Pippa's POV
I walked into the theatre 10 minutes after Lin entered, I saw him sitting next to Alex. I winked at him and went into my dressing room to find all the girls gathered there.

"Hey girls... what are you guys doing here?" I asked confused, they looked at me and squealed "The costumes are here!!!" I laughed cause Lin told me about this last night and I already got my screaming out. From him telling me that and then the events after... but let's not talk about that.

"Aren't you excited?" Renee asked, "I am, it's just really fun watching you guys" she laughed at that. I dropped my bag near the couch and sat on Emmy, I was too tired to stand and there were no more seats left.

We talked about how we hoped our costumes would be until Chris walked in and told us to get ready. Today we were just trying on our costumes and dancing to make sure the size is right and other things relating to Tommy (not sure if this is a real thing).

We decided on not warming up as it would waste time. The girls went to their dressing rooms to change, leaving Jasmine, Renee, and I alone. We took our dresses and started putting on our corsets, that took some time. Once we put the corset and the beige dress on we made our way to the stage where everyone was gathering.

We were all waiting for Tommy to tell us what to do but until then we all talked on stage. Although I couldn't get enough of how cute Lin looked in the brown coat and ponytail. I had to look away before someone caught me, we wanted to be a secret for more time.

After about 15 minutes Tommy made us do certain scenes to make sure everything was perfect. We continued this until we finished all of the Act 1 costumes, after which all the girl removed their main dresses and came to our dressing room in their corsets.

"I'm playing music!" Carliegh exclaimed before anyone else could. She started to play songs that we used to listen to as kids and I loved it but then a particular song started 'Runs the World'.

It's one of my favorite songs so naturally, Renee, Jazzy, and I started to sing and dance along (you should all know the video I'm talking about, if not I'll put the link to it in my announcements).

"Omg Lin would die if he saw you dance  like that!" Jazzy exclaimed, "What do you mean?" I asked, confused. "He's basically in love with you" she laughs, "with the little glances and the heart eyes, the man wants to marry you!" Ariana continued.

I blushed nobody knew we were dating and I was hoping none of them saw me blush. "Oh please, you're probably exaggerating. There's no way he would like me" I lied hoping it would throw them off. "Pippa trust me he likes you... a lot" commented Emmy, now that got me curious.

"What do you mean by that?" She told Betsy to close the door so we could talk in private. "So this is what happened..."

~~~~Flashback to bar night~~~~
Emmy's POV

The whole cast decided to go out for drinks, there was no special reason we just wanted to drink. Everyone wanted to freshen up cause we were all sweaty after rehearsals.

"Hey Em, let's go," Ariana said as I finished packing up, we lived in the same building so we always commuted together.

"Okayyy..." I replied happily carrying my bag outside the room.

When we reached the building, we decided to meet up after a shower so we could get ready together. That took about 30 minutes, after which Ariana came over with a few dresses and her makeup pouch so we could start.

An hour later I was in a tight white dress that complimented my figure and Ari was in a cute blue one. Our make up was very minimalistic since it wasn't an event.

It was 9:10 pm and we had to be at the bar at 9 so we rushed out and tried to make it to the bar as fast as possible.

We reached a bit late but it was fine cause no one really cared too much. I left Ari to dance with this guy she found cute, I ended up sitting at the table with Renee, Daveed, and Chris.

I looked over to the next table and saw Pippa sitting with Jasmine and Anthony but something was off with her.

She seemed on edge tonight, we were waiting for a few more people to join us. I watched as she kept her eye on the door.

But all of that changed when Lin came in, she visibly calmed down and stopped looking at the door.

I watched as Lin sat down across from Pippa, I didn't miss her blush as he smiled at her.

I was too distracted by the conversation Daveed started to notice that Pippa moved seats. She was now sat next to Lin, he was showing her something on his phone. Whatever it was it got her laughing and blushing hard. I watched as she pat his chest whilst he grinned.

Halfway through the night, I was at the bar with Pippa when she got asked to dance by some sketchy guy at the bar. I watch her reluctantly agree, I knew she didn't want to go.

So I gave her the 'look my way if you need me to help you out' look.

I took the tray of drinks we ordered to the guys keeping my eyes on Pippa and that guy to make sure I didn't  miss anything.

Lin questions me as to where Pippa had gone, I nodded my head in the direction of the dance floor. Explaining some creep asked her to dance.

He got all worked up, saying he'd go and interrupt them, I told him that I was keeping an eye out for her.

I kept glancing back to Pippa on the dancefloor, she looked so uncomfortable. I had to intervene when I saw the dude try to pull her close.

I look over at Lin to see him seething, he basically had smoke coming out of his ears. We both stood up at the same time to go and help her out but I told him I would do it instead.

I walked over to them and quickly thought of something to get her out.

I went closer and kissed Pippa's lips "Hey babe, wanna go and have a drink I miss you..." I pouted. The guy released his arms in disgust. I leaned closer to kiss her again but stopped cause he had enough and left.

Laughing I looked at a relieved Pippa, "You are good right?" she nodded with a smile thanking me.

We walked back to the table and I see Lin calm down immediately seeing Pippa safe and happy...

~~~~flashforward to like present day~~~~
Pippa's pov

I smiled after she finished the main part about Lin and me. She continued talking about her and Daveed but I needed to see Lin.

It felt nice to know that he cared about me that much before we started dating.

I snuck out of that dressing room and walked to his dressing room knocking as I waited for a response. "Come in!" I opened the door and walked in, he was looking at his laptop.

He looked up and his jaw dropped when he saw me, for a second I was confused but then I remembered that I was only in my corset. I smirked knowing he liked how it looked judging by the intense stare at my chest.

"Hey babe... I just wanted to come here and talk to you" he shook his head to focus a bit and replied. "Hey... What's up?" I sat next to him and watched him close his laptop and keep it aside before I answer him.

"Emmy just told us a story..." he turned his body so he was facing me. "Really? What story?" I'm not gonna lie, I absolutely loved that he always sat like this when I wanted to talk.

"About the last time we went to the bar as a cast? You know before you fell on your face when you tried to confess?" I couldn't help but giggle at that.

"Hey! That was a hard day" he pouted, I stopped laughing, somewhat, and kissed his cheek. "But you gotta agree it makes an amazing story" he sighs with a smile.

"Yeah that is true, so what was the story about?" he asked coming back to the point as to why I came here.

"The story was about how you didn't like me dancing with that other dude." I smirked knowing 'being worried' wasn't the only reason.

"Yea well he was all touchy-feely with you, I didn't like it... It made me jealous" he whispered the last part looking down.

I smiled, he was so cute. I pushed his shoulder back as I climbed onto his lap, he looked up just enough to make eye contact with my chest. I shook my head letting out a soft chuckle before lifting his chin so we could look at each other.

"Eyes up here bud..." he blushed a bit and replied "Sorry I got a bit... distracted".

I was now straddling him, "You know I really like this song... Run the world... I really think Beyonce runs this world. what about you?" I whispered softly and in a not so innocent manner.

"You." he responded without a second to spare, "Thats what I thought...".

I leaned in to kiss him, which lead to some other stuff that might make me need a lot more tea.

A/n: hey guys hope you liked this chapter...

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