[OLI'S POV]
As I made music for the crowd, I tried to search for the eyes that captured my soul. I tried to look for Natalie but she wasn't in the crowd anymore. Where could she be? I looked around some more but I wasn't able to find her anywhere. I shrugged it off and went on with the show. I couldn't give them a shitty one. Not today.
After the show, I got off the stage and went on to signing. There was still no sign of her anywhere.
"Dude, do you know where Natalie is?" I asked Matt who wasn't really paying attention to me.
"I saw her go out with this guy," a random stranger told me and I instantly propped up from the seat I sat in and went out the door. She wasn't there. I walked around searching for the face I loved so very much only to be let down and finding nothing but an open road and a building right on the other side. I sighed heavily and went back in.
I can't believe she just left like that. If she had to leave, she should've told me. The whole time I was signing things for the fans, I thought about where she could be but she's from America and it's been a month since her arrival so where the hell could she possibly be? I sat there stunned. It has been at least an hour and a half since she's been AWOL. She didn't call, no text messages, nothing. Nothing at all. So since I cared for her so much, too much actually, I got my phone out of my pocket and dialed her number and called. It went straight to voice mail.
"Hey Natalie, where are you? I've been looking for you for almost two whole hours. Please call me as soon as possible." I said casually with just a bit of anxiety. But in reality, I was worried. Really worried.
I don't know if she has a ride home. I don't know where she is. I don't know how I'm gonna sleep tonight not knowing where she is or who she's with. For all I know, it might be some cruel local trying to kill her or do something utterly disgusting or something like that. Not knowing something sucks and I hate not knowing why she left.
[NATALIE'S POV]
When I got out of the venue to see Steven, I thought that something bad might happen yet again but unusually, he was there to apologize and to make things up to me. I told him that he didn't need to but he insisted. I thought long and hard before getting in to the car and driving off with him. I should've called Oli but when I tried to look for my phone, I noticed that I left it in the room. I sighed silently to myself and hoped that he didn't really worry too much.
Truthfully, I was scared to be seated this close to Steven. For some reason I was terrified that something stupid might happen but I really wasn't planning to go anywhere with him. He just has his ways which is crazy because I have a head to but right now, it's malfunctioning and I'm not thinking straight. But that's not a good enough excuse now is it? No it isn't. It never is actually and I can't believe I actually agreed to this. Maybe he brainwashed me and placed me inside the car without even me knowing but that can't happen since I remember agreeing to him. I remember the words coming out of my mouth and I just wanted to take it back. This is total shit.
"Where exactly do you plan to take me?" I said breaking the very awkward silence that surrounded us way too much.
"Somewhere special," he said and I turned my head to look at him. I cocked an eyebrow at him. "What? Can't I do something special for someone who deserves it?" he said and I rolled my eyes at him.
"You do know I have a boyfriend who'll do that for me." I muttered under my breath and I almost heard him roll his eyes.
"But I don't think he makes you feel special." He said and I looked at him with eyes wide open. He crossed a line there.
"What did you just say?" I said starting to boil up with anger. He so did not know what Oli made me feel and he's not one to judge.
"Sorry, it's just that-"
"Save it, I don't wanna hear anything else." I said leaning putting my elbow near the car window and leaning on my clenched fist that pushed my cheeks in.
"No, look if it wasn't obvious already, I like you Natalie-"
"You hardly know me," I said cutting him off. He was getting on my nerve. I heard him heave a heavy sigh and then the car stopped in a parking lot of a place I didn't know.
"Look, just enjoy the night, okay?" he asked sweetly but I didn't fall for that.
"No, take me back." I demanded and turned to him. He seemed stunned. "That was an order. What are you waiting for?" I spewed out. I really wasn't in the mood for his stupid confessions so before he said or did anything else, he turned on the engine and we headed back to the venue. I got out as soon as he stopped and he sped away once I was on the side walk.
I really wasn't sure if I was supposed to just stand there in the cold or go in. But I decided to do the harder thing which was going in and facing Oli. Once I got the nerve to get in, I noticed that there were less people and that the band was just chilling on those comfortable seats that were set for them for the signing. I briskly walked over to them and apologized for walking out on their show but Oli wasn't there to hear it. Apparently he was in the bathroom taking a break so I walked over to the bathrooms and waited for him to come out.
It took about a minute or so until he came out with wet hands that he wiped on his shirt. When he saw me his eyes gaped open and he ran and gave me a bear hug. That took me by surprise but that was the thing for tonight. Surprises.
"Where've you been?" he asked with way too much anxiety after setting me down on my feet.
"I'll tell you but you have to promise me that you won't get mad." I said and thought that I was acting so kindergarten.
"How can I stay mad at you?" Oli said cupping my face in his hands. I held his wrists and looked in to his eyes and told him about the whole Steven incident and how stupid I was. He told me that I wasn't stupid but that was kinda expected but what I didn't expect was that he was actually happy after I told him that he apologized. Maybe he was hiding his emotions. Plastering a smile to disguise the frown.
"You're not mad?" I asked surprised.
"Nope," he said and he kissed me passionately. He has never really kissed me like this before and I still had so much to tell him like how sorry I was for missing the show. Wait, I mean walking out on him. I think that maybe that hurt him a lot but apparently, he was content with me just standing there with him. I never thought that this was how he would react but I can't really tell him that this shouldn't be his reaction. That would be stupid. That would be so me. And I didn't want to ruin the moment and surprise him and make him think that I didn't love him.
But as time went by, and while we hung out more and more last night, I thought about what Steven said. I was surprised and I didn't know that he would like me, like me. This was one hell of a night to say the least.