Different (a MIKA fanfic)

Here we go!

"This is your 10 minutes call. That's 10 minutes." A voice came through the speakers in the dressing room.

"Ooo" MIKA laughed pulling on his blazer.

"Ooo" I repeated his actions.

"You stinker!" He laughed and ran towards me.

I tried to step back but he had me cornered. He tickled me mercilessly for a few minutes until I was about to fall to the ground in absolute fits of laughter. He caught me and picked me back up only to push me back up against the wall behind me.

"Please don't do that again" I moaned with a cheesy grin covering my face.

" mmm. Maybe. No promises!" He smirked devilishly and kissed me.

" 5 minutes everyone. 5 minutes" the voice told us again so we left our dressing room and walked down to the stage door that entered in the centre of the back of the stage.

" ear pieces guys" a lady handed us our ear pieces and we put them on.

The warm up act had performed about ten minutes prior to that and we could hear the crowd shouting and cheering out names as soon as they left the stage.

MIKA and I started to jump around to shake the tension that was being caused by us standing in behind the certain. We could hear the cheers powder than ever now.

I turned around to see the band come in through the same door that we had a few minutes before hand. They put in their ear pieces and stood by MIKA and I. We moved next to each other and I felt him take my hand and squeeze it multiple times.

"Are you ready for this Ross?" He said into my ear but I could only just hear him because of the constant noise coming from the other side of the tall, black certain.

"No turning back now." I told him. I was nervous beyond belief by this stage and I couldn't exactly say that I was ready but in a strange way, I was.

Max gave the band an ok sign and we all exchanged good lucks before they lined up by where the two curtains overlapped. This was where we would all be entering the stage.

Max was at the front of the line so he put his hand out to the side and counted down.

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

And with that, the band bounced onto the stage one by one. I watched them intently until they were all gone.

"Listen out for when the band start playing" MIKA shouted over the screams of people. He gestured for me to put my ear pieces in and I did so.

After a few minutes I could hear the familiar tune of Grace Kelly play into my ears and it grew clearer as the audience started to listen.

MIKA counted me in with his fingers and we started to sing the first verse together. I gripped the mic in my warm hands. We grinned widely as we stared into each others eyes and sang.

After the first verse, we stood where the band had stood about 10 minutes ago and they played a verse where we didn't sing and MIKA counted down on his hands

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

And just like that, we were on the stage with an intire audience screaming our names, vibrant colours in every direction and bright coloured lights showing us the way.