Don't @ me, I know they played 2013
Matt, Nick and Jamie sat with their manager backstage at Glastonbury while Alex went out to try and find Alexa. They had invited her to try and sort out Alex, he would listen to her.
"I think we need to take him back to Sheffield, make him talk to his mum and some old friends. It worked last time." Matt suggested. They all nodded.
"I agree. He's just forgetting who he is, it worked last time." Jamie agreed. Nick bit his lip.
"Yeah but for how long? I think we should go back with him so he doesn't just mope about and come back the same." He replied. They all hummed in agreement.
"Okay, well you have a month until the end of the tour. I think you should wait until then" Their manager advised. "Stick to the plan and then maybe take some time off. Deal?"
"Deal" They said in unison. The door swung open behind them and Alex brought in Alexa.
"Look who's arrived" He grinned the grin he always wore whenever he was around her. Even though they were long since broken up with, Alexa was one of the bands oldest and greatest friends and the only thing Alex had ever been sure about.
They all hugged and kissed her hello and they sat down with her to catch up.
"Hey, Al? We were all thinking of going back to Sheffield for a while when we get off tour in June." Matt suggested, knowing he would be in his best mood when around Alexa. Alex hesitated though.
"You can go to that amazing bakery, Al" Alexa suggested. The boys knew that Alexa would support them in their suggestion to go home as she had been the first one to notice that Alex was getting slightly out of hand. "Maybe see Luna" She teased. Alex froze in his spot and wondered how on earth Alexa knew about her.
"Luna?" Jamie questioned. "As in Luna Temple. Haven't heard that name in years" He laughed. Alex stayed frozen, paralysed at the thought of her.
"She owns a bakery now in Sheffield. We went there years ago" Alexa told them. "You guys should go back" she suggested. Matt watched Alex stare at his hands suspiciously.
"I left something in the bus" He suddenly burst. "Alexa, come with me" He demanded. She jumped slightly but got up nonetheless.
"We'll be quick" She excused them, following him out of the room. "What is up with you?" She asked slightly angrily. Alex stopped around the corner
"Alexa, I have to tell you something but I don't want any judgement from you" He shoved his hands in his jacket pocket and stared at her. Her eyes only held judgement.
"You're about to tell me that you used Luna as a rebound, treating her like shit even though you know that she is the nicest girl ever" She said quickly before punching him in the arm.
"Ow! How did you know that? I didn't tell anyone!" He burst. Alexa leant against the wall and shook her head.
"She told me" She confessed. Alex's brain almost exploded so he moved backwards and ran his hand through his hair.
"She told you! When have you two ever met? What is going on?" He felt lightheaded slightly.
"I ran into her at one of your shows not long ago." She replied. Alex's eyes almost popped out of his socket.
"She came to." He felt like he had been winded. "A show?" He was sure he was going to pass out.
"Yeah. I ran into her just as she was leaving, about a song in. We went for a drink and she told me how you fucked her over." Alexa confronted him as he spiralled in front of her.
"Alexa, I haven't stopped thinking about her." He confessed. "I keep calling her when I'm pissed. It's so fucked up but I don't know what to do." He sighed. One person he never thought he would talk to about this was Alexa.
"Why don't you just tell her how you feel? Your Alex Turner, she's hardly going to say no." She pointed out. He shook his head.
"I'm not Alex Turner to her. I'm Alex from the next road over." He explained. "Plus, the last time I called her a man answered the phone who she lives with so..." he rubbed the back of his head.
"You either do something about it or you leave her alone." Alexa decided. "She's a nice girl, I don't need to tell you that so don't be a dickhead to her because you aren't like that but lately you've been pushing it." Alex stared at her but nodded.
"Okay. I've got to get ready for the show. Thank you." He held out his arms and she walked into them delicately.
"Treat her right, Al." She patted his back and walked back to the dressing room with him.
"If she lets me." He chuckled, following her.
"Right, Al. You need to get dressed." Jamie told him as he walked back in. "We need to warm up."
"I'm going back out there. Good luck you guys, I'll be watching." Alexa waved, kissing them all goodbye before jogging out of the room in her wellies.
Alex took his shirt off and replaced it with a clean one and then put his sparkly jacket on. It was a look he had been really excited for and he knew that when he gelled his hair, he would look even better.
Everyone was ready to go as Alex warmed up his voice. He was jumping up and down, trying to get himself pumped up for the biggest show of their careers.
They were led out to the stage and all of their music tech was given to them. They were all at that point where putting an in ear in was as easy to do as breathing.
Alex took a deep breath and a long gulp of his drink before following the lads out onto the stage. It felt like the whole world was erupting around him, the noise was unlike any he had ever experienced. He waved to the crowd, putting his drink down and picking up his guitar.
He took a deep breath, licking his lips before playing the riff to 'Do I Wanna Know?'. He had been in Sheffield when he started writing it and there was no doubt in his mind that it was about Luna.
Alex really enjoyed playing it for everyone. The way his fingers moved along the guitar and the way Jamie's guitar riff complimented his own. It sent chills over his body.
"Hello, Glastonbury." He said into the microphone. The whole crowd erupted, he couldn't help but smile and look at the others.
Although he had had a bit to drink, he wasn't drunk and he hadn't taken anything. For once he was in the moment and the rush of adrenaline was doing it's thing to make him feel happy and excited.
They played a few more songs and then it came to another song he had written for Luna. It was hard to get around them, she had been on his mind since he was sixteen. He approached the microphone and stared out into the crowd, then a camera moved in his peripheral vision and he stared down the lens. Luna could be watching was his first thought.
"This one...is for..." he was breathing rather heavily. "A lunatic." He finished and started playing the song.
"I'm a puppet on a string
Tracy island, time-traveling diamond
Could a shaped heartaches
Come to find ya fall in some velvet morning
Years too late
She's a silver lining lone ranger riding
Through an open space
In my mind when she's not right there beside me
I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I can't help myself
All I wanna hear her say is are you mine?
I guess what I'm trying to say is I need the deep end
Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes
Unfair we're not somewhere misbehaving for days
Great escape lost track of time and space
She's a silver lining climbing on my desire
And I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I can't help myself
All I wanna hear her say is are you mine?"
Alex played harder than he had ever played before.
And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways
So in case I'm mistaken
I just wanna hear you say you got me baby
Are you mine?
He put every ounce of his energy into his guitar, his heart was pounding and he prayed somewhere out there she was watching.
She's a silver lining lone ranger riding through an open space
In my mind when she's not right there beside me
And I go crazy cause here isn't where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I can't help myself
All I wanna hear her say is are you mine?
Well are you mine? (are you mine tomorrow?)
Are you mine? (or just mine tonight?)
Are you mine? (are you mine tomorrow?)
(Or just mine tonight?)"
Luna wasn't watching though, she was helping Adam move out of their place. It was quite possibly the worst day she had had to date and Alex didn't even know.