"Backstage passes please." the security guard asked as Austin and Dez made their way backstage after the concert.
The two boys showed the large man their passes and then we let backstage.
"Can you believe we're about to meet Bruno Mars?!" Dez said excitedly.
"I know!" Austin said. "I really hope he'll sign this guitar, Ally would FREAK and be completely over me being late."
"Yeah she will!" Dez said, the boys doing their signature handshake in victory.
"Mr. Moon?" a woman said, approaching Austin.
"That's me!" Austin replied happily. "And this is my friend, Dez. But if you want you can call him Mr. Wade. And you can call me Austin. But if you feel like being formal, by all means continue. I'm not gonna stop you. Being called "Mr. Moon" makes me feel like a spy, and a little bit like my dad."
The woman gave Austin a strange look.
"Yes, well, I've been told you are meeting with Mr. Mars." she told them. "Right this way please."
Austin and Dez exchanged an excited expression as they followed the woman to where they would be meeting Bruno Mars.
"Austin Moon!" Bruno Mars greeted them. "It's great to finally meet you, man! I'm a big fan!"
"I'm a big fan of you too, Bruno Mars! I mean Mr. Mars- I mean Bruno-" Austin stuttered, completely star struck.
"Hey, just call me Bruno." Bruno said, calming the boy down.
"Ok cool!" Austin said. "I didn't know what to call you since your assistant called me Mr. Moon so I wondered if you guys were just really formal here... OH this is my friend Dez."
"Nice to meet you, Dez." Bruno said, shaking Dez's hand. "Dig the name."
"I dig your name too!" Dez said. "Mars is by far my fourth favorite planet!"
"So my assistant tells me y'all want something signed..." Bruno said, ignoring the boys' awkwardness.
"Yes! This guitar." Austin said, holding out the instrument.
"This is a beatific instrument." Bruno said, observing the guitar.
"Thanks! It's from my friend Ally's music store; that's actually who the guitar is for." Austin explained.
"A girl who works at a music store? You're a lucky man, Austin. Hold onto that one." Bruno said. "So how do you spell your girlfriend's name? Ally, right?"
"What?! NO!" Austin said. "I mean, yes her name is Ally, but she's not my girlfriend. We're just friends!"
"Oh." Bruno said. "My mistake."
Bruno quickly signed the guitar then thanked the boys for stopping by.
"Ugh, it's gonna be a nightmare to get out of here." Dez said, as he and Austin existed the room. "All that uptown traffic is in a funk."
"Hmm... Uptown funk." Bruno said, thoughtfully. "I like that."
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