Meant to be

Chapter 16

Allys pov

"See now that was embarrassing." you said while walking into Bens dressing room. "Yeah pretty embarrassing." he responded with a smile. You smiled at him and said "Hey what's wrong Davey" considering he was in his costume. He laughed and said "Nothings wrong- I just feel weird" while his hands moved down to uour waist. You cupped his face with your hands, "Weird how? Do you feel sick or something?" you said. Your hands were still on his face, he moved his hand up so that it was on yours. "Kind of" he said with the slightest smile on his face. You kissed him and said "Feel better?" jokingly. "Not yet" he smiled. He kissed you again, "Now I feel better" he said while smiling.

You smiled at him and said "Good. But still if you need anything I'm here. I can go to the store and get you something." while pushing his hair away from his face. "No it's fine I'll be good." he said while smiling at you. You kissed him softly and said "Okay but if you need anything-" he cut you off. "I know." he said while holding your face.

"I'm gonna watch the show from back here today because I need to work on something." you said, he smiled and said "Okay. What are you working on?" "Oh um something for the New York Times again" you said which wasn't exactly a lie since you wanted to enter another article BUT you were working on something for Bens birthday which was coming up soon. He put his Newsies cap on and said "Ooh sounds fun. When can I read it?" Fuck... "Well- well I don't know if they're gonna pick it up and print it but you'll read it either way even if they don't print it." you said coming up with the quickest lie you could come up with.

He smiled "Okay then. I don't have to go on for like ten minutes." He sat down in his chair. "You know you have the messiest dressing room ever?" you said while clearing a space on the desk for your laptop. He laughed and said "Yeah I know. I really should clean this sometime."

"I'm gonna clean while you're on stage." you said while putting your things away in your bag. "Al you don't have to." he said. You smiled at him and said "Yeah I know but my OCD." He laughed and said "I have to go on stage now. I love you" while opening the dressing room door.

"Uh-huh" you said while cleaning. He laughed and left the room. You cleaned Bens side of the dressing room and started working on your article. Graduation was coming up soon too- way too soon. You weren't ready to be out in 'the real world' yet. Everything was happening so fast.

Of course the one time you forgot to take your anxiety medication you had a panic attack. Your heart was racing and tears were falling down your face. "Hey Al- Ally are you okay?" Ben said while walking in. He kneeled down besides you. "hey I'm right here Ally." he kissed your head, "I'm right here."

The two of you sat down on the floor, Ben holding you in his arms, occasionally kissing your head.

"What happened? Are you okay?" Ben asked while grabbing your shoulder. You wiped your eyes and said "Yeah I'm fine- just stressed out. I guess." He held your hand and said "You can talk to me you know that right?" You nodded your head and said "Yeah I know" with a small smile.

"Hey what if I skip the rest of this act and take you home?" he said while getting up. He helped you up. "You can't skip the rest of the act plus we have to go for coffee tonight with our friends." you said. He smiled and said "Well what if we skip coffee tonight and I take you home after we do our curtain call?"

You kissed him and said "Okay" "I like what you did with the place." he chuckled. You smiled and said "Thanks I do too." "I have to get back on stage for the last 30 minutes of act 2 but I will be back later." he said.

He walked out the door with a smile. "Bye" you whispered.

While Ben was on stage you hung out in his dressing room. You got bored of waiting for him so you left the room and started walking around. The finale was playing so Ben would be off stage soon.