The Concert

She decides to stay for their concert, but she's in for a surprise.

A few security guards stood by the back doors of the arena. As we passed through the door they closed it and followed us. The hallway was pretty dull, just like every other backstage. He led me through the mess of backstage techs and crates of our stuff. We walked through a door and saw how huge this place was. Half of the floor space was covered in crates, lights, and people trying to set stuff up. The guards had left us a while ago. I saw Zeke going through his crate of guitars, Bear, his tech, stood next to him.

“Where’s Zilla?” I asked Erin. Zilla was his tech.

“Probably with my guitars.” He answered. We kept walking around the space trying not to get in the way. Erin and I walked to the back of the arena where the people come in.

“This is a big place.” I commented.

“Twenty-thousand seats.” Erin looked at me and raised his eyebrows.

“That’s like, a lot.” I said. He laughed. My heart fluttered. We stood there holding hands watching the techs set up an island in the middle.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you,” Erin turned to me and grabbed my other hand. “, We are staying here another day. So, we get our own hotel room.” I blushed and smiled.

“Good, isn’t that in the contract for me to stay?” I asked on purpose.

“It did say we do our business in our own room, and I have a lot of paperwork to fill out.” He tried to look serious. I laughed and pulled him closer to me.

“I’m pretty smart, maybe I can help you.” That put a smile on his face. He smirked and pulled me into him.

“We’ll have plenty of time figure it out ourselves.” Erin locked his arms around my waist. Someone whistled and we ignored them.

“Maybe we should start doing the math.” I told him. Our foreheads were touching. I stared into his deep, brown, loving eyes. The butterflies danced in my stomach. Finally some time alone, just us. Then, I felt someone staring at me. Erin sighed.

“Hey guys get a room!” Zeke yelled at us. He stood right next to us.

“We already did.” I grumbled. He pushed us apart and stepped in between us.

“Erin, Zilla wants you and Millie, you’re needed in back.” Zeke spoke with authority. I rolled my eyes. Erin frowned.

“Fine.” He said and walked away. I glared at Zeke hatefully. He seemed pleased with himself. I crossed my arms and stormed away. The stage was almost ready. Brice stood on the stage setting up his mike and adjusting his ear bud in one ear. The island where the techs set up had guys walking around switching, clicking, and turning everything they could.

“Check, check.” Brices voice broadcasted around the arena. I turned in a circle taking in the massive space and imagining it filled to the brim with screaming fans. Lights flashed on and off as the techs set them up. I never was the one to go in front of thousands of people and speak or do anything. Every night after a show I’d ask Erin how the hell he did it. I was once pressured by Zeke and Erin to walk out there and introduce them. They said I was amazing and better at speaking to crowds than any of them. I kept walking toward the back thinking about all the concerts I watched from the back, wanting to run out there and kiss Erin in front of the whole arena. He was my hero on stage.

“Hey, over here.” Zeke stood on the steps leading to the stage waving his arms. I pointed to myself and he nodded.

“What?” I asked as I neared him.

“Come up here.” He said motioning to the stage. I walked up the steps and out onto the stage. Zeke motioned for me to come to him. When I reached him he snapped his fingers. A tech ran up and handed me a small box. My eyes became wide. Zeke was smiling, I stared at him thinking, what the hell. For a second I was almost scared. He snapped his fingers again and the same tech ran up and handed Zeke a package. I stared at it and then Zeke. He handed it to me.

“What is this?” I asked him. He took the small box from me and set it on top of the package.

“Get dressed and I’ll tell you.” Zeke shooed me away and I walked away confused. What is in the box? I walked to the back into the hallway and found a dressing room. The room was pretty empty except a couch, chair, and small tv. I turned and locked the door. Now to open the package. I took and pencil I found, punched a hole in the tape, and ripped open the box.

“Oh my!” I gasped. In the package was a dark purple dress. I lifted it out of the wrappings and hung it up in closet so I could look at it. The dress was long and elegant, it had a strip of spikes spiraling around it, the collar was low cut, but not too low, the sleeves were lace, and I loved it. I almost squealed with excitement to try it on. My heart pounded when I started to think what this was for. Will I have to perform in front of everyone today? I thought about it, scared. This dress looked quite expensive and very stylish. I pushed it to the back of my mind and got undressed. My clothes lay on the floor as I stared at the purple dress. I took it off the coat hanger and slipped it over my head. A perfect fit. How could anyone know my measurements? There was no mirror surprisingly in the dressing room, but I knew it looked great. I looked back to the small box found makeup and a pair of spiked heels. My makeup skills weren’t anything to brag about since they sucked, but I did good. The shoes fit too. I took a deep breath and walked out of the dressing room. People I passed stared at me, I smiled shyly back at them.

“Your needed up on stage.” A tech walked up to me and opened the door to the stage. I walked through holding up my dress to climb up the stairs. The guys were still setting up and the Darkrise curtain was in front of the stage. I didn’t see Erin anywhere. Zeke turned around and stared at me a huge smile lit up his face.

“I knew it fit.” He said. Brice turned to Zeke.

“What?” He asked. Zeke pointed in my direction. Brice turned to look.

“Wow.” He shook his head and blinked.

“What the hell?” Ben walked in next to me his eyes wide. He walked over to Zeke and asked him something, Zeke nodded.

“You like it?” He asked me. I nodded.

“It’s beautiful. What is it for?”

“You are going to have the greatest night of your lives.” Zeke answered jumping to show the how exciting it was going to be. Erin then walked up onto stage from the other side. He looked over at us and crouched down to tie his shoe. He stopped, looked over to us again, and stood up. My heart pounded. Erin just stood there staring at me from across the stage. He stepped forward, stopped, and then walked over to us. His eyes were wide and his jaw had dropped.

“You are…. beautiful.” He stuttered obviously shocked.

“Do you like it?” I asked. Erin nodded his head and walked to me so we stood face to face.

“It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Next to you.” He whispered. His hand caressed my cheek. We both took a step toward each other. He leaned down and kissed me.

“Come on, guys. We have a show and the people are coming in in ten minutes.” Brice told us. we broke apart and headed over to his bass guitars. I watched him leave. Zeke came to me and handed me a card.

“Follow the instructions on the card.” He told me.

“Thank you.”

“Amber made me. She wanted you to have an amazing anniversary.” Zeke turned and walked away. Amber was his girlfriend who was currently using up her anniversary gift. I walked down the stairs, out the door, and into the plain hallway.

“S**t.” I said to myself leaning against the wall. I had forgotten about it somehow. I’m an amazing girlfriend. Screams and hollers sounded from behind the door. The crowd was arriving. I read the card, Go outside. I started down the hallway. My heels clicked on the cement floor. I made it to the end and opened the door to the outside. The sun was setting. My jaw dropped. In front of me was a limo. The sleek black car sat there. A man in tux and a hat climbed out on walked over to me.

“Ms.Hoffman, your chariot awaits.” He linked his arm in mine and escorted me to the limo.

“This is for me?” I asked barely able to talk. The man nodded and opened the door. I climbed in and gasped. It was amazing. The car had leather seats, a mini fridge, and a flat screen tv. He shut the door behind me and got in in the front. The car started with ease and drove out of the parking lot. I looked out the window and saw the parking lot was filled with cars and people. They pointed and waved as we passed. They probably thought it was Darkrise. My eyes shut. I was trying to calm down and not cry. This was the best moment of my life. The trip went by quick. By the time we stopped I was practically jumping around the limo.