It's been two weeks.
We haven't heard from Holly.
The boys are performing a concert tonight. Myself, Lianne and Izzy will be backstage, supporting them.
'Luke,' I say. We are on the way to the concert. 'Are you okay?'
'Yeah,' he replies, 'I'm fine.'
'I know you're fine.'
'Good.'
'The scale goes: amazing, great, good, alright, meh, not good, bad, awful, kill me now, fine,' I say, moving to sit next to him.
'I just thought... The first concert we played after she found out... I just thought she'd be here for it.'
'I know,' I say. 'But, listen, it's all okay. You've got us here.'
'I know,' says Luke, smiling,
After security smuggle us around the back, into a passage that leads backstage, keeping us our of sight of crowds, the boys go into their dressing rooms. Lianne, Izzy and I go and see the people waiting for meet and greet - they instantly recognise us.
After taking pictures and speaking with countless fans, we go side stage, and wait for the boys to be ready.
'Good luck,' I say to Ashton, and we kiss before they go out onto the stage.
About halfway through the concert, just after the band performs I Miss You, Luke takes his microphone and begins to speak.
'Recently, I lost someone very important to me,' he says. 'And I miss her so much. If there's any chance she sees a recording if this, or something, I want you to know - I love you, and I miss you so much. This is for you.'
The boys played The Only Reason, and I recorded the whole thing on my phone. You could feel Luke's emotions thrumming in every note.
I would make sure Holly saw it.
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Runaway
FanfictionHolly Michelle Cole - 5' 5" of anxiety and depression. Her parents don't help. Everything seems to be going wrong, and they seem to be taking it out on Holly - so finally, she runs away, taking only a small amount of money she managed to take from h...
