People Always Leave (Hunter Hayes Fanfiction)

Chapter 4

The country duo both looked at each other with a "these-girls-are-crazy" face and then broke out in chuckles as well. By this point, Emory was in the same daze Hannah had fallen into when she heard Hunter's sound check.

"My turn to have some fun." Hannah giggled, nudging Emory with her elbow.

There was another man inside who was similar to the ones guarding the door. He handed the two girls bags in which held a Dan + Shay poster, as well as a lyric sheet and car sticker. "Complimentary gift bags." The man smiled, jokingly, handing them both to Hannah once realizing Emory wasn't stable enough to hold her own bag. "There's not much structure to this meet and greet, so just kinda hang out and wait for an opportunity to snag an autograph or two. They'll be playing a couple acoustic songs in a minute."

"Sweet. Thank you!" Hannah responded, still tickled by Em. "Babe, you still with us?" Hannah giggled, pulling out her phone to hopefully catch a priceless snapchat. But Emory snapped back to reality.

"How did God manage to put so much sexy into one man..." Emory looked to Hannah, referring to Dan, eyes wide.

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" Hannah said, pulling Emory into what could barely be considered the line.

Everyone was just one big clump around the singers. It wasn't too bad though, since there weren't many people there. It almost just seemed like one big hang out. Everybody was chill. Except for one Carolina woman who was trying way too hard.

The time came for Dan and Shay to start their mini acoustic performance. Emory and Hannah still hadn't gotten a chance to get anything signed, but were reassured by the two that there would be a few extra minutes after they sang.

Dan sat on a stool to the right of Shay with a guitar, and between the three rows of fold-up chairs that were set out, Hannah made sure to grab the two smack-dab in the middle of the front row for Em, who at this point had lost all function of her brain.

"Alright, guys! We are obviously here to kinda just hang out. We'll play whatever you'd like, we just have to hear some suggestions..." Shay started, as Dan tuned the guitar a bit.

Hannah had recently fallen in love with their song "Nothin' Like You". So she, at first, mumbled it. And then said it a bit louder. Dan looked over at her, and she knew he heard her. But Shay had called on the Carolina girl from earlier who was in the back, raising her hand. Hannah felt defeated in a way. As well as foolish. It was probably the fact that she was in the presence of her favorite country duo. So she sat quietly and waited.

"Sorry, that was the teacher in me." The woman cackled, referring to having her hand raised. The fake southern accent made Hannah wince, and her and Emory faced each other with annoyed looks almost on cue.

Shay laughed. "It's alright! What'd you like to hear?"

The woman responded, suggesting "Somewhere Only We Know".

Hannah loved that song too, but she still sat awkwardly, knowing she had been heard but ignored. What happen next quickly contradicted her thoughts.

Dan looked back down to Hannah and nodded. "We can play Nothin' Like You too." He said, with a soft smile. He seemed to be the quieter of the two so Hannah immediately felt as if he knew exactly what went through her head two minutes ago. But this also made her turn bright red. And with her face burning, all she could do was nod happily, a big grin on her face.

Both of the songs were played. It was an incredible performance and Emory couldn't stop grinning as the two girls stood to get an autograph and a picture. The posters were signed, the selfies were taken, and the hugs were given. Hannah was already on Cloud 9 right along with Emory as they were escorted out with the rest of the crowd. Once the girls realized it was coming to an end, they both wanted to get one last word in.

"Thank you!" They both shouted at the same time, while turning around from the door they were about to walk out of.

Dan and Shay both waved. "Thank y'all!" Shay said to them both with a chuckle.

It was already a night to never forget. And the concert hadn't even started yet.