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They make it out of the arena without another incident.

Emilyā€™s mother is already waiting for them at some light post on the way to the roofed car park of the arena.

The two younger girls say their goodbyes to Alexis and also mutter an almost inaudible bye towards Luca, who doesnā€™t get looked at nor gets a hug. Luca knows he has fucked up big time tonight. Making Chel really angry at her big brother is really hard to do and so itā€™s indeed rare. Today Luca just really did something he shouldnā€™t have done. He even feels a little bad about it. Mostly because he doesnā€™t want to be on radio silence with his favourite sibling. Luca doesnā€™t think he did anything wrong, really. He was just being honest. Maybe a little brisk and a tad too rude but in Lucaā€™s opinion Henry Shaw should accept it as it is. Even think about it and learn something out of it. What he shall learn, Luca isnā€™t that sure though. Luca isnā€™t even sure why the fuck he even thinks about Henry Shaw. This so-called idol and famous pop star isnā€™t exactly on his list with people that are important, nor on a list with people heā€™d like to meet again. Sure, he hasnā€™t really had a real conversation with the guy but to Luca his image was enough. When he was being honest, he doesnā€™t want to see beneath celebritiesā€™ images. Heā€™s just so sure that thereā€™s nothing to be found. Empty shells, spending too much money on things they donā€™t need and looking down at anyone who doesnā€™t earn at least a million a year, thatā€™s what celebrities are to Luca. Nothing more.

Well, Luca could definitely think about better people to talk to. So, yes, Henry Shaw definitely isnā€™t on any of Lucaā€™s lists. Except maybe the ā€˜Things-I-Got-Chel-Angry-Withā€™ list. And there's nothing else on there, really.

Alexis looks at him questioning as soon as the girls got into the car.

ā€œDonā€™t look at me like this, Al.ā€

ā€œYou fucked up big time, didnā€™t you?ā€

ā€œNo commend.ā€

ā€œWhat did you do, Luca? It was just one bloody evening! Couldnā€™t you get your shit together?ā€ Al sounds annoyed. Luca doesnā€™t want to tell her. He already got Chel against him, he for sure didnā€™t need Alexis being angry at him for scolding the untouchable Henry Shaw.

ā€œNot going to answer that.ā€

ā€œDid you insult Henry, or what?ā€ Alexis jokes.

Awkward silence.

ā€œNO WAY, YOU DIDNā€™T!ā€

ā€œShut up, Al, okay? I've already got my well-deserved punishment with Chel being mad at me for weeks now. I donā€™t need you telling me how much of an idiot I am, thank you very much.ā€

ā€œFine. I pretend like this isnā€™t the biggest scandal of all Luca Goldberg scandals in all time.ā€

ā€œStop sounding so dramatically. I was just being honest, thatā€™s all.ā€

ā€œYeah sureā€, Al says sarcastically and with that their conversation is finished. Luca asks which club they want to go to and Alexis fishes her phone out of her bag to check the address of the club she has looked up back home in London two days ago.

 

Henry gets backstage and feels kind of exhausted.

Henryā€™s fucked.

He wishes it was the right way, but it isnā€™t. The curly boy is feeling down.

There comes the most beautiful creature heā€™s ever seen to one of his meet & greets and then it turns out that the blue-eyed boy hates him. The pop star has felt so dumbfounded when the boy has insulted him earlier to the show, in a room with his bodyguards, extra security people, Marcus and the guys little sister. Henry canā€™t believe that even though all of the things he has thrown at him, he wasnā€™t able to detach his eyes from the boy through the whole concert. Heā€™s not sure if he has been too obvious with his glares but most girls in this block where Luca has sat might just have thought that he was looking directly at them. So, whatever.

Nathan storms into the room and grins ear to ear like a god damn Cheshire cat.

ā€œHenry, are you finally ready to go?ā€ The blonde boy asks with an Irish accent. Itā€™s his birthday and they will go out tonight. Henryā€™s guitarist and best friend is overexcited. They arenā€™t going out much anymore. It just wasnā€™t possible anymore with how famous Henry has become. Just three years ago Henry was still able to walk through the streets somewhere without getting recognised or people really didnā€™t know him because they didnā€™t watch X Factor. Today heā€™s stalked everywhere he goes. At every corner he walks by it seems there are people interested in him and asking for pictures and or autographs. His privacy became non-existent and he had to hide all of his secrecies behind closed doors.

He didnā€™t care much about it though. It wasnā€™t like he had someone else to hide. All there was to it was a little secret. Henryā€™s always honest to his fans and still he has this dirty little secret. Okay, itā€™s not that dirty. Itā€™s just him being bisexual and not straight like everyone thinks. Till now it never was a question, no reason to label himself anything. Henry has never said heā€™s straight or bisexual or anything else. He lets people think what they want. Labels arenā€™t his thing. Love isnā€™t something youā€™re able to label, so Henry thinks.

Henry grabs his jacket.

ā€œIā€™m readyā€, he exclaims and smiles because birthdays are holy to him. Birthdays always allow him to go out and give a flying nothing if heā€™s found by paparazzi and fans, or not. Heā€™s going to celebrate his best friendsā€™ birthday as if it was the last day heā€™s allowed to be outside ā€“ what he literally is. At least as just him, Henry ā€“ not the infamous Henry Shaw, the pop star.

ā€œAbout time, Shaw.ā€ Before they can exit the building ā€“ of course they are using a secret exit, so they wonā€™t run into some fans that still hang around the arena to get a glimpse at private-Henry ā€“ they are stopped by Marcus.

ā€œGuys, where are you about to go to?ā€

ā€œPartying of course. Itā€™s my 20th birthday today!ā€

ā€œCan I come?ā€ Marcus asks, and Henry almost laughs out loud. Henryā€™s personal assistant is more than that. Heā€™s also a friend of him and Nathan. Thereā€™s no reason for him to ask them if heā€™s allowed to tag along. Henry and Nathan just are confused that prude and un-spontaneous Marcus Pearson wants to go partying with them.

ā€œSureā€, Henry and Nathan say simultaneously. They grab their friend in between them and leave the arena, followed by Henry and Nathanā€™s bodyguards Paul and Mick.

 

Luca and Alexis found a cute little club which is very much jam-packed by now. It appears to be one of the most highly desired clubs in town. The two of them are here for at least three hours already and the place seems to fill up more and more. 

Is there a celebrity in here or did I miss a sign saying, ā€˜booze for free todayā€™?

Luca thinks that both of his thoughts are stupid. It might just be a really well frequented club, thatā€™s all.

ā€œIā€™m at the bar when youā€™re looking for meā€, Alexis screams into her best friendsā€™ ear and leaves Luca in the dancing crowd. A lot of girls already tried to flirt with him, but he politely warded them off. He doesnā€™t like to let girls think they had a chance with him.

Now Lucaā€™s dancing with a guy he didnā€™t understand the name because itā€™s too loud in the club to understand anything when youā€™re not interfering the other onesā€™ sphere of personal privacy. Lucaā€™s 51 percent sure his nameā€™s something with L as well.

ā€œWhereā€™re you from?ā€ The guy asks and dances closer to Luca than he did a few minutes ago. Well, at least now Luca does know that he wants something from him.

ā€œā€™M from Doncaster. What about you?ā€ Luca replies and dances closer to the guy whose name he still doesnā€™t know for sure. Maybe he should ask him again later.

ā€œFrom Manchester. Why are you so far away from home? Are you on holidays here or something?ā€

ā€œNo, was here for a concert and to babysit my underage sister at that said event.ā€

ā€œWhat concert?ā€

ā€œDo you know Henry Shaw, the infamous pop star and womaniser?ā€ Lucaā€™s opponent rolls with the eyes and sighs.

Does that mean he dislikes the guy as much as Luca does?

ā€œI know him. Not much of a fan. What about you?ā€

ā€œNot at all. Had to bear a meet & greet with him and the first thing I did was telling him what I really think about him.ā€ Lucaā€™s a bit tipsy. Heā€™d never tell anyone about that incident. It was kind of embarrassing that he got his sister to be ashamed of him. "Think I shouldn't have done that though."

ā€œSounds horrible. Glad you survived.ā€

ā€œMe too, believe meā€, he says.

The music in the club is amazing and Lucaā€™s dancing since he entered the dancefloor. He enjoys the attention he gets. Also, the ladiesā€™ attention. But really, when the guy ā€“ heā€™s dancing with now ā€“ approached, heā€™d been utterly excited.

He and Alexis will stay at a hotel in Manchester tonight because theyā€™ll be too drunk to drive. It also will be a bit too late for the travel back home to London. And to say it in Alexisā€™s words ā€˜LuLu, I want to have some fun. Donā€™t destroy this for me.ā€™ So, they even booked two double rooms just to be sure. Although Luca's sure that Alexis is so deeply into Dean that with having fun she just means leading someone on but how can he be sure with that girl? Anyway, Al knew Luca wouldn't hesitate to take some guy back to the hotel room and she was the last person to be in the way of Luca's one-night stands.

Now Luca is glad about it. He quite likes that guy that moves against him. The best part is the guy doesnā€™t live near him. Manchester isnā€™t really around the corner from London, so heā€™d be safe from desperate stalking and begging for dates. Dating just isnā€™t something Luca does. Dating is for people with relationships and relationships are for the weak. All of Lucaā€™s relationships have taught him that you always just give everything away and make compromises and in the end you are the one with the broken heart. Good friends and one-night stands, thatā€™s Lucaā€™s compromise.

ā€œSo, youā€™re from Doncaster?ā€

ā€œYeah but I live and study in London.ā€ Luca hopes this already tells the guy heā€™s not into relationships and just wants a decent fuck for the night. Not that he gets the idea of dating him and maybe a long-distance relationship.

ā€œLondon must be amazing. Iā€™ve only ever been there once for a concert when I was seventeen.ā€

ā€œGlad youā€™re not seventeen anymoreā€, Luca leers, hoping the other one follows the ambiguity and gets what he means. As it seems the other boy catches on with what Luca meant and almost laughs from the saucy remark.

ā€œIā€™m glad, too.ā€

ā€œWhat was your name again?ā€ Luca blurts because he just canā€™t take it anymore not to know. Maybe it's also the thing that he's got too much to drink by now and can't coordinate his words anymore.

ā€œYouā€™re fast in forgetting, I see.ā€

ā€œItā€™s not like thatā€, Luca starts. ā€œItā€™s just so bloody loud in here, I didnā€™t catch the whole name. I know it starts with L as well.ā€

ā€œItā€™s alright. Iā€™m Lanceā€, Luca opposite says and smiles.

So, Luca was right. Heā€™s glad he didnā€™t embarrass himself with remembering the wrong beginning of the boy's name.

ā€œIā€™ll remember that one.ā€ Luca will. Maybe not forever but for now. Itā€™s always like that. He finds some guy in a club or bar, goes home with them and the next morning itā€™s a quick goodbye. Then he never sees them again (at least not like that, maybe once or twice on the streets) and a few weeks or months later itā€™s already hard for him to remember their names.

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