In the process, Nikole and I wedged our way up to the front row. Apparently, we had
gotten to Bogarts late, because New Found Glory was just about to go off stage.

*Backstage*

*Sam's POV*

"Hey Sam. What's up?", Benji said hugging me.

"Hey Benj", I replied. "Hey, Joel, Paul, Billy".

The other guys gave me a warm welcoming.

"I didn't think you was going to make it to this show", Joel replied. I looked at him funny.

"Really? Why not?", I questioned.

"I had been trying to get a hold of you all week, but you were never home".

"Oh, I'm sorry about that Joel. But you know I always come to your shows in my area", I
replied with reassurance. "Speaking of fans coming to shows, I invited 2 of my very good
friends to come backstage and chill with us".

"Sam. The last fans you invited backstage, they were weird. All they knew how to
conversate about was, "Oh my god, Benji, I love your lip rings. You look so hot in your
video for "Lifestyles" and you guys looked so hot on TRL", Benji replied.

"No, these girls are..well, different. They are new fans. They love your guys' music so
much", I replied. "I promise you will like these girls".

"How old are they?", Billy questioned.

"Laura, she is 18 and Nikole, she is 17, but she turns 18 in June. They are really cool
chicks. Even cooler now that they ditched the whole pop scene", I said laughing.

Their manager came back stage. "Guys, you are on stage in 5 minutes", she said, then
heading straight for the back. They all nodded.

"Well, Sam, we will see you after the show", Paul yelled as they were walking out. The
guys went on stage and went to their respective spot on the stage.

*Laura's POV*

"How are we feeling Cincinnati?", Joel asked the crowd. He was rewarded with a lot of
cheers. "Good! Cause we are ready to rock out for you guys". The first song they played
was "Girls and Boys". It personally had a lot of meaning to me. Basically cause the fact,
that I don't like just cars and money. Even though I knew they wrote that song in hopes of
pissing a few people off. But, hey, they had good intentions.

"Oooh, Laura. Benji is looking at you", Nikole said into my ear.