STEVEN WAS PACING around his dressing room holding the two tickets in his hand, he was nervous as hell he knew that Brendan and his best friend Joel something, he didn't remember his last name would be knocking at his dressing room door at any second now and he was supposed to dislike him more than anything but how could he since he helped him and said those things about him on the telly, but was it real or just an act. 'He helped me; he didn't go with some nameless faced man. How can he be so bad? It was him growing up, changing, just like the song hard was supposed to be about' thought Steven with a shake of his head once he heard a knock at the door.

Steven sat down on a black leather couch and closed his eyes for a second.

"Come in" said Steven his voice cracking

The door slowly opened and Steven looked up and saw the two handsome men walk in. Brendan had a beautiful bouquet of flowers in his hand.

"Hi Steven, are you alright?" asked Brendan with concern

"Yes, yes I'm fine thank you, just a little nervous about tonight, I always get this way before performing at my first concert in a different state" said Steven half telling the truth.

Steven stood up from the couch.

"Thanks again for the tickets. This here is my best friend; Joel Dexter"

"Nice to meet you Joel I'm Steven most people call me Ste." said Steven shaking Joel's hand.

"Thanks for the tickets" said Joel sweetly

Joel slightly nudged Brendan's arm.

"Oh, these are for you" said Brendan handing Steven the bouquet of flowers.

"Thank you, that's very thoughtful of you." said Steven as he took the flowers out of Brendan's hand and their hands briefly touched.

"Oh and these are for you both" said Steven handing the tickets to Brendan.

"Thanks very much, well I guess we'll see you later then" said Brendan.

"Yeah, maybe, I hope you enjoy the show"

"He always does" said Joel with a smile

When Joel and Brendan left the room, Pauline walked into the room.

"You're on in 30 minutes, just breathe and everything will be ok. Don't think so much Brendan has been to almost every one of your shows. What's the big deal now?"

"Thanks. Oh nothing just being silly I guess."

"Welcome" said Pauline before kissing her son on the top of his head.

"I'M TALKING about talking about you baby, that's what I want, nothing else will do, and what can I do. You drive me crazy with the way you to talk the way you walk. I want you and no one else will do" sang Steven as he walked around the stage with a black electric guitar in his hands. He stopped a few times and grinded his hips all the guys and the women went gaga over him, screaming, clapping, and some were singing out the lyrics.

"I want you and every single night, I'm know I could make you feel alright, I want to touch you from your hair to your toes as long as we're together anything goes." rapped Steven's backup singer; Noah Baxter.

ONE GUY tried grabbing on to Steven's leg and guards pushed him away. Brendan noticed what was going on and looked up and saw that Steven was looking down. Then Steven walked over to the side of the stage and wiped his sweat off his face on a towel and took it with him and pointed to the guy that was just grabbing his leg and handed him the towel.

The fans went nuts over what Steven had just done including Brendan. Brendan smiled and Joel couldn't help but notice.

"Thank you all you've been a wonderful audience. Peace out" said Steven giving his fans the peace sign.

Steven left the stage while the band was still playing. Then with one hit of the drums the band stopped and the stage lights shut off.

STEVEN RAN backstage to his dressing room and took a quick shower and changed into something more comfortable to wear.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Yes" said Steven out of breath from getting dressed and performing on stage; he still felt the performance throughout his whole body. Usually the only way for him to be centered again after a show was to sit down and meditate.

"Hey, Brendan just left you a note" said Pauline

"Thanks"

Pauline placed the letter on Steven's dresser and was about to leave.

"Wait" said Steven as Pauline was about to close the door behind her.

"What?" asked Pauline

"Are Brendan and Joel still here?" asked Steven

"No, they left already"

"Thanks"

Pauline closed the door and Steven sat down on the same leather couch as the one he sat on earlier that night. He felt a bit disappointed that Brendan and his friend didn't come backstage. 'Maybe Brendan really does have more important plans than to see me', he thought as he began to read Brendan's letter.

Hey Steven

Great show as always, thanks again for the tickets I really appreciated it. It was cool what you did for that fan. See you around soon. By the way I really like what you did to your hair.

BB.

Steven touched his hair it was shaved on the side and spiked up a little on top.

'I didn't think he noticed' thought Steven with a smile.

Steven folded the letter and put it in her jean pocket.

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