Save Me

one hundred twenty five

"Okay." He says, deeply sighing. "But if you ever hurt her again, you are done. Forever. Got it?"

"Got it."
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[Olivia's POV]

"Stop, you're gonna be great." Anthony says to me as we stand backstage. He was asked to preform at a local stage and wanted me to debut one of my new songs before he goes on.

"I'm just nervous. I always get nervous." I say with shaking hands.

"Look at me. You are going to be amazing, just breathe." He says looking into my eyes.

"Olivia? Your on." A woman says to me. I smile and grab my guitar and walk onstage.

My heart begins to pound as I see how many people are there. Of course there are tons of people, everyone loves Anthony.

"Okay, um. I'm gonna sing a song that I wrote. I hope you like it." I say into the microphone softly. I hear the audience clap and I begin to blush as my lips curl upwards.

I strum my guitar and begin to sing my song. This is the first time anyone has ever heard it. I sing softly at first but after getting more confident I add in some riffs, getting a great response from the crowd.

I see Lin in the crowd standing with Jasmine, Vanessa, Carleigh, Andrew, Daveed, Leslie, Pippa, and Renée. I smile at the sight of them, they are all clapping for me as I finish my song.

"Thank you everyone! Hope you have a wonderful night!" I yell and walk off stage.

I set down my guitar and see Anthony waiting with a huge grin. I run to him and jump into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck.

"You were so good." He says to me, wrapping his arms around my waist.

He sets me down on the floor after a minute and we talk until the woman says it's time for him to preform.

"Good luck!" I say to him as he walks on. I stand at the edge of the stage, just out of sight of the audience and watch him walk to the middle.

"Wasn't she great?" He says into the microphone. "Better be looking out for her name in the future."

I blush and laugh at him as the audience roars.

"Okay, imma be doing a Frank Ocean cover tonight. Hope that's alright with y'all." He says. The music begins to play and I see him bop up and down to the beat.

"I thought that I was dreaming when you said you love me." He sings into the mic. His voice makes my stomach turn to butterflies and my legs feel weak.

"The start of nothing, I had no chance to prepare, I couldn't see you coming. The start of nothing, I could hate you now, It's quite alright to hate me now. When we both know that deep down, the feeling still deep down is good" His voice is melodic and I can't help but imagine that he is singing about me.

"If I could see through walls, I could see you're faking. If you could see my thoughts you would see our faces. Safe in my rental like an armored truck back then. We didn't give a fuck back then.

"I ain't a kid no more. We'll never be those kids again. We'd drive to Syd's, had the X6 back then. Back then. No matter what I did. My waves wouldn't dip back then. Everything sucked back then. We were friends" His words remind me of the two of us, weird coincidence.

"I thought that I was dreaming when you said you love me." He turns his head to look at me when he sings. We lock eyes and I begin to smile which causes him to grin and turn back to the audience.

He finishes the song and the audience erupts in a roar. He looks down at his feet and I can see a small smile on his face. He loves doing this. If he ever leaves Hamilton, this is what he should do. He should be an artist like me.

The rest of the show was amazing but I still cannot find a way to get that song that he sang in the beginning out of my head. The way he looked at me when he sang, as if I was the only one in this room.

Lin and everyone else that came to the show came backstage after the show.

"Olivia, you are so talented!" Leslie says, giving me a hug. We aren't that close so I was so happy when he told me he was coming to the show. I really admire him.

"Thank you! I'm glad you could make it." I say to him.

I chat with my friends for a while until everyone has left. Leaving Anthony and I behind.

"Here, I'll help you take this to your car." Anthony says, picking up my guitar. I smile and begin to walk with him.

We arrive at my car and he sets the case in the back of my car.

I lean against the side of the car and he does the same.

"You were amazing, tonight." He says quietly. I smile and he reaches up and tucks a piece of hair behind my ear.

He cups my cheek and smiles at me. I don't move, wanting to enjoy this moment.

Hello everyone, sorry it's been awhile. I didn't know what to write lol.

I love you so much.

- aibhlinn