4 - Avoider

                                    

                                          
They all looked great especially...
God I couldn't believe myself, but especially Roger. 
He was wearing a deep red shirt, completely unbuttoned showing his chest. His hair was wavy and little pieces of it covered his face. And it looked like Freddie had forced him to put a tiny bit of black eyeliner on his top lids. 
He was wearing black, kinda tight jeans and a brown leather wristband. Around his neck I saw two long, thin, silver chains. He was also wearing a pair of dark sunglasses which he was taking off to start the show. 
                          
They all played great. Deaky, Brian, Roger and Fred. They were amazing. Even better than before. 
The crowd cheered loudly for them.

                          
After the show Lilly and I immediately ran outback. 
There they were, I wanted to hug them but wasn't sure about it, until Brian wrapped his arms around me "thanks for coming again Helena"
I was a little startled but then hugged him tight. 
I hugged John and Fred as well "Hi darling".
I looked around for Roger a little nervously. 
There he was. He nodded at me with a slight smile but then he turned around and went back inside. 
"Gosh" Fred muttered "Helena comes out and off he is" 
"What?" I asked eagerly "what do you mean?"
"O nothing dear, I- I certainly don't mean it in a bad way".
"Quite the opposite" Deaky said quietly. 
Brian laughed. 
I wanted to keep asking but Lilly started talking and I shut my mouth. 

                          
Later we were all sitting at a booth again. Roger had eventually joined us but he was a little quiet and kept avoiding my eyes. 
                          
After a while I had enough. "Lilly will you join me, I gotta use te ladies room"
Lilly got up "sure".
                          
We walked away. I shut the door behind us. "I wanna talk to you". 
"About Roger?" She asked fiddling with her hair in the mirror. 
My mouth fell open "How- how did you-"
"You've been trying to get his attention all night girl".
I shuffled my feet. 
"I don't even know if I even like him yet". I pouted. 
Lilly turned around and looked at me with an all-knowing look "I saw you guys outside the bar the other day, you should've seen your face, believe me you like him".
I didn't know what to say but then I said "he's been avoiding me like the plague".
"Yeah, boys get nervous around girls they like" Lilly said, applying some lipbalm. 
"Roger Meddows Taylor? Nervous?" I said raising an eyebrow. 
                          
Lilly sighed "if you don't believe me-" a smile appeared on her face "I've got a plan".




                          
This was so wrong. I felt horrible. But this was the only way I was gonna be sure. 
I had my phone to my ear and heard Lilly on the other end "okay I'm gonna walk to the booth now, I'll put my phone on the table, be quiet so you can listen to our conversation".
                          
I swallowed (my pride) and listened carefully.