Saving Us || l.h

T W O

I stared at my laptop screen, waiting for Luke's face to pop up. "Hi babe." He says once he appears. "Hi Luke." I grin. My band rushes over, crowding around me. "HI LUKE!" They shout. "Hi guys." "Oh! Luke! We have some news!" I say, getting excited. "Okay, what is it?" I turn to Brad, giving him the honors.

"My cancer is beginning to go away, they think by this time next year I'll be cancer free." He says with a smile. "Hey man, that's amazing! Hopefully half a year from now you are!" Luke smiles. "We'll let you guys chat." Zach says before pushing everyone out of the room. I spin in my chair, turning to Luke.

"How'd today go?" He asked. "Really good. Midnight Five is really good." "I'd hope so." He laughs. "What about you?" "Meetings were same old same old. What are you doing Valentine's Day?" "I think I have a free day that day." "Good. I'm going to visit. Where will you be?" "Either Kansas City or Australia, but that might be March, I can't remember." "Wait, you're going to Australia twice?" "So, Australia's weird, we go to Brisbane and Perth the first time, Sydney and somewhere else the second, we end the entire tour in Sydney though." "Right before our birthdays, right?" I nod.

"Okay, I'll get more details on that later. Anna wants to say hi." He pulls Anna up onto his lap and she grins at me. "Hi Anna." I smile. "How is she in there?" "It's just a video of her." Luke says quietly. I smile, I loved seeing him interact with her. "Hi Dylan." She giggles. "Hi Anna." "Where are you?" "I'm in New York." "Where's that?" "The opposite side of the U.S." "Ohhh." "You don't know what that is, do you?" She shakes her head. "I'll show you later." Luke tells her. "Okay!" She says, jumping from his lap.

"She's so cute." I smile, watching her run in the background. "And I'm not?" Luke asks with a pout. "You're okay, like, only hot. Maybe adorable and handsome." He grin.

"Love you loser." He grins. "What's your Christmas schedule?" "So, the 23 is when I can head to wherever I'm spending Christmas, then the third is when I have to head back." "Wanna do Christmas with my family?" He asks, resting his chin in his palm. "Really? I'd love to!" "Really?" I nod and he smiles. "Alright, where will you be?" "Chicago I think." "Okay, I'll be in Las Vegas so do you just want to meet in LAX and fly to Sydney together?" "Probably."

"It's your first Aussie new year and Christmas!" He grins. "Don't let me get drunk again." I warn him. "Never again, you were a giggling crying mess." "Oh jeez." I wince. "But you were still cute." He grins. "Shut up." I let out a yawn, looking at the time. "It's almost 1 here, I'm gonna-wait, it's like 10 there why is Anna still awake?" "Ask Ashton." I roll my eyes, yawning again. "I'm going to bed Luke. I'm tired." "Alright, love you babe." "Love you too Lukey." I smile. He ends the call and I close the laptop.

I put it on the table, heading out to the living room. The guys were watching a movie, "I'm heading to bed. Try and sleep at least 5 hours tonight. We have to be at the arena around 9." "Got it. Night Dylan." Zach smiles at me. I headed back to my room, closing the door. I curled up, closing my eyes. I had too much running through my head, but I was exhausted. I groaned, looking at the clock.

It's already been an hour. I groaned again, pulling my phone out. I pull up Luke's messages, texting him.

D: can't sleep. Too much going through my mind : /

L: being on your phone isn't going to help haha

D: shut up luke I didn't ask you 😒

L: you're tired haha what's going through your mind?

D: shit ton of stuff going from you to Anna to tomorrow's performance 😫

L: why so much? Anna and performances never kept you up before? I get why I'm keeping you up, you're not used to me not being there...

D: dunno... I think I'm worried about 4 guys who can barely take care of themselves being in charge of Anna? And dunno why I am stressing about tomorrow's performance...

L: give us some credit babe 😞 we can take care of Anna... And what time is it there?

D: almost 2.... I have to be up before 8 too 🔫 I don't like this. You're on the other side of the U.S. And by the time I get to LA you'll be in like Chicago or something and then I'll be going to Central America if they don't cancel it 😰

His face pops up as my phone begins to ring and I press answer. "Cancel Central America?" He asks. "Yeah... They won't tell me why though..." "This is what's keeping you up... Isn't it?" "Yeah..." "Don't let that keep you up, you need sleep. And we can Skype and call and text. It will be like I'm just not home... Just for a little bit longer than usual." "It's just weird. I have to sleep on a pillow and I'm so used to your shoulder, and I don't have your warmth in bed so if I move I'm cold again."

"You'll get used to it Dylan. Don't worry." "Fine." I sigh. "Dylan." He warns. "I love you." "Love you too babe. Now go get some sleep." "You too." "It's only 11 here. I'm good." "Night Luke." "Night Dylan." I hang up, putting my phone on the night stand and closing my eyes. But it was probably a good hour before I actually fell asleep.

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"Toss it." I grin, opening my mouth. Brad tossed the popcorn in and I caught it, throwing my hands up in the air as I chewed. "Yeah!" He grins. "Finally!" I dance around. "Did you get that on snapchat?" I ask Damian. He nods, laughing.

"10 minutes!" Someone calls and we head out to side stage, to watch Midnight Five. They were amazing, I'm surprised they aren't famous already. They finished their last song, then made their way offstage, high-fiving us. I'm handed a mic, then watched my band make their way onstage. I took a deep breath, smiling as the crowd got louder once they realized my band was out.

I made my way to the raising platform, smiling as I made my way up. M.F.P.O.T.Y. was my starting song, just to get everyone jumping, and I loved the outfit for it. It was a white crop top tank top that had a zipper in the front, a black skirt and black heels, and my hair was down and curled.

(Pic to side/above and I will post a different songs outfit every few chapters)

Halfway through we had a microphone malfunction though. But I got the crowd to scream the song while they fixed it so that was really cool. "Hi guys!" I say after the songs finished. "How are all of you?" I got screams in response, and I stood there smiling like an idiot. "Do you know how hard it is to perform in these heels?" I ask with a laugh. "She couldn't walk in them a week ago." Damian laughs, making the crowd laugh.

"But I mean c'mon, these are like a mile high." I laugh. "This next song is one of my favorites, but tonight we are gonna change it up and do it acoustic, how's that sound?" I'm handed my guitar, and the mic was situated in front of me. "How many of you know the song Sirens?" Screams came from the crowd. "Awesome, can you guys take out your phones and turn on like the flashlight or even just illuminate the screen and just kinda wave it around?" I slowly saw the crowd light up. "This is sweet, you'll be seeing this on Twitter later." I laugh, pulling my phone out to take a picture of it.

I begin Sirens, Brad playing a box drum and the rest of the guys on acoustic guitars. It was a cute moment and I loved it.