I signed-on at 12:25, five minutes earlier than Zac and I had agreed on, so that I could check my mail before I had to meet him in the chat room. I went to my mailbox and saw that Zac had emailed me. I clicked on his message and waited for it to download. It said:

g,

hey guess what. i was looking through my dad�s schedule and i have family business in chicago in a couple of weeks. I also noticed that there is gonna be a hanson concert there during the same time i�m gonna be there. i was wondering if you would like to maybe meet me at the concert and we could go together? i�ve got tickets already. and they�re pretty good, first row. so if you want to , tell me. talk to u in a few hours.

zac

I almost fell out of my chair. He wanted to meet me?! Crap! I immediately got into the chat room we always met in and waited. Twenty minutes later he hadn�t showed up.

Puff_Greenie: WHERE IS ZAC? HAS ANYONE SEEN HIM?

TAYZGURL: HAVEN�T SEEN HIM WHY?

Puff_Greenie: I NEED TO TALK TO HIM.

zWjTcIhAnSoN: ZAC HANSON?

Puff_Greenie: NO A GUY NAMED ZAC HIS SN IS ZH_85 U SEEN HIM?

zWjTcIhAnSoN: NOPE SORRY

Puff_Greenie: THAT�S OKAY...... HE�S NOT EVEN ON! HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON 15 MINUTES AGO!

AOL host: ZH_85 HAS ENTERED

Puff_Greenie: UR LATE!

ZH_85: SORRY, I HAD TO HELP MY MOM

Puff_Greenie: THAT�S OKAY BUT I SERIOUSLY NEED TO TALK TO U

ZH_85: IS THIS AN IM SERIOUS OR A PHONE SERIOUS?

Puff_Greenie: PHONE

ZH_85: K, HOLD ON....

zWjTcIhAnSoN: U GUYS TALK ON THE PHONE?

Puff_Greenie: YEAH

zWjTcIhAnSoN: WOW, DO U GUYS KNOW EACH OTHER FROM ANYWHERE BUT THE NET?

Puff_Greenie: NOPE

zWjTcIhAnSoN: HMMM.......

Puff_Greenie: WHATEVER... ZAC! GET YOUR ASS ON THE PHONE!

ZH_85: SORRY, TAY�S USING IT AND HE WON�T GET OFF!

Puff_Greenie: FINE THEN, I CAN�T WAIT ANY LONGER

I IMed him.

Puff_Greenie: ZAC

ZH_85: G

Puff_Greenie: THIS IS SERIOUS!

ZH_85: ::SIGHS:: WHAT�S WRONG?

Puff_Greenie: GEE I DON�T KNOW

ZH_85: WHAT? DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG? IS IT ABOUT THE CONCERT? BECAUSE WE DON�T HAVE TO IF U DON�T WANT TO IT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION

Puff_Greenie: I DON�T KNOW....... I MEAN WE�VE ONLY KNOWN EACHO THER

Puff_Greenie: EACH OTHER*

ZH_85: 5 MONTHS

Puff_Greenie: REALLY? THAT LONG?

ZH_85: YEP

Puff_Greenie: MAYBE...... BUT MY PARENTS WOULD FREAK IF THEY FOUND OUT.

ZH_85: THEY DON�T HAVE TO KNOW. DO U HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY HANSON-LOVING FRIENDS?

Puff_Greenie: SADIE LOVES THEM

ZH_85: PERFECT! I HAVE AN EXTRA TICKET SHE CAN USE. TELL YOUR PARENTS U 2 R JUST GOING TOGETHER DIDN�T U SAY SADIE IS LIKE 16?

Puff_Greenie: YEAH, THAT COULD WORK.....

ZH_85: SO U WILL?

Puff_Greenie: I GUESS...... I�D HAVE TO ASK SADIE AND ASK MY PARENTS ABOUT GOING TO THE CONCERT AND THEN EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT FRONT ROW......

ZH_85: U WON THEM OFF THE RADIO

Puff_Greenie: DANG BOY, U�VE GOT THIS ALL PLANNED OUT DON�T U?

ZH_85: YEP I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT WHILE I WAS HELPING MOM WITH LAUNDRY

Puff_Greenie: COOLNESS OKAY, I�LL DO IT

ZH_85: COOLNESS! HEY, TAY�S OFF THE PHONE FINALLY

The phone rang and I ran for it before my parents got it. �By the way, what day is this concert?� I asked, knowing it was Zac.

�June 5. How about we meet around 1:00 outside the front gate?�

�When does the concert start?�

�Around five but I would kind of like to talk to you for a little bit before a ton of people start showing up.�

�Makes sense. Okay. Where is it?�

�The World.�

�Coolness.�

�Well, you should probably call Sadie and ask her if she wants to come.�

�Yeah...�

�So I�ll call you later?�

�Okay bye.�

�Bye,� we hung up and I dialed Sadie�s number.

�Hello?� Sadie asked, sounding bored.

�Sadie! Oh my god! He wants to meet me!�

�What?!� I could hear a crash. I guessed Sadie had fallen out of her chair.

�Zac wants to meet me! And he wants you to come with me! To a Hanson concert with him! Front row! On the fifth! In Chicago! At The World!� I exclaimed into the phone excitedly.

�Woah! Wait a minute. Slow down and repeat that entire thing.�

�Zac wants to meet me at a Hanson concert which he has front row seats to on the fifth of June at one o�clock and he wants you to come with me.�

�Front row to Hanson?! Ahhhhh! Do you know how hard I have tried to get tickets to that concert?! Yes, I�ll go! Are your parents aware of this?�

�No, I�m telling them we got the tickets off a radio contest and we�ll just take your car, no parents.�

�So, your parents aren�t going to know about the meeting?�

�Nope.�

�Um... will my parents?�

�Nope.�

�Okay, I�ll go. How will we get the tickets from him?�

�We�re going to meet him outside the front gate at 1:00 that day and we�ll just go in together. God I hope he�s cute.�

�I hope if he�s cute he has an older brother.�

�He has two older brothers. Isaac and Taylor.�

�As in Hanson?�

�No, he told me he wasn�t a Hanson.�

�Oh, too bad, that�d be cool. Hey, I gotta go. I�ll call you back later.�

�Kay, bye.�

�Buh-bye.� I hung up after she clicked off. A minute later the phone rang again.

�Hello?� I said, hoping it was Zac.

�You know, I have concluded that you talk too much with Sadie. I tried to call you three times while you were talking to her!�

�Why were you trying to call me again? We just got off the phone! Dang boy!�

�Sorry. So what did Sadie say? Will she come?�

�Yep.�

�Coolness.�

�By the way, just so I�ll know who I�m looking for in case other people are there, what do you look like?� I twisted the phone cord around my pointer finger and leaned back in my chair, waiting for his response.

�Um... I�ve got blonde hair. I�m about 5�9, I... don�t know how to describe myself. Don�t worry about finding me. I�ll find you. And a big guy will be with me. He�ll probably be wearing a SECURITY shirt. Don�t be scared by him. He�s a big softy. He�s my..... he�s a friend of the families. He works for The World, that�s how I got the awesome tickets.�

�What? Is he a security guard there or something?�

�Sort of...�

�O-k-a-y... whatever.�

�Yeah... so, did you ask your parents if you could go yet?�

�Nope. I�ll do that right now. Hold on a minute will you?�

�Sure.� I placed the phone face-down on the desk and went in search of my father. I found my mother on the couch, looking deathly ill as she always did when having migraines. I tip-toed down the hall past her and found my father looking over some papers in his office.

�Hey Dad?� I said, slowly traipsing in as I always do when I want something.

My father peeled off his half-glasses that always reminded me of an old man�s and gave me a relaxed yet humorous look. �How much money do you want?� he sighed heavily, already reaching for the wallet he held in his back pocket.

�None. I was just wandering... Sadie won two front row tickets to the Hanson concert on the 5th at The World and she wants me to go with her. Would you mind if I go?�

�Not at all. Have fun. You need any food funds?�

�Nope. I can handle it. Thanks, Dad.� I smiled and went over to give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. He smiled and hugged me back.

�You�re welcome.�

�Gotta go. Thanks again!� I waved as I hurried out of the room and back into my room, grabbing the phone as I sat in a chair. �I can go.�

�Coolness! Well, I have to go so I�ll talk to you later and if I don�t, then I�ll see you at the concert.� I smiled at the thought and hung up the phone grinning.


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