Tightrope

Chapter 19

Sitting in my VIP seat, I dance with a few JLSters that had found me. It was a quarter way into the concert, and Aston would constantly look my way to wink at me or pull a funny face. “He’s so cute,” one of the JLSters said and I giggle “he sure is,” I reply.

It must have been about ten minutes later, and Aston was halfway through his line of ‘Take A Chance On Me’ when he’d stopped singing and froze. The other lads looked at him with worried expressions, and then tried to figure out why he was staring into the audience. I tried finding who was in the crowd, when I saw her. Elizabeth. What the hell is she doing here? I hiss the thought, and my blood begins to boil.

Making my way to backstage, Aston was finding it hard to continue to his line when I had gone out onto the stage and stood next to him. His head snapped round to look at me and I pull him into a tight hug. I signalled for one of the other lads to continue the lyric. Taking Aston by his right hand, I took him to the back of the stage and had him facing me. “Don’t worry about her, okay?” I whisper and he nods but looks as though he’s about to cry, “hey, shh,” I whisper and pull him into a hug just as he loses his fight against his tears. Half of the O2 JLSters gasp and I see a few in the front row begin to cry. Aston cries his JLSters cry. “Shh, your JLSters are crying. They hate seeing you this way,” I whisper to him and he nods, before I can hear him trying to calm down his tears, “don’t focus on her, focus on everyone else,” “can you sit in front of her please?” he whispers “of course,” I whisper back, before taking him to the front of the stage where his microphone is. Surprisingly, ‘Take A Chance On Me’ hadn’t finished. I stood Aston in front of his microphone, but his face was tear stained and his eyes were damp. I could hear a few calls from JLSters calling to him, but his focus was more on me. Standing myself behind his microphone, he began to sing his line and even though it was a little shaky, he’s notes soon got back on track and he started killing his line. I smiled every time he was really good and it was just like if it was only me and Aston in the room – our eye contact was strong.

“You okay?” I ask quietly to Aston, while we’re both sat on the sofa of his dressing room, his head is rested onto my left shoulder and I ran my left hand through his hair. He nods in reply to my question. “Why is she here? What the hell does she want?” Aston hisses and I frown and kiss his forehead, “she wanted to see you I suppose. She won’t do you any harm,” I whisper to him and place another kiss onto his forehead, “hopefully not. I thought the night she cheated on me would be the last that I see of her,” he says quietly. Let me just refresh your minds on who Elizabeth is. She’s the girl that cheated on Aston when they were together for a few months. He had met Elizabeth when he started working in a phone shop. Anyway, he had gone round her house one night to spend time with her, but he only got there to see her having sex with another guy on the floor of the living room. He was so broken, that he had come round to my house and he spent the night with me after I had run him a bath. Do you remember who she is now? Do you see why I am so mad to see her attending tonight, and especially having front row tickets? “It’s okay, and tonight will definitely be the last you see of her. Otherwise I’m gonna do my nut in,” I say and he chuckles, before looking up to me and placing his lips onto mine, “I love you,” he whispers between a kiss, “I love you too,” I mumble during one which makes Aston pull away and grin. My hand starts to run through his hair once again.

Aston’s POV:

Amy had gone into the bedroom to sort out the bed, since I’d like to get to sleep early. Just as Amy had gone into the bedroom, Marvin, JB and Oritsé barged in through the main door. “Who the hell was that girl?” “Whoever she was made an impact on you,” “yeah, stopping your lyrics and Amy came on stage,” each of them said while putting themselves where they find comfy. “She’s an ex girlfriend of mine and she cheated on me. I had met her in a phone store where I first started working. When I saw her cheating on me, I had gone round to Amy’s and stayed round hers for that night because I was too upset to be by myself,” I explain and look into the bedroom to see Amy sorting out the bed, but she happened to be bending over so I got a really nice view of her bum. “She does so much for you,” Marvin says and I smile “I know, and I’m so thankful for her,” I say and smile at the thought of her even though she is just in the next room. “Well, let us know in the morning how you feel,” JB says and the lads begin to make their way to the door, “it’s out last London show tomorrow and then we’re going to Nottingham,” “oh good. How long left do we have of this tour?” I ask and I feel arms slither around my neck and a kiss on the left side of my neck. I smirk at the feeling of her lips on my skin. “We have a month and two days left,” Marvin says and slips out the door after JB and Oritsé. I smile while turning my head to see Amy. “Coming to bed?” She asks “yep,” I reply and get up and going into the bedroom hand in hand with Amy. However, Elizabeth is on my mind and I become scared that she might come to tomorrow’s show. Even worse, she might attend a couple of more dates up the country, but I’ll have to put on a brave face so that Amy doesn’t get worried. But what happens when she leaves after tomorrow’s show, and Elizabeth turns up? I’m not gonna have Amy to protect me.