It was dark out now, and we had maybe two hours before the show was to start.

By this point, Alex had taken off his sunglasses.

They were slipped into his shirt, by the arm.

Our chairs were a bit closer than when we first came out here, and small smiles sat on our faces from the conversation we were having.

"So, you used to have long hair?" I said, again.

"Yeah. I'll show you a picture, sometime." He commented.

"Id certainly like to see that." I smiled.

He smiled, sniffed and looked up at the night sky.

We couldn't see as many stars as I'd want to, but it was alright.

Id just as equally sit under any amount of stars with Alex.

He checked the watch on his wrist, sitting up a little more.

"Perhaps we should wake up Matt. Make our way over to the venue."

He stood up, stretching. His shirt rode up a bit, allowing me to spy a small section of skin on his side.

"How about it, then?" He asked, looking down at me.

I felt a moment of sadness, disappointed that our time alone had to end.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"Alright." He said, sending me a light smile and holding his hand out to me.

I stared at it for a moment, looking back up to his face in confusion.

His smile grew a little wider and he pushed his hand further towards me, willing me to take his hand.

I did and he held it as we walked back inside.

He pulled me and spun me around as if we were dancing, letting go of my hand and raising his arms as I completed the 360.

He smiled and then walked over to Matt, shaking the man awake.

"What?" Matt said, letting out a snore.

"We've got to head towards the venue. Come on, mate." Alex said.

"How long till we go on?" He asked, rolling over.

"Bout two hours." Alex replied.

"I'll meet you guys there in an hour." He said, almost instantly falling asleep.

Alex scoffed, grabbing Matt's phone and setting the alarm, turning up the volume and setting it right next to Mr.Helders head.

"Come on, let's go." Alex said.

I felt a bit of nerves over come me. We weren't taking the van, where we? I mean, the venue wasn't that far from the hotel, but still.

I wasn't completely helpless, but I was certainly skittish about walking around the streets of an unfamiliar town, especially at night, and more so with what I'd been through so far.

I slipped on a jacket, and hesitantly followed Alex out the door.

"I'll text Nick..." I murmured to myself.

He nodded as we began the walk to the elevator.

I sent off a text to my brother, 'Walking to the venue with Alex. Matt refused to wake up.'

We stepped into the elevator, and Alex leant against the wall after pushing the button for the first floor.

I grabbed the rail and squeezed it until my knuckles were white.

It wasn't that I was horrified of them, but... Okay, I was a little scared.

They moved so fast and when they moved my stomach did flips, I felt like I was falling and about to be sick at the same time.

I bit my lip, thankful to hear the ding, as i watched the door open.

I stormed out and heaved out a sigh.

"You alright?" His voice asked, a hint of concern in them.

"I'm fine," I said after a moment, shaking off my nerves only to have then replaced with new ones at the idea of walking outside.

I was certainly shaking, though I tried my best not to.

"Don't like elevators?" He asked.

I looked at him and his eyebrows were raised.

Before I could stop myself I said; "That's part of it, yeah."

I had accidentally invited him to ask what the other part was, though that wasn't my intention.

"What's the other part?" He asked.

There it was.

"It's not important." I mumbled, both eager to leave and eager to stay inside the safety of The lobby.

"It must be if It's makin' yer all shakey." He said, easing a hand onto my back.

"I'm not a scaredy cat." I murmured, crossing my shaking arms.

"I didn't say that you were." 

My eyes trailed back to the door of the lobby, and I could see the darkness on the other side of the glass doors.

I felt his hand move from my back to my shoulder, and he squeezed it.

My phone sounded and broke my focus, and Alex quickly removed his hand and looked away as I pulled out my phone.

'Alright, pip. We'll be there in an hour or less. We're meeting up with Jamie and Christine.' the text read.

'Okay !' I simply responded.

"Nick, Jane, Jamie and Christine will be there in about an hour or so." I said, putting my phone away.

Alex was looking to the side, his eyes seeming lost in thought as he bit his lip.

"Alex?" I said softly.

He blinked and his head snapped over to me, "Huh?"

"Did you hear me?" I asked.

"No, sorry." he shook his head.

"It's okay, I just said that Nick, Jamie and the girls were gonna be there in an hour or so." I repeated.

He nodded.

"Let's go then." he said.

He began to walk forward and I stood there for a few seconds.

What was that? What was happening in his head? What was he thinking about?

Those questions swirled in my head as I watched him make his way swiftly to the door.

After he was about 20 feet away form me, he stopped and turned around.

"Come on!" he laughed.

I gulped and shakily made my way forward.

As we walked along the streets, I kept my arms around myself, keeping my head down, but moving it the instant I heard any noise.

Alex had a cig dangling from his lips that he had lit not too long ago.

After we were about half way there according to Alex, he grabbed my arm, and we stopped walking and stood under a lamp post.

"Alright, spill." he said.

I tightened my grip around myself.

"Is this about the bar?" he asked.

I lowered my head and closed my eyes.

"Sarah," he said softly, grabbing my arm and ducking down to my level, I opened my eyes and met his, the chocolaty brown color seemingly calming my nerves a bit.

"Nothing will happen to you, not when I'm with you. You're okay with me, alright?" he spoke gently.

I nodded.

He gazed into my eyes for a moment and then he stood back up, "Come here..." he said, opening his arms and pulling me into them.

My hands went inside his jacket as my arms wrapped around his warm figure. He wrapped his arms around me as well, setting his head on top of my own, but not before he planted a kiss on top of mine.

"Lets keep walking, yeah?" he asked, taking a puff of his cig as we backed away.

I nodded and he threw an arm around my shoulder and we walked the rest of the way there.

Luckily it was dark enough for him not to notice me blushing the entire time, or at least, I hoped that he hadn't noticed.

~~~

We had arrived at the venue and I sat on the end of the stage as Alex talked with their manager and they fixed things on stage.

An hour had flown by and all the boys were stepping in the door, and walking up to us.

"Hey pip!" Nick greeted as I hopped off the stage and gave him a hug.

"Hi! Hello everyone." I greeted them all.

I was left to chat with the girls as the boys did sound check and worked everything out.

We were a half an hour away from the show now, and we had all migrated back to the green room.

Alex checked his watch, and then laid back on the couch, getting comfortable and closing his eyes.

I watched him and a small smile sat upon my lips.

"I a nappa." the words ran through my head in his accent.