I started walking to the side of the stage, past the security guards, up the stairs and then finally up on stage. I looked at Ryshelle and Dani, who were standing awkwardly by the side of the platform, and mouthed to them "What are we going to do?"
"Go over to where they are." Ryshelle mouthed back. I could feel the stares of hundreds of jealous girls burning into the back of me. I walked over to Shaun. "Hey there." He said to me, away from the microphone.
"Hi" I said back. I looked behind me to see Dani making small talk with Bradie and Ryshelle standing next to Andy looking uncomfortable. Shaun turned back to the mike and all of the fans and said "So what's your name, gorgeous?" I blushed the deepest shade of red and answered "Andrea, but my friends call me Andie"
"Another Andy?"
"Well I spell mine with and i e so it is different." I said without thinking. Shaun just smiled and said "So any song requests, Andie?" I thought for a long time, my favourite song didn't really suit me being there and Sweet December had already been sung. "It's 4 U" I replied sheepishly. "It's 4 U it is then" he nodded at Bradie who then started drumming and, incidentally, Dani started swooning. Andy and Shaun started playing the familiar melody and then Shaun began to sing. I forgot about all of the people staring at me and just lost myself in the music. I sung and danced, completely at ease with myself. During the chorus Shaun moved the microphone between us and I heard my voice ring through the stadium. Instead of shying away, like I thought I would, I sang clearly and confidently, my voice in sync with Shaun's. The song ended and the stadium erupted in cheers. I finally broke my eyes away from Shaun's and looked out into the crowd. They liked my singing I thought to myself, They liked it! "Wow. She was great wasn't she?" I looked back to Shaun as he spoke, "Looks like we have another rising star." I blushed even redder when the stadium cheered. Shaun continued, "Well that's all we have time for tonight. You have been an awesome audience Perth!" With that he grabbed my hand took me off stage. I saw Bradie and Andy doing the same with Dani and Ryshelle. "So I guess you're pretty pumped" Shaun said to me when the screaming started to die down. I looked at him a puzzled expression. "I mean about the singing" he said seeing my expression, "You were really good."
"Thank you." I blushed again, I started to wonder if my face was going to stay permanently red, "You were too."
"Well thank you" He replied cheekily. At that moment our eyes met and it was almost like there was electricity running between us. "So what are we going to be doing back here?" Dani's voice broke my daze. Shaun was just about to speak when Drop Dead Gorgeous started playing. Ryshelle grabbed her phone, looked at the caller id and quickly walked off to answer it. "What's with that?" I mouthed to Dani. She just shrugged and turned to Shaun. "What were you going to say?"
"Well, I thought you guys could come party with us."
"Could you show me around backstage and everything?" I asked. I had always been curious about the set up behind the scenes at a concert.
"Sure" He replied "Make sure you go to Ryshelle? Is it?" I nodded. "So these two," he pointed at Bradie and Dani, who were staring into each other's eyes intently. "Alone" he finished, winking at Bradie, who then hit him. I suddenly thought about my mum.
"Oh crap! Before any of this happens I have to tell my mum where we are." Just as I was about to pick up my phone, Ryshelle walked back to us with a look of distress on her face. I instantly knew something was wrong because Ryshelle looked like she could burst into tears at any moment.
