Things We Lost To The FlΔmes (BΔSTILLE fanfic)

MΔnchester Pt II

The audience screamed as we walked off the stage for the final time. All the lights came back on and I let out a deep breath. That was one of the most energetic shows I've ever been to. As the Apollo is huge, we danced and ran around the stage, and now, I think I've done enough exercise for the year.


I slumped into the seat in the van as Kyle drove us to the hotel.

"That was mental" Dan laughed.

"I know, I'm shattered" I sighed.

"I can tell" Dan chuckled as he wrapped his arm around me.


We pulled up to the hotel and trudged to the room. I quickly changed into my pyjamas and slipped into bed. I was slightly disappointed when we got to the room and found five single beds. I was in the bed next to Dan, but it wouldn't be as comforting. My head began to spin again so I lay down under the covers.

"Night" Dan said as he switched the lights off.

"Night" we replied in sync.

"Night Lil" he whispered as he walked past my bed and kissing my head.

"Night Dan" I whispered back.

I rolled over and instantly fell into a dreamless sleep.


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I slipped my grey hoodie on and followed Dan, Kyle and Will out of the door, with Woody trailing shortly behind me. I pulled my hood up and shoved my hands into my pockets, looking at my white converse as I walked. I had no idea where we were heading, but I followed willingly, asking no questions. Dan slowed down and Kyle overtook him, taking the lead. Dan linked his arm with mine and I looked up to see him smiling at me.

"What's up?" I asked him.

"Nothing, I just thought I'd walk with you" he smiled.

"Okay... Dan you're acting weird" I admitted.

"What? No I'm not?" He stuttered.

"Yeah you are" I giggled.

"What? How?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

"You're just-not acting like the normal you" I laughed.

"Whaaatttt?" He squealed. "Lil, you're crazy"

"Whatever" I laughed. "Where are we going?" I called out to the group.

"Just wait!" Kyle turned around.

"Okay..." I replied unsurely. "Dan where are we going?" I whispered into his ear.

"Shh it's a secret" he laughed.

"Damn you guys" I muttered.

"Daaan" Kyle called.

"Yeah?" Dan replied as he unlinked his arm from mine and increased his pace to catch up to Kyle.

They whispered things to each other, which made me uncomfortable because their eyes occasionally flickered to me. I walked up to Will and stood on my tiptoes so my lips were inline with his ear.

"What are they talking about? Where are we going?" I whispered.

"I don't know, they planned this on their own" Will whispered back.

I groaned and stepped down from my tiptoes. I trudged along behind Dan and Kyle, looking down at my feet.

"Were heerree" Kyle called and I looked up to see that we were stood in front of... Tesco.

"The secret destination was tesco?" I said disappointingly.

"It's tesco, it's fabulous" Kyle said as he ran inside.

"Oh my god" I muttered as I followed the guys into the supermarket.



***7pm***

The academy was a lot smaller than the Apollo. Which made me relax a little. Dan handed me a chocolate bar that we'd bought before.

"Thanks" I murmured as I unwrapped the bar.

"Whoo's with meeee?" Kyle yelled as he threw his hands into the air.

"What is he on about?" I asked Dan.

"I honestly have no idea" he laughed.

"Okay then" I giggled. "Oh my god he's so weird" I laughed as Kyle ran around in circles with his hands out at his sides, pretending to be an aeroplane.

"Have you only just realised?" Dan laughed.

"No, I've known for a while" I laughed.

"Good luck!" Dan patted Sam on the shoulder as they walked past us and onto the stage.

"Thanks! You too!" He laughed and Swiss Lips walked onto the stage.

Dan's phone buzzed and he pulled it out of his pocket. Being the curious person I am, I peaked over to see a message from Ralph. Is that Ralph from To Kill A King? Dan noticed me watching his phone but didn't turn it away. I smiled at him and looked down at my feet. I peaked back up and saw the message, it read:

Ralph : Yeah! Hey, good luck tonight! When are we going to meet Lily?! We're desperate! :D

I smiled and looked at my feet again. Dan chuckled quietly and began to type a reply. I pulled my gaze from my shoes to Dan's phone.

Dan : Thanks! Soon, I promise! She really is amazing, you'll love her :)

I smiled again and blushed, looking back at my tangled shoelaces. I looked back up to see Dan staring at me. When our eyes met he looked away shyly, colour coming into his cheeks. This made me blush so I looked away embarrassed.

"Hello! Earth to socially awkward people!" Kyle shouted as he waved his hands in front of our faces.

I laughed and looked up. I stuck my tongue out at Kyle and he did the same. Realisation hit me, he had just called me socially awkward! I'm not socially awkward!

"Hey! I'm not socially awkward!" I laughed.

"Yes you are, have you met you?" Kyle said sarcastically.

"Shut up Simmons" I giggled as I punched his arm playfully.

"You shut up Coleman" he said as he punched my arm playfully.

He might have punched me playfully but it hurt like a bitch.

"Ow Kyle" I moaned as I put my hand on my arm where he'd punched me.

"What? I didn't do it that hard!" He complained.

"Well, it still freaking kills! Ooooww" I lost the feeling in my arm. "Ow, you gave me a dead arm" I moaned as I rubbed my other hand over my limp arm. "Dick" I muttered angrily.

"Lil" Dan raised his eyebrows at me. "Kyle" he turned to Kyle, with his eyebrows still raised.

"Sorry Kyle" I apologised.

"Sorry Lily" Kyle apologised.

I laughed as I realised we were like two siblings who would fight and then a parent would come and make you apologise to each other.

"What?" Kyle asked.

"Nothing" I laughed.

"Tell me" he warned playfully.

"No, it doesn't matter" I laughed.

"Tell mee" he laughed as his fingers came into contact with my stomach.

I squealed as he began tickling me.

"Kyle! Kyle! Stop! Dan! Help! Kyle!" I squealed.

Dan stood there laughing.

"Dan! Ahh! Kyle stop!" I laughed.

"Neveeeerr" he laughed as I fell to the floor.

Kyle bend down next to me and continued to tickle me. Tears streamed from my eyes and down my face as Kyle attacked me.

"Oh my god Lil, are you okay?" Kyle asked getting off me.

"Other than the fact that my stomach is killing me and I have a dead arm, thanks to you, yeah, I'm fine" I sat up and wiped the tears away.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry" he hugged me.

I paused for a moment and hugged him back. This man that was in my arms, is a freaking weirdo.

"You're so weird" I laughed as we pulled away.

"I know" he said clicking his fingers and walking off, in a sassy way.

"Damn, he's the sass master" I laughed.

"Sass master?" Dan asked.

"Never mind, I'm just joking" I laughed.

"Okay..." Dan said turning away slightly, but bursting out laughing and turning back to me.

We laughed together until Swiss Lips came off. My heart beat increased rapidly as the next support act went on. I didn't know who it was, because it wasn't Chloe Howl. Dan realised my nervousness and engulfed me in his arms. I slithered my arms around his waist and closed my eyes as me head rested in his chest, and I began to relax. I'd only known him for a few weeks but he already felt like family.


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"Hello" Dan said into the microphone as he walked onto the stage with Kyle, Will and Woody. "We're Bastille" he said in his beautiful accent. "Ladies and gentlemen, Lily!" He said turning to me, who was stood just off stage.

I hesitated and walked onto the stage and picked up a microphone.

"Um, hello, I'm Lily" I said into the microphone.

I looked out to the audience and recognised a few faces, which made my heart thud against my chest. I turned to Dan, fear clear in my eyes. He smiled at me and I relaxed a little.

"This first song is called Bad Blood" Dan said and the audience screamed.


We sang through all the songs that we'd planned to, the next song being Flaws. I was always excited for this song, because I got to walk out into the audience. Kyle began to play the beginning of Flaws and he audience cheered and screamed.

"When all of your flaws and all of my flaws are laid out one by one" Dan sang and the audience began to scream along.

I laughed and joined in.

"There's a hole on my soul can you fill it can you fill it?" Me and Dan sang.

We had already put our hoodies on and Dan took my hand as we jumped off the stage. I walked down the left of the stage and dan walked down the right. As I walked fans started to maul me. Someone patted my head and everyone was reaching out to touch me. Someone pulled my hood down and people began to touch my hair. I picked up my pace and pulled my hood back up. I met Dan and raised my eyebrows at him as he was pulling his hood back up. He smiled at me and we continued to sing in harmony.

"You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve,
and I have always buried them deep beneath the ground,
dig them up, let's finish what we started,
dig them up, so nothing's left unturned." Dan started to jump around and dance.

I managed to control my urge to fall onto the floor and laugh at his dancing, and joined in. He laughed as he looked over and I was imitating his terrible dancing.

We went our separate ways to get back to the stage. I held my hood all the way back round. I reached the stage before Dan and Will stopped playing to help me up. I took his hand and he hauled me onto the stage. I smiled a thank you and he returned to playing his bass with a sweet smile. I walked over to the other side of the stage and helped Dan onto the stage.

"All of your flaws and all of my flaws are laid out one by one
A wonderful part of the mess that we made
We pick ourselves undone" Dan sang and the audience erupted in applause.

I smiled at Dan and he returned it.


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I smiled and waved at the screaming audience as I followed Dan and Will off the stage with Kyle following shortly behind me.

"For such a small venue they really know how to scream" Woody laughed as we walked.

"That's Manchester for you" I winked at Woody and he laughed.


We headed outside and I was shocked by the amount of people waiting for us to come out. People were screaming "Dan" "Kyle" "Woody" "Will" and I smiled at the as they ran off. As I came into view a roar of "Lily"s came from the large crowd waiting outside. I laughed and walked over to a group of young ish teenagers, about my age, who were waving their hands frantically in the air. As I needed them, I began to recognise them. I picked up my pace and as they all looked at me, I was able to recognise the six faces of my previous group of friends.

"Lauren? Miles? Abby? Adam? Ella? Zoe? Is it really you?" I laughed as I walked over to their huddle.

"Oh my gosh Lily! You never told me bag you could play like that!" Miles screamed as he squished me into his arms.

"Uh, well, I only really learnt a few years ago when I, uh, was with Martin" I smiled, trying to hold the tears back as I mentioned my dead uncles name.

"Oh, you could have rang me!" Lauren laughed as he hugged me.

"So could you" I muttered.

"What?" She asked, as she was unable to understand my muttering.

"Nothing" I smiled.

"Well, it's so good to see you again! How on earth did you manage to get on stage with Bastille?" Ella asked, hugging me next.

"Dan, uh, adopted me" I smiled shyly.

"What? What about Martin?" Adam asked.

"He, uh, died" I said sadly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry" they all said.

"Oh, no, it's fine, I've got Dan now, and Kyle, Will and Woody, they're really great" I smiled and frowned slightly at my friends looking behind me with their eyes wide.

"Hell yeah we are" Kyle's voice came from behind me.

I spun around and jumped back at how close Kyle was standing to me. He was literally inches away.

"Sorry" he laughed. "Hi, I'm Kyle" he smiled at my friends.

"We're Lily's friends" Zoe smiled.

"Oh, cool, nice to meet you, did you know, that Lily is a" he leant closer to them. "Pain in the ass" he whispered, but still loud enough for me to hear.

"I heard that" I said seriously as they all laughed. "Kyle I'll get you later" I muttered.

"When's later?" He smirked.

"Now!" I laughed and began tickling him.

He stood completely calm.

"Whaaatttt? You're not ticklish?" I asked as I prodded his face.

"Nope" he smirked and I began to poke his stomach, he burst out laughing and swatted my hands away. "Okay, okay! Mage a little bit" he laughed.

"Good, I'll be using that against you" I smiled menacingly and all my old friends started laughing.

I was so caught up with Kyle, that I'd completely forgotten they were there. I blushed and looked at my tatty converse.

"Lily!" Another fan screamed and I turned around and smiled at them.

"Sorry guys, I've gotta go" I smiled before turning around.

"We'll see you again though?" Adam asked.

"Sure" I lied.

I probably wasn't coming back to Manchester. Dan lived in London and so did I.

"We'll miss you!" They shouted as I smiled and ran off towards the other fan.



Ahh sorry, I'm running out of ideas! Please comment ideas for the next show, I'm completely stuck! Ahh! Thanks for reading and voting :):)