The crowd was by far the biggest crowd that the band had played for and as intimidating as this was on its own, the fact that their pianist was gone, just added the icing to the cake
"Dude my palms are sweaty" Aarav mumbled," what if the sticks fly away?"
"Uh.. I don't know Aarav" Nagma bit her fingernail. The show hadn't started yet but the crowd had appeared and the anxiety had come in way before they did.
"Where is Jp!" Nagma exclaimed in a whisper.
"Aarav? " Darshan asked earning a glare.
"This is no time for jokes" he sighed,"wait I think I see her"
"Of course you do" Aditya giggled earning. They watched as she ran up to them, with a man in tow.
"Yash right?" Rudra asked.
"Yea" the man panted," she asked...forced me to play. She's very persuasive isn't she?"
They all nodded in response making Jp frown," just handle it...I gave him the song list and... I...I need to sit"