I had been waiting for year to go to this concert. It was my 18th birthday and I was paying for everything myself and I had never been to a concert before so I felt so blessed for it to be my favorite band. Nearly four years ago I had fallen in love with a small Australian boy with the voice of an angel, a webcam, and pink speakers. They had come so far and words couldn't describe how proud I was of them.
"Okay. Let's do this." I said looking in the mirror. I had mild anxiety and it was hard for me to get myself to do some things. It kind of irritated me but I rarely had bad panic attacks, however flying scared the shit out of me. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as I walked out the door.
"Where to miss?" The cab driver asked me with a kind smile on his face. I took a deep breathe and could slowly feel myself relax a little.
"Umm, the airport please." I said trying my best to return the smile.
"I'll have you there in no time." He replied as the car began to take off. I actually really liked people, I was just always worried that they didn't like me.
"Here we are miss." The cab drivers kind eyes met mine as I handed him the money.
"Thank you!" I said as I stepped out of the car carrying my small suitcase behind me. 'Okay,' I thought to myself. 'Gate B17.' The simple digits continued to batter around in my head as I made my way through the airport. After I breezed through security I went straight to my gate because I had a tendency to get lost. I'm not sure what it was, I was just a bit of a reckless human being. I took a seat on the only open chair waiting outside my gate. By now my nerves had settled down. I felt a very strong rumbling in my stomach. "Oh shit." I said
"What?" Asked a voice right behind my head. Surprised I snapped my head around to see who it was.
"Oh, umm. I didn't mean to say that out loud." I explained. "I just forgot to eat this morning and it feels like there is a little monster inside my stomach." Sometimes I just talked. Most of the time I didn't even think about what I was saying before I said it.
"Oh I see." They said with a shallow smile pasted on their face. I could tell that they were amused by me. A lot of people were. Honestly though so was I, I was fucking hilarious.
"We are now boarding section A for the Albuquerque to Las Angeles flight." A ladies voice announced over the speakers. 'That's me.' I thought to myself I stood up and got in line. After I took my seat on the plane the knot in my stomach started to grow. I really was hungry. Eating was like my favorite thing too, food is great. But I haven't gained any weight since I was 13 and I have been a small person ever since I was 14, but that story is for another time. I was only 5'3 and I had a flat stomach but I was also really curvy because I lost a lot of weight when I turned 14. I fiddled with the buckle around my waist as I noticed that the four seats around me were vacant. It was almost as if people didn't want to sit with me even though I knew the seating was assigned. My thoughts were interrupted by the pilots voice over the plane speakers.
"We will take off as soon as our last four passengers board the plane. If they are not here in 15 minutes we will take off without them."
'Fuck these people.' I thought to myself. I wanted to go. I had never been so excited for anything before in my life and I didn't want to wait another 15 minutes for some idiots that were late for their plane. After what had felt like ages I turned on my phone to see that it had only been 8 minutes.
"We're here! We're here! Hold on!." The voice sounded so familiar that I felt my heart sink into my butt as the shuffling footsteps drew closer to the plane. 'Oh shit no way.' I thought to myself as Michael stepped onto the plane with a sparkle of sweat across his forehead.
"Okay guys. I get to sit there." He said pointing to the seat right next to my left. 'Holy fuck.' I thought to myself again. I was In the middle seat and wanted Luke to take the other empty one so bad. Luke was my sunshine. But don't get me wrong Michael sitting next to me was just as good. Michael waddled over to me with a huge smile on his face and plopped down right next to me and just kind of stared at my face. Of course I was doing the same I mean IT WAS FUCKING MICHAEL CLIFFORD SITTING NEXT TO ME.
"Hi" he said, his perfect little face completely on me.
"Hey." I said. I was kind of surprised at how natural it actually was to talk to him. My focus was broke as a quite thud filled the seat to my other side. I was overwhelmed by the smell of boy and men's deodorant. Something about the smell I found incredibly attractive. As I turned my head I could feel my heart stop beating. For a second I thought I was going to throw up. There he was. Sitting right next to me. My whole entire world.
"Be careful he's a flirt." Luke said pointing to Michael.
"Shut up Luke." Michael said. 'Was this really happening?' I closed my eyes shut and opened them again just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. And sure enough they were both there, still staring at me. I was a bit confused as to why they were staring at me until I realized I was wearing a 5 seconds of summer shirt. Ashton and Calum had filled the other two empty seats and started talking to each other. Calum's hands pointed toward as Ashton turned around and smiled at me. This was by far the best thing that had ever happened to me. Of course they were late for their plane too. I took out my iPod and plugged in the head phones and started to blast their album as loud as I could because my headphones were shit and I knew they could hear it. They both looked at me and smiled.
"Do you know this band?" I asked Luke. "They're pretty good. My favorite band actually. They changed my life." I said as I looked up to meet his eyes. He had a look of pure joy on his face.
"I kinda think they suck." He replied with a big grin on his face.
