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“Who is this band you are working with again?” I asked my boyfriend as I stepped over the threshold into our bathroom.
“You probably won’t know them, it’s not your type of music.” he yelled across the house so I could hear him.
Not pressing the issue, I finished getting ready. I finally had a night off from work and I was able to go to the show tonight. Evan had been working for this band for almost a week now, and before they left on an extended tour, I wanted to go see my man in action.
“Kayla, hurry up! I can’t be late, the singer will kill me himself!” He had told me that the leader of the band could be hard to deal with, so I ran my fingers through my curled hair and shut the light off behind me. Taking one last glance at myself in the mirror in our bedroom, I grabbed my clutch and headed towards the front door where he stood waiting on me.
We sped the entire way to the venue, his driving scared me anyways, but tonight he made me fear for my life. “Babe can you slow down a little?” I asked him as I held on to the door handle for safety. It was as if I wasn’t saying a word, he didn’t slow down, if anything he sped up even more.
Pulling up to the venue, he showed the guy his pass, and the man opened the gate for us. He parked the car across from the 2 buses behind the venue, making his way around to open the door for me, I eyed him as I stepped out of the car.
“Well, I’m surprised you had time to open my door for me.” I said as I breathed out a deep sigh. Seeing I was visibly shaken, he pulled me into his chest and comforted me. I had missed him this week, he had been so busy with his job that we haven’t had time for just us.
The moment I had longed for this entire week was quickly interrupted as the door to the venue opened and a guy started yelling at us to get inside.
Grabbing my hand, he dragged me behind him, as we ran to the door. If I would have known tonight was going to be an athletic event I wouldn’t have worn heels or the dress I had on. Removing my hand from his, I pulled my dress down, since it had risen almost over my ass from the sprint we just did from the car to the venue.
“Where have you been, Shan is looking everywhere for you man!” the guy said as we were being rushed down the hallway. Between the high speed chase on the way here and the marathon I just ran, needless to say I had worked up a sweat.
As we were being rushed down the narrow hallway, I noticed a bathroom. As I pulled my hand from his, he turned around to see what I was doing. “I have to freshen up. Go ahead. I’ll find you.” I said reassuring him.
He nodded and said, “If you have any problems finding me just text me and I’ll come get you okay.” I agreed and headed inside to regain my composure.
As I reapplied my makeup and wiped the sweat from my face and neck, I was accompanied by 2 other girls. I noticed they had laminates around their necks as well. Shooting them a small smile, they both pulled out their makeup bags and continued talking to one another like I was not there. Finishing up, I placed the lip gloss back into my clutch and headed for the door.
“Hey!”, one of the girls said to me before I exited the restroom. Turning around, I seen both of them with smiles on their faces. Walking towards me, I noticed how beautiful they were. I felt self conscious about myself as I looked at their flawlessness.
“Who are you with?” the blonde one asked me as she put her purse over her shoulder. She seemed almost catty, I did my best to avoid people like her. When I explained who I was with, she immediately changed her attitude.
“I’m sorry for being so rude, I thought you were a rando?” I was confused at her words. We had to be around the same age, but she seemed so young, or was I just that old.
“Rando?” I asked, propping up against the wall.
“Yeah, a random girl. There’s a handful of them around every night. I thought you were one of them.” she explained to me. The thought of random girls around my boyfriend every night sent a rush of anger and jealousy throughout my entire body.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I’m Allyson and this is my friend, Whitney.” she said introducing themselves to me. “My boyfriend is Chase, the guitar tech. Whitney dates Ryan, Jared’s tech.”
Relieved they were also dating crew members, I introduced myself to the girls. “Who’s Jared?” I asked sending both of the girls into a fit of laughter.
Confused as to why they were laughing at my curiosity, they motioned for me to follow them to the main hall. Both of the girls went straight through without stopping to show security their passes, looking at the giant man standing there I held out my pass for him to see. As he looked down at me, he started laughing, “You’re good doll face, go ahead.” he said. Why was I so funny to everyone tonight? I thought to myself.
As I looked around for Evan, I seen the two girls standing beside the massive drum set. Taking a place beside the quiet one, I nudged her arm to let her know I was there. Glancing over she shot a quick smile at me and resumed her focus on the crowd in front of her. Pulling out my phone, I quickly texted Evan to see where he was. Placing it back into my clutch, I took in the atmosphere of the venue. I had never been backstage at any event before, everything felt so electric.
Feeling a hand on the small of my back, thinking it was Evan I turned around to see a dark figure behind me. “Excuse me sweetie.” the man said as he moved behind me to take his place at his drum set. It was so dark in the venue I couldn’t see what he looked like, but his voice sent chills down my spine.
Immediately the sound of the drums filled my ears, turning around, I seen Evan and the man with the chilling voice drumming together. As I breathed out a sigh of relief that I finally spotted Evan, the man looked up to catch me eying him as he worked. My eyes were locked on him, I couldn’t look away if I tried. He had on a black hoodie, with the hood pulled down low around his face, but his eyes pierced through with no problem. Right after shooting me a smirk, the entire venue went pitch black.
I couldn’t see a thing, all I could hear was screams of the crowd. Feeling an arm brush up against mine, I leaned over to call out Evan’s name.
Suddenly the lights came on and the figure beside me started singing as he stared into my eyes. He had the bluest eyes I had ever seen, they were captivating.
“Jared.” he said as he leaned down to say into my ear right before he rushed onto the front of the stage.
As I stood there frozen, Allyson looked over at me and said, “That’s Jared.” Nodding my head, I now understood why the girl’s thought it was funny that I didn’t know who he was. They wanted to see my reaction to him. Apparently he knew the effect he had on women.
Feeling an arm wrap around my waist, I looked up to see Evan. I was glad it was him there beside me. He only had to disappear a couple of times throughout the night, but he always returned as quickly as he could. The two girls seemed to be enjoying themselves, they knew all of the words to every song, and the crowd loved them.
“What’s their name again?” I yelled into Evan’s ear.
“30 Seconds To Mars! It’s on your laminate babe!” he yelled back.
Picking up the piece of plastic hanging from my neck, there it was -plain as day- 30 Seconds to Mars. It had never crossed my mind to look at it, maybe because my night has been so eventful already. I repeated the name over and over in my head, it sounded so familiar. Their songs sounded familiar also. I couldn’t place where I have heard of them before though. Not giving it much thought, I glanced around at all of the members.
Asking Evan to explain who everyone was, he started by pointing to the guitar player on the opposite side of the stage.
“That’s Tomo.” Noticing there was a handful of girls on that side, I remembered Allyson’s remark about the random girls that come to the shows. Pushing that thought away, he pointed to a small girl holding a camera, “And that’s Vicki, his girlfriend.”
“That’s Jared, the one I said would take my life if I was late!” he yelled into my ear as he pointed towards the man with the ice blue eyes. He was crazy on stage. He really knew how to work a crowd.
Turning us both around to face the massive kit beside us, he said, “And that’s Shannon! He’s Jared’s brother, I work under him!” As Evan turned back around to face the stage, the drummer looked over to take control of my eyes once again. I could see his face now and he was beautiful. He had worked up a sweat also. His muscles glistened as the stage lights lit up his shirtless body. He was an animal on his drums, I had never seen anyone with as much energy as he had.
Quickly turning back around, I thought to myself how I shouldn’t be as attracted to him as I was. I faced the stage for the remainder of the show. I glued myself to Evan every time he returned by my side.
When the last song was sung, the lights went down once again. Grabbing my wrist, Evan pulled me closely behind him to stand by the wall until everyone made their way through the door. The venue lights came back on as the crowd made their way out of the concert hall.
“You did a good job tonight dude” the guy said to Evan. I noticed him, he was the guy that greeted us at the door when we arrived.
Evan told him thank you and he extended his hand to me, “Hi, I’m Ryan. I work under Jared.” As I shook his hand, I introduced myself. Taking her place by her boyfriend, Whitney took his hand and they made their way down the narrow hallway following the rest of the crew.
As I placed my hand in Evan’s we followed them. As we entered a small room at the end of the hall, I noticed all of the crew, the guitar player, the singer, and the group of girls I seen on the opposite side of the stage all lounging around the room talking amongst themselves.
Walking over to a table full of refreshments, Evan handed me a cold water as I noticed the guitar player and his girlfriend approaching us. They introduced themselves and Evan introduced me, they also explained how glad they were to have Evan working for them. Looking up at him, he had a huge smile on his face, he was really proud of this job, and I was really happy for him.
After saying their goodbyes, they both left the room, hand in hand. “How did you like the show?” I turned around to see Allyson and Chase standing behind me.
“I really enjoyed it. They seem so familiar to me though.” I said as Chase and Evan left us to start their own conversation. I liked Allyson, after our initial meeting, she seemed so nice and genuine.
After a brief conversation about the show, I heard the chilling voice approaching to our group as we all looked to see him in front of us. He was still dripping with sweat, but at least he had a shirt on now.
“Good job tonight!” he said to the guys. He greeted Allyson and joked around with her. As he faced towards me, he extended his hand, “Hi, I’m Shannon.”
I opened my mouth to introduce myself, but no sound came out. What was it about this man that made me act like this? I thought to myself as I stood there with my mouth open.
“This is Kayla, my girlfriend.” Evan said diffusing the situation as he nudged my arm.
Snapping me back into reality, I placed my hand into his and introduced myself. Pulling my hand to his mouth, he placed a small kiss on the top of my hand, as he looked at me from under his eyelids. His lips were so soft.
“Nice to meet you Kayla.” he said before he turned around and headed towards the group of girls. I watched him walk across the room with such confidence. He had an aura about him that I couldn’t understand.
“What’s wrong with you?” Evan asked me with a concerned look on his face. Explaining to him that it was nothing and I was just tired, we said our goodbyes and headed out of the venue.
The entire ride home, my thoughts were filled with the previous moments of the night. I had been so caught up in tonight’s events that it had slipped my mind that he left tomorrow afternoon for a two week tour. As we parked the car, I pulled him into the house behind me. I planned on staying in our bedroom until he left me tomorrow.
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