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Chapter7~Ashlynn

"Ok, hair's done. She's ready for makeup."

The next thing I knew, Rosalina and Alice Bishop, our other makeup artist, were poking and prodding my face with makeup brushes.

Then, the door opened to reveal Eric, with Phil close behind.

"Hey, Phil! Can you run some backstage passes to some people for me?" I asked. Hunter whipped his head up from his phone.

"Sure, no problem. Where do they sit?"

"They are at seats 725A and 726A."

"Ok. I'll tell them you sent the passes?"

"Yes please! Thanks so much Phil."

"Anytime."

"Pucker up." Alice stood in front of me with a tube of lipstick in her hand, patiently waiting for me to stop talking. I did as she told me.

Suddenly, Rachael's blonde head appeared in the doorway. "Come on guys. Finish up. We have 10 minutes until mics."

A chorus of okays were offered in response.

"Ok...and...Perfect!! You can go put on your outfit now." Rosalina and Alice stepped back, both admiring their work.

"Thanks so much guys!!" I jumped out of the chair and ran over to the clothing rack. I searched for my black skater skirt and my black and white "KISS" t-shirt.

'There they are!' I thought when I found them.

I ran into the bathroom and quickly changed into my "performance clothes". Just as I walked out of the bathroom, Rachael called out, "Come on, vocal warmups!! Then mics!! Let's goooo!!"

I walked back into the dressing room and found my band huddled around Erin Capernick, our keyboard player. She was playing the keys for our vocal warm ups. I stood next to Hazel and joined in.

"Mommy made me mash my m&ms, oh no!"

While we were singing, Mark and Mack were distributing our microphones and microphone boxes.

After we finished, Rachael shouted, "Ok everyone, places!"

We ran down the long hallway that connected to back of the stage. As we were running, I felt a strong hand grab my shoulder. Hunter.

We reached the back of the stage and stopped running.

"Ash, I want-" He started to say.

"HUDDLLLLLE!" Hazel shouted.

Before every show, we always huddle up, say a Hail Mary, give a small speech, and wish each other good luck. Then, at the end, we put our hands in the middle and shout, "Started from the bottom, now we're here!" It helps us remember how lucky we are and to be thankful for every second of the life we've been given.

After we said the prayer, Shawn shouted, "Ashlynn!! Speech, speech, speech, speech!" And everyone joined in except Hunter, who looked utterly depressed. My heart ached to see him like that but then I remembered how he acted earlier and shook it off.

"Speech, speech, spee-"

"Ok, ok." I thought for a second before I spoke. "...Guys, I just want to say I could never do this without y'all. You guys keep me grounded. I love you guys." I said, and I meant it, regardless of what happened earlier. I realized that maybe, I needed to let Hunter talk and see what he says before I block him out of my life. After all, I would still have to work with him. It's strange how quickly we change our minds, whether it's for the better or the worse.

"Aww we love you!!!" "Good luck, guys!!" "Let's go smash this thing!!" My band shouted.

Eric yelled, "Hands in the middle!! Hands in the middle!! Ready? One, two, three..."

"STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM, NOW WE'RE HERE!!!!!!!" We shouted in unison.

I ran over to my side of the stage and took a deep breath. 'Just another day at work.' I thought to myself.

The opening bars of our first song filled the air, sending the crowd into a screaming frenzy.

I looked at Hunter, who was on my right. He turned to look at me. He waved, and I returned the gesture. Then I smiled softly, and he smiled back while he rolled up his sleeves and adjusted his guitar strap. Then we walked out onto the stage to perform for the biggest crowd we had ever played for.

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(A/N:)
Soooooo, this chapter's pretty long haha, but I hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading.:)))))
New question: what's your biggest pet peeve?? Mine is probably loud chewing or cursing... I hate them both so much.😖😣
Wellllllll, I hope you're having a nice morning/afternoon/evening/or random time that your not sure what it's considered!!😜😜😜
Love y'all!!
Catch ya on the flip side!! (I need to stop with these old phrases😖 they're so cringe😂)
Alrighttttyyyy, bai!!
~T🎭😛