luke looks over at me for permission and I nod
"She's my cousin." Luke says
I mentally facepalm.
"But I thought Michael said he was thinking about her.." The girl asks as she changes her expression and pose for the picture
"Yeah. They're great friends. Everyone in the band, besides Ashton" he says and the girl nods
"Yeah, you guys have the same eyes" the girl examines our faces
Me and Luke glance at each other and lock eyes before we begin to walk towards the stadium since she was the first one in line (which means the last person since they came from the parking lot)
I smack Luke's arm. "Idiot!"
"Sorry! I panicked!" He says and laughs
"I'm not your cousin! Eventually they'll find out my last name isn't HEMMINGS" I say
"Calm down! What is your last name anyways??" He asks.
"Pennington" I mutter
"That's close enough! Hemmings, Pennington"He says
"Why, because m and n are similar and that letter is repeated in the same place twice?" I ask
"Yeah, why else?" He laughs
*
The stage people show me how I'm gonna work my music and tell me the basics
I sit on the side of the stage as the boys tune their instruments and people set up ash's drum kit
I scroll through my music
Calum approaches me
"Hey, Ramey. What are you doing" he asks
"Nothing...just making the playlist" I sigh
"Hey, follow me." He says and sets his bass down on a guitar stand
I follow him through the side curtain of the stage and follow him down a bug hallway until he turns to a room and scans a card. The door beeps and opens a crack
He opens the door and we both step in
"This is our dressing room. There is food on that counter, drinks in the fridge. Nothing alcoholic. We're aware that you are 17." Cal says and points a finger at me
I roll my eyes and sit on a blue beanbag chair and I avert my gaze to a small case
"Ok. I'll be on the stage if you need anything." He says and begins to leave
I stand up and look at it "wait cal" I say and he turns around and walks over to me
"What is that?" I ask, already knowing what it is
"Oh uh.. I don't know." He picks it up and opens it, revealing a black ukulele
I run my fingers along the strings in awe
"You can uh play it once you're done with the music." He scratches the back of his neck
I nod and smile.
I begin to walk to the door with Calum behind me so I can open the door for him
I hear cal gasp and I turn around before I'm pushed to the ground with a large thud
"Uhhh SORRY!" We both say at the same time as Calum pushes himself up with his arms so he's hovering above me
I hear the door open and we both snap our heads toward it
"Cal we're ready to start the sound Che-" ash says until he spots us on the floor
"Uh, okay ash I'll be out in a minute" cal smiles at him before ash rolls his eyes and slams the door shut and Calum jumps from the loud noise
He quickly stands up and pulls me up with him
He puts a hand on each one of my shoulders and looks me in the eye
"You're ok, right?" He asks
I nod and he smiles before patting my arm and darting out of the dressing room
