LAST CHAPTER! so. this is quite possibly my favorite chapter... ever. i think its fracking adorable. tell me what you think... i still need about 14 or 15 more reviews to get to my goal of 100! please!
The guys do their normal sound check greetings and what not, and then ask for questions. The crowd goes crazy, and about 50 hands fly into the air. Logan looks over the crowd, and picks a girl in the middle of the group. "you! In the blue shirt. Whats your question?" he asks, smiling at her.
"uhm, I know kendall and carlos have tattoos, but what about the rest of you, and are you planning to get any?" she ask. Carlos lets out a chuckle. The other guys look at him and laugh, and kendall is the first to answer the girl. "well, I have my three, and I don't plan on getting any more. THEY HURT!" he tells her. The crowd laughs. "but, if I think of one that has meaning to me, and that I know ill like, ill probably get another."
Carlos is next. "funny story, actually. Uhm, I don't really have one… it was a henna."
"yeah, and tell them what it meant." james chuckles into the mic.
"wow. Not gunna let me keep any secrets, huh?" he laughs. "no , it meant courage and strength in Chinese. So, I told the guys and james, being the supportive guy he is, laughed at me and said 'funny. You didn't have the courage and strength to get a REAL tattoo.'"
The crowd gets a kick out of that story, and starts to laugh.
Logan smiles at the crowds reaction. "im not planning on getting any, but if I think of one that will mean a lot to me, and as long as its small, id be willing to get one I guess."
"same with me." james says. "another question?" he scopes out the crowd. "you" he says, pointing to a girl in the front.
"whos that?" she asks, pointing at dustin.
"oh this? This is our good buddy, dustin, or dbelt!" carlos answers. "lets tell them about dbelt!"
"well okay, uhm, hes big time rush's lead guitarist, and was in one of my first bands, heffron drive." kendall says.
"He is… uh, wait, how old are you?" james asks.
"im 27." dustin says, leaning over and answering into Carlos's mic."he is 27, and one of our best friends!" james finishes his last thought.
"tell them about yourself!" logans tells him.
"uhm, okay." he says, and carlos hands him a mic. "im dustin, I was in a band with kendall, and then we moved out to California. I have a sister, named Brittany, and im 6'2 (*he said this at the sound check I went to, but I cant remember how tall he is! Sorry!*)." he says.
Some girl in the crowd suddenly screams "YOURE TALLER THEN ME!" everyone looks over, including dustin and carlos. The girl who screamed it doesn't blush right away, but as soon as the crowd looks away again, you can see the girl that screamed it turn bright red, and her friend elbows her. You laugh.
"were going to sing a song… its called stuck, and we havent been singing it lately, and we love it. Sing along if you know it!" kendall says, and then dustin starts strumming the guitar.
The guys sing their song, answer a few more questions, then sing music sounds better with you.
"well, that's all we have for sound check…. Whos ready for some pictures?" james says, smiling as the crowd goes crazy.
"then we'll see you all out there!" logan says, winking at some girl as he walks off. Then, one of the security guys gets up and tells the girls how the meet and greets go, and you, ariana, Carissa, and mikayla go to chill back stage.
After a while of talking and just messing around, the guys come over and start hanging out. But then instead of talking to you, kendall pulls mikayla away. You look after him questioningly, but just shake it off. You go back to talking to everyone else, and then ariana says she has to go out on stage. She walks away, and winks and kendall. He gives her a slightly nervous look, but gives her a thumbs up. What the crap is going on here? You look at him and raise your eyebrows. He flashes you a smile, and then gives you a hug. What ever. You trust him… you love him, and he loves you. No problems… right?
Either way, you decide you want to watch the concert, so you sneak out to the front of the arena. Suddenly, ariana looks down, sees you, and then tells the person working the sound to stop the music. Oh boy. This might not be good…
"so." ariana says from the stage. "I have a friend here today… and I would really love it if she came up here to sing with me… because she is a great singer, and I want to be able to sing with her before this tour is over, and its done tonight! Who wants my friend to come up here?" the crowd goes crazy in response. You, on the other hand, are glaring at your red head friend.
She looks at you and gives you huge puppy dog eyes. And ariana? Not the easiest person to say no to. UGH.
"pleeeeeease liz?" she asks, staring at you. Next thing you know, your face is on the big screen because the camera guy is looking at you instead of ariana.
"ugh. FINE!" you yell at her. Her puppy dog face turns into a huge grin. She holds out her hand and helps pull you up on the stage.
"so! This next song is called Pink Champagne, and I know its one of liz's favorites, so im glad shes up here singing with me!" she says into her mic, handing you one.
"Ariana is also very spoiled, because she always gets me to do what ever she wants!" you giggle into your mic.
"but you love me!" she laughs back, giving you a hug.
"I do… and I also love your dress…. I don't feel like im dressed up enough compared to you…" you slightly whine. Her dress is a beautiful pink slightly poofy dress, and yours is just a very simple summer-ish white and pink summer dress.
"Nah… you look fine. doesn't she look nice?" araina asks, waving her arm at you. The crowd (surprise..) goes crazy.
"see? You look great. Now lets sing some!" she says. "you get the melody, I got the harmony, kay?"
"sounds good." you say, nervously looking out at the crowd.
"liz, chill. Just sing like you did when we did that cover." she says, reminding you of the time you and her made a you tube video singing. It sounded good… so you decide just to try to think it's a camera, not a crowd.
"every day im grinding, don't even get a week end. Been living my life in black and white no sleepin," she starts, and then you join in. "so tonight were gunna flip it, like in a new york minute."
You sing the song with her, and soon, the song is over. You might have extreme stage fright, but you have to admit, that was a LOT of fun.
"lets here it for my lovely friend liz!" ariana says, grinning at the crowd. They scream even louder than they were… whoa…
"well, thank you, ari, but im going to give you your stage back!" you say, handing the mic back to her, and hugging her before you getting off the stage. You go right backstage.
"liz, that was incredible! Who knew you could sing like that in public?" Carissa asks, running up and hugging you.
"apparently ari did…" you say, still kind of out of it.
"well you sounded amazing!" Carissa gushes.
"well thanks!" you smile.
"looks like some one is feeling a post concert high." kendall chuckles, walking up behind you and hugging you from behind.
"maybe…" you say, leaning your head back, and he leans forward to kiss you.
"well, no maybe about the fact that you did amazing. Im so proud of you, babe." he says, hugging you close. "but I have to go… we have to get ready for the show. You best be watching." he says, winking and walking away.
"well no shit Ill be watching." you mutter, walking over to Carissa and mikayla. Mikayla seems oddly happy. Or at least excited. What is with everyone?
"so, should we go to our spots?" mikayla says, grabbing yours and Carissas hands and pulling you towards the front of the stage.
You and the girls just chill watching ariana sing about 2 more songs, then waiting for the guys. Finally, they show up, rising from the floor, and the arena goes absolutely insane. You smile at your boyfriend as he comes out of the smoke and their voices take over the arena.
As the boys belt out the words to all their hit songs, you, Carissa and mikayla are just dancing and going crazy. Suddenly, the music stops, and you know for a fact that this hasn't happened before because you've seen the concerts via skype multiple times.
You look over at mikayla and Carissa. "do you two know whats happening?" you ask. By the looks on their faces, you guess they do. "seriously, whats going on?"
Both of them are smiling these huge, almost scary smiles.
"just wait!" Carissa shrieks.
You look back at the stage, and you can see kendall looking at you, and slightly shaking his head. The other guys are talking to him, and it looks like theyre trying to convince him of something. His eyes are really big, and he looks like hes trying to get out of what ever theyre trying to convince him to do.
"Carissa, mikayla, if you don't tell me what is going on, I swear-" you start to threaten them, but get interrupted by kendalls voice.
"uhm, im… uh, going to be" nervous cough. "uhm, doing something that I, uh, really hope works, but I need my girlfriend liz to, uhm, come up here for a second..?" he says, stuttering really bad, and you know from experience he doesn't do that unless hes really nervous.
"the hell is goin on?" you ask, starting to get a little scared.
"just go!" Mikayla and Carissa scream at you.
when you don't start moving, Carissa and mikayla grab your arms and start to pulling you up on the stage. When they get you to the stage, the hand your arms to james and carlos, who pull you all the way onto the stage and lead you over to your boyfriend, who takes your hands in his. "okay, first, can we sing cover girl?" he asks, looking like hes panicking, begging the guys to agree.
The sigh, but agree. They pull up some stools, and you sit on the one next to kendall, and the whole time, he sings right to you, and you can feel tears again, just like the first time he sang it to you 4 years ago.
After its done, he gets all nervous looking again, and honestly, youre getting worried. What the hell is happening?
Kendall looks nervously at the other guys, and they nod at him. He takes a deep breath then grabs your hands and looks right into your eyes.
"liz, I cant even begin to tell you how much you mean to me." he says, and you can hear the "aww"s from the audience. "and I honestly cant tell you where id be with out you… you mean the world to me… well, actually, you basically are my world. I love that I can hug you and say 'shes mine' to everyone. Youre the most beautiful girl ive ever met, and I am so happy that I have you." he says. Only in the back of your mind do you realize that there is about a thousand people watching this.
"im so happy that james picked you to be my cover girl that april night. Yes, my cover girl. As soon as I saw you, I knew you were something special. I hope that every person here-" he says, waving his arm toward the crowd, who at this point, is just a talking at a low mutter. "feels what I feel when im with you. I don't want to live with out you… you make me feel like im the luckiest man to ever walk this planet, and I really hope you feel the same way about me, because it would be an HONOR-" your heart stops as he drops to one knee. He keeps a hold on one of your hands and reaches in his pocket with the other. The hand he dropped is wiping away the tears that are falling from your eyes. He pulls out a small box, and when he opens it, you see the most beautiful ring you've ever seen. "to be able to call you my wife. Elizabeth Tasha Cardin, will you make me the happiest man ever by marrying me?" he says, the question at the end coming out barely loud enough to be a whisper. The arena is silent.
You cant answer right away… kendall just proposed to you… on stage… right after the song that basically started everything between the two of you. A couple of seconds pass, and a few tears roll down your cheeks. Kendall looks like hes about to explode, waiting for an answer. You try to say yes, but you cant talk. Instead, you nod. And as soon as your head bobs up and down once, kendall slips the ring on your finger, and picks you up and spins you. By now, youre basically crying like a baby because the guy you love just made you the happiest girl ever. Carissa, mikayla, and ariana all rush onto the stage, and logan, dustin, james, and carlos are all surrounding you, giving you hugs, and the arena is going insane. Beyond insane. Damn near rioting. Youre still crying, and hugging kendall. He gives you a kiss, and then sets you down. "lets hear it for my BEAUTIFUL wife to be!" he shouts into his mic, and the crowd is the loudest you've ever heard.
"well, im sorry to interrupt you two, but we have to get on with the show…" logan says, walking up next to you and putting his arm around your shoulders. You blindly get led off stage by ariana, Carissa, and mikayla because your eyes are still full of tears. Once you get off, the girls attack you, and start crying with you.
After the concert, the guys say good night to the crowd, and run off. Kendall is instantly next to you, and pulling you into a hug. There is basically an engagement party, and you and kendall cant stop smiling, or stay away from each other. At about 3 am, you, mikayla, and Carissa(shes staying with you for a night or two.) say good bye, and go home. The night couldn't be better.. Youre engaged, and have the night to spend with your two best friends, and tomorrow you'll be with your fiancé. You smile, being able to say that…. Who said theres no such thing as a perfect day?
so, i need to do it... im beyond sad my story is done, because it was so fun to have people appreciate it... thank you SO much to any one whose read this, reviewed it, added it to favorites, alerts, anything. it means so much, and i love you all for it.3
and on a different note... i think im putting "on a new note" on hold, and starting a new story... just wait for more details. i should have some up soon.
thank you again... i love you all!
-Haley Marie. xoxo
