Close As Strangers - AFI

Chapter 3

The next morning, Sabina was woken up by Jenny, one of Ben's staff members. 'Good morning Sabina.' Jenny said warmly. Sabina groaned and turned to face the woman, 'morning, Jen.' She said with a soft voice. 

The bar was empty and there was no sign of Ben or the boys she had met last night, it was just her and Jenny. It must've been around 9am as Jenny mostly woke her up around that time. This meant her mother would most likely be at work, but she couldn't be sure, some days her mom wouldn't go to work until 11, so she would need to wait a bit longer to be sure not to bump into her mother when she went home. Sabina didn't want to go home, but she knew she had to. She needed a fresh shower and some clean clothes to wear. 

'Thanks for waking me up, Jenny!' Sabina smiled at the young woman, before leaving the bar and making her way over to the nearest Costa. She was hungry and in desperate need of some coffee. 

Sabina decided to wait at Costa until it was time to go home and get changed, she wouldn't stay home for long as she was trying to avoid her mother as much as possible. She knew that the longer she stayed away, the more trouble she would be in but she didn't really care, she wasn't able to deal with her just yet.

Once Sabina got home, she quickly jumped into the shower and then changed into a dark red jumper and some light washed mom jeans, she grabbed some more money from her drawer and quickly left the house again, heading in the direction of the bus stop. Sabina figured it would be a good day to go shopping for new winter clothes as it was getting colder outside and she was in need of a wardrobe upgrade. 

As Sabina got off the bus and walked onto Oxford Street she saw a big sign mentioning '5 Second of Summer' at Wembley Stadion. The name sounded very familiar but she couldn't quite place it, probably some famous singer. 

Then it clicked, the boys she had met last night were in a band called 5 seconds of summer, which meant they would be playing at Wembley tonight. She wasn't planning on going as she didn't know their music and she didn't really care either. Their should was probably sold-out anyway. 

After shopping for a few hours and being satisfied with her newly purchased clothes, Sabina made her way over to Camden to stroll through the food market and maybe catch some lunch there. She liked Camden a lot, there was so much diversity and she could just blend away between the people and all the stands. 

Suddenly a group of girls started screaming and running towards something, Sabina couldn't quite see what it was so, being the curious girl she was, she followed the screaming girls and saw what had caught their attention. The four boys they had met before were standing there, surrounded by girls and two security guys.

They were all wearing sunglasses and a black leather jacket, they looked like the stereotypical boyband, which made Sabina giggle. 

The boys were handing out autographs and taking pictures with fans, which made the girl very happy, it seemed. 

Suddenly, the dark-haired guy, who Sabina didn't know the name of, noticed Sabina and nudged Ash in his side. Ash scanned the crowd of girls, until he saw the girl he was looking for standing in the back. He smiled and waved at her, causing the crowd of girls to wave back at him, this made Sabina laugh. 

Not long after, security escorted the guys away but Ashton stopped them and whispered something in one of the security guy's ear. The security guy nodded and Ash looked over at Sabina, waving her over. 

'Me?' Sabina mouthed, pointing at herself. 

'Yes!' Ashton mouthed back with a smile. 

Sabina made her way over to the boys, feeling stares from the other girls in her back, which made her blush. She didn't like being the center of attention.

'Hi, Sab!' Michael greeted as Sabina joined the boys.

'Hey.' Sabina said shortly, she was still a bit taken back by all the attention and didn't exactly like it, it made her feel uncomfortable.

Ash made his way over to Sabina and greeted her, 'Hey Sab. I actually don't know if that's your real name, Michael told me it was. I'm Ashton by the way, I don't know if I told you that.'

'My name is Sabina. And I think the red haired dude called you Ash yesterday, so I just assumed that was your name.'  She laughed.

All four of the boys laughed at the use of  "red-haired dude". Which made Sabina giggle, 'I'm sorry I forgot his name.'

'It's Michael.' Michael smiled, 'but I like red-haired dude. I'll remember that one!' 

Suddenly Sabina noticed all the girls were still there and staring at her, 'I think I should go, before these girls murder me.' Sabina joked, before hugging the boys and making her way through the crowd to escape the stares. 

Sabina made her way over to Subway and ordered a large sandwich, she was very hungry and also in the mood to be alone for a bit, being surrounded by so many fangirls was very overwhelming for her. 

After finishing her Lunch, Sabina made her way over the a small park, not too far away. She just bought a new book, so she decided to spend her next few hours reading. It was chilly outside, but not too cold, so she didn't mind it. 

A few hours passed, when Sabina noticed it was starting to get dark outside, she should head home, something she really wasn't looking forward to. 

On her way home, Sabina came across a sign of Wembley Stadion again, reminding her that the boys were playing there tonight. At this point, Sabina would take any excuse to not go home yet, but she didn't have tickets to see the show and it was completely sold out. 

She then remembered that Ashton had put his number in her phone, she could of course shoot him a message to ask if he can arrange tickets for her, she decided to shoot her shot, there was no harm in asking.

to: Ashton Irwin 

Hi Ash! Saw ur playing a show @ Wembley tonight. Any change I can get a hold of some tix? 

Sab 

Sabina didn't have to wait long for Ashton to reply, which surprised her, she figured he'd be busy with rehearsing.

from: Ashton Irwin

Hey Sab! Nice to see you found my contact ;) Would love to have you here, just come to the backstage area and we will arrange a nice spot for you  x 

Sabina was excited to go see the boys perform and decided to make a tweet about it. 
She first followed them on twitter, they had a lot of followers.

@ SabtheFab_x: Seeing @ 5SOS in London tonight! Super stoked. 

not long after her tweet, she saw her notifications blowing up with new followers and tweets, all from 5SOS fan accounts.

She soon found out what caused it, the band had replied to her tweet and started following her as well.

@ 5SOS: @ SabtheFab_x glad you're coming! We're looking forward to see ya - Luke 

Sabina smiled at the reply, she had gained over 50 followers in less than 5 minutes, even though her twitter account wasn't that exciting. Girls we're tweeting her congratulations on being noticed and asking what she did to get the boys to follow her. If only they knew.