Love Of My Life – A James Maslow Love Story
Chapter 1
Danica's POV
I knew my father would be furious but I let Zoe drag me to the Big Time Rush Concert for my sixteenth birthday. My father didn't like me leaving the house for anything other than school. But I don't think he will notice my absence. He was passed out on the couch, drunk.
A car horn honked and I left the house. I jumped into Zoe's neon green pick up truck and she handed me two presents. One was a backstage pass to the meet and greet after the concert. The other was the Big Time Rush CD Elevate. I squeeled in happiness and thanked her a million times. Zoe my best friend ever. I put the CD in and we sang until we got to the venue.
When we got there, there was a thirty minute line to get in the venue. I didn't really like large crowds, so after about ten minutes, anxiety started to set in. I started to get really jittery, but finally we got in the venue. We got really good places, too. We were right next to the stage. The noise was tremendous. But the din only got louder when Big Time Rush came on stage.
They started out with "The City Is Ours". I was singing along to all the songs as they sang. When they came to the last song, "Worldwide", Carlos said to the crowd,"Okay! We need a volunteer to come up on stage and sing this song with us!"
Zoe shouted,"Danica volunteers! Danica volunteers!" She then pushed me closer to the stage. I shouted my protest, but wasn't heard over the voice of James saying,"So we have a volunteer!" He grabbed my arms and pulled me up on stage. I was mad at Zoe. She obviously didn't understand the concept of volunteering. I tried protesting, but Kendall was already speaking.
"So we have a volunteer to sing Worldwide with us! What is your name?" James passed me a microphone.
I said,"Hi, my name is Danica." I was getting really nervous now. Zoe was always telling me that I had an amazing voice, but I had never actually sang in front of anyone else.
James said,"Welcome to the stage, Danica. Such a pretty name by the way."
The song started. My voice cracked with the first note, but after that I got over my nerves and sang out. James put his arm around me when the song was over and said into the microphone,"She was awesome, wasn't she? Give Danica a round of applause!" The applause was very loud. Words can not describe how loud it was. I handed James my microphone and jumped off the stage. I hugged Zoe and whispered into her ear,"You're dead."
James's POV
"We did amazing, guys!" Carlos shouted when we were offstage. James nodded in agreement, but was more preoccupied thinking about that girl - Danica. She had a rocking voice and was very pretty. Her hair was brunette and floated in layers around her shoulders. She wore a pink turtleneck with skinny jeans and knee-high boots. Her glasses were cute, too.
"James...James!" James snapped back to attention when Carlos shouted his name.
"What, what?" James shouted back. Carlos reminded him that they were supposed to do a meet and greet in five minutes. James nodded and followed Carlos, Kendall, and Logan to the meet and greet. For about thirty minutes they talked to fans. James seriously hoped that Danica and her friend had passes for the meet and greet.
James's heart jumped when he saw Danica and Zoe approaching them. Danica handed him a CD to sign and he signed it. James smiled and said,"I heard your friend telling Logan that today is your birthday. How old are you?"
Danica smiled shyly and said,"I'm sixteen." James wished her a happy birthday and got up to give her a hug. He wrapped his arms around her small flinched but returned the hug. James wished that this moment would last forever. But it didn't.
" Well, we're going to be staying in Saginaw for a few weeks. Do you live near there?" James asked, hoping he didn't come across as a stalker.
Danica said quietly,"I live in Saginaw. Maybe we'll run into each other again. Well I have to go, so...bye." Zoe and Danica left, leaving James in disappointment.
Kendall whispered to James,"So you like Danica, huh?"
"Shut up, Kendall."