The members of UKISS came out onto the stage and faced away from the audience as the lights went down and the screen started to show the camera feed of the stage. Jade grabbed onto the vest she was wearing and couldn’t even hear all the screams from behind her as the music for Neverland started and the lights came back on. As soon as the members turned around and she saw Eli’s face, tears started to fall down her face.

                Keji noticed that she wasn’t moving and leaned over her shoulder and saw that she was crying. He grabbed her shoulder and yelled over the loud screaming and the speakers. “I know this is hard for you but this is still technically a photo shoot! Control your face or the photos will be useless!” Jade snapped out of it and nodded. She wiped her face and took a deep breath, glancing over at Cyrus who looked concerned and Abby who was only paying attention to taking photos of the boys on stage. She nodded to Cyrus and began to enjoy the concert, keeping her emotions in check.

                After they finished performing Neverland, they did their introductions. Jade of course screamed only for Eli. It looked kind of like AJ kept looking at her, but she decided that was just her imagination. She was really hoping that Eli would notice her, but she wouldn’t keep her hopes up. After the concert, she would be able to talk to him face to face at the interview.

                The next song was Standing Still. Jade remembered that her photo was being taken this time and sang and danced along with the song, screaming Eli’s rap section as loud as she could. Keji leaned over her shoulder again and pointed at AJ. “He just winked at you for doing Eli’s rap!” Jade laughed and sighed. “Is it wrong that I want to punch him?” Keji burst out laughing “Nope! We all want to punch him at some point!”

                They began talking to the audience again after Standing Still finished. Jade could barely register the words they were all saying. She kept her eyes glued to Eli. She felt like she was dreaming again, except if this was a dream, no one else would be here.

                She watched Eli walk over to the side of the stage to hand his coat to one of the staff as Hoon and Soohyun were singing bits of their solo songs. On his way back to the others, she could have sworn he noticed her. His eyes went wider and he almost walked into Dongho. Jade thought she was going to explode. It looked like he kept glancing at her while Kevin sang a part of My Reason and Soohyun and Hoon sang parts of Missing You.

                AJ grabbed him and started getting him talking about their solo song and Jade started screaming as they started singing Party All The Time. The two of them went out onto the catwalk, getting even louder screams from the audience. They started reaching out into the crowd on their way back to the main stage and Eli brushed his fingers against Jades outstretched hand.

                Even though he wasn’t making eye contact with her, the moment seemed to be hours long to Jade. She memorized every nanosecond, including the fact he slightly curled his fingers around her pinky finger and rubbed his thumb across the back of her hand, which he didn’t do to anyone else. She wanted to believe that it was because he was her Eli, but it was probably because she was the last one before he pulled his hand out of the audience.

                The boys got back into formation with Eli in the center. Jade was holding her hand close to her chest and continuing to stare at him. 0330 started playing and she never even noticed that Keji was leaning on her shoulder. Her mind kept playing the dream memories from the times in the 0330 set over and over. Eli kept looking towards her, unless her mind was playing tricks on her.

                The next song was Someday and Eli had to stand on the opposite side of the stage as where she was standing. She finally realized that Keji was leaning on her. She blinked a few times and turned to look at him. He grinned and reached for the hand that Eli had touched “So Eli touched…” he was cut off as she used her other hand to smack his away. “Don’t touch it!!” He burst out laughing.

                Believe began playing and Jade and Keji sang along with the song together. They were the two biggest UKISS fans out of all of their friends.

                Manmanhani was the final song and Shelby and Elle started yelling the lyrics to this one with them. Towards the end of the song, all the members ran out onto the catwalk and everyone except for Jade reached out for them. She didn’t want another member to touch the hand that Eli had touched. She noticed Cyrus taking photos so she reached her other hand out to them. Hoon brushed against it and then AJ grabbed it and smirked at her like he knew something. She really wanted to punch him now.

                The boys all left the stage and Jade and everyone else went back to the press area. Cyrus and Abby started doing stuff with their cameras memory cards. The girls and Keji all looked over at Jade who was staring at her hands. Keji grabbed her shoulders as Shelby hugged her from behind. “Jade! You saw UKISS!! They even touched you!!” Shelby yelled as she lifted her up off the ground excitedly.

                Jade started laughing and crying at the same time. “I don’t even know what reaction to have right now!” she yelled as she flailed around. Abby looked at her grumpily. “Well you better calm yourself because you will be interviewing them soon. We will be filming it so don’t make a fool of yourself.” Keji glared at her but Jade just sighed. “Do I at least have a script for this interview? Or do I just gotta make it up as I go?”

                Cyrus laughed. “I wouldn’t send you guys in there without written questions. I don’t trust any of the questions that Keji would ask.” Everyone laughed, including Keji. “I just want to know when they will finally have another shirtless concept!” Jade patted his shoulder. “As do we all.”

                They could hear Demi Lovato getting on stage. Cyrus looked at the other girls. “You girls can go watch her if you want.” Shelby, Elle and Lizzie all shrugged their shoulders and sat down in some of the plastic chairs that were sitting around. Shelby grinned “I want to go to the UKISS interview too!” Elle nodded in agreement. Lizzie just shrugged. “I’m fine helping you with whatever. UKISS isn’t really that great to me.” Cyrus nodded and had Lizzie help him and Abby with the equipment as the others helped Jade and Keji go over the questions after Abby handed them a clipboard with the approved questions.

                Soon, some event staff came over to them with another man. He introduced himself as one of UKISS’s managers. “We have learned that we are staying at the same hotel, the boys were wondering if you would be willing to have a more comfortable interview back there instead of here.” Abby looked like she was about to object but Cyrus noticed the girls and Keji’s faces. “That will be perfectly fine. We will head back to the hotel right away.”

                They spoke a few moments longer and exchanged contact info and the manager left. Cyrus laughed as everyone except for Abby looked excited to see them at the hotel instead of here. “Well, let’s get all the equipment back to the car and hurry up then.”

                Everyone quickly packed up and piled into the van they had rented. Jade had to sit on Keji’s lap because they didn’t pile everything in neatly. Keji grinned. “Do you think Kiseop would say yes to coming to my hotel room?” Cyrus sighed from the driver seat. “Considering that is my room too, he better say no.” Shelby laughed and elbowed him. “Ask him to go to the pool instead!”

                Keji grinned again. “How about we do the interview by the pool!?” Abby groaned. “It’s night time and the pool is outside. We have to have it inside, probably in one of the hotels meeting rooms.” Cyrus laughed. “The manager said we will be interviewing them in one of the empty hotel rooms. They already asked the hotel.”

                Elle suddenly asked “Isn’t it weird that they are scheduling the interview and location? Doesn’t the interviewer usually do that?” Cyrus nodded. “Usually I would have to contact them, but some busy celebrities do plan the locations. Like they have me come to where ever they are already working or something.” Jade sighed and looked down at Keji who nodded in agreement. “It probably is AJ doing all of this.”

                They got to the hotel and they were all wondering why AJ would keep doing all this to them. The staff helped them move their equipment to the room they had set aside for them. It turned out that they had given them a suite. It had a large bedroom with 2 king sized beds in it and a living room that was separated by a door.

                Keji and Jade went into the bathroom to make sure that they still looked ok after the concert. Keji put a cold water bottle over Jade’s eyes to get the redness down from crying. When they came out after fixing their hair, the furniture in the living room had been moved around so that they could fit them all in frame. They had moved the couch and chairs so that UKISS had a place to sit and the only thing left for Keji and Jade to sit on was the large footrest that had been in front of one of the chairs.

                Elle grabbed Keji and Jade and pulled them into the bedroom to give them makeup. Jade laid on her face on the bed. “I think I’m going to die!” Elle laughed at her. “You will be fine and you better not lay down like that after I do your makeup!” Keji smiled as Elle was doing his eyeliner. She mumbled at him to stop moving. “I don’t want any makeup.” Jade grumbled into the bed.

                They heard a knock and then heard voices introducing people. Jade squeaked and hugged a pillow close. Elle sighed and looked at her. “Looks like times up, you don’t get any makeup. Keji, you are finished.”

                Keji tried to calm down Jade while Elle opened the bedroom door just in time to hear Kevin ask who was going to interview them. Kevin was the only one able to see into the bedroom door and laughed as he watched Keji rip the pillow out from Jade’s arms. Keji whispered. “Put on your professional face. It’s time.”

                She took a deep breath and followed him out into the room. Jade scanned the whole room and saw all of UKISS except for Eli. Then the door to the hallway opened. “Sorry I’m late! I couldn’t find my…” he paused as he looked up from his phone and saw Jade. “phone…”

                AJ, Keji and Shelby all smiled as he almost dropped his phone.