Backstage - Book One in the Underated Youth Series

9: Missed Calls

Nate woke up, the cold floor piercing against his back. He was staring up at an alleyway, and his memories came flooding back. Everything he owned had been stolen, apart from his clothes.. and his phone. He had no money, nothing.

He stood up, and unlocked his phone.

7 Missed Calls from: Dom 💕
16 Texts from: Dom 💕
2 Missed Calls from: Adam 🤠
1 text from: Adam 🤠

He rang Dom, him instantly picking up.

"Nate? Nate? Where the fook have you been? You've been missing for like 3 hours! I didn't mean to snap at you! I'm so sorry, just come back to the bus!!" Dom begged.

"Dom, Dom, calm down..." Nate reassured him.

"Someone mugged me and took all my stuff. I have nothing."

"What the fook? Okay, just come back, we'll get you sorted."

Nate hung up the phone and walked back. He walked past the crowd outside the bus, and onto it. Dom was sitting there, his head in his hands, shaking.

"Natey!" Dom jumped up, running to him and kissing him.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I-I'm fine." Nate muttered.

"Nate... I needed space, cos I was writing a song for ya..." Dom looked down.

He grabbed his guitar, and started singing the lyrics.

3 AM, texting you, can't pull my eyes away,

you made me realise i was happy, made me realise i was okay,

you made me happy, the day that i waited,

at the train station for you, you smile was long-awaited.

cos buttercup, you tell me the sweetest things, that i really want to hear,

the things i used to hate, i no longer fear,

because you make me feel safe and sound,

i realise, that i need to be proud,

for you,
for me,

for my buttercup, the brightest star you'll see.

i wanted to see you, since the day i saw that message,

you fixed my heart, and mended my breakages,

and every time i look into your eyes, and you look back at me,

for my little buttercup, you're the brightest star you'll see.

Dom put the guitar down and looked at Nate.

"I.. it's called Buttercup."

Nate sat there, and stared straight at Dom. Tears filled his eyes.

"D.. Dom, that was beautiful." Nate sat on the bed, smiling, tears falling down his face.

"Aww, buttercup, don't cry." Dom pulled Nate into a hug, and they cuddled together on the bed, resting their heads on eachother.

"I... I love you, Dom." Nate's voice was croaky from crying.

"That's the first time you've said that to me.." Dom blushed.

"I love you too." He replied.

And for the rest of the day, until the show, they spent it under the covers, together. Happy.