Things We Lost To The FlΔmes (BΔSTILLE fanfic)

PrepΔring for GlΔsgow

"I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals" We sang along to Imagine Dragons on the radio, as we drove down the motorway on our way to Glasgow.

"I'm breaking in, shaping up" I sang on my own. I paused when I realised no one else was singing. "Guys?"

"Sorry, okay, we'll sing the chorus, okay, ready" Kyle said.

"I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm radioactive, radioactive" we all sang/shouted.

We all laughed as we sped down the motorway.

"So Lily, are you going to tell us that boys name?" Dan asked with a large grin on his face.

"No" I sighed.

"Liiily, come onnnn" Dan sang. "Teeeeell uuusss"

"No" I moaned.

"I won't stop until you tell us" Dan stated.

"And he can't stop, and he won't stop" I sang to the tune of Miley Cyrus's 'we can't stop'.

"Tellll uusss" Dan whined.

"Noooo" I moaned.

"Tell us"

"No"

"Tell us"

"No"

"Tell us"

I sighed. "Will"

"What?" Will asked.

"No, that was his name, Will" I said quietly.

"Ooooohhhhhhhhh" Kyle screamed and clapped his hands together.

"No. Kyle. No. Just. No. Stop." I said looking Kyle directly in his dark brown eyes.

"Will and Lily, sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G" Kyle sang.

My cheeks burned bright red as Kyle mentioned kissing. I tried to hide my burning cheeks with my hair but it didn't work.

"Ooohhh Lily's blushing, she wants to kiss Will!" Kyle screeched.

"What? No I don't" I muttered.

"Yes you do" Kyle laughed.

"No I don't Kyle" I moaned.

My cheeks were still a deep crimson colour and I looked down.

"Yes you do, oooohhh" Kyle squealed. "Aww she's blushing" Kyle laughed prodding my cheek.

"Shut up Kyle!" I moaned.

Kyle gasped and he dropped his hand from my cheek. "Maybe you don't want to kiss him because you already have!" He laughed.

My head snapped up and my eyes widened. How could he possibly know that?

"What?" I said completely shocked.

"You've kissed him haven't you!" Kyle laughed.

"No!" The lie was clear in my voice, I could hear it.

"You're lying! You've kissed Will! Lily and Will sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G, first comes love then comes marriage-" I cut Kyle's high pitched screaming off by slapping my hand over his mouth.

"No. Kyle. No." I said sternly. "Now, if I remove my hand, will you shut up?"

Kyle nodded and I removed my hand slowly.

"LILY'S KISSED A BOY!!" Kyle screamed.

A chorus of "ooohlaalaaaa"s came from the band and I glared at them all.

"Shut upppp" I moaned.

"Did you kiss him?" Dan asked.

"No" I was telling he truth, he kissed me.

Dan raised his eyebrows and a small smile appeared on his lips.

"No, I didn't kiss him... First..." I muttered.

"SO YOU DID KISS!" Kyle screamed.

"No! Okay... Maybe... Yes" I looked at the floor to avoid their judging stares.

"Oooooooohhhhhh" someone squealed, probably Kyle.

I looked up to see that it was Will who squealed. He was sat there with a big grin on his face, so were Dan, Kyle and Woody. I glared at them and looked back at my feet.

"Lily, you're a real woman now" Will said putting his hand on his heart for some reason.

"Shut up. This is the last time I tell you guys anything. You're so mean" I moaned.

"What? Mean? We're not being mean!" Dan laughed.

"Yes you are" I moaned. "I told you to stop, and you didn't, you're making fun of me" my voice cracked at the end. Oh god, I sound like a spoilt child. Why on earth do I feel like I'm about to cry?!

"What? No we're not, oh, Lil, don't cry you dafty. Come here" Dan chuckled and put his arms around me.

I sighed and put my head on his chest. I closed my eyes and listened to the sound of his beating heart.


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"Glasgow! Glasgow! Glasgow!" Kyle cheered as we climbed out of the van.

I linked my arm with Dan's as we walked inside.

"Bastille! You're on!" A man shouted.

We walked onto the empty stage for our soundcheck. I looked out into the empty space that would soon be filled with hundreds of people. We spent about an hour tuning up and making sure the keyboards were at the right setting and the drums were in the right position.

"Okay let's play a song" Dan said. "Make sure it sounds okay"

I drew a shaky breath as I walked over to my keyboard.

"Pompeii?" Dan asked turning to us.

A chorus of "sure"s and "okay"s came from Kyle, Will, Woody and myself.

"Okay" Dan smiled.

"Eh-eh-oh-eh-oh-eh-eh-oh-eh-oh" we sang.

"I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing's to show" Dan sang.

We played through half of it and Dan paused.

"Can we have Lily and Kyle a little bit louder please?" Dan called out.

Some guy gave Dan a thumbs up and we continued to play.

"And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes" Dan sang and we joined in with the "eh-eh-oh"s.

We finished the song and spent another hour retuning and warming up.


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My phone beeped and I pulled it out of my pocket. I took a deep breath as I saw that it had just turned seven. The doors are opening now.

"Doors open!" Someone shouted and worry struck my eyes.

"Shhh Lily, it's okay" Dan smiled wrapping his arms around me.

I sighed into his chest and focused on the soft sound of his beating heart. Laura Palmer popped into my head and I began humming it, subconsciously. I realised what I was doing when Dan joined in. I thought about stopping, but I just continued humming with Dan.

We stood there for a few minutes, wrapped in each others arms, when Woody called us over to them.

"Vocal warm uuuppp" Kyle sang.

I laughed at his excitement.

"Lalalalalalalaaaa" they all sang.

"Lily, come on, you have to join in" Will laughed.

"Do I have to?" I sighed. "Okay, fine"

We sat there for about five minutes just singing "la"s and "ooh"s. I suddenly got the need to go to the toilet.

"Ahh, I need the loo, where are they?" I asked the guys.

"Uh, I don't know, go and ask that man over there" Dan said pointing to a security guard.

"What? No, I'm not asking" I said shyly.

"Okay, I'll ask" Kyle said. "I need the loo too"

He turned and walked away with me hot on his heels.

"Excuse me, but where are the toilets?" Kyle asked politely.

"Down there" the security guard pointed to a corridor. "And turn left, the ladies and gentlemens are next to each other" he smiled.

"Thank you" Kyle said and he trotted off down the corridor.

I ran after him. "Kyle! Wait!"

He spun around and laughed. "Oh! Sorry Lil"

We laughed and followed the security guard's directions. We soon found the toilets. As we were about to walk into the two different rooms I stopped Kyle.

"What is it Lily?" Kyle asked.

"Wait for me when you're done" I said quietly.

"Yeah, sure" he smiled.

We both entered the different rooms with a smile. I quickly used the toilet and then washed my hands. I was unaware that someone else was in there until I heard quiet singing. Whoever it was, they were really good. The door opened and a girl, a little bit older than me, probably about 16 or 17, walked out. I turned around and inspected her quickly. She had long blonde ombré hair and bright blue eyes that were lined with black eyeliner and a thick coat of mascara. She was wearing washed out black skinny jeans and a Nirvana T-shirt with a leather jacket on top. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw me. I smiled shyly and continued washing my hands.

"You, uh, didn't hear that did you?" She asked shyly as she walked slowly over to the sinks and turned the tap on.

She didn't sound very Scottish though, I wonder where she's from. She can't be from around here, everyone here, that I'd met, had a Scottish accent. Well, we were on Scotland...

"Hear what?" I replied quietly.

It was obvious that we were both a bit shy.

"Um, me, singing" she said, it was almost a whisper.

"Oh, uh, a little, you're really good" I turned to look at her.

"Ah, that's so embarrassing, I'm sorry, I'm not very good" she looked up at me and her eyes darted back down to her soap covered hands.

My hands were clean so I switched off the tap and grabbed a paper towel.

"No, you're good, I'm Lily" I smiled.

"I know" she laughed shyly. "I'm Phoebe" she smiled.

"So, what are you doing back stage?" I asked, slightly more confident.

"Well, my brother works the sound thing, so he got me a backstage pass so I could meet Bastille... And, well you" she laughed nervously.

"Oh, cool" I smiled. "Well, Kyle is waiting for me outside, probably, so... Uh, yeah" I stuttered.

"Cool, mind if I join you?" She asked shyly.

"Not at all" I smiled.

She quickly dried her hands and we walked out of the bathroom.

"Jesus Lily! Took your time" Kyle laughed.

"Sorry" I giggled.

His eyes flickered to the girl standing awkwardly behind me.

"Who-who's your friend?" Kyle asked.

"I-I'm Phoebe" she stuttered.

"Hi, I'm Kyle" he smiled and shook her hand.

"Yeah, I know" she giggled looking down.

"So, do you want to meet the others?" I asked.

"Uh, yes please" she smiled shyly.

"Cool! Follow meeee!" Kyle yelled and sprinted off.

We laughed and ran after Kyle.

"Kyle! Wait!" I called and he just laughed, picking up his speed.

We were about to come into view of the others and I could hear Dan talking.

"Kyle, where's Lily?" Dan asked worriedly.

"Heeeereeee!" I yelled and ran into Dan's arms.

"Heeey" he spun me round in the air.

I screamed and he put me down. His eyes flickered to Phoebe, who was standing shyly behind me.

"Hi, I'm Dan" he smiled turning to her.

"I-I'm Phoebe" she smiled.

Dan shook her hand and the others walked over.

"Hi, I'm Woody"

"Hi" she smiled and shook his hand.

"The name's Will" Will said in a low voice.

"Hi" she laughed.

I burst out laughing and buried my embarrassed face into my hands. I heard screaming and cheering and looked over to the stage, seeing the support act walk off. I had no idea who it was, I just saw a guy with blonde hair and glasses similar to Dan's.

"Bastille on in twenty!" A man shouted.

"Okay, breath" I whispered as my heart began to beat at one hundred mines an hour.

Dan wrapped his arms around me, noticing my nervousness.

"Shhh" he soothed as he rubbed circles onto my back.

I closed my eyes and rested my head on his chest. I heard quiet talking coming from our group, but loud screams and cheers coming from the stage. I tried to focus on the sound of Dan's heart and that worked a little. I opened my eyes and leaned back. I smiled cheekily at Dan and sat cross legged on the floor in front of him.

"You okay Lil?" Dan asked cautiously, looking down.

"I'm fine" I laughed. "Join me" I said in a funny voice.

Everyone laughed and we sat in a circle on the floor. I rested my head on Dan's shoulder and he put his arm around me.

"Okay, so, there's word going round that you guys are, you know, how some people would say, dating" Phoebe said looking at me and Dan.

"What? No, we're not going out, she's not my girlfriend, she could never be my girlfriend" Dan laughed and it kind of stung. Did he think I wasn't good enough to be his girlfriend. I don't want to be, but it still stung.

"Wow, are you saying I'm not girlfriend material" I said playfully, looking Dan directly in the eye.

"What? No, I'm not saying that, I'm saying that you could never be my girlfriend because your my daughter. And I don't love you in that way" he said seriously.

"Awwww I love you too" I giggled and hugged him. I know he didn't say the exact words but he was implying it. Also, I have no idea where his sudden boost of confidence has come from.

"Aww" Phoebe smiled as I pulled away from dan and returned to our original position, my head resting on Dan's shoulder and his arm around me. "Wait... Did you say daughter?" She stopped laughing.

"Yeah?" Dan laughed.

"You adopted? Aww" she squealed. I'm guessing she's a stormer.

Dan put his cheek in my head and I'm guessing he smiled because his cheek moved in that sort of way.


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"Bastille! You're on!" A man shouted.

Phoebe squealed and we all stood up.

"Glasgow here we coooooommeeee" Kyle cheered and ran up to the edge of the stage.

"You ready?" Dan smiled at me.

"Yeah" I sighed and plastered a smile on my face. In truth, I was freaking out and was definitely not ready. But I had to be. For Dan.

I took deep breaths as we approached the stage. The lights went out and I grabbed Dan's hand quickly. He turned to me and I blushed. He smiled and squeezed my hand as we walked onto the large stage.



Heeeeyy guys, I'm sorry it's quite boring, I have serious writers block. If you have any ideas, pleaassee comment, I have no idea what to write next. Anyway, thanks for reading, voting and commenting, it means a lot :):):)