Found and Fixed

Part 9 - first show

"What are you doing here?" Mikey gestured to Christa.

"Oh, don't act like you don't want me here." She walked over to him.

"I missed you, Christa." He look up at her. She laid a hand on his shoulder.

"I missed you too, Clifford." She smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist. She put both hands on his shoulders and smiled at him. They're so cute.

"C'mon." Luke grabbed my hand and brought me behind the curtain. His guitar was propped up. He held it in his hands. He positioned me in front of him, and then the guitar in front of us both. He guided my hands on the strings, playing a little tune. He put his head on my shoulder. I turned my head into his and kissed his cheek.

"Goodluck today." I smiled.

"️Thankyou, I need it."

"No, you don't." I laughed. Then, we heard screams of girls and the running of footsteps.

All the boys and Christa came running back stage.

"Woah." Ashton breathed heavy. They all peeked behind the curtain. So many girls and some guys were all assembling in front of the stage.

"Have fun." I said to them all, giving hugs. I kissed Luke hard on the lips one time, and left them. Everything was set up. In the back of the room important-looking people were standing. This is a big deal. Christa and I squeezed our way into the front.

"Hey, you're the girl who's dating Luke." A girl said to me.

"Oh we're not dating." I said.

"Oh, well I ship it." She Said. I turned to Christa.

"What the hell does 'ship' mean." She face palmed.

We just laughed. "Just nevermind." Christa laughed.

Then, the boys came running on stage and they started singing. Luke was in the middle ,Mikey to the left, Cal to the right, and Ash was in his drums. They had so much energy. They started playing opening notes to 'Try Hard.' This was my favorite song they play.

"We're 5 Seconds of Summer." Luke yelled. The room went crazy. They all had so much energy. The room hollered and jumped. It was awesome. My eyes always went to Luke. He was so into it. He was so happy and you could tell.

They played some more songs. We video taped some. It was awesome. They finished their set. All the girls lingered for awhile. The boys came off.

"You all did so good." I smiled at them. We walked out of the venue. It was 5:00.

"We got so many manager's numbers." Mikey said. Luke carried his guitar case and his other arm was wrapped around me as we got to the car.

" We're going for pizza." Mikey cheered as he got into his car.

"Yeah but we need to take Marley home first. " Luke said.

"What?" I asked him.

"I will go with you. I just don't want her to notice your gone. I don't want her to hurt you again. "

"No, I'm going with you."

"No, we're going home." He insisted.

"Luke, you can't protect me! It's okay." I said.

"No, I can protect you from her, and I will."

"Okay, but you're going out. I want you to have fun. You don't have to stay in."

"But I wanna stay in with my girl."

"No, it's your night, and I want you to have fun."

"Okay whatever." He said, agreeing. We got into the car. They dropped me off.

"Have fun okay." I smiled leaving them.
I snuck in through the window. They had Miss Lane's car, but Miss Marin's was gone. They must be out. So, I went through the front door. I went into the kitchen. There was a note on the table.

" I know you went out today, Marley. Miss Lane and I took the kids out for dinner. I will deal with you later. -MM."
I ripped it up and threw it out. I opened up Miss Marin's liquor cabinet and poured myself a drink. Then, I heard a car door slam.