Michael.
It's the first concert of tour. We decided to have it in Australia before we hit the states.
I'm not ready.
I don't want to do it.
I feel awful because I completely lied to Madi. I promised her I would call her as soon as we got here. I didn't.
Instead, I went straight to bed.
She'll understand, right?..
"Michael, are you ready?" Ashton asks, twirling his drum sticks around his fingers.
"No, not really." I sigh and adjust my guitar once more.
"Madi will understand. I promise."
"No, its not that. I just..I've cried so much my voice hurts." I rub my throat and drink some water.
"Hey, drink a ton of water. Try not to use it as much tonight as you have in recent concerts. It'll really help. Then, after the concert, don't talk as much. Let your voice rest before using it to much. You don't wanna strain it, do you?"
"No." I say before taking another drink of water.
"Exactly."
"Thanks, Ash."
"You're welcome. We'll be waiting on you, okay?" Ashton pats my shoulder and disappears around the corner.
I throw the empty water bottle in the recycling bin and sigh.
"You can do this, Michael. Don't give up." I say to myself in the mirror.
"You can do this."
I look up and smile. A real, confident smile.
I straighten my self, and my hair, up before taking my phone out of my pocket.
I decide to text Madi so she doesn't completely hate me.
To: Maddiiiiii
First concert..nervous. and yes, I did forget to call you last night. I was tired..please forgive me. I love you! wsh me luck!
I lock my phone and put it back away, safe inside my pocket.
"You're ready, Michael Clifford...The Big Red Dog." I laugh at that last comment to myself.
I need to be happy before I show on stage
Walking to the stage with the other three, my knees begin to shake.
Why? I don't know.
"Hello, we're 5 Seconds of Summer, and we'd like to think you for coming tonight!" Luke says, with a smile, in the mic.
"I'm pretty sure they know who we are." Iaugh.
"Oh no, that wasn't for the fans. That was for the haters that I know are in the crowd."
"Continue on then." Calum says strumming his bass.
Luke decides to play SLSP first, usually we do it second or third.
"Simmer down, simmer down.
They say we're too young now to amount to anything else.
But look around,
We worked too damn hard for this just to give it up now.
If you don't swim, you'll drown.
But don't move, honey.." (no, I'm not finishing it because I'm pretty sure we all know it.)
*
Luke finishes off the concert with an 'ow' and the crowd goes wild.
I never knew someone's voice could do that to someone else.
If I were to say so myself, I'd do the same.
"Thank you, Australia!"
We bow and return back stage again.
Even though I was missing Madi like hell, I did quite good tonight.
"I never thought we'd have that many people show up to a concert in our country. It's unbelievable." Calum says wiping off sweat with his shirt.
"I know, right? I never knew that many people loved us here." Ashton says, tossing us all waters. Me an extra.
"Michael, hows that voice?"
"Good. Shiiittt. I'm not supposed to be talking." I cover my mouth.
"I was testing you, and you failed." Ashton says making a 'tisk-tisk-tisk' noise and shaking his finger at me.
"You need to work on your skills."
"Damn you, Ashton." I laugh and down my first bottle of water.
Ashton, Luke, and Calum laugh.
Its nice to hear them laugh.
*
We're in the van, driving to the airport.
Supposedly, our tour bus is waiting for us there.
I don't know.
All I know is I need to call Madi before she plots my murder.
I dial her number, within minutes, she answers.
"Michael! I miss you!"
"I miss you too." I say tiresome.
"How was tonight?" Cheer fills her voice.
"Good, great actually." I say smiling.
"That's good. Cal said it was. He sent some pictures, too."
"Did he?"
"Yes."
"So, Ashton has told me to not talk after the concert because my voice. I don't think that'll happen." I lay my head on Luke's shoulder again, my phone held up to my right ear.
"Does he?" Madi laughs. "He's always got you doing something."
"Yes, indeed, he does."
The line falls silent for sometime before Madi yawns.
"Excuse me."
"No, you're tired. I'll let you rest, okay?"
"I don't want you to be mad."
"I'll be mad if you don't sleep." I say with a little laugh.
"Okay, okay. I love you."
"I love you too. Sweet dreams. Goodnight."
"G'night."
The line goes dead.
I can now say today was the best.
Madi makes everything better.
Even her voice.
Her.
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