Chapter 2
The final preparations were underway for the first concert on the tour. The girls were all sitting cross-legged on the floor, curling and straightening each other's hair. Meredith, for a change, decided to have her hair straightened this time. It felt different. She rarely ever straightened her hair, although, she did go through a phase where she liked her hair straight, but it had surpassed after only a few weeks. Although, Lauren had convinced her to straighten it for that night, and the girl in question was sitting behind her excitedly, slowly straightening her hair.
"So, how's Tim?" she asked.
Meredith's face immediately fell.
"He's okay, I guess…" Meredith's voice drifted off
"Mere… are you two okay? You didn't have another fight, did you?"
"No! Everything's fine! I Just didn't get to say goodbye to him this morning because he had to leave for work early"
"Oh" Lauren nodded. The pair said nothing else.
"Sorry" Lauren hung her head down "I didn't realise…"
"Don't apoligize, Lo! I just miss him, that's all. I'll survive" Meredith forced a smile.
Lauren nodded.
"Okay, well I think you're done, gorgeous!" Lauren set the hair straightener down.
"Thanks, Lo!" Meredith smiled, but it was somewhat weak. The two girls stood up.
"Do you want me to do your makeup Lo?" Meredith asked.
"If you like" Lauren smiled.
"Okay! Do you want it done in a particular way?"
"Yeah, just make sure it's not too much and that it matches my outfit" Lauren requested.
"Sure thing" Meredith smiled, grabbing a makeup bag.
Brian, who was standing outside the door, watched them, smiling. He was just about to come in and tell them that they would be on in 5 minutes, but he decided just to let them be for a couple of minutes.
The pair was extremely close. It didn't seem so to any of the StarKid fans, but they were. Brian smiled at the sight of the pair giggling, before knocking on the door.
"We're on in 5, girls" he told them.
"Okay" they replied in unison.
"Your hair looks nice, Mere" Brian complemented before he could stop himself.
"Thanks" Meredith replied softly, blushing slightly.
Brian smiled in her direction before walking out the door.
A few moments later, Lauren started laughing.
"What?!" Meredith asked, starting to laugh herself.
"You're blushing!" Lauren pointed to her cheeks.
"No I'm not! It's just my makeup!"
"Bullshit, Meredith, you're blushing because Brian told you he liked you hair!"
"No! Shut up, Lauren" Meredith giggled, nudging Lauren on the shoulder.
Lauren poked her tongue out at Meredith.
"Come on, we need to go"
The two girls stood up and went to join everyone in the show circle.
Meredith sat down, slightly tired and exhausted, but extremely pumped and excited. The deafening cheers of the StarKid fans in the crown still rang in her ears.
"Good job, Mere" she heard a voice; Lauren.
"You too!" Meredith smiled, hugging her friend.
Just like after every show, they all hugged, and laughed, and some (Julia) even cried just until everyone in the crowd had left.
Meredith went around, making sure she hugged everyone. After her third hug shared with Lauren, Meredith counted everyone on her fingers, making sure she hadn't forgotten anyone.
"Missing anyone?" she heard a familiar voice behind her. Meredith's eyes grew alarmingly wide, as she turned around and hugged the person she'd forgotten about.
"I'm so sorry, Brian, I completely forgot about you" she apologised.
"That's okay, Mere" he replied, with a smile. He kissed her lightly on the head.
Meredith felt her cheeks reddening, biting her lip. But the still clung onto Brian, enjoying the feeling of his warm embrace.
That was when Lauren purposely cleared her throat as loud as possible, suggesting that the hug had been going on for a while.
"Oh" Brian and Meredith giggled nervously, pulling away quickly, flustered.
Brian and Meredith shared a small, sheepish smile, before Brian walked away.
Lauren nudged Meredith on the shoulder. Blinking, she turned her attention to Lauren, who had a large smile on her face.
"What?" Meredith asked.
Lauren sniggered.
"Nothing" she shook her head "I'm going to go and get changed"
"Okay"
As soon as Lauren was gone, Meredith sat down.
What was that all about? She wondered. She eventually decided to think nothing of it. Who knows what's going through that girl's head? She thought, standing up and skipping off to the dressing room.