Chasing Summer [Chasing Series Book 1]

The Night of Our Lives

Maisie's P.O.V

We sat in the seats as 5SOS and Sam disappeared backstage, what could be happening?

"What do you think's going on?" Christine asks, I shrug in response.

"Who knows? Whatever it is, it better be good."

A couple of minutes go by and the boys come back on stage, Luke talking into the mic.

"Sorry about that everybody!" I look around for Sam, knowing she should be coming back since the boys are back on to play.

"We just had to figure something out. But we are back and ready to keep rocking with you guys!" The crowd cheers, happy that they were back to finish the show.

The three of us scanned the area, looking for Sam again, and see her walking back into our row, the biggest smile plastered on her face.

"What happened back there?" Nicola asks, all of us wondering the same thing.

"You guys will never believe me," She said, sounding out of breath.

"But I can't tell you here, c'mon we have to go." We all looked at each other, confused as to why we had leave.

"Guys, you just have to trust me. I already spoke to your mom and told her to meet us somewhere, we just can't risk anyone hearing what I have to tell you. It can create a bunch of chaos," She said, I look over to Nic and Christine, who now has her phone in her hand.

"They have five more songs in their set list, do we really have to go?" She asks, slightly sad that we will miss some songs.

"Trust me, with what I'm going to tell you, you're gonna be happy that we miss a couple of songs," She smiles wide again.

"Alright, lead the way," I tell her and we follow behind her away from the stage.

We all walk towards the concession stands, and see my mom waiting for us in front of one of them, and large security guard talking to her.

"Hey John," Sam says to the guard and he smiles down at her.

"Is this your crew?" He asks, and I look back to the girls, wondering how in the world Sam knows his name.

"Yeah that's everyone," she replies.

"Alright, follow me," He says, as he walks to the side of the concession building closest to us.

"You should be able to talk here without anyone else hearing you, I'll be outside if you need me," And he walks out, closing the door behind us.

"Sam, what is going on?" I ask her, and everyone else wondering the same thing.

"Why couldn't we talk out there?" Christine wonders.

"Guys, guys, if anyone heard what I was going to tell you, it could cause a bunch of problems. You know how boy crazy fans can be, so Zoe sent John with me to find one of these stands that would let us in and talk. But, to cut to the chase, after I was done playing and Ashton told everyone that they would be right back, he made the boys and me wait backstage until he came over to us. He told me that they saw our name trending on Twitter-" Christine cuts her off.

"They saw the trend??" she stammered in awe like the rest of us

"Yes! now let me finish. He told me they watched a video someone posted of us playing Voodoo Doll and they want us to go backstage with them after the show to hang out!"

We stop, our jaws quite literally drop out of socket.

"They what?!" We all say at the same time.

"You heard me! They said they loved how we played their song, and would love to talk about it and our band!" She finished, squealing with excitement.

"Are you serious?" I said, not believing what she was telling us. I turned to my mom and began to beg her.

"Mom, please let us stay. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, you have to let us," and the rest of the girls started doing the same, begging my mom to let us stay to talk with the boys. I could see multiple emotions passing through her mind, contemplating whether she should let us or not.

"Mom," I began, "as my mom and our band manager, I'm begging you."

A couple more minutes pass of her thinking, and she finally sighs and a smile growing on her face.

"Alright, I suppose it's okay if you guys stay. But, I'm staying too. By the time you guys leave it could be late, and who knows if they talk about something business wise, I need to be there too."

We all attack her in a group hug, chanting thank you's.

As if he has super, psychic powers, John walks in laughing at us.

"I assume the answer is yes?" seeing us in a group hug,

"Yeah," we say together. He walks up to us, handing everyone passes.

"These will get you backstage, and the guys have a small meet and greet afterwards. Zoe asked me to stay back and walk you guys to the dressing room. It's okay if you all stay in there until the guys meet with you. So, Sam all you have to do is show them they way you came in, and I'll be there waiting for you guys," He tells us.

He looks down at his phone, checking something, then looks back up.

"They have two more songs, if you hurry along, I'm sure you girls can catch them,"John smiles at us, "I'll see you in a little bit," He smiles and walks away.

We rush back to our seats, just in time to catch the last two songs the boys were performing. They rocked the songs, definitely making it the best concert I have seen by them.

"Thank you Charlotte for rocking out with us!!" Calum yells to the crowd, all of us in the audience screaming in response, "You guys were an awesome crowd, and we can't wait to see you again in the future!" The boys take center stage to bow, wave to the crowd and then walk off stage, signaling the end of the night.

At least for everyone else.