Stepping Stones

Chapter One (1):Arrival

"Parker, get your stuff together! It's time to go, and if you don't hurry, we're going to be late!" My mom yells at me. My mom really wants me to go to a concert. We're going to see One Direction. They're my least favorite band. My mom thinks their music is cool, when it's actually a boy band for teenagers, and my mom is in her late thirties! I am only twelve, and I'm not into music like she is. She likes pop music. I like gaming parodies. We are completely different, but she doesn't understand that. I am the biggest gamer at my school! She probably never played a single video game when she was in school. Anyway, I grab my friend Jentrie's arm and my phone and a pair of earbuds and walk to the car.
Now we're on the way to the concert. My mom finds a couple of teens that she knows and trots over to them, leaving me and Jentrie somewhat near the back. We spot Ann, one of the meanest girls in our school and scoot the opposite direction of them. I bump into a man that just happened to be standing right beside me. "O-oh...u-uhh...sorry, s-sir!" I stutter. "It's ok, dearies. By the way, you two are cute," the man replies. "I don't think I've seen girls that are as cute as you, what's your names?" He asks me. All of my blood runs towards my face. "I-I'm Parker!" I answer, twirling my hair and glaring at the ground. "Um...Jentrie..." Nice to meet you, Parker and Jentrie! My name is Josh. I think I recognize your voice from somewhere...have you played Xbox Live with diamondking556 before?" He asks us two. "Actually, I have! I played Minecraft with him a lot!" You speak up with a ton of shock. "Is that you?" You question. "Yes! You're SparkyLayne, aren't you? He replies with a quick question that you can answer without hesitating. "Yeah, and this is SoberPizza4!" You answer. "I'm Jentrie and this is Parker." Jentrie tells the man. "I'm Josh. Nice to talk to you two again! Haven't spoken with you in forever!" The man replies. "Anyway, my sixteen year old sister dragged me here and forced me to listen to this crap boy band music. It sucks!" Josh informed us. "I agree. My thirty eight year old mom made me come! I said she's freaking thirty eight! She's gone crazy!" You reply. "And Jentrie was staying the night when my mom called us to the living room to tell us about the concert news. We moaned and went back to my room to play Five Nights at Freddy's." I continued. "Nice! I'd best be going, though. My sister would kill me if she noticed that I was talking to you two." Josh summarized. "See you around!" He walked over to his sister. "So you two are interested in Josh, too!" Ann mentions rudely as she purposely bumped into me. "Go away, Ann. Ain't nobody got time fo' you!" You start to blush. "He's already my boyfriend. Back off!" Ann yells in our face. "No, Jentrie and I have known him longer than you think! We met him two years ago!" We shout. "Three. I told you so." Ann says to us in a smartalic-y voice. "He's mine. You two probably met him on online dating or something. I met him at ComicCon!" Ann screams at us and the music stops. Everyone turns their heads at us. (She screamed so loud she overscreamed the crowd). The security guards grabbed he by her arms and dragged her out of the building. We look at her with a wide smirk on out faces.