You hear
Alex say the words ”thank you, goodnight” after the encore, and you can’t
believe that the concert is already over. You have been so ecstatic the whole
show through – especially at the part where Adam talked to you. You look down
and see your backstage pass hang around your neck in a black chain. The words
ALL TIME LOW are written on it in big, fat, white letters and next to them is
the ATL scull. A lot of the people around you hurry out – they want to get in
line for the signing. You and Emily just keep standing and looking at each other.
“That was
the best concert ever!” Emily yells. “Okay – fan girl with me here” you say and
stretch out your arms for her to take. You start jumping and squealing. A man
with broad shoulders walks towards you. His jacket says ‘crew’, so you know
that he is a part of the ATL family. “Hey ladies are you ready to come backstage?”
he asks. You both nod. “Okay, just jump over the fence and follow me – that’s
the fastest” he helps you to get over the fence that you have been pressed up
against the past two hours. He follows you to a black door at the right side of
the venue. It leads to a long white hallway with lots of doors on its sides. At
the far end of the hall way, there is a door on your left. You go through that
and you realize that you are just behind the stage. You see All Time Low doing
a group hug, or something like that, because it ends with them all lying on the
ground on top of each other. You laugh to yourself, and you hear Emily do the
same thing. “Feel free to talk to anyone, but don’t get in the way. If you want
anything to drink or eat, there is a table over there” he points at the opposite
side of the room “and you can just help yourself” he says with a smile to his
voice. “Thanks” Emily says and he nods and leaves the two of you.
You take a
deep breath. You are actually backstage, this is more awkward than you have
ever imagined. What will you say to the guys, and what will you say to Adam? He
wants to talk about your style – you don’t have a style, you just take pictures
when you see an opportunity for it.
“Come on”
Emily tucks at your arm and nods towards the guys. “Are you crazy, what are we
gonna say” you freak out. “Easy, take a breath, they are just normal people. People
who we have been fantasizing about for the longest time and call our future
husbands, but still people” she says quickly. You move towards the guys and as
you get closer you recognize some of the crew members. There’s Danny, and
Vinnie, and Matt, who is walking towards you. Matt is walking towards you! You
stop short when he reaches you.
“Hey girls.
The guys are just gonna take a shower and then they’re gonna go sign some
stuff, but when they get back, they’ll be all yours” he says and you see the
band walking away and enter a door opposite the one you stepped in of. “That’s
cool. Is there a place you want us to wait, or should we just stay here?” Emily
bluntly asks. “No, no. you can wait in their dressing room. I think Adam will
be there as well. It was him you wanted to talk to, right?” he asks and looks
directly at you. You nod. “Well, him and the guys of course” Emily says
smiling. “Okay, you can just follow me, and eh… take some water bottles with
you. You look like you could use them” he says laughing a bit. You hadn’t
realized just how thirsty you are, so you each grab a bottle from the snack
table and follow Matt to the dressing room.
Before you
enter, Matt knocks on the door and you hear Jack scream “NO, DON’T COME IN. I’M
NOT DRESSED YET!” you can’t help but to laugh. “SINCE WHEN ARE YOU EVER DRESSED”
you hear Alex yell. “Should we wait?” you ask nervous to barge in on something,
they might not want you to see. “Naaah” Matt says and opens the door. He holds
it for you while you step in. Alex and Jack are standing up, both with towels
in their hands, and Zack is sitting on a couch with no shirt on. Rian is
nowhere to be seen, so you guess he is in the shower.
“Guys,
these are the girls Adam wanted to talk to, so don’t hurt them, kay? Matt joked
before leaving the room. “Hi” you say awkwardly and raise your hand as a waving
gesture. “Hey girls, come sit down” Alex says walking towards you and stretching
out his hand. You take it first “Laura” you introduce yourself. Emily does the
same and it is repeated with every member. Zack is sitting with a guitar
playing some tunes while the rest of you talk. Emily is sitting next to him on
the couch looking really happy, you think they look really cute together, but
that could just be because you already ship them.
“So why
does Adam want to talk to you again, because as I see it, we could just kidnap
you now so we can all go party?” Alex asks. “Yeah, partying with some local
chicks. Wooohoooo” Jack said raising his arms. “Jack, they are not stripper,
remember that” Alex calmed his friend down. You laugh at that; it’s just too
funny how they are exactly how you imagined.
“Haha, well Adam just recognized me from some posters I America. Laura
entered this competition to have a photo as a national campaign I the US. And I
just so happened to be her model for that picture” Emily says. “Oh so it’s a photographer
thing?” Zack bumps in. “Yeah. He wants to talk about style and stuff with me” You
say. “Well he should be here any minute now” Alex says before going to a door
that is in the room. He starts knocking on it “RIAN YOU FUCKER. GET YOUR ASS
OUT OF THE SHOWER. WE STINK IN HERE!” he yells and as soon as he is done, Rian
steps out of the room.
“Perfect. Well,
excuse me ladies while I strip naked and take a shower” Alex says in a deep
voice. Rian introduces himself to you and within the hour all of the boys have
showered. There is a knock on the door and it is Matt again telling the boys
that it is time to go sign some stuff and they all leave. “If you stay, we can
talk afterwards” Zack tells Emily right before he leaves. The two of you are
left in the room alone. You look at each other and run towards each other while
doing a silent squeal together.
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