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eight

Brad

"Earth to Bradley!" Joe shouts, causing me to jump and glance up from my phone, a scowl taking over my features.

"Yes Joe?" I sigh, pushing my phone into the pocket of my jacket.

"We need to go over Just My Type again. It sounded awful last night." He says, whilst holding my guitar out in front of him.

"Okay." I nod, taking the guitar off him and strumming a few strings.

"By the way..." I start, but he's already talking to James about how awful the song sounded last night.

"You okay?" Connor falls into step beside me as I wander to my microphone, pulling my beanie tighter over my unruly curls.

"Mhm." I briefly smile, staring out into the empty arena.

"You don't look okay B. What're you thinking about?" Connor quips, adjusting his microphone stand.

"Just those girls, in the group chat. Nothing spectacular." I reply, glancing over my shoulder to make sure Joe wasn't nearby to hear my response - he'd kill me if he did.

"Aren't they coming to the next two shows?" Connor continues, wiggling his eyebrows at me and I look down at my Docs.

"Yes, they are."

"Guess you'll get to meet her then." He smirks, turning to his microphone.

"Meet who?" I frown, rolling the sleeves of my bomber jacket up to my elbows.

"Autumn." He chuckles lowly, rolling his eyes and shaking his head as though it was obvious.

"Not just her, Con. All of them." I shoot back, my cheeks growing red.

"Well, yeah of course. But you much prefer her over the others. She's your favourite just like you're hers." He laughs softly, running his hand through his hair.

"No, Connor, she's..." I begin to reply, but I'm cut off by Tristan beating his drum, signalling the beginning of soundcheck.

***

After soundcheck had finished, we had an hour before meet and greet started, which I took as an opportunity to check the group chat.

Me: hello guys !
Autumn: hey Brad :)
Me: are you excited for tour?
Autumn: I'm so excited !! It's going to be amazing
Me: I know. I heard some of the songs sounded awful last night though.
Megan: I saw a few videos from last night and they sounded fine, the boys have nothing to worry about.
Evie: that's true, but you know the lads. They want everything to be just right for us.
Me: that's very true.

You have one new message from: Autumn

I frown slightly, pulling my bottom lip between my teeth. I knew I hadn't said anything to upset her, I only mentioned tour and she seemed happy with the conversation. I swipe open the notification, tapping my feet against the concrete floor beneath me.

Autumn: hey Brad. I was wondering if tomorrow I could meet up with you before everybody else? If you don't mind?
Me: I don't know, I'll be getting to the arena before it starts, we'll be running late as usual.
Autumn: oh, okay. thanks anyway
Me: sorry