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Chapter 32: Ringer Up on Silent

Y/Ns POV

I watched the boys perform from the wings with the biggest smile across my face. I didn't even know that I was capable of getting such a reaction from the crowd with my singing, especially when they were there for the boys, and not for me. The boys decided that they would next be singing Words I Didn't Say.

Once the crowd had calmed down, Jack stepped forward with microphone in hand to talk to the crowd.
"We just want to take this moment to thank you guys for sticking by us and allowing us to go on tours like this with your tremendous support. We hope that we can continue to make you proud and smile because that is what we love doing most"
The lights dimmed from Jack and relit on Zach, who then stepped forward after Jack stepped back.
"On behalf of all of the boys, we would like to thank Y/N. She has been through some incredibly tough times lately and it has been a great pleasure to bring her on this tour with us"
Zach turns to me in the wings.
"We know that she will continue to make us proud like she has been doing every single day ever since we met her."

Tears started to well up in my eyes as Zach grinned at me. He then turned back to the crowd.
"So.. on behalf of Y/N, we are going to dedicate this next song 'Words I didn't say' to her. Please feel free to join us in singing".

The lights dimmed and the fans turned on their phone flashlights, beginning to sway them back and forth. From then until the end of the song, my journey with the boys flashed before my eyes. From the police bearing the news about my parents to singing on a stage. All of the heartbreak of being kidnapped in my uncles house, to being tased and to being placed in the orphanage once again. However, those didn't matter to me. What mattered is that the boys saved me, they saved me more than once and they are like the parents I always wanted. If these guys didn't take me from the orphanage, I probably wouldn't be alive. My life had changed from being on the brink of unbearable anxiety to performing alongside my favourite boys in the entire world. These boys made me feel complete.

After reminiscing my journey, I could see Daniel with a microphone in one hand and his other hand outstretched towards me in the wings. I held out my hand and he lead me onto the stage as he handed me a backup microphone from behind him. I began singing Words I Didn't Say next to my favourite boys and it was a surreal moment, one no ordinary person could ever experience. The song had finished and we swung the microphones next to our sides as stage management placed chairs behind us for the Q&A segment of the show.

I began to cry hearing the screams of people that were supporting me and the boys. My hands covered my face and the boys brought me in for a group hug. Daniel was the first to break out of the hug so that he could talk to the crowd.
"Thank you so much guys, for all of your support, for everything" he said as he began to tear up also.

After we had stopped crying, we sat down on the chairs and began the Q&A segment as Eben ran around the crowds with a microphone.
"Who is this question for?" He asked as he held the microphone towards the fan.
"This is for Y/N, how does it feel to perform with Why Don't We?"
I took a deep breath.
"It's incredible, I don't have words for how much I appreciate being here and I would probably be dead if these guys weren't in my life".
"Aw well we love you Y/N!" The fan replied.
"And I love you too" I said with the biggest smile on my face.

The questions kept on coming in until it was time to end the show. We thanked the fans and made our way over to the dressing rooms. Once I was dressed, I made my way over to the entrance of the venue, the boys were awaiting my arrival into the bus as shown by the spam of texts telling me to hurry.

The bus was at the back of the venue and I exited out of the front entrance in order to make my way around to the boys. As I opened the creaking door, a figure stood in front of me. They looked familiar, I couldn't tell where I knew them from, but it made me feel sick to my stomach.

"Oh my gosh Y/N, I never thought I'd see you again"