chapter forty
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it was currently 8am, iris and lia were on the job of returning the car to the rental dealership. they leave for tour today so they had to run last minute errands before they could set off to the first venue in LA for the show tonight.
clem was at the apartment packing up a few last minute things always being unprepared whereas lia and iris couldnt sleep the night before until they knew that they had packed everything hense them being together dropping the car off
"im gonna miss that car it was so good" iris sighed as she was on her uber app ordering an uber to get back to the apartment
"it was a good car, im glad it wasnt black exterior and interior it wouldve been boiling all the time" lia agreed with iris as they stood there waiting for the uber which said it would take 10 minutes to get there
eventually the two were on the way back to their apartment where they planned to finish a last few things such as clean up and make sure theyve packed everything before matt would pick them up and take them to the triplets house where they could put all of their luggage into the tour bus which would take them to the venue in la for tonights show
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matt - matt 😇
iris - riri 👼
riri 👼
were like 5 mins from being ready so if u want to leave now u can :))
matt 😇
okay ill be there in like 20 mins
riri 👼
okie dokie 😁😁😁😁😁
also do u want ur hoodies back so u can pack them?
matt 😇
no ri u can keep them
if u dont have room tho i can take them w us for u idm i have other hoodies
riri👼
OKAY
im packing them then 🤗🤗🤗
matt😇
sounds good 😁😁
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clem, lia and iris were now all sat in the triplets living room, they had been there for 30 minutes chilling waiting for iris' and the triplets managers and madi to get there, they were all surrounded by their suitcases as they all sat doing different things, much like the other night iris and matt were sat watching criminal minds together with iris hugging her knees to her chest as she held onto matts arm that was crossed over to his other which held the phone out infront of them
eventually everyone had arrived at the house and they were now getting ready to load everything onto the bus that was outside
matt was stood in the living room with two suitcases in his hands
"this bag has our entire career in it" nick said as he held a bag that had all of the triplets camera equipment and vlogging necessities in it
"better not lose that bag then" chris said jokingly as iris laughed looking at the triplets from the kitchen with clem and lia who were raiding the triplets snack draw for until they got to the venue knowing they wouldnt have food until they did a grocery store run after the show tonight, from this moment on it was going to be go go go for the next month so they were all just enjoying the peace they had whilst they could
"okay are we ready to go" nick said at the top of the stairs with his bags ready to carry them down to the front door
"yeah i think" iris said as everyone else added on that theyre ready to go
"ri do u need me to carry ur suitcase" matt said as he looked at the suitcases in the living room
"ermmm yeah, i can take one but would u be able to take the other two for me" iris said smiling at matt knowing if she tried to take two suitcases she would definitely end up falling down the stairs
"yeah" matt chuckled not minding as he grabbed her two suitcases and went down the stairs followed by chris who was holding a suitcase and the vlog camera in his other hand whilst nick was behind them also carrying suitcases
the girls brang out the last three remainding suitcases down the stairs and out towards the bus
they then spent the next 30 minutes unpacking, the driver had set off towards the venue which was an hour away so they still had time to get used to the bus and chill
the people on the this bus would include iris, clem, lia, nick, chris, matt, the triplets manager (laura) iris' manager (harper) and madi. the rest of the crew would be sharing the other bus
nick was currently stood by his bunk unpacking when chris started to vlog him
"WOAHHH" nick says as he almost falls over due to the bus moving not being used to it just yet
"this is a rocky sensation" nick laughs as everyone around him laughs aswell
"cool fit clem" chris turns to clem who is wearing a fresh love sweat set repping chris' brand
iris and matt were in the back couch area which u could see from the vlog where chris was stood
eventually they arrived at the venue and exited the bus, as they walked into the venue they went straight upstairs and into the greenroom, they chilled in there as iris spoke to her manager going over a last few things for tonight and making sure her setlist was good before she went downstairs to see matt talking to two of the crew
"hey" she smiled as kind as ever, she walked over to matt giving him a hug before turning towards the crew members
"hi im iris" she said as she hugged them introducing herself knowing it was the first time they had met
they introduced themselves before they walked off backstage to figure out some technical things.
matt wrapped his arms around ri shoulders as she wrapped hers around his waist and sighed
ri was stressed, she had barely slept the night before due to the anxiety she had, although she had already performed before on the album release she was worried people wouldnt have had learnt the words to the songs or that they wouldnt even know the songs due to it being the triplets tour even though each fan has atleast one of iris' songs in their playlist
"are you okay" matt said noticing the girl was off and looked stressed
"yeah i just have anxiety about tonight, i know it will be fine once im out there its just the leading up part that makes me anxious" iris said sighing
"your gonna be fine ri, u already know they love ur music" matt said calming the girl down trying to calm her anxieties
"yeah true" iris smiled still not completely settled but feeling a little bit lighter now she had talked to someone about it
chris had now came down from the green room with nick following behind him as they asked matt to go with them to film where they will be doing their meet and greet which he agreed to obviously knowing that he had to film
as the boys wandered off to go show the vlog everything they planned for the show iris went up to the green room to tell lia and clem that shes gonna start soundcheck. lia asked indy if she wanted to come watch which she agreed to figuring she wouldve only sat in the green room on her phone anyway
they all headed back downstairs and towards the stage, the crew had been wonderful and had already set out lias drums clems guitars and the keyboard that ri planned on playing for some songs
they spent 20 minutes sound checking a few songs and were now moving onto a different song
"okay i think i wanna go over adore you" iris stated as she spoke into the mic so the crew could hear what she was saying as she put her in ears back in after getting the go ahead from the crew who were ready to play the backing track of feels like so she could sing
iris wandered around as she sang, she was currently wearing a grey jumper with black sweatpants and her low uggs.
after another 20 minutes of rehearsing they had gone through the whole setlist and ri felt ready for the show later on in the evening after the triplets had done their q&a and meet and greet.
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"okayy so as you guys know we are youtubers, and one thing we do is sit in out car and answer questions and well we dont have the car here obviously but we do have the questions so were gonna be answering questions" nick said laughing as he introduced the show as the fans cheered
iris, clem, lia and indy were stood side stage out of the way from the fans view but the girls could still see the triplets
"scariest moment as a child" chris asked the first question looking at matt and nick
"probably when i got lost in target" chris said as the girls side stage laughed not surprised that happened to chris
nicks scariest moment was stepping on a dead bird which made everyone in the room cringe not wanting to think about that
and matts was when the triplets brother, justin, accidentally hit him with a golf ball in the head making everyone audibly say aw feeling bad for matt even though it was years ago
they continued to answer more questions before nearing the end of the show
"what do you guys do in ur free time" matt asked the question he pulled out from the black box
"i sleep personally" matt said
iris smiled at this knowing it was true and the boy would never turn down a nap
"mario kart" nick said simply remembering all the times recently that they had played mario kart with the three girls
"hanging out with friends" chris added also on the thought of playing mario kart with clem, lia and iris
"okay this isnt a question but what is ur go to mario kart player" matt asked adding onto the mario kart topic
"i go with donkey kong every time" chris said first making the crowd cheer
"waluigi" nick said simply laughing
"usually im bowser or mario but usually bowser" matt said shrugging as he smiled
the triplets had just finished their q&a and were now doing their meet and greet, iris was in the green room getting ready
"SHIT" iris exclaimed looking around her frantically not having any time to waste needing to be on stage in 20 minutes
"whats wrong" clem looked over from where she was doing her makeup for the show
"i left my outfit in the bus" iris said as she groaned knowing she would have to go back out to the bus.
she wouldve asked a crew member or her manager to go get it but she felt uncomfortable with someone else digging through her suitcase so with that being said she sighed lifting her hood on her jumper over her head and descended the stairs
iris had made it halfway past the fans when she heard someone shout her name, she loved her fans with every bone in her but she was on a time crunch and needed to get changed in the next 10 minutes to be back down here so the crew could sort out her mic etc
"iris?!" a fan shouted not sure if it was her but shouting her name anyways
iris turned around knowing she had been spotted and no matter what she would never turn a fan down unless she was having a bad day which only happened a few times
"hey" iris smiled as she approached them, luckily there werent many people around so she figured she could just speak to this group of girls and hopefully get out to the bus
"hi sorry im gemma, u look in a rush so i wont keep you but i love you ive been listening to your music since ur first single and i got nick, chris and matt to draw me a tattoo and i was wondering u could aswell?" the fan, gemma, asked politely
"omg yes of course, thank you so much i love you" iris said as she moved to hug the girl thanking her
iris proceeded to take the sharpie and the piece of paper
"omg this is so much pressure" iris said trying to think of what to draw knowing it will be on their body forever
she looked at the paper to see what the triplets had drawn to see a very dodgy looking heart next to two normal looking hearts knowing exactly who drew each
"bro did matt draw that heart" iris laughed as she pointed to the dodgy looking heart as gemma started to laugh along with her
"yeah but i dont mind" gemma laughed shrugging being kind and figured atleast the hearts all didnt look the same
iris proceeded to draw a heart and a smiley face figuring the girl could choose which one she wanted to get before hugging gemma and the fans around her and taking photos with them all as she said goodbye and started walking back towards the bus
not long after she was dressed, she was wearing a white button up shirt but had left the last two buttons undone so it looked more flowy, with some black casual trousers
as iris stood side stage with clem and lia ready to go on in 5 minutes she could hear the preshow playlist which included many of her favourite songs, currently daydreaming by her dad was playing, she decided it was her favourite hype song so it deserved to go last on the preshow playlist making it the last song she hears before going on stage
iris had already said goodbye to the triplets until after the show, they managed to talk for five minutes before iris was rushed to side stage to get her mic sorted etc, matt had calmed her down a little again so now she was just enjoying it knowing that whatever happens happens.
5 minutes passed and before iris knew it her intro music for where do we go now started as lia and clem walked out making the crowd scream knowing iris would be out any second
iris walked out as everyone cheered immediately calming her nerves as she stood at the mic with her hands behind her back almost shy looking as she waited for her queue to sing
24th Street
Where you held me, grabbed my arm
What a mental fire alarm
'Cause a lot of that felt wrong
Like I miss you
But when I kissed you back, I lied
You don't know how hard I tried
Had to fake the longest time
iris sang smiling as she took her mic off the mic stand and started to move around the stage crouching infront of some of the people in front row as she sang the chorus with them
she continued to sing happily moving around the stage interacting with different fans even taking someones phone at one point to film herself and them
'Cause now I'm half of myself here without you
You're the best in my life and I lost you
And we had no control when it fell through
It was one-sided, hate how I hurt you
If I could, I'd have changed every feelin'
Reservations were up to the ceilin'
Guess the space was the thing that I needed
But I miss you
iris continued to sing as she looked around the venue before spotting the triplets, indy, madi and some of the crew who she had quickly became friends with in the booth above the crowd towards the back
she smiled as she waved noticing nick had a camera in his hands, her guess was that he was either filming for the vlog or taking pictures which made her laugh as she sang
the song had slowly started to end as she ended it with vocals, something that hadnt been planned until soundcheck today
the stage lights turned a bright red as this is what the drugs are for started
after this is what the drugs are for it was time for i know it wont work, this was ri's personal favourite to perform live, she had changed the ending so it had an instrumental stop for 2 seconds and it had made the song sound so much better
I know it won't work like that, huh?
Why won't you try moving on for once? That might make it easy
I know we cut all the ties but you're never really leaving
And part of me wants you back, but
I know it won't work like that, huh
iris sang as she crouched down before standing up using every ounce of breath she had to give the song her all as the crowd screamed along with her. as the song ended she looked back towards lia and clem and gave them the cheesiest grin ever proud of herself that she just hit those notes. they looked back at her smiling all of them having a moment as the next song started
she had sang a few more songs and had just finished TV and decided she wanted to talk to the fans for a little, she had already spoke to them to introduce herself etc after i know it wont work
"how are we all?" iris said into the mic smiling but wanting to make sure everyone was safe and happy knowing how concerts can get.
the crowed cheered yes in response which made iris sigh feeling relief not wanting anyone to get hurt on her behalf
"okay i wanted to introduce u to my band even though im sure u already know who they are and thank some people" iris laughed as she picked her mic up from the mic stand and put her guitar down in which she was just playing solo during tv
she walked over to clem and lia as she spoke
"ok this is lia, she plays drums, shes my bestfriend and i better hear every single one of u scream when she plays in this next song" iris said as she stood in front of lia who threw her head back laughing as the crowd cheered for her
"and this is clemmm, she plays drums and shes also my bestfriend and i love her very much" iris said into the mic giggling as clem went bright red hating the attention she was getting as the crowd also screamed for her
"i would also like to thank the triplets for having me on this tour" iris said grinning as she looked up towards the booth which made everyone in the crowd turn to where she was looking as they screamed
the triplets each laughed as iris moved on with thanking the crew and other people before moving onto happier than ever
she swiftly made her way through happier than ever and was now on new romantics
the song started with the distant vocals in the background
We're all bored
We're all so tired of everything
We wait for trains that just aren't coming
We show off our different scarlet letters
Trust me, mine is better
We're so young
But we're on the road to ruin
We play dumb but we know exactly what we're doin'
We cry tears of mascara in the bathroom
Honey, life is just a classroom
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
iris sang as something flew onto stage, she looked down to see a cowboy hat laying on the stage. as she realised what it was she smiled knowing this was probably a thing passed on from her dads shows, she didnt care though she was glad people enjoyed her dads music and his shows. she bent down as she carried on singing to pick it up and put it on for the rest of the song
she felt like she had blinked and the show was over, before she knew it she was running off stage with clem and lia as the triplets waited side stage
nick was slightly infront of them so iris hugged him first
"this was insane" nick said as he hugged iris
"literally the best thing ive ever done in my whole life" iris replied before moving onto hugging chris who had just hugged clem
"couldve done better" chris said with a smile on his face knowing the girl would get the joke
"oh shut up" iris laughed as she pushed him walking away knowing it was a joke and moving onto matt
"hey riri" matt said with a smile on his face proud of the girl
she immediately smiled as she hugged him wrapping her arms around his waist as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders
"hiii" iris said as she looked up at him happily
"u did so good im proud of u" matt said looking down at the girl
"thank you" iris sighed as she hugged him tighter knowing that the rest of the group had already walked towards the greenroom
"lets go find the others" iris said after they had a casual conversation about the show
they both walked upstairs into the greenroom again to find everyone packing their things up ready to go, iris walked over to her bag she had and grabbed the same sweatshirt and sweatpants she had on earlier before heading to the bathroom to get changed wanting to get out of her sweaty clothes knowing she could have a shower in the bus later on
after she had changed and packed up all her stuff from before the show she headed downstairs to meet everyone who had now moved down there with clem who had also just finished packing up her stuff
when they walked down nick was filming matt and chris as matt was holding a box of what looked to be fan gifts
"matts got all of our fan goodies" nick says pointing the camera towards matt proving ri's thoughts to be correct
they were now all back on the bus and iris had showered and was now in a tank top with her sweatpants from earlier
iris and matt were in the back room with the couches watching criminal minds on ri's laptop when chris walked in
"were gonna go to walmart to get stuff for the bus are yall coming in with us?" chris asked not sure whether iris would be too tired or if they would even need anything
"sure ill go" iris said first as she looked at matt who nodded also wanting to go aswell
"okay well we should be there in 10 minutes so just a warning" chris said smiling walking out of the room leaving the two to it as he joined everyone else back in the living room or in their bunks doing their own thing
iris groaned as she moved more into matts arms
"do u not wanna go" matt asked wondering if the girl had changed her mind
"no im just tired, i need to get an extra blanket and a few other things so ill just go in and then when were done ill just probably go straight to bed" iris said as she and matt moved to get up and get ready to head into the store in a minute
"ok ri" matt said calmly as he moved iris' laptop out of the way and onto the table that had been filled with fans gifts
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DEAR GOD. im deeply sorry for how long this chapter is i hope its not boring. tour chapters wont always be this long but bc its the first show i just wanted to write it so u would kinda know like the layout it each show if that makes sense. from now on the irl parts of the shows will probs just be snippets of the shows!! okay anyways im so excited to write matt and iris on tour i have some cute moments planned :) bye love you sm xx