"Ok man, you can breakdown the plan to me. I ain't saying anything to anyone," Felix said as he sat down at Nathan's bed. Nathan was busy fixing his polo's collar in front of the mirror.
He laughed slightly and replied, "There is no plan."
"Don't try being innocent now, Nate. You're off to a chick's concert with two of the school's hottest babes and you there's no plan. What's up," Felix asked.
Nathan took one last look at himself and faced his friend, "There is no plan Felix. I just wanted to piss off Lucas. You know how he and Haley, that's her name right, used to be best friends when she was still in school? Yeah, Brooke and Peyton were asking him to go with them to the concert and he declined. He should naturally have tickets. So, I asked the girls if I could take them. That's it, no more!"
"But didn't that Haley girl used to have the biggest crush on you? Man, she was so dead on you, she could've brought up a spell to bind you and get you into her arms," Felix teased.
"Well, if that's the case then all's well will end well," Nathan laughed.
"Whatever, man. Just do go cheesy on us tomorrow."
"Yeah, well don't screw up yourself," and Nathan ran off from his room and left. Felix laughed and lied down in the bed with a huge sigh.
Lucas arrived at the concert alone but extra early. He wanted to wish Haley good luck before the show starts. Security was really tight, though, that it would be impossible for him to get across the guards and bouncers without them questioning him. When he couldn't seem to find a way, he dropped Haley a message in her phone saying that he was outside the backstage door. About five minutes later, Haley appeared and talked to the guard. The guard soon opened the door wide enough for Luca to enter.
"Hey," Haley hugged Lucas.
"Hey," Lucas answered with a hug. "Did I interrupt you?"
"Oh no, not really," Haley broke off from the hug. "My sound check's done so I'm good now. It's the time where I actually kind of get nauseas and just pray. I'm really happy you showed up. You with anyone?" Haley teased as they walked among the busy people backstage.
"No. I'm flying solo tonight," He laughed. Just then, Chris came from behind Haley. He surprised her and she jumped up. She turned and saw Chris. He made some face and Haley sarcastically laughed.
"Haha. Funny, Chris," she rolled her eyes. "By the way, Lucas this is my frie… frie..."
"Friend, Hales." Chris said.
"Right, Lucas, Chris. Chris, Lucas my best friend from way back."
"Hey man," Chris extended his arm to shake Lucas' hand.
Lucas extended his arm too. "Hey. I guess you guys have stuff to do so I'll head off."
"No, no, no man. Stay. C'mon show's not till 8. Stick around," Chris said.
"Uhh, are you not taking Haley with you?" Lucas asked.
"No, Luke, he's just very fond of being playful around me," Haley replied.
"Anyway, it's nice meeting you, Luke," Chris nodded. "I'll run off. I have to internalize on my own."
"Whatever. Don't mind him. He's just like that."
"Backstage passes?" Brooke shrieked. "Are you kidding me? Oh my God! Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer, this is awesome!"
"I know, right?" Peyton laughed.
"How'd you get them anyway," Nathan asked as he parked his car.
"Well, the guy who gave me the tickets offered me these passes too," Peyton replied.
"It doesn't even matter who gave you these. They're backstage passes. We can go up to Michelle Branch's dressing room," Brooke excitedly got off the car. The two followed and Nathan locked the doors with a click. They walked up to the backstage doors and gave their passes to the gurad. The guard then gave them IDs to where inside then entered.
The two girls were so excited to meet Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp that they amusingly looked at everything. Nathan, though, had no plans of gushing over those stars so he decided to take a solo flight. He took another way opposite the girls'.
Brooke and Peyton looked at each door to find the name of Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp. In their search, they found no name of either star but rather, the open-door room of Chris Keller. As they passed, Chris cried out, "Hey, can you grab me some juice?"
"Excuse me?" Peyton said.
"I said," he replied, exaggerating every word. "Can I have some juice please?"
"Uhh, we heard you. But we're not crew members. We're just touring the place before the concert starts," Peyton replied.
"Oh? Ohh…! Ok. Sorry," Chris apologized.
"It's ok," Peyton smiled. When the two were about to take off, Chris called again.
"Hey, do you girls want to sit here first?" The two looked at him, questioningly. "It's ok. I know I'm a celebrity but I won't mind if you wanted to ask me questions or an autograph or a kiss, maybe."
"Ugh! Excuse me?" Brooke exclaimed. "What made you think we're here just for you?"
"Brooke," Peyton said, warningly.
"No, really. It doesn't mean that if you're up on stage or on MTV, your ego should be larger than Texas. I mean,"
"Hey girls! Is Chris bothering you?" Lucas cut off from behind. The two turned to him, obviously surprised.
"Lucas?" Brooke asked. "What are you doing here? You know him?"
"Yeah, Haley made me meet him just a while ago," Lucas smiled.
"Hey Luke," Chris butted in. "What's up with these babes? Are they with you?"
"Uhh… don't you call us babes, you perv…" Brooke was cut off by Lucas when he put his arm around her.
"Yeah, they are. Look, we'll take off ok! Show's about to start, I think. Good luck out there, man!" Lucas gave Chris a nod.
"Thanks, man. I'll see you later," Chris gave a nod.
Lucas motioned for the girls to move ahead. "Let's go?"
Nathan walked through the backstage, observing the things he's seeing. A lot of people with two-way radios, headphone, papers and phones were walking along briskly. Just then, a young girl with red hair who was on the phone bumped into him. The girl dropped the phone and when she looked up, Nathan found out that it was,
"Haley?"