Curious

Chapter 17

Brad’s POV

We were messing about in the dressing room as usual as the arena filled to the brim with fans.  “Here she comes.” Aaron sang, snapping my head to the door to see Liv stood there with the redhead. “Hey guys, this is Archie. Be nice.” She warned with a laugh, avoiding looking at me. I watched her look up to the tall redhead and a smile form on her lips. A frown had appeared on mine at that. 

“Aright Archie lad.” Aaron smiled whilst pulling him into a brohug, he truly was a northern lad through and through. I watched with my lips pressed in a straight line as Olivia led red away and out of the room. “Do I see a little green eyed monster on you, Redmen?” Aaron teased, knowing exactly what he was doing. “Yeah right.” I snapped back, letting out a dark laugh. I wasn’t jealous of red. I didn’t need to be, I witnessed first hand, no pun intended, that Liv turns to putty under my touch. If I wanted her, I could quite simply just go and get her.

“Come on lads, let’s go and watch Mabel before Brad’s ego gets hurt.” Liam laughed and shot me a look. We all walked to the back of stage and could hear Mabel doing her thing. I was glad we had picked her, her voice was pretty amazing and she was going to blow up the charts. Ollie spotted Liv standing with Red and we made our way over. I had to try and swallow my smirk as she stood with her short shorts on, remembering just how much she loved my hands on her bare thighs. “Right, Olivia are you ready?” The stage manager called her. She stepped back and smiled up at Red. “Break a leg.” He sang into her ear, before placing a quick on her cheek making her face instantly heat up. Prick. 

Olivia’s POV

I ran off stage full of energy to be met with Archie. I almost forgot he was standing watching. “Wow, that was something else Liv.” He cheered. “Are you sure you’re not a professional?” He laughed, standing behind me and wrapping his arms around my shoulders. It felt good, then I remembered I was a sweaty mess. “Come on, I need to get changed before we go in the crowd.” I laughed back and pulled him towards my dressing room, passing the boys on the way. I didn’t need to look up to see the look on Brad’s face, his small scoff as we walked past hand in hand was enough to confirm my suspicions. 

After getting a super quick shower, I got ready in some ripped black high waisted jeans, red lace bodysuit, cropped blue denim jacket and my favourite Gucci heeled boots Aaron had bought me on my last birthday. I walked out the bathroom to see Archie sat on the sofa with his head in his phone. I cleared my throat to make sure I got his attention. I saw his jaw drop a little, as if he was almost going to drool, before he snapped back up and gave me a smirk. “You look incredible.” He praised as he rose to his feet, tuffing his phone back into his jean pocket. “Let’s go.” I said, nodding to the doorway as a smug smile appeared on my face. Of course I made sure I looked incredible, Archie was like a walking s*x god. 

We stood in the crowd, dancing away to the boy’s songs. Archie definitely knew more songs than he had originally let on. He started to dance with me and shouting the lyrics, I gave him a playful punch in the arm. “You know this one? It’s not even a single yet?” I quizzed him, not being able to hide my large grin. “Had to do my homework didn’t I?” He shrugged off with a playful grin. My cheeks hurt from smiling so much. During the concert, I had to stop my conversations with Archie to pose for many pictures with fans. A few of the more ballsy ones had asked who Archie was, my petty side shined bright when I realized these pictures would definitely get back to Lewis. However my smug smile then altered to a concerned look. If Archie had done his homework then without a doubt he will have seen the pictures of my ex fiance with another girl. I needed to address the topic as soon as possible. “Wanna go get a drink?” I asked him motioning to the bar inside the arena forecourt. “Yeah sure.” He said and guided me through the crowd with his hand on my waist. 

“So your homework?” I pressed, not sure how to bring it up. I gave myself internal praise for not putting my engagement on tonight as I had been wearing it a lot lately. Something about not wearing it, made it all seem real and made my heart hurt a lot more. “Yeah..” He trailed off laughing. “I couldn’t stand in an audience of devoted fans and not know any of the songs. Plus, I needed to see which one was Aaron so if he spoke to me I didn’t make a tit of myself.” He laughed, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck. I smiled involuntarily, it was nice knowing someone had spent time finding out about me. “So what else did you find out?” I asked slowly, wanting him to catch my drift. “A load of pictures of some dickhead who obviously didn’t know what he had.” He smiled, giving me a sort of smug look when I realised he had definitely caught my drift. “I mean I hope I meet the guy, I’ve got to thank him for being a first class prick.” He said, passing me a drink he had ordered for me. A small frown had appeared on my face. “What?” I almost spat. “I eman would you still be here with me if you were still with him?” He laughed, smirking at my confusing, earning another playful smack to the arm from me.