Strictly Stories

Band Argument

This one-shot is a request from @TudorPrincess12 with the prompt being around Steps. Hope you like the way it's written and thank you again for your requests :)

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Faye:

Today we're going to a bar, enjoying a bit of freetime and just celebrate our band. We recently released our debut song and are now about to start recording our very own debut album. That's so exciting and also, that's why we decided that we can celebrate a bit now. 

The other girls and me are already looking around for a nice bar, while the boys are busy with talking about boys stuff. Not really something that us girls are interested in. And also, Lee already wanted us to watch a movie or something like that instead - in which we weren't interested. It's cute how caring he can be - but sometimes, it's annoying. 

"Oh look!" I exclaim, stopping in front of a bar. Pretty crowded it is there but nevermind. "How about going there?"

Lisa nods in approval and even Claire seems interested - probably because they're playing really good music. But Lee looks like he's less approving. 

"I don't know, girls. Shouldn't we do something else instead?" he asks. "It's quite crowded and I personally would prefer to sit with you all and just talk."

I roll my eyes, absolutely annoyed. "Oh come on. When filming our recent music video, you boys were always at these bars with us." 

"Yeah, I agree. So?" Lisa adds, already looking through a card for some drinks to decide on. 

"It's just that we're a known band and- and well, there might be boys who are flirting with you but only because they know about us being a popular band and all." Lee replies. 

"And?" I ask. "Honestly, it's not like we don't know that. And I'm single."

"So am I." Lisa continues.

"And I'm taken so I wouldn't flirt with some random guys." Claire adds, laughing. 

Lee exhales deeply before putting on a small smile. "Okay then, let's go to the bar."

Happy that he now agreed to our idea, we take a place near the dance floor. Usually, Lisa and me go dancing in bars a lot - sometimes with Lee too. And as usual, we decide to do just that while H and Claire are ordering the drinks.

"Lee?" I ask. "Do you want to dance with me?" 

"Yes, of course." he says, a small smile appearing on his face as I offer him my hands so we could enter the dance floor. "Come on!"

And so we walk over, being welcomed by some curious looks from some guests as we start dancing. Gladly Lee seems to be accepting the fact now that we decided on going to a bar, ge seems to enjoy our time here too and the fact that we're dancing together.

"It's great here." I giggle. "Look, people are even watching us."

"That's so exciting! We're celebrities!" Lisa squeals while she's grinning at H and Claire who, both, just sit on their chairs to watch us. 

We both giggle shyly as a few guys are looking at us, whispering, before applauding our dancing. "Hello!" we chirp back, making them blush slightly.

Lee, however, just frowns at them. "Yeah, they indeed look at you girls. Let's go over here, come on. I don't want people to watch you like this."

"Yeah, just wait. We want to dance a bit more." Lisa tells him.

"And it's nice if they watch us dancing!" I add, walking further into the crowd to see what else this bar offers. It's just so great here, why didn't we already decided to go here previously?

"Faye?" Lee asks. "Come over here."

"No." I chirp. "Look, you saw that? There's a karaoke area too!"

All focused on the nice things in this bar, I trip over my own feet and stumble against a random guy. "Oh, sorry!" I giggle, not received any answer. It's quite crowded here, I either stumble against someone - or I just trip because of someone stumbling against me.

"Faye!" Lee says loudly, taking my hands to pull me back to our place. "I said you should come over to me."

"Oh my." I reply annoyed. Lee already was like that while in rehearsals. Just because of us being celebrities now, we don't need to act so arrogant.

He sits down on a chair at the bar too, while Lisa and me look at him purely annoyed. H and Claire are looking less annoyed but instead their expression is questioning. "You annoyed the girls?" Claire teases him. 

"Yes, he was annoying." I snap. "Acting like we're stupid! We just wanted to dance and enjoy our time at a bar - but, no, he's just- just, well, you know!"

"I'm sorry!" Lee snaps back. "Go dancing, if you want!"

"I guess we should go now before you start an argument." Claire interrupts this odd conversation, while H nods in approval. He tells Lee to come to pay the drinks while us girls are already walking out of the bar. 

"Girls, wait for us." Lee says loudly. I'm about to tell him off now, but Claire just takes Lisa and me aside, saying we should wait for the boys.

"You know girls, he doesn't meant to annoy you. He just wants to be supportive and all. I think it's actually cute."

"It is cute." Lisa admits. "But also annoying. We just wanted to walk around here and dance!"

"And what about these random guys who like to flirt with pretty celebrity girls for their own entertainment?" Claire asks, folding her arms. "That's what Lee was implying. You should apologise."

I let my head sink down, saddened. Indeed some guys are like these and I guess I understand why Lee was like that - but he should be understanding too. We can speak for ourselves. 

"Girls?" Claire asks.

"Yes, we apologise." Lisa replies. 

"Yeah." I add quietly, already seeing the boys approaching us too. Claire smiles at us, seeming quite satisfied with herself. She takes H by the hands as we walk outside of the bar, wanting to show us that we should apologise to Lee now. "Can we talk?" I ask silently and Lee looks at us for a moment before he nods. "Well, we don't want to argue with you. It was actually quite cute how you were towards us but it was slightly annoying too and- well, we just wanted to enjoy our time but- but-"

"We just want to tell you-" Lisa starts.

"Girls, no need to apologise." Lee laughs. "I admit that I maybe was annoying indeed. I just wanted to be nice and definitely not to be annoying."

"We know that. And sorry that I snapped at you." I reply him, being welcomed by a friendly smile. 

"Come here, girls." he laughs, putting his arms around us. We're both giggling now, putting our arms around him too.

"How cute!" H exclaims from next to us. "Isn't it great to get along again?" 

"Of course it is." Lee approves. Still with his arms around our shoulders, we make our way back to the band car while being simply happy about resolving our argument.