more than anything

Wren had never seen such a large crowd before - and of course, with such masses of people, the clean up was going to take a while. Figuring that she had wasted enough time daydreaming about performing to her own crowd one day, Wren took in the silence of the theater before looking to Lucina, a good friend and fellow employee. "Let's get this done with." She smiled weakly, just wanting to dance around the stage, but refraining from doing so, knowing that the last time her boss had caught her, she almost got a warning.

Luke patted his pockets for what seemed to be the millionth time. "Oh fuck," He breathed out quietly. He knew that he'd checked all over the tour bus, he'd checked everywhere, all that was left was the venue from the previous evening. "I think I left my phone in the green room last night." He said it to open air, seeing his bandmates all preoccupied with something else. "Anyone wanna come with me to get it?"

Lucina chewed on her lip as she offered a smile to Wren and nodded. “Right,” she murmured, “The sooner we finish this, the sooner we can do our own thing.” And she was excited about doing their own thing. While Wren danced, Lucina sang, and this was the best place to practice either, especially when they were too busy to practice otherwise.

Michael leaned back as he watched Luke with amusement, arching a brow at how frantic his friend was. “You could always get a new one,” he teased lightly, though he shook his head and stood up, nodding slightly. “I’ll go with you, if for no other reason than to tease you about it.” He grinned. “And to make sure you don’t get yourself lost.”

Wren smiled with the idea. "Sooner we finish this, the sooner we can have fun." She winked, tying her hair back as she sweeped the stage, and although all Wren wanted to do was let go, enjoy her freedom and dance, she knew that her job came before her dreams, especially if she wanted to chase those dreams.

Luke shot a look at Michael. "The phone has all of Petunia's puppy photos on, you dick." He commented, but he nodded, grateful to Michael volunteering. "Thanks, man." Looking to Calum and Ashton, Luke grinned. "We'll be back soon." Grabbing Michael's sleeve, Luke dragged his band mate away, just wanting to get his phone back, especially in case any fans had hung back and found it.

Lucina grinned with the mention of it and nodded. “Right,” she agreed quietly as she moved to get to work, eager to get it all done so they could do their own thing. “As long as we work together, we’ll have this done in no time.” Her grin broadened with the thought as she worked.

Michael laughed with the mention of it. “Which is why you should back your photos up somewhere else!” he pointed out, but he nodded slightly and followed after Luke, snorting as he jokingly yanked his arm away. “My sleeve isn’t a leash.” He grinned jokingly, dropping his arm to his side as he walked a bit faster to walk next to his friend. “Let’s hope it’s still there.”

Wren smiles. “When do we never work together?” She asked Lucina with a grin, sweeping the dust into a pan to get rid of. The stage was wide, appealing, and with the floor now empty, Wren felt the temptation. “God, imagine just... performing to a crowd this big.”

Luke frowned, sticking his tongue out at Michael. “Go suck a dick,” he smirked, still dragging Michael along, pouting as Michael dropped his arm. “I thought you loved me.” He teased, although he felt fear in his chest with Michael’s words. “God, I hope so. If someone picked it up, that’s our numbers leaked, photos leaked...”

Lucina grinned with the mention of it. “You have a point there,” she admitted as she worked, though, thankfully, it didn't take an awfully long time to finish. “It'd be a dream come true.” She chewed on her lip, staring at the area for a moment.

Michael chuckled as he followed after Luke. “Nah, I'll leave that up to you,” he said with a shrug, though he shrugged. “Change numbers, get new photos. I mean, we've already had stuff leaked before.” He couldn't help but to laugh with the memory.

Wren finished up the last of her chores, looking out to the arena alongside Lucina. It was only that, a dream, but Wren believed that they would both achieved everything they wanted if they just kept at it. "One day." She promised, squeezing Lucina's shoulder as she went to keep the broom, exhaling quietly with the thought of it all. It was all Wren had wanted, all that she really wanted. Biting her lip when she noticed all the chores had been done, and no one was around, Wren took a leap of faith and began to pirouette across the stage, laughing all the while. "See?" She teased. "This will be us one day!"

Luke almost cringed outwardly with Michael's reminder that they'd all, apart from Ashton, had some pretty intimate photos leaked. "Don't remind me." He warned, leading the way back into the venue from which they'd just come from. "Man, it was the worst thing to ever happen. My parents woke up to the headline that my dick was already over the Internet." And he did outwardly cringe this time, because he remembered the long lecture he received from his parents about being more careful - the sex talk included, and Luke remembered how much he wanted the ground to swallow him up. "I need to repress that memory."

Lucina grinned slightly as she watched her friend, though she could hear her pulse racing in her ears, an excitement she’d never known filling her with her friend’s words. “Yeah,” she agreed quietly, watching the area, taking it all in, amazed. “One day.”

Michael laughed with the mention of it, grinning broadly at Luke. “You brought that one on yourself, mate,” he said easily, amused, because it really was Luke’s own fault. “Shouldn’t have lost your phone, mate. We’re all gonna wake up to more of your dick pics plastered all over the internet again.”

Wren watched Lucina with a soft smile, just knowing that her friend was imagining performing to a crowd so large. "We just have to carry on working hard." Lucina promised. "And then our time will come." And going to dust off the curtains, Wren hummed to herself happily, pausing as she heard the door. "Hello?" Wren called, looking to Lucina. "Anyone there?"

Luke shook his head, half amused and half annoyed at Michael's joking. "Why do I have to be the clumsy one?" Luke murmured to himself with a pout, shoving Michael away as the older boy cackled. "Mike, c'mon mate, this is serious." And pushing open the back door to the venue, Luke stepped in first, debating with himself if whether or not he should slam the door shut on Michael - he decided against it. "C'mon, in, find the phone, out."

Lucina looked over, blinking, but she shook her head slightly as she finished doing her cleaning. “Ignore it, it’s probably the manager or the janitor or something,” she told her, offering a small smile, “Besides, weren’t we gonna practice a bit while we can?”

Michael couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s only serious because you don’t want more of your dick pics leaked,” he teased, “And that’s what makes you the clumsy one.” He smirked teasingly, but he shrugged and made his way in, peering around a bit. “Awfully eerie at night, eh? Think it’s haunted?”