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"I'm not doing it," I grumbled at my cousin.

"Will! C'mon we could use another opener and your voice is perfect-"

"Jamie I said no!" I replied, exasperated by his attempts to get me to open for their shows. Like hell would I do anything for him with how he's been treating me. Currently we were sat in the bus. It was mostly empty aside from George in the corner on his laptop and of course Jamie, Al and I.

"Ya know Will...he's sorta right," Alex murmured. I was about to argue but he spoke up quickly. "We could definitely use another opener and your voice is great."

I sighed, staring at the boys and contemplating. Finally I gave in to their eager stares.

"Fine! But under one condition," they stared back at me with excited eyes and nods, "I'll only cover songs...my songs aren't ready to be shared yet."

"Deal!" Jamie exclaimed. He shook my hand and went running outside, probably off to wherever everyone else went. I sighed and shook my head, amazed at how I ever agreed to do this.

"Well fuck...now I need to practice," I groaned, glaring playfully at Al. He just grinned and kissed my forehead.

"Well, I'm gonna go have breakfast with the guys...wanna come?" Alex asked softly. I hesitated. Do I really wanna see Matt again after last night's incident? "C'mon Will! You haven't eaten since we left."

I sighed, "Fine...but I'm not sitting close to Matt." We left George at the bus and caught up with the guys at a local diner. I sat took a seat at the booth, grabbing the corner seat to hopefully avoid sitting by anyone I didn't want to talk to. Sadly, it didn't seem to work that way. Alex and Matt were the last to sit down. I thought Al would end up sitting next to me but Matt seemed to beat him to the table by just a second.

Matt scooched into his seat right next to me and immediately took his phone out, as did I. no way in hell was I gonna pay attention to this asshole. I played with my fork and browsed through Twitter while listening to the guys talk.

"Will is gonna be one of the opening artists for the band during tour... I already texted our manager to see if that was okay," Jaime announced. I tensed at his words, not expecting a good reaction from Nick and Matt as they seemed to hate me at the moment. Nick, surprisingly, was really happy and supportive as was Matty, Ross and Adam. Matt however, ignored the conversation all together. He seemed to be too engaged in whatever conversation he was having and didn't even acknowledge Jamie's words.

"Will aren't you nervous?" Matty questioned, a concerned tone playing in his voice. I simply nodded in reply, my voice failing me.

"I've never really played in front of anyone but George and Alex," I murmured after clearing my throat. I saw Matt glance over at me and quickly look back at his phone. Maybe he was listening after all.

"You'll do fine love! You're a great singer...all you need to do is focus on something besides the people listening and you'll do great," Alex gushed. A pink tint painted my cheeks at his words so I diverted my attention back to my twitter feed after mumbling a quiet thank you..

Breakfast went pretty normally and soon we were all back on our respective buses. The boys went to talking about tonight's show as I went to the spare equipment room and locked the door behind me with my uke in hand. I found a place to sit and figured out which songs I would play and began practicing them. Overall most of them were pretty simple and fun for me to sing so that was a plus. After practicing them for tonight's show, I packed up my uke and went out to the main room.

The boys were sat playing video games so I let them be and went into the bunk room. I climbed up to my bunk and opened my suitcase to find an outfit for tonight. A crumpled piece of paper fell out of it and into my lap. I opened it, wondering who put it there and opening it up. The first half of the paper was the letter from Matt to me the day before he came into the diner with that bird and the second half of the letter was a small 'I'm sorry' note from the man himself.

I didn't even bother reading it before I ripped it up and threw it on the ground to be mixed with a slew of dirty clothes and extra blankets that had already found their way to the floor. Tears brimmed at my eyes as I laid back in my bunk and curled up with a blanket. Who the hell does this kid think he is? Does he really think a sorry is gonna cut it?

As we got close to soundcheck time, I heard footsteps and my curtain was pushed softly. Al peeked his head through into my cave and frowned.

"Hey, it's time to get dressed and do soundcheck," his soft voice murmured. I nodded but didn't move. "C'mon," he sighed out, "you can't mope alone here tonight okay?"

"Ugh fine!" I groaned, sitting up and grabbing my clothes to go change in the bathroom. Alex sent me off with a soft pat on the back before he left the bus to go towards the stage entrance. I quickly changed and followed suit, entering the backstage area and meeting up with everyone for soundcheck. As it was the first show of the tour, we had to be a bit early to soundcheck.

The boys had gotten their first set on onstage custom earplugs and I suppose I would eventually get some custom ones as well but for now I was set with an extra pair of Alex's. I watched the guys bounce around nervously as they did soundcheck and practiced a few songs. I did my mini soundcheck as well, singing in front of most of my mates for the first time. It was nerve racking, but overall not impossible to do.

I walked backstage once more, leaning against some extra amps with the guys.

"So since I'm gonna be performing every night now...who's taking care of the merch table?" I asked no one in particular. A nervous glance was shared which set some suspicion in my mind.

Jamie answered quickly, "Well uh, tonight we have one of the workers take care of it for us but starting at the net show, Ella's gonna be joining us on tour and taking care of merch."

I froze slightly at his words and replied with a monotone, "Oh." Jamie just smiled and went on talking to his band mates.

So now I have to spend the next 4 months with her staying with us??

Fuck.

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Hey guys!! Finally an update, jesus... Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!! Stories are gonna start updating more regularly and I also started a new story called Living In The Clouds ( it's a Waterparks fic and its gonna be super cute ) which is gonna be updated regularly. If you guys would check it out I would really appreciate it so much!

I hope you all have a wonderful day/night!

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