"We Won!" screamed my friend Catherine

You could here her voice over all the other people yelling at the opening bands. She had just won to meet her favourite band. She had been telling me all about them, all month! And trust me, I think she knew everything!

"We won, WE WON!"

"What?" I said

I didn't think we would ever win this contest. It was a simple, "'text in this number for your chance to win'", and everyone was doing it. How did we, out of all people win this?

I looked down at the text, and looked back up at her. She looked so overwhelmed! Then all of a sudden she was gone, slithering through the crowd to get out.

I follow her.

That crowd was horrible. It was hot and everyone was packed so tight together. Catherine ran all the way to the gate, where I'm guessing they told her to go to meet this band.

"What's the bands name again?" I asked

"Our Lady Peace!" she exclaimed sounding like I should already know this.

"I don't know who these bands are! You invited me! " I laughed.

She didn't even care that I didn't know what was going on. She was so focused on getting backstage to meet this band.

I watched as a security guard came and asked for the people who won to line up. As each person walked in he would check off a number. They had the numbers written down and asked you your number to make sure you were the one who won.

We got in. As we were walking backstage I was getting her hopes up even more.

"Are you getting a picture with them? What if they start talking to you? Will you cry?"

We were just about to walk into the gates where we will see them, but something caught my eye. It was gorgeous, silver, bracelet. It had charms and looked like it was worth a lot too. As I leaned over to pick it up, I thought about how upset the person who lost this would be. I knew I had to give this magnificent thing back.

But first I had to meet this band Catherine was so worked up about!

All the people who had won were all lined up. Catherine was franticly looking around for something for them to sign.

"The CD, the CD! You brought it right? Use that!" I suggested.

"Yes!"

She ripped her CD out. I was standing there trying to think if I had anything for them to sign in my bag, before looking.

"Uuhhhhh" she gasped

I looked over and there was this band I knew all about because of the explanations I'd been getting all month. She quickly pulled her dark brown hair into a ponytail, doing her quick touch ups before they saw her. I could tell by the look on her face that this was the time she will never forget.

As each band member passed by to sign things, she couldn't even say a word. I watched as she watched each member touch the CD and sign it. Then we got pictures. She was walking on air! It was so funny to see.

We walked out of the gates, and looked over to see her admiring each part of the signatures.

"That one's Raine Maida's," she said smiling.

"Catherine! You just met you favourite band!"

She was so overwhelmed I don't even think she was paying any attention to me. I had almost forgot about the bracelet!

I pulled it out of my pocket and looked at it for the last time. I looked up and tried to find someone maybe, looking around.

"We have to find the person who owns this!" I declared

"Uh huh" Catherine muttered

I saw a man in the distance looking under things on his hands and knees. He was about our age. I guided Catherine over, and asked

"Hey, did you loose something?"

He looked up and stopped. It was like he was in a daze for a moment. It was like he was looking thru me.

"Yea actually.. Have you seen a.. Bracelet around?"

I pulled it out for him to see.

"Uh, um, yea.. That's. mine." he stuttered

"Kay, good. I thought I wouldn't be able to find the person who owned it. It's really nice.

He picked himself up and wiped the dust off his knees.

"Thanks"

He was wearing a bright blue dress shirt with a tie, which was loose around his neck. Along with this he was wearing black skinny jeans, ripped. The strangest thing though was his hair. It was blue! Not all of it, just the front bang part, the rest was black. I couldn't get my eyes off his eyes though. They were a Blue-Green colour, perfect.

I didn't want to seem weird, so I looked away and took my obsessed friend, and went back to the crowd.

"Why would someone go to a concert wearing that?" I asked Catherine

"Humm? What? Who?"

"That guy! Did you not even look at him?"

"Uh, no, isn't this CD amazing?"

By this time we were already back in the crowd. There were so many opening bands I couldn't keep track of who was who. They were introducing the next band.

"And now, we have our next band, Marianas Trench!"

That didn't sound familiar at all. I could barley see so I just stood and listened. The crowed started cheering and screaming. A familiar song started playing

I knew them! They were playing Shake Tramp. I had heard people at school sing this, and play it at dances. After the song, the lead singer started talking, I knew that voice. It was the voice I had heard earlier. I moved over a little and saw that man! It was that guy with the blue hair! No wonder why he was wearing the dress shirt and all! I stood there and just smiled in shock. I had no idea!

Catherine and I watched the rest of the show, till her favourite band, came on. It was so packed and uncomfortable, that I wanted to leave.

"Is it almost over?" I wondered

"I hope not!" Catherine yelled

My back hurt and I was tired. It had been a long day. We had gotten to this venue at 11am and it was now 7:30pm. There was only this one last band and we could relax and hang out with the people we were with. I couldn't wait!

Getting out of this venue, I think, was the hardest part. It was a big building but the show was inside just one hall. Catherine and I waited in the halls for all the others we were with to show up so we could hang out for a bit and talk about the show. Catherine was so excited to show everybody her CD. She was still staring at it, mesmerized.

"Hey guys! Did u see that? It was so fun," said our friend Emma

"Look, look, look, look!" squeaked Catherine

"Oh cool!" said another friend

We were all just watching Catherine explain this day, 'the best day of her life', when I got taken right out of the group. Someone had grabbed my arm and completely turned me around.

"Thanks a lot for giving me the bracelet back. I wouldn't have been able to do the show without it," exclaimed that guy with blue hair.

"Oh, your welcome" I announced

"I'm Josh"

"I'm Ella, you did a really good job performing tonight."

"You liked it? Good. I'm glad. Did you come here with anybody?" Josh wondered

"No one in particular, just a group of friends"

Getting lost in the conversation with Josh was easy. The group of friends behind me faded away and it was just him and I.

"Do you live around here?" Josh asked

"Yea, I'm a local."

"We should get together sometime"

"Yea.. I'd like that." I said

I walked over to Catherine.

"And this is the Sharpie they used.." Catherine exclaimed

"Hey!" She yelled

"It'll just be a minute" I replied

I took the Sharpie over to Josh and took his hand. I turned it over so it was palm side up, and wrote my number on it. I looked up and smiled. He smiled back.

"I'll talk to you later then" Josh said with a grin

"Looking forward to it." I lilted

I slowly walked back to the group of friends to find all of them intensely staring at me.

"Oohhhh Ella's got a boyfriend!" yelled the whole group

It was like it was planned because they were all synchronized. Suddenly my phone rang and a second of panic took over my mind. Who would be calling at this time?

"Hello"

"Hi, just making sure you didn't give me a fake number."

I look behind me to see him fifteen feet away.

"Nope its real"

I flipped my phone shut and glanced over at Josh and giggled.

"That guy looks like the guy that was on stage," said Natalie

"That's cuz it is," I laughed

All the way back to the car all they could talk about was Josh and I. Thank God it only takes a few minutes to get home.

I woke up at nine the next morning to my cat Anemone. There was a text lingering on my cell phone. I got myself out of bed and got myself ready for the day. I was just about to head out when I saw the text on my phone again. It read

"Hey, what are you doing today?"

It was from Josh.

"I'm just about to leave for school." I asked

"School?" He asked

"Yea, I have to go to school to get a good job :)"

"What are you going to be?"

"Working in the ER" I wrote

"Cool! On a Sunday?"

"No I'm just going to pick a few books up, then I'm done for the day. Why?"

"It's my last day in TO and I wanted to see you again :)"

This is how things went, for weeks. We got to know each other really well and I think I really like him. Those weeks turned into months. Now it's been a year since I'd seen him. We talked on the phone all the time though, and even though he lived in Vancouver our relationship was still progressing well.

"Hello"

"Guess what?"

"What?" I said laughing

"We have a show in Toronto this Saturday! So we can see each other again.. For the second time" He said, emphasising the 'second' part

"Great! Does that mean I should buy tickets?"

"No, go check your mail."

"Kay I'll take the stairs so I don't loose you."

I walked out of the door of my apartment and down the stairs to the main floor. After finally finding my key I opened to box. Inside my mail was a backstage pass.

"Oh my god! Really?"

"I'll pick you up at seven, and you can meet the band and all"

"Okay!"

"Kay, I'll see you then, okay?"

"See you"

"Bye"

I was finally going to see him. I was kind of nervous and excited at the same time. What if he doesn't like me anymore? I mean, we're friends but, I kind of want this to be more than friends.

The week went by really fast and it was Saturday. I got all dressed up and did my make-up and all. I wore skinny jeans with a light blue spaghetti strap shirt that flared out slightly. For my hair, I straitened it, like usually. I was ready way too soon, it was six and he wasn't going to show up till seven. Then the phone rang,

"Hello"

"Hi darling" it was my mom

"Hi"

"Are you going out with that guy you don't know?"

"Um, yea mom, but I know him."

"When I was young, there were no phones and text messaging. So we couldn't have long distance relationships like you guys do, you dated the people in your community."

"MOM! Were not dating!"

"Oh okay then" She said. I could tell she was smirking at this point.

"When will I get to meet this boy?"

"Soon. I hope. Anyway I should go, he's going to be here soon."

"Okay, love you, have fun!"

"Bye mom!"

She always said I fall in love to quickly and then things get bad. I think this will be different though. I hope.

There was a knock on the door. My heart skipped a beat. I walked over and took a deep breath before I opened it. I looked up at him and smiled, didn't say a word. He was wearing a red dress shirt with a white tie, loose around his neck just like before, black skinny jeans and a white was still the blue hair and the Green-Blue eyes.

We both smiled

"Hi" I said, breaking the silence

"You look great" Josh gleamed

"Thanks"

"You, you ready?" He stuttered

I think he was as nervous as I was.

"Yup!"

As we walked out of the apartment it was silent, kind of awkward. We didn't say a word till we got out into his car. It was a black Honda Civic. It was really nice.

I got into the passenger side.

"Wow this is really nice." I exclaimed

"Thanks" he laughed

As we were in the car we talked and got a, little more comfortable with each other. He sounded just like he did on the phone; it felt so funny to actually 'see' him. We got to the venue he was performing at. There were already people lined up outside the place! We drove around back and got out of the car. I was about halfway around the back of the car when he started walking towards me. He held out his hand.

I took his hand and smiled. This couldn't be happening, he must really like me. We didn't say a word till we got inside. We didn't have to.

We walked in holding hands, everyone was sound checking. A guy with a big mohawk came up to us and said to me

"Well, you must be Ella. We've heard a lot about you."

I looked up at Josh. He was giving them that 'shut up' look. I looked back at the man and smiled

"This is Mike." Josh added

I nodded. He pointed to each person as he said his name.

"Matt, Ian, and Brett"

"What do they all play?" I asked

"Matt's lead guitar, Mike's base and Ian's…"

"Drums" I said

"Aw! They're finishing each others sentences!" Brett said with a smirk.

"Shut the fuck up!" Josh yelled

I couldn't help but smile. It was so funny.

"And that's Brett, the guitar tech." Josh exclaimed

"Hi!" I giggled

Josh and I walked over to what I think must have been dressing rooms. He sounded worried. He wanted to make sure I was going to have a good time and all. He told me to just do whatever and have fun. Easy enough.

Before I knew it the announcers were introducing the band. Marianas Trench. They went out onto the stage, and the crowd went completely crazy. They must have gotten a lot bigger over the past year. They all looked like they were having so much fun performing, and they were really good! Josh told jokes and they all danced around. At one point he was even off the stage so people could touch him.

That was when I realized how lucky I was. I couldn't help but smile.

After the show, Josh walked right over to me and gave me a hug.

"Did you like the show?" He said into my ear

"Yes. You're really good"

Everyone was saying good job as he walked out. I almost felt that proud feeling. It was still warm outside even though it was really late, like two in the morning. I could see the car, and we were walking towards it, but he stopped in front of it.

I held very still, he leaned in towards me. My eyes closed, my fingers wrapped around his. His hands caught my face and his lips found mine.

One hand moved up my neck and into my hair. The other at my shoulder, and he pulled me closer. I slowly lifted my hand up towards his neck. All the while his lips, soft and warm, kissed mine. I opened my eyes and he was staring at me with loving eyes.

He walked me over to the car and opened the door for me

"Thank you," I said almost embarrassed

He smiled, that perfect smile,

"Your welcome"

As we were driving away I must have looked so funny. I couldn't stop smiling. It wasn't that long till we got to my place and he would have to go.

"So does this mean we're together?" I asked

"If you want"

"Well, is that yes or no?" I smiled

He looked over and nodded. Then all of a sudden there was fear in his eyes. Something was wrong, but I didn't care this was perfect, he was perfect.