now or never - charlie gillespie

chapter sixty one

"Where'd you guys go?" Charlie asked as he pushed the doors open.

I'm guessing the interview was over.

"Oh we just wanted to let you guys concentrate," I said.

Charlie smiled at me as he walked over to me and wrapped his arms around me.

"Probably for the best, it was getting pretty hard," he joked before pressing a quick kiss to my cheek. "Let's go you guys, my stomachs growling."

Charlie started walking down the hall. I was busy standing frozen in my place. I knew for a fact my cheeks were red. I slowly looked up and found Madison, Carolynn and Jeremy grinning at me. Owen was nodding approvingly.

"So you guys seem pretty good now," Owen whispered.

"Yeah, I think we're finally in a good place," I said, smiling to myself as I playing with my fingers.

"I'm happy for you, Lake," Owen said as his hand made its way to my shoulder and quickly gave it a squeeze.

"Thanks Owen," I smiled appreciatively at him. I honestly don't think Charlie and I would have ever gotten here without him.

"Come on you guys, let's go before Charlie's stomach collapses," Madison's voice spoke as she was strictly on vocal rest until the show tonight.

"Didn't he like just eat?" Jeremy asked and we all laughed, causing Charlie, who was a couple steps ahead, to stop and turn to look back at us.

"Lake!" Charlie called for me. I watched him hold his hand out for me. I quickly caught Carolynn's eye and she winked at me.

With two steps at a time I caught up with him and quickly grabbed his hand. The both of us grinning like absolute idiots. But I didn't care.

The rest of the guys caught up with us a few seconds later, forcing us to come out of our little bubble.

"Come on you guys! No time to waste today!" Owen said.

"Owens right! We've got a sold out show to play tonight!" Jeremy exclaimed. Suddenly they all stopped and stared at each other.

Carolynn and I stood in between the four of them. Clearly they were having a moment. Then they all started jumping and screaming in unison. Carolynn and I burst out laughing in response before we quickly joined them.

After the interview we all rode back together to Madison Square Garden.

Everyone was buzzing. The energy today was insane.

"Woah," Jeremy breathed out. He looked to his right and smiled at Carolynn before pulling her close to him.

We were standing on the stage and looking out at where the audience would be fully packed tonight.

"I still can't believe it," Owen said. I leaned forward and looked at him. He was looking out at the audience. I could see the sparkles in his eyes.

If this seemed like a dream to me, I wonder how it must feel for them.

Carolynn and I watched as the band did soundcheck.

"God I really hope things go alright today," Carolynn whispered to herself. I turned to look at her and furrowed my eyebrows.

"Why do you look so worried?" I asked her.

"I just have this gut feeling..." she mumbled, looking down at her hands.

"Spit it out, you're making me nervous," I impatiently whispered.

"It's nothing really... I just had a feeling that something might go wrong today," she said, turning her head to face the band.