Rydel's POV
I walked into soundcheck with my brothers and Ellington. Our breakfast this morning had been great, but awkward. The boys knew, with the exception of Riker, but Ellington didn't know that they knew, it was all just a big mess. Ell probably had his suspicions. By the time the waitor brought our food, Rocky and Ross were making kissy faces at me behind when he wasn't looking. Surprisingly, Ryland had been the most mature about this whole thing.
"Okay guys let's do the first few parts of Love Me Like That. Rydel?" Riker said as he finished up tuning his bass.
"Yeah, sure!" I replied as I jumped from my platform and down to the front of the stage.
The boys started playing and I sang my solo song. Halfway through, Riker stopped us.
"That was awesome!" Ellington yelled across the stage to me. I felt my cheeks blushing when I smiled back at him. I also heard Ross and Rocky laughing discreetly to each other. I turned and playfully slapped Ross on the shoulder.
After we got through a few more songs and our short break before VIP came in, it was time for the Q&A. We sat in our usual order at the front of the stage and answered questions from the audience. We always had so much fun at soundcheck. Our fans were hilarious, sometimes they left us almost in tears from laughing. A few girls raised their hands and Ross called on one girl with light brown hair wearing a cute mint crop top.
"Who do you ship with each other?" She asked. I could hear the little bit of shock in her voice from being picked. That was my favorite part of answering questions, hearing the fans' cute little shaky voices when their dream came true.
"Hmm, Rocky with Emma Watson, definitely." Riker answered.
"Hell yeah!" Rocky raised his arms in the air and smiled.
"Personally, and I think Rocky will agree, Rydellington is where it's at." Ross chimed in. I wanted to slap him. The fans went crazy.
"Yeah, yeah, like we don't hear it a million times a day." Ellington laughed.
"What do you guys always say on twitter? OTP?" Rocky asked the audience.
"Just friends, guys!" I added.
"I LOVE YOU ROCKY!" A girl from the second row yelled.
"Aww I love you too! We're my OTP." Rocky replied as he stood up to hand her a pick.
"Such a charmer." Ellington teased. I was just grateful that somebody changed the subject from me and Ellington.
We took the VIP pictures and then went on to play the concert. It was a blast, as usual, and the fans were insane! New York was definitely one of our favorite places to play. After we thanked the audience we stepped off stage. It was a shame that we couldn't do a signing tonight, but we had to get on the road basically right away. While my parent and Andre gathered all our things out of the green room backstage, the boys and I waited by the back exit. We took our traditional post-show instagram pictures and messed around. I was laughing at something I'd read in my twitter mentioned when Ellington grabbed my hands and pulled me to the side.
"You were great tonight." He smiled.
"So were you. That girl you gave your drumstick to looked like the happiest thing on earth." I giggled. Ellington playfully shrugged.
"I would be too." Ellington joked. "Hey, you know what I've been wanting to do all night?" He asked.
"What?" I laughed.
"This." He began before grabbing my waist and kissing me.
Author's Note
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