As quickly as Nick said San Francisco, I grabbed my Blackberry and googled San Francisco Facts. Thank god for internet-ready cell phones. "Twelfth most populous city in America, fourth most populous in California" I read out loud, another part of the game we played. I'm supposed to guess the city, and I also read out the facts of the city guessed. "Home to the first Chinese immigrants."
Nick laughed at that fact. "I heard there is a Chinatown there in the city. It's a pretty big deal. "
"Duh!" I looked up at him. "Historical Chinatown." I looked down at my phone and clicked out of the website I was on. "San Francisco seemed really pretty from the pictures I just saw." I looked back up at him with a smile. I was now getting excited.
"I know, I looked it up myself right when I found out that was our next spot." Nick smiled, moving from the arm of my couch, to now sitting down normally, on the cushion. "The Golden Gate Bridge, Union Square, Alcatraz." He started listing the main tourist sites. "I looked it all up."
"But what's in San Francisco?" I asked, standing up from my recliner and moving to the other side of the couch, next to Nick.
"Everything I just named." Nick raised his eyebrow. He must have thought I was going either deaf or senile.
"I know that, dork." I chuckled from his facial expression. "I meant, what is there? Like, is there a reason we are going there?" I asked out of curiosity. I knew this concert was just a one day sort of thing, not a tour or anything major. It just seemed so out of the blue to be heading to California after having a four month break of no concerts at all.
"Oh yeah. Kevin volunteered us to play at this tourist set up called Pier 39." Nick grabbed his phone, the new iPhone, and googled the pier just as fast as I did on my Blackberry. "I guess the Aquarium of the Bay is having some kind of charity day." He handed me his phone to show me the Aquarium's website, with more information about the location. "It seems pretty cool to me." He smiled as I handed him back his phone.
"It does sound fun, I can't disagree. Do you know how long we will be there for?" I imagined we would only be staying for a day and a half.
"Four days actually. We are leaving tomorrow, on the fourth. The fifth is the concert, the sixth is a vacation day, along with the seventh, then we will leave the morning on the eighth." He mentally pictured the calendar of days in his mind.
"Tomorrow?" I nearly shouted, making Nick jump slightly, startled, though he played it off cool.
"Yeah, is that a problem Mace?" Concern then entered his face and his voice.
"No. No. Of course not. Just so soon of notice." I smiled, reassuring him that I was completely fine about the planned trip. "When did you find out about this though?"
"An hour before I came over. Don't worry, we all were told on a sudden, short notice type of thing." Nick stood up off my couch, stretching his arms above his head. After stretching he quickly snapped his iPhone into it's holder on his hip and smiled. "I will catch you later Mace, I'm heading home to make a playlist for the concert with Kevin and Joe."
He leaned over to hug me, his muscularly built arms pulling my small frame into a hug as soon as I stood up from my seat. "I will call you in a few if you want to go get some dinner before coming over." Nick smiled as he walked himself to my front door and let himself out.
As a routine, the day prior to a concert or event, I always spend the night at the Lucas' with Nick. Since most of the time, whenever they have something scheduled, it is early in the morning, so by having me sleep over, it is less of a burden to have pick me up in the morning before departing.
Quickly, I made a mental note of everything I needed to pack for the trip, then began my packing spree.
