You're My Spark

17 \\ Chestnut

If you haven't heard this song LISTEN TO IT NOW I literally weep over Demi's voice (and technically Netty's lol) because she's so good.

Anyway, enjoy!

[ A N N E T T E ]

Smells Like Teen Spirit blasted through the bluetooth speakers in the dressing room, sending a slight vibration through the room. Hunter tapped his drumsticks in time with the beat, swaying his head to the thumping tune. Avoiding the mirror that reminded me how patchy my makeup was and how pale my face had grown since we'd arrived.

I sat with one leg crossed over the other, breathing the scent of overused boys's deodorant that floated around the room. Tom was busy on his phone, scrolling through what looked like Twitter beside me, furrowing his brows. I didn't have anything to do, but everybody else seemed to, and it made my anxiety worse knowing I didn't have a distraction of some sorts. Scanning across the room, I saw Daniel lift up his phone, angling it at himself and Hunter and obviously using a snapchat filter.

"Hello LA! Be ready, we'll be out in one hour!" He said, the licking sound of the dog filter playing from his phone, "-Are you pumped Hunter?"

"I am PUUUUMMMPPPEEEDD!" He exclaimed, leaning his face into the camera before it stopped. Zoe laughed a little as Daniel uploaded it to the official Chaos Of Mayhem snapchat account. Only 20 minutes ago had the stadium doors opened and we could already hear the sound of the crowd chanting chaos, chaos, chaos over and over again, urging the boys to come on stage and begin. Every few minutes the echoing cheers up roared and then faded again, muffled from the strong concrete walls of the Staples centre.

"Mind if I get some photos of you?" Asked a young female photographer who had walked in after Maggie who had been ducking in and out throughout our time in the dressing room. Her chestnut brown hair was tied up in a ponytail and she wore burgundy frames over her eyes and a Chaos Crew t-shirt. She was a very pretty young woman and I was certain she was around our age, which was unusual as most of the Chaos Crew were older than us.

"Sure thing." Hunter replied, standing up and sliding his drumsticks into his back pocket. The other boys clambered to their feet and stood against the white painted left wall, posing for the official Chaos Crew photographer.

I stood up too, unsure of what to do now that the boys were occupied. Zoe and I meandered near by as the brown haired girl snapped photos of the boys in different poses. They had obviously had it done a million times before, knowing exactly what to do.

"Rory, maybe you should take some snaps of Netty?" Eli suggested as the girl, named Rory from what Eli had said, checked through the photos on her large lensed camera. The light expelled from the camera screen reflected on the glasses she wore, which were sliding down the bridge of her nose slowly, "-She's performing with us for the first time tonight during the intermission between sets."

"Oh really," she smiled as Eli explained, looking up and turning to me, "-You're probably right, I should. Hi, I'm Aurora, but everyone calls me Rory, I'm on the road with the band as one of the photographers."

She held out a hand to me and I gently shook it, trying to smile genuinely, "Hi, I'm Netty. You probably know that though."

"Yeah I do," she explained, "-Also, I saw you singing on stage earlier today, the Panic! At the disco song, it was amazing! No wonder you and Tom are such a great couple, you're both powerhouses!"

"Thank you." I smiled that time, finding it easier to smile naturally instead of forcing it. I liked Rory, she seemed quite relaxed and genuine when most of the Chaos Crew I had already met were very serious or much too busy to take notice of me. "What would you like me to do for the photos?"