I throw on a pair of jeans and grab Ashton's hand. The other boys leave before us and make their way through the crowd. Ok. Breathe. I've done this before. No need to worry. I'm fine. It's going to be fine.
We leave the bus and walk towards the entrance of the radio station. This time wasn't as bad since the fans were held back by a barrier. The screams were still incredibly loud though. We make it into the building rather quickly since the guys didn't stop for too many people.
"That wasn't too bad." I say once we get inside. Ashton laughs.
"You'll get used to it, don't worry." Michael reassures me.
"Do you not like the fans? Are they rude? Did one of them say something to you?" Calum asks sweetly.
"No, it's not that. I just don't feel comfortable being surrounded by so many people." I explain. Ashton gives my hand a reassuring squeeze as a lady leads us into a room with a little white couch.
He kisses me quickly. "You can wait here and watch us from behind the camera."
"Ok." I smile. He drops my hand and goes to sit down with the other boys. A man comes in, about 30-35 years old and sits in the chair next to the couch. He introduces himself as "Joey Plazcon" and shakes all the guys' hands.
"Ok, are you boys ready for this?" He asks. "Yeah, let's do this!" Calum says.
The cameraman gives them a thumbs up, signaling they had started rolling. "Hello my name is Joey Plazcon on 103.5 Hitz and today I am joined by," he points to every boy as he says their name, "Calum, Michael, Ashton and Luke, also known as 5 seconds of summer!" He finishes enthusiastically and the boys cheer. "So, welcome to Vegas boys."
"Thank you, we're very excited to be here. Although we can't really do much." Calum says, laughing a little. The other guys laugh too and the interviewer cuts in.
"Oh that's right! Are any of you 21?"
Ashton raises his hand. "I am, but they don't let us do anything. We don't have a lot of time to go out."
"And he wouldn't leave without us, right Ashton?" Michael asks.
"I would never leave you Michael." Ashton says giving him an over exaggerated smile and Michael pretends to blush.
The interview is filled with the same old questions, 'What's tour like?', 'What's your hair going to be next, Michael?', 'Where's your favourite place to tour?', 'Do you still keep in contact with the 1D lads?', 'What's it like having your own headline tour?', and finally they got to the 'most important' question.
"So, boys. As I'm sure every girl at home wants to know, who's single and who's taken?" The interviewer asks.
"I'm single" Michael says, raising his hand and winking at the camera.
"Me too." Calum says.
The interviewer looks at Luke and Ashton. "And you have a girlfriend right Luke?"
I can see Ashton tense up in his seat as he cuts in. "No, I'm the one with the girlfriend actually." He says politely correcting him.
"Oh, I thought I saw a picture of Luke and this girl on a magazine." The interviewer says, genuinely confused. 'This girl' wow, thanks Joey. My hands begin to sweat and I start to rub them on my jeans. This is it.
"No," Luke cuts in. "I was actually out with Dani, Ashton's girlfriend, to get a present for him. She didn't know what to get him so she asked me to help. While we were walking around, the paparazzi must have shot a picture and made a quick assumption." He smoothly glosses over the truth of why we were shopping but he surprised both me and Ashton with his quick cover-up. I didn't think he'd be able to deny his relationship with me like that.
"Oh, well that must have been frustrating to see that on the magazine, right Ashton?" The interviewer asks.
"No, not really. I knew it wasn't true. Dani and I have been dating for months. It was a little worrying that people who know that we're dating would see it and think that she was cheating on me, which she would never do. Dani is sweet and funny and perfect and I didn't—don't want anyone to think any less of her." Ashton says finishing the last sentence while looking straight at me and giving me a small smile.
Luke looks down and nods while Ashton's speaking.
"Well, that definitely clears a couple of things up! Thank you 5 seconds of summer for joining us today,"
"Yeah."
"No problem."
"Thank you."
"Any time."
"and I wish you good luck for your show tonight!" The interviewer finishes.
The cameraman signals that the interview had ended allowing Ashton to get up off the couch and come hug me. "Thank you so much for saying that." I whisper.
"I only tell the truth." He replies kissing me.
***Three hours later***
After the interview the bus was quiet for a while. The guys were relaxing, listening to music or chatting quietly. It was long after that that we finally reached the venue. This venue was slightly different from the venue in San Francisco. The arena was slightly bigger and backstage was definitely fancier, Las Vegas sure knows how to make bands and their fans feel special.
I lay on the couch with my head in Ashton's lap as he's listening to music, tapping to the beat with his hands against my legs. I look up at him and smile, causing him to smile back. He then starts to mouth the words to whatever he's singing to me. I can't quite make out what he is saying at first, but then I realize he's mouthing the words to 'Hey There Delilah' by the Plain White T's. I blush.
"Time Square can't shine as bright as you, I swear it's true." He sings out loud. I lean up and pull him in for a kiss. His hands slip under my back as he pulls me up and moves his hands up my back to support me. I scoot myself onto his lap and throw one arm around his shoulder and the other around his waist. I move my hand into his hair and twirl my fingers around. He squeezes my thigh and rubs it gently.
"I'm so relieved." I say taking in a deep breath.
"Me too." He says back as he starts to massage my shoulders. He kisses me on the forehead quickly. "Okay, well I gotta go get ready. The show starts in 20 minutes." Ashton says as he carefully lifts me off his lap and places me beside him. I get up and follow him so that I can take my place backstage again. We walk down a long corridor until we reach the sides of the stage.
I look out and see thousands of fans seated outside singing along to the playlist playing over the speakers.
"Hey." Someone says from behind me. I turn around and see Luke. I haven't said anything to him since the interview.
He walks up and stands beside me. I lean over and give him a hug. "Thank you Luke" I say softly. He smiles at me.
"Oi! Luke! Come here!" Calum shouts. Without saying anything else, Luke runs off to Calum. I slowly make my way to the very back of the stage where the guys normally entre the stage.
I run up to Ashton and kiss him on the cheek seconds before he gets on stage. "Break a leg" I say winking at him.
"Did you just wink at me?" He says jokingly, winking back at me.
I laugh "I love you." I say kissing him. The lights go down and I run to the side of the stage so that I can see them come out. Ashton starts hitting his drums a couple times, making the crowd go crazy. Luke then strums the first chord of the concert and I swear I went deaf then and there from the screams.
After a while, I decide to go lay down in the back room since I hadn't gotten a lot of peaceful sleep in the past two days due to all the commotion between Luke, Ashton and I.
***After the concert***
With my eyes still closed, I feel a dip in the couch. A hand then starts rubbing my leg softly.
"Look guys, she fell asleep." Ashton whispers to the other boys. He brushes my hair out of my face as I try to keep my eyes closed, pretending to sleep. The guys stay in the back room for a couple minutes, allowing me to listen to their conversation. I'm not snooping, I'm just curious.
They talk about the concert and crack some jokes. Nothing too unusual. It was nice to hear Luke talk to Ash and hear them both laughing. Before long, Ashton gets up from the couch.
"Okay, lets head to the van." Michael whispers.
"I can't wait to sleep in an actual bed tonight." Calum says as the boys agree.
"So, since Ashton's sharing a room with Dani, how are we gonna split up without someone being alone?" Michael asks.
"I can sleep alone it's fine." Luke whispers.
"No. All three of us can share a room. We can always ask the hotel people to bring in an extra bed." Calum replies. The guys all agree.
"Babe?" Ashton whispers as he lightly shakes me.
"Yeah?" I say sleepily.
"We have to get in the van now and go to the hotel." He whispers. I prop myself up and grab his hand before we start walking out the room, following the other guys. "Did you sleep well?" Ashton asks.
"Yeah. I'm sorry I went back here to sleep. I just haven't slept well in the past few days and-" Ashton cuts me off by grabbing my cheeks and pecking my lips. I smile.
"Well you'll just have to make it up to me back at the hotel." He says cheekily, leaning and kissing me again.
I blush and raise an eyebrow. "Oh really? And how will I do that?" I ask innocently.
He just smiles. "You'll find a way." He then winks at me and wraps his arm around my waist as we both hop into the van.