| HEAVEN BY YOUR SIDE |
| Ben came running off stage on the last night of their tour. He was exhausted after months of touring non-stop around the UK and wanted to be at home in his bed. But, work had to be done because they still had the encore to do and the aftershow party. He knew that his girlfriend was somewhere backstage but he had no time to look for her because Tim was shouting at him for being the only one not on the stage yet. "Hello again you nutters!" Ben screamed at the audience. "Sorry for keeping you guys waiting, I just..." he said with a cheeky grin, turning round to find his girlfriend Emma behind him. "Oh my God, hey Babe!" he said kissing her. Emma pulled away and spoke into the microphone. "Hi you lot, it's great to see you again!" she said to the audience. The audience screamed, they had all grown to know and love Emma over the years that Ben had been in a1. No one had ever tried to say that Ben was single and the management never wanted him to. "Em , why are you here, you goop? I thought you were backstage?" asked Mark, giving her a hug. "Wee, I'm here to bring you some good news!" she said. "What's that then?" asked Ben, looking at Emma, thinking how much he had missed her. It was three months since they had last seen each other. He was busy touring and Emma was busy celebrating after her first single had went to Number one last month. "Well our four gorgeous lads here have just got into the final round for the Best British Newcomer at the BRITS! Which means that they are gonna have to go to the Brit awards now!" screamed Emma, just every bit excited as Ben, Mark, Paul and Chris were now. "Oh my God!" shouted the four of them, screaming like little kids. Ben grabbed Emma and pulled her close and kissed her. "Hey Benji!" she said, laughing. "Go your fans want you, I'll let them have you for a few more minutes!" "Well after that I'm all yours!" Ben said laughing. Emma rolled her eyes saying "NOOOO!" "Thank you so much guys, we always knew a1 fans were the best fans and that's just proved it!" shouted Paul. "We haven't rehearsed this, but if the other guys agree we're gonna do an acappella of 'Forever In Love', just to say thank you!" asked Chris. "Let's do it!" shouted Mark, grinning. The boys all sat down on the steps on the stage and sang. Love leads to laughter, love leads to pain, with you by my side, I feel good times again... The sounds of Take On Me then drifted into Cardiff Arena. "This ones for you guys" said Ben. As soon as the last note had been sung, the four guys all ran backstage to be greeted by friends and family. Ben laughed when he seen that fans that a1 were meeting backstage had cornered Emma, looking for her autograph. he stood and watched her, she got on so well with the fans. But he noticed that there were far more fans than there should have been backstage. He reckoned that they had sneaked in some way. Because of this Ben had become a bit worried and called Mark over. "Think we'd better go in there and make sure she's ok" said Ben full of concern. "What the fuck is she doing in there with no bodyguards?" asked Mark. "Get Simon quick, this is getting out of control!" The fans were beginning to push and shove far too much. "MArk you get him, I'm going on in!" Ben went in through the door and pushed his way through the fans. He knew it was stupid of him but he knew Emma needed him. He got to the front and found Emma looking very scared and worried. He hugged her and told her not to panic. "FOR FUCK'S SAKE, WOULD YOU BLOODY MOVE BACK BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CALL YOURSELVES FANS!! Shouted Ben. It was the first time he had ever got angry at fans but the situation was quickly becoming dangerous. Simon, the bodyguard, had now reached Ben and Emma and told them that another bodyguard called Mike was at the bottom door moving fans out with Tim. He told the fans surrounding Ben and Emma to move back, slowly. |