Millions of Coloured little papers exploded with the last song Harry performed that night.
He called all of us to get on stage again for the last final bow as the audience went mental.
I was sweating even with the cold air from the last day of October.
When we walked out of the scenario, we made a big circle and took each other's hands for our last goodbye.
"I can't believe this is over" lamented Harry. "Sharing the stage with you all these months, i'm gonna miss you all"
"I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the chance to be part of this amazing journey, i will forever be grateful" i said and they all smiled and patted my shoulder.
"This would never have been the same without you, Skylar, without any of you, i couldn't have asked for a better crew, so this is it, i just hope i was a good boss to all of you and that you enjoyed working with me and that in the future you would want to come back for the next tour" Harry joked.
Then we started to hug each other, until the last man standing there, the guy from the lights, the guy who wipes the stage floor before every show, the lady that was in charge of the buffet every day and night, everyone in this tour was part of my life now and i would never be able to forget them.
"I'm gonna miss your food so much" i laughed and hugged Margaret.
Then it was the time to meet our friends outside, waiting to join us for the party Harry has invited us all to.
"Happy end of the tour!" Michael yelled when we met them backstage.
"I'm starving!" Calum shouted.
"Okay guys, let's get changed and head to Boulevard" Harry said walking in.
I took a shower in my private dressing room and got dressed with a simple white tank top, leather jacket, black jeans and my Doc Martens boots.
I wasn't in a mood of dressing up for a club, it was going to be dark and no one would care to look twice.
"Really? It took you that long to wear something so simple?" Calum joked and i flicked my finger at him.
"I took a shower you idiot" i snarled, walking next to him only to be dragged back by him in a hug.
"You know i wove wou" he babbled I love you like a baby.
I just laughed and kept walking outside.
To my surprise, a lot of fans were waiting outside, almost climbing against the gate.
And i said to my surprise because they were chanting my name along with Harry's, and when they saw Calum and the rest of the boys from 5SOS walking out with us they just freaked out.
Harry grabbed my arm and dragged me to get closer to the gate and talk to the fans.
I couldn't even understand what they were saying with all the screaming.
They held posters, my album and magazines for me to sign, Harry have warned me before to be careful with the things they hand me to sign and taught me to turn around any paper backwards or to the back to sign and not where they asked for.
I took some pictures with the girls in the front row and then apologised because i had to leave already.
"Okay, the sooner we get to that club, the sooner we can go home" i said and everyone laughed.
"You sound like you have never been in a club before, Sky" Evy laughed.
"I'm tired, i'm so sleepy and i have never been in a club before!" i complained.
"It will be fun, we will meet some friends, we will listen to some music, we will dance to some songs, no biggie" Harry encouraged.
"No... biggie?" I narrowed my eyebrows, pleasingly amused.
We arrived at the club 20 minutes later and a guy helped us find our table.
5 minutes later Harry already was nowhere to be seen.
"Sky?" Michael called and i saw him sitting next to me. "I wanted to talk to you about something" he said quietly.
"Sure! What's up Mikey?" I asked, curiously.
"Well, since our friends are getting married now..."
My eyes furrowed when he started to talk about that.
"All this fuss made me remember something" he keeps lurking around his thoughts.
"What is it?" I insisted, although i already had a hint what he wanted to talk about.
"When we dated, before all happened, the shows, the tour, the album, your support with all that, made us really close, as friends more than anything, but before all that, i was thinking about... uhm" he hesitates.
"You can tell me, Mike" i assured him.
"Well, i had a family ring..." he starts.
"Mhm" i nodded.
"...An engagement ring" he clarifies.
I tried to hold myself together and not tell him that i knew, i wanted to wait so he could get it out of him.
"Where is this going?"
"Uhm... i'm not trying to make a move or trying to win you back here, ok?" He says, uncomfortably.
"Ok! I think?" I frowned.
"I wanted to tell you myself before you hear it somewhere else" he glanced at Luke whom was also glancing carefully at us and i almost laughed. "I was planning on proposing to you... before we broke up"
"Because after it would have been weird" i joked and he stared at me.
"Oh my God" i pretended to be surprised. "Michael..." i said quietly, hugging him. "I'm sorry it didn't turn out the way we wanted, honey, and i love you but that love became a brotherly love long time before we broke up"
"I know, that's why i didn't want you to think that i was trying something, i feel the same way, and i realized that all the jealousy i pull out is because i see you as my sister now, and i want to protect you, i don't want anyone to hurt you and i want you to find that person who can make you happy the way you were born to make everyone else happy by just being who you are" he says.
"Michael... i-" i was speechless and i knew i was going to cry any moment now.
"There's more" he continues.
"More?" I whispered.
"I want you to have the ring, as a representation of our friendship and everything we went thru" he said and i gasped when he took the box out of his pocket.
"Michael, no! What about you? What are you going to do when you find someone you really love and want to spend your life with her? Wouldn't you want to give her the ring?"
"I don't want anyone else to have it, if i meet a girl i want to marry, i will buy her the most beautiful engagement ring i can find, but this..." he says pulling out the ring from the little box. "This ring will never feel right in any other hand but yours, from the day we met and from the moment i realized i was in love with you, i knew this ring was meant to be yours"
"Oh my God" i cried, picking up the ring from his hands and placing it in my finger.
"This is our friendship, Sky, it is unbreakable, whenever you need me, i will be there"
We hugged for a few minutes as i cried in his shoulder.
He meant so much to me and i have been thinking that i was losing him.
"Hey, this is Charlie, Charlie these are my friends, thanks for stopping by mate" Harry interrupted our conversation, introducing Charlie to the group.
He greeted everyone, including myself with a wide smile.
Michael left with Calum to grab some beers and find something to eat.
Luke and Evy were too busy being clingy with each other and Ashton was in a deep conversation about life with a girl he introduced us as "Kay".
"Nice to see you again" Charlie said, sitting next to me on the table.
"Likewise" i nodded and smiled awkwardly.
"I was wondering why you never called, but now i see you are engaged with the guy you were hugging" he laughs and i coughed.
"Wha... engaged?" I asked and then i noticed he was pointing at the ring i was wearing.
I didn't realise i put it on the engagement finger until now.
Maybe i was unconsciously telling myself that i wanted to be engaged, that i wanted to get married, that i wanted to be proposed?
"Oh! no, this is not... i'm not engaged, he's my friend, this is just... that was not a proposal"
"Skylar, relax" he said calmly, patting my shoulder. "Now i'm just sadder because there was no reason why not to call me" he teased.
"I'm sorry" i apologised.
"For what? For rejecting the possibly love of your life?" He kept teasing.
"Don't make this worse!" I whispered and he kept laughing at me.
"Don't laugh at me" i reproach.
"I'm not laughing at you, Skylar, i am amazed"
"For what?" I asked this time.
"Would you tell me why you never called?" He questioned me.
"I just... wasn't in a stage of my life where i wanted to meet someone else, even as a friend, i had enough problems with the ones i had already because of my state of mind at that time, i didn't want to drag anyone else into my mess"
"Well, at least you saved my number" he shrugged.
"Uh... yeah" i blushed.
"You didn't, didn't you?" He chuckled.
"No, i'm sorry" i apologised again and he gave me an stern look. "But i did save it..." i tried to cheer him up but he looked at me amused. "In my nightstand" i admitted.
"There was no chance for me then" he smiled.
"There's no chance for anyone else either" i cleared up. "I'm just not that type of person, nothing wrong about it tho, but i just can't seek companion when i'm not good with myself"
"Are you good with yourself now?" He wanted to know.
"I... I am!" i smiled, surprised that i meant it.
"I can see that, there was something off about you when we met, and now you are just... glowing!" He complimented.
"You have no idea, i'm sorry you had to meet me in that moment" i apologised.
"I'm glad i did, because i wouldn't be able to see the difference between you being sad and you being happy" he admits.
It was more than just sadness, it was chaos.
"Oh, there he is, i wanted to introduce you to a friend, he said he was a huge fan, is that okay?" Charlie asked and i just shook my head, amused.
"No problem" i sighed as he waved to his friend behind my back.
I glanced over my shoulder at the same time he approached us.
"Hello"