Superstar

Chapter 23

Lance bounced excitedly up and down in his seat. "You ready?"

Hunk nodded. "Yeah. Red carpet time! 'Bout time, after all of the production time. Pidge? You ready?"

"I guess. But Lance, I thought you were supposed to only have one guest..."

"I'm the lead role," Lance replied, "I can do whatever I want. Let's see... Allura and Shiro are with Coran, and- Keith?"

"Why am I here?"

"Because I wanted all of you guys here with me! You guys were there with me for all of the filming, so you should be here with me for the showing."

Pidge punched him in the arm. "You big sap."

"You guys ready?"

They all nodded. Lance opened the door, his brilliant actor smile on his face. A roar greeted him. Behind him, Hunk and Pidge clambered out, followed by a slower Keith, still on crutches. They walked into the theatre, Lance smiling the whole way.

Once they were in the showing room, Keith loosened his tie, unbuttoning the top button of his shirt.

"Never wearing one of these again."

Pidge kicked off her heels. "Yeah, ditto. Although actually being the average height was nice."

Lance sighed. "All of my friends are heathens."

"Sorry," Keith said sarcastically, "but if I'm going to die from asphyxiation, it's not going to be because a flimsy tie strangled me."

"And I dare you to wear heels," Pidge hissed at him, "You'd kick them off too."

"Matt was taking pictures outside; I could see him," Hunk informed her, "Let's see... yep. All over social media. 'Look at my little sister' 'so proud' 'aw, she's normal sized now'."

"I'm going to stab him with my heel."

"Can we go sit down?" Keith begged.

Lance bounced to his seat, the others following a little more slowly. Keith cursed as he missed his seat, and Hunk picked him up by the back of his suit jacket, plopping him in the theater seat.

"You okay?"

Keith smiled, face clear for the first time. "Yeah. I think I am."

"Sh," Lotor hissed nearby, "It's starting!"

Lance settled into his seat, glancing at his friends around him. It was nice, being with all of them. He leaned back, and watched the opening scene begin to play. The movie almost seemed too short- the ending was on him before he'd really begun, despite the run time of two-and-a-half-hours. But, he thought, the friends he'd made along the way would go a lot further than the movie.

He sat back.

And watched the credits roll.

(Aaaand, we pan out from the movie theatre, all of the paladins sitting together, and the screen slowly closes out. Credits roll: Story by galrahobbitofxadia characters by Dreamworks, publishing company Wattpad.com. All rights reserved, blah, blah, blah.

Thanks for sticking through, and I hope you enjoyed. If you liked, a new fanfiction, Ocean Blue, will be coming out soon [aka whenever I finish the art for it]. Thanks again for reading and commenting! Hopefully will see you soon!)