friends | blake richardson

~chapter 18~

After the boys finished their meet and greet, we were all able to see our families before the boys had to go on stage.

"Mum, Dad, Emma!" I run over to my family and give them a  hug.

"Hey sweetie!" Mum beams.

"We're so excited to see the concert." Dad smiles and Blake pulls me away a second later.

"Leilei, come here. You remember my parents and sister?"

"Yes, of course! It's good to see you three again!" 

"Last time i saw you, you were a little six year old." Soulla smiles. "And now you're a beautiful nineteen year old."

"Aw thank you!" 

"Hey leilani, I'm Abbie. I don't think we ever got to meet each other." We give each other hugs and Nik gives me one as well.

"So leilani will be in the front row with her family, so you three should join them." Blake says and his family nods. My family comes over to us to meet Blake's family. I turn to Blake and give him a grin, happy that our families get along so well.

We found our seats in our reserved section of the front row and got ready for the show. Abbie and i got to know each other better until the lights turned off and the fans start to scream. My favorite boys walked out and both my family and blake's started screaming too. My family seemed so excited, it made me so happy.

"For those of you who don't know us, I'm Reece."

"I'm George!"

"I'm Blake!"

"And we're New Hope Club!" At this the crowd goes wild. I could tell Blake was trying not to laugh when he saw me screaming along with the rest of them. They started the show by playing Medicine, which i danced my heart out to. Towards the middle of the concert, Blake picks up his mic for his turn to talk.

"Story time," Blake announces. "I wrote this song about my girlfriend, Leilani, who's actually here in the front." He points and i feel all eyes on me. "As most of you know, we didn't see each other for thirteen years and when i saw her again, i was crazy about her. Here's Love Again." He finishes and winks at me. Blakes family all turn and gape at me, i guess he never told them. Of course i sung but i couldn't do it without tears in my eyes.

Two hours later, the show ended and everyone started to head out. Before we go backstage, Abbie turns to me. "I had no clue my brother was romantic." She laughs.

"He really is." I laugh as well. Nik and Soulla were the first ones to hug me.

"Blake never told us that he wrote love again all about you! Knowing him, he probably wanted to surprise us."

"Yeah, i was surprised too when he showed me." I say and my family walks over to me. 

"I can't believe that's your boyfriend, baby girl. He's so talented." Mum whispers in my ear as she hugs me.

"I want you to know that i'm very impressed with your son. He's very talented and such a gentleman." I hear dad tell Nik, which makes me smile.

"We should go backstage now." Emma suggests and i nod as we follow her. When we walk back, i see Blake talking with Ben. When he hears us, he turns his head and beams when she sees me. I jump into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist.

"I love you so so much more than you'll ever know." I whisper to him.

"And somehow, i'll always love you more." He whispers back.

"Kiss already, you fools!" Abbie yells and we laugh before giving each other a short but sweet kiss. I hop down and grab his hand as we make our way to the dressing room while we pack up everything as quickly as we can.

We head back to the tour bus and i scroll the instagram for a  bit, posting pictures from tonight, before i turn my attention back to my boyfriend as we cuddle in his bunk.

"My dad really likes you." I say out of the blue.

"Yeah?" 

"Yeah. Before we went backstage, i heard him telling your dad how impressed he was with you."

"I'm glad your dad likes me. I was scared he wouldn't." I smile at his words and cuddle closer to him.

if you can't tell, i love the cheesy stuff and i'm not apologizing for it lol

-madi<3