Part Five
"Where's the love, it's not enough," Taylor sang into the microphone.
Audrina looked at Cara and smiled. She was too excited to be able to write down her feelings, but a smile can speak a thousand words. Audrina was so excited to be only four metres away from Taylor... he looked so beautiful! He sounded beautiful too, just as good as he did on the CD. This was definitely Audrina's best birthday present ever. If only she could sing along... Audrina couldn't even be bothered mouthing along, because she knew that no sound would come out ever again. She sighed.
"Where's the love... I wanna see you all jumping," Taylor called, bounding as he sang the song. Audrina thought his enthusiasm was really endearing so she, like the other girls in the audience, bounded along with him. She saw Isaac smile at Taylor. His enthusiasm must be infectious.
Audrina watched Taylor jump. She wondered how he managed to jump, play the right notes on the keyboard, *and* sing without running out of breath all at the same time. He sure was talented. Audrina was starting to run out of breath, and she wasn't even singing. She stopped jumping and began to catch her breath.
"Well you know, we couldn't sell a record...." Isaac began. Audrina smiled. This was predictable. She'd seen the 'Tulsa, Tokyo & the Middle of Nowhere' and 'Live From Albertane' videos hundreds of times. They should try to come up with more things to say. Audrina noticed Taylor leaving the keyboard. He was probably going to stick his hand out into the audience. If only she was in the first row, rather than the third.
"We couldn't do a concert, and we couldn't live a minute without you," Isaac finished. The audience began to scream. Audrina smiled to herself. She wished she could scream.
But what was Taylor doing? As Isaac began to play the opening riff Taylor wasn't returning to his keyboard, he was jumping - off the stage! Taylor Hanson was going to do a stage dive!! What was he *thinking*?? As Taylor began to fly through the air the girls in the audience moved back quickly.
"Shit!!!" he screamed.
Taylor landed on the ground with a thud.
Zac stopped playing, quickly followed by Isaac and the backing musicians. The girls began to move back in towards Taylor, ripping his shirt off him. Audrina also moved in closer. Taylor was probably hurt! He'd dived head-first off the stage and rather than helping him, his fans were ripping off his shirt! Taylor could die...
No, no, he must not die! Audrina had to do something. She pushed her way through the crowd using all her strength. The girls were actually starting to move away, but they were still blocking security from getting to Taylor. At last Audrina found him. His shirt was no longer on him, rather in the hands of the girls who ran up to him, and Audrina could see his ribs. Poor Taylor. Why wasn't anyone doing anything?
When Audrina reached Taylor she began to pull him away so that she could get him to some doctor or something. She found that he was surprisingly light, even for someone as thin as he was. She took her sweater from her bag and covered him with it. It'd be easier to get him away that way.
Somehow Audrina managed to pull Taylor all the way out of the amphitheatre until they were sitting somewhere around the back. Or rather, Audrina was sitting. Taylor was lying flat on his back. Audrina could hear the commotion inside. She hoped that security wouldn't get too angry with her. After all, if it weren't for Audrina, Taylor would be ripped apart.
Audrina looked at Taylor's lifeless body. He wasn't dead, was he? She felt his chest for a heartbeat. Thank goodness. He must have just passed out or something. Still, things weren't looking good.
Audrina kissed Taylor's beautiful forehead and fixed up his hair. She couldn't be sure, but she thought that he may have had clumps of hair pulled out by the fans. Poor Taylor. She thought that he looked so much better in real life than he did in the posters on the wall of her room. She kissed him again and again, and prayed that he might live.
After a while, Audrina tired of kissing Taylor and sat there looking at him. She couldn't believe that no one had found them yet. Were they really that well hidden? Audrina felt sorry for Isaac, Zac and the rest of Taylor's family. They must be so worried about him.
Taylor's eyes fluttered open. Audrina gasped. He looked at her strangely. "Bambi?" he asked.
Audrina frowned. Taylor thought she was a deer? He must have been hallucinating. She pulled her pen and paper from her bag.
"Bambi?" Taylor repeated. He shook his head. "This is weird. One minute I'm at the concert and the next I'm lying here with Bambi." He looked at Audrina, who was urgently writing on her paper. She handed it to him. "My name's not Bambi, it's Audrina. You stage dived at the concert and the fans removed your -" Taylor read. "What???" he asked looking down at himself in shock. "Oh... I thought we..."
Audrina's eyes widened in shock. She grabbed the paper and began to write again. "No! Certainly not! I took you here so that you wouldn't lose all your clothing," she wrote. "I guess you'd better go back now."
Taylor raised his eyebrows. "Right. Why aren't you talking to me Audrina?"
Audrina rolled her eyes. Only one day since she'd lost her voice and explaining herself was already getting annoying. She'd have to learn sign language or something. "I can't speak. I have no tongue." She opened her mouth to show Taylor.
Taylor look surprised. "Well, that's no good, is it?"
'No shit!' Audrina thought. She shook her head. "I just want to say thanks for giving me such a great birthday present," she wrote.
"No kidding??" Taylor asked. "It's my birthday too! How old are you?"
"I know," Audrina wrote. She flashed her hand three times.
"Fifteen," Taylor mused. Fifteen wasn't too bad.
"My parents sent me to the states for three months as a birthday present," Audrina wrote.
"Your parents sent a mute girl overseas for three months?" Taylor asked, surprised.
Audrina raised her eyebrows.
"That must be hard for you," Taylor added.
"Not really, I've wanted to come here all my life," Audrina wrote. "It's a family tradition." Audrina didn't care to mention her other family traditions. This was going nowhere. Maybe she should make herself look more pathetic. "I had a tongue when I came here, but someone cut it off and now there's no way I can ever book a ticket home," she wrote. Audrina looked at Taylor with wide eyes.
"Which is... where?" Taylor asked.
"Australia," Audrina wrote. "I can't do anything now that I've lost my tongue," she added, underlining the word 'anything'.
Taylor looked sad. "That's a shame," he said earnestly. Audrina had won his sympathy! "Don't worry, I'll see what I can do," he said, standing up. He Audrina's hand and pulled her up. "Come on."
"Where's the love, it's not enough," Taylor sang into the microphone.
Audrina looked at Cara and smiled. She was too excited to be able to write down her feelings, but a smile can speak a thousand words. Audrina was so excited to be only four metres away from Taylor... he looked so beautiful! He sounded beautiful too, just as good as he did on the CD. This was definitely Audrina's best birthday present ever. If only she could sing along... Audrina couldn't even be bothered mouthing along, because she knew that no sound would come out ever again. She sighed.
"Where's the love... I wanna see you all jumping," Taylor called, bounding as he sang the song. Audrina thought his enthusiasm was really endearing so she, like the other girls in the audience, bounded along with him. She saw Isaac smile at Taylor. His enthusiasm must be infectious.
Audrina watched Taylor jump. She wondered how he managed to jump, play the right notes on the keyboard, *and* sing without running out of breath all at the same time. He sure was talented. Audrina was starting to run out of breath, and she wasn't even singing. She stopped jumping and began to catch her breath.
"Well you know, we couldn't sell a record...." Isaac began. Audrina smiled. This was predictable. She'd seen the 'Tulsa, Tokyo & the Middle of Nowhere' and 'Live From Albertane' videos hundreds of times. They should try to come up with more things to say. Audrina noticed Taylor leaving the keyboard. He was probably going to stick his hand out into the audience. If only she was in the first row, rather than the third.
"We couldn't do a concert, and we couldn't live a minute without you," Isaac finished. The audience began to scream. Audrina smiled to herself. She wished she could scream.
But what was Taylor doing? As Isaac began to play the opening riff Taylor wasn't returning to his keyboard, he was jumping - off the stage! Taylor Hanson was going to do a stage dive!! What was he *thinking*?? As Taylor began to fly through the air the girls in the audience moved back quickly.
"Shit!!!" he screamed.
Taylor landed on the ground with a thud.
Zac stopped playing, quickly followed by Isaac and the backing musicians. The girls began to move back in towards Taylor, ripping his shirt off him. Audrina also moved in closer. Taylor was probably hurt! He'd dived head-first off the stage and rather than helping him, his fans were ripping off his shirt! Taylor could die...
No, no, he must not die! Audrina had to do something. She pushed her way through the crowd using all her strength. The girls were actually starting to move away, but they were still blocking security from getting to Taylor. At last Audrina found him. His shirt was no longer on him, rather in the hands of the girls who ran up to him, and Audrina could see his ribs. Poor Taylor. Why wasn't anyone doing anything?
When Audrina reached Taylor she began to pull him away so that she could get him to some doctor or something. She found that he was surprisingly light, even for someone as thin as he was. She took her sweater from her bag and covered him with it. It'd be easier to get him away that way.
Somehow Audrina managed to pull Taylor all the way out of the amphitheatre until they were sitting somewhere around the back. Or rather, Audrina was sitting. Taylor was lying flat on his back. Audrina could hear the commotion inside. She hoped that security wouldn't get too angry with her. After all, if it weren't for Audrina, Taylor would be ripped apart.
Audrina looked at Taylor's lifeless body. He wasn't dead, was he? She felt his chest for a heartbeat. Thank goodness. He must have just passed out or something. Still, things weren't looking good.
Audrina kissed Taylor's beautiful forehead and fixed up his hair. She couldn't be sure, but she thought that he may have had clumps of hair pulled out by the fans. Poor Taylor. She thought that he looked so much better in real life than he did in the posters on the wall of her room. She kissed him again and again, and prayed that he might live.
After a while, Audrina tired of kissing Taylor and sat there looking at him. She couldn't believe that no one had found them yet. Were they really that well hidden? Audrina felt sorry for Isaac, Zac and the rest of Taylor's family. They must be so worried about him.
Taylor's eyes fluttered open. Audrina gasped. He looked at her strangely. "Bambi?" he asked.
Audrina frowned. Taylor thought she was a deer? He must have been hallucinating. She pulled her pen and paper from her bag.
"Bambi?" Taylor repeated. He shook his head. "This is weird. One minute I'm at the concert and the next I'm lying here with Bambi." He looked at Audrina, who was urgently writing on her paper. She handed it to him. "My name's not Bambi, it's Audrina. You stage dived at the concert and the fans removed your -" Taylor read. "What???" he asked looking down at himself in shock. "Oh... I thought we..."
Audrina's eyes widened in shock. She grabbed the paper and began to write again. "No! Certainly not! I took you here so that you wouldn't lose all your clothing," she wrote. "I guess you'd better go back now."
Taylor raised his eyebrows. "Right. Why aren't you talking to me Audrina?"
Audrina rolled her eyes. Only one day since she'd lost her voice and explaining herself was already getting annoying. She'd have to learn sign language or something. "I can't speak. I have no tongue." She opened her mouth to show Taylor.
Taylor look surprised. "Well, that's no good, is it?"
'No shit!' Audrina thought. She shook her head. "I just want to say thanks for giving me such a great birthday present," she wrote.
"No kidding??" Taylor asked. "It's my birthday too! How old are you?"
"I know," Audrina wrote. She flashed her hand three times.
"Fifteen," Taylor mused. Fifteen wasn't too bad.
"My parents sent me to the states for three months as a birthday present," Audrina wrote.
"Your parents sent a mute girl overseas for three months?" Taylor asked, surprised.
Audrina raised her eyebrows.
"That must be hard for you," Taylor added.
"Not really, I've wanted to come here all my life," Audrina wrote. "It's a family tradition." Audrina didn't care to mention her other family traditions. This was going nowhere. Maybe she should make herself look more pathetic. "I had a tongue when I came here, but someone cut it off and now there's no way I can ever book a ticket home," she wrote. Audrina looked at Taylor with wide eyes.
"Which is... where?" Taylor asked.
"Australia," Audrina wrote. "I can't do anything now that I've lost my tongue," she added, underlining the word 'anything'.
Taylor looked sad. "That's a shame," he said earnestly. Audrina had won his sympathy! "Don't worry, I'll see what I can do," he said, standing up. He Audrina's hand and pulled her up. "Come on."
