if I let you go (4)
chapter two
Thank you for coming to see us! We love you all!" Kian shouted as Shane, Nicky, Bryan and Mark waved goodbye to the screaming fans as they returned backstage.
"Come on girls. It's time to go and meet the guys," a girl called Fiona, working for westlife said.
"Oh my gosh," Lydia, one of the winners whispered. She and Julie had made friends within the past hour and Julie found Lydia's favourite was Nicky while hers was Shane. Julie's heart pounded as they made their way to the backstage. She was afraid that she's going to do something stupid and embarrass herself. And on the three days tour, she was afraid to show the guys to the wrong places because she too was from Sligo and her mum had married her dad from Singapore and they just moved to Singapore for 2 years. She did not know Singapore very well.
They stopped in front of a closed door and she could hear muffled voices behind it. Suddenly, the door swung open. There stood, holding the door knob was the most gorgeous guy Julie ever see. She felt as if she could melt there. Shane just looked so good and sexy. Shane stared at her and she stared back.
"Hey come on! Don't block the doorway Shane! I wanna see the girls!" Bryan said to Shane, pushing him aside. Soon, the other guys came out. Everybody started introducing themselves.
When Shane came to shake Julie's hand, he held it a second longer and stared into her eyes a second longer. It would have been longer if Nicky didn't come and interrupt them.
"Hello? I hope that you all don't mind that I interrupt but I guess you all would want to go for dinner right?" Fiona asked loudly through all the 'hellos' and 'I am...'.
Everybody turned their attention to her. "Before you all proceed for dinner, can you boys find a girl each to accompany you each for the next three days?" Westlife nodded and turned towards the five girls. Shane approached Julie. He was opening his mouth but Nicky interrupted again,
"Hey she's mine!"
"No way!" Shane punched Nicky lightly on his arm, "she's mine!" They continued to argue playfully over who should Julie choose.
"Umm...do you mind if I choose instead?" Julie asked.
"Sure," both of them replied together. Julie was afraid to make Nicky angry but decided to go with her idea.
"I'll have Shane. Sorry Nicky."
"Hey, it's alright. I'll go with Lydia," he said lightly.
"Well, so it's me and you," Shane said and smiled at her.
She smiled back shyly. "Oh my gosh," she thought to herself," I have a feeling that this is just not a twenty-year-old crush." Shane held her hand lightly and led her to the waiting car.
