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“You ready, Pen?”Zayn asks, his hand pressing against the base of my spine as we wait at the side of the stage for our cue. “I don’t think any of us have felt this nervous, or this excited to perform for a while.”
Just like Xeno, Dax and York, who are gathered on the other side of the stage waiting to start, he’s bare-chested and oozing masculinity. Like them he’s wearing black cargo trousers and trainers, his beautiful tattoos on display. I turn to face him and press my hand against the smooth plains of his chest, absentmindedly stroking his silvery scars.
“I’msoready to perform again,” I reply, biting on my lip as I look up at him and see the surge of pride and love in his eyes that soon turns heated as his gaze slides downwards.
“Did I tell you that you look incredible?” he asks, tugging on a tendril of hair that has fallen free from beneath the black bowler hat I’m wearing.
“About a hundred times already,” I reply with a grin.
“You really are shining from the inside out,” he muses, his hand cupping my face as his thumb hovers over my red lipstick. “All I want to do right now is smudge this lipstick with my mouth.”
“That can wait until after,” I say, parting my lips, and licking the tip of his thumb.
“Fuck, Pen. Shall we just sack this off and go fuck in the office?” he groans, dropping his hand and adjusting his cock.
“Absolutely not.”
Taking my hand in his, he traces his fingers over the new tattoo inked into the delicate skin of my wrist. It’s a four pointed star, each point representing my men, the internal star, our unborn child. A child I know in my heart is a little girl.
“I love this so much,” he says, understanding its significance.
“Me too. Beast did a great job.”
Zayn chuckles. “Not sure he felt the love whilst we were glaring at him the whole time he touched your skin.”
“Poor Beast. I ask him for a favour and he gets the third degree.”
“What can I say, you'reourgirl, Pen.”
“With everything I am…” I reply, my voice trailing off as Gray takes to the stage, and announces our surprise performance.
The crowd erupts into a frenzy of cheers, whistles and feet stamping that has the hairs on my arms rising and my nipples peaking beneath my black leotard in excitement. Zayn’s eyebrow hitches, noticing.
“I’m not sure I’m comfortable with all those eyes on you in that outfit.”
“It’s a leotard, Zayn. Not underwear.”
“Yeah, but you’re wearing it with that hot-as-fuck cherry red lipstick and it’s making it difficult to concentrate. What if I fuck up because I’m too busy imagining you naked beneath me with that colour smeared across your face from my cock and my kisses?”
I laugh, whispering, “Well, you’d better get over that real quick, because we’re about to go on stage.”
As if right on cue, Gray strides off the stage and the lights go out, making it fall into complete darkness. As the audience quietens, their excitement lowering to a murmur, I walk across the sleek black floor, my ballet slippered feet nothing but a wisp of noise. Zayn follows behind me, bringing with him our one and only prop, a wooden chair, which he places on the stage.
“Thank you,” I whisper, straddling it, my forearms pressed against the rail of the chair with my hands crossed over one another.
“Good luck, my love,” he murmurs in response before going to join Xeno, Dax, and York who are all standing in the shadows.
Taking a deep breath, I close my eyes asNo Ordinaryby Labrinth begins to play, and the spotlight gradually pushes back the darkness around me, highlighting me in its warm embrace.
Time seems to stand still as I blink open my eyes and stare out into the audience, their faces now cast in darkness and shadow.
The beat of the music flows through me, the opening verse washing over me as tingles rush up and down my spine. We went through so many songs before we chose this one. Were we going back to our roots and choosing a hip hop tune? Did we want something more instrumental? Or something more joyous and upbeat? In the end, this song was the perfect fit.
Because, ultimately, there’s nothing ordinary about our love.
What we feel for each other isextraordinary. It’s unconditional, deeply spiritual. Like the song suggests we are devoted to each other, to oursharedlove.
