Always You

47. Home Concert

"Remember, deep breaths in and out" Harry says to me as his hands are placed on my shoulders and his eyes are looking straight into mine. "Shake about like a crazy woman if you have to. Just relieve the stress."

I step away from Harry and start shaking my arms, legs, head and body around. "Like this?" I ask and he laughs whilst nodding his head. "You're right this is helping except I feel like I'm going to whack myself in the face at any moment."

Harry holds his phone up and starts recording me. "And here we have a Hailey Hayes in her element. Flapping about, trying to-"

"Why are you doing a David Attenborough voice?"

"Because it's fitting for the documentation of this moment."

If I'm being honest he does the impersonation quite well. Harry should do voiceovers of shows or advertorials. He would be great at it because his voice is amazing. People could easily use his voice to their advantage though in R rated ways if you get what I mean.

"Hailey, five minutes until you hit the stage" Heather reminds me. It only felt like two minutes ago when she told me it was sixty minutes until show time.

"I'm going to hug my family one last time before I head out. They'll be leaving for the pit soon anyway."

Harry places his arm around my shoulder. "I can't wait to see you out there."

I kiss his cheek. "And are you excited to hear my new song?"

A smile makes its way into his face and his dimples indent into his cheeks. I hope our future children have his dimples. "Of course I am. It must be about me because you keep mentioning that I should be pumped to hear it."

"Hmm, possibly."

"Three and a half minutes Hailey. I'm gathering your family to go. Harry, are you joining them?" Heather asks with two security beside her. They must be going to escort everyone down there.

"I am." Harry tells her as I walk over to my mum first. I pull her into a hug and she wishes me the best of luck. I continue doing my rounds to my family and I pinch little Tori's cheeks as she tells me she loves me.

"I love you little one" I kiss her cheek and then hug Aaron who is holding her.

"Break a leg" he says to me and I raise my eyebrows.

"Knowing me I probably will so don't mock me mate" I nudge his arm and he laughs at me. The last person I get to is Harry and I wrap my arms around his neck and he lifts me up.

"Can't wait to look for you in the crowd."

"You know where I'll be" he rubs his nose against mine and I laugh.

"True, but I can't wait to see you."

Harry pats my back. "Good luck out there babe. You'll kick ass."

"Thanks Harry. Maybe I'll need to do more of those stress relief moves you taught me before."

Heather signals for everyone to follow her. "You better be going." Harry and I share one last kiss before I go on stage.

He blows me a kiss. "Kill it out there."

I catch his kiss and put it on my heart. I turn to the direction of the stage and the crew put my mic pack on my body and my microphone in my hand. I take a few more deep breaths as I hear the stage music come to a halt.

The sound of the lights switching off, followed by the sound of the crowd screaming is all I can hear as I walk through the path that leads me to the stage. I wait a couple of seconds longer to ensure everyone is settled into the pit.