MiraJane organises a car to come and pick us all up and take us to the venue. The boys were scheduled to play as our support act so they came with us. The hall that MiraJane booked looks amazing! It looks like an underground nightclub! It's not like the venues that we play on tour but this is more of our scene. I think MriraJane did that so that we would feel more comfortable. Walking into the room that we are playing in, I notice the black walls covered in stickers of bands that have been here before, I see an all black stage up the very end with black curtains with our logo on them and I turn around to see a large bar behind us. It looks amazing! It really fits the album that we created in the studio not so long ago. I hear footsteps behind me and I see the girls come in and gawk with me at the enormity of the room and the situation at hand. We are actually standing in the room that we are going to be playing our album launch at!

We stand there for a while just watching the technical crew building and setting the stage for the night. It's around 3 pm by this point and the actual gig starts at 7 pm meaning that we have time to kill. MiraJane and the boys eventually find us and we are transported to the backstage area since the press were starting to make their way into the venue to set up their equipment early.

We all sit there for a few hours just chatting like we used to do on tour but tonight I am just not feeling it. I know that Natsu told me to ride off the nerves but this is starting to get too much. I check my watch and notice that we have two hours until All Fired Up have to be on stage. Usually by this point the boys would be getting ready, but it was very weird seeing that they were still hanging with us. I guess that the pressure has now been turned 360 and it's our turn to now panic.

I manage to sit there for about half an hour before it all gets too much and I walk out, feigning to use the toilet and I manage to find a fire exit that has clearly been used by the crew as a smoking area. I can't take it any longer and I run as fast as I can when I see that door open slightly and I am welcomed by fresh cold air into my lungs. I take long heavy breaths of this amazing air and I start to somewhat calm down. I start to pace and it makes me feel better. It's silent. It's peaceful. I now have time to think with no one-

"Are you okay Luce?"

Oh for fuck sake! Can't a girl panic in peace! I turn around to have a go at the voice interrupting my breakdown but I change my mind when I notice that Natsu is behind me. We just look at each other, nothing needing to be said. I know what I needed to do… so I wrap my arms around him and hold on tight not letting go in the slightest. I take a deep breath and I decide to face my fear head on.

"I'm scared Natsu."

"Why? I thought that we covered that this morning?"

I shake my head "What if no one turns up tonight? What if we muck up our set? What if we go on tour and nobody shows up there, what if no one buys our album, what if we fail and get dropped by our label, what if the tour is a bust? What if I lose you after all of this because I'm gone all of the time? What if-"

"Stop Luce!" I hear Natsu stopping me mid sentence.

"You're just panicking. None of that is going to happen tonight. You are going to have a fantastic night! You are going to love this and remember this for the rest of your life! Believe me. I've been there and I can tell you now that it was the best night of my life before meeting you."

I hug him tighter and hide my face into his chest thinking that if I can hide, I won't have to do this.

"I already told you this is natural. How about this. Think of it as a normal gig. Don't think about the people there, don't think about the situation, think about it as a normal gig. You and the girls are playing tonight like we are on tour. I will be at the side like I always was on tour and if you need me I will be there."

I smile and hug him even tighter.

"Okay. You're kind of suffocating me now, you're gonna have to loosen your grip a little" He jokes. I loosen my grip and laugh "Sorry"

He strokes my back softly with his hand. "There's the girl I fell in love with" He says giving me a kiss on the forehead. "Remember. I'll always be here. I promise. Just say to yourself. It's just another gig."

I pull away from Natsu while holding onto his arms still and start to chant slowly to myself "It's just another gig on tour. It's just another gig"

Natsu smile "Excellent. Now, I have an hour until we have to be on stage. Promise me you will be there like usual?"

I nod enthusiastically and we walk back to the backstage. We arrive back hand in hand and Natsu finds a chair while I sit on his lap. I spy Erza who is sitting next to Jellal and she mouths to me 'are you okay?' to which I nod. Natsu seems to notice this and he twines out hands together and gives me a kiss on the cheek before returning to the conversation he was having with Gray, Gajeel and Jellal.

Half an hour later the boys were asked to leave by Makarov to get ready. As we all say goodbye to the boys, we are left in their significant spaces.

"Well…. not long now" I start breaking the silence.

"I know. Can you believe it? Our first album launch!" Levy shouts

"Honestly girls, I just want to thank you all. I couldn't have done this without any of you. I love you all" I say fighting back threatening tears.

Erza grabs my left hand while Juvia grabs my right hand. Levy, Erza and Juvia link together and we break the silent bonding into fits of giggles, hugs and crying on my part. "And we love you too Lu-chan!" Levy shouts back.

It was not long before MiraJane grabs us for the boys set. As always they are amazing! Nothing was ever going to stop them playing the best that they could. They even played that new song that they dedicated to us on tour and once again we were in floods of tears! So much so that we have to retouch our make up at the side while they were still playing. They only played for half an hour before Natsu grabbed the mic once more.

"Well that's us for now but we are not the ones that you are here to see. There are four lovely ladies who, as you all know, we are very fond of currently standing in the wings waiting for us to come off so they can play for you all! We have recently spend three amazing months with them supporting us on our previous tour and honestly it has been a privilege to watch them grow into amazing performers. So much can happen in three months and we all agree that they were the best. We feel so honoured to play for them tonight at their first album launch night, so may I introduce Lucy, Levy, Erza and Juvia, it's THE MAGES!"

With that we all run on stage, hug the boys politely while Natsu whispers to me '"I love you. Go get them" and grab our instruments. I place my guitar strap over myself, position the guitar just right, grab the microphone once I get a nod from the girls saying that they were ready and speak into the microphone.

"Give it up for All Fired Up! That was a fantastic set! Like Natsu said, we are The Mages and tonight for you we are going to be playing for you the tracks from our album. I hope you like there here is the first track."

And like that, my fear is gone and we are lost to the music.

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