Chapter 2:
Gaga Boom
I shoved the last spoonful of cereal into my mouth before bidding my Mum and Russell goodbye. Shuffling my feet on the pavement, I heard someone calling my name.
"OH MY GOSH! SAMANTHA ROSS?"
I spun my head around and saw a girl with brown wavy hair running towards me. As she got nearer, I got a closer look at her.
"Abby?" I muttered.
"I can't...bb..believe it. It's been so long!"Abby replied, panting.
Abigail Trey was my elementary school friend. (Abby for short). We lost contact after going to different middle schools. And yeah, she now happens to attend Foxton High. Great way to start my first day of school, knowing that at least I have a friend to talk to. We exchanged information (where we lived, how's life and so) and she started raving about her favourite band she discovered few months ago.
"You should really check them out. Their songs are way AWESOME. Plus they're HOT." Abby giggled.
"You mean Allstar Weekend?"
"Yeah. Forget it, I'll let you listen to their music now."
She pulled out her headphones from her bag and stuffed them into my ear. Soon, I was listening to my first Allstar Weekend's song, Come Down With Love. My first thought was - Wow, the lead singer has an amazing voice and their songs are really good.
It wasn't long before we reached the school gate.
"I'll see you in English and lunch. We are in the same class right?" Abby asked.
I nodded and Abby lead me the way to my first class, Biology, before running off to her own class. I haven't known most of my classmates yet, so it was practically boring during lessons since I had no one to talk to. I especially glad when it was English class, it's not that I really like English, but I had Abby to keep me from getting bored.
By lunch, I had started to like A-DUB(Allstar Weekend), especially the lead singer, Zachary David Porter. I have no idea why but his name sound familiar and I had a feeling that I've seen him before somewhere. Abby was basically babbling on about A-DUB during English, showing pictures of them that she had kept in her file, telling me facts and going gaga over Cameron Quiseng, the bass player of Allstar Weekend.
"Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you about this earlier. My cousin can't make it for A-DUB's show this Saturday. Something cropped up at her house. I'm supposed to go with her but since now she can't, I've got a free ticket here..." Abby looked at me, grinning.
"You will go with me, won't you?"
"Huh? Me? What? I mean I've only known them for less than a day. I don't even know ALL their songs!"
"Don't worry about that. Just come with me on Saturday. Please?"
"But I-"
"I don't care. You ARE coming with me. Here's the ticket. Don't lose it. For the songs part, why not drop by at my house after school tomorrow? We could listen to their songs and well, hang out together. It has been ages since we last hanged out."
"Okay..." I said.
So that's it. I was given a free ticket to go to Allstar Weekend's concert. Part of me was reluctant. I felt bad that Abby had given me a free ticket, I actually didn't have to pay for it. Part of me was excited, I've kind of like A-DUB already, after Abby telling me all about them. It would be nice if I could see them perform live personally. When I got back home from school, I found another note on my bedside table.
'See? I told you that you will like it here.'
"So that's what you meant huh? You knew that I would meet Abby and get to know about Allstar Weekend. Next time, please tell it in a straight forward manner. I'm tired of guessing." I sighed. Pearl was right. Moving to this town wasn't that bad after all.
