~Analise's pov~
As I entered the venue it was pure chaos and it looked like fun. I found the photographers space and dropped off my stuff and Cassie and I walked to find the guys. We found their dressing rooms and walked in. Shawn was talking to them about soundcheck which would happen at about 2 then they would go for a quick interview before getting ready for the meet and greet. That is when Shawn turned to me, "that is where you shine in all this backstage stuff" he said smiling. "Oh joy I get to watch a bunch of 'number 1 fans', when they don't even know anything about the band, drool over them for like and hour. Sounds like fun" I said sarcastically. They guys laughed. Shawn shook his head agreeing with me and turn to the guys, "you will then change and stay in this room until show time" he said sternly.
~Adam's pov~
"Chill Shawn we've been doing this since 2002 I think we can handle it." I laughed and went over to Ana. "You ready for all of this babe?" I asked. She nodded and kissed me. "Come on let's check out the stage" I said leading the way. We walk on and her eyes widened. "Wow!" She said she looked at the cut outs and the bridge and furrowed her brow. "It's this M" I said my hand squeezing her hip lightly. She blushed bright red.
We explored the venue some before I had to get on stage for soundcheck and she had to grab her camera and get to work. She went to various points while we ran through our set, the bridge, center stage, catwalk, front row, seats in the far back to capture the whole stage. She came back and got some close ups of all of us before feeling satisfied with what she had. She went backstage and relaxed on the couch in our dressing room and smiled seeing us walk in.
"I'm so excited, I've never seen you guys in concert before so that was amazing!" She exclaimed. I looked at her, "you're a huge fan and never saw us in concert?" I asked. "Nope," she replied, "that involves money I didn't have, and the closest venue date always fell at a time when it was impossible to go. I figured it was never meant to be" she said looking at me. "That's crazy" I said and kissed her.
~Analise's pov~
Shawn came in a while later to announce the meet and greet and to tell us the interview was cancelled. I followed the guys into the other room and set up the stand so I wouldn't have to hold the camera the whole time. As I finished setting up the room became flooded with girls voices. Adam kissed me once more before taking his place with the guys.
An hour passed and the amount of girls drooling over Adam was nauseating. It was cute to see the girls what were all about other band members, it showed they were true fans, they weren't just all about the hot frontman. I hated girls that assumed the band was all Adam and only knew their major hits, news flash ladies your not a real fan, they have other songs besides moves like jagger and pay phone. God they were irritating I thought. Finally the last group of girls passed through and one had an interesting shirt. I asked her to stay a minute so I could get a better picture of it. I smiled and thanked her and let her go.
"What was that about?" Adam asked me. I showed him the picture of the girls shirt. It had a bunch of flowers, with all the guys names on each one with a song lyric along the bottom. 'I hope you always keep your hand this close to mine' I smiled as I saw the recognition in his eyes. "Kara's flowers" he smiled. "Yep and 'To her with love' was my favorite song. I think I found a name for my shop, but it's only an idea," I said. Adam looked at me, "to pictures with love" I said. "Cheesy I know but I don't know.. Just a thought" I said as Adam look strangely at me.
He laughed and kissed me, "yea maybe" he said. We went back stage and prepared for the show. The opening acts were great but the audience was begging for Maroon 5. I wished them luck and took my place in front of the stage to get pictures with Cassie. There I was informed that I could walk onstage to get pictures as long as I stayed away from the video cameras and didn't walk in front of the guys. The lights went out and I could feel my heart beating out of my chest. I was so excited. I heard them walk on stage and could hear Adams smooth chuckle as he approached the mic. "Hey LA. How you doing?" He asked and the crowd exploded. The night was a hit, I got amazing pictures and finally got to see Maroon 5, my favorite band, the only people that helped me through the hardest, scariest time of my life, in concert for the first time. It was a dream come true.
