Just for a Moment

31 | I Think I Kinda, You Know

I got distracted by Louis Tomlinson's Walls album while editing this. Oh well😅

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3rd POV
Nobody notices; somehow everyone's missing it. Larry squints his eyes to see, and a lightbulb goes off. He gets up and sprints to the stage. Dara tries to stop him as he runs past her, confused about why he's going up.

He tackles Joshua from behind with so much force that they fly into Olivia, the three of them hitting the ground with a loud thud. Only seconds after does a bag from the ceiling finally hit the floor. The impact echoes through the auditorium, causing everyone to scream. It landed right where Joshua had been standing.

"Are you guys ok?" Matt asks, helping them up.

"Yeah, what happened?" Olivia groans, pushing herself off the floor.

"That thing nearly just took Josh's head off," Larry explains, pointing at the bag.

"Nobody was injured, right?" Tim asks.

They looked around, and everything seemed fine. "I think so," Joshua says.

Matt goes over to the bag to move it but can't lift it. "This thing feels like it weighs 1,000 pounds," he says through gritted teeth.

Joshua then tries to move it. "Geez, this is a ton. And that almost hit my head?!" he exclaims.

Eventually, it takes about seven people before it's finally removed. Tim goes back over to the spot and examines it. "Well, there's now a dent in the stage. Good news: it's black so not too noticeable."

"In other good news: Josh isn't dead!!" Frankie yells.

"Are all these bags normally that heavy?" Julia asks, looking at the ceiling.

"No, that's not normal. I don't know what was up with that one though," Tim wonders out loud.

Olivia knew her blood was boiling at this. She could just feel it. I wonder if Ethan knew this was gonna happen too.

"Hey, you good?" Joshua asks her.

"Yeah, totally. Why?"

"Because your fists are clenched so tight that your knuckles are white." She relaxes her hands at his observation and tries to calm down a little.

"Yeah, I'm good now. It's just..." Joshua already knew what she was getting at. The whole Ethan thing has got her stressed and worried.

"You feel like slamming his head through a wall?" Joshua guesses. She laughs at his suggestion.

"Is it bad that that's not far off?"

"No, you can't help how you feel."

"Damn, Liv, who did you wrong?" Sofia chimes in. Olivia almost forgot there were other people here.

"Nobody, it's nothing," she says quickly. She knew the others would have to know at some point, but she definitely didn't want to tell them while they were working. How do you tell people your ex-boyfriend was insane?

"Just to clarify, everyone is ok?" Tim asks again. When everyone nods, he says, "Let's just go back to when the lights go out."

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"Nini, let's wait for the lights to come back on. I don't want this to throw you," she says.

"I'm not thrown," Olivia (Nini) states.