.chapter 27.

 

When Roxi woke up she heard Green Day playing in the bathroom she noticed that Emma wasn’t in the room anymore and figured that she was in the bathroom.

 

(a/n: wow, a lot of stuff takes place in bathrooms… haha)

 

She got up and grabbed her black ripped off Dickies, red fishnets, and a red tank top that had a black star on the front of it. She knocked on the bathroom door and Emma exited with her pink cut-offs, black fishnets, and a black tank top that had a pink skull with a bow on it. Her hair was flipped out and she had random jewelry on. (description enough? I’m in a describing mood.)

 

“Geez! You got up early for it being summer!” Roxi said, looking at the clock she noticed that it was 9:30am. Emma must have at least been awake since 9:00. (ok ok so it’s not THAT early…. Who cares?)

 

“I couldn’t sleep any longer! Ahh! I can’t believe we are going to Warped Tour today!! I’m gonna see Billie Joe!!!” she laughed when she saw the questioning look on Roxi’s face. “Sorry about that…. Teenie moment.”  The two laughed at this comment and Roxi headed into the bathroom to get ready. Emma stood at her full-length mirror applying eyeliner, and mascara.

 

After both girls were done getting ready they called Paul’s house. Paul’s mother picked up the girls, and they dropped by Stephen’s house to pick him up. Benji and Joel were already with Paul since they had both spent the night. On the way to the venue they all sang along to whatever was familiar on the radio. People were already at the venue by the time they pulled up and there were some pretty long lines already forming. All of the kids got out of the van and went to join the rest of the teenage population.

 

It was around 11:00 when the line finally showed some sign of movement. The summer sun was beating down on them, and they had already begun to sweat. The group hadn’t prepared very well water wise so there were only three water bottles rotating around the six people.

 

A guy from one of the smaller less-known bands was walking up the line having people demo his music and passing out stickers. He reached the group and handed them each a sticker.

 

“Hey, I’m Dave and I’m here with my band ‘Nothing to Lose’. (fictional band) We are just a couple of guys from Florida and we had to pay to be here. Would you mind listening to some of our music?”

 

“Sure.” Emma took the headphones that Dave was handing her and placed them on her head. She listened to it for about a minute or two then handing the headphones back, she smiled and said, “You guys sound pretty cool. I really like the bass line.”

 

“Thanks! I’m actually the bassist for the band, lead vocals too. Do you play bass?”

 

“Yep!”

 

“That’s cool. Keep it up. Bass is awesome.” He finished their little conversation with that and a smile then turned his attention towards the rest of the group. “So, anyone interested in buying a cd? Five bucks.”

 

Paul had listened to the cd while Emma was talking to Dave and spoke up. “I’ll take one.”

 

“Me too.” Emma said, she couldn’t help but smile when she looked into his bright blue eyes.

 

“See ya around.” Dave said with a wink as he made his way further down the line.

 

Stephen wrapped his arms around Emma’s waist and placed his chin on her shoulder.

 

“Stop Stephen.” She told him as she shrugged him off. She could sense his jealousy.

 

“Come on.” He said, putting his arms around her again.

 

“It’s hot enough as it is! I don’t need the extra body heat!” she snapped at him, starting to get a headache from the heat and his insistence.

 

The line moved about a foot or two more in the next ten minutes. All the water had been drunken (that looks funny.) up and it was continuing to get hotter. Starting to feel slightly dizzy from the heat, Emma sat down on the bumper of an equipment bus that was parked along the edge of the sidewalk. Stephen sat down next to her and put his arm around her waist.

 

“Seriously Stephen!! It’s too hot! I’m gonna pass out if it gets any hotter!” she stood up to get away from him, but instantly got light headed so she sat down as quickly as she could.

 

“Hey, you ok Em?” Benji asked, bending down so that he was at eye-level with her.

 

“Yeah, she’s fine.” Stephen told him, standing up and pushing him over so he could stand by Emma.

 

(I’m sensing jealousy!!  mwhahaha)

 

“Stephen, why do you have to be such a jerk?” Benji questioned, shoving Stephen into the nearby fence. Stephen ran back at him and pushed him backwards. Before Benji could charge at him again, Joel had grabbed him by the arm.

“Dude, Benj. As much as I’d like to see you beat the crap out of him, it’s not worth it.” Joel whispered into Benji’s ear. Benji pulled away and sat on the curb with his back towards everyone. His head was rested on his arms, which were rested on his knees, which were pulled up to his chest. (confusing much? Haha)

 

“I’m going to see what is making this freaking line take so long.” Stephen said, agitated. He walked up the line towards the front and disappeared from sight.

 

“Well, this is gonna be fun.” Roxi commented.

 

(I know I had more for this chapter but my mind kinda went blank when I got to the ‘end’ so if I remember what I was gonna type then I’ll just add it into the next chapter! Sound good? Alright! I hope you like this much-needed update! Reviews are always welcome… hehe.)