I Wanna Be a Starship Ranger

Oh My Dead Wizard God, A Starkid!!

Weeks had passed, still no letter from UM. I was starting to think the school forgot to send it. I sat by the window and waited for the mailman. Whitney and Hannah had already gotten their acceptance letters. BARK! BARK! My dog saw the mailman coming, thank you Sugar. I put Sugar on a leash and walked down to the mailbox. Bills, bills, magazine….Oh here it is. It was stuck to my mom’s fashion mag. I took a deep breath and ripped the envelope. I didn’t get in, the one college I had my hopes on, didn’t accept me. I would’ve starting crying right there but I didn’t want anyone to see me. I took the mail inside and grabbed my purse. I decided to go for a drive to clear my head and forget about it. I put in my Little White Lie cd I made and took off for the mall. A little shopping would make me feel better, even though i sometimes hated clothes shopping. Nothing really fits me right cause of my body shape. I pulled into the parking lot and went inside Deb. I put my ear buds in and tried to drown everything out. I went into Deb, Aeropostale, Macy’s, and finally FYE. I was looking at the new music and listening to Granger Danger. I started singing softly, not caring if someone could hear me.

(TYLER’S POV)

I wondered if there were any good movies out today, so I went into FYE to check. So far nothing good, ….wait what is that? Someone was singing a Starkid song. I looked around and didn’t see anyone singing. Whoever it is has an amazing voice, I have to find out who it is. I headed towards the singing, by the Cds…..THUD! She had turned around, ran into me and the both of us had fallen over. 

“Oh my gosh I’m so sorry!” she said.

“I’ts ok, I’m fine” I said.

We both got up and I helped her pick up everything that had fallen out of her purse. Her ipod had landed by my foot, still playing. I looked through her iPod playlist, all Starkid music.

“So you like Starkid?” I asked.

“Yea, im a huge fan.” She said.

She wiped her glasses and looked up at me.

(EMMA'S POV)

Is that who I think it is in front of me? Did I just knock over Tyler Brunsman? I had to clean my glasses again, yep that is definitely Tyler. I tried to keep my cool as I looked at him but it wasn’t easy. “So what’s your favorite Starkid Musical?” he asked.

“Ummm…probably A Very Potter Sequel.” I answered.

“Really? Cool! Whose your favorite Starkid?” Tyler asked.

“Well, uh…I…um..I have more than one favorite actually. Joey, Brian Holden, Joe Walker, and um…You.” I said blushing.

“Well I FIND that very flattering.” He said as Cedric.

“(giggles) I love Cedric! Most Find him annoying but I like him.” I said.

We talked for what seemed like hours, about Starkid and college. I couldn’t help but blush the whole time. Tyler was so cute and he had such an amazing smile. We eventually exchanged cellphone numbers and I left for my car. I was halfway to my car when I heard someone running. “Emma wait!” I heard.

“Tyler?” I asked as I turned around.

“Hey…I wanted to invite you to this party tonight. It’s at Lauren Lopez’s apartment. Wanna come…as my date?” he asked breathing heavy.

“um sure! I’d love to!” I exclaimed.

“Great, I’ll pick you up. What’s your address?” he asked.

I took out a pen and wrote my address on his hand. He kissed my cheek and left. I felt like I was floating, like the world was brighter. I sat in my car and plugged in my iPod and sang Even Though from MAMD. I drove home as fast as the speed limit would allow. My mom was still watching TV when I came inside. “Hey mom, i’m going out later to a party.” I said.

“Where and with who?” she asked still focused on the TV.

“With this guy I met at the mall. It’s at his friend’s house. He’s gonna pick me up.” I answered.

She looked away from the TV and at me. She could see the glow in my face, this was a big night. I told her about Tyler and how I had knocked him over, and how he ran after me just to ask me out. I ran upstairs singing, and went to take a shower. What was I gonna wear to a Starkid party?! I started freaking out, going through all my clothes. Nothing looked good enough. I started to call Hannah but she would just ask to go. I decided to wear my hot pink AVPM shirt, dark jeans, and light blue converse. I checked my phone, no messages. I put on some mascara, strawberry lip gloss and fixed my hair. I went with straight hair and a metal flower headband. I checked my phone, 2 messages! They were from Tyler:

Ty: Hey, on my way!

Ty: See ya in few, cutie J

My heart started pounding out of my chest, I couldn’t believe it. I was about to go to a Starkid party with Tyler Brunsman! I fell unto my bed, and screamed for joy. Just then…HONK HONK! He was here! I ran down the stairs and looked out the window; he was coming up the stairs. I did a quick makeup check and opened the door.

“Hi Tyler!” I said.

“Hi…Wow! You look great!” he said smiling.

“Thanks, you do too.” I said blushing.

We said goodbye to my parents and headed to the party. The sun was still setting and getting in my eyes so I switched out my glasses for my blue sunglasses. We talked about the Starkids and Starkid Manor the whole ride there. We pulled into a parking lot of an apartment complex and I heard music playing. We walked over to the apartment and Tyler knocked on the door. He took my hand in his and smiled. The door opened and there stood Lauren Lopez wearing a purple tanktop and silver sparkling shorts. “Hey Tyler, you made it! Is this her?” she asked.

“Yea this is Emma.” He said.

I just said hi and stood there is awe.

“Well come on in, don’t be shy!” she shouted.

The next thing I knew I was being pulled around by Lauren, meeting everyone. Joe Walker and Brian Holden took pics with me, Lauren and Meredith got me to dance with them, and Dylan and Nick Strauss took turns dancing with me. I had never been so popular before, and didn’t really know what to do. After the initial shock, I started looking around for Joey.  I even asked around if he was coming. Lauren said he was running late cause he was getting the food. The music changed to a slow song and Tyler grabbed my hand and pulled over to dance with him. It was the most amazing moment of my life.