One month later (which would be June…) everything was going great between Emma and Stephen. The group was hanging out more frequently and Stephen no longer got mad when Emma would spend time with them. In fact, he had even started to hang out with them himself. It was two weeks before warped tour and nobody had gotten their tickets yet. One day, when the group didn’t hang out, Emma and Stephen were at her house cuddled up on the couch watching a movie. Once again, her father wasn’t home.

 

“Hey Emma, I have a surprise for you.” Stephen said looking down at her, resting on his shoulder.

 

She sat upright and looked at him smiling. “Really?! What?!”

 

“Well, I found these just lying around and I know how much you like green day, so…” he pulled out two tickets and held them up for her to see.

 

“Her eyes lit up and she jumped up off the couch as she grabbed the tickets to read them. “Warped Tour!!! Oh my gosh Stephen! Thank you so much! You are the best boyfriend. But where’d you get the money?! They are like $30 bucks a piece!”

 

“I did some chores for my mom and I had some birthday money left over.”

 

“Oh you’re the greatest!” she jumped on him and kissed his cheek then gave him a huge hug. “You are coming with me right?”

 

“Of course.” He replied.

 

Later that week Paul, Roxi, Benji, and Joel  all managed to buy their tickets. Since Stephen was now on ‘good terms’ with the group, they all decided that they would go to warped tour with each other. Benji and Stephen weren’t really friends since the day at recess, (recess sounds so funny!) but they could tolerate being around each other. Emma and Benji’s feelings stayed at the friendship level and they didn’t’ get jealous if the other hung out with the opposite sex.

 

The night before Warped Tour came and Emma, Roxi, Benji, Joel, Paul, and Stephen were all hanging out in the open field by the park. They were sitting on a big blanket talking about what they wanted to do the next day. Because it was 10:30 at night, they all had flashlights. Benji and Paul were entertaining themselves by making shadow puppets, being as they had no girlfriend to cuddle with. (no, they won’t cuddle with each other! This is not slash people!)

 

Emma was sitting down in front of Stephen who had his arms wrapped around her waist. Roxi and Joel were sitting across from those two. Roxi was leaning against Joel and he had his chin rested on her head, and his arms around her waits, holding her hand with their fingers intertwined.

 

“I can’t wait to see Billie Joe! We have to get front row for Green Day!” Emma stated.

 

“I don’t’ want you to get crushed by crazy moshers!” Stephen replied, kissing her on the cheek.

 

“Don’t worry Stephen! I plan on being one of those crazy moshers!” she looked up at him and smiled.

 

“EMMA! We have to get front row for Social D too!”  Benji suddenly joined in on the conversation.

 

“Oh… we will!” she replied.

 

Everyone sat there continuing to talk until Roxi looked down at her watch and noticed that it was 11:15pm. “Hey guys, I hate to break up this little get together, but it’s already 11:15. We should get heading home. Stephen, you wanna call your mom to pick us up or should I call my brother?”

 

“I’ll call my mom first.” Stephen replied, dialing his home phone number on his cell phone. (this might get confusing but he’s talking on the phone to his mom.. you only hear his side of the convo though.. that’s why there’s pauses!) “Hey mom? …… I know it’s late…. No…. why?! …. Fine, whatever.” Stephen pushed end on his phone and looked up at everyone else. “My mom’s being stupid, I guess you’ll have to call your brother Roxi.” With that, he handed her the phone.

 

Roxi called Blake and he picked them up five minutes later. Roxi and Emma squished up front and the four boys squeezed into the back seat. They dropped Stephen off first and Paul, Benji and Joel were all dropped off at Paul’s and Roxi and Emma went to Emma’s. They all went to sleep so that they’d be ready for Warped Tour the next day.

 

(* Sorry for the lame ending….. I don’t know how to end it without dragging it out forever! Thanks for signing the guestbook too! You rock! Hey green font! For Green Day! Yay! *)