Elephants - A OneRepublic/Ryan Tedder Fanfic

Chapter 1 - Stage

Today was the day. I had been waiting for so long, counting down from the moment I knew we had the tickets. Mum was taking me to see OneRepublic again, I just hoped the seats were as good as the first time. We had been so close to them, I just wanted to be that close again.

“Amy! Come on we have to leave!” My Mum shouted up the stairs, snapping me out of my little daydream.

“Coming!” I grabbed my bag and double checked I had everything I could possibly need, including a phone charger because I cannot live without my phone. Like ever. I ran down the stairs; almost falling not once, but twice. My Mum just smirked as we walked to the car, triple checking we had absolutely everything.

We sang along to OneRepublic songs the whole way there, with every minute I became more excited and more nervous. Every song that they played last time brought back happy (and vivid) memories. Me and Mum argued about what songs they might cover this time round. We listened to every album and every song, we were prepared for every and any outcome – at least that’s what we had thought.

I pushed my Mum through the doors, the man showed us the way to disabled seating and I went as fast I could hoping to get good seats. We were the third people to get to that area, so we were so close! I couldn’t contain my excitement, my heart was about to jump out of my chest. Leaving my Mum with the seats I went and bought merch for us both. Mikky Ekko was supporting them for this show, and he was just as amazing as last time. Definitely getting the crowd ready for the act everyone was there to see. Me and Mum sang along and had a laugh while he was on stage, but when he left that was when we really started to get excited.

The lights went out, but you could see the figures on stage. Then the intro to Don’t Look Down began to play, the venue exploded with cheers and applause. When Ryan began to sing it was like angels from above. Time was passing so quickly, each song blending into each other, each song beautiful and perfect in its own way. And we were recording every minute.

Then Ryan picked up a mirror, we knew what that was for and smiled before looking back at the stage. Whilst singing ‘If I Lose Myself’ Ryan reflected the light to look at fans. It passed us first time round, but as he swung back it pointed right at us.

The light landed on her face and for a moment I just couldn’t move. Thank God I knew the song so well, because my mind was blank. I had to meet her, I just had to. But how? The more I thought about it the less I came up with, there was only one option. The song ended, people cheered and I headed towards the guys.

“I was thinking maybe we should bring a fan up today.” I said quietly, not wanting any microphones to pick me up.

“What on stage?” Zach asked, seeming confused.

“Sure! Why not? It’ll be fun.” They didn’t seem too convinced, but I’ve warned them now.