The Queue [c. hood]

02 // 7:52 a.m.

Caro looks up to see a group of four men approaching the queue, and she was hoping they were in the wrong spot, and not coming to the show tonight. As they got closer, it was apparent these people would be who were behind them in the queue.

"Look!" Teagan whispers to her friends, as the men get closer.

They all do their best to not stare, and quickly turn to the front.

The voices of the four boys get louder, signalling they're right behind them.

"Fuck, Luke!" Caro hears somebody yell, before they're is stumbling into her.

"Jesus Christ." She mutters, balancing herself on Teagan.

"I'm so sorry!" The stranger exclaims, as Caro turns to face the group of men.

They were all so much taller than her and her friends, it was somewhat intimidating.

"Uh, it's fine. Yeah, it's okay." Caro says, smiling at him as she finishes speaking.

"It was my fault, I pushed him, sorry!"

"Yeah, Luke tends to not watch where he's going. He happens to trip a lot." The man explains, pointing to the tall, curly haired blond that just spoke.

"Well, nice to meet you, Luke. Hopefully you won't be causing anymore disturbances today?" Caro jokes, waving up at him.

The boy, Luke, nervously scratches at the back of his neck, "I'll try not to, can't promise anything."

"We'll make him sit down at the back, don't worry." One of the others says, grabbing Luke's arm and pulling him back.

"Anyway, I'm Calum, I'm so sorry for bumping into you like that. It's an awful first impression." He says, actually holding his hand out for her to shake.

She accepts, the two quickly shaking hands.

"It's fine, it was all Luke's fault." Caro says, already joking around with this group of men she's doesn't even know.

"God damn, I'm already being bullied by her too? A stranger?" Luke groans, his head falling back in frustration.

"I'm not a stranger, I'm Caro. I'm sure we're all going to become friends throughout the day." She says, introducing herself with a small wave.

"I'm Michael! You know Luke." The man beside Luke says, waving before nudging Luke as he speaks about him.

Michael points to his friend across from him, signalling him to introduce himself. "Ashton."

"Who are you here with?" Calum asks.

Caro turns to introduce her friends, that's when she realizes the two haven't been paying attention to this conversation she's been having with the group of men who just showed up.

"Uh, girls?" Caro calls, snapping her fingers in their faces.

The both look up to see Caro and the four strangers looking at them, making them both furrow their eyebrows in confusion.

"I've met the group queuing next to us. Luke, Michael, Calum, Ashton." Caro tells them, pointing to each other them, as she introduces the men to her friends.

They boys all wave, smiling at Teagan and Deana.

"Deana. Teagan." Caro deadpans, pointing to who she's introducing.

"You're all so tall it's scary." Teagan says, earning and elbow to her side from Deana.

"We actually get that a lot." Calum replies, the boys all chuckling at Teagan's comment.

"Ignore her, she doesn't think before she speaks sometimes." Deana says, somewhat embarrassed by the strange statement by Teagan.

Teagan rolls her eyes, something she does a lot with her friends.

"Are you also the punching bag of the friend group? I understand your pain." Luke says from the back of the group.

"Shut up, Luke!" Michael exclaims.

"I'm so sorry about them." Calum whispers, now that both of their friend groups are having conversations of their own.

Caro giggles, "No worries. It seems like this queue isn't going to be a boring one."

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