"And the winner of the 'American Music Award – Artist of the year', is" I paused a bit for the excitement and quickly looked over to Shawn who was still looking me into the eyes.
".. 5 seconds of summer"
The crowd began to applause and I saw some people standing up from their seats and hugging each other on the left side of the auditorium. Then a few sat down again and the four boys of the band made their way up to the stage.
I rapidly looked over to where Shawn sat and saw that he had a smirk on his face but as he noticed that I looked over to him he turned his gaze on to the four boys.
When the band came up the stairs to the stage my heart flipped once because I just noticed that they came to me. With all the troubles the past few days, I did not have enough time to think about that I would greet the winner of the award, I also didn't know who even was nominated. I actually was a fan of 5 seconds of summer and I guess somewhere deep in my heart there was a tiny fangirl screaming at the sight of the boys coming up the stage right now.
I took the award and stepped a few steps back from the lectern. The first one to come up to me was Calum. He approached me with a cute little smile and hugged me. "This UnicefYoung thing is amazing, I'm very inspired" he said during the hug. "Thank you" I said and returned a smile. "oh yeah, and congratulations on the award" I laughed and handed him the award that I was still holding. He tilted his head a little and smiled at the award while he took it, then smiled back to me. "Thank you too"
He then stood behind the lectern and began his 'Thank you speech' while the other boys came up to me.
Second to hug me was Luke, who said that I did a good job for my first speech ever and I wondered why he knew that this was my first time. Next was Michael and last was Ashton, who also said how good he thought the idea of Unicef was.
While Calum hold his speech, me, Ashton and Michael stood a bit behind Calum and Luke and quietly talked about the after show party. When somehow the topic drinks came up, they insisted to drink a shot with me, and of course I said yes.
When Calum finished and Luke also had spoken a few words, I applauded with the crowd for the boys and then followed them down the stage.
In the aisle in between the seats I walked in front of them and gave Maja a look that said, that I was freaking out a little because I just talked to 5sos and they were walking behind me.
I squeezed myself through the tight row, back to my seat and finally sat down again after my mum gave me a short hug. Martin and Margarita also told me that the speech was good.
After that we continued to watch the show, which lasted for another good 30 minutes.
After the last performance was over and the lights went on again, the people stood from their seats and slowly exited the hall.
In the corridor I waited until Maja was next to me and then we exited the hall together. "Your speech was not as bad as I thought it would be" she said and I chuckled. "Thanks"
"No, just kidding, I'm proud of ya"
"Thanks love. You know what?" I asked her while we walked through the big door. "What?"
"I think I just got us into drinking with 5sos tonight" I said with a proud smile because I knew Maja was also a fan.
"Are you kidding?" She asked shocked. "Is this why you gave me this weird look when you left the stage?"
"Obviously" I laughed. "And I mean, I just talked to frickin 5 seconds of summer" I said and she laughed in agreement. "How did you convince them to, tho?"
