Love Spotted IN The Crowd

Part 1

Freya hadn't even wanted to go.

Not because she had anything against the tour. She just... didn't know anything about it.

Her mum had bought the tickets months ago because Freya's little cousin had been talking about the Descendants/Zombies tour nonstop, and when they realised they had an extra ticket, Freya had been dragged along.

"You need to get out of the house anyway," her mum had said.

Which, unfortunately, was true.

School had been absolutely draining her lately. Assignments, tests, people being annoying, teachers reminding them every five seconds that everything suddenly mattered for their futures.

So Freya had agreed.

One night where she didn't have to think about homework sounded good enough.

Now she stood between her mum and her little cousin in the packed arena, surrounded by thousands of screaming fans wearing tour shirts, friendship bracelets and homemade signs.

Her cousin had been bouncing since they arrived.

"THAT'S MALACHI!" she screamed suddenly, grabbing Freya's arm.

Freya looked towards the stage.

"Which one?"

Her cousin stared at her like she'd just committed a crime.

"Freya."

"What?!"

"How do you not know Malachi Barton?"

Freya shrugged, laughing. "I don't know! I told you I don't watch this stuff."

Her cousin shook her head dramatically before turning back towards the stage.

Freya smiled to herself.

She was actually having fun, though.

More than she expected.

The music was loud enough that she couldn't think about school. The lights flashed across the arena in bright colours, everyone around her singing along while Freya mostly just swayed and tried to figure out which cast member was which whenever her cousin screamed somebody's name.

She'd picked up a few by now.

MK.

Kylie.

Liamani.

And Malachi.

Mostly because apparently her cousin's favourite hobby was pointing him out every thirty seconds.

"There's Malachi."

"Yes, I know."

"Look, Freya!"

"I see him."

"He's so—"

"Please breathe."

Her mum laughed beside them.

About halfway through the show, the lights suddenly shifted.

The main stage went darker while another smaller stage towards the back of the arena lit up.

The crowd immediately went insane.

Freya frowned.

"What's happening?"

"They're going to B-stage!" her cousin screamed.

Before Freya could ask what that meant, security started moving along the aisle beside their section.