Sorry that this is a really long chapter! I pretty much documented what happened at the actually show minus some parts so that's why it's long! Sorry again!
Lily was waiting for me in the line. Her anticipation was showing. "It's only five minutes away!" she squealed. "I can't wait!"
I looked around and saw many people in these "Nothing Personal" t-shirts on. Was there a band called Nothing Personal? I turned to Lily. "What's up with these people wearing those shirts?" I pointed at one of them.
"Oh, there's this band called All Time Low and they're performing tonight. Their newest album was called 'Nothing Personal,'" Lily replied.
"Well…that explains a lot."
"By the way, why don't you tell me that story again? You know the one with the guy who randomly kissed you."
"I think he's going to be here since he was asking me about it. I don't know. He was running away from a bunch of screaming girls and he grabbed me and kissed me so he could hide away from them. I think he's famous, but he doesn't look familiar to me."
Lily was fascinated. "Jenny, you probably kissed someone from the bands that are going to perform."
I shrugged. "I don't know."
"Okay people," the security yelled from the front of the line. "We need to move the line."
"Run!" the people started screaming. The line was moving so we started running our way to the front. We ended up cutting people but Lily didn't care. She wanted to be in the front. I was squished between two people while Lily was in front of the people who were squishing me. When we were allowed to enter, Lily and I ran inside. There was a good amount of people already in there so we took our spot at the right side of the stage where the bass player normally played at.
"I can't believe we're here!" Lily exclaimed. "We have to start texting so we can enter the contest to meet the bands!" She began pressing numbers on her phone. "Come on, start texting!"
I rolled my eyes and pulled out my phone. "The number to send this is 41601?" Lily nodded. "What am I suppose to text?"
"First of all," she looked at me. "Text 'ATL' so we can have a chance to meet All Time Low. I don't care if we don't meet the other bands. I just want to meet them."
"Okay, mom," I replied and began texting 'ATL' and sent it. I also texted 'Providence' so I could meet This Providence; I ended up having a message back telling me good luck and said that if I won, they were going to text me towards the end of the show. What were the chances of us winning this? This was a sold out show so I knew we weren't going to meet any of the bands.
The lights dimmed and Amber Pacific began performing. The crowd wasn't really going crazy since they weren't that popular. When they began singing "Gone So Young," I freaked out and started jumping. I was the only one jumping which was pretty normal for me when I was going to shows.
Then This Providence came out and performed. Once again, I was the only one singing to all of their songs, even Lily was a road kill. When this band called the Maine came out, everyone was going crazy except for me since I didn't know who they were. The lead singer was pretty cute and their songs were pretty catchy. This one girl got to go on stage with them to sing "Girls Do What They Want." Needless to say, the girl was a total groupie as in she was pretty much humping the lead singer's leg and trying to go backstage with them when their set was over.
Push Play was whatever as well as Cash Cash and Hey Monday, although I got one of their drumsticks when they threw it in the crowd. We the Kings were pretty insane since everyone was jumping and screaming. The energy from the stage went on me and I started jumping when they did a cover of "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World. Pete Wentz was drunk and hosted the rest of the show since he came late. The next band that was going to perform was All Time Low.
The sound check guy was doing microphone checks. "Testing, testing Gaskarth, Gaskarth," everyone screamed and the guy moved to the next microphone. "Testing Barakat testing," everyone screamed again. The crowd was ridiculous. They haven't seen the band yet and they were pushing behind me like crazy. Lily almost looked like she was going to charge the stage.
The lights dimmed and everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs. It was the most uncomfortable feeling since I was pushed against the barricade. I knew my boobs were going to be in pain the next morning. Lily couldn't stop swinging her arms and ended up hitting me on the head.
"Sorry," Lily yelled in my ear.
I looked up at the stage. The first person who caught my attention was the lead singer. He had a red plaid shirt with dark skinny jeans. His hair looked like it hasn't been washed in days, but he was cute. Then this dude who was wearing a striped shirt with emo hair came out next with a guitar. He was super tall and super skinny, but he was alright, too. The drummer came out and then…he showed up. He was wearing a tank top with skinny jeans. He was playing a pink bass and the band kicked off their opening song. People were dancing and screaming while I was dumfounded. The dude who kissed me was the bass player of All Time Low.
I stared at him in disbelief as the bras and panties were thrown to the stage. I highly doubted that he was going to see me since it was so dark, but I was in the front so he was bound to see me. Actually, why would he even bother to remember me since I was just a girl who he just met? Wait, why was I worrying about this? Do I actually….
"Oh my gosh, Jenny!" Lily squealed in my ear. "Zack Merrick is checking you out!"
I looked up at the stage. He was over me on top of the amplifiers. He grinned and winked at me before he ran to the other side of the stage. So he did remember me.
"That was the guy who kissed me!" I yelled.
"What? I can't hear you!" Lily screamed.
"Zack Merrick was the guy who kissed me!" I yelled even louder. I guess I said that too loudly since the people who were around me gave me death glares. "Uh…in my dreams!" I forced a laugh while the people rolled their eyes and continued watching.
Lily's eyes widened. "Seriously? He was the guy you were telling me about?" she hit me in the arm. "Lucky bastard!"
I sighed heavily and watched him run back to his position, his eyes still locked on mine.
Yeah... I wished that happened when I watched ATL performed.
