"I don't hear any music," Daley said. "I think we missed it."

We continued to glide through the crowds of people, ignoring the aches in our feet from walking all day. We went around a building and saw a few booths with band merchandise. I noticed that one said Good Charlotte. It was on the very end. We continued toward a large crowd of people and came to a large stage with the letters "GC" in the background.

A sudden rush of excitement went though me as we cut through the cluster and got as close as we could (just a couple feet away from a gate, which was a little over five feet from the stage). We were on the right side, which is where we entered from.

There were people setting up the stage with equipment. This took about ten minutes. But the band members soon walked out onto the stage, setting off several screams from the audience.

"What's up Hotlanta?" Joel Madden said.

There were more cheers.

I never really understood the whole "Hotlanta" thing. Honestly, the name sounds kind of asinine to me. But whatever.

After a short moment, Benji Madden, the lead guitarist, started strumming. Soon enough, Joel started singing the opening lyrics to "The Anthem". Everyone cheered and sang along.

"D***, it's hot," Joel said after "Girls And Boys", "The Young And The Hopeless", and "I Just Wanna Live". "This next song is for anyone who has ever been in love and had their heart broken."

Everyone cheered as the band began to play "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Wanna Be In Love)".

She's going out to forget they were together
All that time he was taking her for granted
She wants to see if there's more
Than he gave she's looking for

He calls her up
He's trippin on the phone now
He doesn't want
Her out there and alone now
He knows she's movin it
Knows she's using it
Now he's losing it
She don't care

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If you've got nothing left
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love
Back it up now
You've got a reason to live
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love
Feelin' good now
Don't be afraid to get down
Say I don't wanna be in love
I don't wanna be in love

Joel walked toward the side of the stage closest to us, then stepped onto a speaker to get in reaching distance of the front row. At this, everyone rushed forward to touch his hand, pushing us into a crowd.

Melissa was taking pictures with her cell phone, but she couldn't really see what she was getting in the shot because she had to hold the phone high so people wouldn't block it. She was standing to my right and somehow managed to squeeze to my left before the song was over. She was trying to get a picture of Billy Martin, her favorite.

The audience was jumping up and down when Joel sang the chorus again. I didn't, though, because I probably would have fallen with all these people pushed up against me and because I'm just not that outgoing no matter where I am.

When the song was over, Joel started talking as he came to the stop in front of us. "How many of you have never came to any of our concerts before?"

Most of the crowd yelled.

"Was it fun?"

The cheers were louder.

"So, before we leave-" Joel started pulling his pants up a bit "Hold on. My pants are falling down." After he fixed them, he continued. "Anyway, before we leave, we want to tell you that Cardiology will be coming out in September. So we're gonna play a song from that album."

They began playing a song called "Like It's Her Birthday".

At the end of "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous", two members of another band cam out on stage and sang the chorus with Joel. I think they were from All Time Low. I don't know. I never listened to their music.

Good Charlotte soon exited the stage. Daley, Lex, Nathan, Eric, Taylor, Melissa, and I squeezed through the crowd to get through the exit since the only reason we were here was to see Good Charlotte. We were all sweating to we stopped by a water fountain, then went to Skull Island and played in the water, which made my feet sore because the ground was pokey. But we stood under a huge bucket of water and waited until it poured down on us and soaked us. That was fun.

We left after about ten minutes, grabbing our shoes out from where we hid them behind a garbage can.

"So did you enjoy the concert?" Melissa asked me as we sat next to each other in the back seats.

"Yeah," I smiled.

"Were you excited about seeing Good Charlotte?" Daley asked.

"Not yet."

"Not yet?" Eric asked. "What do you mean, 'Not yet'?"

"It's gonna take some time to sink in. It could take hours. It could take weeks. The Panic! At The Disco concert only took an hour to sink in when I went to it a couple years ago. So I'll probably be sleeping when Good Charlotte sinks in and I'll miss the excitement part."

Everyone stared at me like I was crazy. Even Nathan was looking at me through the mirror.

"My mind works weird," I said innocently with a shrug.

"It was so crowded out there," Taylor said. "When the singer started touching people's hands everyone moved forward. Then they started jumping up and down and a girl was jumping in front of me while another one was grinding my back."

We laughed at this.

"It was gross."

The rest of the way home was mostly talk about what happened at Six Flags, what song to play on the radio, and just plain small talk.

I actually had fun. I mean, yeah, maybe I didn't get on a big roller coaster. But I did ride the Dahlonega. That's a start. Maybe I'll ride the others one day. Who knows?