I remember the day everything started, and for once I could see my happy ending falling into place.
It was on my 15th birthday that I got the tickets, and I was overwhelmed with shock.
A few days before that, my friend Mia and I were in her room. Both of us were Beatles fans and I was telling her about my favorite band McFly. She heard me rave about it all the time but doubted me. "I'm telling you Mia, they're an awesome band! They're the youngest band to have a debut album hit the top of the charts!" She looked at me. "Wait, no. The Beatles hold that record." She told me. "They did." I chuckled. Mia had been hesitant of this band since I started mentioning it. She was afraid they were like 1 Direction.
There wasn't too much wrong with them, but we found them to be overrated. McFly had been around before and they were so much better. Plus they actually knew how to play instruments, unlike 1 Direction.
I showed her the music video for 5 Colors in Her Hair, the boys helping out a girl who needed it. Sometimes I wished that girl could be me.
"do do do do do do
do do do do do do
do do do do do do
She's got a lip ring and
5 colors in her hair
not into fashion but I
love the clothes she wears."
I loved the raspy voice of Danny Jones. I had never found a voice to be so raspy it could be classified as sexy before. Mia saw my expression and how I gazed at Danny with such affection in my eyes. Since we were best friends, we found it easy to see when we were hot for some guy. "So you're into the lead singer?" She asked me. "No, its not just that. They're so funny, and they're great at writing songs, and they just...inspire me." I said. "And they're coming to America on tour soon! I want to go so badly, but I'll never get the chance to. I don't know if they will ever come back on tour..."
After that, I hadn't know it but, Mia bought the tickets and gave them to my mom. She knew I came from a wealthy family but that my household didn't receive much. Mia's family had money too, but they taught her to treat everyone with kindness. It had been a long time since the family had last given me such a spoil, probably since I had started to be true to myself. My family was surprised when I opened my mothers birthday card and found concert tickets with backstage passes. To them it wasn't their idea of fun, but for me everything I had hoped for and then some. My mom would drive me and Mia to New Orleans where the concert would be and trust us to go by ourselves.
So a week after the party I packed my stuff and went with Mia and my mother. That was when mom admitted to me who was really responsible for this whole trip. I felt a little guilty at first when I thanked Mia, but she was humble about it. "Doesn't matter, just as long as you're happy, Audrey." The three of us had lots of fun the day before the concert, shopping in New Orleans and getting to eat the local cuisine. We went into a few antique shops for my mom. My mother loved the feel of nostalgia an antique store gave her. It reminded her of when she was younger and she had less to worry about. Sometimes I really worried I might turn into her... but that might not entirely be a bad thing
While Mia and I waited for mom we tried on the hats in the store. They reminded us of The Great Gatsby and the clothes a flapper would wear. "My grandma still talks about women wearing these," I said. Mia grabbed my arm. "Hey, look who's here." Outside the shop window there was a large bus trying to get through the traffic of the French Quarter. The bus was completely black, but on the side in an orange retro font was "McFLY".
"Ehmahgawd!" Mia and I both yelled. I quickly snapped a picture of the bus. The girls back home would never believe me... but then again they weren't really fans. The grouchy shop keeper looked like she wanted to kick us out. We left soon after that anyway. After we stepped out of the shop I looked around for the McFly bus, but it was no where in sight. My heart was pounding. "Wow... we were that close to them." I said. "We'll be way closer to them tomorrow night."
"Hot pink top and black shorts? or white on denim?" I asked Mia. We were in the bathroom getting ready. "Hot pink. What shoes?" She asked me. "Pink converse." She was picking out her outfit as well. "Okay, do you have your black socks?" She asked. "Yeah." I said. "You should wear those with it. I love how it makes your legs look long." I put them on. My mother always thought it was a strange, so I only wore them with Mia and my other friends. Mia did makeup for both me and her. She was a prodigy at it, and she made most of her looks seem natural. Just a bit of brown on my eyes and lip gloss for me, other than concealer I wasn't a person for makeup.
At 4 we left to get to the concert arena. It was summer vacation so the city had many people visiting. The concert hall was filled with fans so devoted they came from Montana and Ohio, even though the tour would reach an area close to them. The lights dimmed and fans began to scream. Who knew there were so many underground American McFly fans. After a few minutes a boy with dirty blond spiky hair and lots of bangs stepped on the stage with a base. He had a sightly scrawny build but still looked cute. This was Dougie Poynter, the youngest and most hilarious member of the band. He played base and back up vocals for McFly.
He approached the mic. "Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls of all ages may I have your attention please." I knew what Dougie was about to do. Across the stage a boy with platinum blond hair was playing on a piano, the sound like in a southern church. The boy on piano was Tom Fletcher, the lead vocalist and guitarist in the band. He was one of the founding members of McFly. "Because I am wearing my holey shorts today, it is time to get Casper on your asses!" He was actually wearing them(you are not a true fan unless you know what I'm talking about). "Can I get a 'out here'?"
"Out here!"
"Can I get a 'praise the lawde'?"
"Praise the lawde!"
"In the middle, 'OMG'."
"OMG!" We shouted from the middle.
"Okay, okay, okay, -" Dougie said and before he could finish Tom cut him off. "Okay Dougie, that's quite enough." But Tom was laughing too. "Let's get started already!" said a raspy voice excitedly. The voice belonged to Danny Jones and...well I've said quite a lot about him, haven't I? Danny had dark slick spiky hair and piercing blueish green eyes. Cutest freaking grin I've ever seen. Like Tom, Danny plays guitar and sings lead vocals. I watched as Harry walked onto the stage and waved as he went to his drum set. I couldn't believe my favorite band was standing in the same room as me. In. The. FLESH.
"Who's that?" Asks Mia. She motions her head to the back. "Harry? That's the drummer." I see the look on her face that only me as her best friend can recognize. "No." I say laughing. "Hahahah! Maybe me and you can go stalk them later." I said. "We're not going to stalk them!" She says blushing and wanting to giggle. "No, but we will go talk to them."