I Don't Know About You, But I Came To Dance

By Corinne Holmes

"I won't stop until you're shakin'.."

My alarm went off at 10:30 in the morning on a Friday. I threw my Pokémon sheets off my body and stumbled over to my phone. I used it as an alarm and had to plug it in on the other side of my room so I would have to wake up to turn it off. After unplugging it, I set it on my desk and ran over to my sister's room to make sure she was waking up. Today was the day we have been waiting for. We bought the tickets a few months ago and had been counting down the days 'till the show. After my sister (her name is Miranda, by the way) reluctantly opened her eyes, it didn't take her long before she realized what day it was.

I ran back into my room and shut the door. I plugged in my straightener and then proceeded to turn it on. While that was busy heating up, I put on the clothes I had picked out the night before. Some dark blue skinny jeans, the shirt I had made with my sister and our friend, Brittany, and some little socks. I then put on my powder, eyeliner, mascara, and chapstick. After I was somewhat satisfied with my face, the real fun began. I had to tame the wild beast lurking on my head.

I took a shower the night before and slept on my hair wet, thus making it a wonky mess. I had to straighten it in several sections. The underneath was black, with a purplish tint, while the top was bright red…"Ruby Rush" as it was called on the box. It looked pretty spiffy after I had it all straight. I then took some hairspray to make it poofy on top. I'm quite obsessed with hair and plan on becoming a hairdresser in the future, so who better to practice on than myself?

As soon as I had finished with my hair, my sister barged in to use my straightener on her bangs. Hers was too wide to use for such short hairs. While she was busy with that, I went and got some water and then brushed my teeth. After all the necessities were taken care of, I packed my backpack with things to bring along on the trip: my fully charged mp3 player, which had recently been updated with more songs, my camera with three empty memory cards and four extra batteries, my pillow, and my stuffed dog, Lou. I also brought along overnight clothes since we would be staying at Brittany's house afterwards.

After Miranda and I were all packed and ready to hit the road, I called Brittany to let her know we were on our way. We said a quick goodbye to our mom and packed into Gabriel, my reddish '96 Saturn SL2. As we pulled out of the driveway, Miranda and I let out a squeal as we anticipated the amazing night we would have.