Exhale Desire * Muke

1.3

Sweating and breathing hard, I ran off the stage like always.

"Great show tonight boys." One of the body guards said as I walked past.

I set my guitar down and grabbed a towel, walking over to Calum.

"Isn't your little crush supposed to be here?" Calum teased with a smile.

I rolled my eyes and wiped the sweat off my face. "Michael has backstage passes, yeah. Dunno if he'll use them though. He had sound check tickets and didn't use those." I shrugged.

Ashton walked over and wrapped his arms around Calum. "Maybe he just got here too late."

"It's not a big deal." I sighed.

Calum frowned. "You really like him, don't you?" He asked quietly.

"Yup." I mumbled, walking to one of the dressing rooms. I heard Calum and Ashton both follow me.

"Hey, Luke. I'm sure he'll be here." Ashton said.

I shrugged and plopped on one of the couches. "Right."

Calum sat next to me and started to say something, but got cut off by a knock at the door. Calum, Ashton and I all looked up.

"Michael?"