Thank you so much for the reviews/comments for this story. It might seem mad,but I now picture Brendan in tight leathers on stage,and really the concept to this ain't all that bad! ;D
Hope you enjoy this next chapter.
Rock Star
Chapter 2
The concrete floor was cold, and Sinead had to pull her legs up close to her chest to try and get warmer. They were the first ones there, waiting outside the ticket offices. Ste hadn't got a tent in the end, no, instead he's found two sleeping bags for them to use. Sinead was feeling very self conscious that she was sat out at stupid O clock in the morning, it was still dark and there were strange people wandering around coming back from late night clubbing or a heavy bender at the pub, they leered at her, and she didn't like it. Sinead looked at Ste next to her in his sleeping bag, he'd managed to somehow fall asleep despite where they were, he was probably dreaming about Brendan, she thought, but she wasn't going to let him sleep happily any more.
'WHACK!'
"Wha the, hey!" Ste woke up with a jolt and held his hand up looking at a very miffed Sinead."Why did you hit me? I was having a proper mint dream then too!"
"Oh who about I wonder? Oh yeah that's right Brendan. You know I love ya Ste but god please stop living in a fantasy world!" Sinead huffed her arms around her chest and shivered.
Ste looked on and suddenly felt bad "Shall we play I Spy? I mean I know you are bored, but this really means a lot to me" Ste smiled poking her playfully in the ribs.
"I Spy?! Yeah OK, I spy an idiot beginning with S!"
Ste looked forward puzzled before he realised and laughed. They both laughed . Ste reached into his bag and grabbed two cans of pop and handed one to her. The pop fizzed over when he opened the ring pull, and Ste drank it down quickly as the bubbles coursed down the back of his throat, brewing up in his stomach he belched loudly frightening some passerby's. They managed a giggle then; it passed some of the slowest hours they'd ever spent.
The bustling of a large gathering roused Ste from his slumber as he rubbed his eyes with clenched fists. He sat up quickly and saw the huge queue of people behind them. Ste shook Sinead vigorously on her sleeping bag and she moaned in disapproval batting his hand off her.
"Go away Ste, I'm sleepin!" Sinead yawned loudly opening one eye and seeing a pair of dirty trainers stood precariously by her face. Sitting up quickly she stroked over her hair and leaned forward stretching her neck to look at the sea of people waiting."Oh Wow"
"See! I told ya it was a good idea getting here early!" Ste got up out of his sleeping bag and rolled it up neatly into a bag he'd brought. Sinead did the same holding herself up on Ste's shoulder and fitting on her shoes again. They clacked at the pavement beneath her as she tried to steady herself, still dizzy from lack of sleep.
"Shall I go get us a coffee? You have our place in the queue anyway." Sinead offered yawning throughout her question.
"OK then, the ticket office opens soon, I'll just get em both for us yeah? Front row here we come baby!" Ste was so excited; he ended up high fiving a random person in the queue over their love of the band and mostly about Brendan being sex on legs. Sinead shook her head leaving Ste to it finding a local cafe to get some extra strong coffee's.
Brendan sat on the roadie bus and huffed out a long sigh. Yesterday had been one of those days, umpteen radio shows and stupid DJ's that always had to pry into his life like they had some unwritten right to. It was his business plain and simple. He glanced over at the others all sat doing their own thing, Simon was tweeting his many followers sparking a Twitter frenzy when he posted with a topless photo on the bus.
"Looking forward to the gig Brendan?" Dennis walks over and sits opposite offering a coffee.
"Hmm, thanks. Did ye remember my sugar?" Brendan asked blowing the coffee cooler
"Yep, half a bag full shoved in there, it's probably rock solid now mate!" Dennis chuckled as Brendan nodded.
"So, come on who's gonna start the bidding?" Warren and Simon saunter over together phones in hand tweeting replies to random fans of theirs.
"Ah come on fella's, don't ye get bored of this every time we have a concert?" Brendan drawled taking an extra gulp down of coffee settling back heavy in his chair.
"No Brendan, frankly we don't, we know one day you will crumble" Simon winked placing a crisp twenty into Warrens hand.
"Come on Dennis ,get that wallet open for once!" Simon ribbed him till he offered his own twenty note Simon putting in a third.
"Ye wasting your time, what's the point if none of ye are ever going to win?" Brendan shook his head looking at the lot of them beaming at him.
"I say It'll be this gig, this time you will find a guy you'll find irresistible" Warren beams confident.
"And I say he'll have brown eyes" Dennis added pointing an all knowing finger at Brendan
"I'm thinking it will be a fan!" Simon smirks at Brendan's face as it screws up at him.
"How long have we been together? My rule has always stayed, no fan could ever tempt me" Brendan stands his ground over the conversation, but it doesn't matter, they go through this before every concert. They want Brendan to find someone. Brendan however is more interested in the band and their busy schedule.
Ste and Sinead get their fluorescent green wrist bands and make their way to the front of the stage, The arena is pretty big, its lit brightly as they walk down the end aisle and gawp around at the seating and the high balcony's. They look up and smirk walking right to the front row, and they're a little in from the end seats. Ste has indigo jeans and a black T shirt on;complete with one of those fluorescent tubes you can get, and he figures he'll stand out more with it, but sees pretty much every fan has one.
Loads of them have signs too. He reads a few eyes widened. 'Brendan we love you' Dennis, can I strum your Guitar?" "You can bang my drums any time Warren!" "Hello Mum!" Ste frowns thinking he should have made one,but then again, second thought. They settle down on their seats and Ste decides take a random photo of the stage and tweets it to Brendan's Twitter.
' RockStarBradyB SteeeeHaaaay Hi, sat front row, can't wait to see you live!' He tweets it, along with the hundreds before, Brendan never tweets back though, Ste figures he's miles too busy, and receives millions of tweets every day. He's not that bothered; he hopes he at least sees them though.
The girls stood next to them are really friendly and they all start chatting giddy about the band and swoon over which member they would. They all have a right laugh till the area is now bustling, and its far from quiet, they are all screaming and the band haven't set foot on the stage yet. Worse though is the security, every time you stand up, they tell you to sit down.
"What's that all about?!" Ste yells in Sinead's ear.
"You're supposed to sit down during the concert Ste, that's what" Sinead screamed back, as the music started to play and the screaming intensified. They beamed and laughed at how loud it was, he knew they'd be going home half deaf. Then Ste's phone flashes in his hand and he looks at the screen. Sinead looks at the colour drain from Ste as his mouth gasps.
"Babe? STE?! What is it?"
"HE,HE HAS..." Ste can't speak and it begins to freak out Sinead to the point she grabs his phone quickly and looks on in shock.
' SteeeeHaaaay RockStarBradyB Great,on stage soon'
"Ste! He tweeted you, OMFG! Serious that is too weird, and amazing, bloody retweet it!" Sinead freaks out passing Ste back his phone he thumbs over the tweet and almost faints on the spot. He knows this is a sign now.
"We are SO meeting them, I tell ya! It's a sign!"
Brendan smiles as he replies to some of the fans on his Twitter, he doesn't always do it, but when he has time he tries to answer a few at least. He's sat in his dressing room in front of a massive mirror. He notices his stubble is coming along nicely, he wonders whether to go for a fuzzy beard for a new look as he strokes over his moustashe.
He stands up and admires his new leather jeans; they have a large silver buckled belt on them. Grabbing the red shirt he's picked out for the evening Brendan slides in both arms and tucks up his sleeves, buttoning half way stopping to show off a V shape of his chest.
The cross he wears hangs down lying against the hair and when he moves he shows off toned pecs and hardened nipples thanks to the coldness of the room. Brendan sits down and practices some songs as there's a knock at the door. A man enters the door and walks up behind Brendan placing his hands on his shoulders.
"I thought I told ye never to come in here?" Brendan looks up at the man through the mirror.
"Come on Brendan, you not usually shy?" The man smirks gripping his hands firmly over Brendan's shoulders moulding them in his palms
"Yeah well, usually ye know your boundaries, now go and get back to your job, and let me do mine" Brendan shrugs his shoulders trying to get the man's hands off him. He doesn't leave trailing his hands down over Brendan's chest thumbing over his pert nubs circling them he bends down to Brendan's ear.
"I'll see you on stage then, call me when you want to hook up again" Brendan closes his eyes gritting his teeth and sighs as he is left alone again, the door closes to with a click. He looks at himself in the mirror and shakes his head and pinches at his nose. Grabbing his microphone quickly he leaves his room and goes to meet up with the rest of the band again. Dennis and Warren are in Simon's dressing room Dennis playing some chords as Warren clicks his sticks together.
"There he is!" Dennis smiles playing sombre music on his guitar.
"Yeah, ye too Dennis. Where's Simon?" Brendan asks perching on the arm of the sofa.
"Thought he was with you? He said he had to leave for a bit?" Warren answered playing a drumming medley on every surface he can find to hit.
"Why would I have seen him?" Brendan snaps, as Simon walks in looking a little dishevelled.
"What happened to you? Take a backwards walk through a bush?" Dennis sniggers.
"Er, no I didn't" Simon glances at Brendan then grabs his guitar. "Sorry, I got side tracked, wanna have a jam before we go on?"
"Yeah, the support act has just gone on stage; let's belt a few out before we go out there" Brendan agrees.
"We are still talking songs here, Right?" Dennis drawls as the others groan loudly.
As the support act sings and dances on the stage Ste looks through his phone, and looks over the msg he received off Brendan. He can't believe how happy he feels. The girls next to him are getting excited and keep knocking into Ste so he leaves his phone and starts to enjoy the show.
As the support act comes near to the end of their last song Ste notices a tall woman dressed in a suit pointing to various fans near the front. He hitches a breath realising she's picking out random fans to meet the band after. He nudges Sinead and shows her screaming down her ear to do everything in her power to get them noticed.
The woman is walking closer to Ste and Sinead and they make eye contact and she smiles and whispers to the security behind her. And they talk to the fans she points too. Ste freezes to the spot as his heart beats slow, this is what he's been waiting for. Then disaster strikes as some of the fans push forward quickly and the two girls they'd been chatting with get trampled. Ste ducks down to them trying in vein to push back the crowd and help them. They are screaming because they're hurt and Ste manages to push them back enough to grab the girls up and get help for them.
Sinead calls to security who help the girls over the metal bar separator and they thank Ste for being amazing. Sinead gives Ste a big hug and they start to watch the stage again, but then Ste remembers, the woman he saw. He looks around frantic,but he sees her walk off back stage somewhere, and it's too late. He missed his chance to meet Brendan and he's devastated.
Brendan and the band come on the stage not long after though and he forgets how sad he is and enjoys watching Brendan gyrate his hips around that stage like some kind of art form. Ste swoons and his heart beats really fast, watching Brendan dancing around and singing his heart out and Sinead pokes Ste in the ribs and points up to Simon as he removes his t shirt and the crowd go crazy.
The band all get up to leave and get onto the stage, they can all hear the crowd calling for them all to get on stage and it warms Brendan's heart to hear them. Dennis goes to open the door as their Manager walks in, she just happens to be Brendan's sister too.
"Hey Chez, how's the crowd tonight?"
"Good babe, they're all screaming their hearts out for ye all" Cheryl sees Warren and smiles walking over to him "Hi Warren, and how are your drums doing?
"Banging Chez, just bangin" Warren winks as Brendan clears his throat loudly.
"Yes so I picked out some fans for ye to meet and greet, a couple got injured in a slight crush, so they will be part of the selection, that OK for ye?"
"Yeah, are they alright?" Brendan walks up to Cheryl and looks concerned. "Hmm, one of the crowd helped them actually, could've been worse otherwise" Cheryl replies looking at her chart with the fans' names on it.
"Right that was nice of her, she's on the list too yeah?"
"He, and No he isn't, you only have a small group those two girls were the last"
"No, ye go find him, and whoever he's with, bring them backstage too OK?"Brendan finished and he gestured to the band and they followed. Warren pinched Cheryl's arse on the way out making her squeal and blush.
"Later sweet cheeks" Warren winks leaving the room.
They get to the side stage and run on and the crowd goes from nuts to crazy in a second's breath. The lights beam down hot onto Brendan's body glistening off his cross and starts banging the drums and Simon and Dennis play on the guitars to perfection. Brendan grabs the microphone from the stand and rocks out the bands songs one by one.
Brendan sings a ballad and as usual he leans down low to the front row and catches the eyes of the fans. He's singing and enjoying the music and then spots Ste in the crowd, they have a brief chased look but it's enough for Brendan to continue looking back at him through the song. He hitches a breath when Ste sees him looking and smiles. He looks away quickly and keeps singing,their eyes meet at the end of the song,and then Brendan manages the smallest of smiles back.
Knickers and bras get thrown onto the stage and Brendan smirks and picks up a bra and asks who it belongs too, and the fans go wild, it's everyone's bra right then. A teddy comes flying at Brendan and he catches it in his hands as he runs across the stage singing. Looking at the teddy, 'Be mine' its says on a cute heart in the middle.
"Who is this for? Me?" The fans roar, "Warren?" He points to all the band members "Dennis?" "Simon?" The crowd is deafening as Brendan places the teddy on the drums and sings through the rest of the concert piece. He doesn't dare look at the man in the crowd again.
They finish the last song and leave the stage. Ste is sat down on his chair next to Sinead; he enjoyed the concert, but couldn't get past how close he came to meeting the man he loved. He definitely smiled at him too,didn't imagine it. Sinead took Ste's hand and squeezed it gently.
"Come on babe, I know you are disappointed, I promise we'll go to the next concert and try again to meet them OK?"
Ste sighed loud and nodded in agreement "Yeah, I was just kidding myself, but hey, he still tweeted me!" Ste beamed
"That's the spirit! Come on let's go home buy a shed load of chocolate ice cream and indulge!"
They walk back up towards the exit linking arms and chatting away.
"Excuse me!?" Cheryl rushes up to them fast as she can in her heels. "Sorry, can you wait a moment"
"Hi, I saw you earlier didn't I?" Ste screwed up his nose thinking."You pick out the fans to meet the band?"
"Yes I do, and I was going to pick ye both but then those girls got hurt and I put them on the list instead"
"Look we know this already, my friend is gutted about it so please can we just leave now?" Sinead asked grabbing Ste's arm.
Ste stopped her "Hang on, how are the girls, I mean they aren't too injured?" he hopes not as they were lovely people.
"No, they're OK and look my brother has asked to see ye, please can ye follow me?" Cheryl gestures to the back stage as she gets flanked by bodyguards.
"Who is your brother?" Ste asked following Cheryl and looking back at Sinead puzzled.
"Brendan is" Cheryl smiled.
Brendan is sat in his dressing room when Cheryl knocks on the door, he nods and grabs a pen and follows her through to a large room where the other band members are signing autographs. He meets the girls that got hurt and gives them a hug and tickets to their next concert before posing with them for photos.
Brendan doesn't know what makes him look up, but as he holds a girl around the shoulder and her mate takes the photo his eyes see Ste. His heart beat stops,it's the man he saw in the crowd on stage. He is talking with Warren and Brendan notices a pretty red haired girl stood with him. Brendan licks his lips and blinks as the phone camera flashes at him. Brendan signs some more autographs and hides away in a corner gesturing to Cheryl to come over to him.
"Who is that?" Brendan asks her while pointing to Ste
"Dunno babe, ye asked to see him; he saved the two girls, why ye ask...Hey ye OK? Ye look like you've seen a ghost" Cheryl places a hand on Brendan
"He's...Beautiful, god" Brendan breathes a shaky sigh as Cheryl moves closer to Brendan and looks back at Ste
"Ye, like him? Shall I go...?"
"NO, I mean no Chez, I gotta go"
"Wait, Brendan he's here to meet ye, come on an autograph,photo?" Cheryl asks as Brendan shakes his head and leaves quickly rushing into his dressing room, he rustles through his bag and finds a bottle of Whiskey and swigs from the bottle. Brendan can't breath; he hasn't felt like this in, well he doesn't think he ever has. It panics him.
Cheryl holds her head in her hands and curses her brother. Warren Simon and Dennis all come over to her and ask where Brendan has got too.
"Have ye met him yet?" Cheryl points over to Ste as he looks sheepish back at her and shrugs to Sinead
"Who Ste? Yeah just spoke with him, seems a great bloke, fan of Brendan" Warren replies looking back at Ste and he then widens his eyes back.
"No taste then Ha!" Dennis jokes, to himself he realises when no one else laughs.
"Why Cheryl? And where is Brendan, not like him to run out on his fans"
"That's just it though, that's why he bloody ran, he likes him. Our Bren has just told me that bloke there is beautiful" Cheryl points to Ste and now they're all staring at Ste and he gets paranoid.
"Right! Enough with the staring! What the hell is wrong with you people, we only came to meet the band!"
"And where's Brendan? Ste has been wanting to meet him for ages!" Sinead interrupts
"Is that so? You like Brendan, Ste?" Warren asks looking wide eyed at the others.
"Course, who wouldn't I mean god he's..."
"Beautiful?"
"Well I was gonna say gorgeous, but yeah...hang on why are you asking me these questions?" Ste points to them all as they start to smile.
"You're coming with me Ste!" Warren grabs hold of Ste and drags him to Brendan's dressing room.
Warren barges in but Brendan isn't alone, a man is stood up very close to him sucking at his neck. Brendan gasps seeing Warren but more so Ste. He winces seeing hurt in his eyes as Ste turns and runs out.
"What the hell?! Since when have you two been at it?" Warren looks on shocked.
"It's nothing Warren, just you know, fun. Why did ye have to show him though?" Brendan pushes the man away and straightens out his trousers. "Ye idiot, did ye see how upset he was?"
"Who? Mr Beautiful? So you do like Ste then?"
"Ste? Ye mean Steven? He's the most beautiful man I've ever laid my eyes on but..."
"But? Get after him!" Warren screams at Brendan as the other man sniggers.
"Brendan, call me yeah?" The man walks past Warren and smiles.
Brendan takes a long gulp of Whiskey "Can't, he's a fan"
"Oh you are a proper twat sometimes, and what the hell are you doing with him, of all people? Warren grabs the Whiskey and drinks some down as the brown liquid makes him cough
"Go after him, he feels the same about you" Warren points to the door.
"What as a fan of a famous Rock Singer? Sure he does, I'm not chasing that, don't do fans!"
"You fucking idiot, he could've been your chance at happiness, those rules of yours will make you a lonely man" Warren slams down the whiskey bottle on the table and walks out of the door.
Brendan holds his fists up to his head closing his eyes.
Ste fights back the tears and grabs hold of Sinead. That's it, he tells himself, no more, ends right here this stupid obsession.
"We're leaving!" Ste cries walking them out
"Wait! Ste please" Warren rushes past the band and Cheryl who wonder what on earth is happening.
"Gerroff me! You're all a bunch of twisted idiots, I must have been mad to..."
"He likes you Ste! Told me you were the most beautiful man he'd ever seen..." Ste stopped and hitched a breath turning around to Warren
"What?"
"He can't...god he has this stupid rule, where he can't date fans, thinks you only like him cos of the fame thing" Simon walks over to Warren and places a hand on his shoulder
"It's true, we have known Brendan years, never once has he spoken of anyone like that before" Simon nods as Ste shrugs it off. He walks to the exit and looks back.
"I ain't no fan of his, he tweeted me earlier, and I felt so happy. Then I see he's just jumped up consumed by his fame. He's welcome to it, to you. I'm so done" Ste grabs Sinead's hand and they leave after Sinead gives Simon her number telling him to call her.
Ste storms off leaving Sinead to sort them out a taxi,he wants to get some fresh air. As he rounds the corner he sees the bands tour bus and stomps over to it,kicking against one of the tires in anger.
"Ye know,that won't make things any better"
Ste spins around and watches Brendan climb down the stairs from the bus,he leans arms folded against it,and Ste thinks he's fit as hell,but he's also still mad.
"Where's the leech?" Ste asks kicking stones with his feet.
"What?" Brendan stands up straight
"The one who was sucking at your neck,he a vampire?" Ste kicks a stone and it hits the side of the bus. Brendan pushes away and walks closer to Ste.
"He's...nobody,a distraction"
"A distraction from what?" Ste asks walking over to a tree and leaning back against it with one of his knees bent up to rest on it.
"Ye,a distraction from ye" Brendan moves closer to Ste as he looks up at him through his lashes.
"OH" Ste licks his lips as he moves his head up to Brendan,he's so close he can feel the body heat between them.
They gaze into each others eyes for an age,pupils flicking side to side rapidly,Ste wants to kiss those lips and their so fucking close if he pushed the tip of his tongue out he'd taste him.
"Do it" Ste flickers his gaze from Brendan's eyes to his lips
"No" Brendan feels Ste's breath mix with his own gasps,can hear his deafening heart beat throb through his ears.
"Kiss me"
"No"
"You want it"
"I can't"
"Coward" Ste pushes Brendan away from him and rushes around to find Sinead. Brendan pants hard and fists into the tree Ste was moments before stood wanting him,Brendan walks hurriedly to where he ran to and sees Ste get into a taxi and drive away.
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